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þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Ealle hig hig selfe bedýglodon ... búton Nichodemus sylfa ... Com hé tó hym ... Eall swá gelíce Iósep æfter ðam hyne ætýwde, and heom tó com ...

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Ealra wihta gehwam omne animal 144, 17. Wuhta gehwylc, Met. 11, 52. Earmost ealra wihta, ðara ðe cenned wǽre. Exon. Th. 421, 7; Rä 40, 14. Wihta gehwylce, deóra and fugla, 61, 10; Cri. 982.

sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
sceáwian, ode.

to lookto look atobservebeholdseeto look at, look on with favour, to regard, have respect toto look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoitreto look out, seek for, select, choose, provideto shew (favour, respect, etc.)to grant

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Ðǽr hit eágum folc eall sceáwiaþ in conspectu omnis populi, Ps. Th. 115, 8. Ðú ðæs eágan eall sceáwadest gesége fyrenfulra wíte oculis tuis considerabis, et retributionem peccatorum videbis, 90, 8. Sceáwode conspicatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 26: 80, 71.

ge-teón

(v.)
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Ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him tó leorning-cnihtum, and hí swá geteáh þæt heora lár oferstáh ealne woruldwísdóm, 576, 30. Hé (St. Paul) wæs from cildháde on ðǽre ealdan ǽ getogen, 384, 26:428, 23. Getogen on Hebréiscum gereorde, 436, 13.

þrýþ

(n.)
Grammar
þrýþ, e; þrýþu (? indecl. v. mód-þrýþu); f.

Forcepowerstrengthforcestroopshostsvehementlymightilyfiercelygreatly

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of swords, 2298; An. 1150. vehemently, mightily, fiercely, greatly : -- Teónlég þrýþum bærneþ þreó eal on án, grimme tógædre, Exon. Th. 60, 15; Cri. 970. Ic seah wiht ( a cask ), wombe hæfde micle þrýþum geþrungne, 495, 3; Rä. 84, 2.

Linked entry: gebéldan

lǽran

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Ǽr þám þe his Apostolas tófarene wǽron geond ealle eorðan tó lǽranne, Ll.

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Ealle gesceafta, heofenas and englas, sunnan and mónan and eorðan, sǽand ealle fixas God gesceóp on syx dagum, Hml.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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Is þæt micel gecynd þínes gódes ... for þon hit is eall án ... þú and þæt þín gód, 26: Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 14.

wyrt-truma

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-truma, (wyrtruma), an: -trum, es; m.: -trume, an; f. (v. Be ðare wyrtruman,
    Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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On dinningc-gráfes wyrttruman; of dynningcgráfes wyrttruman eall swá se díc sceót, 208, 5: 34, 14. On wiðigleás wyrttruman; ðonne ealling be wyrttruman óð ácleá, v. 230, 1.

Linked entry: -truma

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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L. 120, 6. of the effect of disease Hine gelæhte ádl; hís líchama barn wiðútan mid langsumere hǽtan, and hé eal innan forswǽled wæs, Hml. Th. i. 86, 5. uncertain Forswǽld, forhǽþed exustus, i. spoliatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 34. intrans. (?)

ge-hát

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Eal þín gehát þe þú mé gehét, 143, 28. Ne hopa ðú tó swíðe tó ðám ðe ðé man geháte; ðǽr lyt geháta bið, ðǽr bið lyt lygena ( where there are few promises, there are few lies ), Prov. K. 7.

Linked entry: hát

ge-laþian

(v.)
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Gelaðode, 4, 49. to summon a person, call together people Gelaðige ( convocet ) se abbod eal þæt gefére, R. Ben. 15, 5. Gelaðian arcessire (pedissequas ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 9. Geláþgan adsciscere (turmas ), 94, 21.

Linked entry: laþian

lencten

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Ofer eal lencten (in quadragesima ) oþ eástran hý oð ǽfen fæsten, R. Ben. 66, 4-6. Be lenctenes gýmene de Quadragesime observatione 76, 2. On lænctenes fæstenes dagum in quadragesime diebus R. Ben. I. 82, 15.

of-þryccan

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Add: to destroy by pressure, crush Seó úpfléring tóbærst and hine ácwealde, and þæt hús eal ansund áðolode búton ðǽre ánre fléringe ðe ðone Godes feónd ofðrihte, Hml. Th. ii. 164, 5.

ge-settan

(v.)
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. ¶ of the operations of the Deity :-- On ðám feórðan dæge gesette se Ælmihtiga ealle tungla. Hml. Th. i. 100, 9. Ealle gesceafte hé gesette on siex dagum, Gú. 22.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Homl. 205, 19. where the person or thing sent to or for is not stated Hí sendon geond eall ðæt land, and brohton tó him ealle untrume, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 35

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knowsa person of understanding or learninga wise manone able to give counsela counsellorone able to give counsel in affairs of stateone who takes part in the councils of a nation a leading manan eldera chief personseniorone who has knowledgea witnessa wise manone professing supernatural knowledge

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Hé geseah ealle witon on þeáwum and dǽdum scínende, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 85. one who has knowledge, a witness Eall mín mǽgð mé is tó witan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 42. Leáse uuta falsi testes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 60.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

ge-sellan

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Nyle se Waldend ǽngum ánum ealle gesyllan gǽstes snyttru, Cri. 683. Sé þe hit begyteþ, þon bitf éce eádignes geseald, Bl. H. 97, 30. <b>II a.</b> with infin.

ge-met

(adj.)
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ealle gesceafta gelógode on ðám ðrím ðingum, þæt is, on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe, Hml. Th. i. 286, 10-15 : ii. 586, 32. Gehíwad tó þám gemete (ad mensuram) hyre heáfdes, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 451, 20.

(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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Ðeáh hí nú eall hiora líf áwriten hæfdon ... hú ne forealldodon ða gewritu ðeáh now though they had written all their life, yet would not the writings wax old? Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 36.