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furþum

Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just

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S. 23, 367: Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 9. just, of time. of an exact point of time Þonne dæg and niht furþum scade, Lch. ii. 346, 13.

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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Ðeówa servus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 12, 18. Þeówa, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 15. Cham biþ þeówena þeówa ( servus servorum) his ge-bróðrum ... beó Chanaan Semes þeówa (servus ), Gen. 9, 25-26. Wé synd ealle ðíne þeówas ...

Linked entries: þeá þeáw þió wíte-þeów

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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Tilaþ ánra gehwilc ágnes willan (cf. winþ heora ǽlc. on óþer æfter his ágenum willan, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 34), Met. 11, 83. Ǽlc man ðæs tiolaþ, hú hé on écnesse swincan mǽge. Ps.

Linked entries: teolian telge tylian

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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Sý ǽlc getrýwa man ðe tihtbysig nǽre and náðor ne burste ne áþ ne ordál ánfealdre láde wyrðe let every true man that has not previously been accused, and in whose case neither oath nor ordeal has failed, be entitled to single purgation, 22; Th. i. 388

Linked entry: ládian

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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Hé cúðe be dǽle Lýden understanden he knew a little Latin, Ælfc. T. Grn. 22, 14. Be sumum dǽle to some extent, Past. 231, 2, 15: Wlfst. 166, 4. Be ǽnigum dǽle in any measure, 165, 2: Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 9.

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far

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., quite different from Þincþ þám ungelǽredum þæt eall ꝥ andgit beó belocen on þǽre ánfealdan gerecednisse, ac hit is swíþe feor þám, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 32. "Mé gecýð hwilc se wer wǽre". . .

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

ge-limpan

(v.)
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., Ælfc. Gr. Z. 92, 8: 119, 12. Tíd gelimpð worde tempus accidit uerbo, 123, 12: 268, 10. Þreó ðing gelimpað þisum dǽle tria accidunt coniunctioni, 258, 14. Sume naman synd accidentia þe gelimpað ánum gehwylcum, 12, 13.

hál

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Ǽlc wuht wolde bión hál and libban ðára þe mé cwica ðincþ, 34, 10; F. 148, 15. Cild full hál and full æltǽwe geboren, 38, 3; F. 200, 22. For hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc and óþrum hálum strangne, 39, 9; F. 226, 11.

Linked entry: tunge

hús

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Ǽlc biscop béte Godes hús on his ágnum, and eác þone cyning myngige ꝥ ealle Godes cyrcan sýn wel behworfene, Ll. Th. i. 246, 10. Gehálgode Godes hús, 336, 1. <b>II b.

losian

(v.)
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Butergeþweor ǽlc and cýsgerunn losaþ eów, Coll. M. 28, 19. Hé beorna reáf manige méteð, þǽr hit mannum losað invenit spolia multa. Ps. Th. 118, 162. Eall heora ǽhta losodon, Hml. S. 30, 151.

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towards ⬩ to ⬩ in the direction of ⬩ towards ⬩ to ⬩ at ⬩ with ⬩ towards ⬩ to ⬩ at ⬩ against ⬩ over against ⬩ opposite to ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ by ⬩ near ⬩ against ⬩ beside ⬩ unto ⬩ at ⬩ against ⬩ with ⬩ against ⬩ on ⬩ over against ⬩ opposite ⬩ against ⬩ in the way of ⬩ with. ⬩ with ⬩ part with ⬩ from ⬩ for ⬩ in return for ⬩ as payment for ⬩ for ⬩ in consideration of ⬩ for ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ for ⬩ for ⬩ in reward of ⬩ in return for ⬩ in answer to ⬩ for ⬩ as compensation for ⬩ in consideration of ⬩ in return for ⬩ on condition of ⬩ against ⬩ against ⬩ as a set-off ⬩ by the side of ⬩ compared with ⬩ in contrast with ⬩ with ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ with ⬩ against ⬩ to. ⬩ with ⬩ for ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ for ⬩ against ⬩ contrary to ⬩ in opposition to. ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ against ⬩ beside ⬩ by, ⬩ at ⬩ by ⬩ against ⬩ at ⬩ unto ⬩ with ⬩ from ⬩ for ⬩ with ⬩ against ⬩ to weigh one thing with or against another ⬩ in comparison with ⬩ with ⬩ to ⬩ with a person ⬩ with ⬩ towards ⬩ with ⬩ in respect to ⬩ with ⬩ with ⬩ against ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ to. ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ for ⬩ against ⬩ contrary to ⬩ against ⬩ by ⬩ through, ⬩ to rest on the arm ⬩ till. ⬩ till ⬩ to ⬩ until

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Ælfc. C. 27 ; Th. ii. 352, 18: Cd. Th. 262, 14; Dan. 744. Wið ðam golde grið fæstnian, Byrht. Th. 132, 52; By. 35.

Linked entries: wiþ-faran wiþ-feohtan wiþ-ferian wiþ-fón wiþ-gán wiþ-lǽdan wiþ-standan

hwá

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Gif hí hwæt litles understandaþ of þám Lýden-bócum, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 10.

weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
weorpan, (wurpan, wyrpan); p. wearp, pl. wurpon; pp. worpen.
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In. 74 ; Th. i. 148, 15. in metaphorical senses Drihten ádrífð fram eów ǽlc yfel and wyrpð ongén eówere fýnd auferet Dominus a te omnem languorem, et infirmitates pessimas non inferet tibi, sed cunctis hostibus tuis, Dent. 7, 15, Ðonne hió wyrpð (wirpð

Linked entries: worpian wurpan

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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Ælfc. P. 31; Th. ii. 376, 21. Of Lambhyrste tó huntan wícan ( huntsman&#39;s lodge ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 219, 9. On ðám wícum his fæder Abrahames feorh gesealde, Cd. Th. 104, 21; Gen. 1738: 94, 17; Gen. 1563.

læssa

Grammar
læssa, l. lǽssa,
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Ǽlc fagnað þæs þe lǽste ( to a very slight extent ) hé ongytan mæg, Solil. H. 31, 23

á

(adv.)
Grammar
á, <b> (ó);</b> adv.
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Á mid ældum in ǽlce tíd geweorþad, 405. Ús freódóm gief from yfla gehwám á tó wídan feore, Hy. 5, ll. Á in wintra worn, Dan. 324. Á ic symles wæs willan þínes georn, An. 64. Ic á and symble cwæþ, Ps. 94, 10. Á on symbel semper, Gr. D. 283, 6.

ídel

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Duguð eal gecrong . . . ýðde þisne eardgeard ælda Scyppend, oð þæt burgwara breahtma leáse eald enta geweorc ídlu stódon, Wand. 79-87. of persons, not having anything, empty-handed, in respect to material things Nán man náh tó Godes cyrican ídel tó cumene

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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</b> of words, to mean :-- Cantica canticorum, ðæt segþ on Englisc ealra sanga fyrmest, Ælfc. T.

Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian

ge-dón

(v.)
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Ic wille gedón þ ǽlc man sý folcrihtes wyrðe I will have it that every man be entitled to folkright, Ll. Th. i. 164, 20.

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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(a 1) where the subject is omitted :-- Ǽlc mynetere ðe man tíhþ þæt fals feoh slóge, L.

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