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weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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V b. in a collective sense work, doings, actions, what a person does Se ðe óþrum forwyrneþ wlitigan wilsíþes, gif his weorc ne deág. Exon. Th. 2, 19; Cri. 21. Weorc ánra gehwæs beorhte blíceþ in ðám blíþan hám 238, 3 ; Ph. 598.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

InonintointoIn

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In Caines cynne ðone cwealm gewræc éce Drihten the eternal Lord avenged that death among the race of Cain, 214; B. 107. Ne móste Efe ðá gyt wlítan in wuldre Eve might not as yet look on glory, Cd. 222 ; Th. 290, 2; Sat. 409.

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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Sceldes fordas boec and ðeara wíca on byrg, Txts. 443, 10. Londbóc mínra wíca, 458, 8. Hé gewát hám faran, wíca neósan, Beo. Th. 251; B. 125: 2255; B. 1125.

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a womana female persona being in the form of a womana married womana wife

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IIIa. a. a woman who has been married and lost her husband (by death or divorce) :-- Láf vel forlǽten wíf derelicta, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 46. Wífian on nánre wuduwan, ne on forlǽtenum wífe, L. Ælf. P. 39; Th. ii. 380, 16.

Linked entry: BRÝD

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Ðeáh heorot holtwudu séce, Beo. Th. 2743; B. 1369. Ðæt hí secggan ðæm folce ðæt hí sunnandagum Godes cyrican georne sécan, Blickl. Homl. 47, 28: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 14.

healdan

(v.)

to keep watch overkeep in chargeto keepto watch overkeepgovernrulea king to keepguardto watchto defendpreserveto holdtakearrestto have hold ofto holdto holdto hold upto maintainsupportupholdmanageto holdbearconductto behaveto handletreatdeal withto holdto holdto have possessionto holdoccupyan officea positionto holdto remain into retaindetainto keepto detainto keepto keepto keep oneselfremainto holdkeep togethercontinueto maintainkeepto performkeep watchto keepto keep unbrokeninviolateto keepto constraincompelrestrainstopto restrain oneselfrefrainto entertainto keep in mindrememberregardto hold asto holdto proceedmove onto continuego on withto go on

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Ðeáw healdan, 440, 22. Hwylce steóre hý be þan healdan willað, 276, 28. Ǽlc þára þe healdan wile hálige þeáwas, Gen. 1531: Ll. Th. ii. 300, 29. to maintain a condition, relation, &c., keep company, silence, &c.

warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.
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Hé mé warnian hét, ðæt ic on ðone deáðes beám bedroren ne wurde, Cd. Th. 33, 29; Gen. 527.

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, wergan; p. ede.
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Egesan stódon, weredon wælnet ( deadly toils hampered (?)), Cd. Th. 190, 20; Exod. 202. Ic wylle ðæt ǽlc man hæbbe symle ða men gearowe on his lande, ðe lǽden ða men ðe heora ágen sécan willen, and hý for nánum médsceattum ne werian, L.

nama

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Ðonne bistú daelniomende alra ðeára góda ðe ǽnig monn for his noman gedóeð, Txts. 174, 12. Men þá wilniað heora sáwla sellan for Dryhtenes naman homines qui tradiderunt animas suas pro nomine Domini nostri, Ll. Th. i. 56, 21: 92, 11.

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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dearr hé ðingian óðrum monnum, and nát hwǽðer him selfum geðingod bið quomodo aliis veniam postulat qui, utrum sibi sit placates, ignorat? Past. 10; Swt. 63, 9: Homl. Th. ii. 388, 4: 528, 15: i. 174, 10: L. I. P. 21; Th. ii. 332, 6.

forþ

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H. 19, 17. (6 a) of death or decay :-- Gif ceorl and his wíf bearn hæbben gemǽne and fére se ceorl forð ( and the husband die ), Ll. Th. i. 126, 4. Þá wuduwyrta forþ gewítaþ for þæs sumores hǽton Bl.

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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Nys God ná deádra, ac lybbendra, Mt. 22, 32. Se góda God, Bt. 36, 1; F. 172, 5. Se ána sóða God . . . sé án is sóð God þe ealle ðing gescóp, Wlfst. 105, 27-31.

ge-healdan

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Ðeáh hí ðæt gód hira gecynde gehál nolden gehealdan si accepta naturae bona integra servare noluerunt, Past. 403, 19: Cri. 300. Þú hæfst git gesund gehealden eall, Bt. 10; F. 28, 9: Ph. 45.

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Ðeáh hí men oððe hundas wiþ eódon, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 3. Gá ðé tó ǽmetthylle, Past. 191, 25.

ge-gán

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Án fæsten gegǽð wudewan and fǽmnan; máre gegǽd wífe þám þe wer hafað unum jejunium competit viduae et puellae; majus competit mulieri virum habenti, 156, 9, 10. to happen to a person, come upon God ána wát hwæt his deádan gegǽð quid mortuis suis eveniat

ge-setnes

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Ic ðás gesettnesse sette gehweder ge for hígna lufon ge ðeára sáula ðe haer beforan hiora namon áuuritene siondon . . . þis is gesetnes Ósulfes and Bearnðrýðe, Txts. 444, 42-45. an ordinance handed down to successive generations, a tradition Hwylc gesetenes

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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L. 12, 3. of death Heora gást gangeð exiet spiritus ejus Ps. Th. 145, 3. Þonne þæs monnes sául út of his líchoman gangeþ, Bl. H. 195, 9. Ic beó gangende of mínum líchoman, 139, 19. Gást gangende spiritus vadens, et non rediens Ps.

wiþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-weard, (-word, -wurd), and -wierde; adj.

contraryadversehostileadversaryenemyopponentfiendhostile to rightful authorityrebelopposed to what is rightarrogantperversedepravedreprobatefalsehereticapocryphalopposed to the good or pleasure of anythingunfavourableadversehurtfulperniciousdisagreeablecontraryopposite

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Hé náwyht wiðerweardes (contrarium ) ðære sóðfæstnysse ðæs geleáfan Créca ðeáwe on Angelcynnes cyricean on gelǽdde, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 20. Hí monig óþer ðing ðære cyriclícan ánnesse wiþerword hæfden, 2, 2; S. 502, 12.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Hié rícsedon næs ðeáh mínes ðonces ipsi regnaverunt, et non ex me, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 14.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Deáþ settan to kill, Elen. Kmbl. 955; El. 479. Wíte settan to impose punishment, Cd. Th. 76, 33; Gen. 1266. On gewrit settan to put into writing , L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 22. Wutan ús tó symbeldæge settan, Ps. Th. 117, 25. <b>II a.

Linked entry: on-settan