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under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subjectsubjugaterender subjectto subjectcause to endurerender liableto subjoinaddto support

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Tó ðara hláforda dóme ðe hé hine ǽr underþeódde (-þiódde, Met. 25, 66), Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 29. Ic míne sáwle wylle Gode underþeódan nonne Deo subdita erit anima mea? Ps. Th. 61, 1: Met. 25, 63.

ge-staþelian

(v.)
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VIII. to strengthen a town with troops, garrison :-- Fór Eádweard cyning tó Mældúne and getimbrede þá burg and gestaðelode ǽr hé þonon fóre (King Edward went as far as Maldon, and rebuilt the town, placing a guard of soldiers in it before he left it,

Linked entry: ge-staþeled

ge-wríþan

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Þá wende heó þæt. . . seó snód tóslupe; ac heó áfunde þá snóde mid eallum cnottum swá fæste gewriðen swá heó ǽr wæs, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

hwæþere

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Th. i. 86, 6. in a clause connected with a preceding one by another conjunction. and Hé ús lǽrde hú wé ús gebiddan sceoldan, and hwæþere cwæþ, 'Eówer Fæder wát hwæs eów þearf biþ, ǽr gé hine biddan,' Bl. H. 19, 36: 23, 28: 75, 24, 28: 103, 19. Ll.

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Ǽr ðæm ðe Rómeburh getimbred wǽre, 1, 3; Swt. 32, 1 (and often) Ǽr ðam ðe donec, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 20. Ǽr ðon, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 15.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Se deófol wæs oferswíðde on ðám ylcum gemetum ðe hé ǽr Adam oferswíðde, Homl.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

styrian

(v.)
Grammar
styrian, p. ede, ode
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Hé dyde ðæt án ǽren nædre hý styrede, Wulfst. 98, 22. Ða stánas hí styredon for ðam swége, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 1.

Linked entry: stirian

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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<b>IIIa</b> to decide a (doubtful) point, come to the conclusion that :-- Ðá gerǽddon witan ꝥ hit betere wǽre ꝥ man týmde þǽr hit ǽrest befangen wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 290, 1. <b>IIIb.

ge-sǽlig

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Sume hé bereáfaþ hiora welan (weal; quosdam remordet) swíþe hraþe þæs ðe hí ǽrest gesǽlige weorþaþ, 39, II ; F. 218, 22. Gesǽlie, 5, 13; S. 13, 21: 36, 2; S. 104.

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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Sceáwa þǽr nú dúst, and drýge bán, þǽr þǽr þú ǽr gesáwe æfter flǽsclicre gecynde fægre leomu on tó seónne, Bl.

in-tó

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Gif ceorl ceáp forstelð and bireð intó his ærne, Ll. Th. i. 138, 15 : 286, 11. Intó þám húse gelǽdan, Angl. vii. 6, 51. with acc.

fæger

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fæger, fægr; comp. m. fægerra; f. n. fægerre; sup. -est, -ost, -ast, -ust; adj. [fæger beauty, fairness]

FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis

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Ne hýrde ic síþ ne ǽr on égstreáme idese lǽdan mægen fægerre I never heard before or since that a female led on the ocean-stream a fairer power, Elen. Kmbl. 484; El. 242.

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
neáh, néh

nighnearnearnearlyaboutof place

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Hié æt níhstan hæfdon ealra ðara anwald ðe ǽr néh heora hæfdon in the end they had dominion over all those who before nearly had dominion over them, 4, 9; Swt. 192, 35.

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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Swá swá wé sigon ǽr on ðæt unáliéfede óþ ðæt wé áfeóllon qui per illicita defluendo cecidimus, Past. 54, 5 ; Swt. 425, 15. Ðonne áginþ hé sylf sígan oððe áfylþ inclinavit se et cadet, Ps. Th. 9, 30. Forlǽte heteníþa gehwone sígan, Exon.

Linked entries: sígend sígere

swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
swíðe, adv.
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Wæs hé swá micle swíðor on his móde gedréfed, swá his mód ǽr swíðor tó ðám woruld*-*sǽlþum gewunod wæs, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 27. Biþ ðý heardra ðe hit sǽ*-*streámas swíðor beátaþ, Cd. Th. 80, 10; Gen. 1326.

Linked entry: swíðor

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Hwá mæg áuht óþres cweþan bútan ðú wǽre se gesǽligesta, ðá ðú mé wǽre ǽr leóf þonne cúþ, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 26. <b>III a.

biddan

to askto askto pray to

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Ǽr þ ám þe hé him ryhtes bidde. Ll.

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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Ágifan þá mágas hine swá gewyld swá hine ǽr út æt þám ordále námon let the kinsmen give him up as safely secured as he was when they took him from the ordeal, Ll. Th. i. 230, 2. Hé bið mid ðám deófellicum bendum gewyld, and tó tintregum gelǽdd, Hml.

god-cund

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Ǽr hé hæbbe godcunde bóte underfangen, 248, 24. Tó godcundan neódan for the needs of the church, 328, 9. Bisceope gebyreð ǽlc rihting ge on godcundan þingan ge on woruldcundan, ii. 312, 9. <b>III a.

Linked entry: god-lic

gleáw

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Voc. ii. 28, 54. of physical sight, of the eye, sharp, gleg Him ádimmiað þá eágan þe ǽr wǽron beorhte and gleáwe on gesihðe, Wlfst. 147, 31. of mental vision. quick to discern, of quick intelligence, clever Hwá is nú ðǽra ðe gesceádwís sié, and tó ðǽm