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þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode
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Gif mín (an anchor's) steort þolaþ if my tail can stand the strain on it, Exon. Th. 398, 16; Rä. 17, 8. G[esǽlig?] biþ ðæt, ðonne mon him sylf ne mæg wyrd onwendan, ðæt hé ðonne wel þolige, 459, 16; Hy. 4, 117.

frignan

(v.)
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Take here the examples given under <b>frinan</b> (l. frínan), and add Frigno consulo, Txts. 51, 514. Ic fríne. Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 63 : consulo, i. requiro vel inquiro, Wülck. Gl. 209, 30. Frunian (frunnan ?) consuluerunt, Wrt.

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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Ágann Landfranc atýwian mid openum gesceáde ꝥ hé mid rihte crafede ... and mid strangan cwydan ꝥ ylce gefæstnode, Chr. 1070; P. 206, 14. of steady action Woruldlufe ðe on gedwyldum hwyrftlað, and nǽnne stæpe on Godes wege ne gefæstnað ( does not take

ongeagn

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Hé oðsóc ꝥ hé hit nǽre; hí þá ongén hine gecnǽwne gedydon be þám tácne þe on his hneccan wæs ꝥ hé hit wæs, Hml. S. 30, 274

mann

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(b β) tó mannum cuman (cf. tó túne cuman) to happen, take place, of a season, begin :-- Gyf þú wylt witan ǽniges mónðes gesceád, hwylce dæge hé cume tó mannum, Angl. viii. 304, 8. of a child Unc næs gemǽne man (cf. habban bearn gemǽne. v. gemǽne; ¶ 1

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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Gif hé hit herede and on tyhte eft hé stiérde ðære gewilnunge qui tamen laudans desiderium in pavorem*-*vertit protinus, Past. 8, 1; Swt. 53, 9. Iacobus his stírde Jacobus prohibet, 3, 1; Swt. 33, 10.

ge-tellan

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Cf. talu; Bituih him geteledon huá woere hiora mára inter se disputauerunt quis esset illorum maior, Mk. L. 9, 34. of number, to count. to determine the number of a collection of objects, compute the amount of Getelles computat (sumus ), Lk. L.

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, to greet.
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Grétte, 60, 48. of the effect produced on the mind Þonne mága gemynd mód geondhweorfed, gréteð glíwstafum when the memory of friends brings joy to the mind, Wand. 52. to set about a task Láðsíð grétan, Exod. 44. to touch, lay hands on, attack. with

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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Occasionally á becomes oe in English; as Dá a doe, fá a foe, toe, wá woe; but the oe, in these words, has the sound of o in no. The same may be said of oa in oak, goad.

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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Abraham leófa, ne sleah ðín ágen bearn, ac ðú cwicne abregd cniht of áde, eaforan ðínne beloved Abraham, slay not thine own child, but take thou the boy, thy son, alive from the pile, Cd. 141; Th. 176, 19; Gen. 2914: Beo.

MÆGEN

(n.)
Grammar
MÆGEN, es; n.

MAINmightstrengthforcepowervigourefficacyvirtuefacultyabilityan exercise of powerefforta mighty workmiraclea forcemilitary force

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MAIN, might, strength, force, power, vigour, efficacy, virtue, faculty, ability Úrum líchoman cymþ eall his mægen of ðam mete ðe wé þicgaþ all its strength comes to our body from the food that we take, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 34.

Linked entry: mægn

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>, mǽgeþ,</b> e; f.

A collection of mǽgasa familystockraceas a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied descendants of a common ancestor living at the same timea generationa tribesubdivision of a peoplea peoplenationprovincecountry

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Ða hwíle ðe ǽnig man wǽre on hira mǽgþe ðe godcundes hádes beón walde as long as there was any man of their stock that was willing to take orders, Chart.

ge-met

(adj.)
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[Perhaps here might be taken the passages given at gemet; adj.]

HÁD

(n.)
Grammar
HÁD, es; m.

personpersonasexdegree, rank, order, conditionstate, condition, kind, nature, formmanner, wayhonourpersona, sexus, ordo, gradus.

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Tó háde fón to take orders, 4, 8; Th. ii. 206, 7. state, condition, kind, nature, form [having the meaning which is preserved in the suffix -hood, -head] Leóht hafaþ hád háliges gástes light hath the nature of the holy spirit, Salm.

treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, trýw, e; f.

truth to a promise or engagement,faith good or bad faithto keep faith with a persontrothtruth to a person,fidelityfealtyloyaltythe truth of the stronger to the weaker,gracefavourhelpan assurance of faith or truthword (in to give or pledge one's word)a promisean engagementa covenantleaguefaith in somethingbelieftrustconfidence

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Wǽre gehtaldan, treówe tácen, Andr. Kmbl. 427; An. 214. In swá hwylce tiid swá gé mid treówe (truly) tó mé on hyge hweorfaþ, and gé hellfirena geswícaþ, Exon. Th. 366, 1; Reb. 5. On treówe gelǽton (-en ?) fidei commissum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 76.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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And gif seó lád forþcume beó hé ðæs weres wyrðe if the lord be accused ... let him take to himself five thanes, and be himself the sixth, and clear himself of the charge.

Linked entry: ládian

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Gewarð ł gelump accidit, Mt. p. 3, 7. the subject a noun (pronoun) to take place, be done or made Þý ærestan dæge gelimpeð mycel gnornung. Bl. H. 91, 30. Monigfealde wundra gelimpað, Bd. l, 7; Sch. 27, 13.

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, l. ge-lógian,
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S. 6, 88. of temporary occupation, reflex. to take up one's quarters Þá gelógode Benedictus hine sylfne on sumes stýpeles úpflóra in turris superioribus se Benedictus collocavit, Gr. D. 170, 13.

losian

(v.)
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</b> to be lost to a place, taken from a place :-- Híg . . . þæt bið forwisnad, ǽr hit áfohten foldan losige foenum . . . quod priusquam evellatur arescit, Ps.

weaxan

(v.)
Grammar
weaxan, weacsan, weahsan, weahxan, wexan, wehsan; ic weaxe; ðú wyxt; hé weaxeþ, weaxþ, weaxt, waexit, weaxst, wexeþ, wexþ, wixt, wihst, wihxþ, wyxþ, wyxt, wyxst, wycxþ; p. weóx, weócs, weóhs, pl. weóxon, weóhson, weóxson ; pp. weaxen

To wax, grow.to grow, be produced,to grow, grow upto grow, increase, wax to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper to be productiveto grow, take shape

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Th. 106, 33. to grow, take shape ¨ Hyre weaxan ongon under gyrdelse, ðæt oft góde men mid feó bicgaþ. Exon. Th. 436, 21; Rä. 55, 10