on
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Saga mé hwǽr is seó eorðe ðe nǽfre sunne on ne sceán, Sal. K. 198, 14. Nú hit eall ágán is on ðǽron oð ðíne hand, C. D. ii. 114, 6
þanc
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Se anweald his ágenes ðonces gód næs, ðá se gód næs ðe hé tó com, 16, 4; Fox 58, 19. for (one's) sake Wé biddaþ ðé ðæt ðú hit ús ðínes fæder þances forgife we pray thee to forgive us it for thy father's sake, Gen. 50, 17.
byrgen
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Byrgenum sepulcris, 13, 5: Salm. Kmbl. 445; Sal. 223.
gangan
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to go ⬩ pedestrian ⬩ foot ⬩ mounted ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ animate ⬩ live ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to take place ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ to depart ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to reach, extend ⬩ to pass ⬩ become ⬩ to come ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation
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Þonne þæs monnes sául út of his líchoman gangeþ, Bl. H. 195, 9. Ic beó gangende of mínum líchoman, 139, 19. Gást gangende spiritus vadens, et non rediens Ps.
LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Ða ilcan ðe ǽr landgemǽre lǽddon the same that before had marked the boundaries of the land, Chart. Th. 376, 19. Hettend lǽddon út mid ǽhtum abrahames mǽg of Sodoma byrig, Cd. 94; Th. 121, 17; Gen. 2011.
Linked entry: be-lǽdan
tellan
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Th. 3551; B. 1773. ' Suá suá Saul ǽresð fleáh ðæt ríce said tealde hine selfne his suíðe unwierðne sic Saul, qui indignum se prius considerans fugerat, Past. 3; Swt. 35, 14: Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 42: Beo. Th. 1592; B. 794: 3625. B. 1810.
irnan
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Þǽs cyninges þegnas þider urnon, Chr. 755 ; P. 48, 7 : Sat. 532. Him urnon ealle hellwaran ongeán, Bt. 35, 6 ; F. 168, 29: Jud. 164. Þá men onwócan and út urnon, Ors. 4, 2 ; S. 160, 22.
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Ðá lét hé ðone áþ áweg then the witan said that it would be better that the oath should be dispensed with than that it should be taken ... Then he omitted the oath, Chart. Th. 289, 24-30.
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fullian
To FULL or make white as a fuller ⬩ to baptize ⬩ albāre ⬩ candĭdum făcĕre ⬩ baptīzāre ⬩ βαπτίζειν
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Bos. 3, 11; Joon Baptist saide, forsothe Y cristene [ = waische] ȝou in water, in to penaunce; forsothe he that is to cumme after me ... he shal baptise, or cristen ȝow in the Holy Goost, Wyc: Joannes Baptista dixit, ĕgo quĭdem baptīzo vos in ăqua in
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hwæþer
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Saga mé on hwæðere Adames sídan nam úre Dryhten ðæt rib, Sal. K. 198, 8. one or other of two, either Twá ðing sindon ... gif hwǽm þára twéga hwæþeres (hwæðres, v. l.) wana biþ duo sunt, quorum si alterutum desit, Bt. 36, 3; F. 176, 7.
brúcan
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Seó sáwl mót brúcan þæs heofenlican coelo fruens , Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 17 : 24, 2 ; F. 82, 16 : Bl. H. 39, 24.
be-cuman
to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove
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Hí ofer sǽ becómon, 1052; P. 182, 7. Hí becóman on án convenerunt in unum, Ps. Spl. 2, 3. Farað gesunde and gesǽlige becumað have a good journey and a happy return, Hml. S. 6, 89.
wráþ
wroth ⬩ angry ⬩ incensed
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Hé wráðne gegrípeþ feónd be ðám fótum, Salm. Kmbl. 226; Sal. 112. Wreceþ heó wráðan, Lchdm. iii. 32, 25. Wráðe wræcmæcgas, Exon. Th. 135, 26; Gú. 530. On wráþra wíc (hell), 94, 4; Cri. 1535. Wráðra, Cd. Th. 7, 5 ; Gen. 101. Wráþra gǽsta. Exon.
wyn-sum
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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Wynsum gamen sales, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 54. Wynsum glíw facetiae, 61, 19. Wensum lepida (sermonum series), Hpt. Gl. 512, 55. Wynsumere ł fægere venustae, 456, 41.
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ge-hwá
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Þonne hé sǽde gehwæt (mé hwæt rehte, v. l. ) be ealdra manna dǽdum, Gr. D. 86, 22. Hé ( the interjection ) getácnað hwílon ðæs módes blisse, hwílon sárnysse, hwílon wundrunge and gehwæt, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 278, 6.
ge-munan
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Sax. far-munsta) :-- Ne sint gemunene non recordentur (either the verb is taken to be passive or gemunende should be read), Kent. Gl. 1131. to retain in mind, recall to mind, recollect, bear in mind. with acc.
ge-swencan
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Wæs sió ofermycelo hǽto . . . men wǽron miclum geswencte, Ors. 1, 7 ; S. 40, 4. þás bróþor synd geswencede of ðisse sǽwe hreónesse, Bl.
hlísa
fame ⬩ reputation ⬩ repute ⬩ glory ⬩ reputation ⬩ report ⬩ fame ⬩ approbation ⬩ applause
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, Met. 10, 54. what is told about a person Nis ús se hlísa tó forswigianne þe be ðám eádegan Gregorie ðurh ealdra manna sage tó ús becóm nec silentio praetereunda opinio, quae de beato Gregorio traditione maiorum ad nos usque perlata est Bd. 2, l; Sch
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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In many Saxon wills we find petitions similar to that of Alfred; but in none of them is the character of the land, which could not be disposed of without consent of the king, described with the same precision.