weorþan
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Hé manegum wearð mannum tó hróðre, werþeódum tó wræce, Elen. Kmbl. 30; El. 15.
willan
To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to
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Wolde ic, ðæt ðú funde ða, Elen. Kmbl. 2157; El. 1080.
be-healdan
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Add: to hold, occupy, a place Þá wíc beheóld hálig gást, hreðer weardode, El. 1144. Seó þe flóda begong beheóld hund missera, B. 1498. an office Þegn nytte beheóld, B. 494.
ge-feallan
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Hwæt wæs on manríme ... dareðlácendra deádra gefeallen, El. 651. of material objects, buildings, &c. Þonne gefeallaþ ealle deófolgyld, Bl. H. 93, 16. Þæt hús nó gefeóll (-feáll, L.), Mt. R. 7, 25, 27: Lk.
déman
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Deáþe déman, El. 303. to adjudge, assign reward, punishment, &c., to a person Hé eallum démeð leán æfter ryhte, Cri. 846. On swá hwæðere hond Dryhten mǽrðo déme swá him gemet þince, B. 687.
ge-rýman
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Hí flugon and þæt igland eallunge gerýmdon ðǽm æðelan cempan, ii. 142, 33. so as to allow access, to clear the way to; — Gife unscynde mægencyning ontýnde, tídum gerymde, El. 1249. so as to allow free action to give free course to He his godcundnesse
tó
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(i) :-- On þone hálgan handa sendon tó feorhlege, El. 458. (j) :-- Ceólulf wilnade ðæs landes tó Heáberhte bisceope and tó his hígon, Cht. Th. 47, 7. Tó hæpsan pinn, Angl. ix. 265, 9. add: Hé sæt tó þám cásere, Hml. S. 31, 629.
wæter
- Homl. 247, 25 ; see also
- Ps. Th. 17, 11
- Ps. Th. 31, 7.
water ⬩ water ⬩ water in the sky, rain ⬩ water of a river, sea, etc. ⬩ water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea ⬩ waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.
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Hé becom tó Iordanes ófrum ðæs wæteres he came to the shores of the river Jordan, Skt. ii. 23 b, 664, 678: (the Danube), Elen. Kmbl. 119; El. 60. On wætere in amne, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 35. Hé geseah ofer ðæm wætere hárne stán, Blickl.
earnian
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., or prep, or clause) Eádig eorl écan dreámes, heofona hámes earnað on elne, oð þæt ende cymeð dógorrímes, Ph. 484. Ǽlc hæfð be þám andefnum þe hé hǽr æfter æarnað, Solil. H. 65, 27.
feówertig
alone
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Th. i. 296, 21. combined with units, and the number treated as singular Þá beóð eahta and feówertiges elna lange, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 6. as plural Gif þǽr beóð fíf and feówertig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 28.
ǽmettig
empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried
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. :-- Byden ǽlces eles ǽmtig, Gr. D. 160, 10. devoid, void of, free from 'Wes ðú hál, geofena ful.' Heó wæs ful cweden, næs ǽmetugu, Bl. H. 5, 5. with gen. :-- Ǽmetig gástlicra mægena, Bl. H. 37, 9.
hwilc
which ⬩ who ⬩ any one ⬩ any ⬩ some
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Cwén frignan ongan on hwylcum ðara beáma bearn wealdendes hangen wǽre, Elen. Kmbl. 1698; El. 851. Dó mé wegas wíse ðæt ic wite on hwylcne ic gange notam mihi fac viam, in qua ambulem, Ps. Th. 142, 9.
þǽr
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Th. 58, 18; Gen. 948 : Elen. Kmbl. 1467; El. 735. Ic ðǽr cwom tó ðam hringsele Hróðgár gretan, Beo. Th. 4023; B. 2009. with relative force, where, in which place Nellen gé goldhordian eów goldhordas on eorþan, þǽr (þár MS.
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elcor
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Add: else Ælcor (ellicor, v. l.) alias, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 239, 2. besides Ic genom mid mec þreó þúsendo and forlét míne fyrd elcor ( the rest of the army ) in Fasiacen, Nar. 26, 5.
fíftig
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Þá mǽstan beóð fíftiges elna lange, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 6: Gen. 1307: B. 3042. Sé bið on fíftegum (or pl.?) mancessa, Past. 9, 1. distributive: Hig sǽton hundredum and fíftegum (ðerh fíftigum, L.
ge-eácnian
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Þ hé geeácnige áne elne tó hys anlícnesse adicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum, Mt. 6, 27. Ealle þás þing eów beóð þǽr tó geeácnode haec omnia adicientur vobis, 33. to become or to make pregnant Þonne hraþe geeácnað heó, Lch. i. 346, 7.
ícan
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Ícan áne elne tó his anlícnesse. Lk. 12, 25. to add to. by way of supplement or completion Þás láreówas ne sceolan Godes dómas náwþer ne ná wanian ne ne écan. Bl. H. 81, 4. (la) the material of addition given in dat. Cf.
ge-cirran
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Nama wæs gecyrred on þæt betere, El. 1061. Hé bið gecirred (-cierred, v.l. ) tó áre. Past. 269, 2. Hí synd gecyrrede tó heora gecynde, Hml. Th. i. 68, 29. <b>VI c.
lǽdan
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Mægen lǽdan, El. 241. Godcunde láreówas sceolan ús lǽdan forð æt þám dóme . . . Gesǽlig bið se hyrde þe þá heorde intó Godes ríce mót lǽdan, Ll. Th. i. 424, 8-11.
ofer
with dat. generally with the idea of rest; ⬩ above, over ⬩ denoting contact with anything, upon, on ⬩ denoting extension over, throughout, in, on ⬩ denoting a higher degree, beyond, more than ⬩ denoting the cause of an emotion, over ⬩ denoting the object over which power is exercised ⬩ with the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expected ⬩ marking time, after, beyond ⬩ denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an object ⬩ denoting motion which is diffused over a surface ⬩ denoting extension through a space, throughout, among ⬩ denoting motion from below, over, above ⬩ denoting motion from above, upon, on ⬩ denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effect ⬩ denoting the object over which power is exercised ⬩ above, more than ⬩ supra, super ⬩ beyond, besides ⬩ ultra ⬩ denoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, against ⬩ with words implying rest ⬩ (cf. to talk over) ⬩ denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5) ⬩ without ⬩ with words expressing time, ⬩ after ⬩ through, during
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Iudas up áhóf ðara róda twá ofer ðæt fǽge hús, Elen. Kmbl. 1759; El. 881. Se ðe ástáh ofer heofenas qui ascendit super caelos, ofer heálíce dúne ástíh ðú super montem excelsum ascende tu, Ælfc.
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