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tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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Tiliaþ eów freónda get friends for yourselves, i. 334, 27. ÐÚ scealt mid earfoðnyssum ðé metes tilian, 18, 15: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 219. Noe ongan to eorðan him ǽtes tilian Noe began to provide himself with food from the earth, Cd.

Linked entries: teolian tylian telge

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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L. 7, 14. to bring to a condition, cause to assume a character, turn to, subject to action. the object a person Ic gewirce eów tó wǽdlan visitabo vos in egestate Lev. 26, 16. Hé geworhte his geféran tó wealdgengum, Ælfc. T.

healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, containto hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabitto rule, governto behave, conductto guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heedto hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold withto hold, keep, keep sheepservare, custodire

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Ásette gé ðone líchoman tó ðære byrgenne and hine ðǽr healdaþ swá ic eów bebeóde put down the body in the tomb and keep it there as I shall bid you, Blickl. Homl. 147, 32.

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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Se ðe wyle betweox eów beón fyrmest, sý hé eówer þeów (ðeá ł ðegn servus, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 20, 27: 18, 16: 10, 24. Se Godes þeów the priest, Blickl. Homl. 49, 3. Metodes þeów ( Abraham ), Cd. Th. 146, 29; Gen. 2429. Dryhtnes þeów ( Guthlac ), Exon.

IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

InonintointoIn

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Ðá eode hé in ða cetan then he went into the cell, 219, 14. Gúþlác sette hyht in heofenas, Exon. 39 a ; Th. 128, 18; Gú. 406. Heó hine in ðæt mynster onféng ... Hé eall in ðæt swéteste leóþ gehwyrfde susceptum in monasterium ...

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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For hwám nǽron eorð-welan ealle gedǽled leódum gelíce ?, Sal. 342. to utter words. Cf. tó-dǽlan; Mín gehát þæt míne weleras ǽr wíse gedǽldan, Ps. Th. 65, 12. <b>VI a.</b> to diffuse, spread :-- Ðerh gedǽlde perfudit. Mt. p. 20, 2

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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Nǽnigum heora álýfed sí ǽnige sacerdlíce ðénunge dón nulli eorum liceat ullum officium sacerdotale agere, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 4.

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Ic wiste ꝥ þú út áfaren ware, ac ic nyste hú feor, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 33. by numerals Hé of þǽre ylcan stówe wæs uneáðe gefaren týn mílum feor (feorr, v. l.) a loco eodem vix decem millibus aberat, Gr. D. 120, 4.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

hwǽr

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Wundur hwár þonne eorl ellenróf ende gefére lífgesceafta, þonne leng ne mæg mon mid his mágum meduseld búan.

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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Th. i. 526, 3], i. e. paterfamilias manserit, sine compellatione et calumpnia, sint uxor et pueri in eodem, sine querela. Et si [bunda, i. e. paterfamilias] compellatus fuerat, etc. L.

Linked entry: bonda

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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So late as the end of the tenth century, archbishop Ælfric addressed the following injunction to his clergy Ge ne scylan fægnigan forþ-farenra manna, ne ðæt líc gesécan, búton eów mann laðige ðǽr-to: ðænne ge ðǽr-to gelaðode sýn, ðonne forbeóde ge ða

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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(See also se, V, swá.) introducing clauses expressing cause, reason Hwæt þence gé betwux eów, þæt (forðon, Lind. : forþon þæt, Rush.) gé hláfas nabbaþ why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Mt. Kmbl. 16, 8.

ge-dón

(v.)
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Gedóþ ꝥ eów sý mete gearo, Bl. H. 39, 28. Gedón ðætte hiera Drihten lícige ðǽm folce to bring it about that their Lord may be pleasing to the people, Past. 147, 7.

ge-weorþan

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(or uncertain) of person, with noun subject Ne sǽde ic eów ꝥ eówrum þeáwum and mínum ne mihte an wise gewurdan (geþwǽrigan, v. l.) ? numquid non prius dixi vobis, quia vestris ac meis moribus minime conveniret?, Gr. D. 105, 21. impersonal, cf.

wiþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-weard, (-word, -wurd), and -wierde; adj.

contraryadversehostileadversaryenemyopponentfiendhostile to rightful authorityrebelopposed to what is rightarrogantperversedepravedreprobatefalsehereticapocryphalopposed to the good or pleasure of anythingunfavourableadversehurtfulperniciousdisagreeablecontraryopposite

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On ðam geáre wurdon ða Gallie Rómánum wiðerwearde eodem anno Galli novi exstitere hostes, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 180, 24. Ealle ða ðe mé wiðerwearde wǽron omnes adversantes mihi, Ps. Th. 3, 6.

irnan

(v.)
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Eorn, 325, 29. ' Gáð from geate tó geate . . . 'Ðæt is ðæt mon ierne from geate tó óðrum. Past. 383, 8. Hé hiene hét iernan fela míla beforan his rǽdwǽne, Ors. 6, 30; S. 280, 12. Wildu diór þǽr woldon tó irnan, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, l.

LICGAN

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

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Godwine eorl and ealle ða yldestan menn on West Seaxon lágon ongeán swá hí lengost mihton earl Godwin and all the chief men in Wessex opposed as long as ever they could, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 2. xiiii æceras and ða mǽde ðe ðǽr tó líþ xiiii fields and the

Linked entry: for-lǽge

wíte

(n.)

punishmentpain that is inflicted as punishmenttormenta meansimplementa fine.tormentplaguediseaseevilpain

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Syndon hyra wíta scytelum cilda onlícost sagittae parvulorum factae sunt plagae eorum Ps. Th. 63, 7. Wraðu wannhálum wíta gehwylces, sæce and sorge, Elen. Kmbl. 2058; El. 1030. Hé monge gehǽlde hefigra wíta. Exon. Th. 155, 9 ; Gú. 857.

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Hé his bénum geþafode qui precibus eius adnuens, Bd. 3, 7; Sch. 215, 19. þ á geþafode hé heora geþeahte adnuit consilio eorum, 4, 30; Sch. 534, 11. Hé his willan and his heofonlicum lustum geþafade (adnuit), 5, 19 ; Sch. 655, 17.

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Hé út eode embe ða sixtan and nigoðan tíde . . . embe ða endlyftan tíde, 20, 5-6. Ymbe ða nygoðan tíd clypode se Hǽlend, 27, 46. Ymb ða teóðan tíd dæges, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 12.

Linked entry: týd