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wícian

(v.)
Grammar
wícian, p. ode.
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Th. 185, 3; Exod. 117. to occupy a position for a time Ðá wícode se cyng on neáweste ðare byrig ða hwíle ðe hié hiera corn gerypon, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 5. Hé wícode ðǽr ða hwíle ðe man ða burg worhte, 913; Erl. 102, 6.

Linked entry: ge-wícian

ícan

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Hié hiera unðeáwas iéceað (iécað, v. l.) culpa cumulatur, 289, 14. Ðæt hé wunda tó suíðe ne íce (iéce, v. l. ), 125, 15. Ðá cræftas hí nyllað iécan, 463, 7. Éced mactus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 71. (2 a) to increase with with dat.

on-cnáwan

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Ðæt hié oncnáwæn tó hwǽm hiera ágen wíse wirð ut ad cognitionem sui revocentur, Past. 265, 23. Þæt hié oncnéwen hú God þá rícu sette, Ors. 2, 1; S. 63, 35. Add Oncneáwu ł ongæt intelligit, Mt. L. 13, 19. Oncnǽw, 23.

ge-teón

(v.)
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D. 63, 8. to bring something on a person Ðæt geswinc hié him selfe hiera ágnes gewealdes him on getióð, Past. 238, 5.

neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.

nighnearlaterlatterlastlatest

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Hiera niéhstan friénd, Past. 49; Swt. 377, 1. Heora nýhstan mágas, L. Eth. ii. 6; Th. i. 286, 32. in cpve. later, latter; superl. last, latest. Similar entries v. ende-néhst Se æftera ł nǽrra novissimus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 31.

bodian

(v.)

to declareproclaimto foretellprophesycelebratepraiseto preacha persona doctrinebelief

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Past. 163, 2. to announce what is coming : Fricca and forerynele her iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeað (bodiað, v. l. ) hira færelt and hiera willan hlýdende, suá sculun ðá sácerdas nú faran hlýdende and bodiende beforan ðǽm egeslican déman ðe him

lim

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Is áwriten ðæt hé bícne mid ðǽm eágum, and sprece mid ðǽm fingrum, and trit mid ðǽm fét; for ðǽm ðe innor bið se hierde þe hielt ðá leomu (limu, v. l.) útan (interior est custodia, quae ordinata servat exterius membra), Past. 359, 5. a part or member

Cerdic

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdic, es; m.

CerdicCerdĭcus

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Ðá he gefór, ðá féng Ceolwulf to his bróður, and he rícsode xvii geár; and hiera cyn gǽþ to Cerdice.

níde

(adv.)
Grammar
níde, neáde, neóde, níde, niéde, nýde; adv. ( a case of níd, q. v.).

of necessityas a naturalinevitable consequencefrom force of circumstancesof necessitybecause a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfiedfrom forceunder compulsionwithout free-will

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Niéde sceal bión gebrocen ðæt mód ðara hiéremonna, gif se láreów ágiémleásaþ ðæt hé hiera útan ne helpe, Past. 18; Swt. 137, 13 : Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 20. Ðǽr ðǽr ðú neóde irsian scyle, gemetiga ðæt ðeáh, Prov. Kmbl. 24.

ge-hýdan

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Hié ðeahtigað on hiera módes rinde monig gód weorc tó wyrcanne, ac on ðám piðan bið óðer gehýded ( aliud in imis intentio supprimit ), Past. 55, 23. Hé þá oðéwde openlíce ꝥ hé ǽr diégellíce gehýd hæfde.

ge-wundian

(v.)
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Hié gewundiað hiera mód mid ðǽm weorcum ðisses flǽsclican lífes, 69, 4. Is wén ðæt hé gewundige ðá heortan ðám gehírendra mid ðǽre wunde ne vulnere audientium corda feriantur, 93, 19. the subject a thing Hié nǽnigo firen ne gewundode, Bl.

wíf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-mann, (wím-, wim-?), es; m. (but seó wífman occurs). I.

a womanfemale

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Seó hæfde geháten. . . ðæt heó wolde hiere líf on fǽmnháde álibban Minucia, virgo vestalis, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 15. Seó wífman (seó wím-man, vv. 18, 22) Jahel, Jud. 4, 21. Wífmannes loccas crines, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 49.

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mund

(n.)
Grammar
mund, e; f.

a handa handprotectionGuardianshipA protectorguardianprotectionguardianship extended by the king to the subjectthe king's peace, by the head of a family to its membersthe fine paid for violation of mund

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[lch wille ðat hié habben alsuá hiere rigte ðane tún mid alsuá muchele munde alsuá on méseluen stant. Cod. Dip.

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se

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Cf. 4 Hió hiere folc on tú tódǽle . . . Hió mid þǽm healfan dǽle (one half) beforan þǽm cyninge farende wæs, . . and se healfa dǽl ( one half) wæs Ciruse æfterfylgende, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 25-30.

ildest

(adj.)
Grammar
ildest, superl.

eldestoldestprincipalchiefgreatest

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Ða ieldestan men ðe tó Bedanforda hiérdon, Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 23. Ða yldestan witan gehádode and leáwede Angelcynnes, 1012; Erl. 146, 7 : 978; Erl. 127, 9. Ða yldestan þægenas, 1015; Erl. 151, 19.

á-fédan

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Hié . . . þe an ánum hiéréde wǽron áfédde and getýde, Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 29. Geonge menn gif hí beóð yfle áfédde si male nutriantur , Gr. D. 289, 2. In Ps. L. 48, 15 áfédan glosses depascere Ðeáþ áfédeþ hig mars depascet eos

sunu

(n.)
Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
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Word hiere suna, Elen. Kmbl. 443; El. 222: Exon. Th. 6, 34; Cri. 94. Heó ne gehýrde ná hyre leófan sunu stemne ( but suna ll. 20, 24), Wulfst. 152, 16. Gif his sunu and his sunu sunu geþeóþ, L. Wg. 11; Th. i. 188, 10.

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be-witan

watch over

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Hí gesettan him x consulas, tó þon ꝥ hié hiera ǽ bewisten (constituendarum legum gratia), Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 19. Swilce þú micel bewytan wills as if you wish to see after much business (?), Tech. ii. 121, 8.

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hryre

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Winemǽga hryre, Wand. 7. destruction of a place Þý ilcan geáre þe Cartaina tóworpen wæs, æfter hiere hryre hí tówurpon Corinthum eodem anno quo Carthago deleta est, ruinam Carthaginis eversio Corinthi subsecutus est, Ors. 5, 2; S. 214, 27

under-fón

Grammar
under-fón, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hié hæfdun hiera cyning áworpenne and ungecyndne cyning uuderféngon. Chr. 867; P. 68, 20. (6a) add :-- Ðá sáule ð ðá gebodu angietað, and hié mid godcundre lufan underfóð, gif ðæt under-fangne andgit. . . Past. 367, 10.