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tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Dó ðæs lean tó ðám foresprecenan gódum ðe ic ðe ǽr tealde on ðriddan béc, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 190, 2. Se sunderhálga tealde his gódan dǽda, swilce God hí nyste, Homl. Th. ii. 428, 18.

friþ

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hé macode on þisan lande, swá ꝥ án man mihte faran ofer his ríce mid his bósum full goldes ungederad, 1086 ; P. 220, 12. peace as opposed to war. agreement settled between two peoples previously at war, peace after war Æt þám hearmum þe gedón wǽre ǽr

ge-gán

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gegǽð on þám dæge þæt hé sý wérig or he gets on that day tired with walking, Wlfst. 212, 29. to act upon by going, used of a plough in movement which is thus preparing the land for cultivation Áríse seó æcerteóðung á be þám þe seó sulh þone teóðan æcer ǽr

ge-hátan

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Þǽre láre þe ðú mé ǽr gehéte, Bt. 40, 5; F. 240, 12: 3, 4; F. 6, 19. Hé gehét Rómánum his freóndscipe, 1; F. 2, 8: Jul. 639. Líf gehéht ( promittit ) éce, Mt. p. 18, 12. ¶ with complementary adjective: Hé him sige tóweardne gehéht, Bl.

ge-sécan

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Hé férde mid swá mycclan here swá nǽfre ǽr þis land ne gesóhte, Chr. 1085; P. 215, 37. Þæt wǽron þá ǽrestan scipu Deniscra monna þe Angelcynnes lond gesóhton, 787 ; P. 54, 7. Nis ꝥ nǽnig mán ꝥ þurfe þone deópan grund þæs hátan léges gesécean, Bl.

ge-setnes

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Th. i. 110, 7. combination, composition. putting together of material, construction Ǽr middaneardes gesetnysse (constitutione), Hml. A. 70, 126. (1 a) a medical preparation (?)

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Past. 261, 20. ꝥ hé þæt ilce yfel ne geþafige óþrum monnum þe hé ǽr óþrum dyde that he may not submit to the same evil from others, that he before did to others, Bt. 16, 2: F. 54, 6. Níð geðafian, Dan. 633.

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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MS.) eów selfum wítan, ǽr ic hit eów wíte, Past. 31 ; Swt. 206, 19. with a negative, aught. See also III. alone Ne bið him wiht tó sorge. Exon. Th. 238, 29 ; Ph. 611. Ne wendaþ hine wyrda, ne hine wiht (or acc. ?) dreceþ, ádl ne yldo, 334, 1; Gn.

CRÆFT

(n.)
Grammar
CRÆFT, es; m.

powermightstrength as of body or externals visroburpotentiaan artskillCRAFTtradework arsperitiaartificiumoccupatioopuscraft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtusa CRAFTany kind of ship navis qualiscunque

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Ða cræftas de we ǽr ymbe sprǽcon ne sint to wiðmetanne wið ðære sáwle cræfta ǽnne the faculties which we have before spoken about are not to be compared with any one of the faculties of the soul 32, 1; Fox 116, 1, 2, 4.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Hú ne hæfdon wé ǽr gereht ꝥ ðá gesǽlþa and sió godcundnes án wǽre beatitudo vero est ipsa divinitas, Bt. 34, 5; F. 138, 32.

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a worda single part of speechwordsa written worda worda group of wordsa sayingsentencewordsa sayingmaxima talestorya reporttidingsfamename(good) word,(good) reporta commandan orderordinancea messagean announcementwordsolemn statementpromiseoathan (expressed) intentionopinionspeechlanguagewordslanguagestylewordword of God

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Ǽr áwǽged sié worda ǽnig, Andr. Kmbl. 2877; An. 1441. Hé com be Honorius wordum ðes pápan, Chr. 634; Erl. 25, 28.

setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (
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Ǽr sunne tó setle eode usque ad occasum solis, Ex. 17, 12. Ðá sunne tó setle eode cum occidisset sol, Mk. Skt. 1, 32. Sunne sáh tó setle, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 17. Ðonne heó ( the sun ) on setl eode, Bt. 5, 23; S. 645, 26.

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
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twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Seóð ðú hit twá swá swíðe swá hit ǽr wæs, Lchdm. iii. 12, 21. [ Goth. twai; m. twós; f. twa; n.; gen. twaddjé; dat. twaim; acc. twans; m. twós; f. twa; n.: O. Sax. twéne; m. twá, twó; f, twé; n.; gen. twéió; dat. twém: O.

Linked entries: tuu twá

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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D. 104, 17), swá swá hí ǽr gewunode wǽron they might not go on with their unlawful acts, as before they had been wont, Hml. Th. ii. 158, 12. Grammar faran, faran mid to act with, make use of, practise: Ðonne se man mid lícetunge færð, Hml.

Linked entry: farnian

fela

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Hé fela þing wiste ǽr þan þe hit gewurde, Hml, S. 31, 1009. Þú worn fela sprǽce, B. 530. Hé ofslóg fela þúsend monna, Ors. 6, 13; S. 268, 17. Hié innwit feala ýwdan, Ps. Th. 108, 2. Þú scealt fela gewinn habban, Hml.

Linked entry: feald

irnan

(v.)
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Hié bióð gehwerfde eft tó þám ilcan ryne þe hié ǽr urnon, Bt. 21 ; F. 74, 12. Hé blissode swá swá ent tó yrnenne weg, Ps. Spl. 18, 6

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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Óð ðæt seó sunne eft becume ðǽr heó ǽr up stáh, Lchdm. iii. 236, 5. Níwe steorra wæs upp yrnynde, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 14. Se móna up eode, Nar. 30, 7. Hí delfaþ gold up of eorþan, Nar. 35, 8. Wolde ðæt se hálga wer wurde up gedón, Homl.

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Wið ðæs ðú wilt higian ðon ǽr ðe ðú hine ongitest towards that thou wilt strive as soon as thou dost recognise it, Bt. ll, 2 ; Fox 34, 8. Se man ðe swereþ man and eft his gilt onget, Lev. 5, 4: Met. 22, 16.

sceát

(n.)
Grammar
sceát, es; m.

a corner, an anglecorner, quartera projection, promontorya nook, corner, regiona lap, bosomthe bosoma baysinusa garmenta cloth, napkin cloak,fold

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Lege on ða feówer sceáttas ðæs ærnes lay at the four corners of the house, Lchdm. ii. 142,11. Similar entries (v.

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weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Ða byrig, ðe ǽr gafol guldon, wurdon Ciruse tó monegum gefeohtum civitates, quae tributariae erant, a Cyro defecerunt; quae res Cyro multorum bellorum causa et origo exstitit, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 14.