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heofon

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

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Heofon biþ open on þǽm eástdǽle. and mycel mægen forþ cymeþ, and þone heofon oforþecþ . . . and seó heofon biþ gefeallen æt þǽm feówer endum middangeardes, Bl. H. 93, 1-5. Swelce eal se hefon birnende wǽre, Ors. 2, 6; S. 86. 23.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

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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S. 25, 569. gán forþ, of time, to pass, elapse Ðá hwíle ðe hé ǽne betyrnð gǽð forð feówor and twéntig tída. Hex. 8, 31. of a circumstance, event, to happen, come to pass, take place Rǽd forð gǽð, Exod. 525.

LǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼTAN, p. lét, leórt; pp. lǽten. The ellipsis of a verb in the infinitive, the meaning of which may be inferred from the context, not unfrequently takes place after lǽtan; and the connection of many of the meanings which follow with the simple one seems explainable in this way.

to LETallowpermitsufferto letlet gogive updismissleaveforsakeletto letcausemakegethavecause to beplace make as ifmake outprofesspretendestimateconsidersupposethinkto behave towardstreatto let

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ðæm ánum lǽtan wolde ac ofer ðone gársecg ðone ylecan leóman ðæs fullan geleáfan áspringan lét he would not leave off when that [the spreading of the gospel over part of the world] only was done, but caused the same beam of the perfect faith to spring forth

Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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So late as the end of the tenth century, archbishop Ælfric addressed the following injunction to his clergy Ge ne scylan fægnigan forþ-farenra manna, ne ðæt líc gesécan, búton eów mann laðige ðǽr-to: ðænne ge ðǽr-to gelaðode sýn, ðonne forbeóde ge ða

ge-weorþan

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Beóþ þeóstra forþ gewordene ofor ealre world, Bl. H. 93, 18.

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Twelf stánas hí hæfdon forþ mid him, Jos. 4, 8. Faran tó eá mid scype mínum, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 23. Ic ástíge mín scyp mid hlæstum mínum, 26, 31: Beo. Th. 250; B. 125. Hǽlend cymeþ mid wolcnum, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 5; Sat. 608.

Linked entry: mið

ge-hwilc

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Gehwilce strongeste fortis-simi quique Kent. Gl. 224.

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Th. 308, 18; Sat. 694. marking extent : -- Hwí is ðis fæsten þus geteald þurh feówertig daga why is this fast reckoned at forty days? Homl. Th. i. 178, 19.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Forþ bi þǽre eá siglan to sail past the mouth of the river, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 22. nearness along a line or surface, by, along, rest Hí gelógodon ðá untruman be ðǽre strǽt, Hml.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Forþon nis mé ðæs þearf, cwæð Orosius, tó secgenne, Ors. 1, 11; Swt. 50, 15. by a clause Him næs nán þearf (ðarf, Lind, opus ), ðæt ǽnig man sǽde gewitnesse be men, Jn. Skt. 2, 25: 16, 30.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Hwæðer wén wǽre ðæt wé ǽnige ðinga furþon ðæt eálond gesécean mihte si forte insulam aliquo conamine repetere possemus, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 29.

ge-niman

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs genime ðec mið doema ł gelǽdæ ðec tó dóme ne forte trahat te apud judicem, Lk. L. R. 12, 58. <b>IX b.</b> to take an object that does not move itself, bear, carry, bring :-- Fífo ídlo ne genómun oele mið him, Mt. L. R. 25, 3.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Feówertig daga on án forty days together, 2, 15: Hml. S. 34, 189. v. on, <b>B. I.</b> . marking independence, and having much the same force as self (q. v.)

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Hæfþ se þeówa ǽnigne þanc, forþam ðe hé dyde ðæt him beboden wæs, Lk. Skt. 17, 9. Þonc hafa, Iofes, ðæt ic ða móste oferwinnan, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 27. Þanc cunnan, witan [cf. He cuðe him ðerof wel gret ðhanc, Gen. and Ex. 1659.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Ðe læs tó mycel styrung wurde on ðam folce ne forte tumultus fieret in populo, Mt. 26, 5. Héht lífes weard on mereflóde middum weorðan hyhtlíc heofontimber, Cd.

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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. : forþon þæt, Rush.) gé hláfas nabbaþ why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Mt. Kmbl. 16, 8. Byþ ðé meorð, þæt ðú ús on láde líðe weorðe, Andr.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Uton wé geþencean hwylc handleán wé him forþ tó berenne habban, Bl. H. 91, 14. with dat. infin. to have, be obliged to do something Mage gyt drincan þone calic þe ic tó drincenne hæbbe potestis bibere calicem quem ego bibiturus sum ? Mt. 20, 22.

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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Hé nyste bútan hí sungon ðone lofsang forþ on, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 236

Linked entries: an un-reordian

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, &nbsp;sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Ðonne ðú forþ scyle metodsceaft seón, 2363; B. 1179: Cd. Th. 63, 27; Gen. 1038. Se dæg ðe hé sceole wið ðæm líchomon hine gedǽlon, Blickl. Homl. 97, 20. Hwæðer ðis þúsend sceole beón scyrtre þe lengre, 119, 6. Scile, Beo. Th. 6335; B. 3177.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

niman

(v.)
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Fato stronges tó niomanne (niommanne, L.) uasa fortis diripere, Mk. R. 3, 27. Niomonde ðone Hǽlend tenentes Iesum, Mt. L. 26, 57. ¶ with cognate accusative :-- Ne nime nán man náne náme, Ll.