standan
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Stande ðæt spor for ðone foráð, iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 16. Gif hwá on leásre gewitnesse stande, and hé oferstǽled weorðe, ne stande his gewitnesse syþþan for áht, L. C. S. 37; Th. i. 398, 12. Hú hé sceal swerigean ðe mid óðre on gewitnesse standaþ (-eþ?)
CWEÐAN
To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere
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Ðæt is wel cweden that is well spoken, 15b ; Th. 34, 24; Cri. 547
ge-tæl
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Voc. ii. 50, 29. in grammar, number, property in words of denoting that one, two, or more objects are spoken of: — Sum getel (-tæl, v. l. ) bið ǽfre menigfeald : singuli homines ǽnlípige men . . .
ge-dǽlan
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L. 15, 35. to share. to divide into parts and take them, divide an inheritance, spoil, & c. Oft weorðlic reáf men gedǽlað dividers spolia, Ps. Th. 67, 12. Þte hé gidǽle mec mið ꝥ erfe ut diuidat hereditatem mecum, Lk. R. L. 12, 13.
ge-cweþan
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.), 19, 28. with the words spoken, v. <b>II a</b> Gecuoeð: 'Gif gegerelo his ic hrína, ic hál beóm,' Mk. L. 5, 28. Gecuédon: 'Huona ðissum snytry ðiús?,' Mt. L. 13, 54. Gecuoeða: 'Huæt is ðes?,' Lk. L. 7, 49.
Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden
ge-weald
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Hé his sylfes willan geliðode in him sylfum þǽre blisse geweald sponte sibi laetitiae frena laxabat, Gr. D. 203, 26. covering, protection (?) Tó ofsettenne giuæld heáfdes ad deponendam comam capitis, Rtl. 96, 5: 30.
CRÆFT
power ⬩ might ⬩ strength as of body or externals ⬩ vis ⬩ robur ⬩ potentia ⬩ an art ⬩ skill ⬩ CRAFT ⬩ trade ⬩ work ⬩ ars ⬩ peritia ⬩ artificium ⬩ occupatio ⬩ opus ⬩ craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue ⬩ astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtus ⬩ a CRAFT ⬩ any kind of ship ⬩ navis qualiscunque
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Ða cræftas de we ǽr ymbe sprǽcon ne sint to wiðmetanne wið ðære sáwle cræfta ǽnne the faculties which we have before spoken about are not to be compared with any one of the faculties of the soul 32, 1; Fox 116, 1, 2, 4.
on-gitan
To perceive ⬩ to perceive, see ⬩ to perceive by hearing ⬩ to perceive, feel (pain, etc. ) ⬩ to feel, be of opinion, judge ⬩ to know, hear of, find out ⬩ to perceive, understand ⬩ to recognise, know, ⬩ to take a person or thing to be what it really is ⬩ to recognise a fact or circumstance, ⬩ to know (of sexual intercourse)
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Ne mæg ic náne cwica wuht ongitan . . . ðe ungenéd lyste forweorpan si animalia considerem . . . nihil invenio, quod, nullis extra cogentibus, ad interitum sponte festinet, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 13.
willa
will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way
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Sió hátheortness ðæt mód gebringð on ðæm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón mentem impellit furor, quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 33; Swt. 215, lo. Fæste for ðam unrihtan wyllan pro illa prava cupidine jejunet L. Ecg.
lác
- [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine
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., where the meaning play, sport is the prevailing one (see also compounds in which leik- occurs), leikr is used of dancing, athletics, various games, music, as in strengleikr, leika = to play, to lake in the dialect of the North of England. In O.
ge-seón
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Gif þú gesyxt (-sihst, v.l. ) wulfes spor ǽr þonne hyne, Lch. i. 360, 19. Ðú gesíst, Mt. p. 12, 4. Þ folc wundrað þæs þe hit seldost gesiehð, Bt. 39, 3; S. 126, 22. Geseohð, 41, 1; S. 141, 18. Ic þé mínum eágum geseah, Gen. 820.
fram
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. :-- Fram hyra wæstmum gé hí undergytað, Mt. 7, 16. (18) indicating the object spoken of, of; de :-- Se diácon sǽde fram þysum fýre, emne swá wé rǽdað on Sunnandæges spelle, Wlfst. 205, 24: Bl. H. 169, 24.
ge-mǽne
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Hié þrý cwǽdon þurh gemǽne word with united voice they spoke, Dan. 362: Gen. 2474. denoting association (cf. ge-mána), acting or being together with others. local.
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Ðú dwollíce leofast swylce ðé tó gamenes thou livest foolishly as if it were sport for you, Homl. Ass. 6, 141. marking time, marking a point of time at which something takes place Etan tó middes dæges (meridie), Gen. 43, 16; Ps.
Linked entry: -anne
hé
He, she, it
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Ðám wítgum ðe god self þurht hí spec the prophets by whom God himself spoke, Shrn. 107, 11. Ǽlc nýten biþ oððe hé oððe heó every animal is either male or female, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Som. 5, 35, 46.
gildan
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., as the payment for any eorlcund man is spoken of both as 300s. and as þrió manwyrþ, that for any free man as 100s, or as a manwyrð; in either case if the slayer could not be given up an additional manwyrþ had to be paid, making in the one case four
gif
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., spoken of in the clause, admits the truth of the statement contained in the clause. Gyf þú wylt, þú miht (Mt. 8, 2); here it is implied that the person addressed is actually willing to act. Hú magon wé . . . gif þú his ne meaht ór áreccan?
þencan
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Heó ǽr þóhte ðæt heó Godes brýd wurþan wolde antea statuerat, quo Dei sponsa fieret, L. Ecg. P. ii. 17; Th. ii. 188, 13. ' Uton árísan and ácwellan ða apostolas' ...
hand
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Eorðe wældreóre swealh of handum þínum, Gen. 1017. in expressions arising from considering actions as performed by the hand. where the hand is spoken of as the agent : — Sum mæg wrǽtlice weorc áhycgan . . . hond bið gelǽred, wís and gewealden, Crä. 45
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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Icel. manngjöld skyldi jöfn látin ok spora-höggit.] Ðonne wé ðisses middangeardes welan foresettaþ and ús leófran lǽtaþ ðonne ða lufan ðara heofonlícra eádignessa cum mundi divitias amori cælestium præponimus, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 16.
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