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hád

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Gerceafte under heofonum hádas cennað micle and mǽte, Gú. 23, an order in a society, a rank, degree, an office Men ǽlces hádes, heáne and ríce men of every degree, high and low, Guth. 66, 6. Swá man bið mihtigra oþþe máran hádes, Ll.

læssa

Grammar
læssa, l. lǽssa,
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Ðá ðe Lǽdensprǽce lǽste (lǽsðe, v. l. ) cúðon, 9, 16. what is of less importance He mót ǽgðer witan ge lǽsse ge máre, ge betere ge mǽtre, Angl. ix. 259, 23. <b>C.

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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Th. 438, 3; Rä. 57, 2. to labour, endeavour, strive after Ǽlc winð be his andgites mǽþe, ðæt hé hine wolde ongitan gif hé mihte, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 25. Á ðú wunne æfter eorðlícum welum, Wulfst. 140, 24.

Linked entry: on-winnende

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Pharao mǽtte, ðæt hé stóde be ánre eá, Gen. 41, 1. Geseah hé deófol ðǽr unfeor standan, Blickl. Homl. 227, 24. of things Se port stent betuh Winedum and Seaxum andAnglum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 23. Se steorra ána stent, Met. 29, 16.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

gód

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Swá góde lage swá hý betste geceósen, 276, 17. of animals Hors tó healfan pund gif hit swá gód sý, and gif hit mǽtre sý . . ., Ll. Th. i. 232, 25. .i. gód metecú, 436, 27.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Ðú sprycst ofer mǽþe úre ultra etatem nostram, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 11.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Hine mǽtte, and hé rehte ðæt his bróðrum; þurh ðæt hig hine hatedon ðe swíðor ( quae causa majoris odii seminarium fuit ), Gen. 37, 5. Hit wearð gelet þurh ðæt ðe Magnus hæfde micelne scypcræft, Chr. 1048; Erl. 173, 7: Wulfst. 161, 1.