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bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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</b> prep. with dat. outside of, local Þá men þe hié foran forrídan mehton bútan geweorce, Chr. 894; P. 88, 11. Bútan fæstenne gefeohtan, Ors. 4, 5; S. 168, 22, 2.

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.)
Grammar
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 &#39;Mánfeld&#39; campus nunc &#39;Sceleratus&#39; 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

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

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Hú hine mæhtes tó lose gedóa quomodo eum perderent, 12, 14. Ðatte hiá éton ł mæhton eata quod manducarent, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 1. Huu hine hiá ácuoella mæhton (mæhtun, Rush.) perderent, 11, 18. Mæghton (mæhtun, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 2

Linked entry: mæg

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

gildan

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Gif hý him ne meahte máran sárum gyldan gyrnwræce, Gú. 405. (2 a) with clause :-- Gyldað mid gyrne, þæt heó ússa goda meaht forhogde, Jul. 619. with idea of compensation, reparation, &amp;c. to pay for property lost or wrongly held, an object improperly

gif

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

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
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

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Th. i. 198, 24. to apply to, betake oneself to, with the idea of appeal or surrender And swá eágan gáð earmre þeówenan, þonne heó on hire hlǽfdigean handa lócað, Ps. Th. 12 2, 3. On þá rǽdenne þe hé him gá tó honda, Ll. Th. i. 142, 3.

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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Gif wé fundne weorðen, Jul. 335. to recoversomething hidden away or lost: Swá hwá swá ungemyndig sié rihtwísnesse, gecerre hine tó his gemynde, ðonne fint hé ðǽr þá ryhtwísnesse gehýdde mid þæs líchoman hæfignesse, Bt. 35, i; F. 156, Hé hine hét sleán

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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If the geteáma, though living, were not brought, according to one regulation the defendant lost his case, and had to resign the property, L. H.

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.

lǽtan

(v.)
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Hié þone óþerne dǽl þǽr léton þæt lond tó healdonne, 1, 10 ; S. 46, 21. Hwilce hwíle hine wille Drihten hér on worlde lǽtan, Bl. H. 125, 9. Þú ne scealt nánnæ cláð betweón lǽtan þínum eágum and hym, Solil.

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.

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.

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Ic bidde míne hláford ðæt ic móte beón mínes cwydes wyrðe I pray my lord that I may have the right to dispose of my property by will; iii. 293, 29. Ðæt heó móte beón hyre cwydes wyrðæ, 359, 34.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Hé hæfþ heora mearce swá gesette, 21; F. 74, 27. to cause a person to take a position, local, to post, station Þone foregengan hé wið ealdorgewinnum gesette, Gü. 506. Hé gesette twá folc diégellíce on twá healfa his, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 174, 32.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
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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Kmbl. 2657; An. 1330. local, where On eallum Norþan-hymbrum ge eác on Pehtum swá Óswíes ríce wæs ðæs cyninges quousque rex Osuin imperium protendere poterat, Bd. 4, 3; S. 566, 30. Geseh hé bearwas standan, swá hé ǽr his blód ágeát, Andr.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá