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þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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Wǽre þearf ðæt him mon þyngode tó ðam rícum, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 208, 29. Se ðe bitt ðone monn ðæt him ðingie wið óðerne ðe hé biþ eác ierre cum is, qui displicet, ad intercedendum mittitur, Past. 10; Swt. 63, 12.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Ðonne wǽron ǽgþer góde, ge ða ǽrran ge ðás æfterran, and nǽron náðere an þance quid aliud colligi datur, nisi semper bona esse, sed ingrata? Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 10.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

ge-métan

(v.)
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P-hí hámweard wǽron . . þá gemétton hí sciphere wícinga, 885 ; P. 79, 22. to meet that which is moving in an opposite direction Hig grimme windas gemétað and þá wreccan geswencað, Angl. viii. 324, 14.

lǽdan

(v.)
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</b> to trace a line, boundary, track, &amp;c. :-- Gif ðá landgemǽre ealswá wǽron swá man heó on fruman lǽdde, C. D. iv. 234, 34 : 235, 4. Þá þe lífes weg lǽdan cunnon, Wlfst. 75, 2.

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Hú ne tealdan wit ðætte genyht wǽre gesǽlþa nonne in beatitudine sufficientiam numeravimus? Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 12. Swá ðætte monige tealdon (putarent), ðæt heó gehǽled beón mihte, Ed. 4, 19; S. 589, 3: Blickl.

ge-gán

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.), get into the keeping or power of Wé gelýfað ꝥ hé gegǽð Gode, búton hé þe swíðor forscyldgod wǽre, Hml. Th. ii. 462, 22. Hí beóð ðurh gódre fremminge Gode betǽhte, and gé sylfe him gegáð þurh gódum geearnungum, 554, 24.

ge-bétan

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Hex. 26, 25-27. ꝥ hé his geféra wǽre tó þám cynge, and his wísa wið hine gebétte (would make his relations with the king more satisfactory), Chr. 1050; P. 169, 31.

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Earmost ealra wihta, ðara ðe cenned wǽre. Exon. Th. 421, 7; Rä 40, 14. Wihta gehwylce, deóra and fugla, 61, 10; Cri. 982. Cynna gehwylc cucra wuhta, ðara ðe lyft and flód fédaþ, feoh and fuglas, Cd. Th. 78, 23; Gen. 1297. Dreám cwicra wihta, Exon.

tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽcan, p. tǽhte

To shew.to offer to view, presentto shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc.without an object, to shew the way, directwithout an object, to direct to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition.to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin.to shew, indicate, signify

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Ic ðé tǽhte ðætte ðǽr wǽre ðæt héhste gód maneant quae paullo ante conclusa sunt ... nonne monstravimus ea vera bona non esse, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 13-19. Tǽc mé ðínne willan tó wyrcenne, 42; Fox 260, 11.

irnan

(v.)
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Lbmn. 269, 16. of a plant, to grow rapidly Þ þæs wæstmes yrð þǽr má upp yrnende wǽre . . . þá georn (arn, v. l.) sóna úp genihtsumlic yrð ut illius frugis ibi potius seges oriretur . . . mox copiosa seges exorta, Bd. 4, 28 ; Sch. 521, 14-22.

DRIGE

(adj.)
Grammar
DRIGE, dryge, dríe; def. se driga, dryga, dría; seó, ðæt drige, dryge, dríe; adj.

DRY siccus, arĭdus

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Wǽron ða wareþas drige the shores were dry, Ps. Th. 105, 9. Wegas syndon dryge the ways are dry, Cd. 157; Th. 195, 28; Exod. 283. Dríra arentum, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 151, 22.

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es ; m.
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</b> a collection of regulations, law, religion :-- Swá swá bí ðan ealdan ðeódscipe ða úttran weorc wǽron behealden, swá on ðam níwan ðeódscype ... sicut in Testamento (v.

þreá

(n.)
Grammar
þreá, þrawu; gen. þreá; pl. þreá; f.: þreá; gen. þreán, also þreás(?); m.; also neuter.

rebukereproofthreatchastisementcorrectionpunishmentan infliction that has been deservedjustifiable severityan infliction (where no idea of correction is implied)evilillpangplaguecalamityaffliction

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Þreá wǽron þearle, þegnas grimme, 135, 4; Gú. 519. Monge ðreá ( flagella ) synfulra, Ps. Surt. 31, 10. Wé ðec for þreáum and for ðeónýdum (for þearfum and for þreánýdum, Exon. Th. 186, 3) árna biddaþ, Cd. Th. 234, 18; Dan. 294.

Linked entry: bróh-þreá

ge-þóht

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Swá heánlic geþóht geniman, ꝥ gé sǽdon ꝥ þá hǽðnan tída wǽron beteran þonne þá crístnan, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 17. Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht intó þám men, Angl. vii. 28, 260.

Linked entry: þóht

þeówian

(v.)
Grammar
þeówian, p. ode.
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On ðam mynstre wǽron fif bróþra oþþe syxe Drihtne ðeówiende, 4, 13; S. 582, 23. with dat. of practice in which a person labours, to be devoted to, attend to, bestow pains on, work at Hé wæs manod ðæt hé his ðam gewunelícan wæccum and gebedum geornlíce

Linked entries: þeáwian þeówan

fæder

a parenta step-fatherforefatherfathersancestorsfathera god-fathera patron

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Hit is gesǽd ðæt úre ealdan fæderas (fædras, v. l.) wǽron ceápes hierdas, Past. 100, 4. Úre fæderas (fedras, Ps. Srt.) hit ús sǽdon, Ps. Th. 43, 1. Fadoras, Lk. L. 6, 23. Fadero ł aldro úsero, Jn. L. 6, 31. Oþ cneórisse fæderena (feddra, Ps.

geár

(n.)
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Þǽr wǽron gehealdene heora líc án geár and seofan mónaþ, Bl. H. 193, 13. Þreó geár, 215, 36. Sume tén geár, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 7. Ymb xiii geár, Gen. 2302. of indefinite periods of time Hé feala geára lifde, Bl. H. 219, 2 : Bt. 18, 3; F. 66, 18.

ge-munan

(v.)
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Rǽswodan, spǽcan, wǽran gemunende comminiscuntur (cf. comminiscuntur, pro tractabantur ł meditabuntur, An. Ox. 7, 209), Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 2. to put in mind, remind a person of something, charge with Ic gemunde þé fácnes, þǽr nán næs, Hml.

ge-swencan

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Wæs sió ofermycelo hǽto . . . men wǽron miclum geswencte, Ors. 1, 7 ; S. 40, 4. þás bróþor synd geswencede of ðisse sǽwe hreónesse, Bl.

ídel

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Heora hǽþenan gild wǽron ealle ídelu and unnyt, and ꝥ hié náwðer ne him sylfum helpan ne mihton, ne nánum ðára ðe tó him áre wilnodan, Bl. H. 223, 2. Ídle, orfeorme, unbiþyrfe, Jul. 217.