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tela

(adv.)
Grammar
tela, teala, teola, telo, tiolo; adv.

Well.well, rightly, aright, correctlywell, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainlywell, prosperously, happilywell, in a beneficial or pleasant mannermarking degree, very, to a great extentas an exclamation, well, good

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Ðæt ic teala cunne ðín weorc healdan, Ps. Th. 118, 68: Exon. Th. 336, 10; Gn. Ex. 46. Is wuldres leóht ontýned ðam ðe teala þenceþ, Cd. Th. 299, 29; Sat. 557: Exon. Th. 347, 30; Sch. 20. Gif gé teala hycgaþ, Andr. Kembl. 3223; An. 1614.

ge-nerian

(v.)
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Ox. 18 b, 31. where evil thieatens, to put in safety, prevent harm to Cirica ðín from ellwara ðú gineredes fryhte gættana aecclesiam tuam ab infernorum eruis terrore portarum, Rtl. 59, 19. Genere mé ( eripe me ) fram níþe náhtfremmendra, Ps.

ge-feallan

(v.)
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Dict.]. of that which (violently) affects the mind Ondo gefeóll (gifeól, R.) ofer hine timor irruit super eum, Lk. L. 1, 12.

hrægl

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Cyrtel ł hrægl ðín and hrægl ł hæcla tunicam tuam et pallium, Mt. L. 5, 40. Ꝥ purbple hrægl purpureum uestimentum, Jn. L. 19, 5. Gif mon næbbe búton ánfeald hrægl hine mid tó wreónne oþþe tó werianne, Ll. Th. i. 52, 24.

hwanan

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, Mk. 12, 37. the cause or reason for a result Hwanun is mé ðis ꝥ mínes drihtnes móder tó mé cume?, Lk. 1, 43. Hwanon is þes þus strang?, Bl. H. 85, 10. Hwonon wurde þú mid þissum woruldsorgum þus swíþe geswenced?

mǽg

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Ðis wæs gedón ou gewitnesse his ágenra mága Æðelstánes and Æðelhúnnes and eác Alhmundes his ágenes sunu, v. 141, 22. Ic hátu cýðan . . . mínum mégum and gefeórum, ii. 120, 5. On mínum geongum mágum, 176, 3. <b>I a.

swá

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Hafa hine swá swilce ðín ágen lim, Hex. 46, 3. 4. Add Swá cenlic percommoda, Txts. 85, 1534. God gescifte ǽnne swá gerádne mon. Hml. S. 23, 415.

wamm

(n.)
Grammar
wamm, es; m. n.

a spot, mark, blot. stainfilth, impurity, corruptiona blot, disgrace, damage, hurtmoral stain, impurity, uncleanness, defilementevil, sin, shameful word or deed:

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Wom dydon yldran ýsse, ðín bebodu brǽcon, Exon. Th. 186, 10;Az. 17 : Cd. Th. 234, 25;Dan. 297: Exon. Th. 68, 4;Cri. 1098. Of ðám welerum ðe wom cweðen a labiis iniguis Ps. Th. 119, 2. Heó mé wom spreceþ, firenaþ mec wordum, Exon.

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teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Godes ǽ ús bebýt, ðæt wé sceolon ealle ða ðing ðe ús gesceótaþ of úres geáres teolunge Gode ða teóðunge syllan, Homl. Th. i. 178, 28: Wulfst. 102, 20.

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þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
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þe, indecl.
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Hwæþer ðincþ ðé ðonne, ðæt ða ðing sién, þe ðara sóþena gesǽlþa limu, ðe sió gesǽlþ self? Bt. 34, 6; Fox 142, 10. Hwæðer is ðé leófre, þe ðú nú onfó ða costnunga, þe neár ðínum ende? Homl.

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lǽdan

(v.)
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why did you cause this man to come hither? Bl. H. 85, 25. Hé lǽdde hié mid. ligenum and mid listum speón, Gen. 588. ' Ðǽr ðú ongeáte hwidre ic þé nú teohhie tó lǽdenne.' . . . ' Hwider wilt þú mé lǽdan?'

CUNNAN

(v.)
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CUNNAN, ic can, con, ðú canst, const, he can, con, pl. cunnon; p. ic, he cúðe, ðú cúðest, pl. cúðon; subj. cunne, pl. cunnen; p. cúðe, pl. cúðen; pp. [on]-cunnen, cúþ; v. a.

to be or become acquainted with, to know noscĕre, scire CAN scire, posse

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Dydon swá hie cúðon they did as they could Cd. 187; Th. 232,11; Dan. 258. [Cunnan is the second of the twelve Anglo-Saxon verbs, called præterito*-*præsentia, given under ágan, q. v.

plegan

(v.)
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plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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</b> to play (for something), strive after :-- Ðis is se ilca ðe ðú longe for his deáþe plegodest this is the same for whose death thou hast long played, Blickl. Homl. 85, 19. to play on an instrument Plægiendra (plegiyndra, Ps. Spl.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian

þeóstru

(n.)
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þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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Becómon ðicce ðeóstru, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 4. Swá dóþ ða þeóstro ðíne gedréfednesse, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 30. Beóþ þeóstra gewordene, Blickl. Homl. 93, 18. Ðære nihte þióstro hí onlíhtaþ, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5. Ðióstro, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 17.

á-hebban

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</b> as a weak verb. v. a-hefan in Dict., and cf. á-hefednes :-- Heó hire heáfod of ðǽre mýsan áhefde, Hml. Th. ii. 184, 4. Þá áhefde Moyses his handa on gebedum, Hml. S. 13, 14, 19. Mid þám mægenþrymme sý áhefed heofon and eorþe, Sch. 89

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eft

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Hig æðelinges eft ne wéndon they did not expect the prince back, B. 1596. to a condition Þú tó eorþan scealt eft geweorþan, Cri. 624. Willflód ongan lytligan eft, Gen. 1413. of giving Hé háteþ þá eorþan eft ágifan ꝥ heó ǽr onféng, Bl.

ge-irnan

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-yrnan</b> in Dict., and add: <b>A.</b> intrans. to run, run about Giiorniað discurrent, Rtl. 86, 36. Geurnun (currebant) tuége ætgæðre, Jn. L. R. 20, 4. <b>I a.

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ge-rǽcan

(v.)
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(sc) to take from (on) a person :-- Hé on þám fǽrsceaðan feorh gerǽhte, By. 142: Hié lange wǽron þæt dreógende ǽr heora áðer mehte on óþrum sige gerǽcan, ǽr Alexander late unweorðlicne sige gerǽhte diu anceps pugna tandem íristem pene vicloriam Macedonibus

ge-réfa

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Sæge Stephane þám geréfan die Stephana optioni (optio est qui militaris ducis vices agit, vel qui centurioni adjutor datur), Gr. D. 314, 5. Man ofslóh ðæs Cáseres geréfan; sé wæs Labienus geháten (cf. Labienus tribunus occisus est, Bd. i. 2), Chr.

ge-restan

(v.)
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(l a) of the sleep of death, to die, fall on sleep :&lt; — Her lohs hine gereste in Effesia (cf. he John eode cucu and gesund into his byrgene, Hml.