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þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Th. 5297; B. 2646 : Val. 1, 9. in apposition to a pronoun in the main clause Wæs seó hwíl þæs lang, þæt ic Gode þegnode the time of my serving God was long (or þæs = so? ), Cd.

wiþ-cweþan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-cweþan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp.-cweden.

to replyto gainsaycontradict maintain an opposite opinionto contradictopposeresistto refuserejectnot to allow

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Ðá begann se cyngc gyrnan his sweostor him tó wife, ac hé and his menn ealle lange wiðcwǽdon, and eác heó sylf wiðsóc, 1067; Erl. 204, 17. Ða þrý cnihtas wiðcwǽdon his hǽþenscipe, Homl. Ass. 70, 131.

(n.)
Grammar
yþ, e; f.
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Ýð (cf. gewinn ýþa and landes, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 35) wið lande ealneg winneþ, Met. 28, 57. Mec ýð sió brúne beleólc, Exon. Th. 471, 25; Rä. 61, 6. <b>Ib.

ge-rád

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Hí wurdon sehte on þá gerád ꝥ hé nǽfre eft Englisce ne Frencisce intó þám lande ne gelógige, 1093 ; P. 228, 28. <b>IV a.

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Wildwildnot domesticnot tamednot broken inwildnot cultivatedwilduncultivateduninhabitedwildturbulentungoverned

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Lind. 13, 27. of places, wild, uncultivated, uninhabited Licgaþ wilde móras emnlange ðæm býnum lande, Ors. l, I; Swt. 18, 27.

Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet

FOR

(prep.)
Grammar
FOR, prep. dot. acc. and inst.

FORon account ofbecause ofwithbypropropterperaccording toprosĕcundumjuxtaForinstead ofprolŏcovĭceForon account ofbecause ofthroughpropropterper

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Eardas rúme Meotud arǽrde for moncynne the Creator established spacious lands for mankind, Exon. 89a; Th. 334, 15; Gn. Ex. 16. Aguldon me yfelu for gódum retrĭbuēbant mihi măla pro bŏnis. Ps. Spl. 34, 14.

for-beran

to bearenduresustainto bear withtolerateto bear withput up withto do withoutto abstain fromdesist fromto abstainto restrain

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Míne witan secgað ꝥ ic hit tó lange forboren hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 220, 4. to bear with patiently, without getting angry, put up with, not to resent, not to punish Forberet dissimulat (injuriam), Kent. Gl. 411.

Linked entries: fór-beran fóre-beran

flǽsc

Grammar
flǽsc, pl. flǽscu: flǽsce (?), an; /.

fleshanimalshuman beings

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Nó þon lange wæs feorh æðelinges flǽsce bewunden, B. 2424. Ic beó eft mid mínum felle befangen, and ic on mínum flǽsce God geseó, Hml. Th. ii: 456, 18. Se líchama ðe Críst on ðrowode wæs geboren of Marian flǽsce, 270, 18.

ge-nídan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 143, 75. a person Hé geniédde eft þá Seaxan tó hiera ágnum lande, Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 21.

be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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lange wunode wræclástum. . . . Syððan forð becom, Chr. 1065; P. 194, 10. Ðæt word becom tó Neróne, Bl. H. 173, 35. Siþþan eástan hider Engle and Seaxe up becóman, Chr. 937; P. 110, 4. Hí ofer sǽ becómon, 1052; P. 182, 7.

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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Ðá wæs ǽlc ðæs wordes, ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hé land foreode, ðonne hé ðæne hád underfénge, Chart. Th. 167, 32.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Swælc monn se ðæt mín lond hebbe whoever gets my land, C. D. i. 311, I. Ꝥ wé é Bið hire rǽd ꝥ frýnd þá forword habban, 256, 2.

ge-witnes

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Sé þe land gewerod hæbbe be scíre gewitnesse, 420, 20. Gange ǽlc man þæs tó gewitnesse þe hé durre on þám háligdóme swerian, 292, 14.

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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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.

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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Hé mé ða bóc ágeaf swá hé mé on ðon wedde ǽr geseald hæfde then I said that I would help him on condition that he would make a grant of the land to me, awd he engaged to do that . .

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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III. 1 a) Lócian hwæþer hé ðæt land gecneowe ðæt hié tóweard wǽron speculari quam regionem teneret.

Linked entry: tó-ward

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &amp;c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Th. i. 472, 30. of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with, flow with Land ðe weóll meolceand hunie terra quae lacte el melle manabat, Num. 16, 13. His gesceapu maðan weóllon, Homl. Th. i. 86, 10: Homl. Skt. i. 4, 212.

Linked entry: for-weallen

licgan

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Þý lǽs se hwǽte cíþa leás licge on þǽm lande, Met. 12, 6. of the wind, the tongue, to be still, be at rest Ðonne wind ligeð tum ventos claudit Aeolus antris, Ph. 182.

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Sceattas ge on lande, ge on óðrum þingum, 51, 7. Hé gesett hys wíngerd myd óðrum tilion, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 41. Hé him tó genym?

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Hié eodon ofer land they went across the country, 896; Erl. 94, 14 : Andr.Kmbl. 2460; An. 1231. Ofer eástreámas ís brycgade the ice threw a bridge across the rivers, 2523; An. 1263.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan