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lǽtan

(v.)
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Hé hét áne strange leó lǽtan intó him, 30, 416. Heó hire mód ongan lǽtan æfter þám lárum Gen. 592. Swá mycele furðor swá hé on háde is lǽten, R.

fæder

a parenta step-fatherforefatherfathersancestorsfathera god-fathera patron

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H. 185, 18. a step-father: Þá þe steópcildum wesen strange fæderas, Ps. Th. 67, 5. a male ancestor, forefather; mostly plural, fathers, ancestors Wé habbað Abraham ús tó fæder, Mt. 3, 9.

ge-swícan

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Strange geneátas, þá ne willað mé æt þám stríðe geswícan, Gen. 284. Hé underþiédde Rómánum eall þá folc þe him níwlíce geswicen hæfdon Germaniam in pristinum statum reduxit: trans Danubium multas gentes subegit, Ors. 6, 10; S. 264, 26.

æfter

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
æfter, prep. [æft, q. v; er, q. v.] dat; rarely acc.

AFTERpostAlongthroughduringκατάperAccording toby means ofsecundumpropterAfteraboutpropterobdeAfteraboveaccording topostsupersecundum

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—AFTER; post Ne far ðú æfter fremdum godum go not thou after strange gods, Deut. 6, 14. Æfter þrím monþum after three months, Gen. 38, 24. Æfter dagum after those days, Lk. Bos. 1, 24. Cumaþ æfter me venite post me, Mt. Bos. 4, 19.

Linked entries: æftyr efter eftyr

scrífan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
scrífan, p. scráf, pl. scrifon; pp. scrifen
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Man sceal ðam unstrangan men líðelícor déman and scrífan ðonne ðam strangan . . . Man sceal on godcundan scriftan ge on woruldcundan dóman ðás þingc tósceádan, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 5.

Linked entry: be-scrifen

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Wera gied sumes, þrymfæstne cwide and ðæs strangan staþol a glorious saying and the strong man's firm support, Exon. Th. 432, 12; Rä. 48, 5. Staðol fundum, Hpt. Gl. 488, 6. Dúna staðelas montium fundamenta, Deut. 32, 22. Eorðan staþelas, Ps.

Linked entry: scaþel

swéte

(adj.)
Grammar
swéte, adj.
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Ðæt is for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 11, 13. Swéte ofer hunig dulcia super mel, Ps. Spl. 118, 103.

Linked entries: swerum swót

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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one driven from his own country, a wanderer in foreign lands, an exile, a stranger, pilgrim Wræcca exul, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 27 : Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 38. Wæs hé wræcca on Gallia lande cum exularet in Gallia, 2, 15 ; S. 519, 1.

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>, mǽgeþ,</b> e; f.

A collection of mǽgasa familystockraceas a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied descendants of a common ancestor living at the same timea generationa tribesubdivision of a peoplea peoplenationprovincecountry

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Gif ðonne ðæt gebyrige ðæt ǽnig mǽgþ tó ðan strang sý . . ðæt ðonne þeóf foran forstande, V. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 9: 12, 2; Th. i. 242, 3: L. Edm. S. 1; Th. i. 248, 5.

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the yearwinterwintry weathercolda year

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Is ðǽr nú irfæs ðæs ðæs stranga wintær lǽfæd hæfð, Chart. Th. 163, 1. Nys hit swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17. Sam hit sý sumor sam winter, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 21, 17. Wintres brumae Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 43.

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fightbattlewarconflictvalourtroops

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Ðæt folc wurdon gewexene tó wíge ful strange, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 18. Man beónn ealle Cant*-*ware tó wígge, Chart. Th. 201, 21. Ǽghwylc óþerne bylde tó wíge, Byrht. Th. 138, 44; By. 235. Tó wígge faran, Chart. Th. 201, 22.

ge-faran

(v.)
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Wearð ꝥ wæder swíðe strang, ꝥ þá eorlas ne mihton gewitan hwet Godwine eorl gefaren hæfde, Chr. 1052; P. 177, 18. ¶ gefaren experienced :-- Sé wæs wíde gefaren and gelǽred he was of wide experience and learning; uir per omnia doctissimus, Bd. pref.; Sch

þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
þicgan, p. þah, þeah, and þigde, þigede, pl. þǽgon, þégon, and þígdon, þigedon; pp. þegen,
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Gyf ðú ðás wyrte sylst þicgean on strangon wíne, Lchdm. i. 172, 10-13. On drince þicgean, 198, 25. Genim ðás ylcan wyrte, seóð on hunige, syle þiggean (þiggcan, MS. H.: þicgan, MS. B.), 150, 9. Symbel þicgan, Beo. Th. 2025; B. 1010.

Linked entry: ge-þicgan

wel

(adv.; int.)

Wellwellprosperouslywellmuchthoroughlyfreelywellproperlywellveryquitethoroughlyveryquitewellah

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S. 85; Th. i. 424, 12. with adjectives, well, very, quite, thoroughly Strange cyningas and wel cristene Bd. 4, 2 ; S. 565, 31 : Wulfst. 29, 6 : 39, 15 : 127, 2. Glæsfæt wel micel Lchdm. ii. 252, 8. On wíne wel scearpum 180, 16: Ps.

Linked entry: BET

þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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Se monlíca wunode þǽr hié strang begeat wíte, Cd. Th. 155, 4; Gen. 2567. Hé nǽnne ne mæg gebringan þǽr hé him gehét, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 4. Ðá becom hit þǽr se cynincg feóll, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 208 : Beo. Th. 718; B. 356.

Linked entry: þár

mód

(n.)
Grammar
mód, es; n.

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

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Mycel mód and strang ðínes mægen-þrymmes magnificentiam majestatis tuae, 144, 5. Ne mihton forhabban werestreámes mód they could not restrain the pride of the flood (of the Egyptians drowned in the Red Sea), Cd. 167: Th. 208, 24; Exod. 448

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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How. in direct questions Hú mæg man ingán on stranges hús quomodo potest quisquam intrare in domum fortis? Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29: 34. Hú ne synt gé sélran ðonne hig nonne vos magis plures estis illis? 6, 26: 25.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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Strangie man and trymme (trumme, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 4) hí mid wíslicre Godes lage, Wulfst. 267, 21. Hé ongon his sefan trymman, Exon. Th. 169, 4; Gú. 1089. On ðǽm medwísan is tó trymmanne (trymmianne, Cote.

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Hæfde hyge strangne he had a strong heart, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 9; Gen. 447. Heardrǽdne hyge, 107; Th. 141, 21; Gen. 2348. Ic geornlíce gode þegnode þurh holdne hyge diligently I served God with loyal heart, 28; Th. 37, 7; Gen. 586: Beo. Th. 539; B. 267.

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Hwæt sind ða strangan? Ða beóþ strange and trume ðe þurh geleáfan wel þeónde beóþ, ii. 390, 22. Ðá cwæþ Isaac: Hwæt eart ðu? Hé andwirde: Ic eom Esau. Ðá cwæþ Isaac: Hwæt wæs se ðe mé ǽr brohte of huntoþe? Gen. 27, 32-3.