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ge-hergian

(v.)
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afflicti sunt et oppressi per annos decem et octo Jud. 10, 8. to make captive in war, carry off as spoil Seó fird gehergade swíðe micel on þǽm norðhere ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe the English took much spoil from the northern army both

ge-sweotulian

(v.)
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Hér is geswutelod on þisum gewrite hú Eádgár cyngc wæs smeágende hwæt tó bóte mihte. Ll. Th. i. 270, 8

hátan

Grammar
hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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I. 110. 13. where the complement is the title of a book On þǽre béc þe wé hátað De Videndo Deo, Solil. H. 64, 25. where the complement is a class or common noun in the nominative Ðeós wyrt þe . . . sume men hennebelle hátað, Lch. i. 94, 6.

hwæt

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
hwæt, adv. or interjection.
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indirect questions Ic ðé mæg eówian ðæs bisna þá ðe magon getrymian tó þám ꝥ þú nást hwæt þú læng siofige, Bt. 36, 1; F. 172, 28. in clauses expressing astonishment, how, what Eálá hwæt Drihten deófles costunga geþyldelíce ábær O how patiently our Lord bore

heá-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heá-líc, adj.

High, elevated, lofty, sublime, proud, chief, very great, noble, distinguished, deep, profound

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Heálíce bodan archangels, Homl. Th. i. 342, 26: L. Eth. vii. 2; Th. i. 330, 6. Gif hie hwæt suá heálícra yfela on him ongieten if they perceive any very great evil in them; si qua valde sunt eorum prava, Past. 28, 5; Swt. 197, 6.

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á-springan

(v.)

to be emittedto ariseto rush upburst forthto spring,to spring upcome into existenceto spread (intrans. ) outto run outceasefail

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His hlísa ásprang tó Syrian lande, 16, 137. to run out, cease, fail Ne áspringeð him nán gód non deficient omni bono, Ps. Th. 33, 10. Eal tungla leóht áspringeþ, Bl. H. 91, 23. In him ásprang (deficeret) and áteorode his líchaman mægn, Gr.

Linked entry: á-sprungen

stæpe

(n.)
Grammar
stæpe, stepe, es; pl. stæpas, stapas, stæpe; m.
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Æt ðam ódrum stæpe twá pund tó bóte ... Æt ðam þriddan stæpe, etc., L. E. B. 1-8; Th. ii. 240, 242

ge-metgian

(v.)
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IV. to fix the measure or amount of :-- For ðǽre rihtwísnesse hé gereceð ðæs gyltes bóte, and for ðǽre mildheortnesse hé gemetgað þǽre scylde wíte, Ll. Lbmn. 474, ii.

ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ryne, es; m.

A course, run, running,an orbitcourse, uninterrupted progressa course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood course, cycle, lustrecourse of life

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A course, run, running, both in the sense of ¨motion and in that of the path in which motion takes place. of a ship Ánes ceóles ryne on London free entrance of one ship into the port of London (cf. ego indico me dedisse unius navis incessum in portu

Linked entry: rine

sceamian

(v.)
Grammar
sceamian, ode.

to feel shame, be ashamed to cause shame

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Ðæs ús ne scamaþ ná, ac ðæs ús scamaþ swýðe, ðæt wé bóte áginnan, 165, 39. Hý scamaþ, ðæt hý bétan heora misdǽda, 165, 8. Ða woroldlecan lǽcas scomaþ, ðæt. . ., Past. 1, 1; Swt. 25, 20. Mé sceamaþ ðæt ic wædlige mendicare erubesco, Lk. Skt. 16,3.

uppan

(prep.)
Grammar
uppan, (-on); prep. dat. acc.

upononaboveuponatafteruponon touponagainst

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Hí ealne ðone bryce uppon ðone cyng tealdon they laid all blame for the breach upon the king, Erl. 230, 4. marking addition Ða bodan cýddon ðæt his bróðer grið and forewarde eall æftercwæð, bútan se cyng gelǽstan nolde eall þet hí on forewarde hæfdon

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ge

andevenevenboth . . . and . . . and

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Þæt ic lufige ge furðum on þeófum quas amo etiam in latronibus 16, 13. where ge introduces the first word or clause, and is followed by ge as a connective, both . . . and . . . Ge . . . ge tam . . . quam. An. Ox. 2745 : 8, 281.

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Ða creópendan licgeaþ mid ealle líchoman on eorþan creeping things lie on the earth with all the body, Past. 21, 3; Swt, 155. 17. Heora líchoman licggaþ on eorþan and beóþ tó duste gewordne, Blickl. Homl. 101, 2.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

mód

(n.)
Grammar
mód, es; n.

the inner manthe spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of manspiritsoulmindsoulheartspiritminddispositionmoodCouragehigh spiritPridearroganceGreatnessmagnificencepride

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in a good sense, Courage, high spirit Æfter ðam ðe his mód wæs mid ðam bismre áhwæt hé fór eft on Perse and hí geflýmde after his courage had been sharpened by this disgrace, he again marched against the Persians, and put them to flight, Ors. 6, 30; Bos

ge-gán

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L. 27, 7. by a substantive (with on) denoting function in which the subject is to be employed Ðú eart on borg gegán ðínum friénd, Past. 192, 18. of passive movement (lit. or fig.). to be allotted or assigned to a person Ne gegǽð him þǽr nǽnig fæsten

hwilc

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Þeáh ðú teó hwelcne bóh, Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 22. Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús, 16, 2 ; F. 52, l. Gíf hé hwlyc lim forlýst, 34, 9 ; F. 148, 7. Gif mon hwelcne ceáp gebygeð, and hé onfinde him hwelce unhǽlo on, Ll. Th. i. 138, 10-II.

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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Hé sealde him tó bóte gangende feoh, Gen. 2719. to take a specified course (lit. or fig.) Ic on wegum gange þǽr ic þíne gewitnesse wát. Ps. Th. 118, 14. Ne ic on mægene miclum gange, 130, 2. Gancge, 85, 10.

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Ne wéne ic ðæt ǽnig wuht (cf. gesceaft, 24) sié ðe wiþwinne non est aliquid, quod summo huic bono vel velit, vel possit obsistere. Non . . . arbitror . Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, 29.

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Hé cóm on ꝥ gemǽre leóhtes and þeóstro noctis prope terminos, Bt. 35, 6 ; F. 170, 13. a line (lit. or fig.) that cannot or should not be passed, a bound, limit Ðá bebeád se biscop : ' Ásettað mé ongeán þysum fýre' . . .

setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (
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</b> metaph. seat of a disorder, etc, , dwelling-place of non-material things :-- Ðý læs ingǽ se fiónd in sávelo hiora &amp; seðel habba ne mǽgi, Rtl. 117, 31. the part of the body on which one sits, the seat Wið gicþan ðæs setles, Lchdm.