gift
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Th. i. 46, 17. a particular matrimonial alliance Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge and ðonne sió gift tóstande. Ll. Th. i. 122, 4.
lár
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Ne mæg eówer nán hyne láre beládian; ǽlc eówer hafað tungan; sé þe gód sprecan wile, symble hé mæg sumné mon gebétan, Ll. Th. ii. 424, 14-25. <b>I a.
wealdend
one who exercises power over persons or things, ⬩ a controller ⬩ master ⬩ one who exercises dominion ⬩ a ruler ⬩ governor ⬩ sovereign ⬩ applied to the Deity ⬩ a possessor ⬩ master ⬩ lord
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one who exercises power over persons or things, a controller, master Ǽlc mon biþ wealdend ðæs ðe hé welt, næfþ hé nánne anweald ðæs ðe hé ne welt quod quisque potest, in eo validus: quod non potest, in hoc imbecillis esse censendus est, Bt. 36, 3; Fox
on-ginnan
to begin, set about, set to work ⬩ to attempt, endeavour (with infin.) ⬩ to act strenuously ⬩ to make an attempt upon, to attack
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Hí ongunnon ða eár pluccigean, 2, 23. where a case follows Se mon ðe gód onginneþ and ðonne áblinneþ. . . Se ðe gód onginneþ and on ðon þurhwunaþ, Blickl. Homl. 21, 34-36. Freme ðæt ðú ongunne, 189, 3.
tilung
striving, ⬩ endeavour, ⬩ effort, ⬩ labour ⬩ a pursuit ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ attention ⬩ treatment ⬩ cure ⬩ gain that comes from labour ⬩ acquisition ⬩ fruit got by tilling the earth
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Þe wingeardes þet mot muche tilunge to uorte beren winberies, 296, 1. Fourty wynter folke lyued withouten tulyinge (tiliyng, tilynge), Piers P. 14, 63
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Genime mon .vi. sciłł. weorð wed, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 13. Æt cynges spǽce lecge man .vi. healfmarc wedd, æt eorles .xii. óran wedd, L. Eth. iii. 12; Th. i. 296, 25-6. Heora ǽlc sylle .vi. healfmearc wedd, 3; Th. i. 294, 7.
FÓR
Before ⬩ fore ⬩ ante ⬩ cŏram ⬩ in conspectu ⬩ præsente vel audiente ălĭquo ⬩ præ ⬩ priusquam
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He his módor fór ealle menn geweorþode he esteemed his mother before all mankind, Rood Kmbl. 184; Kr. 93. Fór ðæt folc cōram pŏpŭlo, Ps. Th. 67, 8
be-tweoh
Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio
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Betwuh ðám wæs seó Magdalenisce Maria, and Maria Iacobes móder inter quas erat Maria Magdalene, et Maria Iacobi mater, Mt. Bos. 27, 56. Betwuht him between them, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234. 5. Betwux wífa bearnum inter natos mulierum, Lk. Bos. 7, 28.
swefan
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Ðú móst sorhleás swefan, 3348; B. 1672: 238; B. 119. Geseah hé in recede swefan sibbegedriht samod ætgædere, 1462 ; B. 729 : Exon. Th. 344, 25 ; Gn. Ex. 179. Swefan under swegles hleó, Andr. Kmbl. 1663; An. 834.
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ende-dæg
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Hwelcne endedæg mín módor oþðe mín geswuster gebídan scoldon quem exitum mater mea sororesque mee habituri sint, Nar. 31, 19.
ge-scildan
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Mid gebedum fram deáþe gescilded (-scylded, v.l.) orationibus a morte servatus, Bd. 3, 23 ; Sch. 305, 2. Gescilded fram ðǽre tíde his deáþes ab articulo mortis retentus, 20.
ge-springan
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Wídgongel wíf word gespringeð (cf. word; 4 and 5 for the occurrence of word as the subject of springan); hæleð hý hospe mǽnað rumour reaches a rambling woman ; (i.e. she gets talked about) men make a mock of her, Gn.
ge-feolan
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Hégefealh singallíce his þegnungum and hýrnessum ejus obsequiis sedule atque incessanter adhaerebat, 299, 29. to adhere to a person, an opinion Þá þe Gode gefeólað mid éstfullum móde qui devota mente Deo adhaerent, Gr. D. 161, 17.
ge-cuman
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Add: to move to an object, to reach by moving His cræft . gecymð on ǽlcere ǽdre, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 1. Ðæt heáfod gecymð on ðǽre eorðan caput sese ad terram declinat, Past. 133, 2.
hǽþen-scipe
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Hé áwende his móder of mánfullum hǽðenscipe . . . and his fæder forwearð on fúlum hǽðenscipe, 504, 5-11. Se geréfa þreátode hine tó hǽþenscipe, Shrn. 33, 10. Idele leóð þe ymbe hǽðenscipe geworhte syndon, Hml.
ge-swencan
To disturb ⬩ agitate ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ fatigue ⬩ outweary ⬩ afflict ⬩ harass ⬩ oppress ⬩ pulsāre ⬩ agĭtāre ⬩ trībŭlāre ⬩ vexāre ⬩ fătīgāre ⬩ afflīgĕre ⬩ affĭcĕre ⬩ opprĭmĕre
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Híg eów to deáþe geswencaþ morte affĭcient ex vobis, Lk. Bos. 21, 16: 8, 45. Sarai híg ðá geswencte and heó sóna fleáh út to ðam wéstene afflīgiente igĭtur eam Sarai fŭgam iniit, Gen. 16, 6.
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Tíw
the god Tiw, a Teutonic deity to whom amongst the Latin gods Mars most nearly corresponded ⬩ in the name of one of the days
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the god Tiw, a Teutonic deity to whom amongst the Latin gods Mars most nearly corresponded Tiig Mars, Martis, Txts. 77, 1293. Tíg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 56. Tuu (Tíw?), 58, 40.
hú
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Wæs þæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne . . . hú se gúðsceaða Geáta leóde hýnde, 2318: 2948. in dependence on nouns of meaning akin to the verbs mentioned in Ðis is seó gerǽdnyss hú mon ðæt hundred haldan sceal, Ll. Th. i. 258, 2.
forþ
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Of þǽm ǽwielme mon hǽt þæt wæter Nilus, and þonne forþ þonan west iernende heó tólíþ on twá, Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 31.
weallan
of water, &c. issuing from a source ⬩ to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow ⬩ of the source, to well with, ⬩ flow with, ⬩ with a noun ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to swarm, exist in large numbers ⬩ of production in large numbers or great quantity, ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ flow with ⬩ of violent movement, ⬩ to boil, rage, heave ⬩ of movement in liquids caused by heat, ⬩ to boil (intrans.), ⬩ to be hot ⬩ used of a vessel in which a liquid boils ⬩ of other than liquids, ⬩ to be hot, burn, blaze, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn
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Mon geseah weallan blód of eorþan sanguis e terra visus est manare, Ors. 4, 3; Swt. 162, 6.
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