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ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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Ór gecýðan oð ende forð, Jul. 353. termination of existence Ealle þá gewítaþ swá swá wolcn . . . þyllic bið se ende þæs líchoman fægernesse, Bl. H. 59, 21. Ǽlc fǽgernes tó ende efsteþ, 57, 28: 59, 26.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

heáfod

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XI. used of persons. one to whom others are subordinate, a chief, leader Israhéla folc geceás Ionatham, biddende ꝥ hé wǽre heora heáfod and heretoga wið þá hǽþenan þeóda ; and hé féng ðá tó ealdordóme swá swá hí bǽdon, Hml. S. 25, 717.

ÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÞ, es; m.

an OATHa swearingjuramentum

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oath : the accused and his witness then replied also upon oath; thus, Ðæs áþ ðe his ǽhte bryideþ, ðæt he ne dǽþ ne for hete ne for hóle: - On ðone Drihten, ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle ne for unrihtre feohgynesse; ne ic nán sóþre nát; búte swá

Linked entries: aaþ ánfeald áþ

FREMMAN

(v.)
Grammar
FREMMAN, to fremmanne; ic fremme, ðú fremest, he fremeþ, pl. fremmaþ; p. fremede, fremde, pl. fremedon; impert. freme, pl. fremmaþ; subj. pres. fremme, pl. fremmen; pp. fremed.

to advancepromŏvēreto FRAMEmakedoeffectperformcommitiăcĕrepatrāreeffĭcĕreperfĭcĕreperpetrāre

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He fremede swá and Freán hýrde he did so and obeyed the Lord, Cd. 73; Th. 90, 10; Gen. 1493: 130; Th. 165, 21; Gen: 2735. Ne ic firene fremde I have not committed crimes. Ps. Th. 58, 3: Cd. 181; Th. 227, 11; Dan. 185.

Linked entry: ge-fremman

hwerfan

(v.)
Grammar
hwerfan, hwierfan, hwirfan, hwyrfan; p. de; pp. ed.

to turnrevolvemove aboutgoreturndepartto turnchangeto exchangebarter

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Hwý ðú woldest ðæt seó wyrd swá hwyrfan sceolde cur tantas lubrica versat fortuna vices? Bt. 4; Fox 8, 12. to exchange, barter [with gen.]

LEÓHT

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓHT, líht, es; n.

LIGHTa light

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Ic geseó ðis hús mid swá mycele leóhte gefylled ðætte ðæt eówer blácern and leóht mé is eallinga þýstre gesewen domum hanc tanta luce impletam esse perspicio, ut vestra illa lucerna mihi omnimodis esse videatur obscura, Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 3.

Linked entry: líht

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, he grét, pl. grétaþ; p. grétte, pl. grétton; pp. gréted.
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Siððan wæs eallum ðám óðrum swá mycel ege fram him, ðǽt hí hine grétan ne dorstan afterwards the others were in so much fear of him, that they durst not attack him, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 3.

áscian

(v.)
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Hié sculon God áscian, Past. 103, 8. to ask a person (dat. acc. ) a question Ic ácsige þé hwí latast þú swá lange, Dóm. L. 65. Hé ácsode hiom hwæs tácen ꝥ bión mihte, H. R. 5, 13. to ask, enquire about, with gen.

Linked entry: áhsian

ge-lǽran

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Swá wé magon betst ðá gedyrstigan gelǽran, Past. 209, 15. Ic wénde ꝥ ic þé gió gelǽred hæfde ꝥ þú hí oncnáwan cúþest, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 19. Wé sceolan beón gelǽrede mid þysse bysene, Bl.

ge-siht

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Þ ic þíne anlícnysse sceáwige mid swá mænigfealdum besmitenum gesihþum ( with eyes in so many ways defiled), 23 b, 435. Godes gesyhða behealdað ǽgðer ge góde ge yfele oculi Domini spectilantur bonos et malos, R. Ben. 25, 13.

ge-bǽru

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Þu (the owl) miht mid þine songe afere Alle þat ihereþ þine ibere, O. and N. 222) Bið swá fæger fugles gebǽru ... wrixleð wóðcræfte wundorlícor, beorhtan reorde, þonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde under heofonum, Ph. 125

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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add: þanne hwæþere yet Hwæt is ꝥ ... ꝥ se ælmihtiga God swá forlǽteþ sweltan his gecorenan, þá þonne hwæþre ( tamen ) hé ne lǽteþ ná beón forholene, Gr. D. 294, 5: 292, 3: 283, 14. Cwyþst þú ꝥ þé nǽre cúð ꝥ ic ne cúðe Grécisc geþeóde?

rún

(n.)
Grammar
rún, e; f.

a whisperconfidence, counsel, consultationa mysterya secreta rune, a letter.

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Swá cwæþ snottor on móde gesæt him sundor æt rúne (cf. nim thú ina sundar te thí an rúna, Hel. 3227) sat apart communing with himself Exon. Th. 293. 5; Wand. 111. Gefetigan tó rúne (cf.Icel. heita einn at rúnum to consult ), 246,15 ; Jul. 61 : Elen.

Linked entry: rún-stæf

wægn

(n.)
Grammar
wægn, wægen, wǽn, es; m.

A waggonwaincarriagevehicleCharles' wain

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Wǽnes weð (swæd? pæð?) orbita, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 47. Ánes wǽnes gangweg actus, 37, 37. On wǽnes eaxe hwearfaþ ða hweól, and sió eax byrþ eallne ðone wǽn, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 27: 39, 8; Fox 224, 6. Wǽne carruca, Hpt. Gl. 438, 67.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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Geládige swá mid þrýfealdre swá mid ánfealdre láde be ðam ðe seó dǽd sí, L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 364, 2: L. Eth. ix. 27; Th. i. 846, 15. Ládige hine mid þrýfealdre láde, L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 20: 48; Th. i. 404, 3.

Linked entry: ládian

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Ic eów sende swá swá sceáp gemang wulfas. Mt. Kmbl. 10, 16. Hé sent ǽrendracan, Lk. Skt. 14, 32. God sendeþ his engla gástas tó ǽrendwrecum, Blickl. Homl. 203, 14. Hé úsic sendeþ ðæt wé sóðfæstra mód oncyrren, Exon. Th. 261, 34; Jul. 325.

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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Ne mihte se mánfulla éhtere mid nánre ðénunge ðám lytlingum swá micclum fremian, Homl. Th. i. 84, 10. Þénunge patrocinium (ut puellulas ad patrocinium vitae impendant, Ald. 69), Hpt. Gl. 519, 2.

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knowsa person of understanding or learninga wise manone able to give counsela counsellorone able to give counsel in affairs of stateone who takes part in the councils of a nation a leading manan eldera chief personseniorone who has knowledgea witnessa wise manone professing supernatural knowledge

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Ðissere worulde hǽt is ðæt heó witan hæbbe, and swá má witena beóð, swá hit bet færð. Ne bið se ná wita ðe unwíslíce leofaþ, ac bið open sott, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 131. Mé com swíðe oft on gemynd, hwelce wiotan (wutan, Cott.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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Gif þú ǽnne stán tóclifst, ne wyrþ hé nǽfre gegaderod swá hé ǽr wæs, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 26.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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Ep. 18, 40. the father or head of a family, a householder; paterfamilias, œconomus Swá ymbe friðes bóte swá ðam bondan [bundan MS. A. L. C.

Linked entry: bonda