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regn

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Wæs seó eá for regna (réna, v. l.) micelnesse swíðe réðe fluuius prae inundantia pluuiarum ripas suas transierat, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 16. Ic wénde ꝥ þá triów for miclum wǽtan and regnum swá heáge weóxon. Ðá sægde se bisceop ꝥ nǽfre in þǽm londum regnes

siþþan

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Add Hé wolde ðá ealdan ǽ ǽr gefyllan, and siððan ðá níwan gecýðnysse onginnan, Hml. Th. ii. 244, 28: Chr. 690; P. 40, 11. Þæt sind ǽrest heofonas. . . and syððan þeós eorðe, Hml. Th. i. 276, 11. add: correlative, when . . . then Siþþan Metellus þá elpendas

wác

Grammar
wác, <b>; II.</b>
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Þá man talað wáce þe woldon for Godes ege georne riht lufian, Wlfst. 243, II. <b>II a.</b> of non-material things :--- III. add :-- Hé beleác hine on cwearterne and sende him bigleofan lytelne and wácne, 35, 38. Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum

wild-deór

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Him cwóm tó monigra cynna wilddeór, Shrn. 72, 5. Þá wearð hé gefyrht mid ege þæs unmǽtan wildeóres . . . Hé tó þám león cwæð: 'Eálá þú mǽste wildeór, ' Hml. S. 23 b, 773-780. Ymb þone Godes man þára manna heortan wǽron gewended in wilddeóra (wildeóra

wiþ-habban

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Add: to restrain Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán; ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege, Hml. S. 31, 154. Úðwitan sǽdan ꝥ heó feólle . . . gif þá dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfdon (-hæfton, v.l

fæste

shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once

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Dele II., and add: so as not to be moved or shaken, firmly, fast (in to stand fast) (lit. and fig.) Þæt treów fæste stód, Dan. 557. Nánwuht nis fæste stondendes weorces on worulde, Bt. 9; F. 26, 21. Ic fæste stande for þínre campunga, Bl. H. 225, 34.

Linked entry: fæstlíce

hwæþere

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Add: in a principal clause with which is connected a dependent clause introduced by þeáh. þeáh ... hwaeþere Þeáh hé hié mannum missenlíce dǽle, hwæþere hé bebeád ꝥ wé ... gedǽlan ... þone teóþan dǽl, Bl. H. 39, 18. Þeáh hé latode ..., hwæþre hé ... þegnunga

ge-gán

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Add: <b>A.</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

ge-sécan

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Add: to seek, (i) to look for an object whose position is not known, try to find Ðene ðú gesóhtes rím illum quem quaerebas numerum, Mt. p. 4, 4. Fram ðreátum gesóht wæs a turbis quaesitus, Jn. p. 4, 17. to try to get Ðe wiðerworda gisóhte (gesóhta,

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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Domo ic gewylde oððe temige, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 213, 14. Gewylt, temaþ domat, superat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 73. where active resistance has to be overcome, to overcome, subdue, subject. by physical force Griffus . . . is swá mycel þæt hé gewylt hors and men,

fæstnung

stability ⬩ fixity ⬩ fortifying ⬩ a fastening ⬩ binding ⬩ an exhortation ⬩ confirmation ⬩ ratification ⬩ a covenant ⬩ assurance

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Add: the condition of being fast, stability, fixity. Similar entries v. fæst; I. Hé gekýðð on ðǽre styringe ðára telgena útane ðæt ðǽr ne bið nán fæstnung on ðǽm wyrtruman innan exteriori mobilitate indicat, quod nulla interius radice subsistat, Past

gaderian

(v.)

to join, unite ⬩ to bring together ⬩ to bring together ⬩ collect ⬩ accumulate, amass ⬩ to bring ⬩ garner ⬩ to gather ⬩ to gather ⬩ compile

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Add: to join, unite Ðá hwíle þe sió sáwl and se líchoma gederode beóþ, Bt. 35, 1; F. 156, 4. of matrimonial union. v. Similar entries gaderscipe Æt þám giftan mæssepreóst sceal mid Godes bletsunge heora gesomnunge gederian, Ll. Th. i. 256, 7. to bring

geóguþ

Grammar
geóguþ, l. geoguþ,
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and add: youth as a period or stage of existence Gód sceal wið yfele, geogoð sceal wið ylde sacan, Gn. C. 52. Ðínre giogeðe adulescentiae tuę, Kent. Gl. 109. Ðǽre scame ðe ðú on iuguðe worhte confusionis adolescentiae tuae, Past. 207, 11. On geoguðe

Linked entry: giógoð

æt-bredan

(v.)
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æt-bredan, &amp;c. l. æt-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon; pp. -brogden, -bróden, and add: To take away from (
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with dat. or with preps, of, fram) Ætbrǽt detorsit, Germ. 397, 368. with idea of deprivation God forgeaf ðá ǽhta, and God hí eft ætbrǽd, Hml. Th. ii. 328, 30. Drihten mancynne ætbrǽd wuldor, þæt hé him wuldor forgeáfe, i. 578, 15. with idea of spoliation

dígle

(adj.)
Grammar
dígle, dégle, diégle, deigle, deágol, dǽg-, dég-, deóg-, dióg-, díg- dýg-ol (-el), deáhle, díhle; adj.
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Secret.Add: of that which might be seen, hidden from sight Dígle hús secessus, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 39: 57, 57. Deágol obstrusus (of John yet unborn), Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 36; 64, 40. Se diégla (digla, v. l.) Déma gehírde and suíðe undeógollíce geandwyrde judex

ge-hýdan

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Dele <b>ge-hédan</b>, and to Add Condit, i. abscondit, reservat vel sell vel gehýt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 56. Gehýdde occulit 65, 23. Gehýddum abditis 98, 34. to hide, put out of sight, bury in the ground Dætste ꝥ wíf gehýdeð ( abscondit )

ge-férscipe

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Add: abstract, of persons Ðæt hié ne sceolden forhyggean ðone geférscipe ðára synfulra, Past. 103, 15. Hé hine on úrne geférscipe ðurh flǽsces gecynd gemengde sese nobis per naturae nostrae consortium junxit, 167, 23. of animals or things Sum fearhryþer

gingra

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Take here <b>geongra</b> in Dict., and add: of time-relations, a descendant. Cf. ildra an ancestor Ðis is ꝥ frið ꝥ . . . ealle gecweden habbað . . . for hý sylfe and for heora gingran, ge for geborene ge for ungeborene (ge for hý sylfe ge

án-wille

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Ánwille pertinax. An. Ox. 2955 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 39: rigidus, 93, 29. Yfele ánwille male pertinax, Germ. 388, 14. Swá ánwille þæt him leófre bið þæt hé lybbe ǽfre be his ágenum dihte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 7: Prov. K. 8. Ánwille pervicaci, Germ. 393,

bócere

a bookman ⬩ an author ⬩ a scholar

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Add: a bookman, an author, a scholar Nán bócere ne mæg, þeáh hé mycel cunne, heora naman áwrítan, Hml. S. p. 6, 67. Ðus Béda ðe bróema bóecere cuæð, Jn. 19, 37 margin. ꝥ andgit eów gecýðan on Englisc, ꝥ þá bóceras cunnon on Lýden, Angl. viii. 314, 23