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fæsten

firmamentcitadelforta fortificationentrenchmentsfastnessstrongholda prisona sepulchreHellclaustrum

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Gl. 433, 58: An. Ox. 57, 6

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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and add: to ask a question of a person geáscade (sciscitabatur) from him huér Críst ácenned wére, Mt. L. 2, 4. a person a question geáscode hiá, 'Huu feolo láfo habbað gié?, ' Mk. L. 8, 5 : 14, 60: 15, 2.

ge-secgan

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Take here forms under <b>ge-sagian,</b> and add: with acc. where the object denotes a collection of words, to say words, tell a tale, give a list, account, &c.

ge-wendan

(v.)
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I. 76, 7) ab ipso vel ab omnibus. Cf. ge-wand for another possible meaning of gewend in this passage ), R. Ben. 68, 12. to bring to a condition Lazarum lífe gewende, Hml. S. 23, 432.

hider

to this worldto this lifein this worldto this pointhither and thitherto and fro

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Voc. ii. 112, ii. local. to the place where the speaker is. with a verb expressing movement hider neár accede huc, Gen. 27, 21. eódest þú hider (hidir, L.) inn? quomodo huc intrasti ?, Mt. R. 22, 12. Þæt ic ne cymo hider (hidder, L.), Jn.

Linked entry: hider-cyme

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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worth, of value, referring to saleable things Éwe bið mid hire giunge sceápe sciłł. weorð, L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 7. Oxan horn bið .x. pæninga weorð, 58; Th. i. 138, 21. mycel feós hit wǽre wurð, Chr. 1085 ; Erl. 218, 33.

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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geot, Bt. 36, 2; F. 174, 22. gyt adhuc, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 3: Ps. Th. 91, 13.

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Th. 1, 17; Cri. 9. working, doing, performance Be rihtes weorce betweox Wealum and Englum concerning the doing of justice between Welsh and English L. O. D. 2 ; Th. i. 352, 14. v. V a.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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To seek. to try to find, to look for, make search for Ic séce míne gebróðru fratres meos quaero, Gen. 37, 16. Hwæne sécst ðú? Jn. Skt. 20, 15. Se ðe sécþ, hyt fint, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 8. Hwæðer willen on wuda sécan gold ðæt reáde? . . .

ge-mynd

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Add: I. the faculty of memory Seó sáwul is memoria is gernynd, þonne heó gemanð, Hml. S. I. 185. hwæthwega godcundlices on eówerne sáule habbaþ, þæt is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwísa willa, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 25.

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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to pass from a higher to a lower position, to sink, descend, decline, fall down ( a man hung on a tree ) on wyrtruman sígeþ, fealleþ on foldan, Exon. Th. 328, 29 ; Vy. 25. Ðá on eorþan sáh cadens in terram, Bd. 3, 12 ; S. 537, 31.

Linked entries: sígend sígere

swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
swíðe, adv.
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Very, much, exceedingly ðam swíðe in tantum, Hpt. Gl. 509, 34. ðan swýðe adeo, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Zup. 193, 5. with adjectives, of quantity Mid swíþe manigre swétnesse, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 11: 11, 1; Fox 32, 34.

Linked entry: swíðor

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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strong, of material objects, to construct strongly, v. trum, I Ðæt trymede getimbro, Cd. Th. 18, 20; Gen. 276. done weall ne trymedon ymbe hira hús non opposuistis murum pro domo Israel, Past. 15 ; Swt. 89, 19.

wlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
wlanc, adj.

proudhigh-spiritedboldproudboldarroganthaughtyinsolentproudelateexultantsplendidgreathighaugustmagnificentrich

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manege weorðaþ wlance and ealles rance and gylpgeorne erunt homines elati, superbi (2 Tim. 3, 1), Wulfst. 81, 15: L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 12. Ne wlance (elati) synd eágan míne, Ps. Spl. 130, 1.

Linked entry: wlencu

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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S. 18, 15. (1 a) of conquest by war :-- mid his scylde þá burg ne gewylt non occupabit civitatem clypeus (Is. 37, 33), Hml. Th. i. 568, 32. Ic gewyllde and oferwann fela ðeóda, 9.

ge-win

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Voc. ii. 74, 57: 4, 62. of hostile conflict, a fight, battle, cf. (2 b) Of ánwígum vel gewinnum congressibus, i. pugnis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 42. Geedcwicede gewin rediuiua certamina, An.

ofer

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), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 77, 17. add Ðá fleáh, ðá tórýpte hine án bré[m]ber ofer ðæt nebb, C.

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the yearwinterwintry weathercolda year

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Th. 19, 17. Sam hit sumor sam winter, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 21, 17. Wintres brumae Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 43. On wintres tíman, ðæt is fram ðan anginne ðæs mónðes, ðe is November gehaten, óþ Eástran, R. Ben. 32, 10.

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEFdesirablepleasantacceptablelovedbeloveddeara friendloved one

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Homl. 21, 35. Wæs eallum his geférum leóf he was dear to all his companions, 213, 12: Cd. 4; Th. 5, 30; Gen. 79. wæs leóf Gode, 130; Th. 165, 26; Gen. 2737.

Linked entry: leóf

mund

(n.)
Grammar
mund, e; f.

a handa handprotectionGuardianshipA protectorguardianprotectionguardianship extended by the king to the subjectthe king's peace, by the head of a family to its membersthe fine paid for violation of mund

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E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 20-22: L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 19. Be munde.

Linked entry: mundian