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hwæþer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæþer, conj.
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Eálá! hwæðer heó hider cumende syó, and mé ne gýme?, Hml. S. 23 b, 667. Hwæþer ( si ) seó nǽddre þurh hyre ágen andgit sprǽce?

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Wé þé heriað, swá ꝥú eart gewurðod á on worlda forð, Hy. 7, 123. to honour by granting what is of worth, put in an honourable position or condition Ús geweorðade Godes gǽstsunu and ús giefe sealde uppe mid englum éce staðelas, Cri. 659.

scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
scyldig, adj.
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Hé sceal mid réðnesse him stiére ðýlæs hé sié scyldig ealra hira scylda ne culparum omnium reus ipse teneatur, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 1.

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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Ðæt folc him sáh eall onbútan the people pressed upon him on all sides, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 650. Eall seó burhwaru sáh út ætgædere ongeán ðæs cáseres tócyme the whole town moved out together in the direction of the emperor's approach, 814.

Linked entries: sígend sígere

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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Heáfod ealra heáhgesceafta the chief of all exalted creatures, Cd. 1; Th. i. 7; Gen. 4: Hy. 7, 62; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 62.

wiþ-cweþan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-cweþan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp.-cweden.

to replyto gainsaycontradict maintain an opposite opinionto contradictopposeresistto refuserejectnot to allow

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Ðá begann se cyngc gyrnan his sweostor him tó wife, ac hé and his menn ealle lange wiðcwǽdon, and eác heó sylf wiðsóc, 1067; Erl. 204, 17. Ða þrý cnihtas wiðcwǽdon his hǽþenscipe, Homl. Ass. 70, 131.

dóm

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Þætte ealra heora dóme ( judicio ) gecoren wǽre, hwanone ꝥ cymen wǽre, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 485, 8. where sentence is passed Mycel egsa gelimpeþ eallum gesceaftum, þonne se dóm neálǽceþ, Bl. H. 91, 19. Ealle sceolan forþ gán tó þám dóme, 95, 18.

ge-gearwian

(v.)
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Hié sculon ládteówdóm geearwian, Past. 138, 17. to make easy to do Mé þæt mægen þe ǽr þæs inganges duru bewerede æfter þan þone ingang þæs síðfætes gegearwode, Hml. S. 23 b, 464

heá-lic

loftytallhigh uppreciouselevatedraisedloudprofoundintenseextremenobleexcellent

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Hié hæfdon miccle lufan and eác heálico ondrysnu, Bl. H. 205, 8. as an epithet of what is evil, deep guilt, grievous sin, profound error Nis nán leahter swá heálic ꝥ man ne mæg gebétan, Hml. S. 12, 157.

hwæþer

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Werian his man swá hwæðer him þincð ꝥ hé hine eáð áwerian mæge, swá for frigne, swá for þeówne, 388, 2. Gewylde man hine swá hwæðer swá man mæge, swá cucne, swá deádne, 390, 21. Swá hwæðer swá (swaðor, v. l. ), 268, 17

samod

(adv.)
Grammar
samod, adv.

Together.and, both . . . and, also, too

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Th. 434, 17; Rä. 52, 2. of mutual or reciprocal action :--- Similar entries Cf. samod-geflit. marking union or junction, Similar entries v. samod-cumende. with numerals or with eall Him wæs bám samod lond gecynde, Beo. Th. 4399 ; B. 2196.

níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
níwe, neówe; adj.

newnot yet usednewrecentnot of long standingnot long madenew (to anything)inexperiencednewnoveldifferent from what has gone before

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Ðæt is ðæt mon ða earce bere on ðǽm saglum ðætte ða gódan láreówas ða hálgan gesomnunge lǽrende ða níwan (niéwan, Cott.

Linked entry: níwung

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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II. the earth, the surface of the earth :-- Ic (creation) eorþan eom ǽghwǽr brǽdre, and wídgelra ðonne ðes wong gréna (cf. O. Sax. gróni wang the earth ), Exon. Th. 426, 34; Rä. 4I, 83. Cýþan werum on wonge, 414, 2; Rä. 32, 14: 439, 11; Rä. 59, 2.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Nú hit eall ágán is on ðǽron oð ðíne hand, C. D. ii. 114, 6

FELG

(n.)
Grammar
FELG, e; f: felge, an; f. A

FELLYpart of the circumference of a wheelcanthusάνθόsabsis rŏtæ

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Ðæt hweól hwerfþ ymbúton, and sió nafa, néhst ðære eaxe, sió færþ micle fæstlícor and orsorglícor ðonne ða felgan dón the wheel turns round, and the nave, being nearest to the axle-tree, goes much more firmly and more securely than the fellies do, Bt.

Linked entry: fælg

FLEÓT

(n.)
Grammar
FLEÓT, fliét, es; m: fleóte, an; f.

a place where vessels floata baygulfan arm of the seaestuarythe mouth of a rivera riverstreamsĭnusæstuāriumrīvusa raftshipvesselrătisnāvis

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Ispánia land is eall mid fleóte ymbhæfd the country of Spain is all encompassed with water, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 3. Fleótas æstuāria, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 154, 46: Wrt.

fóre-þonc

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-þonc, -þanc, es; m.

Fore-thoughtprovidenceprovĭdentia

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Se fóreþonc is sió godcunde gesceádwísnes, sió ðe eall fórewát providence is the divine intelligence, which foreknows all, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 26.

Linked entry: fóre-þanc

hweogul

(n.)
Grammar
hweogul, hweowol, hweohl, hweól, es; n.

A wheel

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P.] tyrnþ on eaxe the firmament turns on those two stars just as a wheel turns on an axle, Lchdm. iii. 270, 22. Swá swá hweowol ut rotam, Ps. Spl. 82, 12. Wǽnes hweowol a waggon-wheel, Shrn. 32, 12. Swá swá yrnende hweowol, Hexam. 5; Norm. 8, 29.

Linked entries: hwǽl hweowol

ge-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beódan, p. -beád, pl. -budon; pp. -boden [ge-, beódan to command] .

to commandordersummonjŭbēremandāreto announceproclaimannuntiāreto offerproposegivegrantofferrepræbēre

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Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 27 : Cd. 183; Th. 229, 27; Dan. 223. to offer, propose, give, grant; offerre, præbēre Hiera se æðeling gehwelcum feoh and feorh gebeád to each of them the noble offered money and life, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 5, 15.

ge-reord

(n.)
Grammar
ge-reord, -reorde, es; n.

Language, speech, tongue, voice

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Language, speech, tongue, voice Hí cunnon eall mennisc gereord nationum linguis loquentes, Nar. 37, 4: Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 2: Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 19: 293, 43. Ðæt ys on úrum gereorde that is in our language, Thw. Hept. 155, 37: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 55.

Linked entries: reord reord