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ýst

(n.)
Grammar
ýst, e; f.: ýste, es; m. (?)
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Án mycel ýst atrocissimus turbo, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 104, 22.

ge-weorþan

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Gehwá understande hwanan he sylf cóm, and hwæt hé is, and tó hwám hé geweorðan sceal ( what he must come to ), 108, 7. where a character or function is taken, to become, turn, turn to Hý gewurdan of englum to deóflum gewordene.

menigu

(n.)
Grammar
menigu, <b>mengu,</b> menigeo; indecl.: also gen. e; f.

A manymultitudecrowdgreatnumber

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A. mænigeo) turba, Mk. Skt. 2, 13. Mænigeo (MS. A. mænio), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 8. Mænegeo, Cd. 121; Th. 156, 14; Gen. 2588. Mengu, Elen. Kmbl. 450; El. 225. Mengeo, Cd. 80; Th. 100, 13; Gen. 1663. Mengio, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 20.

un-geþwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrness, e; f.

discorddissensiondisagreementdivisionquarreltroubledisquiet

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Ungeþwǽrnes wæs geworden on ðære menigeo for him dissensio facta est in turbo propter eum, Jn. Skt. 7, 43: 10, 19. On ðisum geáre árás seó ungehwǽrnes on Glæstingabyrig betwyx ðam abbode and his munecan, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 1.

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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., to become or be made aware of something Gif man áfindeð his ǽhte, syððan hé hit gebohte hæfeð, unhál if a person&#39;s cattle turns out, after he has bought it, to be unsound , Ll. Th. i. 180, 20.

BRECAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRECAN, ic brece, ðú bricest, bricst, he briceþ, bricþ, pl. brecaþ; p. ic, he bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon; pp. brocen.

to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpereto press, force, urge;urgereto rush intotakeby stormin locum irrumpere, expugnare, erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere to breakburst forthmake a noisecrashto sail;navigareTo retch;screare

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Wæter wynsumu of ðære moldan tyrf brecaþ pleasant waters burst forth from the turf of the earth, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 9; Ph. 67.

ge-hínan

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Gange hé of dóme gehýned cum judica-tur, exeat condemnatus Ps. Th. 108, 6. Hé hafaþ ealle scyldige for-démde and gehýnde, Bl. H. 87, 2. to accuse Ðá ðe ðec gehénað qui te accusant Jn. L. R. 8, 10. Gehéndon ( accusabant) hine ðá héhsácerdas, Mk. L.

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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., and dó háligwæter ðǽron, and drýpe on ðone staðol ðara turfa (the lower side of the sods), Lchdm. i. 398, 11. <b>I b.</b> that on which a thing depends :-- Staðul cardo, Wrt.

Linked entry: scaþel

cuman

(v.)
Grammar
cuman, p. cóm, coom.
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Hwelc sé bión sceal ðe tó reccenddóme cuman sceal, Past. 61, 5. of things, to come to be, become, turn out, amount to Hit cymð eów tó wuldre, Hml. S. 25, 250, 253. Ꝥ cymð tó gefeán, Lch. iii. 154, 16.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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V. to direct the thoughts to an object, to look to with attention, turn the thoughts to Þenc nú swíðe geornlíce tó ðam ðe ic ǽr sáde turn your thoughts very carefully to what I said before, Shrn. 177, 35.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Th. 21, 11. where a character or function is taken by anything, to become, turn, turn to Mé tó aldorbanan weorðeþ wráðra sum some fell one will become the destroyer of my life, Cd. Th. 63, 18; Gen. 1034.

DREÁM

(n.)
Grammar
DREÁM, es; m.

joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy jubĭlum, lætĭtia, gaudium, delīrium An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus

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Werhádes men ongunnon symle ðone dreám, and wífhádes men him sungon ongeán andswariende men always begun the melody, and women answering sung in turn, Homl. Th. ii. 548, 12: Cd. 220; Th. 284, 28; Sat. 328.

unnan

(v.)
Grammar
unnan, prs. ic, hé an[n], pl. wé unnon; p. úðe.

to grant a person (dat.) somethingto giveallowto wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. )to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.)to like a person to have somethingto like a condition of thingsto be pleased

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Grammar unnan, with dat. of person and a clause : -- Ðæt is, ðæt hwá fare mid his móde æfter his niéhstan, and him unne ðæt hé tó ryhte gecierre that is, that a man go in spirit after his neighbour, and be glad that he turn to right, Past. 46; Swt. 349

Linked entries: an ann

FOLC

(n.)
Grammar
FOLC, es; n. [Folc being a neuter noun, and a monosyllable, has the nom. and acc. pl. the same as the nom. and acc. sing: it is a collective noun in English, and has not the plural form folks but by a modern corruption]

The FOLKpeoplecommon peoplemultitudea peopletribefamilypŏpŭlusgensnātiovulgusplebscīveshŏmĭnesexercĭtusmultĭtūdo

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Micel folc mid hym cum eo turbo multa, Mt. Bos. 26, 47. Hie awerede ðæt folc the people defended it, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 10, 33. Gif folces man syngaþ if a man of the people sin, Lev. 4, 27.

Linked entries: folc-stów ge-folc

un-eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, adv.

with difficultygrievouslyhardlyunwillinglyhardlyhardlyscarcelyonly just

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C.) áweg cóman turpi macie exinanitos adflictosque pestilentia dimiserit, Ors. 3, 3; Swt. 102, 10. Ríc heofna uneáðe geðolas regnum caelorum vim patitur, Mt. Kmbl.

lícettan

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Bt. 18, 4 ; F. 68, l : Met. 26, 36 : Past. 121, 17. (3 a) not to refrain from showing what is the case, to profess that :-- Hit is micel sceand gif wé nyllad lícittan (-ettan, v. l.) ðæt wé sién ðæt wé sindon nimis turpe est non imilari, quod sumus, Past

ge-met

(n.)
Grammar
ge-met, es; nom. acc. pl. -u, -a; n.

a measure, space, distancemensura, spatium, intervallumthat by which anything is measured, a measuremensura, modius, satummeasure, capacity, ability, power, etcmensura, facultas, potestas, vismeasure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, mannermensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratioa rule, order, lawnorma, regula, lexa poetical measure, metremetrum

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Th. 59, 11: 107, 12. a fit or proper measure, and so metaph. measure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, manner; mensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratio Ðý læs he of gemete hweorfe lest he turn from moderation, Exon. 78

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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from, subvert, from wendan to turn; amód out of or without mind, mad; adón to do away, banish, composed of a from, dón to do, vide Æ.

HERE

(n.)
Grammar
HERE, gen. heres, heriges, herges; m.

An army a hostmultitudea large predatory band

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Micel here turba multa, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 14. Here legio, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 30: exercitus, 23, 11.

Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here

lócian

(v.)
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Hét hé ǽnne mon stígan on þone mæst and lócian hwæþer hé þæt land gecneówe, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 2. fig. to direct the intellectual eye, to turn or fix one&#39;s attention or regard Ic ðé bidde ðæt ðú nó ne lócige on míne synna, for ðǽm ðe ic self