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hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Hige sceal ðé heardra heorte ðé cénre ðé úre mægen lytlaþ the firmer must courage be, braver the heart, the more our force dwindles, Byrht. Th. 140, 62; By. 312. Hyge weallende a mind agitated by violent emotions. Andr. Kmbl. 3415; An. 1711.

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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In the two following passages, though translations, the ideas are probably English :-- Cyningas ne magan nǽnne weorþscipe forþ bringan búton heora þegna (servientium) fultume.

EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indeclwithout substantive, and sometimes governing the genitiveare sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Eallum heora eaforum to all their offspring, Cd. 26; Th. 35, 5; Gen. 550. Eal wæs ðæt mearcland the border-land was all, Andr. Kmbl. 37; An. 19. Ealles ðú ðæs wíte awunne for all this thou hast obtained suffering, Exon. 39 b; Th. 130, 18; Gú. 440.

Linked entries: al all eall

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Heora líchoman licggaþ on eorþan and beóþ tó duste gewordne, Blickl. Homl. 101, 2. Á ðǽr hé læg [in his bed] hé hæfde his handa upweardes, 227, 16. Hé læig æt forþsíðe he lay at the point of death, Homl. Th. i. 128, 7: Homl. Skt. 3, 301.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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On bócum ðe ungelǽrede men þurh heora bilewitnysse tó micclum wísdóme tealdon in books which unlearned men in their simplicity have considered as great wisdom, 2, 22.

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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I c: Hé heom fore sǽde his neóde, Chr. 1087; P. 223, 30. temporal, before Is nú feala forðgewitenra ... þe ús fore wǽron, El. 637. of previous action: Hí férdon tó heora geférum þe him fore stópon, Hml.

friþ

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Hié on friðe lifdon mid heora aldor, Gen. 19. Þæt man frið and freóndscipe rihtlíce healde, Ll.

ge-bétan

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Lbmn. 269, 25. to make good, make reparation for, make amends for, atone for. in a moral or spiritual sense, to repent of, do penance for sin Mid þǽm sáwlum þe hér on worlde . . . heora synna geondettaþ and wið Gode gebétaþ, Bl. H. 57, 27.

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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L. 12, 3. of death Heora gást gangeð exiet spiritus ejus Ps. Th. 145, 3. Þonne þæs monnes sául út of his líchoman gangeþ, Bl. H. 195, 9. Ic beó gangende of mínum líchoman, 139, 19. Gást gangende spiritus vadens, et non rediens Ps.

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Th. ii. 488, 12. a whit, thing; ǽnig wiht aught, anything, without a negative Ðǽr hí ǽnige wuht ágnes gódes an heora anwealde hæfden, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 100, 4. Ic eom swíðe gefiónde ðæt gé ǽfre woldon ǽnige wuht (ǽnig wuht (ǽnig-wuht?), Halt.

tácn

(n.)
Grammar
tácn, ,es; n.

A token, signa sign, significant forman ensigna token, a credentiala sign, monumenta sign of the Zodiaca sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.)a sign to attract attention, a signala sign of anything future, a prognostica sign, an action that conveys a meaninga sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state</b> as a medical term, a symptoma sign, symbol, emblema sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidencea supernatural sign, miracle, prodigya signal event, remarkable circumstance

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Hí ásetton tácna heora posuerunt signa sua, Ps. Spl. 73, 6. <b> </b> a token, a credential :-- Ne hé onfongen si bútan biscopes tácne oþþe gewrite ne absque commendatitiis litteris sui praesulis suscipiatur, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 43.

ge-lǽstan

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Þás andweardan gód ne magon gelǽstan heora lufiendum ꝥ hí him gehátaþ, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 34: 40, 5; F. 240, 16: Exod. 557.

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Heora nán hine eft tó his geférum ne geþeódde, Hml. S. 23 b, 135. Ðæt hé hiene selfne geðeóde (-ðióde, v. l.) tó eallum his hiéremonnum, tó ǽghwelcum be his andefne ut ad sua singulis congruat, 175, 3.

irnan

(v.)
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Ǽfre seó sunne byð yrnende ymbe ðás eorðan, 234, 22. of a vessel or those on it Hí tugon úp heora segel and urnon west tó Axamúðan, Chr. 1046; P. 169, ll. In sídum ceóle hé under segle yrne, Gn. Ex. 186.

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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Ðæt hý hý upp ne áhófen for heora welum, 48, arg. Áhafen up elevatus in sublime, Kent. Gl. 1118: Bt. 16, 1; Fox 48, 29. Ðe læs ðé God up bréde ðone godspellícan cwide lest God bring up the words of the Gospel against thee, Wulfst. 248, 9: 249, 3.

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Heora æfterfyligendas wǽron deófolgylde folgiende, for ðam Mellitus and Iustus of Breotene gewiton, Bd. 2, 5 ; S. 506, 3. Nis hit lang (feor) tó ðon, 4, 24; S. 599, 5.

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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Hí geopenodon heora hordfatu and him lác geoffrodon gold and récels and myrram they opened their treasures, and presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh [Mt. 2, 11], Homl. Th i. 78, 27. Lác gifan.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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On helle beóþ þeófas and gítseras ðe on mannum heora ǽhta on wóh nimaþ, Blickl. Homl. 61, 21. Hér syndan rýperas and reáferas and woruldstrúderas and ðeófas and þeódscaðan, Wulfst. 165, 36. Þeófum grassatoribus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 35.

Linked entry: þeáf

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Ðære ceastre tóworpennysse, ðe gelamp for ðære wrace heora mándǽda, Homl. Th. i. 402, 8. Ða gesceafte ðe synd þwyrlíce geðuhte, hí sind tó wrace gesceapene yfeldǽdum, 102, 3. On gelícre wrace (vindicta) dǽdbéte é, R. Ban. 50, 14.

ge-þencan

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Þæt hiora gerisna nǽre þæt hié swá heáne hié geþóhten þæt hí heora gelícan wurden, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 17. Þá consulas noldon hié selfe swá earge geþencan, 4, 10; S. 194, 15. to employ the mind on a subject, think of or on, consider. with acc.