wyn
delight ⬩ pleasure ⬩ delightfully ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ a delight ⬩ that which causes pleasure ⬩ the best of a class, ⬩ the pride of its kind. ⬩ the name of the w-rune
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Beóð on wenne ða bán ðe on hǽnðum wǽron exultabunt ossa humiliata, Ps. C. 80. Habban ða mid wynne weorðe blisse exultent et laetentur, Ps. Th. 69, 5. Wé sealmas him singan mid wynne in psalmis jubilemus ei, 94, 2.
Linked entry: mód-wén
ge-tæl
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Be ealdum getele wǽron þá ágáne ðreó hund geára, Hml. S. 23, 486. Án eórod is gecweden on ðám ealdan getele six ðúsend manna and six hund and six and syxtig, 28, 12.
ge-trymman
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. :-- Hé sette synoð, and getrymde and gefæstnode ealle ðá ðing be Godes mynstran ðá wǽron gesett be Wihtgáres dæge, Chr. 796; P. 56, 27. ꝥte e of mental or moral strength, to give strength to mind or heart, establish, confirm faith, &c.
hú
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Srt. 37, 9. with antecedent noun (or pronoun) Hé geworhte ánes fearres anlícnesse of áre tó ðon, þonne mon þá earman men oninnan dón wolde, hú se hlynn mǽst wǽre he made a bull's image of brass in the way, in which the sound would be greatest, when the
sprǽc
Speech. ⬩ speech, talking ⬩ speech, the faculty of speaking ⬩ skilful speech, speaking with art, eloquence ⬩ what is said, a speech, saying, collection of words ⬩ speech, language, talk, discourse, words ⬩ a speech, language ⬩ speech, e.g. to have speech of or with a person, conversation, consultation, conference, discussion ⬩ a question, case that requires explanation ⬩ a sentence, decision, agreement, terms ⬩ a case, cause, suit, claim ⬩ talk about a person or thing, report, fame ⬩ words denoting places where there is speaking ⬩ lingua, loquela ⬩ colloquium, eloquium, ratio, judicium, consilium, senatus
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Th. 9, 4. as a legal term Ðæt ðis ǽfre gesett sprǽc wǽre that this for ever should be a settled suit, Chart. Th. 203, 4: 172, 2. Ongan ðá tó specenne on ðat land ... óð ðæt seó sprǽc wearð ðam cynge cúð, 302, 15. Be dóme and sprǽce. ...
heáfod
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XI. used of persons. one to whom others are subordinate, a chief, leader Israhéla folc geceás Ionatham, biddende ꝥ hé wǽre heora heáfod and heretoga wið þá hǽþenan þeóda ; and hé féng ðá tó ealdordóme swá swá hí bǽdon, Hml. S. 25, 717.
híran
to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to give ear ⬩ hearken ⬩ listen ⬩ To listen to ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to be subject to ⬩ to serve ⬩ error ⬩ to belong to ⬩ authority ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ of a due ⬩ privilege ⬩ occupation ⬩ office ⬩ hear of ⬩ be told
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Th. i. 314, II. ꝥ hé wǽre on gehealtsumnysse þæs bebodes his Scippende underþeód and þurh wiste ꝥ hé him hýran sceolde ut in observatione mandati sciret subjectum erentori suo, Angl. vii. 6, 46; Sat. 54.
EAL
sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially
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Ealra wǽron fífe in all they were five, Exon. 112 b; Th. 432, 1; Rä. 47, 6. [Wyc. Piers P. al, pl. alle: Chauc. all: Laym. al: Orm. all, alle: O. Sax. al: Frs. O. Frs. al, ol: Dut. al, alle, alles: Ger. all, aller, alle, alles: M. H.
LICGAN
To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run
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Hié simle feohtende wǽron óð hié alle lǽgon they kept on fighting until they all lay dead, 50, 7. On carcernum lǽgon they lay in prison, Ors. 5, 1; Swt. 214, 18.
