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winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Ne wynne gé ongén ða ðe eów yfel dóð non resistere malo, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 39. Heó (Hagar) ongan wið Sarran winnan, Cd. Th. 135, 12; Gen. 2241. of competition Eart ðú se Beówulf, se ðe wið Brecan wunne, ymb sund flite, Beo.

Linked entry: on-winnende

fram

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Jn. 5, 24. denoting distinction, difference Se godcunda dóm geðencð ðætte ealle men gelíce beón ne magon, ac wile ðæt simle se óðer beó árǽred from ðǽm óðrum.

FYRD

(n.)
Grammar
FYRD, fyrdung, e; f.

an armythe military array of the whole countryexercĭtusexpĕdītioan armyagmenexercĭtusan expeditionexpĕdītioa campcastrum

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Similar entries v. folc-land I [c] Be ðon ðe gesíþcund man fyrde forsitte.

ge-ban

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ban, -bann, -benn, es; n.

a commandordinancedecreeproclamationmandātumstătūtumdecrētumthe indictionindictioedictum

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Æfter ðon ðe agán wæs ehta hund wintra and syx and hundnigontig efter his acennednesse, and ðý feówerteóðan gebonn-gére; ðá, ðý gére, gebeón [p. of gebannan] Æðelréd ealderman alle Mercna weotan tosomne to Gleaweceastre under the rule of our Lord Jesus

nealles

(adv.)
Grammar
nealles, nalles, nallæs, nallas, nales, nalæs, nalas; adv.

Notnot at all

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Swá sceal mǽg dón, nealles inwitnet óðrum bregdan, Beo. Th. 4340; B. 2167 : 4365; B. 2179. Hé spræc þurh feóndscipe, nalles hé hié freme lǽrde, Cd. Th. 38, 22; Gen. 610 : 14, 2; Gen. 212.

Linked entry: nalas

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Th. 110, 5. to raise, offer (a prayer) Hyra þeódnes dóm ðæt hié to ðam beácne ( the golden image ) gebedu rǽrde, Cd. Th. 227, 24; Dan. 191. to raise, begin, give rise to, excite (ill feeling) Rǽrde exagitabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 22.

Linked entry: hebban

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, p. seah, pl. sáwon, sǽgon, ségon ; pp. sewen, sawen.
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Seóþ on éce gewyrht, 448, 29; Dóm. 61. Ealle synd gedréfede ðe hí on sióþ conturbati sunt omnes qui videbant eos, Ps. Th. 63, 8. Secg seah on unleófe, Beo. Th. 5719; B. 2863. Folc tó sǽgon, 2849; B. 1422: Elen. Kmbl. 2208; El. 1105.

talu

(n.)
Grammar
talu, e; and indecl.; f.

a tale, talk, story, accounttalk, discussion, disputea charge, claiman excuse, a defenceas a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action,a tale, list, series

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Tale disputationis, dissensionis, 439, 57: disputationis, certationis, 459, 60. a charge, claim Ða heáhsacerdas sóhton tale ágén ðone Hǽlend summi sacerdotes quaerebant aduersum Iesum testimonium, Mk. Skt. 14, 55.

swegel

(n.)
Grammar
swegel, swegl, es; n.
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Th. 449, 11; Dóm. 69. Gástas sóhton swegles dreámas, engla éðel, Andr. Kmbl. 1282; An. 641. Ic mæg swegles (or under ?) gamen gehýran on heofonum, Cd. Th. 42, 18; Gen. 675. Swegles leóman. Cd. Th. 286, 13; Sae. 351. Swegles leóht, 266, 27; Sae. 28.

éþel

fatherland

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Ic móste in þeossum atolan oeðele gebídan, 108. used in poetry of the sea as the home of fishes or birds Fisces éðel, Dóm. 39. Ofer hwæles éðel. Seef. 60: An. 274: Edg. 48.

ge-hínan

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Nú sind gehýnde and gehæfte in helle grund deófla cempan, Cri. 562. to treat with contempt, despise Hé gehéneð ðone ðe mec sende spernit eum qui me misit, Lk. L. 10, 16. Ne magon hí þonne gehýnan heofon cyninges bebod, Cri. 1525.

hátan

Grammar
hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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</b> where there is no subject to the verb in the infinitive :-- Ðæt ðú dóa hátes ł héhtes quod tu fieri jubes, Mt. p. 1. 11. For þǽm gylte hiene eft hétt his fæder ofsleán, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 12. Hé hiene hétt bebyrgean, 128, 16.

healh

a corneran anglecaveclosetrecessa bay

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On þýstrum healum (scræfum, Dóm. L. 139) þissere worulde tenebrosis in antris, Wlfst. 138, 1. Healum cubilibus, Germ. 402, 54. a bay: Strénæs hale (alch, halch, v. ll.) quod interpretatur sinus fari, Txts. 140, 210. Streánes halh, 200.

lǽtan

(v.)
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D. 6, 19. ofdúne, to let down, to cause or allow to descend Hié léton hiera hrægl ofdúne tó fótum, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 19, úp, to put ashore Hé cóm tó Sandwíc and lét þǽr úp (lét dón úp, v. l. ) þá gíslas, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 23. út, to put to sea Godwine

ge-mynd

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On þá gerád þe man [his] gemynd æfter his dege tó þǽre hálgan stówe in Wintanceastre, 158, 15. Tó tídsongum mín gemund dón, 159, 9. annual commemoration of a saint On ðone fíf and twéntegðan dæg ðæs mónðes bið Sce Urbanes gemynd, Shrn. 86, 9.

HWÍL

(n.)
Grammar
HWÍL, e; f.

A WHILE

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Ðá wæs hwíl dæges ǽr hé ðone grundwong ongytan mihte it was a day's space ere he might feel the bottom, 2995; B. 1495. Ǽr dæges hwíle before day-time, 4630; B. 2320. On dæges hwíle in the day-time, Cd. 191; Th. 238, 4; Dan. 349.

swǽsende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.
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Ðone mete and ða swǽsendo dapes, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 20. &para; In phrases :-- Gán tó swǽsendum to go to dinner; ire ad reficiendum, 5, 4; S. 617, 18.

Linked entries: swésende swoese

un-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
un-þeáw, es; m.

A bad habitan evil practicea vicefault

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Lufie mon ðone man, and hatige his unþeáwas, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 8: Met. 27, 32: Bt. 29, 3; Fox 106, 27: Met. 16, 24. Ýdel bið seó lár ðe ne gehǽlð ðære sáwle leahtras and unðeáwas, Homl. Th. i. 60, 35.

ýtera

(adj.)
Grammar
ýtera, cpve.: ýtemest; spve. adj.
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Ágynn fram ðam ýtemestan ( novissimo ) óð ðone fyrmestan, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 8, 14. On ðam ýtemestan dæge, Jn. Skt. 6, 54. On ðam ýtemestan dæge his lífes, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 18: 4, 8; S. 575, 30: Exon. Th. 172, 7; Gú. 1140.

Linked entry: ýtmest

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.