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ge-endian

(v.)
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Hí ne geendiað ná þá spǽce ǽr heora seód bið áfylled they will not finish the case till their purse be filled, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 42. Ic geendode ( consummaui ) ꝥ weorc ꝥ þú mé sealdest tó dónne, Jn. 17, 4.

tíman

(v.)
Grammar
tíman, p. de.

to teem,be productive.to be with child,bear,bring forth youngto beget, have intercourse with (wið) a womanto have offspring,bring forthto vouch to warranty to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possessionto refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its supportto betake one's self to a place,go to to resort toappeal to in reverence or for help to lead to

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Aȝen þat þu (the nightingale) wilt teme, O. and N. 499. as a technical term. v. teám, III. to vouch to warranty (acc. of that which is to be warranted and person vouched governed by tó), to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained

ge-met

(adj.)
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Gif þú ðæt gemet habban wille and ðá nýdþearfe witan wille si quod naturae satis est replere indigentiam velis, Bt. 14, I ; F. 42, 5. Hwæt magon wé dón, gyf þú nást þæt gemet? Þú sceoldest witan hwænne þé genóh þúhte, Solil. H. 15, 8.

ende-byrdnes

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

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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D. 144, 26. a regular narrative, a series of statements: Wé oferrǽddon þis godspel for gereccednysse ðǽre godspellican endebyrdnysse . . . nú wille wé eft oferyrnan þá ylcan godspellican endebyrdnysse, Hml. Th. i. 104, 3-8.

ge-cirran

(v.)
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I. 13, 17. ꝥ wé é to turn from one to another Gíf hwá wille fram unrihte gecyrran eft tó rihte, Ll.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Gif mon wille of boldgetale in óðer boldgetæl hláford sécan, dó ꝥ mid þæs ealdormonnes gewitnesse þe hé ǽr in his scíre folgode, 86, 3: 134, 3.

gód

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Woruldgerihta ic wille ꝥ standan swá góde swá hý mon on betste áredian mæge . . . And . . . mid Denum be swá gódum lagum swá hý betst geceósan mægen, Ll. Th. i. 272, 23-31.

ge-wuna

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willað ꝥ munecas regollícor libban þonne hí ǽr þisan on gewunan hæfdon, Ll. Th. i. 346, 28.

hlutor

Grammar
hlutor, l. hlútor,

clearbrightshiningsplendidbrightuntroubledpeaceclearsplendidgloriousillustriousbrilliantguiltdeceitpuresincere

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Freá, hlúttor heofones weard, Sch. 52. of personal attributes: ꝥín willa mid ús weorðe gelǽsted on eardunge eorðan ríces, swá hlúttor is in heofonwuldre gewlitegod, Hy. 6. 12. clear from evil, guilt, deceit, &c., pure, sincere Þæt gebed sceal beón

Linked entry: hlútor-líce

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

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Him mæg tó sorge ðæt hé nát hwæt him tóweard biþ it causes him anxiety that he knows not what will happen to him, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 12.

Linked entry: mæg

ós

(n.)
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Further in Lchdm. iii. 54, in a charm, occurs a genitive pl. ésa :-- Gif hit wǽre ésa gescot, oððe hit wǽre ylfa gescot, oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot, nú ic wille ðín helpan. Ðis Ðis ðé tó bóte ésa gescotes, &amp;c. . . .

Linked entry: ésa

ge-grípan

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Ic wille gegrípan ꝥ palmtwig, and hit tó eorþan áfyllan, 151, 15. Nim swá mycel swá þú mid þrím fingron gegrípan mæge, Lch. i. 230, 11. Mið ðý gegripen (-grippen, L.) wæs hond his praehensa manu ejus, Mk. R. 1, 31. Gegripen adprehensum, Kent.

ge-bǽru

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H. 203, 1. movement, gesture, action Gif þú þone mon lácnian wille, þænc his gebǽra, and wite hwilces hádes hé sié; gif hit biþ wǽpnedman and lócað úp ... gif hit biþ wíf and lócað niþer ..., Lch. ii. 348, 13-18.

hǽlend

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Ic wille hýran mínum hǽlende, Gú. 576. Heó cende ealles middaneardes hǽlend, Bl. 105, 18. Hǽlend tillfremmendra, Rä. 60, 6. passing into a title. Cf. <b>I. 2.

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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</b> add :-- Hwæt wille wé lencg wrítan be Martines wundrum, þonne Sulpicius sǽde ꝥ hí synd ungeríme, Hml. S. 31, 1301, <b>C.</b> add :-- Ðónne drincð se láreów ðæt wæter of his ágnum mere, ðonne hé gehwirfð ...

wer

(n.)
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wer, es; m.
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Fǽhðe ic wille on weras stǽlan, eall ácwellan ða beútan beóð earce bordum, Cd.

Linked entry: wíf

þreágan

(v.)
Grammar
þreágan, þreán, and þreáwian (v. þreápian); p. þreáde [in Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 7 a form occurs that might be a strong past of þreán, on the analogy of þweán, sleán Ðæt gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for ðám ermþum ðe hí ðrógan; cf. the rendering of the same passage in the metres: Ðæt mód wæs swíðe sorgum gebunden for ðǽm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton,
  • Met. 26, 97.
But, perhaps, drugon should be read, as, Latin is:]; pp. þreád.

to reproverebukereproachto punish one who deserves punishmentto chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amendto chastencorrectto torturetormentafflictdistressvexoppress

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Hé ( the man who will not give tithes ) bið mid wítum þreád æfter his deáþe, Blickl. Homl. 49, 25. Synfulle ( those in purgatory ) beóþ þreád, Elen.

Linked entries: þreán þreiga ðrogan

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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wile hit him mid grimnesse and mid yfele forgyldan, Blickl. Homl. 55, 25. Hé nǽnigum yfel wiþ yfele geald, 223, 33: Elen. Kmbl. 983; El. 493. Hí ðǽr mycel yfel gedydon, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 18: 993; Erl. 133, 3.

Linked entries: efel eofel

ge-þeón

(v.)
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Sé þe his þeódenstól geþeón wile, Víd. 13. to be profitable to Him seó dǽd ne geþeáh the deed did not profit him, Sat. 576. Ꝥte ús fæsten giðii ( proficiat ), Rtl. 14, 26. Giðii ( prosit ) ús gibed, 70, 7. <b>II a.

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Ðý læs hié ormóde wǽron, and ðý sǽnran mínes willan and weorðmyndo ( the slower to do my will and promote my glory ), Nar. 32, 24. Ic (Eve) wæs mid weorþmende on neorxna wange I lived glorious in Paradise Blickl. Homl. 89, 8.

Linked entry: wirþu