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on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Hié hiora (books) nánwuht ongiotan (ongietan, Cott. MSS. ) ne meahton, Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 12. Ðæt wé ðý geornor ongietan meahton lácen, ðæt se fugel þurh bryne beácnaþ. Exon. Th. 236, 13 ; Ph. 573. Ongeotan, Blickl.

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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Ealle niht ic ( the ox-herd) stande ofer ða oxan waciende for þeófan (propter fures ), Coll. Monast.

Linked entry: þeáf

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Ic (the baker) heortan mannes gestrangie, Coll. M. 28, 35: Ps. Th. 103, 15. Heáfodiswíma heortan clypte, Gen. 1569. Heora heortan onfóð mægene (leofað heorte heara, Ps.

lǽdan

(v.)
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why did you cause this man to come hither? Bl. H. 85, 25. Hé lǽdde hié mid. ligenum and mid listum speón, Gen. 588. ' Ðǽr ðú ongeáte hwidre ic þé nú teohhie tó lǽdenne.' . . . ' Hwider wilt þú mé lǽdan?'

gíman

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Ben. 74, 15. to core for. to have a liking or desire for. the object a person Wǽrleás mon and . . . ungetreów, þæs ne gýmeð God, Gn. Ex. 164. the object a thing, material Eádige beóð þá þe þissa eorþwelena ne gýmaþ, Bl. H. 159, 30.

líf

(adv.)
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, Coll.

on-fón

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</b> to allow to come, not to exclude :-- Hié sprǽcon ðæt hit betere wǽre þætte Rómáne eft heora cynecynne onféngen revocandorum in Urbem regum placito insimulatos, Ors. 2, 3 ; 8. 68, 9. add: to undergo a rite Hé fulwihte onféng, El. 192.

heáh

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Þǽr is brógna hýhst, Dóm. 23. of time, fully come, complete From ǽrmorgenne oð heáne (heáhne, v. l.) undern a mane usque ad tertiam plenam, R. Ben. 74, 11. <b>B.</b> as subst. a high place. v. N. E.

Linked entry: dynt

for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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, Coll. M. 26, 7. Dryhten forlét þone deófol of dúne gehreósan, áfylde hine under foldan sceátas, Sal. 457: Gen. 1405: An. 837. Forlét úre Drihten his fét on þá eorþan besincan, Bl. H. 127, 22. Hé of earce forlét fleógan culufran, Gen. 1450.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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A-biddan = biddan to ask, pray :-- Abiddaþ [biddaþ Cott.] hine pray to him. Bt. 42 ; Fox 258, 21. Ic bidde ðé, Drihten I pray to thee, Lord, Gen. 19, 18.

heáfod

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On seohteres heáfod, 624, 20. head, as in bed's head, the part of a couch where a person's head would rest Sce Adrianes hand heó ásette æt hire heáfdum on hire ræste, Shrn. 59, 35.

ge-sellan

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Ic ne mæg swá fela gefón swá fela swá ic mæg gesyllan ( vendere ), Coll. M. 23, 29. to give in payment Hé geselþ eallne ðone welan æfter ðám anwealde, bútan hé hine mid lǽssan begitan mæge, Bt. 33, 2 ; F. 124, 10.

weorþian

(v.)
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weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Hé gesiehð ða weorþigan (weorðian, Cott. MSS.) ðe ǽr wel ongunnon, ðá ðá hé ídel wæs eorum palmas respiciant, in quorum nunc laboribus otiosi perdurant, Past. 34; Swt. 229, 21. <b>II a.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Þæt hí mé þinga gehwylc gecýðan þe ic him tó séce, 409. (6 a) with an indirect question Gecýþe ús hwylce gemete þú cóme. Bl. H. 141, 20. ꝥ þú mé gecýðe hwæt þes þegn sý, Jul. 279. Þæt hé him on spellum gecýðde hú hé his wísna trúwade, Gú. 1133.

Linked entry: cýþan

winnan

(v.)
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winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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Is micel ðearf, ðonne him mon hwæðer ondrǽtt suíðar ðonne óðer, and wið ðæt wienð (winð, Cott.

Linked entry: on-winnende

dón

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 79, 9. to make (much, nothing) of, to make out to be so and so, consider, esteem Sé ðe conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, and hé hine ná bettran ne déð, Past. 113, 23.

ge-healdan

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Bið sum corn sǽdes gehealden on þǽre sáwle sóðfæstnesse, Met. 22, 37. <b>VI a.</b> to retain in the mind, remember :-- Gehýr gyt sum bigspell, and geheald þá wel þe ic þé ǽr sǽde, Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 21.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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(a δ) ende habban to come to an end, cease to exist :-- Hé standan ne mæg ac hæfð ende, Mk. 3, 26. with idea of compulsion, to get as a result of conflict, pressure, &amp;c.

wunian

(v.)
Grammar
wunian, p. ode

To dwellremainto dwellabidestayremainliveto inhabit a place, live in or onto live, be in certain conditions or circumstances,to abidebe present with a person to comfort or helpto berestresideremainoccupy a positionto consist of or in,subsist, existto remainlastcontinueendureto be wont

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Mislíce wildeór wuniaþ (morantur) on wudum, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 23. On heán muntum heortas wuniaþ, Ps. Th. 103, 17. Ic on wéstene wunode lange mansi in solitudine, 54, 7. Wunude, 83, 1. Hé wunode ðǽr on mynstre, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 99.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

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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I. 25 ; Sch. 53, 3. (2 a) to read in a narrative :-- Þá geseah ic þá gedriht in gedwolan lifgan, Dan. 22. to come to know, have certain knowledge of Hér wearð Eádwine cining ofslagan . . . and hí fordydan eall Norðhymbra land.