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lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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Ꝥ man crístene menn for ealles tó lytlum tó deáðe ne fordéme, Ll. Th. i. 304, 19. (3a) with gen. :-- Ic hys mæg swíðe litel ongytan oððe náwiht, Solil. H. 25, 15.

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Is micel ðearf, ðonne him mon hwæðer ondrǽtt suíðar ðonne óðer, and wið ðæt wienð (winð, Cott.

Linked entry: on-winnende

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Ða hwíle ðe God wille ðæt ðeara ǽnig sié ðe londes weorðe sié and land gehaldan cunne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 10: 311, 17.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Nis ná ðæs ánes ðearf . . . ac is ðearf ðæt . . . , Past. 273, 3. Sé ðe for ðǽm ánum gód déð, 265, 7. Ne sceal hé nó ðæt án dón, 193, 21: St. A. 4, 10. Gif hí mé ǽnne habbað, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 7. Ðá áne þe hié ne forlǽtað, Past. 218, 14.

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, p. ode.

to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account,to impute, ascribe, lay to the account ofto reckon, enumerate

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Heora líf is rihtor tó talianne tó écan deáðe, Wulfst. 25, 6. Tala ðé ðínne bróðor, swylce hé beó ðín lim, Basil admn. 5; Norm. 46, 11. Tó for náht taliende parvi pendenda, neglegenda, ad nihilum judicanda, Hpt.

un-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scyldig, adj.

innocentguiltlessinnocent of a crime, chargeguiltless in relation to (wið) a personinnocentnot accountable for an ill resultnot responsible

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Alf. 2; Th. i. 44, 8. innocent, not accountable for an ill result, not responsible Gif oxa ofhníte wer oþþe wíf, ðæt hié deáde sién ... Se hláford bið unscyldig ( the owner of the ox shall be quit, A. V.

hogian

(v.)
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A. 98, 218. to take thought in order to do something, busy oneself Reádre deáge ceácan on heore wísan deágian hogaþ rubro stibio mandibulos suatim fucare satagit An. Ox. 1209. Hogiaþ satagunt (ornamentis vestium decor art ), 5121.

á-springan

(v.)

to be emittedto ariseto rush upburst forthto spring,to spring upcome into existenceto spread (intrans. ) outto run outceasefail

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Of ðám deáðe ásprang his nama geond ealne middangeard, Hml. Th. i. 226, 20. Ásprang hire hlísa ofer land and sǽ, Hml. S. 9, 1. His hlísa ásprang tó Syrian lande, 16, 137. to run out, cease, fail Ne áspringeð him nán gód non deficient omni bono, Ps.

Linked entry: á-sprungen

micel

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Gr. 126, 85. with reference to amount or degree Him wǽre micel ðearf ðæt hié léten Godes ege hié geeáðmédan, Past. 321, 12. Micul, 405, 21. Is hit swýðe micel cyn ꝥ gehwylc crísten man þone dæg weorðige, Ll. Th. ii. 420, 31.

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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Áwrítt, eádgo deádo scribe, beati mortui, Rtl. 48, 5. Wé ne magon swáþeáh ealle naman áwrítan, ne furþon geþencan, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 74. 'Nelle ðú áwríta (-urítte, L.) cyning Iudéana' . . .

Linked entry: wrítan

EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indeclwithout substantive, and sometimes governing the genitiveare sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Ðeáh hit wið ealle sié eft gemenged weoruld-gesceafta though it is still mixed with all worldly creatures. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 255; Met. 20, 128. Þreó eal on án all three in one. Exon. 22 a; Th. 60, 16; Cri. 970.

Linked entries: al all eall

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Ðeáh hé erige his land mid ðúsend sula, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 14. Erigan æcera þúsend, Met. 14, 5. Óð ðæt hé þúsende ðisses lífes wintra gebídeþ postquam vitae jam mille peregerit annos, Exon. Th. 208, 5; Ph. 151.

hwilc

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Ðeáh hé ðára góda hwylc forleóse, Bt. 34, 6 ; F. 140, 34. Gif mon ánra hwilc ofslóh, 39, 4; F. 216, 21. combined with swá. adjectival Swá hwylc man swá mildheortnesse nafað, Bl. H. 13, 22 : 49, 12.

micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Micklegreatmagnusmuchmanymultusgreat

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Ic nát náht gewislíce hwæðer ðæs feós swá micel is, ne ic nát ðeáh his máre sý, Chart. Th. 490, 15. Heora heriges wæs mycel ofslægen, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 35.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Ðeáh heó an tú tefleówe, Past. 7; Swt. 49, 11: Exon. Th. 70, 19; Cri. 1141: Chr. 885; Erl. 82, 19. Tósliten on twá (tuu, Lind. Rush.), Mk. Skt. 15, 38. On twá (tú, Cott. MS.), Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 32. On twá (twuá, Cott. MS.), 38, 4; Fox 202, 27.

Linked entries: tuu twá

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Ðeáh ús þince ꝥ hit on wóh fare, Bt. 39, 8; F. 224, 21. Þú segst ꝥ hit scyle eall faran swá hé getiohhod habbe, 41, 2; F. 244, 19.

Linked entry: farnian

fela

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I. 2 b α Ðeáh ðǽm feohgítsere cume swá fela welena swá þára sondcorna beóþ, Bt. 7, 4; F. 22, 26. Heó nyste þæt hearma swá fela fylgean sceolde, Gen. 708. Þára micles tó feala winð wið gecynde, Met. 13, 16: Hy. 4, 45. Similar entries v.

Linked entry: feald

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Monnes líchoman limu beóþ hwæthwegu tódǽled; ac þǽra lima gecynd is ꝥ hié gewyrcaþ ǽnne líchoman, and ðeáh ne beóþ eallunga gelíce, Bt. 34, 6; F. 142, 17.

irnan

(v.)
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Tó ðǽm gebanne ðæs tóhopan nán man ne mæg cuman, bútan hé ðider irne (ierne, v. l. ) mid ánmódnesse, Past. 344, 20. of a course of action Ðæt mód iernð on ðá unáliéfedan unðeáwas, and hit swá ðeáh ne onwæcneð tó ðon ðæt hit eft on ierne mid hreówsunga

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Swá ðæt se seóca ðone stenc ne ongite, Lchdm. i. 304, 23. to feel, be of opinion, judge Ðeáh ðe be ðyssum willan misenlíce cynn monna missenlíce ongite quamvis de hac re diversae hominum nationes diversa sentiant, Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 495, 14. to know, hear