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wíte

(n.)

punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain

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Ne bist ðú orhlýte ðæra wítena, Homl. Th. ii. 310, 27. Wítum cruciatibus, poenis, Hpt. Gl. 487, 12. Ðá heó wæs tó ðam wítum (ad poenam ) gelǽdd. Gen. 38, 25. Tó manegum wítum geworht put to many tortures Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 20. Wítum belecgan. Andr.

faran

to travel ⬩ journey ⬩ to march ⬩ to go ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ to go ⬩ move ⬩ to go ⬩ fly ⬩ to come ⬩ to pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ to go on ⬩ practise ⬩ happen ⬩ turn out

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Þú færsð wórigende and bist flýma geond ealle eorðan uagus et profugus eris super terram, Gen. 4, 12. Wind wédende færeð, El. 1274. Hí (clouds) farað feohtende . . . winnende fareð atol eóredþreát, Rä. 4, 46, 48.

Linked entry: farnian

ofer

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Ne God gyltas ofer ǽnne sýþ wrecan wile ǽnigum men nec Deus bis crimina vindicat ulli, Dóm. L. 89. Hæbbe sylf ꝥ hé ofer ꝥ árǽre ipse habeat super augmentum, Ll. Th. i. 436, 14 (see also twelf-wintre).

ge-ícan

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., 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. Ne geéc ðú ne addas (quidquam verbis illius ), Kent. Gl. 1074.

gíman

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Gémendum correctis 17, to reprove, v. gím-ness ; 2 Gife synngiga in ðec bróðer, geong and gém ( corripe ) hine; gif ðec gehéres boetend ðú bist bróðeres ðínes, Mt.

hád

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Th. ii. 170, 5), oððe máran underfó þonne þú nú hæfst; sóðlíce on swá hwilcum dæge swá þí geþrístlǽcst ꝥ þú underféhst þone hálgan sácerdhád, sóna þú bist eft mid deófles anweald gehæftned ad sacrum ordinem nunquam accedere praesumas; quacumque die sacrum

sorh

(n.)
Grammar
sorh, sorg, sorhg, e; f.

care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow

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Ic ða sorge gemon, hú ic bendum fæst bisga unrím dreág, Exon. Th. 280, 5; Jul. 624. Hyge wearð mongum blissad sáwlum, sorge tóglidene, 71, 31; Cri. 1164. Sorga sárost, 122, 19; Gen. 2029. Sorga mǽst, 308, 22; Sat. 696.

Linked entry: sorg

be-cuman

to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove

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Ðá bisgu þe on þá rícu becómon, Bt. proœm. 7. Þára þinga þe ús on becwómon, Nar. 14, 23. Gif ús on niht uncúðes hwæt on becwóme si quis noctu oriretur pavor tumultusque aliquis novus, 13, 2.

nama

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Ðonne bistú daelniomende alra ðeára góda ðe ǽnig monn for his noman gedóeð, Txts. 174, 12. Men þá wilniað heora sáwla sellan for Dryhtenes naman homines qui tradiderunt animas suas pro nomine Domini nostri, Ll. Th. i. 56, 21: 92, 11.

ge-secgan

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Chr. 1070; P. 207, 26. to speak of, expound, discuss Bisen gesægde ł getrahtade parabolam exponit, Mt. p. 17, 3. Syndriga stówa gewutta ðú mæht and mid sóððe gesæcca propria loca scire possis ac vere disserere, ii. 2.

eo

(n.)
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eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

ge-tæl

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Hylt Godes gelaðung bis hundseofontigfealde getel, ii. 86, 2. <b>III a</b>, a word that denotes a number, a cardinal numeral :-- Adverbia cumað of ǽlcum getele, Ælfc. Gr.

gif

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Þú ne bist unscyldig wið mé, gif þú on ídelnesse cýst mínne noman (cf. nec habebit insontem Dominus eum, qui assumpserit nomen Domini frustra Ex. 20, 7) Ll. Th. i. 44, 8: Cri. 1310 : Mód. 45 : An. 1570 : 1614.

full

(adv.)
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Béc sint fulle þára bisna, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 11. in a non-material sense, abounding in abundantly characterized by (cf. adjectives in -full formed from nouns). with gen. sing.

heofon

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heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling

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Ðonne bist þú bufan ðám swiftan rodore and lǽtst behindan þe þone héhstan heofon, Bt. 36, 2; F. 174, 16. the celestial abode of immortal beings. ( l) of God and his angels: Heofon is his þrymsetl, Hml. Th. i. 262, 4. Heofan, El. 753.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

lǽtan

(v.)
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beón lǽtan to let be, cease from Uton lǽtan bión þás sprǽce, Bt. 34, 7 ; F. 144, 18. with adverb. behindan, to leave behind (one), go away without Þé behindan ne lǽt, þonne þú heonan cyrre, mænigo þus micle, Cri. 155. to pass beyond, outstrip Ðonne bist

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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</b> correlative, þanne ... þanne then ... when, when ... then :-- Ðonne ðú ealle gedǽlde hæfst, þonne bist ðú ðé self wædla, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 34.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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Ic þé wolde gegæderiganmanigu spell and manega bisna crebras coacervabo rationes, Bt. 36, 3; F. 178, 31. <b>III a.</b> to accumulate, amass wealth, &amp;c. :-- Hé hordað, and nát hwám hé hit gegaderað (congregat ), Hml, Th. i. 66, 5.

tó-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, -sceád (in the Northern Gospels weak forms are found, and -sceádde occurs in Bede); pp. -sceáden.

to divide in two, ⬩ separate one thing from another ⬩ to divide into parties ⬩ cause division ⬩ dissension among ⬩ to separate contending parties or claims ⬩ judge, ⬩ decide between ⬩ to make a distinction between things ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ treat or regard differently ⬩ to separate one thing from another with the mind, ⬩ to discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ discriminate ⬩ to separate things from one another, ⬩ to order, ⬩ dispose, ⬩ appoint ⬩ to separate the parts of a confused whole, ⬩ to expound, ⬩ interpret, ⬩ render intelligible ⬩ to discuss ⬩ to send in different directions, ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ To be separated, ⬩ to differ

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Tósceád (dissere) ús bisen, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 36: edissere, 15, 15. to discuss Tósceádeþ disputat, Mt.

Linked entries: sceádan tó-gesceádan tó-scádan

ge-witnes

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Be ðám ðe hiora gewitnessa beforan bisc̃. áleógað. Gif hwá beforan biscepe his gewitnesse and his wed áleóge, 110, 9-12. False gewihta . . . and leáse gewitnessa, 310, 13. a testament :-- Ðǽre níua gewitnesse noui testamenti, Mt. L.

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