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niman

(v.)
Grammar
niman, p. nam, pl. námon; pp. numen (kept in the slang word nim = steal. Cf. Shakspere's Corporal Nym).

to takereceivegetsumereaccipereto takekeepholdtenereto takecatchto containto take (with one)carrybringto take (to one)giveto take forciblyseizetake awaycarry offtollerecapessereauferrerapere

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Se ðe hine deáþ nimeþ, Beo. Th. 887; B. 441. Gúþ nimeþ freán eówerne, 5066; B. 2536. Þeófas ðe on mannum heora ǽhta on wóh nimaþ, Blickl. Homl. 61, 22. Manige men ða moldan neomaþ on ðǽm lǽstum, 127, 11. Nimaþ capessunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 33.

Linked entry: bi-nom

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Ðeáh hió him ðonne giet feorr sié, Past. 363, 19. with degrees of comparison. alone Giet suíðor hié syngiað, Past. 123, 1.

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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V b. in a collective sense work, doings, actions, what a person does Se ðe óþrum forwyrneþ wlitigan wilsíþes, gif his weorc ne deág. Exon. Th. 2, 19; Cri. 21. Weorc ánra gehwæs beorhte blíceþ in ðám blíþan hám 238, 3 ; Ph. 598.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

InonintointoIn

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In Caines cynne ðone cwealm gewræc éce Drihten the eternal Lord avenged that death among the race of Cain, 214; B. 107. Ne móste Efe ðá gyt wlítan in wuldre Eve might not as yet look on glory, Cd. 222 ; Th. 290, 2; Sat. 409.

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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Sceldes fordas boec and ðeara wíca on byrg, Txts. 443, 10. Londbóc mínra wíca, 458, 8. Hé gewát hám faran, wíca neósan, Beo. Th. 251; B. 125: 2255; B. 1125.

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a womana female persona being in the form of a womana married womana wife

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IIIa. a. a woman who has been married and lost her husband (by death or divorce) :-- Láf vel forlǽten wíf derelicta, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 46. Wífian on nánre wuduwan, ne on forlǽtenum wífe, L. Ælf. P. 39; Th. ii. 380, 16.

Linked entry: BRÝD

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Ðeáh heorot holtwudu séce, Beo. Th. 2743; B. 1369. Ðæt hí secggan ðæm folce ðæt hí sunnandagum Godes cyrican georne sécan, Blickl. Homl. 47, 28: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 14.

ge-reccan

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Ðá andswarode hé : ' Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ꝥ swylces hwæt unmyndlinga gebyrige þonne hé ne can ongitan and gereccan for hwí God swylc geþafað' nisi causa deprehendatur, quid est quod a fortuitis casibus differre videatur ?

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Hé him ðæs leán forgeald tó ðæs ðe hé in ræste geseah Grendel lícgan he gave him reward for that so, or to such a degree, that he saw Grendel lie dead, Beo.

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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dearr hé ðingian óðrum monnum, and nát hwǽðer him selfum geðingod bið quomodo aliis veniam postulat qui, utrum sibi sit placates, ignorat? Past. 10; Swt. 63, 9: Homl. Th. ii. 388, 4: 528, 15: i. 174, 10: L. I. P. 21; Th. ii. 332, 6.

forþ

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H. 19, 17. (6 a) of death or decay :-- Gif ceorl and his wíf bearn hæbben gemǽne and fére se ceorl forð ( and the husband die ), Ll. Th. i. 126, 4. Þá wuduwyrta forþ gewítaþ for þæs sumores hǽton Bl.

ge-healdan

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Ðeáh hí ðæt gód hira gecynde gehál nolden gehealdan si accepta naturae bona integra servare noluerunt, Past. 403, 19: Cri. 300. Þú hæfst git gesund gehealden eall, Bt. 10; F. 28, 9: Ph. 45.

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Of heofenes deáwe de rore coeli, Gen. 27, 28. Heofenes (heofnes, L., R.) fugelas, Lk. 13, 19. Se swéta mete ðe him cuóm of hefonum (cf. hét hé þá wídan duru wolceiv ontýnan heá of heofenum, and hider rignan mannum tó móse, Ps.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

wealdan

(v.)
Grammar
wealdan, p. weóld, pl. weóldon; pp. wealden

To have power over to control the movements of that which is moved to regulate wield a weaponwith gen. with dat. or inst. to control that which moves itself to have control of a person, an emotionto govern,with gen. with acc. of the control exercised by one in authority, to rule govern have dominion overbear sway wield power, with gen. with dat. or inst. with acc. with a preposition absolute fig. where the subject is an abstract noun, with gen. with acc. with a preposition to have power over things to possess be in possession of have at command be master of, with gen. with dat. or inst. with acc. to have power to decide or choose what shall take place to determine ordain have the decidingcontrol of matters, with gen. with dat. or inst. with a clause absoluteto have power that brings something to pass, to cause be the cause, author, source of something, with gen. with dat. or acc. of things, with gen. of motives to have power to dobe able

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Þeáh fýr wið ealla sié gemenged weoruldgesceafta, þeáh waldan ne mót ðæt hit ǽnige fordó (cf. ðeáh ne mæg náue ðara gesceafta ofercuman, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 17), Met. 20, 129

Linked entries: án-waldan wealdian

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Ðeáh hí men oððe hundas wiþ eódon, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 3. Gá ðé tó ǽmetthylle, Past. 191, 25.

ge-sécan

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Híwǽron sóna deáde swá hí eorðan gesóhtan ( solo adlidebantur), Bd. I. 12; Sch. 35, 4. Gif hí Cwicchelmes hlǽwe gesóhton þet hí nǽfre tó sǽ gán ne sceoldan, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 6. Oð ðæt seó ex sý gesóht, Lch. iii. 2, ll.

ge-setnes

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Ic ðás gesettnesse sette gehweder ge for hígna lufon ge ðeára sáula ðe haer beforan hiora namon áuuritene siondon . . . þis is gesetnes Ósulfes and Bearnðrýðe, Txts. 444, 42-45. an ordinance handed down to successive generations, a tradition Hwylc gesetenes

ge-wunian

(v.)
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His þegnas hine ne mihton leng mid gewunian, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 26. continuance of condition, existence Fore ðon ꝥ deáðe biðon forbodeno giuunia idcirco quod morte prohiberentur permanere (Heb. 7, 24), Rtl. 90, 28.

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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L. 12, 3. of death Heora gást gangeð exiet spiritus ejus Ps. Th. 145, 3. Þonne þæs monnes sául út of his líchoman gangeþ, Bl. H. 195, 9. Ic beó gangende of mínum líchoman, 139, 19. Gást gangende spiritus vadens, et non rediens Ps.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Hié rícsedon næs ðeáh mínes ðonces ipsi regnaverunt, et non ex me, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 14.

Linked entries: þancung þonc