settan
to set ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ cause to take a certain position ⬩ to set to work ⬩ set before one a choice ⬩ set a mark, a name, one's mind ⬩ lay a charge, a curse, etc. , upon one ⬩ put one in a position ⬩ put into one's power ⬩ of travelling ⬩ to set ⬩ plant ⬩ to set ⬩ fix ⬩ implant ⬩ to set ⬩ fix ⬩ appoint a limit, time, place ⬩ to set a task, ordain ⬩ establish a law, regulation ⬩ appoint a condition ⬩ to build ⬩ erect ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ found ⬩ establish ⬩ to set ⬩ base ⬩ found ⬩ to appoint an officer or a person to an office or duty ⬩ to appoint something for a purpose ⬩ to settle a quarrel ⬩ allay animosity ⬩ compose a difference ⬩ To settle ⬩ abate ⬩ subside ⬩ to compose a book
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Hí settan dæg tó ðæt man tó ðam lande scolde faran they appointed a day for going to the land. Chart. Th. 376, 16. Ðæt ic ðé symbledæg sette, Ps. Th. 75, 7. Settan gemǽro, Ex. 19, 23. Mearce settan, Cd.
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síþ
going ⬩ journeying ⬩ travel ⬩ going from this world ⬩ a journey ⬩ voyage ⬩ course ⬩ expedition ⬩ the journey of the spirit from this world ⬩ coming ⬩ arrival ⬩ a proceeding ⬩ course of action ⬩ way of doing ⬩ conduct ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ experience ⬩ a path ⬩ way ⬩ a time
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Waldend sende here on langne síþ, Cd. Th. 5, 8; Gen. 68. Hét mé on ðysne síþ faran, 32, 7; Gen. 499. Heó on síþ gewát wésten sécan, 136, 29; Gen. 2265. Hí tugon longne síþ in hearmra hond, Exon. Th. 228, 19; Ph. 440.
flówan
to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound
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K. p. 86, 4. of other things, to abound Tó gódan lande, þæt ðe fleówð mid meolce and mid hunige, Hml. Th. ii. 192, 8. Flówendre (blówendre?) praepollenti, i. florenti (gazarum affluentia), An. Ox. 3602
heonan
afterwards ⬩ from now
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R. hinc), Jn. 2, 16, from this (the speaker's) country Heonon of lande wǽron twégen abbudas gesende, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 27.
HÚ
How
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Hú lange forbere ic eów usque quo patiar vos? 17, 17. Hú long tíd quantum temporis, Mk. Skt. 9, 21. Be gebróðrum hú gesibbe wíf hig habban móton de fratribus quam prope cognatas uxores habere possint, L. Ecg. C; Th. ii. 130, 8: 13.
ÍDEL
empty ⬩ destitute ⬩ void ⬩ devoid ⬩ vain ⬩ useless ⬩ idle ⬩ idle ⬩ unemployed
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Londrihtes mót monna ǽghwilc ídel hweorfan every man must wander destitute of land-right, Beo. Th. 5768; B. 2888.
lyft
Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud
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Hibernia on smyltnysse lyfta is betere mycle ðonne Breotone land Hibernia serenitate aerum multum Brittaniæ præstat, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 30. Geleht lyftum moistened by the clouds, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 195; Met. 20, 98. Lyftu æthera, aera, Hpt.
dæg
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Wé hátað ǽnne dæg fram sunnan úp*-*gange oð ǽfen, Lch. iii. 234, 31-236, 2. day, time. lifetime Ðæt hió hæbbe ðæt land hire dæg . . . and efter hire dæge geselle hit . . . ðám hírode, C. D. ii. 58, 22.
ge-wendan
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Se here gewende ábuton (eástweard, eft úp on Eást-Seaxan, geond ꝥ land), Chr. 1009; P. 139, 14: 998; P. 131, 12: 1016; P. 151, 6: 1001; P. 133, 19. Se cyning gewende ofer æt Brentforda, 1016; P. 150, 7. Hé út gewende, 1009; P. 138, 17.
