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faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Þwyrlíce færð æt ðám húse þǽr seó wyln bið ðǽre hlǽfdian wissigend, 17, 10. Ðeáh ús þince ꝥ hit on wóh fare, Bt. 39, 8; F. 224, 21. Þú segst ꝥ hit scyle eall faran swá hé getiohhod habbe, 41, 2; F. 244, 19.

Linked entry: farnian

fela

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Hú fela dagas and hú fela tída seó sunne wunað on ǽlcum tácne, Angl. viii. 318, 1. Foregíslas swá fela swá hé habban wolde, Chr. 877; P. 74, 20. Similar entries v. II. 2 and I. 2 b α Wǽron swá fela gereord swá ðǽra wyrhtena wæs, Hml.

Linked entry: feald

geond

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Seó treów geond bilwitra breóst áríseð, Gn.

ongeagn

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Weras wíf somod urnon ongeán þá þeódnes mægð, Jud. 165. (2 a) in a direction opposite to that of another moving body :-- Ðá seofon tunglan farad ǽfre ongeán ðone rodor, Sal. K. p. 124, 155.

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Seó sceal in eágan, Gn. Ex. 123.

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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And ábád swá þeáh ( nihilominus ) seofon dagas, Gen. 8, 12. Ic déme swá þeáh ða þeóde verumtamen gentem ego judicabo, 15, 24. Ðæt ðæs Hálgan Gástes þénung wǽre on ðære gyfe ðæs fullwihtes swá þeáh ( nihilominus ), nalles ðæs mannes, L. Ecg.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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Seó cwén Sabæ geseah ða lác ðe man Gode offrode the queen of Sheba saw the offerings that were made to God, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 16.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Wé, þe ús befæst is seó gýmingGodes folces ... we, to whom is committed the care of God's people..., L. E. I. 1; Th. ii. 402, 9. Fæder úre ðú þe eart on heofenum Pater noster, qui es in coelis, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 9.

Linked entry: þý

ge-þencan

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Geðenc nú hwæt þínes ágnes seó, Bt. 13; F. 38, 1: Past. 467, 1: 5, 5. Geðenceað hwelces wítes gé wénen ðǽm, 329, 12. Geðence gé hwæt gé sien, 159, 14.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Ðonne seó eahteoðe tíd bið healf ágán mediante octava hora, R. Ben. 73, 15. Þyringas and Begware healfe, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 11. following a pronoun: Gif hió (the hand) healf onweg fleóge, Ll. Th. i. 98, 9. Sié hit healf forgifen, 64, 22.

Linked entry: healf

lǽdan

(v.)
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Lǽde seó eorðe forð cuce nítenu and creópende cinn and deór, Gen. 1, 24. (4 a) to be productive of :-- Wudu mót him weaxan, tánum lǽdan (cf. týdran), Hy. 4, 105. to accompany and show the way to, conduct, convoy, guide (lit. or fig.)

niman

(v.)
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L. 20, 23. intrans. of a plant, to take to that on which it grows, take hold, get rooted Wiþ feallendum feaxe . . . smyre ꝥ feax and ꝥ heáfod ; þonne nimeþ ꝥ feax tó, and seó sealf genýdeð ꝥ hyl weaxeð, Lch. i. 344, 20. with non-material agent Namm

HÁD

(n.)
Grammar
HÁD, es; m.

personpersonasexdegree, rank, order, conditionstate, condition, kind, nature, formmanner, wayhonourpersona, sexus, ordo, gradus.

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Seofon hádas syndon gesette on bócum tó Godes þénungum intó Godes circan seven orders are appointed in books for God's ministries in God's church, L. Ælfc. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 1 : L. Ælfc. C. 10; Th. ii. 346, 25.

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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on beteran háde and on beteran endebyrdnesse wyrsan, and on wyrsan háde and on wyrsan endebyrdnesse beteran sic in humano genere et quidam in meliori ordine deteriores sunt, et quidam in deteriori ordine meliores, Past. 411, 32-34. of things Ðæs ðe seó

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Earfoðlic is tó átellanne seó gedrecednes . . . þe eall Engla here dreáh. Chr. 1056; P. 186, 33.

on-fón

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. :-- Mé ðín seó swíðre onféncg me suscepit dextera tua, Ps. Th. 62, 7. Hond Godes onféng freódrihten and hine forð lǽdde, Sat. 566. to get control or possession of, to take a wife Ic of þám temple onféng fǽmnan clǽne, Cri. 187.

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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Ðætte seó wǽte út fleówe, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 1. Hí of mínre sídan swát út guton (gotun, MS.), Exon. Th. 88, 33; Cri. 1449. Cleopaþ se alda út of belle, Cd.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Is seó stów on micelre árwurðnesse hæfd (hæfed, v. l. ), Bd. 3, 2 ; Sch. 194, 3.

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Seó sǽ slóh tógædere occurrerunt aquae, Ex. 14, 27. Hé ofdrǽd slóh ádún ðǽrrihte terrified he straightway fell down as if struck (cf. Icel. slá sér niðr to throw one&#39;s self down on a bed), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 718.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

ge-hwilc

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Eal seó menigu wæs án hund manna and twéntig, Hml. Th. i. 296, 16: 38, 10: Hml. S. 29, 92 : Ælfc. Gr. Z. 293, 16. Dún-stán . . . and Aþelwold, and óðre gehwylce, 21, 459 : Hml. A. 22, 211.