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ge-ícan

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Geéce tó leng his elne án, 12, 25. of numerical calculation Geýc twelf þǽrtó, Angl. viii. 301, 20. to grant (additional) good to a person Tó geécð addet (labiis ejus gratiam ), Kent. Gl. 569. Gesald bið ł geéced (-íct, W.

heord

keepingcustodycareguard

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Freán and mínes fæder are in apposition, and the insertion of hæfde after fæder completes the else loo short half verse mínes fæder, and at the same time fits in with álǽded, so making the alteration to álǽdde unnecessary.

á-wendan

(v.)

To turn.to give a certain direction toto returnto reducebring into subjectionto turn aside,to remove divertto avertto pervertto changeto turn into something elsetransformto translatereproduce something with other materialto exchangeTo turntake a certain direction

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Gelícost þám þe monna heortan áwende wurden, Ors. 5, 15;S. 250, 30. to turn into something else, transform Drýmenn áwendon úre dohtor tó myran, Hml. S. 21, 482. Metaplasmus, þæt is áwend sprǽc tó óðrum híwe, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 294, 18.

Linked entry: on-wendan

lang

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Ne bið lang ofer þæt þæt Israhéla æðelu móten rícsian, El. 432

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Þreo healfe elne, Ll. Th. i. 212, 2. with pronoun: Gif hit biscepsunu sié, sié be healfum þám, Ll. Th. i. 150, 20.

Linked entry: healf

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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Næfst þú nánne dǽl myd mé, Jn. 13, 8. part, way of life Sié hira dǽl scired mid Marian, El. 1232. Maria geceás þone sélestan dǽl, Lk. 10, 42: Bl. H. 67, 35. in a local sense, part, region, quarter, district Dǽles climatis, i. partis, An. Ox. 1443.

ge-faran

(v.)
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Gefærenne man, gástleásne, El. 872. of affairs, circumstances, condition, to go well or ill Heora wíse on nǽnne sǽl wel ne gefór, náþer ne innan from him selfum, ne útan fram óþrum folcum nulla unquam tempora vel foris prospera vel domi quieta duxerunt

hús

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H. ii. 7: Cri. 1482: Gú. 774: El. 1237. Sé ðe gisceóp mec (the Virgin Mary) eftgireste in úse mínum ( in tabernaculo meo, Rtl. 65, 17. Timbrian ꝥ hús his módes on þám fæstan stáne eáðmetta, Bt. 12 ; F. 36, 21.

hwǽr

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., Wand. 26: El. 217. Gesecgað mé hwonne þæt gewurde and hwára, Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 25. Gesecge hé hwǽr ǽnig gewin swá gehwurfe, 6, 4; S. 260, 6. Hwár (huer, L., hwér, R.), Jn. 20, 15.

læssa

Grammar
læssa, l. lǽssa,
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Hié werod lǽsse hæfdon þonne Húna cyning, El. 48. of time Scyld wel gebearg líf lǽssan hwíle, B. 2571. of qualities, emotions, conditions, actions, or occurrences, expressing extent or degree Wæs se gryre lǽssa efne swá micle swá bið wíggryre wífes

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, (þrówian?), þreowian (þreówian?); p. ode

To sufferto suffer as opposed to to actto suffer what is painfulto suffer martyrdomto make to sufferto crucifyto suffer for somethingpay foratone for

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Godes sunu on róde galgan þrowode, 27, 28: Elen. Kmbl. 841; E1. 421: Rood Kmbl. 165; Kr. 84. Ðrowode, Menol. Fox 167; Men. 85. Þrowode martyrizavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 14. His mæssepreóst þreowude mid him, Shrn. 124, 1. Þrowedon agonizarunt, Wrt.

Linked entry: a-þrówian

unnan

(v.)
Grammar
unnan, prs. ic, hé an[n], pl. wé unnon; p. úðe.

to grant a person (dat.) somethingto giveallowto wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. )to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.)to like a person to have somethingto like a condition of thingsto be pleased

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.), to like a person to have something Se arcebiscop wénde ðæt ðæt biscopríce sum óðer mann ábiddan wolde, ðe hé his wyrs truwude and úðe ( somebody else, that he would have been worse pleased should have it ), Chr. 1043; Erl. 169, 28.

Linked entries: an ann

láf

(n.)
Grammar
láf, e; f.

remnantremainsrelicremainderrestlavelegacyheirlooma relictwidow

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Seoððan se écea dǽl of biþ ðæt is seó sáwl hwæt biþ elles seó láf búton wyrma mete when the eternal part, that is the soul, is gone, what else is the rest but food for worms? Blickl. Homl. iii. 32. Ic beó tó láfe resto, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 62.

Linked entries: lǽf

ge-dón

(v.)
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Gedó forð beácen þín, El. 784. Hé mec þǽr oninnan . . . gedón wolde, B. 2090. Reádes goldes swá micel ðǽr is tó gedón(g), C. D. vi. 132, 22. (I a) =á-dón (. ?) to put away, remove :-- Gedóð (cf. ádóþ, Ps.

nama

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Hé bebead ꝥ Hierusalem mon siþþan héte be noman Helium Hierosolymam Aeliam vocari praecepit, 6, 11; S. 266, 18 : El. 756: Chr. 975; P. 120, 28. with verbs of calling upon, mentioning, &c.

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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Worda wed gesyllan (v. the same phrase in the passages from the laws), eallra unsnyttro ǽr gesprecenra to be responsible for all that has been said before, Elen.Kmbl. 2566K; El. 1284. a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact Wed oððe wǽra

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Weras þeahtedon and þóhton, Elen. Kmbl. 1094; El. 549. Ðá águnnon þencan ða bócerns coeperunt cogitare scribæ, Lk. Skt. 5, 21. Ne mæg se flǽschoma, ðone him ðæt feorg losaþ, mid hyge þencan, Exon. Th. 311, 23; Seef. 96.

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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Hié God sylfne áhéngon, El. 209. where the three persons are given Se Ælmihtiga Fæder is God, and his Sunu is Ælmihtig God, and se Hálga Gást is Ælmihtig God; ná ðrý Godas, ac hí ealle án Ælmihtig God untódǽledlic, Hml.

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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P. addit. 29 ; Th. ii. 236, 31. marking difference from the subject, or from something already referred to, other, different, somebody else, something else Ðú nimst wíf and óðer man líþ mid hire. Deut. 28, 30.

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Kmbl. 569; El. 285: Blickl. Homl. 119, 3. Similar entries v. under 2. other examples. Grammar þúsend, without other numerals, Grammar þúsend, governing a genitive Þúsend wintra biþ swá geostran dæg mille anni sicut dies hesterna, Ps.