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ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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ealle gesceafta tófleówon swá swá wæter, and náne sibbe ne náne endebyrdnesse ne heóldon, Bl. 34, 12; F. 154, 3: 39, 5; F. 218, 15. order, suitable means to attain an end, method: On hwylcere endebyrdnysse magon wé Jóseph tó ús gelaðian and hym wyþ sprecan

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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Se ðe wyle sprecan loquuturus Ælfc. Gr. 41; Zup. 247, 15, 11 : 248, 6. Gif hiere ne bið sóna gestiéred, hió wile weahsan mid ungemete ( sine mensura dilatatur ), Past. 11; Swt. 71, 16.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

spéd

(n.)
Grammar
spéd, e; f.

Speedsuccessmeansspeedquicknessspeedilyquicklyspeedsuccessprosperous issue meanssubstanceabundancewealthpowerfacultyopportunitymeans of doing anything progenyceleritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia

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Swá wit him an spéd sprecaþ we shall speak so as to convince him, Cd. Th. 36, 21; Gen. 575. Ic on ðínre hǽlo hyldo sóhte and on ðínre sprǽce spéd sóðfæste in salutari tuo, et in eloquio justitiae tuae, Ps. Th. 118, 123.

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Maniges mannes wíse bið, ðæt hé wile tó his néhstan sprecan ða word ðe hé wénþ ðæt him leófoste sýn tó gehýrenne . . . ; deófles wíse bið, ðæt hé ðone unwaran man beswícan mæge, Blickl. Homl. 55, 19-23 : Exon.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc, hwylc, hwelc; pron.

whichwhoany oneanysome

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Hit is scondlíc ymb swelc tó sprecanne hwelc hit ðá wæs it is shameful to talk about such a state of things as it then was, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 4

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Ðonne hwá tó his scrifte cymeþ, on ða gerád ðæt hé wille his þearfa tó him sprecan and his synna andettan, L. E. I. 31; Th. ii. 428, 9

Linked entries: þærf þarf

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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Sprecan wiþ ða ðe secgaþ ðæt ða anwaldas sién of wyrda mægenum gewordene, Swt. 62, 10

Linked entry: weord

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Giet sceal ic monigfealdlecor sprecan, Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 9. Git, An. 1489. Hé dyde git eallra wærst, Chr. 1087; P. 223, 22. with other words Þá giet leng winnan, Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 18: 82, 32.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Ðonne hit tócymþ ðæt hie hit sprecan sculon when the time comes that they ought to speak, Past. 46; Swt. 355, 10.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Ymb swelc tó sprecanne hwelc hit ðá wæs, Ors. 10; Swt. 48, 4. Swelce burg gewyrcan swelce sió wæs, 2, 4; Swt. 74, 8. Gif ic hæfde swilcne anweald, swylce God hæfþ, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 19. Se wolde habban swilcne hlísan swá Benedictus, Homl.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

for-gifan

to givebestowgrantdispenseto giveto giveto giveto give uphand overdeliver upcommitpracticeto give backrestoreto marryto grantpermitallowto grantto givecauseto forgive

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Eów weorþeþ forgifen hwæt gé sprecaþ, Bl. H. 171, 29. to grant. to grant leave to do, permit, allow. without object expressed Forgeaf permitteret, i. licentiam daret, An. Ox. 2573.

fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

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Platon cwæþ ꝥ se mon ne sceolde fón on tó ungelíc bíspell ðǽre sprǽce ðe hé ðonne sprecan wolde, Bt. 35, 5; F. 166, 15-21. Uton fón nú on þæt godspel ðǽr wé hit ǽr forléton, Hml.

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Wé ðás word sprecaþ ... þe wé in carcerne sittaþ, 2, 27; Cri. 25. Wé, þe ús befæst is seó gýmingGodes folces ... we, to whom is committed the care of God's people..., L. E. I. 1; Th. ii. 402, 9.

Linked entry: þý

gód

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Þá gástas góde word sprecað . . . 'Wine leófesta . . .,' Seel. 134. good in a religious sense, pious, devout Gód wæs Gúðlác; hé in gǽste bær heofoncundne hyht, Gú. 141. Symle Crístes lof in Gúðláces gódum móde weóx, 365.

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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He biddende wæs þ æt hé móste wið Scipian sprecan, and wilniende wæs ꝥ hé frið betwux þǽm folcum findan sceolde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, II. Wið swylcan sceatte swylce hé hit þá findæ mihte, C. D.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan,  sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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' Dá andswarede him Sanctus Paulus: ' Wénstú ðæt ic sceole sprecan to ðissum treówleásan men' do you think it likely that I shall speak to this false man ? Blickl.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Sprecan áne feáwa worda, Nic. 5, 40. with much the same force as sum, marking an individual member of a group, one (of) Heó eóde mid ánre hire ðig*-*nenne, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 18. From his ánan men ofsceoten, Chr. 1100; P. 235, 16.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Gedó ðæt hý nægen dón ðæt yfel ðæt hý þencaþ and sprecaþ decidant a cogitationibus suis, Ps. Th. 5, 11. Weras ðe ðæt on geþóhtum þenceaþ: Wutun..., 138, 17. Ealle ða geþóhtas ðe hí þóhtan omnes cogitationes eorum, 145, 3. <b>II a.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Kmbl. 2846; An. 1425. as an auxiliary with participles, present Gif him hwilc yfel gelimpð, ic wurðe syððan geómriende, Gen. 42, 38. past, of transitive verbs, forming a passive voice Eów weorþeþ forgifen hwæt gé sprecaþ, Blickl. Homl. 171, 19.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Gif wé deóplícor ymbe ðis sprecaþ, þonne wéne wé ðæt hit wile ðincan ðám ungelǽredum tó menigfeald, Homl. Th. ii. 582, 24. Gif hwá cwyð ðæt hé lufige God, and his beboda ne hylt, hé biþ leás ðonne, 314, 31.

Linked entries: þænne þonne