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.
wealdan
To have power over ⬩ to control the movements of that which is moved ⬩ to regulate ⬩ wield a weapon ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ to control that which moves itself ⬩ to have control of a person, an emotion ⬩ to govern, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ of the control exercised by one in authority, to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ have dominion over ⬩ bear 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 deciding ⬩ control of matters, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute ⬩ to 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 do ⬩ be 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
gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ 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-bétan
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Hyt þá deáfan gebéteþ, 362, 22. to remedy, do away with an unsatisfactory condition, mend matters, ameliorate Gif ðé wæs gold tó lytel oððe seolfor . . . ic ðæt sóna gebéte, ac ne forlǽt mé, Shrn. 140, 27. þú Hróðgáre wídcúðne weán gebéttest, B. 1991
ge-wunian
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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 go ⬩ walk ⬩ to go ⬩ pedestrian ⬩ foot ⬩ mounted ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ animate ⬩ live ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to take place ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ to depart ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to reach, extend ⬩ to pass ⬩ become ⬩ to come ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation
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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.
wiþer-weard
contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ adversary ⬩ enemy ⬩ opponent ⬩ fiend ⬩ hostile to rightful authority ⬩ rebel ⬩ opposed to what is right ⬩ arrogant ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ reprobate ⬩ false ⬩ heretic ⬩ apocryphal ⬩ opposed to the good or pleasure of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ contrary ⬩ opposite
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Hé náwyht wiðerweardes (contrarium ) ðære sóðfæstnysse ðæs geleáfan Créca ðeáwe on Angelcynnes cyricean on gelǽdde, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 20. Hí monig óþer ðing ðære cyriclícan ánnesse wiþerword hæfden, 2, 2; S. 502, 12.
Linked entries: wiþer-word wiþerweard-líc wiþerweard-ness wiþer-wierde wiþer-word
ge-þeódan
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Ðonne sió lufu for mildheortnesse hié geðiéd (-ðiét, v. l.) tó his níhstena ðearfe cum caritas ad ima proximorum se misericorditer attrahit, Past. 103, 17. geþeódan in to involve in.
þanc
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Hié rícsedon næs ðeáh mínes ðonces ipsi regnaverunt, et non ex me, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 14.
teám
A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively. ⬩ a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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If the geteáma were dead other formalities were prescribed, L. In. 53; Th. i. 134, 17: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 9.
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme
hand
HAND, side, power, control
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Gif mon forstolenne man befó æt óðrum and síe sió hond óðcwolen sió hine sealde ðam men ðe hine mon ætbeféng if a stolen man be attached in another's possession, and the hand [person] be dead that sold him to the man in whose possession he is attached
Linked entries: irfe-hand hand-gemǽne hond
settan
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Deáþ settan to kill, Elen. Kmbl. 955; El. 479. Wíte settan to impose punishment, Cd. Th. 76, 33; Gen. 1266. On gewrit settan to put into writing , L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 22. Wutan ús tó symbeldæge settan, Ps. Th. 117, 25. <b>II a.
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síþ
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Hú ðæs gǽstes síþ æfter swyltcwale geseted wurde how it might be appointed that the spirit should fare after the death-pang, Andr. Kmbl. 310 ; An. 155. Tó hwon ðínre sáwle síþ (þing, Vercel.) wurde what the lot of thy soul would come to be, Exon.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Hé monige Crístes folces démde tó deáðe, El. 499. used of those in heaven Is dreám on heofonum, þǽr is Dryhtnes folc geseted tó symle, Kr. 140. lay-folk, the laity in contrast with the clergy, (v. also folcisc) Ne sceolan þá láreówas ágímeleásian þá
hand
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Sé hafað in hondum heofon and eorðan, Gú. 619. (1 a) referring to a thing (not a person) :-- Deað and líf on þǽre tungan handa, R. Ben. 21, 21. to give Griþ ꝥ hé mid his ágenre hand sylð, Ll. Th. i. 292, 5.
gíman
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Ðá spone hé ðe his ðeáwa giémað spectatores suos ad sublimia invitet Past. 83, 3. with acc.
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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Chronicle which deals with the struggle between the English and Danes, here is always used of the latter, fyrd being the term denoting the native force.
on-fón
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For óðerra monna ðearfe hié onfóð ðyllica giefa, 41, 13; Gen. 1759. Þú eácnunge onfénge bearnes, Cri. 75. Gé wítgena láre onféngon, El. 335. Onfóð mínes fæder ríce (cf. possidete regnum, Mt. 25, 34), Cri. 1345.