irnan
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Hié bióð gehwerfde eft tó þám ilcan ryne þe hié ǽr urnon, Bt. 21 ; F. 74, 12. Hé blissode swá swá ent tó yrnenne weg, Ps. Spl. 18, 6
ende-byrdnes
a row ⬩ series ⬩ a rank ⬩ grade ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ position ⬩ degree ⬩ an order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ method ⬩ regulation ⬩ ordering ⬩ an injunction ⬩ ordinance
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H. 215, 35: 213, 14. order of nature, system in which things proceed according to fixed laws Ðára unstillena gesceafta styring ne mæg nó weorþan onwend of ðám ryne and of þǽre endebyrdnesse þe him geset is, Bt. 21; F. 74, 5.
ge-tæl
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Þæs mónan swiftnes áwyrpð út ǽnne dæg and áne niht of Sim getæle (-tele) hys rynes ǽfre ymbe neogontýne geár ( a day has to be deducted from the number of days in a lunation every nineteen years; cf. binnan nigontyne wintrum wurde án dæg gelytlod of þæs
ge-mǽne
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Freá engla héht wesan wæter gemǽne, þá nú under roderum heora ryne healdað (dixit Deus : 'Congregentur aquae quae sub coelo sunt, ' Gen. l, 9), Gen. 158. denoting companionship, collaboration, & c.
healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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Th. 103, 25. with adverbs. forð, to continue, go on with: Heóldon forð ryne eástreámas heora, Gen. 215. on, to go on Heóld on heáh gesceap high destiny held on its course, B. 3084
hé
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Num. 21, 8. for genitive as possessive see instances under and . where the pronoun refers to an inanimate thing. masculine Ðæs mónan ryne is nearo, for þan þe hé yrnð ealra tungla niðemest, Lch. iii. 248, 9.
findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Nǽron nó swá endebyrdlíce hiora stede and hiora ryne funden, Bt. 35, 2; F. 158, 3. to compose poetry Ic þysne sang fand, Ap. i.
ge-settan
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Of ðám ryne þe him geset is, Bt. 21; F. 74, 5 : 21 : Met. II, 56. Geseted, Sae. 678. Hú þæs gástes síd æfter swyltcwale geseted wurde, An. 156. to occupy, land for cultivation .xii. hîda gesettes landes, Ll. Th. i. 144, 6:9.
weorþan
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Wénst ðú ðæt ðú ðæt hwerfende hweól, ðonne hit on ryne wyrþ (when it gets a-running), mæge oncyrran tu volventis rotae impetum retinere conaris? Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 36. Hé on fylle wearð, Beo. Th. 3093; B. 1544. Hé wearð on fleáme, Andr.