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þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Hig cwǽdon tó hym: 'Oncnáw nú ðæt hyt ðé lyt scal fremian ðæt ðú tó þóhtest' (know that it shall benefit you little, that you have determined to come to us ), Nicod. 12-13; Thw. 6, 14-38.

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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A world Ealra worulda scippend, Hy. 3, 23. the material world Ðeáh ðú ealle gesceafta áne naman genemde, ealle ðú nemdest tógædere and héte woruld, and þeáh ðone ánne noman ðú tódǽldest on feówer gesceafta; án ðæra is eorþe, óþer wæter, þridde lyft,

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowedmaymoteto be inferred otherwiseto be obligedmust

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Ðæt hié on ðæt fǽgon, ðæt ic swá lytle hwíle lifgean móste, Nar. 32, 21. Ðæt ðú wilwega wealdan móstest, Ps. Th. 90, 11. Móstes, Exon. 28 a; Th. 85, 10; Cri. 1389. Hé him álýfde ðæt hí ærnan móstan. Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 42.

hwíl

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Lytle huíle ( modi-cum tempus ) mið iú ham, Jn.

Cynewulf

(n.)
Grammar
Cynewulf, es; m.
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ᚠ [feoh] ǽghwam biþ <b>F</b> [wealth] will be for every man lǽne under lyfte, failing under the heaven, landes frætwe the ornament of the land gewítaþ under wolcnum. will depart under the welkin. Elen. Kmbl. 2512-2541; El. 1257-1272.

ge-tǽcan

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Ðú mé gehéte lytle ǽr ꝥ þú hí woldest mé getǽcan eam tu paullo ante monstrasti, 33, 3; F. 126, 10. Ic hit þé wille getǽcan hoc verissima ratione patefaciam, 34, 9; F. 146, 13.

be-healdan

(v.)
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Cweþað þá ðe syndan stunte þæt mycel forhæfednes lytel behealde that there is very little in great abstinence, Wlfst. 55, 24. to have meaning, signify Wit gesáwon swefen, ac wyt nyton hwá hyt unc átelle, hwæt hit behealde what its meaning is.

ge-lǽdan

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Gé mec úp gelǽddon, ꝥ ic of lyfte londa getimbru geseón meahte, Gú. 455. Onfóh ús mid eów on ꝥ scip, and gelǽdaþ ús on þá ceastre, Bl. H. 233, 8. Hér wæs Sc̃e Óswaldes líc gelǽded (-lǽdd, v. l. ) of Beardanígge on Myrce, Chr. 909; P. 94, 31.

ge-streón

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H. 36, 8, of material or non-material objects what is got by effort, gain, profit, advantage, acquisition Ðincþ þé ꝥ lytel gestreón . . . þætte þeós wiþerweardnes . . . þá mód þe geopenaþ ðínra getreówra freónda, Bt. 20; F. 72, II.

on-fón

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Þé lyst nú lióþa. Onfóh hiora nú video te carminis exspectare dulcedinem. Accipe igitur haustum, Bt. 39, 12 ; F. 232, 21.

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Lyt ðú gemundest tó hwan ðínre sáwle þing siððan wurde little didst thou mind to what thy soul's condition would come, Soul Kmbl. 39; Seel. 20: Beo. Th. 4149; B. 2071.

(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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Nú gyt ( adhuc ) lytel fæc and ná biþ synfull, Ps. Spl. 36, 10. Nú giet, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 1. Ne þearft ðú ðé ondrǽdan feorhcwealm nú giet ( as yet ), Cd. Th. 63, 26; Gen. 1038. Ic wát manig nú gyt micel mǽre spell, Andr. Kntbl. 1628; An. 815.

þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
þicgan, p. þah, þeah, and þigde, þigede, pl. þǽgon, þégon, and þígdon, þigedon; pp. þegen,
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Ðonne áliéfþ hé ðæm siócan eal ðæt ðæt hine lysð tó dónne and tó ðycganne, Past. 50; Swt. 391, 25. Bið seó án snǽd sélre tó þicganne, Salm. Kmbl. 813; Sal. 406. Se forbeád blód tó þicgenne, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 43.

Linked entry: ge-þicgan

hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shapeformshapefigurea formshapewritingappearanceaspectcolourformkindnaturecharacterformulaformtypemodela pretexa fancya kindspecies

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Iacintus is lyfte onlícusð on híwe, Past. 85, 5. form, kind, nature, character Ðá ælðeódegan weras ðe on cuman híwe him mid wunedon (peregrines viros in hospitalitatem receptos, Gr. D. iv. 14), Hml. Th. ii. 96, 35.

rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽdan, <b>II a.</b>
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Hé hálsaþ ǽlcne þára ðe þás bóc rǽdan lyste, Bt. proem; F. viii. 11. to learn by perusal, find a statement recorded Rǽde hé on his bócum hwelce ungetína hié dreógende wǽron, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 17.

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seemappearto seem fit

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Lytel þúhte ic leóda bearnum, Exon. Th. 87, 14; Cri. 1425. Ne þúhte hé him nó innon swá fæger swá hé útan þúhte. Þeáh ðú nú hwam fæger þince, ne biþ hit nó ðý raþor swá, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 24.

Linked entries: þincan ge-þyncan

lange

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</b> of time, for or during a long time. of continued action Gif se láreów hié gemyndgað ðára weligera ðe lange striéndon and lytle hwíle brucon si eorum ad medium memoria deducatur, qui et ditari in hoc mundo diu conati sunt, et tamen in adeptis

hálig

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Hálig God oferbrǽdde hálgan nette ( the pillar of cloud) hát*-*wendne lyft, Exod. 74. Hálge gimmas, sunne and mona, Cri. 692. Hihte ic tó þínra handa hálgum dǽdum in operibus manuum tuarum exultabo, Ps.

heáh

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Þeós heá lyft 'the lift sae hie,' Rä. 8, 4. Þá tungla þæs heán heofnes, Bt. 39, 13; F. 232, 25. Heáhre handa dynt a blow from an uplifted hand, Ll. Th. i. 18, 1. Ꝥ mynster wæs geseted in heánum cnolle þæs muntes ( in summo montis cacumine ), Gr.

Linked entry: dynt

ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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a ring, circle Lytel ymbhweorft rotella vel orbiculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 44. Ernhwerfte (-hferte, MS. ) gyro, Kent.