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swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.
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Ðone heó ǽr mid wítum swong. Exon. Th. 279, 22 ; Jul. 617. Mid monnum ne biþ swungne cum hominibus non flagellabuntur; they are not plagued as other men, A. V. Ps. Surt. 72, 5. to give a blow with the hand Ðæt deófol cwæð: Swingaþ hine (St.

déman

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Déme gé swá swá gé willon ꝥ eów sý gedémed, 28. to judge a person, with dat. Ic ne déme (doemo, L., doemu, R.) nánum men, Jn. 8, 15. Se mon þe démeþ þǽm earmum búton mildheortnesse, Bl. H. 95, 35. Ic démde twelf þeódum, 155, 29.

teóðung-land

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-land, es; n.
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Ic feng tó mínan londe and sealde hit ðon biscope ða fíf hída wið ðon londe æt Lidgeard wið fíf hídan and biscop and eal híwan forgeáfan mé ða feówer and án wæs teóðinglond I resumed my land and sold it, the five hides to wit, to the bishop (of Winchester

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Wá þám menn þe swicðóm þurh hyne cymð vae homini per quem scandalum venit, Mt. 18, 7. with sé. v. sé; 2 a. the genitive as possessive. the pronoun as in . with noun, (α α) alone Þú nemst hys naman (noma is, L.) Hǽlend, Mt. 1. 21.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Ðis is landa betst, ðæt wit þurh uncres hearran þanc habban móston (cf. hie thuru thes késures thank ríki habda, Hél. 66), Cd.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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Sax. than lango the hé mósta is juguði neotan, Hél. 3498.] with comparatives, in negative sentences. with adjectives, followed by ðonne or ðe, any Gif hió bearn gestriéne, næbbe ðæt ðæs ierfes þon (þe, MS.

Linked entries: þanne þon

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
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Lmbn. 156, 1. with dat., to make exchange with Oft se welega and se wǽdla habbað gehwierfed (-hweorfed, v. l. ) hiera ðeáwum plerumque personarum ordinem permutat qualitas morum Past. 183, 10. Hié ðém landum iehwerfed hefdan, C.

Linked entry: ge-hweorfan

ge-cígan

(v.)
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L. 10, 1. with dat. Geceigeð ł geceigde (gicégde, R.) frióndum and néhebúrum conuocat amicos et uicinos, Lk. L. 15, 6. Hé héht geceiga ðǽm esnum ł ðá esnas iussit uocari seruos, 19, 15. (1 a) to call to be a guest, to invite, with acc.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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R. 99, 15. with acc. generally with the idea of movement. denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an object Ofer sǽ citra pontum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 68.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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For other instances v. se. used in combination with the personal pronouns Saga hwæt ic hátte, þe ic lond reáfige, Exon. Th. 394, 6; Rä. 13, 14. Wé ðás word sprecaþ ... þe wé in carcerne sittaþ, 2, 27; Cri. 25.

Linked entry: þý

IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

InonintointoIn

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On sumre stówe hé wæs ðæt man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte in sumre eáðelíce mid heáfde gebrínan in one place the roof was so that it could hardly be reached with the hand, in another it could easily be touched with the head, 207, 22.

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

ÆG

(n.)
Grammar
ÆG, æig; g. asges; pl. nom. acc. ægru; g. ægra; d. ægrum, ægerum; n.

An EGGovum

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Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 27, 28.

Linked entries: ægerum ægru æig

árian

(v.)
Grammar
árian, to árianne; part. ende, gende; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od; v. a. [ár honour] .

to give honourto honourreverencehave in admirationhonorarehonorificarevenerarito regardcare forsparehave mercypitypardonforgiveconsulerepropitium essemisereriparcere

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Se ríca Rómána wita and se ároda the rich and honoured senator of the Romans, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: áriende árod

býsgian

(v.)
Grammar
býsgian, bísgian, býsigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad
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To occupy, busy, fatigue, trouble, afflict; occupare, fatigare, affligere, tribulare Se man biþ hérigendlíc, ðe mid gódum weorcum hine sylfne býsgaþ the man is praiseworthy, who busies himself with good works, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 16.

cwyld

(n.; part.)
Grammar
cwyld, cwild ,es; m. n: cwyld, cwild, e ; f. [cweald, pp. of cwellan to kill]

A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction pestis, pestilcntia, clades

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Mid ceápes cwylde m. f. or n. with a murrain of cattle, Chr. 897; Th. 174. 22, col. 2; 175, 20. Se ðe on þrymsetle cwyldes m. or n. ná sæt qui in cathedra pestilentiæ non sedit, Ps. Spl. C. 1, 1: Mone B. 2711.

CYLL

(n.)
Grammar
CYLL, e; f: cylle, cille,an; f: cylle, es; m. A leather bottle, flagon, vessel; uter, ascopēra = ἀσκοπήρα
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Seó cwén [Tomyris] hét ðæt heáfod bewyrpan on ánne cylle se wæs afylled mannes blódes the queen [Tomyris] ordered the head to be thrown into a vessel which was filled with man's blood, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 34.

for-fón

(v.)
Grammar
for-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ; p. ic, he -féng, ðú -fénge, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen [for-, fón to take] .

to take violently or by surpriseclutcharrestseizevehementer căpĕreimprōviso adventu căpĕreprehendĕreapprehendĕredeprehendĕre

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For ðam gylpe gumena drihten forfangen wearþ, and on fleám gewát for that boast the lord of men [Nebuchadnezzar] was seized [with madness], and in flight departed. Cd. 205; Th. 254, 19; Dan. 614. [O. Sax. farfahan: Ger. verfangen.]

Linked entry: fore-fón

hrór

(adj.)
Grammar
hrór, adj.

Stirringactiveagilenimblevigorousstoutstrong

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Hróre stence with strong perfume, 132, 2. Ðæt hé folc gesceóp fægere Drihten heraþ holdlíce hróre geþance populus qui creabitur laudabit Dominum, 101, 16.

hwilc-hwega

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc-hwega, -hwugu, -hugu [in the Northern Gospels the whole form is declined, elsewhere only hwilc]; pron.

Someanysome one

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Swá hé síe mid hwilcre-hwega byrþenne gehefegod as if he is weighted with some burden, L. M. 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 212, 11. Gif man forleóse gehálgodne mete hwylcne-hwugu dǽl si quis perdiderit cibi consecrati aliquantulum, L. Ecg.

lád-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
lád-rinc, es; m.
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A word of uncertain meaning occurring in the following passage Gif cyninges ambihtsmiþ oððe laadrinc mannan ofslehþ meduman leódgelde forgelde if the king's smith or 'ládrinc' kill a man, let him pay for it with a half fine [cf. § 21; Th. i. 8, 3), L