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ceáp

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Heó bohte Gladu wyð healfe punde tó cépe and tó tolle, Cht. E. 254, 8: Cht. Th. 633, 5. God mid deórwyrðum ceápe us gebohte, Wlfst. 144, 1.

ge-niman

(v.)
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Ne biddo ic ꝥte ðú genimme ( tollas ) hiá of middangeorde, Jn. L. 17, 15. Þú bist genumen of þínum líchoman, Bl.

ge-tellan

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Man getealde him (Oswold) ꝥ nigonðe geár (ui idem annus Osualdi regno adsignaretur, Bd. 3, 1), Chr. 633; P. 27, 6. to assign a person or thing, to a duty, position, &c. to depute, delegate; cf. to be told off for a duty Getealde delegavit, Wrt

niman

(v.)
Grammar
niman, p. nam, pl. námon; pp. numen (kept in the slang word nim = steal. Cf. Shakspere's Corporal Nym).

to takereceivegetsumereaccipereto takekeepholdtenereto takecatchto containto take (with one)carrybringto take (to one)giveto take forciblyseizetake awaycarry offtollerecapessereauferrerapere

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Homl. 177, 2. to take forcibly, seize, take away, carry off; tollere, capessere, auferre, rapere Ic nyme tollo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 32. 53. Ðam ðe ðín reáf nymþ qui auferet tibi vestimentum, Lk. Skt. 6, 29. Se ðe hine deáþ nimeþ, Beo.

Linked entry: bi-nom

DRIGE

(adj.)
Grammar
DRIGE, dryge, dríe; def. se driga, dryga, dría; seó, ðæt drige, dryge, dríe; adj.

DRY siccus, arĭdus

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Worhte his tolme foldan drige arĭdam fundavērunt manus ejus, Ps. Th. 94, 5: Cd. 8; Th. 10, 29; Gen. 164. Uppan dríe eorþan super arĭdam, Ex. 4, 9. Se ðe gecyrde sǽ on drige land qui convertit mare in arĭdam, Ps. Spl. 65, 5.

ge-wríþan

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Th. ii. 28, 27. to bind together, draw together Tólýs sace bendas, gewríþ sibbe wǽre dissolve litis vincula, asstringe pacis fędera, Hy. S. 29, 3.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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Hé him ðæt ríce tówerd sǽde he told him that the kingdom was in store for him, Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 8. Hé forestihte ðagecorenan tó ðam écan lífe, for ðan ðe hé wiste hí swilce tówearde he knew they were to become such, Homl. Th. i. 112, 32, 34.

Linked entry: tó-ward

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

hús

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Sylle him man tól tó his weorce and andlaman tó his húse, 434, 27. Beón hí áwergode on húse and on æcere, Ll. Lbmn. 438, 23. Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes, Ll. Th. i. 50, 18 : Ex. 22, 4. Hús settan and tún timbrian. Solil. H. 1, 13.

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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There is the best evidence, that the voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan were written by the king, for we read that, — Ohthere sæde Alfréde cyninge, ðæt he ealra Norþmanna norþmest búde Ohthere told king Alfred that he dwelt northmost of all Northmen, Ors

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Mid eallon ðám þingon ðe ðǽr tó læg forðam ðe his witan him sǽdon ðæt hit hwílon ǽr læg ðiderin with everything that belonged thereto; for his witan told him that in former times it had belonged to that place, vi. 190, 20.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Swegen tealde ðæt his sciperes woldon wændon fram him Swegen told (Beorn) that his (Swegen's) men would desert him (Swegen), Chr. 1046; Erl. 174, 13. Dauid tealde his ungelimp, and hú hé hine gebæd tó Gode, Ps. Th. 34, arg.

on-fón

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Hé gesǽde swefen cyninge, þæt hé onfón ne meahte on his breóstlocan he told the king the dream, that he could not remember (cf. hé ne wisse word swefnes sínes, 125), Dan. 166. add: to receive what is sent, &c. to take into the hand (lit. or fig

ge-bídan

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Hé hæfde his ende gebidenne on eorðan unswǽslicne, Jud. 64. to obtain Hí bǽdon þone híréd ꝥ Ælfstán móste beón þæs þriddan peniges wurðe of þǽre tolne . . . ac hý forwyrndon heom ealle tógædere endemes, ꝥ hé hit ná sceolde nǽfre gebídan (that he should

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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The word also occurs often in charters along with sac, sóc, toll, etc., where according to one definition it refers to the right to the forfeitures which were made in the suits where teám was resorted to: Theam, quod si aliquis aliquid interciebatur super

eall

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H. 217, 17. quite Hí cómon unwær on heom on ealne ǽrnemergen, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 14. pronoun Hé wæs eall biernende, and ðeáh ðá tungan suíðust mǽnde and him ðǽre kélnesse bæd qui tolus ardens refrigerari se praecipue in lingua requirebat, Past. 309,

hláf

breada loafcakebreadbreadmannacake

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Þú nymst ánne holne hláf and ánne gebígedne hláf of þǽm þeorfra hláfa windle tolles tortam panis unius crustulam, laganum de canistro azymorum, Ex. 29, 23. Cuoeð ꝥ stánas ðás hláfa ꝥ tó hláfum sié gewordeno dic ut lapides isti panes fiant, Mt.

Linked entry: hláf-gang

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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Th. i. 30, 1. þá yldestan men þe tó þiére byrig híron, 208, 30: 210, 5. to get to know by hearing, hear of, be told. with acc. Huætd ðis ic héro from ðé?, Lk. L. 16, 2. þá hé þæt hiérde, Chr. 835; P. 62, 17.

hand

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Ic be hondum mæg hǽðenra sceal grípan tó grunde, Sat. 268. for, on behalf of, in the interest of, on account of Ælfríc nam ꝥ toll for þæs kynges hand, Cht.

ge-mynd

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VI. what puts in mind, a reminder, warning :-- Magon wé ús þis (the case just told) tó gemyndum habban, and þás bysene on úrum heortum staþelian, ꝥ wé ne sceolan lufian worlde glengas tó swíþe, Bl. H. 113, 34.