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ge-sécan
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Þæt wǽron þá ǽrestan scipu Deniscra monna þe Angelcynnes lond gesóhton, 787 ; P. 54, 7. Nis ꝥ nǽnig mán ꝥ þurfe þone deópan grund þæs hátan léges gesécean, Bl. H. 103, 16.
ge-setnes
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Ealle þá gesetnessa þe tó hearde wǽron hé gedyde líþran. Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 244, 14. Rihtra dóma gesetenesse (-setnesse, v.l.) decreta iudiciorum, Bd. 2, 5 ; Sch. 132, 1. Swylce hé ne cunne Crístes gesetnyssa. Móyses ús lǽrde on his gesetnissum, Ælfc.
ge-wunian
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To cause to remain, give a permanent position to, fix, settle. of living creatures Wǽron on þǽm ylcan ýglande twégen hrefnas gewunode there were two ravens that lived on that same island (but the Latin is: Erant in supradicta insula duo clites corvi.
ge-sellan
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Ic þé míne wǽre gesylle, Gen. 1329. Embehtsumnise hé geselle Gode obsequium se praestare Deo, Jn. L. 16, 2. to give forth, give (as in give tongue), make a sound Ær ðon se hona stefne gesella (uocem dederit), Mk. L.
on-geagn
opposite, over against, against ⬩ towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of ⬩ against ⬩ against, for the reception of, to receive ⬩ in reply to ⬩ in return for, as an equivalent for ⬩ opposite, over against ⬩ against, in a direction opposite to ⬩ against, with, contrary to, in opposition to ⬩ in reply to ⬩ as an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange for ⬩ against, ready for ⬩ towards ⬩ opposite ⬩ again, back ⬩ Lat re- ⬩ in reply ⬩ towards ⬩ on the other hand ⬩ again
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Him láð wǽre ðæt hí ongeán heora cynehláford standan sceoldan, Chr. 1048 ; Erl. 178, 31. Wearþ swíðe gestired se here ongeán ðone biscop, 1012 ; Erl. 146, 13. Ðæt heó yrsige ongeán leahtras (-es, MS.), Homl. Skt. i. l, 104.
setl
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</b> as a military term, a siege :-- Him (the besiegers) ðæt setl (obsidio) swíðor derede ðonne ðám ðe ðǽrinne (in Veii ) wǽron, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 90, 24. Porsenna ðæt setl foilét Porsenna raised the siege, 2, 3; Swt. 68, 30.
twégen
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Hié wǽrun on twǽm (tuǽm, l. 30) gefylcum, Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 16. His wífum twǽm, Cd. Th. 66, 26; Gen. 1090: Beo. Th. 2387; B. 1191. His twám gebróðrum, Gen. 9, 22: 19, 30. Twám (tuǽm, Lind.: twǽm, Rush.) hláfordum þeówian, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 24.
up
Up. ⬩ up ⬩ on high ⬩ up ⬩ erectly ⬩ up ⬩ to a high point
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Wǽron ða wealdleðer swá up getíged, swá swá hig urnon tó heofenum up, Shrn. 156, 12. Iosue hí up áhéng on fíf wácum bógum Iosue suspendit eos super quinque stipites, Jos. 10, 26. Heó stód upp on ánre upflóra, Homl.
gildan
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ꝥ him leófre wǽre tó feohtanne þonne gafol tó gieldanne, Ors. l, 10 ; S. 44, 14. (2 a) with dat. of person paid Sió wiht ( a ship ) werum gieldeð gaful geára gehwám, Rä. 33, II. Ús deáþ mycel gafol geald, Bl. H. 85, 12.
niman
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Þá þe wǽron áþer oþþe on líchaman untrumnysse oððe fram þám áwyrgdan gáste geswencte and numene quos aut corporum aegritudo, aut immundorum spirituum infestatio . . . cogebat, Guth.
dón
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Hwæt tó dónne wǽre be þám stalle cyricean, Bd. 3, 29; Sch. 327, 20. to make. with acc. Mið ðý ðú dóest (dóes, R.) gebǽrscip, Lk. L. 14, 13. Dydon hí þá mǽstan gebeórscype, Hml. S. 30, 387.