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ge-irnan

(v.)
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Gif hwá sié deáðes scyldig, and hé cirican geierne, hæbbe his feorh . . .

Linked entries: ge-urnen ge-yrnan

ge-restan

(v.)
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(l a) of the sleep of death, to die, fall on sleep :< — Her lohs hine gereste in Effesia (cf. he John eode cucu and gesund into his byrgene, Hml.

ge-rýman

(v.)
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Þæt him Dryhten þurh deáðes cwealm tó hyra earfeða ende gerýme that for them the Lord by death's pang clear the way to the end of their troubles, Gú. 196

HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.

HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, bravedurus, rigidus, asper, acer

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Ðǽr wæs heard plega wælgára wrixl there was hard fighting exchange of deadly darts, 93; Th. 120, 5; Gen. 1989: Elen. Kmbl. 229; El. 115. Hé wæs ánrǽd heard and hygeróf he was resolute, hardy and noble-minded, Andr. Kmbl. 465; An. 233: Beo.

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, slæge,es; m.

a stroke, blowof a serpent's sting,a striking, beating,stamping, coiningclashing, collisiona crash, clap of thundea fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violencea defeat, loss inflicted on an army; cladesa stroke of affliction, punishment, diseasean instrument for striking a slaya plectrumplectro]a stroke, blowslayingplaga, ictus, tusio, percussio :a blow, defeat; n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy

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[Wæs swyðe mycel lihtinge and ungemetlice slæge ðæræfter] Chr. 1118; Erl. 246, 40. a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence . On the difference between slege and morþor see)Grmm. R.

Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege

MÆGEN

(n.)
Grammar
MÆGEN, es; n.

MAINmightstrengthforcepowervigourefficacyvirtuefacultyabilityan exercise of powerefforta mighty workmiraclea forcemilitary force

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Ðeáh ðe ic nú gyt ða ǽrran mægen ne hæbbe etsi necdum vires pristinas recepi, 5, 3; S. 616, 34: 5, 4; S. 617, 25. Heó hæfþ ðás mægnu it (henbane) has these virtues, Herb. 5, 1; Lchdm. i. 94, 10. Megene vires, Kent.

Linked entry: mægn

wundor

(n.)
Grammar
wundor, es; n.

a wondera circumstanceact that excites astonishmenta circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature,a prodigyportenta wondermiraclea miraclea wonderful objectwondrous thingwonderfulmiraculous powerwonderadmiration

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Ðæt folc wusidraþ ðæs ðe hit seldost gesihþ, ðeáh hit læsse wundor sié, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 3. Ne þincþ ús ðæt nán wundor, Blickl. Homl. 33, 7. Ne þincþ mé ðæt wundur wuhte ðe læsse, Met. 20, 117. Ac nis ná wunder sed quid mirum? Hpt. Gl. 473, 44.

Linked entries: wunder wundrum

lang

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Se hlísa, ðeáh hé hwílum lang sié and fela geára þurhwunige, Bt. 18, 3 ; F. 66, 17. Gif hí hiora yfel earme gedéð, hú ne biþ ꝥ lange yfel wyrse ðonne ꝥ scorte, 38, 2; F. 198, 11. Se longa gefeá, Ph. 607. Næs ꝥ onbid long, Gú. 876.

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Is micel ðearf, ðonne him mon hwæðer ondrǽtt suíðar ðonne óðer, and wið ðæt wienð (winð, Cott.

