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tácn

(n.)
Grammar
tácn, ,es; n.

A token, signa sign, significant forman ensigna token, a credentiala sign, monumenta sign of the Zodiaca sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.)a sign to attract attention, a signala sign of anything future, a prognostica sign, an action that conveys a meaninga sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state</b> as a medical term, a symptoma sign, symbol, emblema sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidencea supernatural sign, miracle, prodigya signal event, remarkable circumstance

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Ðæt is swíþe sweotol tácn ðam wísan, ðæt hé ne sceal lufian tó ungemetlíce ðás woruldgesǽlþa, forðæm hí oft cumaþ tó ðǽm wyrstum monnum, 39, 11; Fox 230, 8. Him ðæt ( the writing on the wall ) tácen wearð, ðæt hé ligeword gecwæð, Cd.

wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.:e; f.

Growth, increasegrowth, produceplant, fruitoffspring, progenyresultfruit, that which may be enjoyedproduce of money, usury.growth, growing,increasegrowth, thrivinggrowth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;

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Cumaþ (-eþ?) eádilíc wæstm on wangas, weorðlíc on hwǽtum convalles abundabunt frumento, Ps. Th. 64, 14. Of ðam twige ludon láðwende, réðe wæstme, Cd. Th. 60, 31; Gen. 990. [Ðec]wæstem (wæstme?)

hand

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Se ælmihtiga lét his hond cuman . . hyht wæs geníwod, Gú. 924. Gif se mon áhefþ his handa tó ælmesdǽdum, Bl. H. 37, 24. Waldend his honda árǽrde wið þám herge, Gen. 50 : Ps.

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Þæt wíte wæs tó þæs strang, ðæt ǽghwelc man sceolde mid sáre on þás world cuman, Blickl. Homl. 5, 28. Swelc wæs þeáw hira þæt hié ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra dydon him tó móse, Andr. Kmbl. 51; An. 26. Swá is þære menigo þeáw, þæt . . . 355; An. 178.

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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To say (of written or spoken words). to say certain words, the words used being given Hé segþ : Gé ne mágon cuman ðyder ic fare, Jn. Skt. 8, 22. Gif hwá segþ, corban, Mk. Skt. 7, 11. Sege folce : Ðis sind ða dagas, Lev. 23, 2.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Geðenc nú hweðer mani mann cynges hám séce ... hí cumað æalle tó ánum hláforde, 41, 1-10. Heretoga hláforde leóf, Met. 1, 47. Þegnas síne mynton forlǽtan leófne hláford (cf. Ðracia cining, 22), 26, 72.

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Tó hwǽm cumaþ hí elles bútan tó tácnunge sorges?, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 21. Hwæt gelýfeþ se líchoma bútan þurh þá sáwle?, Bl. H. 21, 22

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 24. whether . . . or Saga him, swá hé wille swá hé nelle, hé sceal cuman, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 11. Wé be him náþor nyton, swá hí libban, swá hí deáde licgon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 306.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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. ¶ along with negative forms of the verb :-- Saga him swá hé wille, swá hé nelle, hé sceal cuman dic illi quia, velit nolet, debet venire Bd. 5, 9 ; S. 623, 11. Wé sceolon, wylle wé nelle wé, árísan, Homl. Th. i. 532, 7.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Ealle þás gód cumaþ, Blickl. Homl. 29, 10. Ðás men, 189, 28. Þissa leóda land, Andr. Kmbl. 535; An. 268. Þyssa, Met. 7, 54. Þeossa, Blickl. Homl. 15, 13. Ealra ðeassa portweorona gewitnisse, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 3, 11. Worda þissa, Exon.

Linked entries: þás þis

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Th. 218, 24; Dan. 44. work, what is done, effect produced Ða flǽsclícan willan cumaþ oft þurh deófles sceónessa ǽr tó manna heortan, ǽr Drihtnes weorc ðǽr wunian móte Blickl.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

for

beforein front ofbeforesinceagoforfromthroughon account offorfromthroughinstead of in place ofin exchange forin return forin expiation ofin redemption foron behalf ofin support ofin respect toin relation toas regardsagainstfromin spite ofnotwithstandingin accordance withaccording toas representative offorto takein compensation foras punishment forfor the sake ofon behalf of for the benefit ofAs representative of

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B. l Sc̃s Albanus for ðám cuman ( (pro hospite) gegyrede hine his munucgegyrelan, Bd. l, 7; Sch. 20, 22. Þis wræcfulle líf þe wé on sind wé lufiað for ðám heofonlican éðele, Hml. Th. ii. 540, 13.

ge-weorþan

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Þæt gé forlǽtan þá unnyttan sprǽca gewurðan and þá unnyttan geþancas of eówrum heortum ( that ye dismiss useless words and thoughts from your hearts), þonne gé cumað intó Godes cyrican, Wlfst. 232, 17.

ge-niman

(v.)
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L. 11, 12. where movement (lit. or fig.) is induced, to take a person, get a person to move, bring Nǽnig mon ne mæg cuma tó mé, búta fæder ginioma (genimmǽ, L. traxerit) hine, Jn. R. 6, 44. <b>IX a.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Ðara gesǽlða wilniaþ ealle deáþlíce men tó begitanne, ðeáh hé ðurh mistlíce wegas ðencan tó cumanne, 24, 2; Fox 80, 31. to think, call to mind, originate in the mind Hié ðonne forhtiaþ, and feá þencaþ hwæt hié tó Criste cweðan onginnen then will they

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Rush.) cumaþ uae illi per quem ueniunt, Lk. Skt. 17, 1. marking the means or instrument, through, by, by means of, by use of Swá he spræc þurh hys hálegra wítegena múð ( per os sanctorum ), Lk. Skt. 1, 70.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
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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Ðeáh hé (hí, v. l. ) fela wundra wyrcen, eft þonne hí tó him cumað, Past. 26, 22. Eówre wítgan . . ., ðæt hé (hié, v. l. ) eów gebróhton on hreówsunge, 90, 3. Heó, 87, 4. Hié (hió, v. l. ), 271, 20.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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extent (time) Næs lang tó ðý ðæt his bróþor ðyses lǽnan lífes tíman geendode, Lchdm, iii. 434, 25. used adverbially, where a noun governed by the preposition might be supplied from the context, where motion is expressed or implied Of ðære sóþan gesǽlþe cumaþ

Linked entry: -anne