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wendan

(v.)
Grammar
wendan, p. -de

To turnTo cause to moveto change alterconvertto translateinterpretto move one's self take one's waygoproceedwendTo wendgoproceed

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Th. 262, 21; Dan. 747. reflexive to move one's self, take one's way, go, proceed, wend (lit. or fig.) Ic wende mec on wæteres hricg Salm. Kmbl. 37; Sal. 19. Wendeþ hé hine under wolcnum, wígsteall séceþ 207; Sal. 103.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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Ǽw wedlock, marriage, ǽw-boren lawfully born, born in wedlock: ǽw-breca, -brica, m. wedlock breaker, an adulterer: ǽw-fæst-man marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ǽw-nian to wed, take a wife.

Linked entry: bonda

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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Ðá lét hé ðone áþ áweg then the witan said that it would be better that the oath should be dispensed with than that it should be taken ... Then he omitted the oath, Chart. Th. 289, 24-30.

Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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., to tell a tale, recite a poem, pronounce, deliver Ic bí mé secge ðis sárspell, Exon. Th. 458, 6 ; Hy. 4, 96. Ðonne ic ðé ǽfenlác secge, Ps. Th. 140, 3. Ðás word ðe ðú mé sagast, Exon. Th. 247, 26 ; Jul. 84.

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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</b> in a spiritual sense, cf. gossip :-- Se cyning him tó godsuna onféng and tó tácne ðære sibbe him twá mǽgþe forgeaf (in signum adoptionis, duas illi provincias donavit ), Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 9. friendliness, kindness, the opposite of hostility

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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L. 15, 35. to share. to divide into parts and take them, divide an inheritance, spoil, &amp; c. Oft weorðlic reáf men gedǽlað dividers spolia, Ps. Th. 67, 12. Þte hé gidǽle mec mið ꝥ erfe ut diuidat hereditatem mecum, Lk. R. L. 12, 13.

hefig

ponderousdenseweightyimportantgravesevereseriousdeepprofoundmistfogcloudslowdulltroublesomeoppressiveonerousburdensomeoppressivegrievousdifficultlaborioustoilsomeoverpoweringweariness

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Add: of great weight, ponderous Mid róde tácne gewǽpnod, ná mid reádum scylde, oððe mid hefegum helme, oþþe heardre byrnan, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 12. Wiht hafað hefigne steort, Rä. 59, 7. a. fig.

Linked entry: hefe-lic

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport to bring, cause to bear, support to bear, carry, to have bearwearto haveto be under the influence of havebear to bear, submit toto weigh,to put something in a balance to be equal to To move

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., have such and such feelings, bear a grudge Ic ðæs tácen wege sweotol on me selfum, Cd. Th. 54, 31; Gen. 885. Hé lust wigeþ, Beo. Th. 1203 ; B. 599. Hé on breóstum wæg byrnende lufan, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 14. Grendel heteníðas wæg, Beo.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Ic áhebbe míne hand . . . þæt is ne underfó ánne þwang I lift my hand (in testimony of this) that I will not take a thing, Gen. 14, 23. Ðonne hió geornast biþ þæt heó áfǽre fleógan, Ps. Th. 89, 10 : Elen. Kmbl. 536; El. 268.

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

woodthe substance of growing treesa tree(hewh) woodthe material obtained from treeswood which forms somethingsomething made of woodwoodwoodthe woodwoodsa woodwild

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Th. 435, 19 ; Rä. 54, 3. a tree Wudu mót him weaxan, tánum lǽdau, Exon. Th. 458, 21 ; Hy. 4, 104. Þeáh ðú hwilcne bóh býge wið eorðan, hé bið upweardes, swá ðú ánforlǽtest widu on willan, Met. 13, 55.

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

ge-witnes

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Ðeáh hit nán mon nyte, swáðeáh hit bið beforan monnum gedón, emne swelce hit sié on ealra ðára gewitnesse gedón . . . nullus fortasse videl, et hoc tamen coram hominibus fecit; quia tot testes in bono opere secum duxit . . ., Past. 451, 21.

lǽran

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Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 11. with clause Hwæt wile ðæt beón weorca ðæt ús on óðerre stówe forbiét ðæt wé hit beforan mannum dón, on óðerre lǽrð (cf. hét, l. 8) ðæt wé hit beforan mannum dón quid est quod opus nostrum et ita faciendum est, ne videatur, et tamen

nama

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Þæt tácen núgiét cúþ is on þǽre eá noman þæs consules sleges Fauiuses testatur hanc Fabii cladem fluvius Allia, sicut Cremera Fabiorum, 2, 8; S. 92, 17, Bizantium . . . be his noman wæs gehátenu Constantinopolim a Constantino . . .

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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Ðis bið ðæt tácen mínes weddes hoc signum foederis, Gen. 9, 12, 13, 15. Se ðe ðæs weddes waldend sý, L. Edm. B. 6; Th. i. 254, 21.

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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Sió lytle , 23. On ðǽm lytlan . . . ánum fingre (cf. on ðám lǽstan fingre, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 1), Met. 20, 179. used of young children Lytel cnæht ðes parvolus iste, Mt. L. 18, 4.

sweord

(n.)
Grammar
sweord, swurd, swyrd, es; n.
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So, too, Byrhtnoth tells the Danes who demand tribute of him, that the tribute will take the form of 'ealde swurd,' used with unpleasant effect upon the invaders. The same point may be illustrated from other than poetical sources.

Linked entry: swyrd

forþ

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Gif Englisc onstál gá forð ( take place ), 130, 15. forth, away from a place, out Se here fór forþ ( marched out of its winter quarters ), Chr. 887; P. 80, 29. Faran ealle forð, ðǽr him God wísige ꝥ hí tó cuman móton, Ll. Th. i. 258, 8.

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. 187, 36. of time Þás twelf tácna synd swá bráde, ꝥ hí gefyllað twá tída mid hyra úpgange, Lch. iii. 246, 7. to satisfy, a (hungry, needy) person Hé þá hungrian mid gódum gefylleð ( satiavit ), Ps. Th. 106, 8: Bl. H. 5, 9.

ge-standan

(v.)
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(l a) to stand after moving, station oneself, take one's stand :-- Arn hé sóna on ꝥ hús, and ðá gestód ongeán þǽm lége, Bl. H. 221, 11. Gestáh hé steápe dúne þæt hé on hrófe gestód heán landes. Gen. 2898 : 2575.

ge-weald

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S. 23 b, 792. take here <b>ge-weald</b> pudenda, in Dict., and add Geweald inguen Germ. 389, 81. Hé mid þám horne hine þýde on ꝥ geweald, Hml. S. 31, 787. Wið þǽra gewealda gesár, Lch. i. 94, 22. ꝥ geswell þára gewalda, 24.