ge-setnes
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Voc. ii. 137, 80. an ordinance of the civil or the ecclesiastical authority, a law human or divine Folcrǽdenne sive ealles folces gesetnes lex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 80.
ge-bétan
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Th. i. 128, 8. ꝥ hí mihtan hiora scylda þurh wíte gebétan, Bt. 38, 7 ; F. 210, 10. (2 a) in a legal l where the penalty is not defined Gif hwá folces fyrdscip áwyrde, gebéte ꝥ georne, Ll. Th. i. 324, 5. Gebéte ꝥ deópe for worolde, 26.
tácn
A token, sign ⬩ a sign, significant form ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a token, a credential ⬩ a sign, monument ⬩ a sign of the Zodiac ⬩ a sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a sign to attract attention, a signal ⬩ a sign of anything future, a prognostic ⬩ a sign, an action that conveys a meaning ⬩ a sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state ⬩ </b> as a medical term, a symptom ⬩ a sign, symbol, emblem ⬩ a sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidence ⬩ a supernatural sign, miracle, prodigy ⬩ a signal event, remarkable circumstance
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Swylc wæs ðæs folces tácen ( a practice which distinguished them, a distinct feature of their manners ), Andr. Kmbl. 58; An. 29. Hé onféng torhtum tácne ( circumcision ), Cd. Th. 143, 6; Gen. 2375.
willan
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ðone friódóm, ðæt hé wát hwæt hé wile, hwæt hé nele ipsis inest volendi, nolendique libertas Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 20. where the will of the subject determines his own action, to will, purpose, think, mean, intend, with an infinitive Ic wille mid flóde folc
wunian
To dwell ⬩ remain ⬩ to dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ stay ⬩ remain ⬩ live ⬩ to inhabit a place, live in or on ⬩ to live, be in certain conditions or circumstances, ⬩ to abide ⬩ be present with a person to comfort or help ⬩ to be ⬩ rest ⬩ reside ⬩ remain ⬩ occupy a position ⬩ to consist of or in, ⬩ subsist, exist ⬩ to remain ⬩ last ⬩ continue ⬩ endure ⬩ to be wont
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Wæter ðe wuniaþ gyt under fæstenne folca hrófes, 10, 6; Gen. 152. Eorðe and wæter wuniaþ on fýre, Met. 20, 148. Beorh wunode on wonge, Beo. Th. 4476; B. 2242. Se monlíca stille wunode, ðǽr hié begeat wíte, Cd. Th. 155, 3; Gen. 2567.
se
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Ðý . . . for ðam therefore . . . because, Bt. 36, 7; Fox 184, 15. therefore Hé for ðæm nolde, ðý hé mid his folce getrúwode ðæt hé hiene beswícan mehte, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 8: Bt. 38, 2; Fox 188, 16.
þeów
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The sale of slaves into heathen lands was denounced: Gif hwá cristene man on hǽðendóm sylle, se ne biþ wurðe ǽnigre reste mid cristenum folce, bútan he gebycge eft hám ongeán, ðæt hé út sealde, L. M. I. P. 43; Th. ii. 276, 20; see, too, L. Th.
æt
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Ealles folces þing byð þe betere æt þám þýfðum, 238, 20: 250, 5. Æt eallum slyht and æt ealre þǽre hergunge and æt eallum þám hearmum. . . man eall onweig lǽte, 288, 1. Hwæt tó bóte mihte æt þǽm fǽrcwealme, 270, 9: Cht. Th. 265, 10.
secgan
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Sege folce : Ðis sind ða dagas, Lev. 23, 2. Secgaþ ðæs húses hláforde : Úre láreów secgþ : Hwár is mín gysthús, Mk. Skt. 14, 14.
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ge-mǽne
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Th. i. 80, 17. that passes or subsists between, mutual, reciprocal. of material things Þám folcum sceal . . . sacu restan, . . . wesan mádmas gemæne, manig óðerne gódum gegrétan, B. 1860. of non-material things Sib wæs gemǽne bám . . . ǽghwæðer óðerne
hálig
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Þá gesetton hálige fæderas and Godes folces láreówas þá tíd þæs fæstenes, Bl. H. 27, 25. Þá háligan martyras, Bt. 11. 2; F. 36, 5. Mid hálgum englum, Mk. 8, 38. <b>III a</b>.. Hálgan stefne, Exod. 257 ; An. 56.
þegen
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Ða weorcgeréfan and ða þénas ( praefecti operum et exactores ) cwǽdon tó ðam folce: 'Pharao být, ðæt eów mann ne sylle leng nán cef,' Ex. 5, 10. Ða þeówas and ða þegnas serui et ministei, Jn. Skt. 18, 18. Þegna lictorum, Wrt.
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ge-mynd
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III. memory of many persons :-- Hé folces frið bétte swíðost þára cyninga þe ǽr him gewurde be manna gemynde, Chr. 959 ; P. 114, 22.
in
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In þám gárheápe, Exod. 321. as plural, or with plurals, among Gif man in Lencten hálig ryht in folce álecge, Ll. Th. i. 88, 13: Gen. 2834: Hy. 4, 87. Swǽse men in leódum, Ll. Th. i. 38, 3. In þǽm gástlicum þrymmum, Bl.
gán
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Gáð gé gewǽpnode, P. 83, 12. of a female, to go with young, be pregnant Feówer and twéntig mónða gǽð seó módor ( the elephant ) mid folan, Hml.
on
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Eal ðæt folc wæs on blǽdran, 1, 7; Swt. 38, 6. Job sæt on ánre wunde, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 27. Ðá wearþ hé on slǽpe, Glostr. Frag. 6, 26. Hí wǽron on ðan mǽstan hungre, Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 32, 26.
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hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Gescádwís geréfa sceal witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 4. the lord of a manor in legal relations: Fó se hláford (landhláford, v.l.) tó healfan, tó healfan ꝥ hundred, Ll. Th. i. 268, 20: 258, 12-13.
sculan
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Nǽnig heora þohte ðæt hé ðanon scolde eft gesécean folc every one of them thought himself fated not to visit his people again, Beo. Th. 1387; B. 691. Ðonne ðú forþ scyle metodsceaft seón, 2363; B. 1179: Cd. Th. 63, 27; Gen. 1038.
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Hit næs ná gesǽd hwæt Pirruses folces gefeallen wǽre, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 30. [Ðæt is ungeliéfedlíc tó gesecganne] hwæt ðæs ealles wæs what there was of it all, 5, 12; Swt. 240, 16: Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 3.
hwá
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Tó secganne hwæt hiera folces forwurde, 5, 2; S. 220, 9. (ii) where the genitive denotes a single object, what part of :-- Sege mé hwæt his (wealth) þé deórast þince, Bt. 13; F. 38, 10.