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wesan

Grammar
wesan, I a.
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Hit wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ꝥ leód and lagu fór be geþincðum, Ll. Th. i. 190, ii. Add Him wæs bet sóna, Hml. S. 31, 571. Hwæt wæs þám men? quid profuit?, Gr. D. 326, 18. add: cf. .

æfterra

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
æfterra, æft(e)ra; cpve.: æft(e)resta; spve.

latter hinder, lower latterlastnext, following second

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Ben. 39, 17. where there are more than two objects the superlative æftresta = last :-- Ðreó frigedagas, se ǽresta . . . se nýhsta . . . se æftresta, Angl. xi. 3, 69. where there is juxtaposition, immediate sequence, next, following On ðǽm æfterran geáre

hearpe

(n.)
Grammar
hearpe, hærpe, an; f.

A harpplectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara

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Ne biþ him tó hearpan hyge ... se ðe on lagu fundaþ he has no mind to the harp ... who on the ocean puts forth, 82 a; Th. 308, 23; Seef. 44.

tó-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-glídan, p. -glád; pp. -gliden

To glide in different directions,glide awayto be dissipated, dispersed, dispelled, to disappear, vanish, pass awayto fall to pieces,collapseto slip away

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To glide in different directions, glide away. of a fluid Synt geárdagas forð gewitene, lífwynne geliden, swá lagu tóglídæþ, Elen.

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Byþ ðé meorð, þæt ðú ús on láde líðe weorðe, Andr.

-ing

(suffix)
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No. 195, a. 811], imply the land of Folcwine, of Wynheard, not of marks or families called Folcwinings, and Wynheardings. [Cf. Cásering ł caseres gafel didrachma, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 24.]

in-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþanc, es ; m. n.

Thoughtthinkingcogitationintentmindheartconscience

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Ðæt ingeþonc ǽlces monnes ðone líchoman lít [lǽt?] ðider hit wile the mind of every man bends [leads ?] the body whither it will, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 235 ; Met. 26, 118.

Linked entry: inn-geþanc

mæsse-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-preóst, es; m.

A priest not of the Christian churcha priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass

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See the passages below taken from the Laws. Mæssepreóst presbiter, Wrt. Voc. 42, 21: 71, 75. Swá hwæðer ðú sý swá mæssepreóst swá munuc. Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 35.

unnan

(v.)
Grammar
unnan, prs. ic, hé an[n], pl. wé unnon; p. úðe.

to grant a person (dat.) somethingto giveallowto wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. )to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.)to like a person to have somethingto like a condition of thingsto be pleased

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Þine feond þe þe ufel unnen, Laym. 28117. He mire dohter wel on, 11928.

Linked entries: an ann

ge-þóht

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Add: a thought, what a person thinks, an idea, opinion Ðá ðe ofer óðre bióð, giémen hié ... ðý lǽs ðæt geðóht hine ofersuíðe, Past. 119, 16.

Linked entry: þóht

hwæt-hwega

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Mín lár hwæthwugu ingǽð on þín ondgit, 13; F. 36, 33. Him hwæthwugu sió sóðfæsðnes on geeácnod bið jam aliquid de veritatis intellectu conceperant, Past. 367, 17. Hé gedyde hwylcehugu (hwæthwega) yldinge paululum moram fecit, Gr.

BE

(prep.)
Grammar
BE, [abbreviated from big = bí, q. v.]; prep. dat. and instr.

BYnear totoatinonuponaboutwithjuxtapropeadsecusincumoffromabouttouchingconcerningdequoadforbecause ofafterbythroughaccording topropropterersecundumbesideout ofeex

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Be fæder láre through the father's counsel, Beo. Th. 3905; B. 1950. Úre bán syndon toworpene be helwarena hæfte neódum dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum, Ps. Th. 140, 9.

þeówian

(v.)
Grammar
þeówian, p. ode.
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Pharao áh ǽgðer ge eów and eówer land ... Hig cwǽdon: 'Wé þeówiaþ blíðelíce ðam cynge,' Gen. 47, 25. to enslave, reduce to a state of slavery, deprive of freedom Ðæt hé ús þeówige ut violenter subjiciat servituti nos, Gen. 43, 18.

Linked entries: þeáwian þeówan

un-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj.

of no valueof no dignitylittle esteemedunworthynot of sufficient meritworthlessbadcontemptibledespicableignobleignominiousdishonouring

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Ǽlcum witum láþ and unweorþ omnibus invisus, Bt. 28; Fox l00, 28: Met. 15, 6. Se ídela gylp ús beó ǽfre unwurð (-wyrð, MS. U.), Hornl. Skt. i. 16, 367.

Linked entries: un-wurþ un-wyrþ

wráþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wráþ, adj.

wrothangryincensed

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Ic eom wráþra láf, fyres and feóle, 484, 6; Rá. 70: 3. Gemyndig wráþra wælsleahta, 286, 27; Wand. 7. Wíta wráðra, 253, 9 ; Jul. 177 : 261, 7 ; Jul. 311. Feala ic gebiden hæbbe wráðra wyrda, Rood Kmbl. 101 ; Kr. 51. Wrádum teárum, Ps. Th. 55, 11.

ge-fón

(v.)
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To lay hold Gif mon on cirliscre fǽmnan breóst gefó, LI. Th. i. 68, 14. Gif hwá on nunnan hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútán hire leáfe gefó, 72, 9. <b>II a.

hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shapeformshapefigurea formshapewritingappearanceaspectcolourformkindnaturecharacterformulaformtypemodela pretexa fancya kindspecies

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Ðý lǽs ǽnig durre on eáðmódnesse híwe (sub humilitatis specie) hit forcweðan, Past. 51, 3. Sume men onderfóð eáðmódnesse híw, sume ofermódnesse, 301, 25. a pretext Híwe praetextu, An.

ród

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E. 291, 1. one that could be worn. v. bisceop-, sweór-ród. of cleared land (cf. excepta una roda, quam retineo ad viam habendam juxta haiam meam N. E. D. rood; 8) West be ðý wioda andlanges ðǽre róde, Cht. E. 153, 3.

DÉMA

(n.)
Grammar
DÉMA, an; m. [déman to deem, judge, think] .

a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal

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Lamb. 74, 8: Ps. Th. 67, 6: Wrt, Voc. 72, 66. Déma judex, vel censor, vel arbĭter, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 9; Wrt. Voc, 42, 18: 86; Som. 74, 21; Wrt. Voc. 50, 5: consul, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 10; Som. 9, 16.

Linked entries: dǽma doema

swá

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læg fíf dagas beforan ðæs mynstres geate swá hé ne æt ne ne dranc, ac hé bæd ingonges, Shrn. 109, 5. 3. add: the clause contracted Hé læg þǽr swá dǽd lange on þǽre flóra, Hml.