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hál

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Ǽlc wuht wolde bión hál and libban ðára þe mé cwica ðincþ, 34, 10; F. 148, 15. Cild full hál and full æltǽwe geboren, 38, 3; F. 200, 22. For hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc and óþrum hálum strangne, 39, 9; F. 226, 11.

ge-híran

(v.)
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L. 75, 9- the object a clause Gehýrstú hwæt Símón cwiþ?, Bl. H. 183, 8. Heó gehýrde hú se feónd and se freónd geflitu rǽrdon, El. 953. Mihte man gehéran þæt þǽr wæs tóða geheáw, Sat. 338. <b>II a.

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
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Cwide singan, Salm. Kmbl. 171 ; Sal. 85. Singan Pater Noster, 333 ; Sal. 166. Hé wæs ymen singende, Blickl. Homl. 147, 3. On ðære hálgan cyricean biþ sungen ðæt hálige gerýne, 77, 15. Wæs se wítedóm beforan sungen, Elen.

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEADconducttakecarrybringbring forthproduce

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Wæstme tydraþ ealle ða on Libanes lǽdaþ [MS. lǽdeþ] on beorge cwice cederbeámas ða ðú sylfa gesettest cedri Libani quas plantasti, Ps. Th. 103, 16.

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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Hí mé onhwyrfdon of þǽre gecynde þe ic ǽr cwic beheóld, Rä. 72, 4. a natural quality, property, or characteristic Úðwitan secgað þætte án gecynd ǽlcre sáwle yrsung wǽre, óðer wilnung, is seó þridde gecynd þǽm twǽm betere sió gesceádwísnes, Met. 20, 184

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Ne mæg ic náne cwica wuht ongitan . . . ðe ungenéd lyste forweorpan si animalia considerem . . . nihil invenio, quod, nullis extra cogentibus, ad interitum sponte festinet, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 13.

lust

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. ¶), with alacrity, willingly, eagerly. with prep, on luste, on lust Wǽron æscwigan . . . síðes gefýsde . . . fóron on luste cáseres bodan, El. 262. with case Heó (Hagar) lustum ne wolde þeówdðm þolian, Gen. 2239.Þá clǽnan folc . . . ǽr sínne cwide

ceáp

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On úrum wæstmum and on cwicum ceápe, Bl. H. 39, 20: Ll. Th. i. 197, 6: Cht. Th. 492, 22. Hié námon þone ceáp onbútan, Chr. 921; P. 101, 26. Sendan ádla on manna ceáp, Wlfst. 209, 29. Ceáp milcian, Lch. iii. 178, 30.

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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Th. i. 150, 28-31. used figuratively Se Godes cwide is leóht wincendra, Sal. 77.

riht

(n.)
Grammar
riht, es n.

that which is straight or erect, a plumb line that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justicewhat properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due what is due from a person, duty what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth an account, a reckoning;ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account

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Hé férde mid ðám þingum ðe his on riht wǽron quae juris sui erant, Gen. 31, 21. what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justice Dó ðam þeófe his riht, swá hit ǽr Eádmundes cwide wæs, L. Edg.

wunian

(v.)
Grammar
wunian, p. ode

To dwellremainto dwellabidestayremainliveto inhabit a place, live in or onto live, be in certain conditions or circumstances,to abidebe present with a person to comfort or helpto berestresideremainoccupy a positionto consist of or in,subsist, existto remainlastcontinueendureto 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.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Accordingly laws of a later date and ecclesiastical writings contain injunctions for the payment of tithe Ic Æðelstán cyningc ... eów bidde ... ðæt gé of mínum ágenum góde ágifan ða teóðunga, ǽgðer ge on cwicum ceápe ge on ðæs geáres eorðwæstmum; ...

Linked entry: tegðung

gifan

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Hwæt hæfst ðú æt þám gifum þe ðú cwist ꝥ seó wyrd eów gife?, Bt. 13 ; F. 38, 5. Him weorðeð blǽd gifen, Cri. 878. Gyfen, B. 64. <b>III a.</b> </b> Þé Meotud wist gife, An. 388. <b>III b.

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Ge furþum seó stów þe . . . þú cwist ꝥ þín wræcstów sý, heó is þám monnum éþel þe . . ., Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 26. Ge furþum manna líchaman forealdiað, Solil.

ge-trymman

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Hé wolde þone cwide getrymman on þǽre godcundan dǽde, Bl. H. 215, 27. <b>VI a.</b> cýþnesse getrymman to bear witness :-- Ic cýðnisse gitrymmo testimonium perhibeo, Jn. R. L. 8, 14. Getrymo, Jn. L. 8, 18. Ðú getrymes, 13.

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a womana female persona being in the form of a womana married womana wife

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Gif be cwicum ceorle wíf hig be óðrum were forlicge, and hit open weorðe . . . heó þolige nase and eárena . . . L. C. S. 54; Th. i. 406, 6. Mon mót feohtan orwíge, gif hé geméteþ óðerne æt his ǽwum wífe, L. Alf. pol. 42 ; Th. i. 90, 26.

Linked entry: BRÝD

mód

(n.)
Grammar
mód, es; n.

the inner manthe spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of manspiritsoulmindsoulheartspiritminddispositionmoodCouragehigh spiritPridearroganceGreatnessmagnificencepride

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Hé ðá cwices módes ( animi vivacis ) geornlíce leornade, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 37. Módes snyttru, Exon. 17 b; Th. 41, 28; Cri. 662: 78 b; Th. 295, 14; Crä. 33: Cd. 52; Th. 66, 26; Gen. 1085. Heó cwæþ on hyre móde dicebat intra se, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 21.

hwilc

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'THORN;ú cwist ꝥ wé ne magon on ðǽra ánra hwilcum ꝥ héhste gód habban . . ne wéé Þonne úre Drihten úre hwylces neósian wille, Bl. H. 125, 12. Mid þǽm þe hié þára dura hwelce opene gesáwon, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16.

tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽcan, p. tǽhte

To shew.to offer to view, presentto shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc.without an object, to shew the way, directwithout an object, to direct to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition.to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin.to shew, indicate, signify

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directs a man to take, one wife, Scrd. 22, 25. to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. v. tǽcend Ðú tǽcst folce gemǽro ábútan ðone munt ( constitues terminos populo in circuitum ) and cwist

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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Ðe læs ðé God up bréde ðone godspellícan cwide lest God bring up the words of the Gospel against thee, Wulfst. 248, 9: 249, 3. Ðǽr bær Godwine eorl up his mál Earl Godwine brought his case up or forward, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 19.