winnan
intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain
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Mid ðý ðá se bróþor langre tíde ðyllíc ungescrǽpo wonn (woon, MS.) cumque tempore non pauco frater tali incommodo laboraret, Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, 22. Ðú ðæs cwealmes scealt wíte winnan and on wræc hweorfan, Cd. Th. 62, 14; Gen. 1014.
Linked entry: on-winnende
healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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Jacob heóld ðone yldran bróðer Esau be ðam fét Jacob held the elder brother Esau by the foot, Homl. Th. i. 110, 22: Beo. Th. 1581; B. 788. Hé heóld his ǽhta him tó wlencum he kept his possessions for his own glory, Blickl. Homl. 53, 8.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
ge-seón
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Th. 118, 136. where a fact (stated in a clause) is realized by means of the eyes, to know from ocular evidence Ic geseó ꝥ þás bróþor synd geswencede, Bl. H. 233, 25. Ic on his gearwan geseó þæt hé is ǽrend-secg, Gen. 657.
án
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Sum bróþor is . . . sé is se án geornfullesta godcundra gewrita, Gr. D. 218, 25. marking singleness, isolation, sole, alone Ána solus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 91, 5.
habban
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Hæfde hé ágenne bróþor, Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 456, 19. Surne þá apostolas hæfdon him gemacan, Hml. A. 14, 34. Búton hé yruenoman hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 290, 10. Búton hé hæbbe manigne man þe him hére, Bt. 29, 1; F. 104, 9: Solil. H. 3, 12.
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Kmbl. 8, 26: 9, 4: 26, 65: Homl. ii. 134, 9. marking end of extent (time) Næs lang tó ðý ðæt his bróþor ðyses lǽnan lífes tíman geendode, Lchdm, iii. 434, 25. used adverbially, where a noun governed by the preposition might be supplied from the context
Linked entry: -anne