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BIDDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BIDDAN, ic bidde, ðú biddest, bidst bitst, he biddeþ, bit, byt, bitt, pl. biddaþ; impert. bide, pl. biddaþ; p. ic, he bæd, ðú bǽde, pl. bǽdon; pp. beden : followed by an acc. of the person, or by the prep. to, and a gen. of the thing; v. trans.

To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, requirepetere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere

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Ongunnon ealle biddan ðæs ðe he bæd all began to pray that which he prayed, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 30. Hý him to eów árna bǽdun they prayed to you for compassion, Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 9; Cri. 1353. Bide hine ora eum, Ps. Spl. 36, 6.

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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Wé ælþeódige wǽron, siððon se ǽresta ealdor Godes bebodu ábræc we have been exiles, since Adam broke God's commands, Blickl. Homl. 23, 4. Hú lang tíd is, syððan him ðis gebyrede ? Mk. Skt. 9, 21.

Linked entries: seoððan syððan

steall

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
steall, es; m.
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Stande hé ealra ýtemest, oðþe on ðam stede ðe se abbod swá gémeleásum monnum tó stealle on sundrum betǽht hæfþ ultimus omnium stet aut in loco quem talibus negligentibus seorsum constituerit abbas, 68, 11.

swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs, Scint. 82, 1), an; f.
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Swígan conticinio (cf. conticinium, ðonne ealle þing sweowiaþ on hyra reste, Lchdm. iii. 244, 2), 20, 30. silence from astonishment, amazement; stupor. v. fǽr-swíge, swígan, swígung, delay (?).

þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
þeccan, p. þeahte, þehte; pp. þeaht
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Ealne middangeard mereflód þeahte, Exon. Th. 200, 18; Ph. 42: Cd. Th. 8, 1; Gen. 117. Líca gehwilc ðara ðe lífes gást þeahte every body that had within it a living spirit, 77, 28; Gen. 1282.

Linked entry: þacian

þífþ

(n.)
Grammar
þífþ, þiéfþ, þýfþ, þeófþ, þeóft, e; f.
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Gif hwá stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes, gongen hié ealle on þeówot .x. wintre cniht mæg bión þiéfðe (þýfðe, MSS. B. H.) gewita (cf. wǽron cradolcild geþeówode þurh wælhreówe unlaga for lytelre þýfðe, Wulfst. 158, 15), L.

þyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
þyrstan, p. te

To thirst

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Drihten ealle ða gefylde, ða ðe hié orl eorþan léton hingrian and þyrstan for his noman, Blickl. Homl. 159, 17. Grammar þyrstan, with acc. of person and gen. of object of thirst : --Ðeáh ðæt folc ðyrste ðære láre, Past. 2; Swt. 31, 7.

wundor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wundor-líc, adj.

Wonderfulexciting admirationsurprise

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Seó burg ðe ǽr wæs ealra weorca fæstast and wunderlecast and mǽrast, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 24. Is ðæt eác ealles wundorlícost, ðæt..., Blickl. Homl. 127, 14

borh

paymentsuretyshipsecurityloandebt

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Þá þe on festendagum willað hiora borga manian (call in their loans) . . . gé ásécað ealle eówre borgas (loans, not debtors as in Dict. ), Ll. Th. ii. 438, 33-36. Scytte man mína borgas, Cht.

feówertig

alone

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Ꝥ feówertig wintra, 79, 4. as plural Hí ealle feówertig ætforan him stódon, Hml. S. 11, 55. Gif þǽr beóð gemétte feówertig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 29. Him eódon on hand feówertig burga, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 1.

fore-secgan

to foretellprophesyproclaimpronouncedeclareto preach

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Ealle þá þing þe ic eów foresægde ꝥ gé dón sceoldon, Bl. H. 131, 34.

ge-rád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rád, adj.
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On ðám heofonlican life beóð ealle ful wise, and on gástlicre láre full geráde. Hml.

Linked entry: sam-rád

ge-strangian

(v.)
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., condition Ealle þá þe mé ǽfre yfel cwǽdon gestranga tó þínum willan, Angl. xii. 501, 6. Gestrangiað eówere heortan and eówer mód confortetur cor vestrum. Ps. Th. 30, 28. God ús gestrangige and getrymme tó úre ágenre þearfe, Wlfst. 306, 13.

geat

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Nor. 10, 16. a passage between hills Swá Dor scadeþ, Hwítan wylles geat, Chr. 942; P. 110, 15. the barrier which closes the opening: — Helle geatu and hire þá ǽrenan scyttelas hé ealle tóbræc, Bl. H. 85, 6

ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, to rejoice.
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Ealle men on ꝥ gefégon, hwylc wundur geworden wæs, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 366, 4. Þ þú gefeó in þæm fromscipe mínes lífes, Nar. 32, 30. Ne wæs hé forlǽten ꝥ hé ofer him deádum gefége, Bd. I. 7; Sch. 26, 3.

ge-wil

(adj.)
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Ealle þá worold on hiora ágen gewill onwendende upsetting all the world at their own sweet will, 1, 10; S. 48, 10.

hærfest

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Hé saet on þám biscopríce ealne þone sumor and þone hærfest, 1048 ; P. 172, 14. Herfest, 1006; P. 136, 16. <b>I a.</b> as s Swá nú lencten and hærfest, on lencten hit gréwð, and on hærfest hit fealwað, Bt. 21 ; F. 74, 22.

hearga

(n.)
Grammar
hearga, an; m.

a grovea templefanean idol

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In quattuor locis, id est, æt hearge . . . and æt geddincggum, 282, 17. an idol Wæs gesewen átífred ealle ðá heargas (idola) . . . sió gítsung ðe Sc̃s Paulus cuæð ðæt wǽre hearga (idolorum) geféra, Past. 157, 4-6. Hergas ðeóda simulacra gentium Ps.

hreówan

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Hié ( sins ) ne magon ealla on áne tíd emnsáre hreówan, 413, 29. where no subject is expressed and the cause of sorrow is in the accusative Þonne hreóweð hyre swíðe þá yfelan dǽda, Verc. Först. 105, 9

rím

(adj.)
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anything has a place assigned to it in a series Gefundena rímas ðá ǽr ðú gebécnades onfindes stówa repertis numeris quos ante signaveras reperies loca, Mt. p. 4, 7. the full tale or count of a collection, company, or class of persons Sió scyld hine of ealra