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ge-byrd

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H. 161, 23: 167, 18. parentage, lineage Hé wæs of Dauides mǽgðe and wolde andettan mid Marian hire gebyrde, Hml. Th. i. 30, 9. Tó ǽwisclicum bismer gebyrda ad infame dedecus natalium (i. propinquorum ), Hpt. 507, 10.

ge-cígan

(v.)
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Habbað eów mid ... swá fela lǽwedra tó þǽm gecýdra ꝥ hié ꝥ hálige gerýne árwurðlíce mid eów bréman mægen, Ll.

hwá

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R. 2, 5. hwá (hwæt) swá Hwæt swá þin hand mæge wyrcan, Gr. D. 327, 26. Swá hwá (hwæt) sé And suá chuæt ðá quamcumque, Mt. L. 18, 19. (4 a) Swá hwá (hwæt) sé þe :-- Suá huá sé ðe wælle quicumque uoluerit. Mk. L. 10, 43.

fæger

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fæger, fægr; comp. m. fægerra; f. n. fægerre; sup. -est, -ost, -ast, -ust; adj. [fæger beauty, fairness]

FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis

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Ne hýrde ic síþ ne ǽr on égstreáme idese lǽdan mægen fægerre I never heard before or since that a female led on the ocean-stream a fairer power, Elen. Kmbl. 484; El. 242.

on-fón

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Ꝥ ic mæge þínra gebeda onfón, Hml. S. 23 b, 212. Hié wéndon þæt hié máre sculdon onfoon (wéron onfengendo, L. essent accepturi), Mt. R. 20, 10.

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Hí férdon mid ðý hálgan Cristes mǽle, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 22. Grammar MID, with acc. Ða ( these things ) mid hine brohte, 2, 4; S. 505, 38.

Linked entry: mið

FÆÐM

(n.)
Grammar
FÆÐM, es; m: also in prose fæðm, e; f.

the embracing armsbrachia amplexa, circumdăta A lap, bosom, breast quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectusFATHOM = six feet spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentumAn embrace, protection amplexus, complexus, protectioGrasp, powerpŏtestas, dĭtio An expanse, abyss, deep expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum

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In fæðm fýres into the bosom of the fire, Cd. 184; Th. 230, 16; Dan. 234, Astág mægna gold-hord in fǽmnan fæðm the treasury of might [Christ] descended into a virgin's womb, Exon. 19 b; Th. 49, 19; Cri. 788. that part of the arm on which one leans

Linked entries: fæðem feðm

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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þan mægen, Th: heánmægen, Grem: mægenhwyrfe, Btwk.] hwyrfe in hǽðendóm they strove earnestly to perform all God's law, and not to be apostate from the Lord of hosts any more than to turn to heathendom, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 22; Dan. 221.

ge-mót

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. ¶ of the last judgement Mægna cyning on gemót cymeð þrymma mǽste, Cri. 833.

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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Geofonhúsa mǽst innan and útan eorðan líme gefæstnod wið flóde, Gen. 1323. Hú gefæstnad sý ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht, Jul. 400.

wel

(adv.; int.)

Wellwellprosperouslywellmuchthoroughlyfreelywellproperlywellveryquitethoroughlyveryquitewellah

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Wel ðæt wæs gecweden, for ðon ðe se hæfde mægen ofer ealle gesceafta Blickl. Homl. 9, 14. Wel ðú sprecst bona res est, quam vis facere Deut. 1. 14. Wel ðú cwǽde bene dixisti Lk. Skt. 20, 39. Há him wel (woel, Lind.) andswarode Mk. Skt. 12, 28.

Linked entry: BET

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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Betweox teáme gif hwá tó féhþ, and ná furðor teám ne cenþ, ac ágnian wile, ne mæg mon ðæs wyrnan, gif getrýwe gewitnes him tó ágenunge rýmþ, 290, 18.

wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
wíde, adv.
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Woruldcyningas wíde mǽre. Cd. Th. 140, 30; Gen. 2335. His lof secgaþ wíde under wolcnum wera cneórisse, 117, 7 ; Gen. 1950. Is se apostolhád wíde geweorðod ofer werþeóda, Apstls. Kmbl. 29 ; Ap. 15. Wíde geond eorðan, Menol.

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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Substitute: of movement. going, passing Ðǽr manna faru mǽst wæs juxta publicos viarum transitus, Bd. 2, 16; Sch. 180, 5. Hit is Godes faru est transitus Domini, Ex. 12, 11: Ps. Spl. 143, 18: Ps. L. 143, 14.

ge-teón

(v.)
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Ox. 228. to draw together, unite Hé þá twá mǽgða on án folc geteáh mum compaginatae in populum, Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 211, 9. Hé wæs híwcúðlíce tó me geþeóded and getogen familiariter obstrictus, Gr.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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thought On ðeóstrum ne mæg þances gehygdum ǽnig wíslícu wundur oncnáwan, Ps. Th. 87, 11. Þances gleáw þegn, Andr. Kmbl. 1113; An. 557. Þonces gleáw, Exon. 207, 19; Ph. 144. Þurh gemynda spéd, móde and dǽdum, worde and gewitte, wíse þance, Cd.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

(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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Sió is mǽst tó Babilonia byrig, Nar. 33, 17. Ðú bist se ðridda man tó mé on mínum ríce, Homl. Th. ii. 436, 5, 17.

Linked entry: -anne

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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Grammar under, adverbial; see also the compound forms given below. where one object has another vertically above it Án treów ðæt mæge .xxx. swína under gestandan a tree so big that thirty swine can stand beneath, L. In. 44; Th. i. 130, 3.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
sceótan, p. sceát, pl. scuton, sceoton ; pp. scoten.
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Ðǽr læg secg mænig ofer scild scoten, Chr. 937 ; Erl. 112, 19. Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten, Lchdm. iii. 54, 4-7. a. wherethe weapon is the subject Ðá ðone ilcan welegan mon se strǽl sceát, ðæt hé sóna deád wæs, Blickl.

Linked entries: fore fore-scét

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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On hwam mæg man geseón mannes deáþ by what can one foresee a man's death? Salm. Kmbl. 206, 10. On hwan in quo? Ps. Th. 118, 9. Tó hwæm willaþ gé þider faran why will ye go thither? St. And. 6, 18. Tó hwam, Salm. Kmbl. 894; Sal. 446.