here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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But in the annals of the eleventh century here is used in speaking of the English.] an army Harold feaht eár þan þe his here cóme eall, Chr. 1066: P. 198, 5.
þes
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Eart ðú þis, Drihten? 298, 22 ; Sat. 537. Þis is seó eorðe, 107, 10; Gen. 1787. Þis (ðiós, Lind. Rush.) is eówer tíd haec est hora uestra, Lk. Skt. 22, 53. Þis is landa betst, Cd. Th. 49, 21; Gen. 795.
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Ic worhte (feci) earce of sethimtreówum, Deut. 10, 3. On ðære béc ðe ic weorhte, Bd. 3, 17, S. 545, 4. Ðú ða scíran gesceaft sceópe and worhtest, Hy. 10, 2. Nán neódðearf ðé ne lǽrde tó wyrcanne ðæt ðæt ðú worhtest, Bt. 33, 4 ; Fox 128, 12.
ge-cynd
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Þú eart sunu and fæder ána ǽgðer; swá is þín æðele gecynd miclum gemǽrsod. Hy. 7, 43. a native place or position, that to which one has a natural right Brytland him wæs on gewealde ... Norman-díge ꝥ land wæs his gecynde, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 25.
ge-mǽre
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H. 85, 15. with idea of remoteness, an extremity, end, (uttermost) part of earth or heavens Fram gemǽre eorðan ab extremo terrae, Ps. Rdr. 134, 7. God gewealt gemeára eorðan (finium terrae), Ps. L. 58, 14.
ge-witnes
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Ic hér on sóðre gewitnesse stande . . . swá ic mid mínum égum oferseah and mínum eárum oferhýrde ꝥ ꝥ ic him mid sæcge, 180, 28: 276, 33. Nán óðer þingc on gewitnysse ne cýþe bútan ꝥ án ꝥ hé geseah oþþe gehýrde, 274, 17.
sprecan
To speak. ⬩ to exercise the faculty of speech ⬩ to use words in conversation, discourse, etc. ⬩ to mention ⬩ to say ⬩ to speak ⬩ to sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to
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Ðæt gé on eárum sprǽcon, Lk. Skt. 12, 3. Hié fela sprǽcon sorhworda somed, Cd. Th. 49, 7; Gen. 788. Spǽcon, Ps. Th. 57, 3. Gilde ǽlc ðe hit (the exculpation on oath ) ǽr sprece .cxx. sciłł., L. Ath. i. 13; Th. i. 206, 6.
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weorpan
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Hé út weorpe earme þearfan ejiciantur, Ps. Th. 108, 10. Men sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde mid hire drýcræft weorpan men an wildedeóra líc, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 31. Hié worpene beóð in belle grund, Elen.
wíc
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Hé dráf of wícum idese of earde, 169, 23 ; Gen. 2804: Ps. Th. 77, 55 : Menol. Fox 48; Men. 24. On ðám wícum ( in Heaven ), Exon. Th. 238, 28; Ph. 611. Wunian in wícum, 316, 9; Mód. 46: Cd. Th. 113, 20; Gen. 1890.
ge-dǽlan
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. ¶ of the diversity existing among the earth's inhabitants :-- Is þes middangeard dálum gedǽled there is great diversity among those who live on the earth, Gú. 25. to get advantage from, have a share in Gifstól sceal gegierwed stondan, gif hine guman
gif
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Perhaps the different renderings of the same Latin words are intended to mark a change in the speaker's mind, when in Mt. 4, 3 si filius Dei es is translated gyf þú Godes sunu sý, while in v. 6 the rendering is gyf þú Godes sunu eart.
LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Man ða moldan nimeþ and men wíde geond eorþan lǽdaþ tó reliquium the earth is taken, and men carry it far and wide over the world as relics, Blickl. Homl. 127, 16.
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for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Hé wát æðelinga beam eorðan forgiefene (committed to the earth), Seef. 93. to give back what has been forfeited, restore Se cyng forgeaf þám eorle (Godwin who had just cleared himself) his fulne freóndscype and fulne eorldóm and eall þet hé ǽr áhte,
hwilc
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Gif hwelc swíþe ríce mon wyrþ ádrifen of his earde, 27, 3; F. 98, 20 : 41, 2 ; F. 244, 24. Ðæt mon wilnode hwelcre gítsunge, Past. 73, 3. Ðonne hwá lufige hwelcre wuhte spor, 353, l. Þonne hwylcum men gelimpeþ ꝥ. . . Bl.
for-lǽtan
to let ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ suffer ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ grant ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ consuming ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ leave undone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ neglect ⬩ to leave out ⬩ omit ⬩ to spare ⬩ leave to ⬩ to leave ⬩ quit ⬩ to abandon ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ die ⬩ to defend ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave of ⬩ give up ⬩ to abandon ⬩ abandon ⬩ to let go ⬩ to restrain ⬩ to release ⬩ restore ⬩ to give up ⬩ relinquish ⬩ to remit ⬩ forgive ⬩ to lose ⬩ to put away ⬩ dismiss ⬩ lay aside ⬩ to send
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Forlǽt blód of earme, Lch. ii. 130, 6.
ge-weald
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Earme men gesealde fremdum tó gewealde, Wlfst. 158, 13. Hé hié mid hungre on his geweald geniédde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 26. Hé wæs on þǽre cwéne gewealdum, El. 610. Hí ( devils) habbaþ manega sáula on heora gewaldum, Bl.
weallan
of water, &c. issuing from a source ⬩ to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow ⬩ of the source, to well with, ⬩ flow with, ⬩ with a noun ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to swarm, exist in large numbers ⬩ of production in large numbers or great quantity, ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ flow with ⬩ of violent movement, ⬩ to boil, rage, heave ⬩ of movement in liquids caused by heat, ⬩ to boil (intrans.), ⬩ to be hot ⬩ used of a vessel in which a liquid boils ⬩ of other than liquids, ⬩ to be hot, burn, blaze, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn
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Hit ongan rínan . . . and seó eorðe weóll ongeán ðam heofonlícan flóde it began to rain . . . and the earth sent forth its waters to meet the waters of heaven, Wulfst. 206, 21. Weóllon wælbenna, Cd.
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hé
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Gif þú hyt eart (ꝥ siǽ, R.) si tu es, Mt. 14, 28. Hí wiston ꝥ hit wæs Drihten scientes quia Dominus est, Jn. 21, 12. <b>III a.</b> the pronoun omitted :-- Se Hǽlend cwæð: 'Hé ys ( he it is, A. V.) sé ðe ic ráce hláf, ' Jn. 13, 26.
findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Þonne se lǽce ꝥ ongit, þonne mæg hé þone lǽcedóm þe raþor findan, Lch. ii. 204, 22. þú sécest beládunge, hú þú mage þ findan þ þú ne þurfe mé týðian þæs þe þú gebeden eart, Gr.
wæstm
Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;
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Voc. ii. 136, 65. growth, produce, fruit of the earth or of a vegetable (lit. or fig.), plant, fruit Wæstm fructus, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 1. Ofet, wæstm fruges, frumenta, ii. 151, 31. Rædrípe wæstm praecoquus fructus, i. 39, 22.