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friþ

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Hé mid friðe þurh Normandíg faran ne mihte he could not pass through Normandy unmolested. Chr. 1094; P. 229, 32 : By. 179. Þæt hié hine gebróhten of þǽre folcsceare, þæt hé on friðe wǽre, Gen. 1872.

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Past. 261, 20. ꝥ hé þæt ilce yfel ne geþafige óþrum monnum þe hé ǽr óþrum dyde that he may not submit to the same evil from others, that he before did to others, Bt. 16, 2: F. 54, 6. Níð geðafian, Dan. 633.

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.

hwilc

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38, 3; F. 200, 10. where the noun is not expressed 'Heald þá beboda.' (Ðá cwæð he: 'Hwylce (hnelca, L. hwælc. R. '?) 'servo mandata' Dicit: 'Quae?, ' Mt. 19, 18. as predicate Hwylc bið hé þbonne búton swylce stán ?, Bl. H. 21, 26.

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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Gif feórrancumen man búton wege gange (if he does not travel on the road), Ll. Th. i. 42, 24. Gif feorcund mon bútan wege geond wudu gonge, 116, I. Gangan ofer foldan wang. Men. 113. Þeóf sceal gangan in þýstrum wederum, Gn. C. 42.

micel

(adj.)
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micel, adj.

Micklegreatmagnusmuchmanymultusgreat

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Ic ne eom swá micel swelgere I am not so great a glutton; non sum tam vorax, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 35. Ðá wæs geworden mycel ( loud ) stefn of heofonum, Blickl. Homl. 145, 14: Mt. Kmbl. 27, 46.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Þú dydest hig gelíce ( pares) ús, Mt. 20, 12. (1 a) object stated in a clause :-- Gif hit geweorðeð ꝥ man unwilles ǽnig þing misdéð, ná bið ꝥ ná gelíc þám þe sylfwilles misdéð (the two faults are not equal in turpitude ), Ll.

(pronoun.)
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hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Ðæt hié hera mód gestrongien, Past. 307, 20. ¶ where the subject is not expressed :-- On þám dagum wæs álýfed tó álecgenne his fýnd, Hml. S. 25, 684. Be unáléfedum fære from his hláforde, Ll. Th. i. 126, 8.

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
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sum, indef. prn.
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Ath. i. 11; Th. i. 206, 3 note. one with a company containing the number Hannibal óþfleáh feówera sum Annibal cum quatuor equitibus confugit, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 16. Gange hé feówra sum tó and beó him fífta, L. Eth. ii. 4; Th. i. 286, 18.

Linked entry: ÁN

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Mid ða nóþe niðer gewíteþ, Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 31; Wal. 28. with the idea of an association which affords protection or help For ðan ðe ic beó mid ðé on eallum ðám ðe ðú tó færst, Jos. 1, 9; Mt. Kmbl. 28, 20.

Linked entry: mið

weorþan

(v.)
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weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Ðæt ne loc of heáfde tó forlore wurde that not a hair from the head should come to destruction, Andr.

for

beforein front ofbeforesinceagoforfromthroughon account offorfromthroughinstead of in place ofin exchange forin return forin expiation ofin redemption foron behalf ofin support ofin respect toin relation toas regardsagainstfromin spite ofnotwithstandingin accordance withaccording toas representative offorto takein compensation foras punishment forfor the sake ofon behalf of for the benefit ofAs representative of

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For eallon þám hí hergodan swá oft swá hí woldon, 1013; P. 144, note 3.

síþ

(n.)
Grammar
síþ, es ; m.
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Ne biþ swylc earges síþ such is not a coward's way, Beo. Th. 5076 ; B. 2541 : 5058 ; B. 2532 : 5166 ; B. 2586.

Linked entries: síþemest síþmæst

ge-lífan

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Gif hié þæs ne geliéfen if they will not admit that, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 11.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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number for the units isgiven Ðá hé on þǽre mǽgþe twá gér and þridde healf (twa geár and ðrydde healf geár, v. l.) þá cyricean rehte cum in illa provincia duobus annis ac dimidio ecclesiam rexisset, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 351, 13. generally the cardinal is not

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here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Add: a body of armed men. not referring to England, an army, a host Cempa miles, here exercitus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 69: faccus, exercitus, ii. 146, 70. Fird, here expeditio, 29, 69.

niman

(v.)
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Ehera niomendra spicas vellentium, Mt. p. 16, 13. with the instrumentality not expressed or considered Hú fela wyligena brytsyna gé námon (nómon, L. ) ?, Mk. 8, 20. Nim ðín bed and gá, 2, 9. Ne cyrre hé ongeán ꝥ hé his reáf nime, 13, 16.

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Shrn. 61, 18. to kill (the object not being expressed) Ne sleah ð ú, L. Alf. 5; Th. i. 44, 17. Slyh (sleh, MS. A. ), Mk. Skt. 10, 19. þeóf ne cymþ búton ðæt hé stele and sleá, Jn. Skt. 10, 10.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Ðes middangeard eów ne mæg ealneg standan, Past. 51; Swt. 395, 29. to stand, not to fall, to be upheld Ic getrymed fæste stande, Blickl. Homl. 225, 34. Seó godcunde meht staþolfæstlíce stondeþ, 19, 21.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

hálig

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Th. ii. 432, 15. of animals, not destructive or dangerous, tame cattle us opposed to wild beasts Inc is hálig feoh and wilde deór on geweald geseald, Gen. 201. <b>B</b>. substantival. that which is holy, a holy thing. Cf. <b>A.