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ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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Gefæstnodon sceare and cultre mid þǽre sýl confirmato vomere et cultro aratro, Coll. M. 19, 19. Gefæsnode fixas (turmas quasi radicitus fixas ... immobiles manere fecit, Ald. 52, 6), An.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Ðæs múðes tunge sceal faran on ðara eárena ðearfe ad usum suum auribus oris lingua concurrat, Past. 34; Swt. 233, 8: Andr. Kmbl. 3302; An. 1654: Beo. Th. 2916; B. 1456.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

ge-mynd

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X. the moral tendency, moral character :-- Sceal on leóht cuman sínra weorca wlite and worda gemynd and heortan gehygd fore heofona cyning, Cri. 1038.

ge-reccan

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sceal beforan ðǽm ðearlwísan Déman mid gereclicre race gereccean ðæt hé ðæt ilce self dyde þe hé óðre men lǽrde apud districtum judicem cogitur tanta in opere exsolvere, quanta eum constat aliis voce praecepisse, Past. 192, 15.

teóðung

(n.)
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teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Be teóðunge se cyng and his witan habbaþ gecoren and gecweden, ðæt þridda dǽl ðare teóðunge þe tó circan gebyrige gá tó ciricbóte, and óðer dǽl ðám Godes þeówum, þridde Godes þearfum and earman (v. teoðung-sceatt) þeówetlingan, L.

Linked entry: tegðung

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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Ðú scealt blótan sunu, and leófes lác forbærnan, and mé lác bebeódan, 138; Th. 173, 9; Gen. 2858. Ðú ðínne lác offrige, Homl. Skt. 7, 119. Þurh lác ðære hálwendan onsægdnesse per oblationem hostiæ salutaris, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 22.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

ge-métan

(v.)
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Ox. 3401. to procure for a person Ic mé deórne scealc gemétte. Ps. Th. 88, 17

on-fón

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Hé onféng torhtum tácne he was circumcised, Gen. 2374. (1 a) to receive the sacrament :-- Ne sceall him bewered beón þám gerýne onfón þǽre hálegan gemǽnsumnesse. Gyf. . . hwylc man ne gedyrstgað onfóón . . . Gif hé onféhþ . . .

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Ðá ðingo him gelimpa scealde quae ei euenturä . Mk. L. 10, 32. (l a) where the noun denotes the form of words in which the event is described, e.g. a sentence, curse, &c. :-- Þis is se cwyde þæs godcundlican dómes. . .

losian

(v.)
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Se wela and se anweald losiaþ swá swá sceadu oþþe sméc, Bt. 27, 3; F. 98. 31. Hú ne forealldodon ðá gewritu and losodon ?

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Ðonne hié (the serpent) mon slog oððe sceát, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 7. Hé ðone níðgæst slóh, ðæt ðæt sweord gedeáf, Beo. Th. 5392 ; B. 2699. Slóh ðá wundenlocc ðone feóndsceaþan fágum méce, Judth. Thw. 23, 3; Jud. 103. Sume hyne slógon (slogan.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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Under sceát, 124, 17; Gen. 2064: Exon. Th. 436, 21; Rä. 55, 4. where extension under a surface is implied God under roderas feng wolde ðæt eorðe geseted wurde woruldsceafte, Cd. Th, 6, 33; Gen. 98: 71, 5; Gen. 1166. Under heofenes hwealf, Beo.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Th. 32, 15. ꝥ Hé genam án cealf . . . and se cnapa hit ofslóh, Gen. 18, 7. the noun denoting an inanimate object Ðæt hefige mód glít . . . oð hit áfielð . . . ; for ðæm hit ǽr hit nolde behealdan . . . hit sceal áfeallan, Past. 279, 2-5.

habban

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habban, A.
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Hig habbaþ andan tó hym, Nic. 4, 19. ꝥ Hé sceal habban andan tó hira yfele, Past. 75, 13.

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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Se ðe ða écan ágan wille gesǽlða, hé sceal swíðe flión ðisse worulde wlite. Met. 7, 31. Ne byð hyt hym forgyfen, ne on ðisse worulde (worold, Lind.: weorlde, Rush. saeculo ), ne on ðære tóweardan, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 32.

þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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Sceáwa þǽr dust and drýge bán, þǽr þǽr ðú ǽr gesáwe fægre leomu, Blickl. Homl. 113, 21. where the two forms are not separated, and may be translated by where God gefilde mid flǽsce þǽr þǽr ðæt ribb wǽs, Gen. 2, 21. Mín þén biþ þǽr þǽr (þár þár, MS.

Linked entry: þár

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Feówertýne þúsend sceápa, Homl. Th. ii. 458, 17. xvi þúsend punda, Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 27. Ðæt wǽre þrítig þúsend wintra, Exon. Th. 369, 5; Seel. 36: Salm. Kmbl. 544; Sel. 271. cxi þúsend, Chr. 71; Erl. 9, 2.

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Th. i. 94, 21. at an equal height, on a level Gif se ord sié ufor þonne hindeweard sceaft, gif hié sién bú gelíc, Ll. Th. i. 84, 18. Gelícere heolre ęqua bilance, An.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Sceall beón se læsta dǽl nýhst ðæm túne ðe se deáda man on líð, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 33, 31. Wespasianus gefór on ánum túne butón Róme Vespasianus in villa propria circa Sabinos mortuus est, 6, 7 ; Swt. 262, 29.

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ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Nú hæbbe ic þíne hyldo geworhte and þínne willan gelǽst, Gen. 727 : 505. with clause Sceal gleáw guma góde gewircean . . . þæt hine on ylde gewunigen wil-gesíðas, B. 20.