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þurh

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

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Hé ástyraþ ðis folc, lǽrende þurh ealle ludéam, 23, 5. Hé hleóþrede þurh hátne líg, Exon. Th. 185, 4; Az. 2. Ic þurh ðín hús middan eode perambulabam in medio domus meae, Ps. Th. 100, 2. Ðæt fýr nimeþ þurh foldan gehwæt, Exon.

un-rím

(n.)
Grammar
un-rím, es; n.

A countless numberan incalculable number or amount

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Sió hálige cirice unrím folces beféhð mid ánfealde geleáfan innumeros sanctae ecclesiae populos unitas,fidei contegit, Past. 15; Swt. 95, 7: Exon. Th. 36, 1; Cri. 569. Hé geaf him gúðgewǽda ǽghwæs unrím, Beo. Th. 5241; B. 2624

ge-tríwan

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Getrýwe hé hine be þám wíte, 84, 15. to give confidence to a person, persuade Ðá ældra getréudon ðǽm folcum ꝥ hiá bédon seniores persuaserunt populis ut peterent Barabban, Mt. 27, 20

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lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, e; f.

Lawstatutedecreeregulationrulefixed custom

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God him sette ǽ ðæt ys open lagu ðam folce tó steóre God appointed them law, that is a plain rule, for the guidance of the people, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 36. Deuteronomium ðæt ys óðer lagu, 39.

Linked entries: ge-lagu laga lah

un-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cúþ, adj.

Unknownincognitusunknownstrangeunknownnot understoodunknownuncertainungentleunkindhostileharshunfriendly

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Ðæm folce seldsiéne and uncúðe wǽron wínes dryncas, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 12. Mínra firena ðe mé uncúðe wǽron delicta ignorantiae meae, Ps. Ben. 24, 6. Ðás ðé sint unncúðo haec ignoras, Jn. Skt. Lind. 3, l0.

Linked entry: un-cúþlíce

dæg

(n.)
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Ꝥ Sc̃s Petrus on dæge folce sǽde, þonne wrát Sc̃s Marcus ꝥ on niht, Shrn. 74, 19. Gé hwyrfað niht tó dæge, Wlfst. 47, 8. Eall swá þicce is þeó heofon mid steorrum áfylled on dæg swá on niht . . .

fæsten

firmamentcitadelforta fortificationentrenchmentsfastnessstrongholda prisona sepulchreHellclaustrum

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Flód wæs ádǽled . . . wæter of wætrum þám þe wuniað under fæstenne folca hrófes, Gen. 147-153. in a military sense, a strong place, one fitted to resist attack.

ge-secgan

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Gisægi (annuncia) folce mínum héhsynna hiara, Rtl. 5, 16. Hé hine monnum gecýþan and gesecgan teolode, Bl. H. 165, 31. Ðá hérde Ægelríc þet gesecgon.

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.
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Homl. 237, 30, Þonne God gangeþ for his folc ... þanon eorðe byþ onhréred, Ps. Th. 67, 8. temporal, from that time, after that Ðæt hé unæþele á forð þanan wyrð, Met. 17, 28.

ge-tæl

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Rihtlícost bið geðúht þæt þæs geáres anginn sý gehæfd on þám dæge þe þæt Ebréisce folc heora geáres getel onginnað, Hml.

ge-cweþan

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Hé þá folc gelǽdde þǽr hié tógædere gecweden hæfdon ( where they had agreed to meet; in campum), Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 31. to settle a regulation, law, an ordinance Ealle hig gecwǽdon ... ꝥ ne þeówe ne freó ne móton in þone here faran bútan leáfe, Ll.

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, soel ; also sélor ; adv. (cpve.)
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Hí genáman ðæs folces ðe ðǽr tó láfe wæs and him sélost lícodan, 79, 21

ge-bǽru

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Gl. 412, 8), 40, 27: gestibus, 43. behaviour, demeanour, conduct, bearing, manners Andrea orgete wearð folces gebǽro, An. 1572. Gebǽro gestu (strophoso fallere gestu, Ald. 157, 18), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 59: 40, 28.

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.
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Th. i. 504, 21. marking motion, coming towards a place, approaching, about to come Se Hǽlend geseah ðæt ðǽr wæs mycel mennisc tóweard (cf. se Hǽlend geseah ðæt micel folc com to him renit ad eum, Jn. Skt. 6, 5), Homl. Th. i. 182, 5.

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warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.
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Ðæt hý Godes folc warnian wið ðone egesan, ðe mannum is tówerd, Wulfst. 79, 14. (1 c) where the matter to which the warning refers is given in a clause :-- Ic eów warnode, ðæt gé wíglunge mid ealle forlǽtan, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 68.

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Wearð ꝥ folc ástyrod on swídlicum hreáme, Hml. S. 31, 281. His geféran fundon hine licgen[d]ne on blódigum limum and tóbeátenum líchaman, 981. Wearð hé untrum on feforádle, Bl. H. 217, 16.

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONEunusunaunumaloneonlysoleanothersolusaliussolealone of its kindsingularuniquewithout an equalunicuseximiusa certain onesome onequidamaanaaneachevery oneallunus-quisqueuna-quæqueunum-quodqueOneother

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Grammar ÁN, m. f. n. Grammar ÁN, gen. m. n. ánes; f. ánre of one; unius: dat. m. n. ánum; f. ánre to one; uni: acc. m. ánne, ǽnne; f. áne, n. án one; unum, unam, unum: instr. m. n. áne; f. ánre with one; uno, unó, uno: pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. áne each,

cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm, cwélm , es; m. n. [cwelan to die]

Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium

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Micel cwealm wearþ ðæs folces the mortality of the people was great, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 18. Cwealm pestilentia vel contagium vel lues, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 57, 8; Wrt. Voc. 19, 18. Ðæt us cwealm on ne becume ne forte occidat nos pestis, Ex. 5, 3.

Linked entries: cwælm cwelm cwylm

líg

(n.)
Grammar
líg, lég, es; generally masc. but ðæt lég occurs.

Flamelightning

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Biscopas mid folcum mid íserne and líge fornumene wǽron presules cum populis ferro et flammis absumebantur, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 2. Fýres líge wæs fornumen, 4, 25; S. 599, 20. On fíres líge in flamma ignis, Ex. 3, 2. On brádum ligge, Wulfst. 188, 3.

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swég

(n.)
Grammar
swég, es; m.
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Hig fleóþ leáfes swég (sonitus folii volantis), Lev. 26, 36. Micelne swég unmǽtes wópes, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 29. Swégas (-es, MS.) tonitrua, Hpt. Gl. 452, 60. Swoegum bombis, Wrt.

Linked entries: swég-cræft swóg