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lǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽne, adj.

transitorytemporaryfrail

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.], granted for a time only, not permanent, transitory, temporary, frail [generally used as an epithet of things of this world when they are contrasted with those of the next] Ac ic wolde witan hweðer ðé þuhte be ðam ðe ðú hæfst hweðer hyt wére ðe lǽne

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, p. ode.

to make greatextendto make knownspread the knowledge of anythingdeclareproclaimannouncecelebrateto celebrateto celebrateperform a rite, ceremony, &c. with due solemnityto magnifyexaltpraiseglorify

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to make great, extend Hig tóbrǽdaþ hyra heálsbǽc and mǽrsiaþ heora reáfa fnadu dilatant philacteria sua, et magnificant fimbrias, Mt.

rand

(n.)
Grammar
rand, es; m.
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Bæd ðæt hyra randan (randas ?) rihte heóldon, Byrht. Th. 132, 22; By. 20. v. bord-, calc-, gafol-, geolo-, hilde-, síd-rand

Linked entry: rand-beáh

á-mirran

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Gif hwilc wíf hyre cild ámyrð ( perdiderit ) innan hire, Ll. Th. ii. 182, 24. Hí ǽhta forspillað and eard ámirrað, Wlfst. 133, 11. Se deófol ealle his ( Job's ) ǽhta ámyrde, Hml. Th. i. 472, 29.

be-witan

watch over

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Ic wæs dæges and nihtes mid hyre and hí bewiste, and heó hlyste mínre láre, Wlfst. 140, 18. Se yldesta bewiste þá þe nigene teó Sélcum geláste, Ll. Th. ii. 30, 22. ꝥæt werod þe hé (Lucifer) bewiste, Hml. Th. i. 10, 17.

Linked entry: be-witian

feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plainfield

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On middum úrum wintra beóð hyra (the Egyptians') feldas mid wyrtum blówende, Lch. iii. 252, 21. Feltha saltuum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 76. a place suitable for fighting, field of battle Feld scamma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 75.

ge-lícnes

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Se wǽta cymþ tó þám tóþan on þáre gelícnesse þe hyt of húse dropað on stán, Lch. iii. 104, 10. Ꝥ hí . . . yrre fram him ácyrde on þá gelícnesse Niniuítwarona ( instar Nineuitarum ), Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 493, 4.

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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Gif ðú þeáh mínum wilt wordum hýran, Cd. Th. 35, 24; Gen. 559. Hé ne wisse word ne angin swefnes sínes, hét him secgan þeáh, 223, 28; Dan. 126.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Ymbe Brúnanburh, 937; Erl. 112, 5: Hy. 10, 23. (b 1) about a person, in attendance upon :-- Hé sundernytte beheóld ymb aldor Dena, Bec.

innan

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Adame innan breóstum his hyge hwyrfde, Gen. 715. with acc., into Hér rád se here ofer Mierce innan Eást-Engle, Chr. 870 ; P. 70, 5. Of ðǽre sǽ cymþ ꝥ wæter innon þá eorþan, Bt. 34, 6 ; F. 140, 18.

wamm

(n.)
Grammar
wamm, es; m. n.

a spot, mark, blot. stainfilth, impurity, corruptiona blot, disgrace, damage, hurtmoral stain, impurity, uncleanness, defilementevil, sin, shameful word or deed:

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Fram wæmme leahtra a labe criminum, Hymn. Surt. 63, 5. Womme labe (qui genitus mundum miseranda labe resolvit, Ald. 182), Voc. ii. 94, 43 : 52, 63. Wom nevum (moribus castis vivunt, ut spurcum vitarent pectore nevum, Ald. 168), ii. 92, 82.

Linked entries: wom wam

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Ánra gehwylc hæfde sweord ofer his hype, Blickl. Homl. 11, 18. Sittende ofor eoselan folan, 71, 5. Úre Dryhten sæt ofer winda fiðerum, Salm.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Hie on God ǽnne heora hyht gesetton they should put their trust in God alone, Blickl. Homl. 185, 15. Naman gesettan to give a name, 197, 29. He wæs to bóclícre láre gesett he was put to book-learning, Shrn. 12, 16.

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt him absolutionem macigan, Wlfst. 180, 12. to behave, act. with hit and adv. denoting manner Ic nát ná forgeare hú ic hit þus macige I do not quite know how it is I behave so, Hml. S. 23, 556: 672.

gang

going, walking, moving on foot, step.the sole of the foot (?)the being habitually in a specified conditionpower of walkingof moving aboutmode of walking, walk, gait a walk, journeygo, time, occasion of goinga way, road, path, passage a trackcourse a streama narrative space traversedexpanse coveredan ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate.legal processlegal procedure, processa company of people (?), a gang.a step, staira privy

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habbaþ þæs þe leóhtran gang, Lch. i. 342, 12. Wǽron hyra gongas sméðe and geséfte, Gú. 703. Mid gongum, mid rádum, oþþe mid þý þe hine mon here oþþe on wǽne ferige, Lch. ii. 30, 28. the sole of the foot (?)

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Án strǽl hyne gewundode on hys óðer gewenge, Shrn. 97, 14. Se ðe hæbbe twá tunecan, selle óðre ðam ðe náne næbbe, Blickl. Homl. 169, 13.

ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to bebe madebecomehappenfiĕriTo happencome to passbefallcome togetheragreebe agreeablecontingĕreevĕnīreconvĕnīreplăcēre

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gewearþ, ðæt woldan to Rómánum friþes wilnian they agreed that they would seek peace from the Romans, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 17: 5, 10; Bos. 108, 29: 6, 30; Bos. 126, 24: Gen. 20, 13.

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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Bonan mǽndon ðæt monnes bearn þreám oferþunge and him tó earfeðum ána cwóme gif him ne meahte máran sárum gyldan gyrnwræce the murderous spirits made moan, that a child of man would have surpassed them in afflictions (i.e. would have caused them

Linked entry: bróh-þreá

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Hǽte hym man bæþswá hraþe swá hys wíse gódige. Lchdm. iii. 122, 8.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

ELLES

(adv.)
Grammar
ELLES, adv.

ELSE, otherwise, in another mannerălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus

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Nyton hwæt elles sprecon they know not what else they speak, Ps. Th. 43, 16. Áhwǽr or ǽghwǽr elles anywhere else Ps. Th. 71, 12: 102, 15. Ná elles, ná hú elles not otherwise, no how else; haud sĕcus, Ælfc.

Linked entry: el