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ge-feallan

(v.)
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Lagu land gefeól ( of the water of the Red Sea when it fell upon the Egyptians trying to follow in the track of the Israelites ), Exod. 482: 491. to cause by falling Hit is on leóðum gesungen hwelcne demm hie Rómánum gefeóllan ( quantam reipublicae orbitatem

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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Gif hwelc mon hine on Godes naman geandette, Ll. Th. i. 64, 21. in language concerned with church matters. of spiritual things Wé habbað áne gástlice módor, seó is Ecclesia genamod, ꝥ is Godes cirice, Ll. Th. i. 336, 8.

lǽran

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Wé rehton hwelc se hierde bión sceal; nú wé him willað cýðan hú hé lǽran sceal qualis esse debeat Pastor ostendimus, nunc qualiter doceat demonstremus 173, 15.

swilc

(pronoun.)
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swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Ymb swelc tó sprecanne hwelc hit ðá wæs, Ors. 10; Swt. 48, 4. Swelce burg gewyrcan swelce sió wæs, 2, 4; Swt. 74, 8. Gif ic hæfde swilcne anweald, swylce God hæfþ, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 19. Se wolde habban swilcne hlísan swá Benedictus, Homl.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

ge-gán

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</b> of movement. movement irrespective of the point of departure or destination. to go on foot, walk Gif hwelc gigæs (gegaas, L.) on dæg si quis ambulauerit in die, Jn. R. 11, 9. Árás ꝥ mægden and geeóde ( ambulabat ), Mk. L. 5, 42.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
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Th. i. 192, 16. to injure or destroy by wrongful working. to treat improperly, use badly Hié witan willað hwæt hié sellað, and nyllað wietan mid hwelcum woo hié hit gestriéndon oððe forworhton ( wasted it ), Past. 343, 24.

wyrt-truma

(n.)
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wyrt-truma, (wyrtruma), an: -trum, es; m.: -trume, an; f. (v. Be ðare wyrtruman,
    Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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MSS.) wǽre ðæt mon wilnode hwelcre gítsunge, Past. 11; Swt. 73, 3. Seó grǽdignys is wyrtruma ǽlces yfeles, and seó sóðe lufu is wyrtruma ǽlces gódes, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 3. Ðætte of wyrtruman besmitenes geþóhtes ácenned bið, Bd. 1, 27; M. 80, 13.

Linked entry: -truma

þeáw

(n.)
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þeáw, es; m.
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Nú ðú wást hwelce þeáwas ða woruldsǽlþa habbaþ ...

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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Bútan ǽr God ende worulde wyrcan wille, Seel. 13. of persons, death: Þurh hwelces monnes hond mín ende wǽre getiód cujus mortem percussoris manu cauendam habeam, Nar. 31, 18. Oþ þæt ende becwóm, swylt æfter synnum, B. 1254.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

weorþscipe

(n.)
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weorþscipe, es; m.
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worship, honour shewn to an object Gif hwá biþ mid hwelcum welum geweorþod, hú ne belimpþ se weorþscipe tó ðam ðe hine geweorðaþ; ðæt is tó herianne hwéne rihtlícor si quod ex appositis luceat, ipsa quidem, quae sunt apposita, laudantur Bt. 14, 3; Fox

sib

(n.)
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sib, sibb, e; f.
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Hú wéne gé hwelce sibbe ða weras hæfden, ðonne heora wíf swá monigfeald yfel dónde wǽron? Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 50, 2. <b>V a.

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knowsa person of understanding or learninga wise manone able to give counsela counsellorone able to give counsel in affairs of stateone who takes part in the councils of a nation a leading manan eldera chief personseniorone who has knowledgea witnessa wise manone professing supernatural knowledge

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Mé com swíðe oft on gemynd, hwelce wiotan (wutan, Cott. MSS.) iú wǽron giond Angelcynn, ǽgðer ge godcundra háda ge woruldcundra, Past. pref.; Swt. 3, 3. Wín gedéð, ðæt furdon witan (sapientes ) oft misfóð, R. Ben. 65, 4.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

síþ

(n.)
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síþ, es ; m.
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A nyð ðat weldeþ al his sið, Gen. and Ex. 274.] denoting that which occurs to a person, how a person fares, the course of events in the case of a person, lot, condition, fate, experience Secgan hwelc siððan wearþ herewulfa síþ to say what happened afterwards

Linked entries: síþemest síþmæst

ge-cirran

(v.)
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Buton heora hwelc eft tó rihtre bóte gecirre, Bt. 3, l; F. 6, 5: Ll. Th. i. 196, 3. from action, to desist from, cease to do ꝥ hé fram synnan gecyrre, Ll. Th. i. 326, 8. Þeówdóme gecyrrendum ex servitio convertenti, R. Ben.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

witan

(v.)
Grammar
witan, prs. ic, hé wát, ðú wást, wǽst, pl.witon; p. wiste; pp. witen.

to witknowhave knowledgebe aware,to knowhave knowledge of, be aware ofto be wisebe in one's sensesto be conscious ofto knowto feelshew

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Wé witon hwelce wælhriównessa Neron weorhte, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 56, 36. Ne wuti gé of hwelc tíd hláferd íwer tó cymmende sié, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 42, Gif ic wiste hú ..., Beo. Th. 5032; B. 2519.

Linked entries: weotan wietan

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Gif hwá biþ mid hwelcum welum geweorþod . . . hú ne belimpþ se weorþscipe tó þám þe hine geweorðað, Bt. 14, 3. to make worthy of something, entitle a person to Biþ hé þæs ðegnes rihtes geweorþod (þegenrihtes wyrþe, v. l. ), Ll.

hand

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(b α) tó handa weorpan. to throw on a person's hands (with the idea of rejection) Gif mon hwelcne ceáp gebygeð and hé onfinde him hwelce unhǽlo on, þonne weorpe þone ceáp tó handa, Ll.

þá

(adv.; con.)
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þá, adv. conj.
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Þá ( then ) þú cýþdest ðæt þú neatest hwelces endes ǽlc angin wilnode, þá ðú wéndest ðæt steórleáse men wǽron gesǽlige, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 34. Þá þá ( cum ) hé fæste feówurtig daga, þá ongan hyne syððan hingrian, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 2.

ge-bídan

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Gebídan hwænne þú eft cyme to await the time of thy return, An. 399. to get by waiting or remaining, to have, experience that which befalls, the subject a person Hwelcne endedæg mín módor oþðe mín geswuster nú gebídan scoldon quan exitum mater mea sororesque

gleáw

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. ¶ as epithet of the mind Ælc gleáw mód behealt hwelcne ende hí habbaþ rerum exitus prudentia metitur, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 23. Dó mé wegas wíse þæt ic wite gearwe on hwylcne ic gange gleáwe móde, Ps.