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willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 18. Gif ðú woldest myltsian, and swá þeáh ne mihtest . . . ðæt ðú ne mæge myltsían, þeáh ðú wylle. Homl. Skt. i. 3, 184-188. Ne ðurfon wé ðæs wénan, ðæt wuldorcyning ǽfre wille eard áléfan, Cd.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

á-rísan

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</b> of hostile action :--- Þá gingran árísaþ wiþ þám yldrum, 171, 23. to arise, be produced, come to be, of physical growth Hit gedéþ ꝥ þá swylas eft ne árísað, Lch. i. 356, 2. figurative Gif for godbótan feohbót áríseð, Ll.

gearwian

(v.)
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</b> to come to maturity :-- Treówu grénu wexað and gearwað and rípað, Solil. H. 10, 5. to make ready a person to do something Gearwa þé and þú on þone síð fére, Guth. 86, 26. for an action Gearwige hé hine tó húselgange, Ll.

hærfest

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On hærfeste wícode se cyng on neáweste þáre byrig, þá hwíle þe hié hira corn gerypon, Chr. 896; P. 89, 8. Mon eorðan wæstmas on hærfeste hám gelǽdeð . . . on rypes tíman, Ph. 244. <b>II a.

GÚÞ

(n.)
Grammar
GÚÞ, e; f. [a poetical word]

War, battle, fightbellum

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Se ða gúþe genæc he had come safe out of the battle, Cd. 94; Th. 121, 33; Gen. 2019. Ðe ða gúþe forbeáh who turned aside from the battle, Byrht. Th. 141, 21; By. 315.

DÓN

(v.)
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DÓN, to dónne; part. dóende, dónde; ic dó, ðú dést, he déþ, pl. dóþ; p. ic, he dyde, ðú dydest, pl.dydon ; impert., pl. dóþ; subj. , pl. dón, dó; p. dyde, pl. dyden; pp. dón, dén

To DO, make, cause agĕre, facĕre

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On wóh dón to pervert, Past. 2, 1; Cot. MS. To cyninge dón to make a king, Ors. 6, 4; Bos. 118, 25: Bt. Met. Fox 15, 26; Met. 15, 13. Wrace dón to take revenge, L. In. 9; Th. i. 108, 4

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Eallra gesceafta ágnum willan (-um, Cott. MS.) God rícsaþ ofer hí, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, 12. Hwæðer ǽnig gesceaft seó, ðe hire willan (-um, Cott. MS.) nylle ealne weg bión, ac wile hire ágnum willan (-um, Cott. MS.) forweorþan, 34, 9; Fox 148, II.

BEGEN

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)

Bothambobothamboambæambobothambo et ambæ vel ambæ et amboof bothamborumambarumamborumto bothambobusambabusambobusbothambosambasambobothambos et ambas velambas et ambwithby bothambobusambabusambobus

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Wæter, n. and eorþe, f. sint on gecynde cealda bá twá water and earth, both the two are by nature cold Bt. Met. Fox 20, 152 ; Met. 20, 76. Bú samod, líc, n. and sáwl, f. both together, body and soul Elen.

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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Ofer mǽþe úre ðú forþtýhst sprǽce ultra ætatem nostram protrahis sermonem, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 11. Ðeáh wé nú ofer úre mǽþ þencen sive mente excedimus, Past. 16, 2; Swt. 101, 11.

wíde

(adv.)
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wíde, adv.
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Cod. Dip. B. ii. 389, 20. Him féran gewát geond ða folcsceare Abraham wíde. Cd. Th. 106, 36; Gen. 1782. Bana wíde scráð, 180, 3; Exod. 39. Wíde ásent relegatus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 42. Ic lástas sceal wíde lecgan, Cd. Th. 63, 5; Gen. 1027.

ge-teón

(v.)
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Add: to draw together Gewyrce and tó getió con-trahat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 43. with idea of horizontal movement, to draw along, pull, drag: — Óðri ðegnas on scip cuómon and drógon ł getugun ðára fisca segni, Jn. L. 21, 8.

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.

sceát

(n.)
Grammar
sceát, es; m.

a corner, an anglecorner, quartera projection, promontorya nook, corner, regiona lap, bosomthe bosoma baysinusa garmenta cloth, napkin cloak,fold

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-scíte) a projection, promontory Bætweónæ ða twægen brÍmfeldas andlang ðæs alarsceátæs (along the alder-covered piece of land which thrusts itself out into the fields ) on ðonæ fúlan bróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl.v. 84, 12.

Linked entry: sceáta

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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Næ síe tó ðon gedurstig, ne cyning, næ bisceop, ðæt ðǽs mínæ gife onwændæ ( commoveat ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 218, 28. Nǽfre ic ne míne lástweardas geþrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit ( the grant of certain dues ) onwenden, Ch. Th. 29, 14: Cd.

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽcan, -rǽcean; p. -rǽhte; pp. -rǽht

To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer

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To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer Sió fird hie gerǽcan ne mehte the [English] force could not reach them, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 22: 894; Erl. 90, 11: Cd. 216; Th. 275, 10; Sat. 169. Gerǽcean, Blickl.

Linked entry: mis-rǽcan

weorold-mann

(n.)
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weorold-mann, es; m.
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Ðonne hé from woruldmonnum (world-, Cott. MSS.) bið ongiten suelce hé sié ælðiédig on ðiosum middangearde, Past. 19 ; Swt. 141, 18.

á-lecgan

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Hé ne mihte ꝥ gafol álecgan þe heó gelǽstan sceolde he could not remit the tax that she had to pay, 3, 181. Álédum sedato, An. Ox. 50, 46

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ge-þwǽrlǽcan

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Th. ii. 580, 2. intrans. of persons or things personified. to agree, come to terms with an opponent, be reconciled with Hé geðwǽrlǽhte wið Pilate (cf. facti sunt amici Herodes et Pilatus, Lk. 23, 12), Hml. Th. ii. 384, 2.

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hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
hrepian, and <b>hreppan.</b> [The two forms may be taken together.]
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Add: to touch with the hand, come in contact with Ꝥ wíf wearð gehǽled þá ðá heó hrepode (æthrán, Mt. 9, 20) þæs Hǽlendes reáf, Hml. S. 9, 13.

BRAND

(n.)
Grammar
BRAND, brond, es; m.

a BRAND, fire-brand, torch;titio, torris a burning, flame, fire;incendium, flamma, ignisA sword;ensis

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Hý hine ne móston bronde forbærnan they could not consume him with fire, Beo. Th. 4258; B. 2126. Brondas lácaþ on ðam deópan dæge fires shall flare on that awful day, Exon. 116 b; Th. 448, 23; Dom. 58. Bronda of fires. Beo.

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