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hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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Þridde gewrit á mid ðam ðe ðæt land on hande stande the third copy always with him in whose possession the land is, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 235, 31. Gyf neód on handa stande if there be present need, L. Edg. H. 2; Th. i. 258, 6.

ge-mynd

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Ic nam mé tó gemynde þá gewritu and þá word þe se arceƀ mé fram þám pápan bróhte, Cht. E. 229, 23. Þára manna gehwám þe on gemynd nime . . . El. 1233.

ge-sellan

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Ðá hálgan gewritu sint ús tó leóhtfatum gesald, ðæt wé mægen geseón hwæt wé dón scylen Scriptura sacra quasi quaedam nobis lucerna sit posita, Past. 365, 14. <b>XII a.

líf

(adv.)
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Næs heora nánum álýfed on ðám lífe ǽnig cræft búton hálgum gebedum and heora gewritum, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 14-20 : C.

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Ðis gewrit oððe hit gód sagaþ be gódum mannum, oððe hit yfel sagaþ be yfelum mannum sive historia de bonis bona referat . . . seu mala commemoret de pravis, Bd. pref. ; S. 471, 14. Mín múþ sægeþ ( pronuntiabit ) ðíne mægenspéde, Ps. Th. 70, 14.

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Næs nán færeld tó Róme, búton twégen hleáperas Ælfréd sende mid gewritum, Chr. 889; P. 82, 5.

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Hwæt is gewriten on þǽre ǽ? hú rǽtst þú?, Lk. 10, 26. with intensive addition Sé ðe eáran worhte, hú sé oferhleóður ǽfre wurde? qui plantavit aurem, non audiet?, Ps. Th. 93, 9. used interjectionally to introduce a question, what?, why?

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Th. 171, 6. for the sake of:-- Nis ðis gewrít be ánum men áwriten ac ys be eallum, Hept.

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Th. i. 14, 27. one of the spheres into which the realms of space round the earth were divided by the early astronomers Siofon heofonas sindon in gewritum leornode; ꝥ is se lyftlica heofon, and se oferlyftlica and se fýrena heofon and se stronga heofon

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án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Sum bróþor is . . . sé is se án geornfullesta godcundra gewrita, Gr. D. 218, 25. marking singleness, isolation, sole, alone Ána solus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 91, 5.

ge-niman

(v.)
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Sió ábisgung hine scofett hidres ðædres . . . ac him bið ðearf ðæt hé hine genime simle be ðǽre leornunge háligra gewrita, Past. 169, 15. with the idea of force, hostility, treachery, to take, seize, lay hands on, catch. of the action of persons Heó

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Wé móton ðæs þencan ðe egeslíc on ðissum bócum is gewriten, L. Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 196, 23. where the subject of thought is governed by a preposition, to think about, of, on a subject Ic ymb síþ spræce and on lagu þence, Exon.

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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Fleág fugla cyn þǽr hý feorhnere witude fundon, Gs. 890. to find in records: Werþeóde on gewritum findað dóma gehwilcne, Exod. 519. where the record is the memory: Findan on ferhðe, An. 1487: El. 641: 632. to find (and carry off) something hidden or

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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Þurh twám gewritum, Wulfst. 230, 3. Ðerh múðe háligwara, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 70. marking cause Hé næs ácweald ðurh ðam heálícan fylle, Homl. Th. ii. 300, 19.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Ðæt hálige gewrit ðæt cýþeþ ... Ðonne is ðeáw ðæs apostolícan setles sacra scriptura testatur ... Mos autem sedis apostolicae est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 5. Eác is swíðe micel þearf ðæt gé cýðon hú ungefóhlícu scyld ðæt ( perjury ) is ...

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niman

(v.)
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Wurdon hié áfǽrde and on fleám numen, An. 1342. to bring to mind Ic nam mé tó gemynde þá gewritu and þá word þe mé se arceþ mé fram þám pápan bróhte, Cht. E. 229, 23. intrans. To move oneself, go, proceed: cf. IX.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Ðás wísan hé ealle on him hæbbende wæs, 23 b, 32. to declare, maintain, express the conditions of a case Ðǽs [s]préce nǽnig mon on nǽnge óðre halfe oncærrende sié nymne suǽ þis gewrit hafað (except as this writing lays down the conditions), Txts. 442

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Gefrætwed in eádwelum, Ph. 586. marking a whole where the parts forming it are stated Þrý sind in naman ryhte rúnstafas, Rä. 59, 14. in a book, in a company, where the subject matter of a book, or a member of a company, is referred to Þæne heriað in gewritum