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willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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Ǽr him se fefer tó wille. Lchdm. ii. 134, 24, 22. IXb. as optative :-- Wolde húru se earming hine sylfne beþencan, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 161. [Goth. wiljan ; p. wilda : O. Sax. willian, wellian ; p. welda : O.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

hors

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Þá ongunnan þá iungan biddan þone bysceop ꝥ hé him álýfde ꝥ hí ærnan mósten and gecunnian hwylc heora swiftost hors hæfde, 5, 6; Sch. 575, 7: Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 34. Ióhannes heów þæt hors mid þám spuran, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 22.

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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Tíd is ðæt ðú fére and ða ǽrendu eal biþence ófestum lǽde swá ic ðé ǽr bibeád lác tó leófre time is that thou go and think about those errands [cf. Th. 173, 24 sqq. where Guthlac speaks of his burial], with speed bring, as I before bid thee [cf.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

ge-lífan

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Hé ne geliéfð ðæs grínes ðe hé mid gebrogden wyrð, ǽr ðon hé hit gefréde, Past. 331, 20. Sé þe wénþ ꝥ þis sóþ ne sié, ðonne ne geléfþ hé nánes sóþes, Bt. 36, 3; F. 178, 7. Wé þe gelýfað Crístes ǽristes, Hml. Th. i. 222, 2.

ge-cirran

(v.)
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Ðǽr wearð se cyng of France þurh gesmeáh gecyrred, and seó fyrding tóhwearf, 1094; P. 229, 29. a thing Seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred, and þone mon, þe heó ǽr from sended wæs, sceát. Bl.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Búte him ǽr cume hreáw tó heortan, Met. 18, II Wǽron heaðowylmas heortan getenge, Exod. 148: Dan. 629: Ps. Th. 101, 4. Him wæs leóht sefa heortan néh, An. 1254. Hit wyrs ne mæg on þínum hyge hreówan þonne hit mé æt heortan déð, Gen. 826.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Hé wæs eft swá ǽr lof lǽdende, An. 1479. to pass, go through life Líf lǽdan on gefeán, Bt. 12; F. 36, 24.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Sió hátheortness ðæt mód gebringð on ðæm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón mentem impellit furor, quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 33; Swt. 215, lo. Fæste for ðam unrihtan wyllan pro illa prava cupidine jejunet L. Ecg.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Ðá cwæþ ic: 'For þám þe þú ǽr cwǽde . . .,' Bt. 38, 3; F. 202, 11. Wé sǽdan hú wé hit reahtan and be hwý wé hit reahtan, Cht. Th. 171, 6. for the sake of:-- Nis ðis gewrít be ánum men áwriten ac ys be eallum, Hept.

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>, mǽgeþ,</b> e; f.

A collection of mǽgasa familystockraceas 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 timea generationa tribesubdivision of a peoplea peoplenationprovincecountry

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Woldon ofsleán Claudius for Gaiuses þingum ðæs ǽrran césares and ealle ða de ðære mǽgþe wǽron evertenda penitus Caesarum universa familia decrevissent, Ors. 6, 4; Swt. 258, 25. Rím miclade monna mǽgþe, Cd. 63; Th. 75, 22; Gen. 1244.

hád

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Ðá hádas ðǽre hálgan endebyrdnesse personae sacrorum ordinum, Past. 135, 13. the living body of a human being Ic hæbbe mé on hrycg þset ǽr hádas wreáh foldbúendra flǽsc and gǽstas, Rä. 2, 12. of a mode of divine being, person of the Trinity Hé wæs on

líf

(adv.)
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Hú monna gehwylc ǽr earnode éces lífes, Cri. 1052. Tó þám úplican lífe, An. Ox. 2214. Se rinc sóhte óðer líf, Gen. 1627. (2 a) with reference to states separated by conversion :-- þæs ealdan lífes yfelnesse ueteris uitae malitia, An.

út

(adv.)
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út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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Th. 120, 12; Gú. 270. out, away from home, abroad Gif hé unmyndlunge ceáp áredige út on hwylcere fare, búton hé hit ǽr cýdde ðá hé út rád, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 23. out, away from land Hweðer gé eówer hundas and eówer net út on ða sǽ lǽdon?

fram

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Hé nó þý ǽr fram meahte, B. 754. Fram ic ne wille, By. 317. See also verbs given in Dict. as compounds with fram, from

ge-hwilc

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Hé sceal beón, swá ic ǽr be beócere cwæð (beóceorl sceal geara beón on manegum weorcum, 3), oftrǽde tó gehwilcon weorce, Ll. Th. i. 436, 18. Wǽron hyra tungan getale teónan gehwylcre, Ps. Th. 56, 5.

heáh

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Mon dyde álces consules setl áne pyle hiérre þonne hit ǽr wæs, 5, 11 ; S. 236, 7. having a lofty position Híge þám þe on húses þæce heáh (or under (I. a β)?) áweaxeð foenum aedificiorum, Ps. Th. 128, 4.

Linked entry: dynt

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Seó cwén ongan fricggan . . . hú on worulde ǽr wítgan sungon be Godes bearne, El. 561. Wurdon hí blíðe syððan hí gehýrdon hú seó hálige spræc, Jud. 160. Geþencað hú hé spræc wið eów recordamini qualiter locutus est uobis, Lk. 24, 6.

for

beforein front ofbeforesinceagoforfromthroughon account offorfromthroughinstead of in place ofin exchange forin return forin expiation ofin redemption foron behalf ofin support ofin respect toin relation toas regardsagainstfromin spite ofnotwithstandingin accordance withaccording toas representative offorto takein compensation foras punishment forfor the sake ofon behalf of for the benefit ofAs representative of

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Nú on þisne tíman geþencan, oððe ǽr for fela geárum gemunan, 23, 709. Oft getíman yfelum teala for lífe, Hml.

wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
wrecan, p. wræc, pl.wrǽcon; pp.wrecen

To drivepressto driveforce to moveto drive outexpelto drive outto expressutterreciteto drive inimpressinlayto drivepractisecarry outonto drivepress onto wreakto punishto punishto punishto punishto avengeto avengeto avengeto avengeto avengeto take vengeance (on)

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Be ðam wrecendan ǽr hé him rihtes bídde, L. In. 9 ; Th. i. 108, 3. Wrecendum lígum flammis ullricibus, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 27. to avenge a person Ic wrece (wræco, Lind.) hig vindicabo illam, Lk. Skt. 18, 5.

heáfod

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Þone arcb . . . sé þe ǽr wæs Angelcynnes heáfod and Xpendómes, Chr. 1011; P. 142, 5. Þú mé gesettest ðeódum tó heáfde constitues me in caput gentium, Ps. Th. 17, 41.