habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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Gif man frigne man æt hæbbendre handa gefó if a freeman be taken with stolen goods upon him, L. Wiht. 26; Th. i. 42, 15 : L. Ath. 1, 1; Th. i. 198, 16 : 4, pref. Th. i. 220, 11.
Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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Blackstone to be credited, when, trusting to Somner, he tells us it was land held in villenage by people in a state of downright servitude, belonging, both they and their children and effects, to the lord of the soil, like the rest of the cattle or stock upon
gif
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(a α) where the condition depends upon what is implied in the principal clause :-- Þú gehǽtst. . . éce líf, gif wé sóð and ryht symle gelǽstað thy promise is that we shall have eternal life, if we ever do truth and right Hy. 7, 75. the principal clause
lytel
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Wé witon swíþe lytel þæs þe ár ús wæs búton be gemynde, Bt. 42 ; F. 256, 25. (3 b) in the genitive depending upon an indefinite pronoun :-- Gif þé ǽnies willan wana biþ, ðeáh hit lytles hwæt sié si absit aliquid tuae beatitudini Bt. 11. 1 ; F. 30, 22:
winnan
intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain
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Kmbl. 568; Sal. 283. trans. to labour at, bestow labour upon Ic wann wununise mín laboravi habitationem meam, Rtl. 68, 28. Ic sende iúh gehrioppa ðætte gié ne wunnon ego misi uos metere quod uos non laborastis Jn. Skt. Lind.
Linked entry: on-winnende
þencan
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no man need expect so much of his wife, as that enough will be given for him after his death to redeem him from torment, if he neglected himself before, Wulfst. 306, 4. where purpose or intention is implied, to turn the thoughts to action, to be bent upon
þanc
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Gif hwá þeóf geméte and hine his þances áweg lǽte búton hreáme if any one come upon a thief and of his own accord let him get away without hue and cry, 29; Th. i. 392, 14.
weorold
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Hié woruld bryttedon, sine ætsomne, 103, 27; Gen. 1724. men and things upon earth Wuldorcyning worlde and heofona, Cd. Th. 242, 31; Dan. 427. Cyningas ðe weoruld heóldan, Ps. Th. 135, 19. Him God sealde gumena ríce, world tó gewealde, Cd.
findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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Add: to come upon by chance or in the course of events. to come across, meet with a person or thing Ðú findst (fintst, v. l.) wið hwone ðú meant flítan contra quos valeatis vos extendere, semper invenitis, Past. 331, 5.
ge-wyrcan
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., as in wrought iron), labour a subject, expend labour upon material to prepare it for a purpose, adorn with Geworht land novalis ager Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 53. Þæs temples segl wundorbleóm geworht, Cri. 1140.
hand
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., are denoted Sé þe at habbendre handa ( with stolen goods upon him; cf. hand-hæbbende) gefangen sý, Ll. Th. i. 220, 11. Ámanige þǽre scíre bisceop þá bóte tó þæs cynges handa, 266, 20.
lǽtan
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Th. i. 356, 21. to allow or cause to pass or go, lǽtan of to let off Ic léte hǽþen folc ofer iów I will send heathen folk upon you Wlfst. 223, 12. Hé hine sóna hider lǽt continuo illum dimittet huc Mk. 11, 3.
byrgen
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should kill a man, not to take anything belonging to him, whether his horse, or his helmet, or his sword, or any money he may have, but to lay out his body in the manner usually observed with the dead, the head to the west and the feet to the east, upon
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Nis him blód tó lǽtanne, 35; Lchdm. ii. 82, 16. to let, cause, make, get, have, cause to be, place Ic hine symble gehýre and míne mildse ofer ðone lǽte I will ever hear him, and my mercy shall be upon that man, Wulfst. 264, 11.
Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt
ge-seón
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Geseóð gé ꝥ hé ǽrestcymeð procurate ut ipse prior adueniat, Bd. 2, 2 ; Sch. 117, 10. to regard as, look upon as Ne hí for áwyht eorþan cyste þá sélestan geseón woldan et pro nihilo habuerunt terram desiderabilem, Ps. Th. 105, 20
MID
With ⬩ in conjunction with ⬩ in company with, along with ⬩ among ⬩ apud ⬩ penes ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ seeing that ⬩ cum
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Grammar MID, with dat. or inst. case of the demonstrative, denoting that the two actions expressed by the verbs in the connected clauses are in close association, being either simultaneous, or the one following upon, and being regarded, more or less,
Linked entry: mið
ymb
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(b 1) about a person, in attendance upon :-- Hé sundernytte beheóld ymb aldor Dena, Bec. Th. 1340; B. 668. marking an object which is surrounded or enclosed Hié worhton fæsten ymb hié selfe, Chr. 885; Erl. 82, 21. Wall ymb ǽfæste, Cd.
in
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Ph. 200. where the subject of the verb is non-material Oð ðæt wintra rím gegǽð in þá geoguðe þæt se gǽst lufað onsýn yldran hádes until years come upon youth (until a man gets older), so that the spirit loves the appearance of an older state, Gú. 470
niman
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Th. i. 350, 5. to adopt and enter upon a way Dysig bið se wegférenda man, sé ðe nimð þone sméðan weg . . . and forlǽt ðone sticolan, Hml.
þanne
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Homl. 39, 27, 29. marking a consequence dependent upon a hypothesis, then, in that case, where the hypothesis is expressed in a clause introduced by gif Gif man frigne man gefó, þanne wealde se cyning..., L. Wih. 26; Th. i. 42, 15.