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ge-hýran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýran, -híran, -héran; to -hýranne, -hýrenne; part. -hýrende; ic -hýre, -ðú -hýrest, -hýrst, he -hýreþ, -hýrþ, pl. -hýraþ; p. ic, he -hýrde, ðú -hýrdest, pl. -hýrdon; impert. -hýr, pl. -hýre, -hýraþ; subj. pres. -hýre, pl. -hýron; p. -hýrde, pl. -hýrden; pp. -hýred.

To heargive ear toaudīreexaudīreTo hearaudīreto obeyobĕdire

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Ǽr he dómdæges dyn gehýre before he shall hear doomsday's din, Salm. Kmbl. 546; Sal. 272 : Exon. 13 a; Th. 22, 31; Cri. 360. Wearþ Stephanes bén gehýred Stephen's prayer was heard, Homl. Th. i. 52, 32, 33. v. intrans.

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, soel ; also sélor ; adv. (cpve.)
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Se æcer syððan gegreów .c. síða sélor ðonne hé ǽr dyde, Shrn. 137, 25. Hú man sélost mæg synna forbúgan how sins may most effectually be avoided, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 38. Hú ic ðíne; sóðfæstnesse sélest heólde, Ps. Th. 118, 54, 26.

stígan

(v.)
Grammar
stígan, p. stáh, pl. stigon; pp. stigen.
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Ǽr hé on bed stige, 1357 ; B. 676. Stígan on wægn, Exon. Th. 404, 16 ; Rä. 23, 8. Hét hé ǽnne mon stígan on ðone mæst ( adscendere in arborem navis ), Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 202, 2.

Linked entry: a-stígend

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [Halliwell gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In Jamieson's Dictionary the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]
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Is swǽrra ðínra synna ród, ðonne seó óþer wæs, ðe ic ǽr ástág, Exon. Th. 91, 10; Cri. 1490. Nis ðys eall geswinc?

Linked entry: swár

teár

(n.)
Grammar
teár, ( = teahor), teór, tæher, teher, tehher, es; m.

A tear.a drop of water from the eye,caused by emotion, generally by griefin plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, afflictioncaused by weakness.a tearlike dropthat which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb

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Þynceþ þegna gehwylcum huniges bíbreád healfe ðý swetre, gif hé hwéne ǽr huniges teáre bitres onbyrgeþ, Met. 12, 10. Meng wið huniges teáre, Lchdm. iii. 46, 7. Nim huniges teár and merces sǽd ... mæng wið ðone teár, 4, 16 [O. Frs. tár: O. H.

wítega

(n.)
Grammar
wítega, an; m.

a wise manone who has knowledgeone who has knowledge from a superhuman sourceprophetwise mandivinersoothsayera presage

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Hú on worulde ǽr wítgan sungon, gásthálige guman, be Godes bearne, Elen. Kmbl. 1119; El. 561: Exon. Th. 5, 3; Cri. 64. Ǽ and wítegena bebod (wítgas ł wítgo, Lind., wítgu, Rush.) lex et prophete, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 12. Wítgena word, Exon.

Linked entry: wítiga

witod

(adj.)
Grammar
witod, adj. (ptcpl. )

appointedordainedassuredcertaincertaincertainlyassuredly

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Án þing ic eów secge tó gewisse, ðæt witod sceal geweorðan godspel gecýþed geond ealle worulde ǽr worulde ende, 89, 21.

Linked entries: ge-witod witud

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrackmiserysufferingsuffering that comes as punishment,retributive punishmentvengeancewhere the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

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Lind. 12, 48. where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment Hie (Adam and Eve) wǽron on helle fíf þúsend wintra and twá hund wintra ǽr ðon God wolde heó ðæs wræces unbindan, Anglia xi. 2, 24.

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Ꝥ sé ne durre beón wísdómes láreów óðres mannes, sé þe hine ǽr him sylfum ne geleornað, Gr. D. 12, 27.

ge-dál

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Gif hé ǽr ðǽm gedále cann gemetgian hwæt hine anhagige tó sellanne, 341, 12. Hé ðá láre him forgeaf þæt hí hí dǽldon eallum ðeódum. Be ðám gedále cwæð sum wítega, Hml.

hǽlend

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Næs þá monna gemet. . . þæt eów mihte helpan, nimðe Hǽlend God, sé þæt wíte ǽr tó wrece gesette, férde tó foldan', Sat. 470-95. of the Deity in Christian times, denoting a saviour, used of Christ Þú hǽlend eart middangeardes, El. 809.