Linked entry: on-winnende

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Ne ðú mé ne syle on ðone biterestan deáþ, Blickl. Homl. 229, 26. Ne syle ðú mé in wíta forwyrd. Frag. Kmbl. 14; Leás. 9. Mannes sunu ys tó syllenne on manna handa, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 22. with dat. and prep.

wealdan

(v.)
Grammar
wealdan, p. weóld, pl. weóldon; pp. wealden

To have power over to control the movements of that which is moved to regulate wield a weaponwith gen. with dat. or inst. to control that which moves itself to have control of a person, an emotionto govern,with gen. with acc. of the control exercised by one in authority, to rule govern have dominion overbear sway wield power, with gen. with dat. or inst. with acc. with a preposition absolute fig. where the subject is an abstract noun, with gen. with acc. with a preposition to have power over things to possess be in possession of have at command be master of, with gen. with dat. or inst. with acc. to have power to decide or choose what shall take place to determine ordain have the decidingcontrol of matters, with gen. with dat. or inst. with a clause absoluteto have power that brings something to pass, to cause be the cause, author, source of something, with gen. with dat. or acc. of things, with gen. of motives to have power to dobe able

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Þeáh fýr wið ealla sié gemenged weoruldgesceafta, þeáh waldan ne mót ðæt hit ǽnige fordó (cf. ðeáh ne mæg náue ðara gesceafta ofercuman, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 17), Met. 20, 129

Linked entries: án-waldan wealdian

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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Ðeáh lád teorie, L. O. D. 4; Th. i. 354, 14: 6; Th. i. 354, 31.

Linked entry: ládian

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Ðeáh seó godcunde sibb him feorr (fior, v. l.) sié, Past. 363, 19. Ys heora heorte feor fram mé, Bl. H. 69, 25.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, l. ge-lógian,
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Th. i. 316, 14. the object non-material Drihtnes ðrowunge wé willað eów secgan . . . ná swá ðeáh tó langsumlíce, gif wé hit swá gelógian magon, Hml. Th. ii. 240, 31.

ge-faran

(v.)
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Stefnode man Godwine eorle and Harolde eorle tó þon gemóte swá raðe swá hí hit gefaran mihton ( as quickly as they could manage it ), 1048; P. 174, 25. to get as one's lot or fate, to experience Ðeáh úra heorda hwylc án sceáp forgýme, wé willað ꝥ hé

læssa

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læssa, l. lǽssa,
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conduct Þætte ealra lǽst wæs, his gingran dohter hé nolde búton hæftniéde habban, seó wæs lytel cild etiam parvulas filias crudeli captivitate retinebat Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 18. of quantity Him gebyriað .v. æceras tó habbanne, máre gyf hit on lande ðeáw

tó-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, -sceád (in the Northern Gospels weak forms are found, and -sceádde occurs in Bede); pp. -sceáden.

to divide in two,separate one thing from anotherto divide into partiescause divisiondissension amongto separate contending parties or claimsjudge,decide betweento make a distinction between thingsto distinguishtreat or regard differentlyto separate one thing from another with the mind,to discern,distinguish,discriminateto separate things from one another,to order,dispose,appointto separate the parts of a confused whole,to expound,interpret,render intelligibleto discussto send in different directions,to scatterdisperseTo be separated,to differ

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Ic ne séce mín wuldor, is swá ðeáh se ðe sécþ and tóscǽt (judicat, Jn. 8, 50), Homl. Th. ii. 232, 8. Tóscéd (sors inter potentes) dijudicat (Prov. 18, 18), Kent. Gl. 656. Tóscád decerne (quod justum est, Prov. 31, 9), 1134.

þeód-scipe

(n.)
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þeód-scipe, es ; m.
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Homl. 133, 2. .vii. gebróðor geþrowedon deáþ for ðære ealdan ǽ bebode ... Ðá cwæþ se cniht ( the seventh brother ): 'Ic sylle mínne líchoman for ússa fædera ðeódscipe, swá míne bróþor dydon,' Shrn. 111, 20.

hwæþer

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Gewylde man hine swá hwæðer swá man mæge, swá cucne, swá deádne, 390, 21. Swá hwæðer swá (swaðor, v. l. ), 268, 17

hraþe

(adv.)
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Þeáh man deádne mannan mid reáfe bewinde, ne áríst þæt reáf ná ðe hraðor eft mid þám men, Hml. Th. i. 224, 6. Ꝥ hé sumne rǽd funde ꝥ þe hraðor nǽre heora gemynd ádýlegod, Hml. S. 29, 196