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macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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hit wearð tó nánþing, Chr. 870; P. 71, 11. to cause to move, put Seó ealde cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum . . . and man ne mihte swá ðeáh macian hí healfe úp (not half of them could be put up on the walls) Hml.

LEÓGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LEÓGAN, p. leáh; pl. lugon

To liedeceivefeign

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Eal hit is swá, ne leóge ic, Blickl. Homl. 179. 3. Ðú líhst ðæt ðú God sý thou sayest falsely that thou art God, Homl. Th. i. 378, 7. Seó orsorge wyrd simle líhþ and lícet prospera fortuna semper mentitur, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 30: Ælfc.

þearle

(adv.)
Grammar
þearle, adv.
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Gehwylc mé drincan sealde þearle each gave me abundance to drink, Exon. Th. 485, 1; Rä. 71, 7. Drinc swýþe þearle drink very largely, Lchdm. i. 78, 10. Hit on wolcnum oft þearle þunraþ, Met. 28, 25

twi-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twi-feald, adj.
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Swá is eác óðer ðeówt neádunge búton lufe, óðer is sylfwilles mid lufe, Homl. Th. ii. 524, 3-6. Wé tweofealdne deáþ ðrowiaþ, oþþe sticode beóþ, oþþe on sǽ ádruncene oriuntur duo genera funerum, aut jugulamur, aut mergimur.

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

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Wæs þeós medoheal dreórfáh, eal bencþelu blóde bestýmed, heall heorudreóre, B. 487. Healle cenaculi, An. Ox. 5251. Tó healle gang Healfdenes sunu, wolde self cyning symbel þicgan, B. 1009.

hirde

a keeperguardianprotectordirectorguidepastor the keepera keepera guardwatchman

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Se wísa and se fæstrǽda folces hyrde (cf. se wísa and fæstrǽda Cato, sé wæs eác Rómána lieretoga, Bt. 19; F. 70, 8), Met. 10, 49. Brego Beorhtdena, folces hyrde (Hrothgar), B 610: (Hygelac), 1849: (Beowulf), 2644.

hróf

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Eall under hróf gefór all entered the ark, Gen. 1360. Ne wyrðe am ꝥte under hróf mínum inngáe, Lk. L. 7, 6. Róf, Mt. L. 8, 8. <b>I c.

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness malice

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Eal sár and sace, hungor and þurst, wóp and hreám, and weána má ðonne ǽniges mannes gemet sý ðæt hié áríman mæge, Blickl. Homl. 61, 36. Fela ic weána gebád, heardra hilda, Fins. Th. 51; Fin. 25.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Wé sceolon mid hálgum mægnum ðone eard ofgán ðe wé þurh leahtras forluron with holy virtues must we obtain the country, that we lost through vices, i. 118, 33. [lch hit wulle uorto ofgon (gain) þine heorte, A. R. 390, 13.

Linked entry: of-eode

ge-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swícan, ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ. -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen

To leave offdesiststopceaserest fromturn fromwithdrawrelinquishfaildeceivebetrayintermitteredesisterecessarequiescererequiesceredesererediscedererelinqueredeficerefallereproderewith the genitive with the dative

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Earm biþ se him his frýnd geswícaþ miserable is he whom his friends betray, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 22; Gn. Ex. 37. Ne ǽnig iuih giswíca nemo vos seducat, Rtl. 13, 29.

ge-mót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mót, es; n.

A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, councilconventus, congregatio, concursusConcĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,

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list, as if he had in fact affixed his mark successively in the two houses, as president of each.'

Linked entry: ge-mét

HRÍM

(n.)
Grammar
HRÍM, es; m.

RIME

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Hrím hrusan bond hægl feól on eorþan frost bound the land, hail fell on earth, 81 b; Th. 307, 31; Seef. 32. Ne hægles hryre ne hrímes dryre, 563; Th. 198, 27; Ph. 16. Mid herige hrímes and snáwes with the legions of frost and snow, Menol.

láreów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
láreów-dóm, es; m.

mastershipgovernanceteaching

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office of a teacher, mastership, governance, teaching Forðonðe nán cræft nis tó lǽranne ðæm ðe hine ǽr geornlíce ne leornode forhwon beóþ ǽfre suǽ þríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láriówdómes ðonne se cræft ðæs láreówdómes biþ cræft ealra

lor

(n.)
Grammar
lor, es; n. (v. ðæt forlor, Past. Swt. 403, 13).

Lossdestruction

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Ðás heán mihta hér on worulde áfeallaþ and tó lore wurþaþ these lofty powers here on earth decay and perish, Wulfst. 149, 4: 262, 17. Éðel ðe nǽfre tó lore ne weorþeþ nunquam amittenda hæreditas, Past. 36, 6; Swt. 255, 4.

Linked entries: los lyre

oððe

(con.)
Grammar
oððe, conj. I.
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Ða scipu eall oððe tóbrǽcon oððe forbærndon oððe tó Lundenbyrig brohton oððe to Hrófesceastre, Erl. 91, 25. with óðer, áðer Hé sǽde ðæt hé wolde óðer, oððe ðǽr libban oððe ðǽr licgan, 901; Erl. 96, 32.

Linked entry: eðða

ge-wealden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-wealden, part.

Subjectunder the powercontrol of any oneinconsiderablesmall

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Búton swíðe gewaldenum dǽle eásteweardes ðæs folces except a small part of the people of the east of England, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 11: Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 92, 1.

gódian

(v.)
Grammar
gódian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.
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Þurh ðæt hit sceal on earde gódian to áhte by that means matters must somewhat improve in the land, L. C.

Linked entry: ge-gódian

ge-samnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-samnian, -somnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to gather, collectcongrĕgāre, collĭgĕreto unite, joinconsŏciāre, jungĕreTo collect, come togethercongrĕgāri, convĕnīre

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Wæs eall-geador to ðam þingstede þeód gesamnod the people was collected together in the public place, Andr. Kmbl. 2198; An. 1100: Elen. Kmbl. 563; El. 282. Mycle mænigeo wǽron gesamnode to hym congrĕgātæ sunt ad eum turbæ multæ, Mt.

Linked entries: samnian ge-somnian

sín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sín, possess, pron.
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This pronoun, which is regularly used in the cognate dialects, rarely occurs in English prose, where its place seems to have been early taken by the genitive of hé, heó, hit. referring to a sing. masc.

stíþness

(n.)
Grammar
stíþness, e ; f.
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Beó him gesǽd eall seó stíðnys and earfoðnys ðe tó Gode lǽt predicentur ei omnia dura et aspera per que itur ad Deum, R. Ben. 96, 19. Ne hý mid weorces stíðnesse ofsette sýn ut . . . ne violentia laboris opprimantur, 75, 9.