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MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

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Wísdóm sǽde ðæt men mihton (could understand ) be Gode swelce hí mǽte, Bt. tit. 26; Fox xiv. 16.

Linked entry: mæg

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Swelc wæs þeáw hira þæt hié ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra dydon him tó móse, Andr. Kmbl. 51; An. 26. Swá is þære menigo þeáw, þæt . . . 355; An. 178.

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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Th. 228, 19; Ph. 440: 110, 28; Gú. 115. figuratively Nú fandiaþ swelce wræccan and teóþ tó, woldon underfón ðone weorðscipe such wretches press forward in their wish to receive the honour, Past. 7; Swt. 51, 22

gíman

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swelces lyt gýmð, Met. Einl. 8. with clause, to care whether, what, &amp;c. Sé ðe ne giémð hwæðer hé ðá sibbe healde qui servare pacem non curat Past. 345, 12. Hié ne giémað tó hwon óðerra monna wíse weorðe non aliorum lucra cogitant 41, 24.

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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Gif þeóf sié gefongen, swelte hé deáðe oþþe his líf be his were man áliése, L. In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8. Gif man þeóf on carcerne gebringe, ðæt hé beó .xl. nihta on carcerne, and hine mon ðonne álýse út mid .cxx. sciłł., L. Ath. i. 1; Th. i. 198, 21.

Linked entry: þeáf

ge-lífan

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Ne sceolde þe nán man swelces tó geléfan, Bt. 5, 1; F. 10, 3. by a clause Gelýfe ic tó Gode, ꝥ úre frið bið betera, Ll. Th. i. 242, 11. Gelýfe ic tó eów, ꝥ gé willan fylstan, 250, 5. Ic gelýfe tó þé, þæt þú mé nǽfre wille ánforlǽtan, An. 1286.

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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feorhnere witude fundon, Gs. 890. to find in records: Werþeóde on gewritum findað dóma gehwilcne, Exod. 519. where the record is the memory: Findan on ferhðe, An. 1487: El. 641: 632. to find (and carry off) something hidden or hitherto unnoticed Swelce

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Se ðe sleá ( percusserit ) his fæder oððe his móder swelte hé deáþe, Ex. 21, 15. Gehýrde ic ðæt Eádweard ánne slóge swíðe mid his swurde, Byrht. Th. 135, 13; By. 117. Ðá beáh hé sleánde his breóst, H. R. 107, 11.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
þurfan, prs. ic, he þearf, ðú þearft, pl. wé þurfon; p. þorfte; subj. prs. is þurfe, þyrfe, pl. þurfen, þyrfen; prs. ptcpl. þurfende, þyrfende

To needto be in needhave need of somethingto need to do somethingto be bound to do something because it is rightto be obligedbe compelled by destinyto have good cause or reason for doing somethingto be use, to be good for a person to do somethingto owe

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Gif ðú swelces nánuuht næfdest ne þorftest ðú ðé nánwuht ondrǽdan, 14, 3; Fox 46, 23-28. Nö hé ðære feohgyfte scamigan þorfte, Beo. Th. 2057; B. 1026: 2147; B. 1071.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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</b> the payment of the wer is in some cases an alternative; see also wer-gild, <b>II a</b> :-- Gif þeóf sié gefongen, swelte hé deáðe, oþþe his líf be his were man áliése, L. In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8.

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Ðæt ilce ðú miht geþencan be ǽlcum ðinge, ðæt nán þing ne biþ swelce hit wæs, siþþan hit wanian onginþ, 34, 9; Fox 148, 9: Met. 20, 37. Ǽghwilc þing ðe on ðís andweardan lífe lícap, 21, 28. Ǽlc þing ðe líf hæfde, Gen. 7, 22.

ge-weorþan

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Bd. 3, 10 ; Sch. 233, 12, to be brought to Swelce sió burg wǽre ðurh ðæs sǽs stemne tó scame geworden guasi per vocem mam ad verecundiam Sidon adducitur, Past. 409, 35.

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Tó ðæm gleáw ðæt hé swelces hwæt tócnáwan cunne so skilled that he can distinguish in a matter of such a kind, Past. 52, 10; Swt. 411, 26. Blæc oððe won oððe swilces hwæt pale or livid or something of that kind, L. M. 1, 35; Lchdm. ii. 82, 13: Beo.

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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Th. 6, 30; Cri. 92. marking the circumstance which renders state or action possible or right, through, in virtue of, by right of Ðæt Martinus wǽre wyrðe ðæs hádes, and ðæt folc gesǽlig ðurh swelcne biscop that Martin was worthy of the office, and the

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Hwæþer þú swelces áuht wyrcan mæge oððe geworhtes habbe, Bt. 14, l ; F. 40, 26. (a α) where the material is stated Ðæt hrægl scolde bión geworht of purpuran, Past. 83, 22. Geworht of ðǽm treówe sethim, 171, 7. Of grénum áre geworht, Bl. H. 127, 7.

niman

(v.)
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Swelce wé nimen ðone clǽnan hwǽte, and weorpen ðæt ceaf onweg, Past. 369, 9.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Th. ii. 230, 17. marking agent :-- Þá ðing þe be him wǽrun gewordene quae fiebant ab eo, Lk. 9, 7. marking the object that serves as model, after :-- Swelcra má bi ðǽre bisene, Past. 9, 14.

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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Swelce him nǽfre gelíc yfel an ne becóme, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 10. For ðæm ungemetlícan feóndscipe ðe úre éhtende on sindon, 2, 5; Swt. 80, 36. Ðæt him mon sceolde an má healfa on feohtan ðonne on áne, Swt. 80, 27.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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&#39; Hé cwæð: &#39;Sylf ic swelte þonne,&#39; Homl. Skt. i. 3, 591. Ðes man is sóþfæst, ac þonne hwæþere git sindon bigswicon this man is true, but yet (if that be so) then ye are deceivers, Blickl. Homl. 187, 30. <b>VI a.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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III. 5 Swelce hié setten ða synne wið ðære ælmessan, Past. 45; Swt. 341, 20. Grammar wiþ, marking comparison, by the side of, compared with. Similar entries v. III. 6 Hwæt is ǽnig lác wið ðisum willan ? Homl. Th. i. 584, 10.