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up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up. ⬩ up ⬩ on high ⬩ up ⬩ erectly ⬩ up ⬩ to a high point

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Se here hiene on niht up bestæl, Chr. 865; Erl. 70, 34. Cnut com tó Sandwíc, and lét ðǽr up ða gíslas, 1014; Erl. 151, 9. Hét ðá up beran æþelinga gestreón, Beo. Th. 3844; B. 1920. marking arrival, or coming into notice (cf. colloquial to turnup).

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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Ic an ðæs landes Æffan, and heó tilige uncer begea sáwla þearfe ðǽron I grant the land to Æffe, and let her provide what is necessary for both our souls therefrom, Chart. Th. 495, 34: 497, 18.

Linked entries: teolian telge tylian

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in

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Wiste Cúðberhtus eal be ðam wífe, and wolde þurh hine sylfne hí geneósian ( would visit her in person, the visit should be made by himself, ) Homl. Th. ii. 142, 11.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.

Then, ⬩ when ⬩ then ⬩ then, ⬩ at that time ⬩ then, ⬩ after that ⬩ yet, ⬩ besides ⬩ then, ⬩ again ⬩ then, ⬩ yet, ⬩ but ⬩ then, ⬩ therefore, ⬩ consequently ⬩ then, in that case, ⬩ then, ⬩ in that case ⬩ when ⬩ when, at such times as ⬩ when, after ⬩ when, since, seeing that ⬩ although ⬩ denoting condition, case, when, the case in which Iactantia ⬩ then ... when, ⬩ when ... then ⬩ than

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Ic wylle cýpan hér luflícor þonne ic gebicge ðǽr (the price is higher in one case than in the other), Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 19.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

hláford

a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord

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Se hláford (cf. v. 2) ðe ðǽm here waldeð, 25, 15. Hyra hláford (Caldéa cyning, 668) læg, Dan. 675. Þæt hé Heardréde hláford wǽre oððe þone cynedóm ciósan wolde, B. 2375. Gif hwelc swíþe ríce mon on his hláfordes ǽrende færþ, Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 21.

ge-þanc

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Romance adverbs from Lat. mente :-- Folc Drihten herað holdlice, hróre geþance, Ps. Th. 101, 16. Ic þé andette holde geþance, 118, 7. Ic þæt wénde þríste geþonce, Jul. 358. <b>IV a.

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowed ⬩ may ⬩ mote ⬩ to be inferred otherwise ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must

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Blǽd biþ ǽghwæm ðæm ðe Hǽlende héran þenceþ, and wel is þam ðe ðæt mót, 221; Th. 287, 11; Sat. 365. Uton fleón ða hwíle ðe wé móton. Homl. Th. ii. 124, 20. Nú cweþaþ oft preóstas ðæt Petrus hæfde wíf: fulsóþ hý secgaþ, forðam ðe hé swá móste ðá, L.

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
neáh, néh

nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place

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Ic wát heáhburh hér áne neáh, Cd. Th. 152, 9; Gen. 2517. Fear oððe neáh, 63, 8; Gen. 1029. Ge neáh ge feor, Bd. 4, 4; S. 571, 7. Ge néh ge feor, Andr. Kmbl. 1083; An. 542. Gá hider neár accede huc, Gen. 27, 21.

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, &#39;the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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Hér Offa hét Æþelbryhte ðæt heáfod ofásleán in this year Offa ordered Ethelbert&#39;s head to be struck off, Chr. 792; Erl. 58, 2. Búton hé healde iii niht hýde and heáfod unless he keep the hide and head three nights, L.

trymman

(v.)

to make firm or strong ⬩ to construct strongly, ⬩ of physical health or strength ⬩ to give strength to ⬩ strengthen ⬩ of mental or moral strength ⬩ to confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ give strength to mind or heart ⬩ to confirm, ⬩ to corroborate ⬩ confirm an agreement, a grant, testimony, statement ⬩ to give as surety ⬩ to trim ⬩ to set infirm order ⬩ array troops ⬩ to settle ⬩ arrange ⬩ to strengthen with words ⬩ exhort ⬩ encourage ⬩ comfort ⬩ to become strong ⬩ to be arrayed.

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Similar entries v. truma of abstract objects, to settle, arrange Hé ðǽr ðone winter wunode and swá his síþfæt trymede and tó Róme com ibi kiemem exigens sic Romam veniendi Her repetiit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 27. to strengthen with words, exhort, encourage

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).

Take these together, and add ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ lie in the line of advance ⬩ to come to a stand ⬩ stop ⬩ with the idea of hindrance, ⬩ to stop the advance of ⬩ hinder ⬩ resist ⬩ withstand ⬩ to stop passage through or along, ⬩ block a door, a way for a person ⬩ to stop a person (dat.) doing something ⬩ with idea of defence, to defend ⬩ protect ⬩ to protect from ⬩ to avail ⬩ profit ⬩ be good for ⬩ to avail a person ⬩ to stand for ⬩ be the equivalent of ⬩ be as good as ⬩ to understand

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His freónda forspǽc forstent him eal þæt sylfe swylce hit sylf spǽce, Wlfst. 38, 16. [ Án messe forstant .xii. daga feasten, Lch. iii. 166, 17. ] to understand Ne séce ic nó hér þá bec, ac ꝥ ꝥ þá béc forstent, þæt is, þín gewit (non libros, sed id quod

Linked entry: for-licgan

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.

