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mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowedmaymoteto be inferred otherwiseto be obligedmust

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The infin. does not occur in any of the dialects, but in the forms which are found the conjugation is the same as that of the A.S. verb. Goth. ga-mót; p. -mósta: O. Sax. mót; p. mósta: O. Frs. mót; p. móste: O.H. Ger. muoz, móz; p. muosi, muoste.]

ge-sǽlig

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Hú gesǽlig seó forme eld wæs felix nimium prior aetas, 15 ; F. 48, 2. Se singala ege ne lǽt nónne mon gesǽlinne (felicem) beón ...

hyldu

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swerigenne, and swá ðéh swá wé þæs Cáseres helda habban móton and swá wéé Gecýþe seó gewitnysse ꝥ on Godes helde and on hláfordes (the Latin versions have in fide (fidelitate) Dei et domini sui; per sacramentum), ꝥ heó him on sóðre gewitnysse sý ( for the forms

tácn

(n.)
Grammar
tácn, ,es; n.

A token, signa sign, significant forman ensigna token, a credentiala sign, monumenta sign of the Zodiaca sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.)a sign to attract attention, a signala sign of anything future, a prognostica sign, an action that conveys a meaninga sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state</b> as a medical term, a symptoma sign, symbol, emblema sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidencea supernatural sign, miracle, prodigya signal event, remarkable circumstance

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Kmbl. 1704; El. 854. a supernatural sign, miracle, prodigy Ðis ( the turning of water into wine ) is ðæt forme tácn ðe hé on his menniscnysse openlíce geworhte, Homl. Th. i. 58, 14.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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The accused might clear himself by his own oath, supported by the oaths of a certain number of compurgators, or he might undergo some form of ordeal. The lád varied with the character of the deed with the commission of which the accused was charged.

Linked entry: ládian

wana

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wana, adj. generally indeclinable. I.
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As appears especially in the first of the following passages, the word and the numerals which precede and follow it as much form a compound as do the words which give the number they express in modern English :-- Hé wæs áne-wana-xxx-wintre (xxix wintra

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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</b> forms used of the sun's course :-- Seó sunne gǽþ be Godes dihte betweox heofenan and eorðan, on dæg bufon eorðan and on niht under ðysse eorðan, eall swá feorr ádúne on nihtlícre tíde under ðære eorþan swá heó on dæg bufon up ástíhþ, Lchdm.

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Ðæt forme þúsend, ðæt ys seó forme yld, Anglia viii. 335, 45. Þúsendes ealdor ciliarcus, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 10. Æfter ðam þúsende biþ se deófol unburden, Wulfst. 243, 23. On þúsende ðære cneórisse in mille generationes, Ps. Th. 104, 8.

gift

(n.; v.; part.)
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.; the form in Hpt. Gl. 520, 57 is gifta) bende wǽre gecnyt conubii i. nuptie nexu nodaretur An. Ox. 5003. Gyfte (hǽmedscipes. Hpt. Gl. 482, 7) gewrixle hymenei commercio 7, 235. Swá hwylc sé ðe hafað manual, oððe wíf gifte (geþeódne ? cf.

DÆG

(n.)
Grammar
DÆG, gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m.

DAY dies the time of a man's life tempus vitæ humanæ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men

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On ǽrran dæg on a former day. Óðre dæg another day

leás

(adj.)
Grammar
leás, adj.

loosedestitutevoid ofwithoutvainfalselyingdeceitfuldeceptivefaulty

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Leáse sybbe ne sceal mon syllan feigned friendship must not be formed, Glostr. Frag. 112, 14. Ðonne cumaþ leáse Cristas and leáse wítegan surgent enim pseudo-cristi et pseudo-prophetæ, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 24.

Linked entry: -leás

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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Hér wæs seó forme yld ðissere worulde and seó óðer yld wæs óþ Abrahames tíman ... Seó þridde yld wæs ðá wuniende óþ David at this time was the first age of this world, and the second age was till Abraham's time ...

Linked entries: yld eld

Ést-mere

(n.)
Grammar
Ést-mere, es; m. [ést = eást east, mere a lake]

The Frische Haff, or fresh water lake which is on the north of east Prussia. Hav or Haf signifies a sea, in Danish and Swedish. It is written Haff in German, and it is now used to denote all the lakes connected with the rivers on the coast of Prussia and Pomerania. The Frische Haff is about sixty miles long, and from six to fifteen broad. It is separated by a cham of sand banks from the Baltic Sea, with which, at the present time, it communicates by one strait called the Gat. This strait is on the north-east of the Haff, near the fortress of Pillau, Malte Brunts Univ. Geog. vol. vii. p. 14. This Gat, as Dr. Bell informs me, 'seems to have been formed, and to be kept open by the superior force of the Pregel stream.' This gentleman has a perfect knowledge of the Frische Haff and the neighbourhood, as he received his early education in the vicinity, and matriculated at the University of Königsberg, near the west end of the Haff. I am indebted to Dr. Bell for the map of the celebrated German Historian, Professor Voigt, adapted to his 'Geschichte Preussens von den ältesten Zeiten, 9 vols. 8vo,

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Bell informs me, 'seems to have been formed, and to be kept open by the superior force of the Pregel stream.'

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Óðer twega, ðara, or without these forms, one of two alternatives :-- For ðam óðer twega, oððe hié nǽfre tó nánum men ne becumaþ, oððe hié nǽfre fæstlíce ne þurhwuniaþ, Bt. II, l; Fox 30, 26.

eáster

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., strong and wk. forms occur.] of the Jewish festival, the passover Freólsdæg azimorum is gecweden Eástre (-on, v. l.: Eóstro, L., Eóstru, R. pascha ), Lk. 22, 1. Ꝥte wére geslægen Eóstro (Eóstru, R.), Lk. L. 22, 7.

gilp

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Cf. þæt mon seó foremǽre and hæbbe gódne hlísan, 24, I ; F. 82, 10.) habes ante oculos propositam formam felicitatis humanae, opes, honores, potentiam, gloriam 24, 3 ; F. 84, 20.

ge-writ

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Æftera gewritt wítgiunges secundum scribturam prophetiae (Zech. 9, 9), Mt. p. 18, 16. of official, formal documents. of law or jurisprudence Gif þǽr bið gewrit oþþe gewitnes si scriptum intersit testamenti et testes, Ll. Th. i. 88, 18.

mid

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</b> where there is combination to complete or form a whole :-- Sumne dǽl landes, ðæt synd twá hída mid ðám ðe hé ǽr hæfde, and mid ðám hrófleásan lande a portion of land, that is two hides with what he had before and with the roofless land, i.

leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Ðonne glád ðæt deófol út mid his leásunge swá swá smýc æt his eágdura then the devil by his artifice stepped out at his eye in the form of smoke, Shrn. 52, 33. Wrec ðé gemetlíce ðy læs ðe men [man?]

Linked entry: bisleásung

ge-weorc

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Ðá sceolde hé sende lýgetu and windas and tówyrpan eall hira geweorc mid lacessenteis coelum gigantes benigna fortitudo deposuit, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 14. work, labour, any form of long-sustained or habitual activity Gýme gafolswán ꝥ hé æfter sticunge