hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Gif se wiel cwið: 'Mé is mín hláford leóf,' Ex. 21, 4-5. Se apostol beád ðeówum mannum þæt hí wǽron heora hláforde getreówe and holde, wǽre se hláford good, wǽre hé yfel. Hml. Th. ii. 68, 9. Wénst þú þæt seó mengio þínra monna þé mæge dón gesǽligne?
lác
- [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine
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Mára is allum cwicum lácum and sægdnissum majus est holocaustomatibus et sacrificiis, Mk. Skt. Rush 12, 33. Ǽnig ðæra þinga ðe gedwolgodum tó lácum betǽht biþ any thing that is appointed to false gods for sacrifices, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 105, 30.
ge-métan
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Hweðer hé cwicne gemétte Wedra þeóden, B. 2785. Hié gemétton þæs carcernes duru opene . . . Hié cwǽdon: 'Þin carcern open wé gemétton, and nǽnige wé þǽr gemétton, Bl.
gifu
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Hwæt hæfst ðú æt þám gifum þe ðú cwist ꝥ seó wyrd eów gife, Bt. 13; F. 38, 4. ¶ the giver a personification :-- Þú miht þæs habban þanc ꝥ þú mínra ( Wisdom's ) gifa wel brúce . . . Hæbbe ic þé benumen þínra gifena þára þe þé from mé cómon?
be
rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request
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Gif man mid esnes cwynan geligeð be cwicum ceorle, Ll.
gód
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Ꝥ gé of mínum ágenum góde (mínes ágenes ǽhtes, v. l. ) ágifan þá teóðunga ǽgðer ge on cwicum ceápe ge on þæs geáres eorðwæstmum . . . and þá biscopas ꝥ ilce dón on heora ágenum góde, Ll. Th. i. 194, 5-9. Yrfes hyrde góde mǽre, Gen. 2198: B. 1952.
for-lǽtan
to let ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ suffer ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ grant ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ consuming ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ leave undone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ neglect ⬩ to leave out ⬩ omit ⬩ to spare ⬩ leave to ⬩ to leave ⬩ quit ⬩ to abandon ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ die ⬩ to defend ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave of ⬩ give up ⬩ to abandon ⬩ abandon ⬩ to let go ⬩ to restrain ⬩ to release ⬩ restore ⬩ to give up ⬩ relinquish ⬩ to remit ⬩ forgive ⬩ to lose ⬩ to put away ⬩ dismiss ⬩ lay aside ⬩ to send
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Gl. 967. to send forth words Hé egeslicne cwide ofer þæt folc forð forlǽteð, Cri. 1518. Þá ídlan word hé út forlét, Bl. H. 59, 19. Þǽr ic hearme word út forlǽte, Ps. Th. 140, 5
þes
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MS.) is se cwide sóþ for this reason is the saying true, Bt. 36, 7; Fox 184, 18. Þiss, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 14. Wé ðiss (ðis, Cott. MSS.) feáwum wordum sǽdon, Past. 3; Swt. 33, 6: 22; Swt. 169, 3. Wé sculon ðissa ǽgðer underðencean, 7; Swt. 49, 23.
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Mon mæg ðý ilcan weorce (ipso facto) cweban ðæt nétenu send gesǽlige, gif man cwiþ, ðæt ða men sén gesǽlige, ða heora líchoman lustum fyligaþ to say that those men are happy, who follow their body's lusts, is at the same time to say that beasts are happy
ge-reccan
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Gl. 806. to direct words to a person, address Ðone cwide Paulus gereahte eft to biscepum, Past. 104, 9. to rule as a lord Hal dó folc bin, and gerece (rege) hý. Ps.
ge-cýþan
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Giefe ... þe mé álýfed nis tó gecýðenne cwicra ǽngum, Gú. 1223, Þis wæs þám kyninge sóna tó Normandie gecýðed (-cýdd, v.l. ), Chr. 1076; P. 211, 20. Him wæs gecýðd ꝥ Wyllelm wolde hider, 1066; P. 197, 15.
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gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court
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Þú meahtest þe gán singende þone ealdan cwide, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 28. to take a specified course Hí gehátað holdlíce, swá hyra hyht ne gǽð, Leás. 14 : Ps. Th. 138, 11. Seó orsorhnes gǽþ scýrmǽlum, Bt. 20; F. 72, 4.
findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Gif mid him cwicum sié funden ꝥ hé ǽr stæl. Ll. Th. i. 50, 22. with a complement to the object Hý æt hám findað witode him wiste, Ra. 44, 8. Hé dryhten sínne driórigne fand ealdres æt ende, B. 2789.
þæt
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Þæt geweorþeþ on dómes dæge, þæt hé cymeþ tó démenne cwicum and deádum, 11, 3 : Andr. Kmbl. 1147; An. 574. Ðæt is gedafenlíc, ðæt ðú Dryhtnes word healde, Elen. Kmbl. 2334; El. 1168.
swá
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Ða unrótnessa swá ilce ofergáþ, swá ðú cwist ðæt ða blissa ǽr dydon, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 33. Swá wíde swá wegas tólǽgon, Andr. Kmbl. 2469; An. 1236. Hé hine wolde swá weligne gedón swá hé his sunu wǽre, Shrn. 84, 14.