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hleápan

to runrushto jumpspringto leapto mountjump about

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S. 10, 32. of non-material things, where there is rapid extension, to mount up at a bound Mín unriht mé hlýpð nú ofer heáfod iniquitates meae superposuerunt caput meum Ps. Th. 37, 4

weás

(adv.)
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weás, adv.

By chance, by accident, fortuitously

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Hit nis náuht ðæt mon cwiþ ðæt ǽnig ðing weás gebyrige; for ðam ǽlc þing cymþ of sumum ðingum, for ðý hit ne biþ weás gebyred; ac dǽr hit of náuhte ne cóme ðonne wǽre hit weás gebyred quaero an esse aliquid omnino, et quidnam esse casum arbitrere. ...

GYRD

(n.)
Grammar
GYRD, gird, gerd, e; f.

A staffrodtwiga yard the fourth part of a hidevirgavirgata

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Swá swýðe nearwelíce he hit létt út aspyrian ðæt næs án ǽlpig híde ne án gyrde landes ðæt næs gesæt on his gewrite so very narrowly did he have things searched out that there was not a single hide nor a rood of land that was not put down in his book,

Linked entries: gird geard

on-sund

(adj.)
Grammar
on-sund, adj.

of persons, sound, whole, uninjuredof things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury

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Kmbl. 2023; An. 1014: 3244; An. 1625. of things, sound, entire, perfect, without flaw or injury Ne wearm weder ne winterscúr wihte gewyrdan, ac se wong seómaþ onsund, Exon. Th. 199, 3; Ph. 20: 200, 21; Ph. 44.

Linked entry: án-súnd

lícian

(v.)
Grammar
lícian, p. ode

To please

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Ealle ða þing ðe hér liciaþ sint eorþlíce, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 35. Hit lícode Herode, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 6: Mk. Skt. 6, 22. Swá heó wiste ðæt his fæder lícode, Gen. 27, 14.

Linked entry: ge-lícian

mæðel

(n.)
Grammar
mæðel, meðel, medel, es; n.

an assemblya deliberative or judicial meetingcouncilspeechaddressharangueconversation

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Icel. heyja þing) : -- Ðá módigan mid him mæðel gehédon (took counsel together ), Andr. Kmbl. 2100; An. 1051.

un-ásecgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgendlíc, adj.

beyond the powers of language to describeunspeakableindescribableineffablenot proper to tellnot to be told

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Hé nam of hire eall ðæt heó áhte on golde and on seolfre and on unásecgendlícum þingum ( things innumerable ), Chr. 1042; Erl. 169, 21.

be-tweoh

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be-tweoh, (i, y, u), -tuh.

betweenamongbetweenamong

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Betwih þás þing quo tempore, Bd. 2, 18; Sch. 181, 23: 5, 13; Sch. 636, 4

ge-limp

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Th. 15, 26. what happens in the case of a thing, event, outcome Gelimp wásan euentum (i. quod euenit) rei (praestolante), An. Ox. 2165. in a technical sense, accident Pronomen hæfð syx accidentia, þæt synd syx gelimp, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 92, 8 : 242, 15

geong

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Swá swá se geongeste æþeles iuguþhádes wrénnesse quasi tenerrima nobilis infantię lasciuia, 1093. applied to things, fresh, young, new Iungum wyrtúna ofætum recentibus (i. nouis) hortorum holusculis, An.

gíming

Grammar
gíming, gímung.
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Tó hwan forhǽle þú ús þíne gémunga 135, 650.] care, management Þám gewunode hé bringan gréne wyrta, and eft hweorfan tó þǽre gýmingce (gíminge, v. l.) his wyrt-geardes (ad curam horti ), Gr.

hleóþrian

(v.)

To make a soundto soundresoundTo speak words

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Srt. ii. p. 202, 5. ꝥ hleóðrigende folc turba psallentium Prud. 75. the subject a thing Þá hleóðriendan lígettas, Wlfst. 182, 10. Þá hleóðriendan lígeas, Verc. Först. 87, 3. Þǽm swógendum, hleóðregendum argutis (fibrarum fidibus Ald. 71, 28), Wrt.

smeálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeálíce, adv.

searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration clearly, accurately, exactlyclosely

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Ðonne ic ymbe swelc smeálícost þence when I think most deeply about such a matter 10; Fox 26, 29. of knowing, seeing, etc., clearly, accurately, exactly Ða ðe meahton smeálíce and scearplíce mid hiera andgite ryht geseón qui videre recta subtiliter per

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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S. 30, 371. connecting a subordinate clause or phrase with the principal clause, and so superfluous Mid þí þe hié gehýrdon þára sácerda ealdormen, and hié cwǽdon him betweónan, Bl. H. 239, 29.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan,  sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Hé ús gesette ðæt wé hine biddan sceoldan he made this ordinance for us, that we should pray to him, Blickl. Homl. 21, 3. Ða þing ðe ic eów foresægde, ðæt gé dón sceoldon, 131, 34.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

gíman

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Ex. 164. the object a thing, material Eádige beóð þá þe þissa eorþwelena ne gýmaþ, Bl. H. 159, 30. Seolcenra hrægla hí ne gímdon, Bt. 15 ; F. 48, ii.

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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Út from this world, Salm. Kmbl. 962; Sal. 480. summoning to service Ðáhét se cyng ábannan út ealne þeódscipe of West-Seaxum. Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 8. Hét se cyning bannan út here ...

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Þín dóm wunað wíde geweorðad, Cri. 407: Ap. 15. to shew honour to, treat with reverence or respect Se engel ( the angel in the fiery furnace) hæfde on þám wundre gewurþod þe þá gewyrhto áhton, Dan. 444.

hirde

a keeperguardianprotectordirectorguidepastor the keepera keepera guardwatchman

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Th. i. 36, 10. the keeper of a thing, with the idea of possession or control, material Malalehel wæs æfter larede yrfes hyrde . . . Sídðan Mathusal mágum daélde gestreón, Gen. 1067: 1545: 219. Sinces hyrde, 2101.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Be þisum litlum man mæg understandan, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 20. Be eallum þisum racum þú miht ongitan ex quo fit, Bt. 36, 6; F. 180, 26. Ðæt is sweotol tó ongitanne be sumum æðelinge, 16, 2; F. 52, 18: 37, 3; F. 190, 19.