hebban
to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount
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Sceal gár wesan monig . . . hæfen on handa, B. 3023. Hafen, 1290.
úte
Outside ⬩ without. ⬩ out ⬩ from one's position ⬩ on the outside ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outer side ⬩ out ⬩ out of doors ⬩ in the open air ⬩ out ⬩ away ⬩ at a distance ⬩ out ⬩ away from habitations ⬩ in open country ⬩ out ⬩ from home on service ⬩ out ⬩ not in one's own country ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land
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Similar entries v. út I. 1. α 3 Sum coþu is ðære wambe, ðæt ðone seócan monnan lystep útganges, and ne mæg ðonne hé úte betýned bið (when he is at the closet), Lchdm. ii. 236, 3. out, not residing in a place Ðæt muneca gehwylc, ðe úte sý of mynstre.
Linked entry: út
swilce
in like manner, also, as well, too ⬩ so, in such manner, in a manner already described ⬩ as, like ⬩ as if ⬩ with words denoting measure, about
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Monast. Th. 26, 19. Næs nó on gesundum þingum ánum, ac eác swylce on wiðer*-*weardum þingum, Blickl. Homl. 13, 8. Eác ic swylce on God gewéne, Ps. Th. 55, 4. Engla cynn and manna cynn and eác swylce werigra gásta, Blickl. Homl. 83, 12.
Linked entry: swálíce
ge-healdan
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Þǽr wǽron gehealdene heora líc án geár and seofon mónaþ, 193, 13: Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 237, 16. to guard, preserve, protect, save a person Dryhten gehilt ( servabit ) his háligra fét, Past. 65, 11.
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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Nánne man ðæs ne tweóþ ðæt se seó strong on his mægene ðe mon gesihþ ðæt stronglíc weorc wyrcþ nemo dubitat esse fortem, cui fortitudinem inesse conspexerit, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 28.
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hér
here . . . there
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Hér mon mæg giét gesión hiora swæð, . . . Hié woldon ðæt hér ðý mára wísdóm on londe wǽre, Past. 5, 13-25. Hé onféhð friccan scíre and foreryneles ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum, 91, 21. Hér mid ús, Ph. 23: 31.
ge-cweþan
to speak ⬩ to say. ⬩ to say, tell, give an account of a circumstance ⬩ to declare, announce ⬩ to settle. ⬩ to agree upon a course of action, arrange, fix a time ⬩ to settle a regulation, law, an ordinance ⬩ where property is to be disposed of by will ⬩ (2 b) to settle property, assign to a person :-- ⬩ to offer, propose ⬩ to order ⬩ to give orders for (tó ) action ⬩ to call, name, ⬩ a name ⬩ to call an object so and so, say that it is so and so ⬩ to name, mention, speak of ⬩ to say, use certain words as a true description of an object
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Swá hit be þon gecweden is: 'Se mon þe nú démeþ ...,' 95, 35. to declare, announce, a purpose, intended action Gif hé Italiam gesóhte, swá hé gecweden hæfde. Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 29.
Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden
on
expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)
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Ðæt him mon sceolde an má healfa on feohtan ðonne on áne, Swt. 80, 27. Him man on líhþ, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 8: Prov. 70.
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wunian
To dwell ⬩ remain ⬩ to dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ stay ⬩ remain ⬩ live ⬩ to inhabit a place, live in or on ⬩ to live, be in certain conditions or circumstances, ⬩ to abide ⬩ be present with a person to comfort or help ⬩ to be ⬩ rest ⬩ reside ⬩ remain ⬩ occupy a position ⬩ to consist of or in, ⬩ subsist, exist ⬩ to remain ⬩ last ⬩ continue ⬩ endure ⬩ to be wont
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Monna gehwylc cwic þendan hér wunaþ, Exon. Th. 37, 8; Cri. 590. Ða hwíle ðe wé on ðysse worlde wuniaþ, Blickl. Homl. 103, 24. Him (the whale) ða férend on fæste wuniaþ, wíc weardiaþ, Exon. Th. 361, 26; Wal. 25.
dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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. ¶ in adverbial phrases Þæt lond þe mon Ongle hǽt, and Sillende and sumne dǽl Dene, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 7. Sume daeli partim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 80. Be dǽle somewhat, in some measure Bútan hit gelimpe þæt man be dǽle (aliquid ) rǽdinga gescyrte, R.
ge-gaderian
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Óðer biþ se mon, . . . óðer his gódnes, ðá gegædraþ God and eft ætgædre gehelt, 34, 3; F. 136, 33. Hé gegaderode ðá sáula and ðone líchoman, 30, 2; F. 110, 12. Ðá líf ðing, ðonne hí ealle gegaderode beóð, ðonne biþ ꝥ God . . .
losian
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A. 69, 110. of a living creature, to escape, abscond Gif mon sweordes onlǽne óðres esne, and hé losie, Ll. Th. i. 120, 12. Him swá geborgen sý heora unwilles ꝥ heora tó fela ne losien, 274, 5. (2 a) to escape from a person or place, with dat.
