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hwá

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. :-- Hé forgifeþ eall swá hwæt swá þes middangeard . . . ǽbyligða geworhte, Bl. H. 9, 11. swá hwá (hwæt) Suá huá dringe selles quicumque potum dederit, Mt. L. 10, 42: Mk. R. 11. 23. Swá hwæs hé gewilnode him ne forwyrnde God, Hml. S. 34, 193.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Ðú hæfst tó þance geþénod ðínum hearan, hæfst ðé wið Drihten dýrne geworhtne (cf. habda ira Drohtine gethionód te thanka, Hél. 506), Cd. Th. 32, 20; Gen. 506 : Beo. Th. 763; B. 379.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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Wéndon and woldon, ðæt hié on elþeódigum ǽt geworhton, Andr. Kmbl. 2145; An. 1074. absolute, of purpose to go Nú wille ic ðam líge neár, Cd. Th. 47, 14; Gen. 760. Ðá hé him from wolde, Past. 3; Swt. 35, 19.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Wésten hé geworhte on wídne mere. Ps. Th. 106, 34. Hé wendeþ stán on wídne mere, 113, 8.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Gúðrǽsa fela ðara ðe hé geworhte tó West-Denum, Beo.

Linked entry: -anne

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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Swá hwæt swá ðes middangeard wiþ hine ǽbyligða geworhte, 9, 12 : Elen. Kmbl. 1024; El. 513. Hé spræc heálig word wið Drihten sínne, Cd. Th. 19, 22; Gen. 295. Hé résade ðæt hé hæfde ǽrendo sum wiþ Francena ríce (contra regnum ), Bd. 4, 1 ; S. 565, 1.