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wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Gif mon twyhyndne mon unsynnigne mid hlóðe ofsleá, gielde se ðæs sleges andetta sié wer . . . Gif hit sié syxhynde . . . se slaga wer . . . Gif hé sié twelfhynde . . . se slaga wer . . .

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Ðá hé him geðafode ðone gielp, ðá forbeád hé him ðæt yfel, Past. 459, 1. Swá góde laga swá . . . ic heom á geþafode and geþafian wille, Ll. Th. i. 276, 18. Nele him mon nǽnne teám geðafian, 260, 2. Ne sý him gemǽne þigen geþafod, R.

irnan

(v.)
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(l a) figurative :-- Sió eáðmódnes iernð beforan ðǽm gielpe, Past. 299, 16. to go about freely, without check or restraint Ðá dysegan irnaþ hider and ðider dwoligende, Bt. 36, 5 ; F. 180, 12. Gif þú gesége ðeóf, somud ðú urne mid hine, Ps.

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Geára gewunan oððe gewunede obtani, 65, 4. with tó and noun (pronoun) of accustomed action, to be in the habit of, get into the habit of, get used to Hé bið on oferméttu áwended and gewunað tó ðǽm gielpe cor in elationem usu gloriae permutatur, P. 35

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Ðonne se mon nó his ágenne gielp mid ne sécþ, Past. 59; Swt. 451, 15. Gif hé nóht geseón ne mǽge mid, L. Alf. pol. 47; Th. i. 94, 6. Hé hæfde mildheortnysse ða þearfan mid tó fréfrigenne, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 13.

Linked entry: mið

ge-healdan

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Wénstú, gif hwá óðrum hwæt gieldan sceal, hwæðer hé hine mid ðý gehealdan mæge ðæt hé him náuht máre on ne nime, ne ðæt ne gielde ðæt hé ǽr nam nec debitor absolutus est, quia alia non multiplicat, nisi et illa, quae ligaverat, solvat, Past. 425, 2.

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Icþ á leóde wát ge wið feónd ge wið freónd fæste geworhte ( steadfastly minded towards foe or friend ), B. 1864. to do, make, cause an effect by effort, bring about a result Gielde hé swá wer swá wunde swá hé gewyrce he must pay for death or wound according

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Hé genam on eallum dǽl ǽhtum sínum tó ðam gielde, Cd. Th. 90; Gen. 1501: 175, 6; Gen. 2891. Hié werod læsse hæfdon tó hilde a smaller band had they for battle. Elen. Kmbl. 97; El. 49. Tó ðam ic eom ásend therefore am I sent. Lk. Skt. 4, 43.

Linked entry: -anne