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
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
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of
Of ⬩ from ⬩ out of ⬩ off ⬩ as regards ⬩ about
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Ðæt ðú of deáþe áríse, 66, 30, Álýs ús of yfele, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 13. Beó of ðysum hál, Mk. Skt. 5, 34. Hé gehǽlde manega of ádlum ge of wítum and of yfelum gástum, Lk. Skt. 7, 21. Sundor of ðæm weorode apart from the multitude, Blickl. Homl. 15, 7.
Linked entry: ob
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.
ge-wyrcan
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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
secgan
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Wé gehýraþ oft secggan worldrícra manna deáþ, 107, 29. Ne his snytru mæg secgean ǽnig, Ps. Th. 146, 5.
Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian
þæt
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Gif mon sié dumb oþþe deáf geboren, þæt hé ne mæge his synna andettan, L. Alf. pol. 14; Th. i. 70, 14. Æfter ðære gebysnunge wurdon árǽrede muneclíf mid ðære gehealdsumnysse, þæt hí drohtnian on clǽnnesse, Homl. Th. i. 318, 8.
þing
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Cýð hwæt ðú ðæs tó þinge þafian wille declare to which (life or death) thou wilt assent as thy condition, Elen. Kmbl. 1212; El. 608. a thing, matter, subject of consideration or enquiry Ánes þinges ic ðé wolde ácsian, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 5: Blickl.
habban
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Hæbbe hé him ꝥ deáde (cf. þæt þǽr deád byð, byð his ( ipsius erif ), Ex. 21, 34), Ll. Th. i. 50, 8, 13 : 436, 13. Sǽdere gebyreð ꝥ hé hæbbe ǽlces cynnes ǽnne leáp fulne, 438, 9, 18, 22. Ǽlc friðmanna frið hæbbe, 286, 5.
standan
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Be ðam cúþ standeþ ðæt hé fram deáþe gescylded wæs quem a morte constat esse servatum, Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 27. Hé gearu standeþ, Ps. Th. 117, 2. Heó gewuldrad stondeþ, Blickl. Homl. 197, 10. Hé stent þeófscyldig, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 16.
fram
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H. 25, 5. indicating a state which is abandoned or changed for another Hé færð fram deáðe tó lífe.
heáfod
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Ðæt hálige heáfoð (-od, v. l. ) ðǽre hálgan gesomnunge, ðæt is Dryhten, 101, 22. one who is more intelligent than others, who can instruct others Is ðearf ðæt ðæt dúst ðisse eorðlican giémenne ne áðísðrige ðæt eáge ðæs recceres, for ðǽm ealle ðá ðe ofer
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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Wyrce se ðe móte dómes ǽr deáðe let him that may do deeds deserving of glory ere he die, Beo. Th. 2779; B. 1387. Til sceal on éðle dómes wyrcean, Menol. Fox 501 ; Gn. C. 21.
ge-sellan
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Tó deáðe gesyllan morti tradere, Ps. Th. 117, 18 : Mt. L. 10, 21. with dat. and prep.
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a 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
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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Ic gehátan dearr þæt þú þǽr treówe findest, Bo. II. Ne þǽr mon his feónd findeð, Bl. H. 105, 1. Ic gódne funde beága bryttan, B. 1486. Iudas funde, þá ðá hé fram fyrde gecyrde, gold and seolfor and fela óðre herereáf, Hml. S. 25, 358.