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hraþe

(adv.)
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Add: of quick movement, with verbs of motion Hræðe gangaþ cito euntes, Mt. R. L. 28, 7. Hié eódun hraþe of byrgenne, Mt. R. 28, 8. Þú hræðe (cf. on hrædum færelde, Bt. 4; F. 6, 31) hefon ymbhwearfest, Met. 4, 3.

níwe

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Áfeormudre þæs ealdan lífes yfelnesse on níwre geleáfan gyfe wé gangað, An. Ox. 40, 25. Bibod niówe (níua, L. ) ic sello iów, Jn. R. 13, 34. <b>IV a.

fela

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Hí fét habbað, ne magon feala gangan they cannot walk much;non ambulabunt, 113, 15. Fela, Rä. 32, 8. Heó wíde ne féreð, ne fela rídeð, 59, 3

Linked entry: feald

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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Hwyder wilt ðú gangan? Ic wille gangan tó Róme, Blickl. Homl. 191, 16. Ne wille ic leng his geongra wurþan, Cd. Th. 19, 15 ; Gen. 291. Hé wile eft gesettan heofona ríce, 25, 20; Gen. 396 : 176, 30 ; Gen. 2919.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

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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Gangan út of earce, 89, 29; Gen. 1488. Ða ðe út gongaþ of múþe, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 34. Moyses oft eode inn and út on ðæt tempt, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 24. Ic of ðé út síðode, Soul Kmbl. 110; Seel. 55. Ðǽr ic út swícan ne mæg non egrediebar, Ps.

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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Ðeóf sceal gangan in ðýstrum wederum, Menol. Fox 543; Gn. C. 42. Ðǽr þeófas (ðeáfas, Lind. fures ) hit delfaþ and forstelaþ, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 19. On helle beóþ þeófas and gítseras ðe on mannum heora ǽhta on wóh nimaþ, Blickl. Homl. 61, 21.

Linked entry: þeáf

ge-neálǽcan

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Hé geneólécde (gangande, R.) tó ðǽm forðmest accedens ad primum, Mt. L. 21, 28. Geneálécde, 30. Ðá geneálǽhte (genélécde, L., cumende, R.) Petrus tó him, Mt. 18, 21. Geneálǽhton (geneólécedon, L., eódun, R.) his leorningcnihtas tó him, 5, l.

A

(prefix)
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A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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The peculiar force which this particle imparts to different verbs may correspond to the Latin ex out, as á-gangan to go out; exire: to the English up, as á-hleápan to leap up; exsilire: á-fyllan to fill up; implere: it expresses the idea of an origin

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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Hét se cyning tó him cnihtas gangan; hyssas hýrdon láre, Dan. 432. Noldan Crécas þǽm bebode hiéran. Ors. 3, II; S. 144, 16. to be subject to. of the relation between subject and ruler (human or divine) Ic Críste héro Christ is my king. Ps.

ge-reccan

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(l a) to send in a straight line; gangan gereht to go direct :-- Gang nú tó þínum mynstre mid Godes sibbe gereht, Hml. S. 23 b, 706. (l b) to direct the course of a non-material object, bring into a condition (cf. O. H.

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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</b> of travelling, cf. lecgan and Ger. zurücklegen :-- On weg setteþ wíse gangas, Ps. Th. 84, 12. Sceal ic nú wreclástas settan, siðas wíde, Cd. Th. 276, 15 ; Sat. 189. Gesundne síð settan to make a safe journey, Elen.

Linked entry: on-settan

ge-métan

(v.)
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Gangað . . . and gé þǽr gemétað fíctreów, 239, 6: 147, 30. (a β) to find in records :-- Þá þe ic gemétte áwþer oþþe on Ines dæge oþþe on Offan, . . . þá þe mé ryhtoste þúhton, ic þá hér on gegaderode, Ll. Th. i. 58, 23. with obj. and infin.

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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[On my]nster tó ganganne oðða súð tó faranne, Txts. 447, 17. Hé þanon wæs farende, Bl. H. 249, 2. ¶ figurative: Gif gé on mínum bebodum farað, Hml. S. 13, 157. Þǽr þú þínes fæder éþele fóre of, ðá ðú ðíne fæstrǽdnesse forléte, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 30.

Linked entry: farnian

gifu

(n.)
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On níwre geleáfan gyfe wé gangaþ in noua fidei gratia ambu-lamus 25. grace, the divine influence which operates in men to sanctify and to inspire with virtuous impulses ꝥ him wǽre from Dryhtne sylfum heofonlic gyfo (gifu, geofu, gyfu, v. ll.) forgyfen

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Nú gé móton gangan Hróðgár geseón, B. 396. to visit, go to a place Þæt ic líf æfter óðrum geseó and geséce that I go to another world after this one; Hy. 4, 31.

ge-dón

(v.)
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Matheum hé gedyde gangan, Bl. H. 239, 16. with acc. and clause, whose subject is the pronoun representing the preceding acc. Þá sunnan þú gedést ꝥ heó þá þeóstre ádwǽscþ, Bt. 4; F. 6, 33.

on-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-geagn, -gegen, -gægn, -gegn, -geán, -gán, -geǽn, -gén.

opposite, over against, againsttowards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way ofagainstagainst, for the reception of, to receivein reply toin return for, as an equivalent for opposite, over againstagainst, in a direction opposite toagainst, with, contrary to, in opposition toin reply toas an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange foragainst, ready fortowardsoppositeagain, backLat re-in replytowardson the other handagain

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Gangaþ on ðás ceaster-wíe ðe inc. ongeán standeþ, Blickl. Homl. 69, 35. Ðá arn hé and gestód ongeán ( opposite ) ðam lége, 221, 11. Wæs ongeán ðyssum wæterscipe glæsen fæt a glass vessel was placed so that the water ran into it, 209, 4.

Linked entries: a-gén a-gén on-gegen

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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Homl. 101, 35, Hwyder magon gyt gangan from mínum willan? 187, 25. Him eal worold wendeþ on willan, Beo. Th. 3482 ; B. 1739. Ðás fíf andgitu gewisseþ seó sáwul tó hire wyllan, Homl. Skt. i. I. 201. Willan nulum Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 26: 61, 5.

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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Th. ii. 190, 2. assistance Gif hé gangan mæge bi stafe if he can walk with a stick, Ll.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Gif eów swá líce þuhte utan gangan on ðissum carcerne, Blickl. Homl. 247, 1. Swá ðon gelícost ðe tóbrocen fæt, Lchdm. ii. 230, 25.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá