heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Th. i. 438, 14. a herd of swine Wæs mycel swýna heord (worn, L., R. grex) lǽsgende, Mk. 5, II. Heord swýna (sunor bergana. L.) grex porcorum. Lk. 8, 32: suner berga, L. (swína, R.), Mt. 8, 32. Ðonne se inswán his heorde tó mæstene drífe, Ll.
hund
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Add: The word is used both as substantive (governing a noun in the genitive) or as adjective (agreeing with noun).
on-gitan
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Ðá ðe ðá word ðǽre hálgan ǽ ryhtlíce ongietan cunnon qui recte verba legis intelligunt, 371, 1. <b>VI a.</b> to understand a person, perceive the true character of :-- Ðonne hié hié selfe ongietað ad se reducti, Past. 293, 25.
sǽ
Sea . ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ a sea ⬩ a sea, lake
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The word is found in the following glosses Sǽ mare vel aequor, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 62 : 70,13 . Brym, sǽ aequor, 53, 50. Sǽ latex (latex?), ii. 53, 17, Ðæs ýþiendan sǽs fluctivagi ponti, 149, 61. And sǽ et salis, 32, 28. Mid sǽ cum pelago, 21, 27.
á-wendan
To turn. ⬩ to give a certain direction to ⬩ to return ⬩ to reduce ⬩ bring into subjection ⬩ to turn aside, ⬩ to remove ⬩ divert ⬩ to avert ⬩ to pervert ⬩ to change ⬩ to turn into something else ⬩ transform ⬩ to translate ⬩ reproduce something with other material ⬩ to exchange ⬩ To turn ⬩ take a certain direction
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Ic ne mæg áwendan Godes word, (immutare) Num. 22, 18. Ǽfre on ǽfen byð his (the moon's) ylde áwend, Angl. viii. 309, 17. Áwende móde mutata mente, Past. 39, 22.
Linked entry: on-wendan
líf
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Þú lífes word lǽstan noldes, Cri. 1393. <b>(I b)</b> animate existence viewed as dependent on sustenance :-- Lífes tó leofne, An. 1125 : 1113. Hwæfer bútan þé ( the baker ) wé magon líf ádreógan?, Coll.
healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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Th. i. 336, 10. a subject Gode þanc þæs dǽles þe ic wót. Ic wille þis nú smeigan and haldan swá ic geornost mæg ista diligenter cauteque tractabo, Solil.
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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Hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendansceolde Met. 4, 40. Wendan of (to depart from) woruldryhte Exon. Th. 105, 24; Gú. 28. Ðæt his sciperes woldon wændon fram him Chr. 1046; Erl. 174, 13. with reflexive dative : Cnut wende him út Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 5.
hád
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Án ælmihtig God is on þrým hádum ǽfre wunigende, Hml, S. 16, l. as a grammatical term Uerbum ys word, án ðǽl ledensprǽce mid tíde and háde bútan case . . . him gelimpð . . . persona hád, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 119, 8-16.
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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The word occurs in many proper names
-ing
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Woolbedington, Wool Lavington, Barlavington, are respectively Wulfbæding tún, Wulfláfing tún, Beórláfing tún, the tún or dwelling of Wulfláf, Wulfbæd, and Beórláf.
in-geþanc
Thought ⬩ thinking ⬩ cogitation ⬩ intent ⬩ mind ⬩ heart ⬩ conscience
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Uton word and weorc rihtlíce fadian and úre inngeþanc clǽnsian georne let us order our words and works aright, and purify our thoughts diligently, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 111, 218.
Linked entry: inn-geþanc
LÁR
LORE ⬩ teaching ⬩ instruction ⬩ learning ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cunning ⬩ science ⬩ preaching ⬩ doctrine ⬩ dogma ⬩ precept ⬩ exhortation ⬩ admonition ⬩ counsel ⬩ suggestion ⬩ instigation ⬩ persuasion
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Bisceopes dægweorc biþ ... lár oððon leornung a bishop's daily work .. is ... teaching or learning, L. I. P. 8; Th. ii. 314, 19. Him tó fultume godcendre láre sibi adjutorem evangelizandi, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 14.
ge-weorþan
to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre
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Ðæt word wæs flǽsc geworden verbum căro factum est, Jn. Bos. 1, 14: Homl. Th. i. 40, 17: Cd. 219; Th. 282, 5; Sat. 282: 223; Th. 293, 10; Sat. 453.
Linked entries: ge-wurþan ge-wyrþan tó-wesness
swingel
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Th. i. 472, 12. v. wind-swingla, and preceding word
Linked entry: swincgel
þreá
rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threat ⬩ chastisement ⬩ correction ⬩ punishment ⬩ an infliction that has been deserved ⬩ justifiable severity ⬩ an infliction (where no idea of correction is implied) ⬩ evil ⬩ ill ⬩ pang ⬩ plague ⬩ calamity ⬩ affliction
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Þreám forþrycced þurh ðæs þeódnes word grievously oppressed by the prince's words (which announced his death), 174, 1; Gú. 1171. Hí beág ymb mín heáfod þreám ( painfully or with reproaches? ) biþrycton, 88, 26; Cri. 1446.
Linked entry: bróh-þreá
þrí
Three
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Ðæt ǽlc word stande on twégra oððe þreóra (ðreá, Lind.: þreó, Rush.) gewittnesse, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 16. Ðæt wé twá oððe ðreó gehýron, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 29. Grammar þrí, distributively :-- Ða wuniaþ twám and þrim ætgædere, R. Ben. 9, 15.
ge-rád
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Add: [The word seems to be feminine sometimes, e. g. on hwylcre gerád, Gr. D. 172, 29; so that in the phrase on þá gerád þæt, it may perhaps be, at least sometimes, rather fem. sing. than neut. pl.
hraþe
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Hraður þonne ic mæge án word gecweþan dicto citius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 2.
hund
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Ox. 26, 61. the word occurs in local names On þone hundes þýfel; of hundes þýfel, C. D. iii. 425, 29. See, too, Hunda-hám, Hunda-leáh, Hundes-geat, Hundes-hlǽw, vi. 304