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; ;f.;

rest, quiet, freedom from toilrest, repose, sleepa place of rest, resting-placea bed, couch

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Nis nán gesceaft gesceapen ðara ðe ne wilnige ðæt hit ðider cuman mǽge ðonan ðe hit, ǽr com, ðæt is tó ræste and tó orsorgnesse. Seó ræst is mid Gode, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 29-32 ; Met. 13, 71.

Linked entries: ræst reste

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.

roomy, spacious, ample, extensive roomy, open, unencumbered. long, extended ample, great, liberalunrestricted, clear, free from conditionslaxample, far-reachingliberal.great, noble, august

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Kmbl, 2480; El. 1241. unrestricted, clear, free from conditions Ðæt hé hit hæbbe swá rúm tó bóclonde swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 258,29 .

a-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon ; pp. -writen ; v. a. [a, wrítan to engrave, write] .

to write out or downto transcribedescribecomposetranscriberedescribereconscriberecontexereto inscribeinscribereinscriptione ornareto carvedelineatedrawsculperedelineare

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to write out or down, to transcribe, describe, compose; transcribere, describere, conscribere, contexere Ðæs hálgan fæder and biscopes Sancti Cuþberhtes líf ǽrest eroico metro and æfter fæce gerǽde worde ic awrát I wrote out the life of the holy father

Linked entry: a-wrát

sceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwung, e; f.

a looking at, contemplation, considerationrespect,regardreconnoitring, surveying, examinationa spectacle, showa show, appearance, pretence

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Ǽrest ic hyt leornode myd ðám eágum, syððan myð ðam ingeþance ... ac syððan ic hyt ongyten hæfde ðá forlǽt ic ða sceáwunga mid ðam eágum, Shrn. 175, 8. respect,regard Nis scáwung heora deáþes non est respectus morti eorum, Ps.

þurh-teón

(v.)

to carry throughget a proposal accepted, a request grantedto carry out a plan, orders, etc.give effect to an intentionto carry throughcarry on to a (successful) endto accomplishperformto perpetrateto carry oncontinueto bring to a successful issueto achievebring aboutbring to passto affordto go throughundergoto drawdrag

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Ða scylde ðe se him self ǽr nyste se hié þurhteáh culpam, quam nescit ipse etiam, qui perpetravit, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 14.

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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Gif þú ǽnne stán tóclifst, ne wyrþ hé nǽfre gegaderod swá hé ǽr wæs, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 26.

weaxan

(v.)
Grammar
weaxan, weacsan, weahsan, weahxan, wexan, wehsan; ic weaxe; ðú wyxt; hé weaxeþ, weaxþ, weaxt, waexit, weaxst, wexeþ, wexþ, wixt, wihst, wihxþ, wyxþ, wyxt, wyxst, wycxþ; p. weóx, weócs, weóhs, pl. weóxon, weóhson, weóxson ; pp. weaxen

To wax, grow.to grow, be produced,to grow, grow upto grow, increase, wax to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper to be productiveto grow, take shape

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Se hlísa ðæt wǽre sum ancra, ðæt missenlícum mægnum for Gode weóhse, Guthl. 12; Gdwin. 58, 14. to be productive Ǽr ðon eówre treówu telgum blówe, wæstmum weaxe priusquam producant spinae vestrae rhamnos, Ps. Th. 57, 8.

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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Þeáh hié ǽr ðæs écan lífes orwéne wǽron, hié synt nú swíþe blíþe, Blickl. Homl. 85, 27. (1 a) combined with þe :-- Hí wǽron ðæs Hǽlendes gewitan, ðeáh ðe hí hine ðágyt ne cúðon, Hornl. Th. i. 84, 4: 82, 33. Þeáh ðe hé geong sý, Beo.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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Hié Norðanhymbra loud ergende wǽron and hiera tilgende ( providing for themselves ), Chr. 876; Erl. 78, 15. in a special sense of medical care, to cure, treat, tend, attend to Sceal ðæs módes lǽce ǽr tilian ðæs ðe hé wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan

Linked entries: teolian tylian telge