þætte
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where the subject of the clause is omitted :-- ꝥ nis nán man, ꝥte e where the main clause is not expressed Ðonne hí niðer ástígaþ tó áðweánne hiera niéhstena scylda, hié beóþ onlícost suelce hí beren ðone ceák . . . ðætte ( the case is such, that ) suá hwelc
weorþ-mynd
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Gif ðú wénst ðætte wundorlíc gerela hwelc weorþmynd sié ( pulcrum variis fulgere vestibus putas ? ), ðonne telle ic ða weorþmynd ðæm wyrhtan ðe hié worhte, Bt, 14, 1; Fox 42, 18. Yr byð æðelinga gehwæs wyn and wyrðmynd, Runic pm.
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ge-læccan
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Th. ii. 290, 16-21. to take, pick up food Þá hwelpas gelæccað þá cruman ( catelli edunt de micis, Mt. 15, 27), Hml.
níd
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion
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Th. 2014; B. 1005. necessity, need, urgent requirement Ne néd is ðé ðætte hwelc ðec gifregne non opus est tibi ut quis te interroget, Jn. Skt. Rush. 16, 30. Mé is neód necesse habeo, ic habbe neóde necesse habeo, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 38.
ge-tácnian
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Ðeáh hit on sumum ðingum getácnad sié ðæt hé hwelc wundor wyrcean mæge, Past. 119, 9. On þǽm burgum wæs getácnad þæt Críst is eádmódegra help probans Deum solum esse conservatorem humilium, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 24.
scyldig
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Gif hwelc gód lǽce gesihþ, ðæt his hwam þearf biþ, and ðonne for his slǽwþe ágiémeleásaþ ðæt hé his helpe, ðonne wille wé cweðan ðæt hé sié genóg ryhtlíce his bróðor deáþes scyldig, 49, 1; Swt. 377, 21.
Linked entries: scildig deáþ-scyldig for-scyldigian sceldig
bísen
an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type
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Hwelce bisena hé stellende wæs, Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 24. of things Gelíce and seó burg wǽre tó bisene ásteald eallum middangearde, Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 24. an exemplar, a model, pattern for the being, doing or making of something Wé sint gesceapene æfter
rǽdan
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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.
gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
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Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús þæt wǽre hláford ofer óþre mýs and sette him dómas and nídde hié æfter gafole si inter mures videres unum aliquem jus sibi ac potestatem prae ceteris vendicantem, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 3. a contribution exacted in aid of the needy
ge-met
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Hwelc frenm is ðé ꝥ þæt þú wilnige þissa gesǽlþa ofer gemet (beyond measure), Bt. 14, l ; F. 42, 9. Gif þú ofer gemet ( to excess) itst, 14. Hé wæs ofer eall gemett stearc, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 23.
ge-tellan
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Ðǽrbufan is geteald hwelc hé beón sceal, gif hé untǽlwierðe bið cum virtutum necessaria subsequenter enumerat, quae sit irreprehensibilitas ipsa manifestat, Past. 53, 10. to enumerate Winterfeorm, Eásterfeorm . . . and fela ðinga ðe ic -getellan ne mæig
ge-staþelian
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</b> of residence, to settle, lodge :-- Hwelpas leóna . . . in bedcleofum heara hié gesteaðeliað ( se conlocabunt), Ps. Srt. 103, 22.
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hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Hwelc wíte sceal ús tó hefig ðyncan quae poena gravis est ?, Past. 255, 3. Þeáh hit nú hefig seó . . . þeáh hit biþ gesǽlþ gif hit mon geðyldilíce áræfnþ, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 30. Hú hefig sorg men beoþ seó gémen his bearna, 31, 1; F. 112, 17.
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open
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Mid þǽm þe hié þára dura hwelce opene gesáwon, þonne hié gieredon hié tó wíge, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16.
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Gif hwelc swíþe ríce mon on his hláfordes ǽrende færþ, Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 21. Gyf þínes hláfordes ǽrendgewrit and hys insegel tó ðé cymð, Solil. H. 23, 14. Geðenc nú hweðer mani mann cynges hám séce ... hí cumað æalle tó ánum hláforde, 41, 1-10.
wilnian
of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end
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Hwelc fremu is ðe ðæt ðú wilnige ðissa and-weardena gesǽlþa ofer gemet? Bt. 14, I; Fox 42, 8. Þonne hí tó his húso hleówes wilnian, Ps. Th. 108, 10. Tó ðæm heáhengle ðæt hié him fultomes wilnodan. Homl. 201, 28. Friðes wilnian, Andr.
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god
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Gif hwelc mon hine on Godes naman geandette, Ll. Th. i. 64, 21. in language concerned with church matters. of spiritual things Wé habbað áne gástlice módor, seó is Ecclesia genamod, ꝥ is Godes cirice, Ll. Th. i. 336, 8.
lǽran
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Wé rehton hwelc se hierde bión sceal; nú wé him willað cýðan hú hé lǽran sceal qualis esse debeat Pastor ostendimus, nunc qualiter doceat demonstremus 173, 15.
swilc
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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.
ge-gán
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</b> of movement. movement irrespective of the point of departure or destination. to go on foot, walk Gif hwelc gigæs (gegaas, L.) on dæg si quis ambulauerit in die, Jn. R. 11, 9. Árás ꝥ mægden and geeóde ( ambulabat ), Mk. L. 5, 42.