wíc
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Cf. too: On gerihte tó hreódwícan on ða ealdan strǽt; and-lang strǽt tó norðwícan; of norðwícan eft andlang strǽte tó Billesham, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 449, 14-17. In loco qui dicitur Childesuuicuuon (cf. Cildesuicoque, 75, 13), i. 66, 6.
mǽgþ
A collection of mǽgas ⬩ a family ⬩ stock ⬩ race ⬩ as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied ⬩ descendants of a common ancestor living at the same time ⬩ a generation ⬩ a tribe ⬩ subdivision of a people ⬩ a people ⬩ nation ⬩ province ⬩ country
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Hwí is áwriten on ðære béc Genesis ðæt Abrahames cynn sceolde gecyrran ongeán fram Aegypta lande on ðære feórþan mǽgþe and seó óðer bóc Exodus sægþ ðæt hí férdon of Aegyptan lande on ðære fíftan mǽgþe? . .
Beda
Venerable Bede
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of himself, according to king Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version, made about 890 Ic Beda, Cristes þeów, and Mæsse-Preóst ðæs Mynstres ðare eádigra Apostola Petrus and Paulus, ðæt is æt Wira-múþan [Wearmouth] and on Gyrwum [Jarrow], wæs acenned on sundor-lande
ge-dál
division, separation. ⬩ dissolution, destruction. ⬩ parting, separation of two or more objects. ⬩ a dividing of property, sharing. ⬩ a distributing, spending, giving. ⬩ a share, portion, part ⬩ difference
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And ic gean Ǽlfmǽre and his bréðer þára twégra landa tó gedále . . . And ic gean mínum þrým bróðrum tó gedále þæs landes æt Trosting-túne, búton þám ðe ic gean Ælfwolde ðæs ðe Æðelríc hæfde, Cht. Th. 597, 14-598, 4: Gen. 1400.
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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Hé began tó wircenne ðæt land coepit exercere terram, Gen. 9, 20. of the work Hé áxode hwæt hig wyrcean cúðon (quid habetis operis?).
on
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Frægn Scipia hiene an hwý hit gelang wǽre, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 14. v. ge-lang. Se ælmihtiga wyrhta geworhte ealne middangeard on his mycclum cræfte, Hex. 4, 3, Ǽlc man haefð on his ágenre byrðene genóh, Wlfst. 239, 25.
deáþ
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a, as being an old u-stem noun. v. deáða gedál (cf. deáþgedál, 936) dreógan, Gú. 206. death, of an individual Þa langan tíd þæs dimman deáðes mortis inamabile tempus, Dóm. L. 14. Hé bið mid wítum þreád æfter his deáþe, Bl. H. 49, 25.
flíma
a run-away ⬩ deserter ⬩ an apostate ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ exile ⬩ an outcast ⬩ wretch
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Ǽlc flýma beó flýma on ǽlcum lande þe on ánum sý, 296, 21. Pastio latronum latitantium in siluis qui spoliant et occidunt alios, quos Angli uocant fléman, Ll. Lbmn. 614, I.
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ge-swinc
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Eþelíce búton ǽlcum geswince, Bt. 35, 4 ; F. 162, 2. pæt hí leornigen ðone cræft geþylde on þám langan geswince, 39, 11; F. 228, 26. Men heafdon mycel geswinc þæs geáres. Chr. 1085; P. 216, 4.
ge-reccan
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Rdr. 27, 9. to assign Man hine áflýmde ðá, and man gerehte Æðelréde cyninge ðæt land and ǽhta, C. D. iii. 291, 18.
gildan
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Gif ic gesealde land ( land which ought to have gone in the male line ) ǽnigre wífhanda, þonne forgyldan míne mǽgas . . . For ðon ic cweþe ꝥ hí hit gyldan . . . Cht. Th. 491, 21-29.