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sittan

(v.)
Grammar
sittan, p. sæt, pl. sǽton ; pp. seten.
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Uppan assan folan sittende, Jn. Skt. 12, 15. Sittendum wífe under geléd, Lchdm. i. 266, 6. <b>Ia.</b> with reflexive dative :-- Ðaa Sǽton him æt wíne, Cd. Th. 259, 23 ; Dan. 696. <b>Ib.

Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn

ge-sittan

(v.)
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Hí gedydon ꝥ hé þǽr on ( on the ass ) gesittan mihte, Bl. H. 71, 7. after lying, to assume a sitting posture, sit up Heó beseah tó Petre and gesæt (-set, v.l.) hire upp ( viso Petro resedit, Acts 9, 40), Hml.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Ða twegen leorningcnihtas ðe Crist sende æfter ðam assan, Homl. Th. i. 206, 23. Ðá sendon hí him hyra leorningcnihtas tó, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 16. Gif ðú wylt hine mid ús sendan, Gen. 43, 4. Hé mé on ðisne sið sendan wolde, Exon. Th. 460, 35 ; Hö. 27.

folgian

(v.)

to pursueto accompany be attendant uponto followbe guided byfollowto followpractise

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R. 26, 58. to follow with the intention of overtaking, to pursue: Ðá hátheortan folgiað hwám suá suá Assael dyde Æfnere, Past. 297, 4. Ne folga mé noli me persequi, 295, 15.

wundor

(n.)
Grammar
wundor, es; n.

a wondera circumstanceact that excites astonishmenta circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature,a prodigyportenta wondermiraclea miraclea wonderful objectwondrous thingwonderfulmiraculous powerwonderadmiration

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Ass. 121, 138. Gé mec tó wundre (so as to excite wonder, wonderfully), wǽgan mótun, Exon. Th. 124, 21; Gú. 341: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 652. Wundrum monigo very many, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 7, 8. Wundrum lytel wonderfully little, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 21.

Linked entries: wunder wundrum

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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Ass. 110, 269. in a personal sense, a following, retinue, train, cf. folgaþ Seó hell and se ðeáð and heora árleásan þénunga wǽron áforhtode, Nic. 28; Thw. 16, 10

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Þúsénd getýme oxena and þúsend assan, Homl. Th. ii. 458, 18. Mid þúsend gemetum mille modis, Wülck. Gl. 254, 44. On hund þúsend wintrum ... on syx þúsend wintrum, Anglia viii. 335, 46-336, 20. Ott six þúsend wintrum, Wulfst. 244, 2.

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport to bring, cause to bear, support to bear, carry, to have bearwearto haveto be under the influence of havebear to bear, submit toto weigh,to put something in a balance to be equal to To move

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Ass. 47, 559. Mec wǽgun feðre on lifte, feredon mid liste, Exon. Th. 409, 19 ; Rä. 28, 3. Micel mænigeo elpenda ða ðe gold wǽgon and lǽddon elephanti qui aurum uehebant, Nar. 9, 6. Mín weorod goldes micel gemet mid him wǽgon and lǽddon, 7, 1.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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Ass. 196, 24. God behét ús wedd Deus pepigit nobiscum foedus, Deut. 5, 2. Ic sette mín wedd tó ðé ponam foedus meum tecum, Gen. 6, 18. Ic sette mín wedd tó eów ego statuam pactnm meum vobiscum, 9, 9.

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sceatt, es ; m.

property, goods, wealth, treasureprice, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods a coin

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Abram underféng fela sceatta for hire hé hæfde ðá on orfe and on þeówum on olfendum and on assum micele ǽhte Abram bene usi sunt propter illam, fueruntque ei oves et boves et asini et servi et cameli, Gen. 12, 16.

Linked entry: sceat

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEADconducttakecarrybringbring forthproduce

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His ðegnas lǽddon him tó ðone eosol his disciples brought the ass to him, Blickl. Homl. 71, 6. On hæftnéd lǽddon led into captivity, 79, 22. Ða fíf cyningas mit húde lǽddan (predati sunt) Loth gebundenne, Prud. 2 a. Mé lǽddon me deduxerunt, Ps.

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>, mǽgeþ,</b> e; f.

A collection of mǽgasa familystockraceas a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied descendants of a common ancestor living at the same timea generationa tribesubdivision of a peoplea peoplenationprovincecountry

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Of Asseres mǽgþe de tribu Asser, Lk. Skt. 2, 36. Leóda mǽgþe the tribes of men, Cd. 80; Th. 100, 16; Gen. 1665. Ðæra mǽgþa ealdras principes tribuum, Num. 1, 4. Of ðám twelf mǽgþum, 13, 3: Blickl.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Ðá ðe hiera (hiora, v. l.) sellað qui sua largiuntur, 327, 12. where the pronoun refers to an animal. masculine Feóll se assa . . . and Balaam beót hine. Þá geopenode Drihten þæs assan múð, and hé cwæð: 'Hwí beáest þú me?' Num. 22, 27-28.

ge-standan

(v.)
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Th. ii. 160, 20. to attack, assail, seize, (i) of living creatures Ðá ná gestód hé ná ǽlcne onsundran, ac heora ǽlces sweordfǽtelsas hé hét forceorfan and hí mid bendum hét gewríðan, and cwæþ tó heom eallum: '. . . oð þæt ic eft eów gestænde, and ic

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Drihten ðæs ( the ass ) áh þearfe, Blickl. Homl. 71, 1. of a pronoun that represents a clause 'Ic bidde ðé, ðæt ðú nyme ðé ládmenn.' Ðá cwæð hé: 'Nys mé ðæs nán þearf' ( non est necesse ), Gen. 33, 15.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Ass. 34, 242. with numerals or adjective forms used substantively Ðæt fæsten þyses feówertiges daga, Blickl. Homl. 35, 5. On þyssum feówertigum nihta, 35, 17. For ðissum (ðeosun, Hatt. MS.) ilcan is gesǽd, Past. 17; Swt. 120, 9.

Linked entries: þás þis

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Hé wolde syllan his assan fóddur, Gen. 42, 27. <b>III a.</b> with infin. instead of acc. Hwílum ic deórum drincan selle. Exon. Th. 393, 25; Rä. 13, 5.

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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Ass. 20, 159. His wíf wearð mid Esau and Iacob, and heó geswác ðá teámes, 38, 339. [Weren boðe ( John's parents ) teames ateald, O. E.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Ðone ðe tó micelne andan hæfþ, ðú scealt hátan leó . . . ; and ðone sǽnan ðe biþ tó sláw, ðú scealt hátan assa, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 18-20. Ðý læs hí hí tó up áhæbben, Bt. 39, ll; Fox 228, 23: Past. 13; Swt. 79, 17: 65; Swt. 461, 28.

Linked entry: -anne

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Ass. 62, 253. Gilde swá wer, swá wíte, swá lahslite, aa be ðam ðe seó dǽd sý, L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 10. Ðonne mót hé swá rídan, swá rówan, swá swilce færelde faran swylce tó his wege gebyrige, L. E.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá