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þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.
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Ðæt flód ys þanon tódǽled on feówer eán from that point the stream runs in four separate channels, Gen. 2, 10. Ðá hé on botme stód, ðá him þúhte ðæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla gemearcodes, Cd. Th. 310, 7; Sat. 722.

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport to bring, cause to bear, support to bear, carry, to have bearwearto haveto be under the influence of havebear to bear, submit toto weigh,to put something in a balance to be equal to To move

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Wæs feówer geár, ðæt hé worold*-*wǽpno wæg. Blickl. Homl. 213, 4. Hæfde hé and wæg mid hine twigecgede handseax habebat sicam bicipilem, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 15 : Beo. Th. 5402 ; B. 2704. Hé lígegesan wæg, 5554; B. 2780. Rincas randas wǽgon, Cd.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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On feówer gemǽre, 397, 3. On fíf gemǽre, vi. 226. Ðis syndon ðæs londes gemǽro tó Abbandúne. 5. Gemǽra gedá1 finium regundorum actio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 30: 148, 61. Hé hine gelǽdde ealle þá gemǽru, swá hé him of þám aldan bócum rǽdde, C.

ge-witnes

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Man hæbbe getreówe gewitnesse feówer manna, 390, 4, 6. the practice of having witnesses present at a transaction, the service as a witness in such cases Landcóp and lahcóp and witword and gewitness, ꝥ ꝥ stande, Ll. Th. i. 294, 1: ii. 302, 6.

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Wé ágyltaþ þurh feówer þing, þurh geþóht and þurh word and þurh weorc and þurh willan, Blickl.

sweord

(n.)
Grammar
sweord, swurd, swyrd, es; n.
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Th. 489, 32; in another will is the passage 'Freoðomunde fóe tó mínum sweorde, and ágefe ðéræt feówer ðúsenda,' 471, 23; another testator bequeathes his sword 'mid ðam sylfrenan hylte and ðone gyldenan fetels,' 558, 10; and another mentions the sword

Linked entry: swyrd

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
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Hí ofslógon .iiii. werad ( wera, feówer werod, v.ll.), Chr. 456; Erl. 13, 28. ¶ in epithets applied to the Deity, the Lord of hosts :-- Weoruda Dryhten, Andr. Kmbl. 345; An. 173: 869; An. 435. Weorada, Ps. C. 17: Hy. 8, 1. Drihten weoroda, Cd.

EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indeclwithout substantive, and sometimes governing the genitiveare sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Feówer eallum to all four, 113 b; Th. 434, 28; Rä. 52, 7. Me ealne, Ps. C. 50, 98. Hit eal it all, Beo. Th. 3220; B. 1608. Iob sæt ðá sárlice eal on ánre wúnde Job sat there doleful all [covered with ] a wound, Job Thw. 166, 32.

Linked entries: al all eall

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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And nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer peninga weorþ tie libbende ne licgende, L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 3. Similar entries See Grmm. R.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Kmbl. 64; El. 32. in expressions relating to quantity or number, so (as) much, so (as) many Hwítes sealtes swilc swá mǽge mid feówer fingrum geniman as much white salt as may be taken with four fingers, Lchdm. ii. 130, 2.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Embe áne feówer dagas oððe fífe, R. Ben. 96, 9. <b>V a.</b> with féawa, feáwa used adjectively For ánum feáwum geárum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 3, 12. Hé ábád áne feáwa dagas, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 29: R.

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Ðás feówero ymb woeson ( = woeron?) ðás bóc these four were engaged on this book, Mk. Skt. p. i. 3. Hé cwæð ðæt hé ne mihte embe munuclíf smeágan, ac wolde beón embe his þincg, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 120. Emban ða steóran beon, L.

fela

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I. 1 a Drincan ðreó swá feala ge feówer swá feala swá his neád wǽre, Hml. A. 145, 29. Swá feolu (quotquot) hæfde aiðulo, Mk. R. 3, 10. Hé salde swá feolo swá (quantum) hiǽ waldun, Jn. R. 6, 11. Huu feolo áht ðú tó geldanne quantum debes?, Lk.

Linked entry: feald

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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Hé ða eá upp forlét an feówer hund eá and on lx ... and æfter ðæm Eufrate hé eác mid gedelfe on monige eá upp forlét fluvium per magnas concisum deductumque fossas in quadringentos sexaginta alveos comminuit ... etiam Euphratem derivavit, Ors. 2, 4; Swt

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Ic ðás bóc wrát and sette . . . ic sette feówer béc. Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 32-37. For ðisum þingum ic ðás bóc sette. Guthl. prol. ; Gdwin. 4, 26. Sc̃e Isidorus ðe ðás bóc sette qui hunc librum instituit, L. Ecg. P. i. 6; Th. ii. 174, 16.

Linked entry: on-settan

síþ

(n.)
Grammar
síþ, es ; m.
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Skt. 17, 4. (2 a) used in multiplying numbers :-- Feówer síþon seofon beóþ eahta and twentig &amp;c., Anglia viii. 302, 47 sqq. Cweþ .xii. síþum twélf, 298, 22. Endleofan síþon hund þúsenda . . . eahtatýne sýþum hundteóntig þúsenda, Blickl.

Linked entries: síþemest síþmæst

lǽdan

(v.)
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Óþerne ealdne man lǽdden feówer áwyrgde englas mid mycelre réðnesse, and hine besencton on þá fýrenan eá, Bl. H. 43, 28.

æt

(prep.)
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Be ordále æt þám mannum þe oft betihtlede wǽron, 202, 24. of things Æt þám feówer tóðum fyrestum, æt gehwylcum, .vi. scillingas, Ll. Th. i. 16, 2, 14, 15 : 18, 17. Ic eom unscyldig æt þǽre tihtlan, 180, 16.

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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S. 25, 813. a class of beings distinguished from others by nature or character Þǽr beóð feówer werod . . . þæt forme werod biþ þǽra apostola . . . Óðer endebyrdnys bið geleáffulra woruldmanna . . . Án endebyrdnys bið þǽra wiðercorenra . . .

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Hergas wurdon feówer on fleáme, Gen. 2073. Wéron gesendeno hergas his missis exercitibus suis, Mt. L. 22, 7. Heria manipulorum, An. Ox. 2, 443. Herium cohortibus, 23. Hóf for hergum hlúde stefne lifgendra leód, Exod. 276.