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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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Icel. á vetrardag in the winter) wíde gangeþ on syx nihtum, sigelbeorhtne genimð hærfest mid herige hrímes and snáwes, Menol. Fox 401; Men. 202.

wolcen

(n.)
Grammar
wolcen, wolcn (wolc), es;n. : also wolcne, an; f.

A cloudthe cloudsthe heavensthe skythe clouds of nightunder heavenon earthskywelkin

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Ic Hring-Dena weóld under wolcnuro, 3544; B. 1770: Met. l, 76. Landes frætwe gewítaþ under wolcnum, Elen. Kmbl. 2541; El. 1272. Þa scipen foren wide mid wolcnen and mid wedere, Laym. 102. Com winden mid ðam weolcnen a drake, 25592.

ge-sceád

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Se móna went ǽfre þone hricg tó þǽre sunnan weard. . . Cweðað sume menn, þe þis gesceád ne cunnon, ꝥ se móna hine wende be þan þehit wedrian sceal, Lch. iii. 268, l. an account, (i) ordered speech Geþeahtung, gesceád vel racu conlatio, Wrt.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Ox. 1794: praefigurat, 3715. þæt wæs sweotole getácnad, þá hé cniht wæs . . . mon geseah ymbe þá sunnan swelce án gylden hring, and weóll án wille ele.

húru

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Ondrǽden hí him húru ðonne hí hí hrímað, 437, 11: 313, 8. Þá bǽdon hine his discipulos ꝥ hié móstan húru sume uncýme streównesse him under gedón, Bl. H. 227, 12 : Ll. Th. i. 356, 21.

wendan

(v.)
Grammar
wendan, p. -de

To turnTo cause to moveto change alterconvertto translateinterpretto move one's self take one's waygoproceedwendTo wendgoproceed

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Ic wende mec on wæteres hricg Salm. Kmbl. 37; Sal. 19. Wendeþ hé hine under wolcnum, wígsteall séceþ 207; Sal. 103. Ða innoþas hí wendaþ mid heora hefignesse, and on ða sídan feallaþ ðe hé on licgeaþ Lchdm. ii. 258, 11.

IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

InonintointoIn

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On stówe seó is gecíged in Hripum, Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 638, 38. In ðýs ginnan grunde in this wide world, Judth. 9 ; Thw. 21, 1 ; Jud. 2. with acc, into, in, to Ǽr ðon ðe hé in heofenas ástige before he ascended into heaven, Blickl. Homl. 125, 16.

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

ge-cweþan

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<b>II a</b> Gecuoeð: 'Gif gegerelo his ic hrína, ic hál beóm,' Mk. L. 5, 28. Gecuédon: 'Huona ðissum snytry ðiús?,' Mt. L. 13, 54. Gecuoeða: 'Huæt is ðes?,' Lk. L. 7, 49. Hé ne móste gecweþan: 'Miltsa mé, God,' Bl.

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

sweord

(n.)
Grammar
sweord, swurd, swyrd, es; n.
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Thw. 24, 38; Jud. 230: other swords are 'hring-mǽled,' Cd. Th. 120, 10; Gen. 1992: Abraham girds himself 'grǽgan sweorde,' 173, 22; Gen. 2865: the Hebrews fight 'fágum sweordum,' Judth. Thw. 24, 18; Jud. 194: 25, 17; Jud. 264.

Linked entry: swyrd

of

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
of, prep. with dat., or adv.

Offromout ofoffas regardsabout

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Dyde him of healse hring gyldenne, Beo. Th. 5610; B. 2809. Ðone cynelícan naman of Róme byrig ádydon, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 9. Ne þincþ mé náuht óðres of ( nothing different from ) ðínum spellum, 36, 4; Fox 178, 24.

Linked entry: ob

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Hé sealde healfne dǽl þám þearfan, and þone healfan dǽl hé dyde on his hricg, Hml. S. 31, 70; Ll. Th. i. 228, 20. following a substantive Hec sunt prata . . . stocméd healf, C. D. ii. 65, 26.

Linked entry: healf

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Eádmund gegaderode fyrde and þone here áflymde, l. 5), Chr. 1016; P. 150, 2. used of things that can injure Mid herige hrímes and snáwes, Men. 204. a large number of people, multitude, host. of persons engaged in acts of violence, Similar entries v.

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Gewát neósian húses, hú hit Hring Déne gebún hæfdon, B. 116.

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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Add: local. the extremity or outermost part, boundary of space Se móna went his hrigc tó þǽre sunnan, ꝥ is se sinewealta ende þe þǽr onlýht byð, Lch. iii. 242, 14. Ic wæs áheáwen holtes on ende, Kr. 29. Sǽfæsten landes act ende, Exod. 128.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Hring útan ymb bearh, ðæt heó ðone fyrdhom þurhfón ne mihte, Beo. Th. 3011; B. 1503. Hygeþ ymbe se ðe wile, Met. 19, 1. Þencð ymb se ðe wile, 20, 27. Déð ymbe moncynnes fruma, swá him gemet þinceþ, 29, 41.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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. ¶ Like Icelandic á it occurs in names of places :-- On his mynstre ðe is cweden on Hripum, Bd. 5, 18; S. 636, 45. with verbs of motion Se ðe on heofenum cuman ne mót, Homl.

Linked entries: an un-reordian