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dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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Lífwynna dǽl, Cri. 807: Deór. 30. Þæt is wundres dǽl it is a great wonder, Rä. 61, 10. Beran wunden gold and seolfres dǽl, 56, 4. Weána dǽl, B. 1150: 2028: Vy. 67. Ne mæg weorðan wís wer, ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl (many years) in woruldríce, Wand. 65.

wendan

(v.)
Grammar
wendan, p. -de

To turnTo cause to moveto change alterconvertto translateinterpretto move one's self take one's waygoproceedwendTo wendgoproceed

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Th. 379, 13; Deór. 379. Geseah ic ðæt beácen wendan wǽdum and bleóm; hwílum hit wæs mid wǽtan bestémed, hwílum mid since gegyrwed Rood Kmbl. 43; Kr. 22

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Hwílum ic deórum drincan selle. Exon. Th. 393, 25; Rä. 13, 5. Gehwylc mé drincan sealde, 484, 24; Rä. 71, 6. to give one thing for another. to sell for (wið) a price Ic sylle wið wirðe vendo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 8 ; Zup. 181, 17.

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Wihta gehwylce, deóra and fugla, 61, 10; Cri. 982. Cynna gehwylc cucra wuhta, ðara ðe lyft and flód fédaþ, feoh and fuglas, Cd. Th. 78, 23; Gen. 1297. Dreám cwicra wihta, Exon. Th. 411, 5 ; Rä. 29, 8.

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Th. 378, 3 ; Deór. 10. the fact referred to by the pronoun etæt Fýren wolc[en] ástáh of heofonum, and hit ymbsealde ealle ða ceastre. Mid ðý ðæt ( the circumstance just related) ongeat Andreas, Blickl. Homl. 245, 32.

ge-setnes

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Hí heora seolfra þeáwas and gesetnesse (-setenesse, v.l.) betran dydon suas traditiones praeferrent, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 113, 21 : 116, 13. a natural law, order of providence Þá wildan deór be úres Drihtnes gesetnysse syndon mannum underþeódde. Hml.

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Gif ðeór sý gewunad (cf. geseten, 16 for an intransitive participle ) in ánre stówe, Lch. iii. 30, 6. Gif men synd wænnas gewunod on ꝥ heáfod foran, 46, 21

líf

(adv.)
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Rev. 12, 71. ) Þis deorce líf, Wand. 89. (the next) life Hwonne him betre líf ágyfen wurde, Gú. 751. Hálig gǽst geháteð him lífes ræste, 334. Hú monna gehwylc ǽr earnode éces lífes, Cri. 1052. Tó þám úplican lífe, An. Ox. 2214.

reccan

(v.)
Grammar
reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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[Ic þe wulle recchen (telle of 2nd MS.) deorne runen, Laym. 14679. to unfold the meaning of anything, to explain, interpret, expound Eall hé his leorningcnihtum ásundron rehte ( disserebat ), Mk. Skt. 4, 34. Rehte interpraetabatur, Lk. Skt. 24, 27.

tó-geagnes

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
tó-geagnes, -gegnes, -geánes, -génes.

towards,so as to meetagainst,to meetin the way of,to meet the approach ofin readiness for,against the coming ofagainst,for the purpose of resistingon the approach of,towardsagain,in return

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Ðæt hé gewyrce deórum dǽdum deófle tógeánes, Exon. Th. 310, 18; Seef. 76. Ne underféhþ hé ná gerýnu for him sylfum ac gecýðnysse tógeánes him sylfum, Homl. Th. ii. 276, 35.

weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
weorpan, (wurpan, wyrpan); p. wearp, pl. wurpon; pp. worpen.
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Ðá hét he hine wurpan deórum, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 245. by prepositions or adverbs Ic wyrpe max míne on eá, and angil ic wyrpe . . . Ic wyrpe ða unclǽnan út. Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 9-17.

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wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Th. 377, 15; Deór. 4. Wræce bisgodon fǽge þeóda miseries troubled the doomed peoples, Cd.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Lǽde seó eorðe forð cuce nítenu and creópende cinn and deór, Gen. 1, 24. (4 a) to be productive of :-- Wudu mót him weaxan, tánum lǽdan (cf. týdran), Hy. 4, 105. to accompany and show the way to, conduct, convoy, guide (lit. or fig.)

ge-hwilc

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Wihta gehwilce deóra and fugla deáðlég nimeð, Cri. 982. (d 3) as antecedent Monna gehwilc þe wið his waldend winnan ongynneð, Gen. 297. Secgan Dryhtne þonc duguða gehwylcre þe ús simle gefremede, Cri. 601.

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
  • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

waterwater water in the sky, rain water of a river, sea, etc. water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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Ádó mé of deópe deorces wæteres ðe læs mé besencen sealte flódas, Ps. Th. 68, 14. Ofer wæteres hrycg across the sea, Beo. Th. 947; B. 471. On wæteres ǽht, 1037; B. 516. Hé stilde wæteres wælmum, Andr. Kmbl. 903; An. 452. Wætres swég, Blickl.

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Th. 379, 17; Deór. 34. Sum heó hire on handum bær, sum hire æt heortan læg, Cd. Th. 40, 8-9; Gen. 636. Ánra gehwylc hæfþ syndrige gyfe fram Gode sume furðor ðonne some alius sic, alius vero sic, R. Ben. 64, 10.

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hálig

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Th. ii. 432, 15. of animals, not destructive or dangerous, tame cattle us opposed to wild beasts Inc is hálig feoh and wilde deór on geweald geseald, Gen. 201. <b>B</b>. substantival. that which is holy, a holy thing. Cf. <b>A.

licgan

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Licgende heó gespæc deór latitantem alloquitur bestiam, An. Ox. 4898. to dwell, sojourn, lodge temporarily Hé líþ him on londe, Gn. Ex. 100. He sceal licgan of Martinus mæssan oð Eástran æt hláfordes falde swá oft swá him tó begǽð, Ll.

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Áwende móde hé hine geðiédde (-ðídde, v. l.) tó feldgongendum deórum hunc agri bestiis mutata mente conjunxit, Past. 39, 23. Heora nán hine eft tó his geférum ne geþeódde, Hml. S. 23 b, 135.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Harewyrt lytelu oftost weaxeþ on tune ( in a garden), Lchdm. ii. 132, 8. v. æppel-, apulder-, her-, cafer-, cyric-, deór-, gærs-, gang-, leah-, líc-, wyrt-tún. as a technical English term, (i) in its simplest form, the enclosed land surrounding a single

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