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ge-innian

(v.)
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Hé ácwealde Castolum þe hæfde geinnod ealle þás hálgan, Hml. S. 5, 385

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
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Hé wolde guman findan þone þe him on sweofote sáre geteóde, B. 2295. to determine a course of action Hé ꝥ on his móde gehogod and geteód hæfde, ꝥ hé wolde ealle his þeóde fordón totam eius gentem delere decreuerat, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 307, 7. of the decrees

þæt

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. ¶ In the charters the word is used almost with the force of until, marking the point reached in tracing a boundary :-- Swá west wið ðan heáfdan ðæt hit cymð tó ðǽre ealdan dúne; andlang dúne west ðæt hit cymeð intó Dinamore ... súð ðæt hit cymeð tó

ríman

(v.)
Grammar
ríman, p. de.

to count, number ⬩ to enumerate, recount, describe in succession ⬩ to calculate, compute, count up ⬩ to account, esteem as

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Hé mæg ríman steorran qui numerat multitudinem stellarum, 146, 4. to enumerate, recount, describe in succession On ðam is godcundnesse wén ðe manna ingehygd wát and can and heora heortena deágol ealle smeáþ and rímeþ divinity is to be looked for in him

á-dreógan

to bear off ⬩ suffer, endure ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to pass, spend time ⬩ to carry out, perform

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Hí ealne ðone dæg on Godes herungum ádrugon, Hml. Th. ii. 182, 28. Swá stemmǽlum on ðám þá wucan ádreógan (printed adreosan, with note ' s of unusual shape'; Similar entries v. An.

Linked entry: á-dreósan

storm

(n.)
Grammar
storm, es; m.

a storm, tempest ⬩ a storm ⬩ storm, disturbance, disquiet ⬩ uproar, tumult ⬩ violent attack

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Seó lyft ábyrþ ealle wolcna and stormas, Lchdm. iii. 274, 10. fig. a storm of arrows Strǽla storm scóc ofer scyldweall, Beo.

Linked entry: stearm

scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e; f.

office ⬩ charge ⬩ business ⬩ administration ⬩ government ⬩ a district ⬩ province ⬩ diocese ⬩ parish ⬩ the people of a district ⬩ a tribe ⬩ a shire ⬩ The people of a shire ⬩ the community inhabiting a shire ⬩ the district in charge of an ecclesiastic ⬩ a diocese ⬩ parish

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Th. i. 562, 20. the people of a district, a tribe Hé is swýðe rihtwýs wer, ðæt wát eall ðeós scýr, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 120. Twá scíra, ðæt ys, Iude and Benjamin, Ps. Th. 45, arg.

wendan

(v.)
Grammar
wendan, p. -de

To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed

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Went nú fulneáh eall moncyn on tweónunga Bt. 4; Fox 8, 17: Met. 13, 55. Him eal worold wendeþ on willan all the world goes well with him Beo. Th. 3482; B. 1739.

ge-sittan

(v.)
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L. 23, 2. to settle. of persons, of individuals, to dwell, reside Hé fór tó Róme and þǽr gesæt (wunode eal tó his lífes ende, v.l. ), Chr. 874 ; P. 72, 27.

lang

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Ealle lange dagas lífes þínes, Ps.

ge-híran

(v.)
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On þæs engles wordum wæs gehýred ꝥ þurh hire beorþor sceolde beón gehǽled eall wífa cynn, Bl.

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God

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Ealle ða ídlan word ðe hé út forlét. Blickl. Homl. 59, 19. Ealle 'ða word sint sóbe ðe Paulus sægþ, 187, 2. Ðæt sindon ða word, swá ús gewritu secgaþ, Exon. Th. 241, 12 ; Ph. 655. Gif ðás word sind sóþ, 247, 24; Jul. 83: Beo. Th. 1282; B. 639.

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron.

self ⬩ very ⬩ own ⬩ (the) same

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Eall ðis mágon him sylfe geseón, Exon. Th. 69, 6; Cri. 1116. denoting voluntary or independent action (not inflected?). Cf. Goth.

Linked entries: sylf seolf silf siolf

hálig

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Is þeós tíd ealra tíd héhst and hálgost, Bl. H. 83, 19. Alh heáhst and hǽligost, Exod. 394. Betwux ðám hálegestan (hálgestan, v. l.) hálignessum, Past. 135, 9.

fón

(v.)

to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with

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Eall folc gearu wæs heom on tó fónne, Chr. 1009; P. 139, 21. to begin at or with Fóh on .iiii. nón. Aprl. and æfter id. fóh on . xvii. Id. Aprl. Angl. viii. 326, 35.

gár-secg

(n.)
Grammar
gár-secg, -sæcg, es; m. [gár a spear, secg man] .

a spear-man ⬩ the ocean ⬩ hŏmo jăcŭlo armātus ⬩ oceănus ⬩ a sea ⬩ măre

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Nam et ab orīgĭne rērum, pro diis immortālĭbus vĕtĕres hastas coluēre; ob cujus religiōnis memŏriam adhuc deōrum simulacris hastæ adduntur, l. xliii : c. iii Úre yldran ealne ðysne ymbhwyrft ðyses middangeardes, cwæþ Orosius, swá swá Oceanus ymbligeþ

Linked entry: secg

hergian

(v.)
Grammar
hergian, p. ode; pp. od

To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war

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Hí sceoldan ealle ætgædere faran and hergian they should go all together and harry. Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 3. Hé wæs heriende and feohtende fíftig wintra arma foras extulit, cruentamque vilam quinquaginta annis bellis egit, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 28, 28

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e ; f.
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Ða race ( the explanation ) sóhton ealle úþwitan, 39, 4; Fox 216, 15. Ic wolde reccan sume race, 41, 4; Fox 252, 14. Race narrationem, Hpt. Gl. 522, 54 : Lk. Skt. 1, 1. Raca conlationes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 47. Racum relatibus, Hpt. Gl. 529, 39.

Linked entry: eá-racu

geond

(prep.)
Grammar
geond, giond; prep. acc.

Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond ⬩ per, trans, inter, post, ultra ⬩ κατά

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Hí ealle beweópon Aarones forðsíþ geond ðrítig daga they all mourned Aaron's death during thirty days, Num. 20, 29. Ðé we þanciaþ geond ungeendode worulde we will thank thee to all eternity, Homl. Th. i. 76, 7.

wól

(n.)
Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.

Pest ⬩ pestilence ⬩ plague ⬩ murrain

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On ða tíd ðæs miclan wóles and moncwylde ðe Breotona eálond mid mycle wóle forhergode tempore mortalitatis quae Brittaniam lata strage vastavit, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 15: 3, 23; S. 555, 9.