That ⬩ that, in order that ⬩ that, ⬩ so that

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Th. 223, 3; Dan. 114. where the clause is equivalent to a noun in the accusative, and stands as object to the verb in the main clause Hér sagaþ se godspellere, ꝥte Hǽlend wǽre lǽded on wésten Blickl. Homl. 27, 3:41, 34.

be-gán

(v.)

passage ⬩ to go round ⬩ to reach by going ⬩ come upon ⬩ get at ⬩ to go ⬩ pass by ⬩ to go ⬩ come ⬩ get ⬩ to pass by ⬩ To come by ⬩ get at ⬩ to come ⬩ fall to one's lot ⬩ to fall ⬩ get into debt ⬩ to surround ⬩ to confine ⬩ to occupy ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to cultivate ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ venerate a place ⬩ to exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &amp;c. ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ follow the dictates of ⬩ to practise ⬩ carry on ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ to devote one's self to a practice ⬩ to exercise a person ⬩ to behave ⬩ to exercise in something ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use ⬩ employ ⬩ to profess ⬩ pretend

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habbað, Angl. viii. 303, 19. to devote one's self to a practice :-- He begǽð unǽtas and oferdrincas and gálscipe commessationibus vacat et luxuriae atque conviviis, Deut. 21, 20. to exercise a person; reflex. to behave Se man þe hine swá begǽþ swá hit hér

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one

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Hér is mín leófa sunu hic est filius meus dilectus, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 5. Matheus mín se leófa, beheald on mé, Blickl. Homl. 229, 30. Forþférde Gode se leófa fæder Agustinus defunctus est Deo dilectus pater Augustinus, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 30.

Linked entry: leóf

fleón

(v.)
Grammar
fleón, [/a the following passages given under I. in Dict. fleón is intransitive
    By.
  • 247
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  • Ps. L. 54, 8
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  • Gen. 2080
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  • Bt. F. 116, 17
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  • Ælfc. Gr. 36
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  • 28, 6
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  • Ps. Th. 103, 17
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  • Ps. L. 113, 3
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  • Met. l, 20
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  • Mt. 8, 33
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  • Ps. L. 30, 12
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  • El. 134
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  • Gú. 228
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to flee ⬩ to flee ⬩ to run away ⬩ to pass away ⬩ to fly ⬩ to run away from ⬩ to avoid ⬩ to decline ⬩ to avoid ⬩ eschew

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Ealle þá þing ðe hér líciaþ on þisum andweardum lífe sint eorþlice, for ðý hí sint fleónde, Bt. 34, 8; F. 144, 36. Fleóndu, Met. 21, 30. Þá fleóndan fugacia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 42. to fly ( = fleógan) On ðǽre lyfte fleóð fugelas, Hex. 8, 22.

ge-riht

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Hér-swutulað hwylce gerihta langon in to Tant Que . . . Ðæt is of ðani lande æt Nigon hidum . . . cirhsceattas, . . . heorðpenegas, . . . hámsðcn . . . Dunna . . . geaf to gerihton . v. circsceattas . . . and of cáforda ðá ilcan gerihtu . . .

ge-byrd

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.,, Hér segð ymb Drihtnes gebyrd ... þý forma dæg Dryhtnes gebyrde. Lch. iii. 164, 13-28. On þone ilcan dæig Godes circean árworðiad Sca Anastasiam gebird, Shrn. 30, 20. the origin of a thing Gebyrdum cunabulis, An.

toll

(n.)
Grammar
toll, es; n. m. (?)

Toll, ⬩ tax, ⬩ custom, ⬩ duty, ⬩ due ⬩ that which is paid to the state. ⬩ that which is paid to individuals ⬩ taking toll

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The following passages give instances of the payment of toll Hér kýd on ðissere béc ðæt Leówine and his wíf gebohton Ælfilde tó feówer and sixtuge penegon and Ælfríc Hals nam ðæt toll for ðæs kynges hand, Chart.

full

(adv.)

having no space empty ⬩ containing abundance of. ⬩ abounding in ⬩ abundantly characterized by ⬩ full of food ⬩ complete ⬩ perfect ⬩ whole ⬩ entitled to all the privileges implied by a designation ⬩ complete ⬩ whole ⬩ entire ⬩ completed

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[See full; adv.] of a council, where none or few of the members are absent Hér sæt full sinoð æt Cealchýðe, Chr. 785; P. 52, 19. completed, that has reached the limit Fulne ende þínes lífes þú hæfst gelifd plenam jam etatis finem habes, Nar. 30, 10.

Linked entry: ful-lic

þeód

(n.)
Grammar
þeód, e; f.

a nation, ⬩ people ⬩ the gentiles ⬩ a race ⬩ people, ⬩ men ⬩ the district occupied by a people, ⬩ a country ⬩ a language

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Hér Édwine kyning wæs gefulwad mid his þeóde, Chr. 627; Erl. 24, 2. Ic déme ða þeóde (gentem) (the Egyptians),Gen. 15, 14. Clǽnsie man ða þeóde, L. E. G. ii; Th. i. 174, 2. Ealla óðræ Cristnæ ðióda, Past. pref.; Swt. 7, 5.

Linked entries: þeóden þeád