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for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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Srt. 31, 1. to lose Hé Breotena ríce forlét Brittaniam amisit, Bd. 1, 3; Sch. 15, 25. Gemong þǽm gewinnum hé forlét his xv suna amissis xv liberis. Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 26. Hé forlét his eágena gesyhðe, Gr. D. 77, 20.

niman

(v.)
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L. 8, 37. to take place, occur Ne nimeð wítge losia búta Hierusalem non capit prophetam perire extra Hierusalem, Lk. L. R. 13, 33. to occupy, tale up the time or attention of, hold in suspense Huu long sáuel úsra ðú nimes (gǽlst þú úre líf, W.

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Th. 395, 30; Rä. 15, 15. where two members or two classes of the same group, or two parts of the same whole, are contrasted, one ... another, some ... some Ðonne lufaþ sum ðæt sum elles hwæt one loves that, another something else, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122,

Linked entry: ÁN

ge-hwilc

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Syndrige stówe gehwylce singula quaeque loca 5, II; Sch. 607, 4. with ánra Ðeáh ðe ánra gehwylc gást hæbbe synderlíce .xii. feðerhoman, and ánra gehwylc feðer-homa hæbbe .xii. windas, and ánra gehwilc wind twelf sigefæstnissa, Sal. K. 152, 1-3.

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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Th. i. 310, 23 : 322, 32 : Wlfst. 268, 6. the extremity of a line or long object Ðá stánas licggeað æt ǽlcre strǽte ende, Past. 133, 9. Hwílum ic on wicge ríde herges on ende, Rä. 78, 8. Ende calcem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 34.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Ðá næs long tó ðon, ðæt wé tó sumre eá cwóman, Nar. 8, 19. Næs lang tó ðý ðæt his bróðor ðyses lǽnan lífes tíman geendode, Lchdm. iii. 434, 25.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Míne eágan synt ealra gelícast þonne esne biþ þonnne his hláforde héreþ my eyes are most like the case of the servant obeying his lord, Ps. Th. 122, 2.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

git

(adv.; con.)
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git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Nú giet tó dæge mon hǽtt ðæt lond 'Mánfeld' campus nunc 'Sceleratus' vocatur, 108, 19. Nú get æt þysne andweardan dæg, Bl. H. 125, 16. Hé þá giet lytel landríce hæfde, Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 14.

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

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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(I a) to fix interest on a loan (?), to lend at interest (?) :-- Wiorþigende foenerator, Ps. Spl.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

gif

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Gif gé mé lufiað, healdað míne beboda you do love me, so keep my commandments.

winnan

(v.)
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winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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On gehwelc lond tó winnanne, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 8. Hé him on winnende wæs, 1, 2 ; Swt. 30, 5.

Linked entry: on-winnende

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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Ne teón hié nánwuht ðæs lofes tó him, Past. 44; Swt. 323, 1. to take on one's self, to assume Hié him on teóþ, ðæt hié sién heortan lǽcas, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 1. Ðæt hé tió on hine selfne óðerra monna scylda, 16; Swt. 99, 1.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Ða ǽrestan cyningas ðe West-Seaxna lond on Wealum geeodon, Chr. Erl. 2, 10: Exon. Th. 118, 20; Gú. 242. Náðer ne mehte on óðrum sige gerǽcan, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 33.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Swælc monn se ðæt mín lond hebbe whoever gets my land, C. D. i. 311, I. Ꝥ wé é Bið hire rǽd ꝥ frýnd þá forword habban, 256, 2.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Hié on þanc curon æðelinges ést they accepted Lot's kindness with thanks, Cd. Th. 147, 20; Gen. 2442. Þanc ágan, habban to have thanks, be thanked for something (gen., prep., or clause ) :-- Ðæs áge þrynesse þrym þonc, Exon. Th. 37, 27; Cri. 599.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

wunian

(v.)
Grammar
wunian, p. ode

To dwellremainto dwellabidestayremainliveto inhabit a place, live in or onto live, be in certain conditions or circumstances,to abidebe present with a person to comfort or helpto berestresideremainoccupy a positionto consist of or in,subsist, existto remainlastcontinueendureto be wont

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Wunedon on ðám wícum Abraham and Loth, Cd. Th. 113, 20; Gen. 1890. Wuna mid úsic and ðé wíc geceás, 164, 29; Gen. 2722. Medmicel fæc nú gyt wuna mid ús, Blickl. Homl. 247, 33. Wuna in ðære wínbyrig, Andr. Kmbl. 3340; An. 1674.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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Ðá freóde Folcerd Agelwine his man and his ofspring Criste tó lofe and Sca Maria, and his sáwle áliésednisse, 634, 20. Cf. too, L. Wih. 8; Th. i. 38, 15, and L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 2.

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Hú manigfeald þing Drihten geþrowode what manifold suffering the Lord endured, Blickl. Homl. 91, 11. Ic sceal þinga gehwylc þolian, Exon. Th. 270, 15; Jul. 465. Hine betellan æt ǽlc ðæra þinga þe him, man on léde, Chr. 1048 ; Erl. 180, 12.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Th. i. 24, 35: 588, 14. with a following noun Seó án sáwul is æðelboren þe þone lufað þe heó fram com only that soul is noble that loves him from whom she came, Hml. S. 1, 93. Þæt hús hæfdon hié tó ðǽm ánum tácne geworht, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 12.