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sáwan

(v.)
Grammar
sáwan, seów, séw; sáwen.

to sow ⬩ to sow ⬩ implant

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Gehýre gé ðæs sáwendan (seminantis) bigspell, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 18. Sáwondum seminanti, Kent. Gl. 370. to sow (a field with seed) Hí seówon æceras seminaverunt agros, Ps. Spl. 106, 37.

Linked entries: a-sáwan be-sáwan

sóþlíce

(adv.)

Truly, really ⬩ certainly ⬩ verily ⬩ Now ⬩ then ⬩ for ⬩ autem ⬩ ecce ⬩ enim ⬩ ergo ⬩ nam ⬩ vero

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Gehýre gé sóðlíce ðæs sáwendan bigspell vos ergo audite parabolam seminantis, 13, 18. Sóðlíce ic eom man under anwealde gesett nam et ego homo sum sub potestate, 8, 9.

Linked entry: sóþ-líc

reccan

(v.)
Grammar
reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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Hé rehte him óðer bigspel aliam parabolam proposuit illis, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 24, 31. Ðá reahte heora ǽgðer his spell each of them told his tale, Chart. Th. 170, 14. Hé him his earfoþa rehte, Guthl. 19; Gdwin. 76, 19.

Linked entries: and-reccan be-reccan ge-reccan

ge-hýran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýran, -híran, -héran; to -hýranne, -hýrenne; part. -hýrende; ic -hýre, -ðú -hýrest, -hýrst, he -hýreþ, -hýrþ, pl. -hýraþ; p. ic, he -hýrde, ðú -hýrdest, pl. -hýrdon; impert. -hýr, pl. -hýre, -hýraþ; subj. pres. -hýre, pl. -hýron; p. -hýrde, pl. -hýrden; pp. -hýred.

To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire

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Gehýre gé ðæs sáwendan bigspell vos audīte parăbŏlam sēmĭnantis, Mt. Bos. 13, 18. Gehýraþ me audīte me, Ps. Th. 65, 14. Ǽr he dómdæges dyn gehýre before he shall hear doomsday's din, Salm. Kmbl. 546; Sal. 272 : Exon. 13 a; Th. 22, 31; Cri. 360.

Linked entries: be-hýring ge-heóran ge-héran ge-hiéran ge-hióran ge-híran ge-hoered ge-hýrst ge-hýrþ

ge-ícan

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., -écte, R.) hé (adiciens ) sum bigspell, Lk. 19, 11. Tó wæccenne foresægde . . ., geécte bisin ( subjiciens parabolam ), Mt. p. 19, 16. Tó gécde addens, Jn. p. 5, 13. Stonde ꝥ ic and míne witan tó mínra yldrena dómum geýhton, Ll. Th. i. 272, 32.

ge-endian

(v.)
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Þá se Hǽlend geendode þás bigspel, 13, 53, Wé móton nú geendian þyses godspelles race, Hml. A. 71, 160, Ðiós rédo geendad bið ( finitur ) on stóue ðér cuuoeð. Lk. p. 11, 16.

ge-hwilc

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Se Hǽlend sǽde gelómlíce bigspel be gehwilcum ðingum. ii. 562, II. some, certain, many, as noun Ðá gehýrdon gehwilce on lífe hálige englas singan on his forðsíðe, Hml, Th. ii. 518, 8. as adjective, alone Cwǽdon gehwylce láreówas þæt . . . Hml.

hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc, hwylc, hwelc; pron.

which ⬩ who ⬩ any one ⬩ any ⬩ some

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Hwylcum bigspelle wiðmete wé hit cui parabolæ cumparabimus illud? Mk. 4, 30. [in dependent clauses] Gif ic cweðe nescio qualis est rex nát ic hwile se cyngc is, ðon is se qualis infinitivum.

Linked entries: chuelc hwelc hwylc hú-líc

ge-healdan

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</b> to retain in the mind, remember :-- Gehýr gyt sum bigspell, and geheald þá wel þe ic þé ǽr sǽde, Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 21. Is þín gemind swá mihtig þæt hit mage eall gehealdan (-en, MS.) þæt þú geðencst, Solil. H. 4, 1. <b>VI b.

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Ðá sǽde hé him sum bigspel, Lk. Skt. 12, 16. Se magorǽswa mǽgþe sínre dómas sægde (cf. O. Sax. éo-sago : O. Frs. á-sega : Icel. segja lög ; lögsögu-maðr), Cd. Th. 98, 4 ; Gen. 1625, Éce rǽdas Moyses sægde, 210, 17 ; Exod. 516.

Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian

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