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þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Ðá ðá hé ealdode, þá clypode hé his yldestan cniht him tó, Homl. Th. ii. 234, 22 : 286, 6 : 390, 19-22. Þá hé ðá út faran wolde, þá hét hé beódan, Chr. 905; Erl. 98, 21 : 894; Erl. 90, 33.

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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Se lytla cniht geseah bifiendum eágum þá áwyrgdan gástas cuman in tó him. Þá ongan hé clypian, 'Lá, fæder, forstand mé ( obsta, pater),' Gr. D. 289, 16. (2 a) to protect from (dat. ) :-- Hine God forstód hǽðenum folce, An. 1145.

Linked entry: for-licgan

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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Hé hæfde ǽnne ofermódine cniht . . . þone (þám, v. l.) hé sylf uneáðe mihte gewyldan (-wealdan, v. l.) superbum puerum habuit cui vix poterat vel ipse dominari, 36, 7. God mihte hine ( Pharaoh ) mid wildum berum and leónum gewyldan, Hml.

ge-beorgan

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Th. ii. 312, 28. (2 a) without object, to protect from :-- Hé mihte wið deáð gebeorgan and deáð forbúgan, Wlfst. 23, 16. combining the construction of and Hé wið cwealme gebearh cnihtum (cf. beorgan; I. 2 for dat.) on ofne lácende líg he protected the

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; f.
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Míne cnihtas synt on reste ( in cubili ) mid mé, Lk. Skt. 11, 7. Wæs án gesittende beforan his reste ( ante lectulum ejus ), Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 38. Swá swá oferdruncen man wát ðæt hé sceolde tó his húse and tó his ræste, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 31.

Linked entries: ræst reste

ge-bǽru

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Mid cnihtum þe unrǽdlíce férdon on ídelum lustum and wáclicum gebǽrum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 16. Ongeán Godes ege deófol syleð dyrstignesse mid dwǽslicum gebǽrum réceleásum mannum, Wlfst. 59, 20.

fýr

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Wǽron þá cnihtas on ꝥ fýr (fér, v. l. ) onsended; þá ne onhrán ꝥ fýr him nó, Mart. H. 24, 3. Hine man on ꝥ fýr wearp, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 12. Hé geseah feówer ormǽte fýr átende . . . 'þás feówer fýr ontendað ealne middaneard,' Hml Th. ii. 338, 7.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Ox. 1794: praefigurat, 3715. þæt wæs sweotole getácnad, þá hé cniht wæs . . . mon geseah ymbe þá sunnan swelce án gylden hring, and weóll án wille ele.

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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Abraham leófa, ne sleah ðín ágen bearn, ac ðú cwicne abregd cniht of áde, eaforan ðínne beloved Abraham, slay not thine own child, but take thou the boy, thy son, alive from the pile, Cd. 141; Th. 176, 19; Gen. 2914: Beo.

(int.)

LoOhAh

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Hú lá ne wurpe wé þrý cnihtas intó ðam fýre why, did not we cast three youths into the fire? Homl. Th. ii. 20, 12. Wénst ðú lá ðæt ðú beó álýsed fram ðisum tintregum do you suppose then that you will be released from these torments? Homl.

leornian

(v.)
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Hé wolde þæt þá cnihtas cræft eornedon, Dan. 83. Leorna þás láre, Sch. 23: Fä. 61. Leorniaþ wísdóm, and þonne gé hine geleornod hæbben, ne forhogiaþ hine þonne, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 25.

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, p. ode
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His cnihtes wakeden alle nihte. Laym. 9859, Þat haveth fele nihtes waked, Havel. 2999. His liche was waked, Gen. and Ex. 2516. Þet uolk þet late louieþ to soupi, and to waki be niȝte, Ayenb. 52, 18. O. Sax. O. L. Ger. wakón: O. H. Ger. wahhón. Cf.

Linked entries: a-wacian wæcian

cuman

(v.)
Grammar
cuman, p. cóm, coom.
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S. 31, 100. to escape from Of þám cnihtum þe cómon of þám hungre, Ælfc. T.

wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.: e; f.
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Cniht, stranglíc on wæstme, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41. Ða beóð on wæstme fíftýne fóta lange and on brǽde týn fót*-*mǽla homines longi pedum .xv. lati pedum .x., Nar. 37, 10 note.

ge-weald

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Cniht oð ꝥ he sig .xv. winter eald sig hé on his fæder gewealdum ( in potestate sit patris sui ), Ll. Th. ii. 152, 13. ¶ with gen. of person controlled Hí þæt wín drincende wǽron, oð hí heora selfra lytel geweald hæfdon, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 18.

ge-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sécan, -sécean; to -sǽcanne, -sécenne; part. -sécende, ic -séce, ðú -sécest, -sécst, he -séceþ, -sécþ, pl. -sécaþ; p. -sóhte, pl. -sóhton; pp. -sóht; v. a.
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Hie ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton they sought the young man's death, Andr. Kmbl. 2244; An. 1123: Ps. Th. 70, 22. Ðæt ealra witegena blód sý gesóht fram ðysse cneórysse ut inquiratur sanguis omnium prophetarum a generatione ista, Lk.

Linked entries: ge-soecan ge-sahte

samod

(adv.)
Grammar
samod, adv.
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Graton samod mid ðám cnihtum feóll tó Johannes fótum, Homl. Th. i. 62, 17. Cwom samod mid ðám swylce Assur etenim Assur simul venit cum illis, Ps. Th. 82. 7. Ða ðe someð mið hine ástigun quae simul cum eo ascenderant, Mk. Skt. Rush. 15, 41.

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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Ða þrý cnihtas wiðcwǽdon his hǽþenscipe, Homl. Ass. 70, 131. Sume sind gecwedene vitia, ðæt synd leahtras, on manegum wísum miswritene oððe miscwedene; ðám eallum wé sceolon wiðcweðan, gyf wé cunnon ðæt gesceád, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 23; Zup. 294, 15.

hweorfan

(v.)
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. ¶ with reflexive dative :-- Hé him siþþan hwearf tó Róme postea quam Romam venit, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 27. of an inanimate object Þæt fýr scýde tó þám þe þá scylde worhton, hwearf (hweorf, MS. ) on þá hǽðenan hæftas fram þám hálgum cnihton, Dan. 267

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen (
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Israhel onféhþ eallum his cnihtum suscepit Israhel, Blickl. Homl. 159, 20. Martha onféng Crist on hire hús, 73, 9. Onfóh ús on ðæt scip, 233, 7. Onfóþ mínre méder on neorxna wonge, 157, 32. Onfóh ðú ðínum esne, Ps. Th. 118, 122.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd