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swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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[As may be seen from the charters and the laws, swine were an important item in the livestock of the English.

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun

be-healdan

(v.)
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Gen. 40, 8. to hold, keep a law Godes beboda utan wé behealdan, Bl. H. 39, 4. to hold, keep, maintain Hí mé onhwyrfdon of þǽre gecynde þe ic ǽr cwic beheóld, Rä. 72, 4.

ge-scendan

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Ðý lǽs his sprǽc gescynde (-scende, v.l.) ðá ánmódnesse ðára ðe ðǽrtó hlystað ne ejus eloquio audientium unitas confundatur, 93, 25.

welig

(adj.)
Grammar
welig, weleg; adj.

Wealthyrichopulent

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. : Mid ðam gelǽredan biscope hé wunode on weligre láre tó langum fyrste with that learned bishop he continued for a long time, engaged in learning which was rich in results, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 21

Linked entry: wealig

ge-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþ, es; m. [cf. ge-féra]

A companionfellowcompanion or follower of a chief or kingsociuscomes

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Fróde gesíþas, ealde ǽgleáwe hit getealdon wise fellows, elders skilled in law computed it, Menol. Fox 36; Men. 18. Ða gesíþas the comrades, Salm. Kmbl. 693; Sal. 346.

Linked entries: ge-sóð ge-síþman

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with othersstanding apart, not accessiblespecial, set apart for a particular purposespecial, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual qualityfor the unusual degree in which some quality existsof that which concerns a single person, private, ownproprius, privatusseparate, several, sundry, each separatelyone a-piece, one each

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syndrigum stáne com ðonne hét hé hiene mid fýre onhǽtan and siþþan mid mattucan heáwan ad Alpes pervenit. . . atque invias rupes igni ferroque rescindit, Ors. 4, 8;Swt. 186, 18. special, set apart for a particular purpose Sáwlsceat (vel) syndrig Godes lác

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Fær gewyrc fiftiges wíd, ðrittiges heáh, þreó hund lang elngemeta, Cd. Th. 79, 7; Gen. 1307.

wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straightbentcrookedtwistedobliquenot rightperversefrowardwrongunfair

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Mid wóre láre perversa praedicalione, 48; Swt. 367, 15. Be wóhre gewitnesse. Gif man áfinde ðæt heora ǽnig on wóhre (wóre, v. l. ) gewitnesse wǽre, L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 22. Gescynded on heora wón willan abominabiles in voluntatibus suis, Ps.

fundian

(v.)
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Sé þe-on lagu fundað he that will go to sea, Seef. 47. Hí woldon cuman tó sumere þára stówa ðe hí ðonne tó fundiaþ, Bt. 34, 7; F. 144, 10. Férde sum ridda . . . and hit lǽdde forð mid him þǽr hé fundode tó, Hml.

gilp

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Þý lǽs him gilp scedðe, oððe fore þǽre mǽrðe mód ástíge, Crä. 100: Cri. 684. Gylpes ostenta-tionis (indicium ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 22 : 64, 38. Gilpes arrogantiae . 2, 9. Tóþundenes gylpes tumentis iactantię An. Ox. 5374.

ge-winnan

(v.)
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Hí ꝥ land hæfdon gewunnen, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 9. to take a town, castle, &c. Hé þá burg gewann urbem expugnavit et cepit, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 16: 3, 9; S. 136, 2. Hér Regnold cyng gewan Eoferwíc, Chr. 923; P. 105, 1.

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(h 1) marking influence to which action is attributed :-- Hí hine ácsedon hwæþer hí sceoldan tó Agustinus láre (ad praedicationem Augustini ) hiora þeáwas forlǽtan. Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 116, 12. Tó ðyssere dǽde wearð þæs cynges heorte áblicged, Hml.

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONEunusunaunumaloneonlysoleanothersolusaliussolealone of its kindsingularuniquewithout an equalunicuseximiusa certain onesome onequidamaanaaneachevery oneallunus-quisqueuna-quæqueunum-quodqueOneother

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God geworhte ǽnne mannan, Adam, of láme God created one man, Adam, of earth, Homl. Th. i. 12, 28. He is án God Deus unus est, Mk. Bos. 12, 29. Ðis is án ðara gerǽdnessa this is one of the ordinances, L.

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, to greet.
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personal subject and personal object. to treat ill, cause injury or trouble to Ðeáh hié nán mann mid láðe ne gréte, Past. 293, 19.

hors

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In war, too, and in farming horses were less used than in later times.

stæpe

(n.)
Grammar
stæpe, stepe, es; pl. stæpas, stapas, stæpe; m.
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Lamb. 84, 14: 118, 133: Wulfst. 247, 2. Gelǽd mé on stige ðǽr ic stæpe míne on ðínum bebodum brýce hæbbe deduc me in semitam mandatorum tuorum, Ps. Th. 118, 33. <b>I a.

gíme-líst

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Cf. gíman ; 4 Hé lǽt his mód tóflówan on ðæt ofdele giémeliéste and ungesceád-wísnesse æfter eallum his willum neglectam (animam) se inferius per desideria expandit Past. 283, 15. Hé lǽt his hláfordes gebod tó giémeliéste, 121, 14.

ge-dón

(v.)
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Þe lǽs man eft twǽme ꝥ man ǽr tósomne gedydon (joined in matrimony), Ll. Th. i. 256, 11.

(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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láfe as a remnant, remaining, Similar entries v. láf, I.

Linked entry: -anne

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Him on bearme læg mádma mænigo, Beo. Th. So; B. 40. On him byrne scan, 815; B. 405. Se on foldan læg, Byrht. Th. 138, 29; By. 227. Hé on meare rád, 138, 53; By. 239. And metaphorically :-- On eów scyld siteþ, Exon.

Linked entries: an un-reordian