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ge-nídan

(v.)
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Gif hwá tó hwæðrum þissa (áð and wed) geniéd sié, 60, 4. Ne biþ hé tó nánum weorce genéded, Bt. 42; F. 258, 11. mental Hé geniét ðone déman tó irre, Past. 93, 10.

fylgean

to follow to pursueto followproceed alongto follow to followto followto followdevote one's self to, diligently attend to. to attend toto accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thingobsequito try to gain to follow, do what has already been done by anotherto happen or come at a later time

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Th. ii. 322, 8. to attend to a person medically Drince þá hwíle þá hé þurfe; and þǽr sió ádl gesitte, fylge him simle mid tigehorne oþ ꝥ hál sié, Lch. ii. 120, 16: 118, 16. to accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thing; obsequi

gildan

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Gif mannes esne frígne mannan ofslæhð, þane þe sié, hund scillinga gelde; se ágend þone banan ágefe and óðer manwyrð þǽr tó. Gif bana oðbyrste, twám manwyrðum hine man forgelde, Ll. Th. i. 26, 8 - 28, 8.

heáh

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Hwæt mæg hiérre bión ðonne sió sóðe eáðmódnes?, 301, 21. Hyhta hýhst, Gú. 34. Sió héhste gesǽlþ, Bt. 34, 4; F. 138, 24. Ðára héhstena góda, 24, 4 ; F. 86, 15.

Linked entry: dynt

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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Pen. 14; Th. ii. 282, 6. to draw to or from, attract, induce, seduce Sió leáse gesǽlþ tíhþ ða ðe hiere tó geþeódaþ from ðǽm sóþum gesǽlþum mid hiere ólecunge, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 7. Sió gecynd eów tíhþ tó ðam angite, ac eów tíhþ (teóhþ, MS.

fíftig

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R. per quinquagenos), Mk. 6, 40. as plural Gif on þǽre byrig beóð fíftig rihtwísra manna si fuerint quinquaginta justi in civitate, Gen. 18, 24. Þás fíftig daga sind ealle gehálgode, Hml, Th. i. 312, 22. Fíftiga ealdor quinquagenarius, Wrt.

(pronoun.)
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hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Ah hit sié ic numquid ego ? Mk. R. 14, 19. Gif þú hyt eart (ꝥ siǽ, R.) si tu es, Mt. 14, 28. Hí wiston ꝥ hit wæs Drihten scientes quia Dominus est, Jn. 21, 12. <b>III a.</b> the pronoun omitted :-- Se Hǽlend cwæð: 'Hé ys ( he it is, A.

hund

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Fór hé mid siex hund monna, 3, 9; S. 128, 13.

ge-sceád

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' si mitis est . . . sin autem inmitis . . . ' Aiebant: Unde hoc dinoscere ualemus ?,' Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 117, 9. Hý mihton georne tócnáwan, gif hí cúðon þæt gesceád.

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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Gif ðú wénst ðæt hit on ðé gelong sé ðæt ða woruldsǽlþa on ðé swá onwenda sint ðonne eart dú on gedwolan tu, fortunam putas erga te esse mutatam?

stille

(adj.)
Grammar
stille, adj.
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Past. 41, 1 ; Swt. 299, 20. abstaining from, quit of. v. stillness, Sió hé stille his þegnungæ óð biscopes dóm, L. Wih. 6 ; Th. i. 38, 11

wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
wérig, adj.
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Ne forlǽt ðú ðæs blódes tó fela on ǽnne síþ, ðý les se seóca man tó wérig ( exhausted ) weorðe oððe swylte, Lchdm. ii. 208, 19. Wǽgdeóra gehwylc wérig swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 22; Cri. 988. Móyses willa ne áteorode, ac se wériga líchama, Homl.

áscian

(v.)
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Ne áxa nánne wiccan rǽdes nec sit qui pythones consulat, Deut. 18, 11. 'Mót ic þé áhtes ácsian?' Cwæð hé :-- 'Ácsa þæs þe þú wille' 'licet aliquid interrogare.' 'Interroga,' inquit, 'quod vis,' Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 358, 1.

Linked entry: áhsian

rún

(n.)
Grammar
rún, e; f.

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

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Gesittan tó rúne to sit in consultation, Beo. Th. 346; B. 172. Gesittan sundor tó rúne, Andr. Kmbl. 2324; An. 1163.

Linked entry: rún-stæf

hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.

When

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Hit earfoþe is ǽnegum menn tó witanne hwonne hé geclǽnsod síe it is difficult for any man to know when he is cleansed, 7, 2; Swt. 51, 5. Sǽles bídeþ hwonne ǽr heó cræft hyre cýðan móte it waits for the time for displaying its art [cf. O.

Linked entries: hwænne hwonne

nídan

(v.)
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nídan, p. de

To forcecompelurge

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Hwæðer seó godcunde foretiohhung oððe sió wyrd ús néde tó ðam ðe hí willen, Bt. 40, 7; Fox 242, 15. Nédendum dóme urgente decreto, Hpt. Gl, 488, 68. Ic eom nýded, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 26

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, p. teóde.
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Th. 63, 3. referring to immaterial objects Ðæs ðé þanc sié ðæt ðú ús ðás wrace teódest for this be thanks to thee that thou didst order this exile for us, Cd. Th. 235, 21; Dan. 309.

tíderness

(n.)
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tíderness, e; f.
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Sió niht getácnaþ ða ðístro ðære blindnesse úrre tídernesse per noctem caecitas nostrae infirmitatis exprimitur, Past. 56; Swt. 433, 13. Tiddernysse fragilitatis (humanae ), Hpt. Gl. 437, 31. Tédernise, Rtl. 45, 16: 46, 32.

un-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelíc, adj.

Unlikedifferentdissimilardiverse

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Hé cwæþ ðæt hé gesáwe ungelíce béc him berende beón ðurh ða gódan gástas oþþe ðurh ða gálan quod codices diversos per bonos sive malos spiritus sibi vidit offerri, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 24.

un-lust

(n.)
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un-lust, es; m.

absence of desiredisgustdisinclinationwant of appetitedisinclination to actionlistlessnesswant of pleasurejoylessnesswearinessan evil pleasurelust

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Unlust zum Essen) sié getenge, Lchdm. ii. 16, 15: 150, 17. Wiþ metes unluste, 184, 15: 28, 5. Wiþ unluste and wlætan þe of magan cymð, 158, 12. Wiþ sáre and unluste ðæs magan, se ðe ne mæg ne mid mete ne mid drincan beón gelácnod, 158, 17.