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weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Th. 1096; B. 546. of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot Dó ofer fýr, áwyl; ðonne hit wealle, sing iii Pater noster, Lchdm. ii. 358, 11. Scenc fulne weallendes wæteres, 130, 1. Seóð on weallendon wætere, i. 204, 23.

Linked entry: for-weallen

ge-niman

(v.)
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Hé genam on eallum dǽl ǽhtum sínum, Gen. 1498. to take, obtain by effort. to catch fish, &c. Bringað of ðǽm fiscum ðá ilco gé ginómun ( prendistis ), Jn. L. R. 21, 10. On gefeng fiscana ðone genómon ( ceperant ), Lk.

EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indeclwithout substantive, and sometimes governing the genitiveare sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Fram him eallum by them all, 2, 2; S. 502, 32. On woruld ealle through the whole world, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 16; Gen. 674. His earfoðo ealle ætsomne all his woes at once, 216; Th. 272, 30; Sat. 127. We ealle we all, Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 12; Hö. 69.

Linked entries: al all eall

for-gifan

to givebestowgrantdispenseto giveto giveto giveto give uphand overdeliver upcommitpracticeto give backrestoreto marryto grantpermitallowto grantto givecauseto forgive

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Hé him þá wunde forgeaf, By. 139. to give battle, deliver an attack: Hé mægenrǽs forgeaf, B. 1519. to forgive. to remit a fine, obligation, &c., not to insist upon what is due Éghuelc scyld forgeaf ic ðé omne debitum dimisi tibi, Mt.

ge-bétan

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(β 3) by adverb or phrase :-- . ii. bóte gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 4, 2. Gebéte hé ꝥ be þǽm þe seó dǽd sý, swá be were, swá be wíte, 168, 5.

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Hé þóhte forgrípan gumcynne grimme and sáre heardum mihtum, Gen. 1276. of a thing with which injury may be inflicted by a person: Heardum méce dira framea An.

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Th. 57, 10. what happens Ðæs dæges weorc byð egesfull eallum gesceaftum Wulfst. 182, 7. work, labour, occupation, employment, any form of long-sustained or habitual activity Weorc opus,cræftca opifex, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 37.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

fela

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Álýfan landes tó fela, By. 90. Tó fela micles Deniga leóde, B. 694. Similar entries v. I. 2 b α Ðeáh ðǽm feohgítsere cume swá fela welena swá þára sondcorna beóþ, Bt. 7, 4; F. 22, 26. Heó nyste þæt hearma swá fela fylgean sceolde, Gen. 708.

Linked entry: feald

wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.:e; f.

Growth, increasegrowth, produceplant, fruitoffspring, progenyresultfruit, that which may be enjoyedproduce of money, usury.growth, growing,increasegrowth, thrivinggrowth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;

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Skt. i. 18, 64. growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form; the plural is sometimes used when a single person is referred to On ealdlícum geárum bið ðæs mannes wæstm gebíged, Homl. Th. i. 614, 13.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Ðǽr him leófost wæs, Byrht. Th. 132, 29; By. 23. Swá him gemédost wæs, Andr. Kmbl. 1188; An. 594. (In the last three passages the superlatives might be taken as adverbs. Cf. 7.) <b>III a.

swá

(adv.)
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swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Th. 202, 12. defined by that which follows, of manner, so, in such a manner that Far mid him swá ðæt ðú dó ðæt ic ðé bebeóde vade cum eis, ita duntaxat, ut, quod tibi praecepero, facias, Num. 22, 20.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

ge-healdan

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byð gesǽlig þe þone dóm gehylt, Ll. Th. i. 370, 27. Gif wé hit þus gehealdað, 242, 11. Gif gé gehealdað hálige láre, Exod. 560. Ic þæt á geheóld þæt ic þíne bebodu geheólde, Ps. Th. 118, 100. Hé fulwihte onféng and þæt forð geheóld, El. 192.

of

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
of, prep. with dat., or adv.

Offromout ofoffas regardsabout

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Skt. 8, 40. denoting the agent from whom an action proceeds, by Æþelstán wæs gecoren tó cynge of Myrcum, Chr. 924; Erl. 111, 34. Hér wearþ Eádward cing gecoren tó hláfuorde of Scotta cinge and of Scotton and of eallum Norðhumbrum, Erl. 111, 11.

Linked entry: ob

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
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þe, indecl.
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Hié ðæt gewinn ðæslícost angunnan, þe hí hit ǽr ne angunnen, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 150, 31. in combination with other particles, where the combination may be rendered by a conjunction Ðeáh þe ... swá ðeáh, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 106.

Linked entry: þý

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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(a particular class of) people, the class determined by a word or phrase, (such and such) folk; in pl. folks: Eal ꝥ folc (cf. seó menigo, 9) ꝥ þǽr beforan férde, Bl. H. 71, 7. Hí genáman þæs folces þe þǽr tó láfe wæs. . .

lǽdan

(v.)
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Se cyng betǽhte þá fyrde tó lǽdene Ealfríce, Chr. 992 ; P. 127, 11. to guide by holding Blind gif blindne lǽdeþ, Mt. R. 15, 14. Óþerne ealdne man lǽdden feówer áwyrgde englas mid mycelre réðnesse, and hine besencton on þá fýrenan eá, Bl. H. 43, 28.

hǽþen

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</b> ) referring to times covered by Old and New Testaments. of persons, not believing in Jehovah, not of the Jewish religion Giethro, ðeáh hé hǽðen and elðiódig wǽre, Past. 130, 12. Hǽðen heriges wísa (Nebuchadnezzar), Dan. 203.

mǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ, e; f. (but ofer ðínne mǽð,
  • Prov. Kmbl. 27.
  • )

measuredegreeproportionthe measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacydegreerankstatusconditiondue measurerightdue measure in regard to othershonourrespect

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Byrht. Th. 137, 33. Ofer mǽþe justo amplius.

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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Ne byð hyt hym forgyfen, ne on ðisse worulde (worold, Lind.: weorlde, Rush. saeculo ), ne on ðære tóweardan, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 32. Forgife ðé Ðryhten willan on worulde, and in wuldre blǽd, Andr. Kmbl. 711; An. 356: 1895 ; An. 950.

for

beforein front ofbeforesinceagoforfromthroughon account offorfromthroughinstead of in place ofin exchange forin return forin expiation ofin redemption foron behalf ofin support ofin respect toin relation toas regardsagainstfromin spite ofnotwithstandingin accordance withaccording toas representative offorto takein compensation foras punishment forfor the sake ofon behalf of for the benefit ofAs representative of

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Th. i. 210, 16. where one object takes the place vacated by another, to take the place of. Cf.