ge-setnes
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Ic ðás gesettnesse sette gehweder ge for hígna lufon ge ðeára sáula ðe haer beforan hiora namon áuuritene siondon . . . þis is gesetnes Ósulfes and Bearnðrýðe, Txts. 444, 42-45. an ordinance handed down to successive generations, a tradition Hwylc gesetenes
hwilc
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(b α) :-- Mé þynceþ wundor mid hwylcne byldo þú sceole beforan cininge gylpan. Bl. H. 175, 31. as predicate, of what sort Hé wiste hwæt and hwylc (húlic, L.) þis wíf wǽre sciret quae et qualis mulier esset Lk. 7, 39.
gíman
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(a α) with gen. pronoun and clause :-- Hé ðæs giéme ðæt hé lustas átemige curet suggestiones edomare Past. 383, 6. with negative clause Giémað ðæt gé eówre ryhtwísnesse ne dn beforan monnum attendite, ne justitiam vestram faciatis coram hominibus Past
settan
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Ic sette beforan eów bletsunga and wirignissa, Deut. 11. 26. Ic hine wergþo on míne sette. Cd. Th. 105, 20; Gen. 1756. Swá hit mé sealde se ðe ic hit nú on hande sette, L. O. 3; Th. i. 180, 4. Ðú setst (settes, Cott.
Linked entry: on-settan
þe
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Skt. 4, 12: 13, 36. as conjunction. introducing noun or adverb clauses, that, cf. þæt. noun clauses Eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ǽren ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1. Heó ða fǽhðe wræc, þe ðú Grendel cwealdest, Beo. Th. 2672; B. 1334.
Linked entry: þý
þeóf
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He who struck down a thief in public was rewarded: Se ðe þeóf fylle beforan óðrum mannum, ðæthé wǽre of úre ealra feó .xii. pæng ðe betera for ðære dǽda and ðon anginne, L. Ath. v. 7; Th. i. 234, 22.
Linked entry: þeáf
ge-métan
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Þú gemétest gife beforan Gode, Bl. H. 7, 18. Gemét repperiet (bona), Kent. Gl. 565. Þǽr wé sib and lufu gemétað, Hy. 7, 30. For þý sint góde men góde ðe hí gód gemétað . . . Ðá gódan begitaþ ꝥ gód ꝥ hí willniaþ . . .
healf
a half
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Hió mid þǽm healfan dǽle beforan þǽm cyninge farende wæs . . . and se healfa dǽl wæs Círuse æfter fylgende, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 25-30. Gteald tó healfan dǽle meiddaneardes, Hml. Th. i. 68, 35.
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lǽdan
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Hát síðian Agar and Ismael lǽdan mid hié, 2785. of enforced movement Héton hiene Rómáne gebindan and gebringean beforan fæstennes geate.
óðer
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Sanctus Iohannes gǽþ beforan eallum óðrum wítgan and ealra óðerra heáhfædera mægen hé oferstígeþ, 167, 22. denoting that part of a whole which is not yet mentioned, other, the rest, remaining Micel ðæs folces hié ofer sǽ ádrǽfdon, and ðæs óðres ðone
wíse
a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res
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Ne dyde hé ða wísan (so) beforan mé, 181, 4. On ǽlce wísan, 163, 2. On ǽnige wísan, Wulfst. 158, I: L. C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 22. On ǽnige óðre wísan aliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 56. On náne wísan, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 54, 5.
Linked entry: wís-fæst
heáh
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Beforan ðǽm hírrum hádum, Past. 411, 22. Sé wæs on láre and on dǽde se hýhsta uir doctrina et actione praecipuus, Bd. i. 23 ; Sch. 47, 25. Þeáh þú heágust ( summus ) sí, eádmódnysse heald, Scint. 22, 3. Sé ðe héist (yltst, W. S. maior ) is iúer, Mt.
Linked entry: dynt
gód
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Beforan gódum weotum geceápod, 118, 14. Mid twám gódum þegenum, 294, 12. adequate, effectual, valid. of personal actions or activities, thorough, effectual Hé hit heóld on gódre geþuǽrnesse, Chr. 860; P. 68, 1.
on-geagn
opposite, over against, against ⬩ towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of ⬩ against ⬩ against, for the reception of, to receive ⬩ in reply to ⬩ in return for, as an equivalent for ⬩ opposite, over against ⬩ against, in a direction opposite to ⬩ against, with, contrary to, in opposition to ⬩ in reply to ⬩ as an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange for ⬩ against, ready for ⬩ towards ⬩ opposite ⬩ again, back ⬩ Lat re- ⬩ in reply ⬩ towards ⬩ on the other hand ⬩ again
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Voc. ii. 115, 25. marking contrast, on the other hand God sette beforan eów líf and gód, and ðǽr ongén deáþ and yfel, Deut. 30, 15. marking repetition, again Drihten cwæþ: Dó ðíne hand on dínne bósum . . .
dón
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Noldan hié dón þone triumphan beforan hiora consulum triumphus consuli denegatus est, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 1. Hé máre mæg doon ðonne óðre menn, Past. 111, 17. Hreówe dóan paenitentiam facere, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 641, 2.
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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Bocland Eác we cwǽdon hwæs se wyrðe wǽre ðe óðrum ryhtes wyrnde, áðor oððe on bóc-lande oððe on folc-lande, and ðæt he him geándagode of ðam folc-lande, hwonne he him riht worhte befóran ðam geréfan.
gif
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Gif beforan eágum ásnáse, 84, 12-14: here on ásnáse (like gedó) might have been expected. Cf. too, gif mec deáð nimeð, B. 447, with gif mec hilde nime, 452, the reference is to the same peril in each: and gif gé syndon þegnas . . . .
hé
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Þæs ylcan scyldige þe hit hér beforan cwæð, Ll. Th. i. 248, 18. Winnende þǽr hit þonne þearf wæs, Ors. 6, 23; S. 274, 29.
self
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Ðæt selfe wæter þegnunge gearwode beforan his fótum, Blickl. Homl. 247, 10. Weorðeþ sunne sweart gewended . . . Móna ðæt sylfe, Exon. Th. 58, 19 ; Cri. 938: 387, 25 ; Rä. 5, 10.
hand
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Gif men sié se earm mid honda mid ealle of ácorfen beforan elmbogan, 96, 28. On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte, Bl. H. 207, 22. Mid handa, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20. Forlét hé daroð of handa fleógan of folman, By. 149.