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hleóðrian

(v.)
Grammar
hleóðrian, p. ode

To sound, ⬩ make a sound [with the voice], ⬩ to speak, ⬩ sing, ⬩ cry, ⬩ exclaim, ⬩ resound

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Hé sæde ðæt hé openlíce hí gehýrde betwyh óðer leóþ monig hleóðrian and singan referre erat solitus, quod aperte eos inter alia resonare audiret, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547. 37.

þearfan

(v.)
Grammar
þearfan, p. de; pp. ed

To need, ⬩ suffer need ⬩ indigent, ⬩ needy, ⬩ poor ⬩ a poor person; ⬩ the poor ⬩ a miserable person

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The present participle, as adjective or as substantive, often occurs, as adjective, indigent, needy, poor Hé sǽde ðæt hé folclíc man wǽre and ðearfende rusticum se et pauperem fuisse respondit, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 6.

ge-reccan

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Ðá sǽde ic þé ꝥ ic nysse hú hé ealra þára gesceafta wiólde; ac þú hit me hæfst nú swíðe sweotole gereht Bt. 35, 3 ; S. 97, 6-24.

ge-sprǽc

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Srt. 18, 4. what is said, a speech, saying, an oracle, words Gesprec Dryhtnes eloquium Domini, Ps. Srt. Vos. 104, 19 : 118, 50: eloquia, ll, 7.

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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</b> add :-- Hwæt wille wé lencg wrítan be Martines wundrum, þonne Sulpicius sǽde ꝥ hí synd ungeríme, Hml. S. 31, 1301, <b>C.</b> add :-- Ðónne drincð se láreów ðæt wæter of his ágnum mere, ðonne hé gehwirfð ...

ge-witnes

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Ne sæge þú leáse gewitnesse, 44, 20. Náne gewitnesse hé hit on riht týmde, 158, 16. Búton hé gewitnesse hæbbe ꝥ æfter him ne saga þú, 54, 4. Ꝥ hé hæfde ungeligene gewitnesse þæs ꝥ hit swá gód wǽre, 232, 26.

elles

(adj.)

otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else

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Gif him sylfum ælles hwæt sǽle . . . elles hwæt, C. D. i. 311, 12, 13. Mid elles hwám gerénod, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 14. Hwæt is elles ðiós gewítendlice sibb búton swelce hit sié sum swæð ðǽre écean sibbe?, Past. 351, 24.

fandian

(v.)

to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt

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Hé cwæð ꝥ þǽm weorce nánum men ǽr ne gerise bet tó fandianne þonne þǽm wyrhtan þe hit worhte he said that for no one was it more fitting that he should be the first to try the machine (the bull of Phalaris) than for the man who made it, Ors. 1, 12; S.

óleccan

Grammar
óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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Iulianus him sǽde, 'Þu eart áblend for þínre yfelnysse, and for þí mé þus ólǽcst', Hml. S. 4, 133.

ge-weald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weald, -wald, es; m. n.

power ⬩ strength ⬩ might ⬩ efficacy ⬩ potestas ⬩ power over any thing ⬩ empire ⬩ rule ⬩ dominion ⬩ mastery ⬩ sway ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ government ⬩ protection ⬩ keeping ⬩ a bridle-bit ⬩ potestas ⬩ facuitas ⬩ imperium ⬩ ditio ⬩ arbitrium ⬩ jus ⬩ camas

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Ðæt is God ðe ealle þing on his gewealdum hafaþ that is God, that hath all things in its power, Salm. Kmbl. 178, 11: Blickl. Homl. 63, 3. Siððan ic ðá me hæfde ðás þing ealle be gewealdum quibus in potestatem redactis, Nar. 5, 17.

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
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Th. 301, 14; Sat. 581 : Exon. Th. 27, 10; Cri. 428. Weoroda ealdor, 15, 1; Cri. 229. Weoroda God, 332, 31; Vy. 93. (The passage is printed weorod anes God . . . monna cræftas; Mr.

ge-weald

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Ágan heofon tó gewalde to have heaven at command, Sat. 415. Here bróhte Israéla gestreón in his ǽhte geweald, Dan. 757. ¶ with gen. of thing, place :-- Sum man áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes, Hml. S. 23, 415.

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

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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With; at the root of the various meanings lies the idea of association, of being together. having very nearly the same force as and, Grammar MID, with dat. or inst.

Linked entry: mið

god-spell

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Lucas sǽde ... wé nú gehýrdon þis hálige godspel beforan ús rǽdan, 15, 3-30. Gregorius trahtnode þis godspel ( the parable of the talents ), Hml. Th. ii. 550, 1

for-gifan

to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive

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Hé inc bám forgeaf balewe geþóhtas, Sat. 488.

ge-setnes

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; compositio :-- Genim þás ylcan wyrte gecnucude, lege tó þám sáre . . . eác úre ealdras cwǽdon ꝥ ðeós gesetednys heálícost fremede, Lch. i. 176, 10. putting together of words, a compound Þá synd on Grécisc kakosyntheton, vitiosa compositio, gecwedene

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Past. 261, 20. ꝥ hé þæt ilce yfel ne geþafige óþrum monnum þe hé ǽr óþrum dyde that he may not submit to the same evil from others, that he before did to others, Bt. 16, 2: F. 54, 6. Níð geðafian, Dan. 633.

ge-bétan

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Undergesettum and gebéttum mycclum fýre hé wæs þǽr forbærned supposito igne toncrematus est, 307, 20. in a medical sense, to do good to, cure, remedy ꝥ sár hyt wel gebét, Lch. i. 200, 6.

hwilc

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Add: in direct questions as adjective qualifying a noun, what Hwylc man is ꝥ mæge áríman ealle þá sár?, Bl. H. 59, 33. Hwelc gesceádwís mon mihte cweþan þæt. . . ? quis putet . . . ?, Bt. 28 ; F. 100, 30. On hwylcre mihte wyrcsð þú þás þing?

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive

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Th. 272, 25; Sat. 125. Ne meahte ðǽr drincan wihta ǽnig, Ps. Th. 77, 44. Ealra wihta gehwam omne animal 144, 17. Wuhta gehwylc, Met. 11, 52. Earmost ealra wihta, ðara ðe cenned wǽre. Exon. Th. 421, 7; Rä 40, 14.