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þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Monige men syndon ðe cweþaþ ðæt hié on God gelýfon, and þonne hweþere ( and yet after saying so ) nellaþ áblinnan from heora unrihtum gestreónum, Blickl.

Linked entries: þonne þænne

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Wesaþ gé fram Gode gebletsade benedicti vos a Domino Ps. Th. 113, 23. Ðæt ic wese gelǽded quis deducet me? 107, 9. Wese heora beód wended on grine fiat mensa eorum in laqueum 68, 23. Wesan ealle gedréfde turbabuntur 67, 5.

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

woodthe substance of growing treesa tree(hewh) woodthe material obtained from treeswood which forms somethingsomething made of woodwoodwoodthe woodwoodsa woodwild

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(hewh) wood,the material obtained from trees Dríge wudu ligna, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 31. Ic com wyrslícre ðonne ðes wudu fúla, Exon. Th. 424, 33 ; Rä. 41, 48. Hér ys wudu (ligna) and fýr, Gen. 22, 7. Be wuda onfenge bútan leáfe, L.

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

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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Worda wed gesyllan (v. the same phrase in the passages from the laws), eallra unsnyttro ǽr gesprecenra to be responsible for all that has been said before, Elen.Kmbl. 2566K; El. 1284. a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact Wed oððe wǽra

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, to fill with (gen. dat. (inst.) or with preps.). v. ge-fellan, ge-fillan
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Th. 118, 164. (5 b) to fulfil what has been foretold or symbolized. v. ge-fylledness, Ealle þá þing þe ǽfre ǽr from wítgum gewítgode wǽron . . . eal hé ꝥ gefylde, Bl. H. 83, 30: An. Ox. 40, 13. Þæt seó wítegung wǽre gefylled, Hml.

ge-standan

(v.)
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Petrus gestód and uærmde hine, 18, 25. of situation or position, to be placed, be (cf. use of forms from Lat. stare in Romance languages), of living creatures Middum iówre gistód ðone gé iów ne cunnun, Jn. R. L. I. 26 : 35.

ge-weald

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Hé his sylfes willan geliðode in him sylfum þǽre blisse geweald sponte sibi laetitiae frena laxabat, Gr. D. 203, 26. covering, protection (?) Tó ofsettenne giuæld heáfdes ad deponendam comam capitis, Rtl. 96, 5: 30.

ge-hátan

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Swá hwæs swá his irsung willaþ, ðonne gehét him þæs (cf. ꝥ eall gehǽt, Met. 25, 52) his réccelést, Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 24. to undertake to do (or refrain from) an action. with simple object Micel is ꝥ þú gehǽtst, and ic ne tweóge ðæt ðú hit mæge gelǽstan

ge-wunian

(v.)
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L. 8, 9. denoting continuance, permanence, to continue. continuance of position, to keep on in the same place, not to depart from a person or place Góst ꝥte giwunað iówih mid in écnisse, Jn. R. 14, 16.

wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.:e; f.

Growth, increasegrowth, produceplant, fruitoffspring, progenyresultfruit, that which may be enjoyedproduce of money, usury.growth, growing,increasegrowth, thrivinggrowth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;

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Swá wynlíc wæs his wæstm, ðæt him com from Drihtne, 17, 5; Gen. 255. Cniht, stranglíc on wæstme, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41. Ða beóð on wæstme fíftýne fóta lange and on brǽde týn fót*-*mǽla homines longi pedum .xv. lati pedum .x., Nar. 37, 10 note.

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.

ge-métan

(v.)
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Hiene gemétte án mon, þá hé fór from þǽre byrig, Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 14. (2 a) with acc. and in/in. :-- Þá gemétte hé mycele fyrde cuman úp of sǽ, 982 ; P. 124, 25. to meet, encounter an enemy Fauius gemétte Galba cyning Fabius regi Arvernorum occurrit

ge-þencan

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Gehýran and geþencean hwæt hé dyde, and mid hwý hé ús freó gedyde, 83, 31. to think of something, where it is implied that effect will be given to the thought, to determine, resolve, intend, purpose, mean Geþóhte deliberaret (quamvis auctor integritatis

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Fæder and móder freó þú mid heortan, Fä. 9. Hé gebǽrð suá geðyldelíce suelce hé hit hæbbe mid ealre heortan forlǽten, Past. 225, 18. Gelýfst ðú mid ealre heortan ?, Hml. Th. i. 420, 35 Ne herede heó hine nó mid wordum ánum, ac mid ealre heortan, Bl.

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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S. 25, 813. a class of beings distinguished from others by nature or character Þǽr beóð feówer werod . . . þæt forme werod biþ þǽra apostola . . . Óðer endebyrdnys bið geleáffulra woruldmanna . . . Án endebyrdnys bið þǽra wiðercorenra . . .

gíman

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From crypelnise gémeð ł gehǽleð, l. Gémde unhǽlo, Mt. L. 9, 35. Gémde ł hǽlde hiá curvit 19, 2. Léc- nade ł gémde, Mk. L. 1, 34. Gémes curate Mt. L. 10, 8. Gémað, Lk. 10, l 9. Géme ł gelécnia curare Mt.

on-fón

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Abraham . . . onféng freóndscipe be freán hǽse, Gen. 2736. Ne onfóh þú nǽfre médsceattum nec accipies munera, Ll. Th. i. 54, 17. Þé lyst nú lióþa. Onfóh hiora nú video te carminis exspectare dulcedinem.

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Wyrd ne cúðe freóndrǽdenne, hú heó from hogde, Jul. 34. Hú magon wé swá dýgle áhicgan on sefan þínne, hú þé swefnede, Dan. 131. Bið wundra má þonne hit ǽnig mæge áþencan, hú þæt gestun and se storm brecað bráde gesceaft, Cri. 991.

gód

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Th. ii. 240, 13. proceeding from God.

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Th. ii. 516, 24. where doing or being exists at, and is continued from, a time stated or implied, still, yet. alone Ic sceal sellan eów giet mioloc drincan, Past. 459, 18: Gen. 2663. Wundor ðǽr wǽron and gýt beóð æteówed, Bl. H. 209, 15.