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standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Him æt heortan stód ord, Byrht. Th. 136, 3; By. 145: Beo. Th. 5352; B. 2679. Gemearca hú ða tyrf ǽr stódon, Lchdm. i. 398, 5.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

ge-setnes

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Æfter þissum hig gehleápað on metaplasmum, ꝥ ys ꝥ hig gewurðiað heora spǽce, and heora meterversa gesetnyssa and cyrtenlice scemata (vel figure) lexeos and dianoeas áscrutniað, lexeos beóð ðǽra worda gesetnyssa and dianoeas byð ꝥ andgit, Angl. viii. 313

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Ðæt byð se mǽsta wurðscipe, ðæt mon cunne riht gecnáwan, and hit ðonne wylle geþafian, Prov. K. 9. Hé geðafigende folgað ðǽre costunga, Past. 417, 11.

hwilc

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'THORN; eáh hwá wéne ꝥ hé on heora ánra hwylcum mæge habban fulle gesǽlþa, ne byþ hit nó swá. '. . . 'THORN;ú cwist ꝥ wé ne magon on ðǽra ánra hwilcum ꝥ héhste gód habban . . ne wéé Þonne úre Drihten úre hwylces neósian wille, Bl. H. 125, 12.

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Seó wíse is gelícost þon ꝥ hit ne byð nyt, þéh þe gebeden sý for deófle, Gr. D. 336, 10. Nú is þon gelícost swá wé on laguflóde líðan, Cri. 851. Is þon gelícost swá hé on landsceape stille standan, An. 501.

irnan

(v.)
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Ǽfre seó sunne byð yrnende ymbe ðás eorðan, 234, 22. of a vessel or those on it Hí tugon úp heora segel and urnon west tó Axamúðan, Chr. 1046; P. 169, ll. In sídum ceóle hé under segle yrne, Gn. Ex. 186.

eall

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Þæt gé forwurðað mid ealle quod omnino dispereas, Deut. 8, 19. along with noun governed by mid, and all Forwearð nó lǽs þonne .xx. scipa mid monnum mid ealle, Chr. 897; P. 90, 20. Áwurpan út þæt fæt mid ele mid ealle, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 27: 304, 29.

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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D. 72, 15. going by sea, sailing:-- Hé him mid fare gehwearf eft tó Centlande rediit Cantiam nauigio, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 186, 24. a journey, voyage Be þám preóste þe forwyrnð fulwihtes for neóde his fare (itineris), Ll. Th. ii. 128, 16.

for-gildan

(v.)

to pay backrestorepay damagesto pay forbuy offto repaypay outrequiteto payperform

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Sié se hláford ofslegen oþþe forgolden, i. 50, 1. to pay to get immunity from, buy off Eów betere is þæt gé þisne gárrǽs mid gafole forgyldon, By. 32. with idea of recompense, retribution, to repay, pay out, requite a person (dat.). absolute Hé forgylt

HÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÁTAN, ic háte, ðú hátest, hætsþ, hé háteþ, hát, hǽt, pl. hátaþ; p. héht, hét, pl. héhton, héton; pp. háten.

to bid, order, commandto promise, vowto call, name, give a name toto name, call, bid, commandto call, name, promise, vownominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere

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Is ðæt deór pandher bí noncan háten that beast is called by the name of panther, Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 17; Pa. 13. Hí nemnaþ ða eá archoboleta dæt is háten ðæt miccle wæter archoboleta vocant quæ est aqua magna, Nar. 35, 21

Linked entry: ge-hátan

riht

(n.)
Grammar
riht, es n.

that which is straight or erect, a plumb line that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justicewhat properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due what is due from a person, duty what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth an account, a reckoning;ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account

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On riht:-- Healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, a-right, by rights, according to what is just or proper 45, 9, 22. Ðære cyrican on riht þeówian, 49, 4. Nis eów forboden ðætte ǽhta habban, gif gé ða on riht strénaþ, 53, 28.

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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Ðis is ðæt mennisc ðe ealle míne dǽda mid heora wordum ( destroyed by their words the effect that my actions should produce ), ðæt hié mé ne gelyfdon, Blickl. Homl. 175, 25.

ongeagn

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</b> Hit sprang ongeán, By. 137. Hé symle ongén cwæð, 'Gewurþe Godes willa,' Hml. S. 33, 33. (4 a) where sound is the result of an act :-- Man lédde tó his breóstum bráde ísene clútas swíðe glówende ꝥ hit sang ongeán, Hml.

wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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Wyrcan ðone wíhagan, Byrht. Th. 134, 50; By 102. Wyrcan spell, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 30. Wercan, Met. 26, 73.

hwanan

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S.) byge ué hláfo?, Jn. L. R. 6, 5. Hwanon hæfst þú lífes wæter?, Jn. 4, 11. source from which things are derived Hwanon ys þysum þes wísdóm and þis mægen?, Mt. 13, 54: 56. origin of a person or thing Hwanon eart þú?, Jn. 19, 9.

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONEunusunaunumaloneonlysoleanothersolusaliussolealone of its kindsingularuniquewithout an equalunicuseximiusa certain onesome onequidamaanaaneachevery oneallunus-quisqueuna-quæqueunum-quodqueOneother

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It does not, however, appear to be generally used as an indefinite article,but more like the Moes. ain, or the Lat. unus — When a noun was used indefinitely by the Saxons, it was without an article prefixed; as, — þeódríc wæs Cristen Theoderic was a

bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop, biscop, biscep, es; m.

a BISHOP, prelateepiscopusa chief priest of the Jewspontifexa heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians

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Bos. 18, 19, 22, 24. a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians; the chief priest of the Romans was called Pontifex Maximus, which was a title assumed by the Consuls and Emperors, Similar entries v. yldest-bisceop Sǽdon ða Égyptiscan bisceopas, ðæt

steóran

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
steóran, stióran, (and with umlaut) stiéran, stéran, stíran, stýran; p. de.
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Herod being reproved by John for Herodias his brother Philip&#39;s wife, Lk. 3, 19), Exon. Th. 260, 13; Jul. 296. Steórdon increpabant, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 13. Stiórdun comminabantur, Mk. Skt. Rush. 10, 13, 48.

ge-tellan

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Th. i. 68, 35. where a total which is formed by two or more objects is given as so and so Wæs geteald ǽfen and merigen tó ánum dæge evening and morning were reckoned a day, Lch. iii. 232, 11. to consider Hwæt is bearn mannes þet þú getelest (reputas

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Swá micele máre byþ éhtnysse grama, swá micele rihtwísre gewyrþ and hefigre of éhtnysse wracu quanta major fuerit persecutions injuria, tanto justior fiet et grauior de persecutione vindicta, Scint. 212, 5. Swingella wracu verberum vindicta, R.