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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Bunda might be banda as well as bonda, for a is often used for o, as mon for man a man. The early use of hús-bunda, -bonda would at once indicate that it was not likely to be of Norse or Icelandic origin.
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þegnung
Service, ⬩ ministration ⬩ service, ⬩ good office done by one to another ⬩ use ⬩ use made of things ⬩ service to a lord or master ⬩ service, ⬩ obedience ⬩ suit and service ⬩ service of an official, ⬩ office, ⬩ official employment, ⬩ ministry ⬩ the act of serving in an official capacity ⬩ a service, ⬩ an official performance, ⬩ a service of religion, ⬩ an office of the church, ⬩ a ceremonial or ritual service ⬩ a service, ⬩ the formulas used in a service ⬩ service of food, ⬩ a meal, ⬩ food served ⬩ food ⬩ provision ⬩ a following, ⬩ retinue ⬩ train
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Gif him mon oftíhþ ðara þénunga, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 10, 14. Þegnunga, Met. 25, 24, 32. Ðara gumena ðé him mid þegnungum þringaþ ymbe útan, 25, 28. For ðý ða óþra gesceafta þeówe sint, hí healdaþ hiora þénunga, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 18.
Linked entries: ǽfen-þénung þegnian þéning þénung
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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D. 893, was the Compendious History of the World, written in Latin by the Spanish monk Orosius in A. D. 416.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Th. 4685 ; B. 2348. with a genitive Ne bið wiht forholen monna gehygda, Exon. Th. 65, 14; Cri. 1054. Ne him wiht gescód ðæs ðe hý him tó teónan þurhtogen hæfdon, 127, 35; Gú. 396. Ne ðǽr hleonaþ unsméðes wiht, 199, 15; Ph. 26.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Swá eác for ðære ilcan wyrde gewíteþ sunne and móna, 91, 22. Ðá gesáwon hié wundorlíce wyrd - ðone man lífgendne, ðone ðe hié ǽr deádne forléton, 217, 36; Cd. Th. 61, 112; Gen. 996 : 245, 30; Dan. 471. Hé ða wyrd ne máð, fǽges forðsíð, Exon.
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wiþ
towards ⬩ to ⬩ in the direction of ⬩ towards ⬩ to ⬩ at ⬩ with ⬩ towards ⬩ to ⬩ at ⬩ against ⬩ over against ⬩ opposite to ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ by ⬩ near ⬩ against ⬩ beside ⬩ unto ⬩ at ⬩ against ⬩ with ⬩ against ⬩ on ⬩ over against ⬩ opposite ⬩ against ⬩ in the way of ⬩ with. ⬩ with ⬩ part with ⬩ from ⬩ for ⬩ in return for ⬩ as payment for ⬩ for ⬩ in consideration of ⬩ for ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ for ⬩ for ⬩ in reward of ⬩ in return for ⬩ in answer to ⬩ for ⬩ as compensation for ⬩ in consideration of ⬩ in return for ⬩ on condition of ⬩ against ⬩ against ⬩ as a set-off ⬩ by the side of ⬩ compared with ⬩ in contrast with ⬩ with ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ with ⬩ against ⬩ to. ⬩ with ⬩ for ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ for ⬩ against ⬩ contrary to ⬩ in opposition to. ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ against ⬩ beside ⬩ by, ⬩ at ⬩ by ⬩ against ⬩ at ⬩ unto ⬩ with ⬩ from ⬩ for ⬩ with ⬩ against ⬩ to weigh one thing with or against another ⬩ in comparison with ⬩ with ⬩ to ⬩ with a person ⬩ with ⬩ towards ⬩ with ⬩ in respect to ⬩ with ⬩ with ⬩ against ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ to. ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ for ⬩ against ⬩ contrary to ⬩ against ⬩ by ⬩ through, ⬩ to rest on the arm ⬩ till. ⬩ till ⬩ to ⬩ until
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Ne sceal mon nó mid openlíce edwíte him wið sleán non aperta exprobratione sunt feriendi, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 11.
Linked entries: wiþ-faran wiþ-feohtan wiþ-ferian wiþ-fón wiþ-gán wiþ-lǽdan wiþ-standan se
steór
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</b> where the punishment is stated to be a money one, a fine, penalty :-- Ðone feórðan pening on folclícre steóre, Chart. Th. 242, 30. Gif se landríca nelle tó steóre filstan will not assist to levy the fine, L. N. P. L. 54; Th. ii. 298, 19
ge-wendan
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On Ianuarii mónde gyf hit þunreð, hit bodeþ tóweard mycele windes and wel gewænde eorðe wæstme ... wæstmes wel gewænde ... wæstme wel gewænde, Angl. x. 185, 5, 8, 12.