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hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæðer, pron.

eitherboth

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Hwæðres ðonne ðara yfelra is betre ǽr tó tilianne búton swæðres swæðer frécenlícre is quæ igitur pestis ardentius insequenda est, nisi quæ periculosius premit? Past. 62, 1; Swt. 457, 21. Hwæðres biþ hira folgoþ betra? Salm. Kmbl. 740; Sal. 369.

Linked entry: hwæðer

HWÍL

(n.)
Grammar
HWÍL, e; f.

A WHILE

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Ðá wæs hwíl dæges ǽr hé ðone grundwong ongytan mihte it was a day's space ere he might feel the bottom, 2995; B. 1495. Ǽr dæges hwíle before day-time, 4630; B. 2320. On dæges hwíle in the day-time, Cd. 191; Th. 238, 4; Dan. 349.

þider

(adv.)
Grammar
þider, þieder; adv.
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Þider cuman, þonan þe hit ǽr com, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 30. in correlative clauses, thither ... whither Ðider becuman ... ðieder ðe hé wilnaþ, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 16.

Linked entry: þyder

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Add: to heal, cure. to heal a person who is sick in body or mind Antecríst geuntrumað þá ðe ǽr hále wǽron; and hé nǽnne gehǽlan ne mæg, búton hé hine ǽrest áwyrde.

ge-búgan

(v.)
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Ǽr þám þe hé hæbbe godcunde bóte gebogene, 312, 3

ge-beódan

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Hé him ǽt gebeád, Ph. 401. Ne sceal him mon ánne mete gebeódan, ac missenlice, Lch. ii. 240, 15. of non-material objects, to offer a condition, homage, respect, &c. Wurþmynt gebeódan, Hml. S. ii. 8. Úrum Hǽlende hyldo gebeódan, Ps.

ge-nerian

(v.)
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</b> to save a person in respect to his life (dat. ) :-- Ǽlmǽr þe se arcb ǽr generede his lífe (æt his life, v./. ), Chr. ion ; P. 141, 26. Blíðe wǽron eorlas . . . aldre generede, Dan. 259. (Goth. ga-nasjan : O.

(adv.; int.)

Woeillwoealasvae,well-a-waywell-a-dayahvah

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Th. 118, 38. with dat. of person Ðé byþ ǽfre wá it shall be ever ill with thee, Nicod. 26; Thw. 14, 12: Beo. Th. 369; B. 183: Exon. Th, 444, 25; Kl. 52: Blickl. Homl. 61, 2. Him biþ æt heortan wá, Salm. Kmbl. 210; Sal. 104. Him wæs ǽghwǽr wá, Cd.

Linked entries: eów waa

ge-fyndig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fyndig, adj.

Capablecepax

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Capable; cepax, Ælf. gr. 9, 60

Linked entry: -fyndig

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Ðá com genip and stód æt ðære dura, Ex. 33, 9. Him æt heortan stód ord, Byrht. Th. 136, 3; By. 145: Beo. Th. 5352; B. 2679. Gemearca hú ða tyrf ǽr stódon, Lchdm. i. 398, 5.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

efnan

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Þá þe þíne ǽ efnan nellað contra legem agentes, 70, 3: 88, 27. Dómas efnan judicium custodire, 105, 3. Ne bið swylc cwénlic þeáw idese tó efnanne, B. 1941

ge-beorgan

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Ðis is seó líhtingc þe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorg*-*an þe hig ǽr þyson mid gedrehte wǽron this is the alleviation by which I will protect all the people from those things with which they were before troubled, Ll. Th. i. 412, 19. [See also Ps.

ge-bígan

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Th. 16, 10. þ ú miht león and dracan liste gebýgean conculcabis leonem et draconem, 90, 13. þá þeówas uneáþe oferwunnene wurdon, and VI M ofslagen ǽr hié mon gebíggiean mehte, ors. 5, 3 ; S. 222, 29.

ge-win

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Hafa þú æt þínum gewinne þæt þú mæge get what you can from your labour, Wlfst. 259, 24. Gé geseóþ nú mínra gewinna wæstm gefullian, Bl. H. 191, 23.

niman

(v.)
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H. 57, 7. to bring, receive, or adopt a person into some relation to oneself Þá onféng hé (Oswald) his and nam æt fullwihtes bæþe and æt þæs bysceopes handa him tó godsuna ( sibi accepit in filium), Bd. 3, 7 ; Sch. 213, 6.

micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Micklegreatmagnusmuchmanymultusgreat

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Hit máre ðæs landes forbærnde ðonne hit ǽfre ǽr dyde, 5, 2; Swt. 220, 16. Ðæt hí þurh ðæt mǽge mǽst bearna begitan, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 25. Ðǽr manna wese mǽst ætgædere, Ps. Th. 78, 10. Se ðissum herige mǽst hearma gefremede, Andr.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

potian

(v.)
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to push, thrust, strike, butt Hwæt wǽron hí, búton fearra gelícan, ðá ðá hí, mid leáfe ðære ealdan ǽ, heora fýnd mid horne líchamlícere mihte potedon? Homl. Th. i. 522, 25.

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, [druncaþ prs. pl.,
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Ne mót nán preóst drincan æt wínhúsum ealles tó gelóme, ii. 386, 8. Sé ðe wylle drincan and dwǽslíce hlýdan, drince him æt hám, 357, 39. trans. to imbibe a liquid Hié þone drenc druncon, Bl. H. 229, 13.

færs

(n.)

verse versus

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verse; versus, Ælfr. præf, p. 3, Lye

Berhte

(n.)
Grammar
Berhte, an; f.

BerthaBercta

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Ǽr ðam, becom hlísa to him ðære cristenan ǽfestnysse, for ðon he cristen wíf hæfde, seó wæs him forgifen of Francena cyningcynne, Berhte wæs háten.

Linked entry: Berþa