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læssa

Grammar
læssa, l. lǽssa,
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</b> as adj. agreeing with a substantive expressed or understood. of size, extent in space Ic eom máre þonne þes middangeard, lǽsse þonne hondwyrm, Rä. 67, 2. Lǽssan ymbgang hæfð se mann þe gǽð ábútan án hús þonne sé ðe ealle ðá burh begǽð.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, to fill with (gen. dat. (inst.) or with preps.). v. ge-fellan, ge-fillan
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H. 153, 31. the object a place Se burgstede wæs blissum gefylled, Gú. 1291. to occupy entirely. a space (lit. or fig.) Ǽlce stówe hé gefylþ, Bl. H. 19, 26. Gærstapan gefyllað ( implebunt ) þíne hús, Ex. 10, 6. Ꝥ hús wæs Háliges Gástes gefylled.

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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Íringes weg. space to be traversed, a journey Eáðfére weg iter vel itus, lang and stearc weg itiner, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 35, 36. Gif se weg swá lang beó, ðæt ðú ðíne þing bringan ne mage, Deut. 14, 24.

irnan

(v.)
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beáge cymþ, þonne mót sé hine habban him . . . swá déþ eall moncynn on þýs andweardan lífe, irnaþ and onettaꝥ and willniaþ ealle þæs héhstan gódes, Bt. 37, 2 ; F. 188, 8-14. of things. of the heavenly bodies, clouds, &amp; c. to move rapidly through space

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Twelf wintra tíd for the space of twelve years, Beo. Th. 296; B. 147. Eálá ðæt wolde God ðæt ússa tída wǽren swelce, Met. 8, 40. Hé wæs him feor manegum tídum ( for a long time, A. V.), Lk. Skt. 20, 9. Ǽr eallum tídum ácenned, Blickl. Homl. 31, 24.

Linked entry: týd

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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Add: local. the extremity or outermost part, boundary of space Se móna went his hrigc tó þǽre sunnan, ꝥ is se sinewealta ende þe þǽr onlýht byð, Lch. iii. 242, 14. Ic wæs áheáwen holtes on ende, Kr. 29. Sǽfæsten landes act ende, Exod. 128.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Th. i. 14, 27. one of the spheres into which the realms of space round the earth were divided by the early astronomers Siofon heofonas sindon in gewritum leornode; ꝥ is se lyftlica heofon, and se oferlyftlica and se fýrena heofon and se stronga heofon

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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as the opposite of great. of material objects, portions of space, &amp;c., small in size, not large Ne bið nǽnig tó þæs lytel lið on lime áweaxen, Seel. 96. Swilce án lytel (lytlu, v. l. ) pricu, Bt. 18, 1 ; F. 62, 4.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Th. 82, 9. of material, to occupy space þæs dæges godspel is eal mǽst mid háligra manna naman geset, Hml. Th. ii. 466, 23. to decree, ordain Wé gesettað sancimus, An. Ox. 419.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Ða weorcstánas lágon ofer eall lay scattered in all directions, 23, 490. denoting extension through a space, throughout, among Se wæs mǽrost ofer werþeóde, Beo. Th. 1802; B. 899.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Ðæt hí fæston tó nónes (ad nonam usque horam), 3, 5; S. 527, 9. marking a space of time in the course of which something takes place, at, in, on Hí ǽton ǽne on dæg, and ðæt wæs tó ǽfennes, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 8.

Linked entry: -anne