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secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Heó sǽde him eall ðæt riht, Mk. Skt. 5, 33. Hǽlend his þegnum sǽde his þrowunga, Blickl. Homl. 15, 33. Sagode refert, Germ. 396, 10. Hé síðfæt sægde, Cd. Th. 256, 31 ; Dan. 649.

sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
sprecan, specan; spræc, spæc; sprǽcon, spǽcon; sprecen, specen

To speak. to exercise the faculty of speechto use words in conversation, discourse, etc.to mentionto sayto speakto sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to

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Heó mé wom spreceþ, 402, 22; Rä. 21, 23. Ða ðe sprecaþ sybbe, Ps. Spl. 27, 4. Hié sprecaþ fácen and inwit, Cd. Th. 145, 30; Gen. 2413. Fela hé mé láðes spræc, 39, 9; Gen. 622. Ðam ðe sár sprece sáwle mínre, Ps.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Hí nemnaþ hiora land and hiora túnas be heora naman invocabunt nomina eorum in terris eorum, Ps. Th. 48, 10. a collection of dwellings, a village, town Tuun vel ðrop conpetum, Txts. 54, 307. Tún, þrop, Wrt.

Linked entry: bold

wlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
wlanc, adj.

proudhigh-spiritedboldproudboldarroganthaughtyinsolentproudelateexultantsplendidgreathighaugustmagnificentrich

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Ða ðe heora yldran on worolde ne wurdan welige ne wlance þurh woroldglænge those whose forefathers were not wealthy or great through worldly splendour, L. Eth. vii. 21; Th. i. 334, 3: Wald. 116; Vald. 2, 30.

Linked entry: wlencu

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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Heora eáþmétto ne mihton náuht forstandan, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 34. <b>III a.</b> to avail a person (dat.) :-- Hwæt forstondes (fore-, L.) menn ðéh ... quid proderit homini si ..., Mk. R. 8, 36.

Linked entry: for-licgan

gelíce

(adv.)
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Voc. ii. 47, 50. with dat. of a noun, in the manner of, in the same way as, as in the case of Sóðfæste men sunnan gelíce in heora fæder ríce scínað ( justi fulgebunt sicut sol in regno patris sui, Mt. 13, 43), Sat. 307: Ph. 601.

god-cund

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heora mód neár godcundum ðingum lǽtaþ, Bt. 40, 7; F. 242, 26. given by or proceeding from God, having the sanction of or inspired by God. of things. a law, command, doctrine, &amp;c. Godcundre spǽce oraculorum, i. diuinorum eloquiorum, An.

Linked entry: god-lic

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Wese heone mín on hige clǽne fiat cor meum immaculatum, Ps. Th. 118, 80. On mínum hyge hreóweþ I am grieved to think. Cd. 22; Th. 27, 31; Gen. 426.

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 23, 32. to adorn, decorate, an animal Mearh . . . midlum geweorðod, El. 1193. a thing Oft ꝥá þeódwitan þus heora meteruers gewurðiað, Angl. viii. 332, 16 : 313, 29. Sadol . . . since gewurðad, B. 1038. Geweorðad, 1450.

wilm

(n.)
Grammar
wilm, wielm, welm, wælm, wylm, es; m.

that which wellsof fluida fountstreamwater that surges or boilsthat moves in wavesof firesurgingfireflamesheatfervent heatfiery heatboilingroastinginflammationviolent movementviolenceragingtempestuous movement of water of mental emotionfervourardourheatfuryragepassion

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Ne mihte heora wlite gewemman wylm ðæs wæfran líges. Cd. Th. 231, 2; Dan. 241. Ðæs unmǽtan wylmes ðære sunnan hǽto, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 573. Wilme and bryne fervore. Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 42. Flór is on welme, Cd. Th. 267, 17; Sat. 39.

Linked entries: wielm wælm welm

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Heó wundrade ymb ðæs weres snyttro, Elen. Kmbl. 1914; El. 959. Ðæt seó forlǽtene cyrice ne hycgge ymb ða ðe on hire neáwiste lifgeaþ, Blickl. Homl. 43, 1: Exon. Th. 473, 3; Bo. 9: Menol. Fox 571; Gn. C. 55.

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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Ða bísgu us sint swíðe earfoþ ríme, ðe on his dagum on ða rícu becómon, ðe he underfangen hæfde; and ðeáh, ðá he ðas bóc hæfde geleornode, and of Lædene to Engliscum spelle gewende, and geworhte hí eft to leóðe, swá swá heó nú gedón is king Alfred was

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Heó áwiht swylces ne hýrdon, Elen. Kmbl. 1139; El. 571. Gif wífmen hwæt swylces derige, Lchdm. i. 236, 3: Beo. Th. 1764; B. 880. Hærincgas and leaxas . . . and fela swylces ( et similia ), Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 13.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

ge-wunian

(v.)
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heó sylfe magan þe oftor on mynstrum fæste gewunian and regollíce libban, Ll. Th. i. 348, 2. Hé ne mihte on húse gewunian ac on byrgenum neque in domo manebat sed in monumentis, Lk. 8, 27. Tó dæge in hús ðín gedæfned is mé gewunia ( manere ), Lk.

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a worda single part of speechwordsa written worda worda group of wordsa sayingsentencewordsa sayingmaxima talestorya reporttidingsfamename(good) word,(good) reporta commandan orderordinancea messagean announcementwordsolemn statementpromiseoathan (expressed) intentionopinionspeechlanguagewordslanguagestylewordword of God

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Gif heó ne bið mid Godes worde féded, 57, 11. translating verbum in Jn. 1, 1

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Heó geseh niman hyre cild, Hml.

mǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ, e; f. (but ofer ðínne mǽð,
  • Prov. Kmbl. 27.
  • )

measuredegreeproportionthe measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacydegreerankstatusconditiondue measurerightdue measure in regard to othershonourrespect

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Góde sind ðás þing (bread, fish, &amp;c.) be heora mǽþe these things are good as far as they go, Homl. Th. i. 252, 26. Ofer mǽþe úre ðú forþtýhst sprǽce ultra ætatem nostram protrahis sermonem, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 11.

for-gildan

(v.)

to pay backrestorepay damagesto pay forbuy offto repaypay outrequiteto payperform

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H. 45, 2. with acc. of action that is recompensed Ic heora synne swinglum forgylde visitabo in verberibus peccata eorum, Ps. Th. 88, 29. Forþon þú ús þus dydest, wé hit þé forgyldaþ, Bl. H. 241, 18.

freónd

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Seó lícetung heora fieónda, 99, 33. Hé gegæderaþ frínd and geféran, Bt. 21; F. 74, 38. Friénd, 84, 1. used to a stranger as a mark of goodwill or kindly condescension Eálá þú freónd, ne dó ic þé nǽnne teónan, Mt. 20, 13: 22, 12.

hǽlu

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Th. 59, 10. with gen. of the saved Þæt hí for sibbe and hǽlo heora éðles campedon ut hi pro patriae pace et salute mililarent, Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 41, 10. Gemicligende hǽlo kyningces his magnificans salutes regis eius, Ps.