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swilce

(adv.)
Grammar
swilce, swelce; adv. conj.
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Swylce hé brohte mycel feoh attulit autem et summam pecuniae non parvam, 4, 11; S. 599, 20. Hé wæs sóþ man, ðý hine dorste deófol costian; swylce hé wæs sóþ God, ðý him englas þegnedon, Blickl. Homl. 33, 34.

Linked entry: swálíce

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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Hé sceal ðý wonge (the island in the fens where St. Guthlac's hermitage was) wealdan, Exon. Th. 144, 6 ; Gú. 674. Hý ðone grénan wong ofgiefan sceoldan, 130, 34; Gú. 448. Hé wang sceáwode fore burggeatum he reconnoitred the place, Andr.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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Þeós ǽ becom tó gýmeleáste this law fell into neglect, Angl. vii. 8, 71. Becuman tó þǽm écean lífe, Bl. H. 77, 21.

earfoðe

(n.)
Grammar
earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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Wépan míne wræcsíðas, earfoða fela, Kl. 39. Þæt sý endeleás earfoða dǽl, Deór. 30. Sumum eádwelan, sumum earfeða dǽl, Vy. 67: Wand. 6: Jul. 626: Gú. 178. On hwylcum earfoþum þǽr wé úres feóres ne wénaþ, Bl. H. 51, 28.

geár

(n.)
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Wintra fela . . . geára mengeo. Gen. 1726. Geára gongum in the course of time Cri. 1036: Jul. 693. Æfter feáwum geárum, Bl. H. 99, 8. Æfter geárum, El. 1265.

ge-hwá

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwá, <b>A.</b> as noun.
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Th. ii. 356, 7. with gen. pl. of a noun Hé beheád ꝥ monna gehwá him hám férde singulos domum redire praecepit Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 254, 19. Æðelinga wyn and eorla gehwæs wyn and weorðmynd, Rún. 27. Fæder frymða gehwæs, Ph. 197 : Cri. 47.

ídel

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Man byð merwe gesceaft, mihtum ídel homo vanitati similis factus est, 143, 5. of actions, feel-ings, thoughts, words, &amp;c., void of worth or usefulness, vain, ineffective, frivolous His ǽfæstnes bið suíðe ídlu hujus vana est religio, Past. 281

ród

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Sé forlét his crisman and his róde and his gǽstlican wǽpnu, and féng tó his spere and tó his swurde, Chr. 1056; P. 187, 24. (not ) a crucifix.Add: in a church Hit líhte under þǽre róde swýðran earme þe stód ofer ꝥ weófed, Vis. Lfc. 53.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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(a γ) to have granted what has been forfeit Gif hwá sié deáðes scyldig, and hé cirican geierne, hæbbe his feorh, Ll. Th. i. 104, 14.

ge-mǽne

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Of úrum gemǽnum feó, 234, 28. free to be used by all, general, public Gemǽne metern coenaculum. Wrt.

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Ðá fór hé swá feor swá hé meahte on ðǽm óðrum þrím dagum ( in the next three days ) gesiglan. Ors. I. I; Swt. 17, 13.

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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Fela ðæs ðe hé ádreág under níðgysta nearwum clommum, 134, 21; Gú. 511.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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(any, few) but (cf. A. II. 2) Hira feáwa onweg cómon, búton þá áne þe fit út ætswummon, Chr. 918; P. 98, 30.

gearo

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</b> of food, dressed, cooked :-- Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, and þeáhhwæðere fét ðone monn, þonne hé gearo bið, Hml. Th. i. 188, 5. <b>VII b.

ge-híran

(v.)
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Férde Malcolm . . .

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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Eádweard féng tó Lundenbyrc and tó Oxnaforda, and tó ðǽm landum eallum þe þǽr tó hiérdon, 912; P. 96, 18. Ealle þá land þe intó Róme hýrdon, Hml. S. 30, 232.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.
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Se tán gehwearf ofer ( the lot fell upon ) ǽnne ealdgesíþa, Andr. Kmbl. 2209; An. 1106. Gé onfóþ ðæm mægene Hálges Gástes, se cymeþ ofor eów, Blickl. Homl. 119, 12.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Ymbe Sanere feld, Salm. Kmbl. 417; Sal. 209. Ymb healfa gehwone, Exon. Th. 4, 31; Cri. 61. Sár eft gewód ymb ðæs beornes breóst, Andr.

ge-niman

(v.)
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</b> to take for a special purpose, provide oneself with :-- Maria genam án pund smerenesse, and smerede þæs Hǽlendes fét, Bl. H. 69, 1. Corn senepes ꝥ genóm (genimede, R.) monn geseáw granum sinapis quod accipiens homo seminavit, Mt.

ládian

(v.)
Grammar
ládian, p. ode.

to excuseclearexculpatedefend

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Gif man hwilcne man teó ðæt hé ðone man féde ðe úres hláfordes griþ tóbrocen habbe ládige hine mid þrinna xii (cf. Icel. þrennar tylftir), L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 296, 29. Mæssepreóst ládige hine on ðam húsle ...

Linked entries: lǽdend be-ládian