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ge-sécan

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Add: to seek, (i) to look for an object whose position is not known, try to find Ðene ðú gesóhtes rím illum quem quaerebas numerum, Mt. p. 4, 4.

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

woodthe substance of growing treesa tree(hewh) woodthe material obtained from treeswood which forms somethingsomething made of woodwoodwoodthe woodwoodsa woodwild

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Secgan hú se wudu (a sheathe) hátte, 437, 32; Rä. 56, 16 : (a loom), 438, 10; Rä. 57, 5. Liþendum wuda (a ship), 392, 9; Rä. ii. 5. Wudu bundenne, Bec. Th. 438; B. 216: 3842; B. 1919.

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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I. lo ; Swt. 48, 29. Gif hié hiera willum ús tó noldon si uoluntate sua nollent procedere Nar. 10, 23 : L. Wih. i; Th. i. 36, 16 : Bt. II. I; Fox 32, 29 : Ps. Th. 17, 43 : 44, 16.

frignan

(v.)
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Srt. lo, 5. Frign feder ðínne, ii. p. 192, 9. Welle fregna iówih ic worde interrogabo uos ego unum verbum, Lk. R. L. 20, 4.

ge-neálǽcan

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., gangende tó him, R.) his leorningcnihtas accedentes discipuli, Mt. 13, lo. Geneálǽhtun (geneólécton, L., cumende, R.), 14, 12. Genélécdon (tó gangende, R.), Mt. L. 15, 12. Geneólécdon (tó gineólicadun, R., tó cómon, W.S.) accesserunt, Mk.

CLǼNE

(adj.)
Grammar
CLǼNE, cléne; se clǽna, seó, ðæt clǽne; m. clǽnra, f. n. clǽnre; clǽnest; adj.

CLEAN, pure, clearmundus, purus, merus, serenuschaste, innocentcastus, innoxius

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Cyning [MS. kynincg] sceal on Drihtne clǽne blisse habban a king shall have pure bliss in the Lord, Ps. Th. 62, 9. Ne acyr ðú fram ðínum cnihte ðín clǽne gesihþ ne avertas faciem tuam a puero tuo, 68, 17.

Linked entries: cláne cléne

BORD

(n.)
Grammar
BORD, es; n.

a BOARD, planktabula sectilis, tabulawhat is made of a board, - A table, shieldmensa, clypeusthe board, covering or deck of a ship, the ship itselftabulatum, stegaconstratum, navisat home and abroaddomi et forisa foot-stool

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Man útan bordes wísdóm hieder on lond sóhte one from abroad [lit. outside the boundary] sought wisdom in this land, Past. pref; Hat. MS

Linked entries: bord-gelác bord-wudu

swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽs, adj.
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Æfter swǽsne ( one's own dear lord ), Exon. Th. 289, 18; Wand. 50. Swǽse gesíþas his own familiar comrades Beo. Th. 57; B. 29. Nǽnig swǽsra gesíða, 3872; B. 1934. Freónda má swǽsra and gesibbra more of friends dear and near Exon.

Linked entries: swáse swés

þancian

(v.)
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þancian, p. ode.
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Hí tó ðé cleopiaþ and ðé lofe þanciaþ clamabunt et hymnum dicent, Ps. Th. 64, 14. Hé Gode þancode, Mk. Skt. 8, 6: Homl. Skt. i. 3, 454. Hé feóll tó his fótum and him þancode cecidit ante pedes ejus gratias agens, Lk. Skt. 17, 16.

þicce

(adj.)
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þicce, adj.
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Se weall was .xx[x]. fóta ðicce is locus murum triginta pedes latum habuit, Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 210, 30. Seó eá oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, 1, 3; Swt. 32, 6.

furþor

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Add: local Ðá eóde hé furþor oþ hé gemétte ðá graman gydena, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 23. to or at a more advanced point of progress Lǽre mon siððan furður on Lædengeðióde ðá ðe mon furðor lǽran wille, and tó hiéran háde dón wille, Past. 7, 14: Gú. 1195.

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

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Wé on bence . . . hæleð on healle, By. 214: Dan. 729. as a sleeping-place for the retinue, the lord having his separate appartment (Cf. Hróðgár gewát tó hofe sínum rice tó ræste, 1236.

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Wé sceolon mid hálgum mægnum ðone eard ofgán ðe wé þurh leahtras forluron with holy virtues must we obtain the country, that we lost through vices, i. 118, 33. [lch hit wulle uorto ofgon (gain) þine heorte, A. R. 390, 13.

Linked entry: of-eode

ge-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swícan, ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ. -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen

To leave offdesiststopceaserest fromturn fromwithdrawrelinquishfaildeceivebetrayintermitteredesisterecessarequiescererequiesceredesererediscedererelinqueredeficerefallereproderewith the genitive with the dative

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Seó ecg geswác þeódne the edge failed its Lord, Beo. Th. 3053; B. 1524. Earm biþ se him his frýnd geswícaþ miserable is he whom his friends betray, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 22; Gn. Ex. 37. Ne ǽnig iuih giswíca nemo vos seducat, Rtl. 13, 29.

DǼD

(n.)
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DǼD, gen. dat.dǽde ; acc. dǽde, dǽd; pl. nom. acc. dǽda, dǽde; f. A

DEED, action actio, actus, factum

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Wile Dryhten sylf dǽda gehýran the Lord himself will hear of the deeds, Exon. 99 b; Th. 372, 14; Seel. 91: Beo. Th. 393; B. 195. Dǽda his hí ongeáton facta ejus intellexerunt, Ps. Spl. 63, 10.

Linked entry: dyd

ge-flít

Grammar
ge-flít, l. ge-flit,
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Higa wolde him oðflítan ðæt lond, 169, 23), Cht. Th. 174, 2. Hwí biþ elles ǽlce dæg swelc seófung and swelce geflitu and gemót and dómas unde forenses querimoniae ?, Bt. 26, 2 ; F. 92, 16. Geflitum negotiis, An. Ox. 539I.

ge-weorc

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Ðá sceolde hé sende lýgetu and windas and tówyrpan eall hira geweorc mid lacessenteis coelum gigantes benigna fortitudo deposuit, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 14. work, labour, any form of long-sustained or habitual activity Gýme gafolswán ꝥ hé æfter sticunge

hálig-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-dóm, es; m.

holiness, sanctitysanctimoniaholy things, relics, holy work, a sacramenta holy place, sanctuaryrelicholinesssacred thingsrelicsa sanctuarysacramentum, sanctuariumsacred thing, relic, sanctuary

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On ðone Drihten ðe ðes háligdóm is fore hálig by the Lord, before whom these relics are holy, L. O. 1; Th. i. 178, 3, 12. Wé sceolon on ðissum dagum fyligan úrum háligdóme út and inn on these days we ought to follow our relics out and in, Homl.

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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I. 2 Ðǽr ðú gemunan woldest hwylcra burgwara þú wǽre for worulde, oþþe eft gástlíce hwilces geférscipes ðú wǽre, Bt. 5, I; F. lo, 4: 10; F. 30, 15.

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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ships to be built against the Danish ships [æscas] which were full nigh twice as long as the others; ...they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others; they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor as the Danish, but as it seemed