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ge-hátan

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L. 27, 64. to bid come, summon, call Gif cyning his leóde tó him geháteð, Ll. Th. i. 2, 8. Se cyning him tó gehét (-héht, v. l.) Cedd clamavit ad se Cedd, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 293, 12. Hé him tó gehét monigne lǽce, Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 18.

ge-wítan

(v.)
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Ðá wendon mé þá woruldsǽlþa heora bæc tó and mé mid ealle from gewitan, Bt. 2; F. 4, 13. to pass away, come to an end, perish; v. ge-wítendlic Ǽr þám þe gewíte ( transeat; gewíteþ, Wrt.

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.

A thief

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Ealle niht ic (the ox-herd) stande ofer ða oxan waciende for þeófan (propter fures), Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 29. Gif feorrancumen man oþþe fræmde búton wege gange, and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme, ne hé horn ne bláwe, for þeóf hé biþ tó prófianne, L.

Linked entry: þeáf

faran

to travel ⬩ journey ⬩ to march ⬩ to go ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ to go ⬩ move ⬩ to go ⬩ fly ⬩ to come ⬩ to pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ to go on ⬩ practise ⬩ happen ⬩ turn out

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Ðá felga farað ungerydelícost, sió nafu færþ gesundlícost, Bt. 39, 7; F. 220, 30-222, 23. of abstract things, to come Gesweorc úp færeð, cymeð hægles scúr, færeð forst on gemang, Gen. 809.

Linked entry: farnian

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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(bb) used reflexively, to come up to an object, arrive at :-- Ic mé eft tó þǽre dura geðeódde, Hml.

on-gitan

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

To perceive ⬩ to perceive, see ⬩ to perceive by hearing ⬩ to perceive, feel (pain, etc. ) ⬩ to feel, be of opinion, judge ⬩ to know, hear of, find out ⬩ to perceive, understand ⬩ to recognise, know, ⬩ to take a person or thing to be what it really is ⬩ to 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.

heorte

breast ⬩ bosom ⬩ will ⬩ intellect ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ intent ⬩ will ⬩ desire ⬩ inclination ⬩ disposition ⬩ temperament ⬩ character

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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 let ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ suffer ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ grant ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ consuming ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ leave undone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ neglect ⬩ to leave out ⬩ omit ⬩ to spare ⬩ leave to ⬩ to leave ⬩ quit ⬩ to abandon ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ die ⬩ to defend ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave of ⬩ give up ⬩ to abandon ⬩ abandon ⬩ to let go ⬩ to restrain ⬩ to release ⬩ restore ⬩ to give up ⬩ relinquish ⬩ to remit ⬩ forgive ⬩ to lose ⬩ to put away ⬩ dismiss ⬩ lay aside ⬩ to 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)
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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.)
Grammar
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.)

to make known by words, ⬩ to give information of, tell, give notice of, report ⬩ (1 a) of official notice, to report, ⬩ a matter ⬩ an object, to give notice of the place or condition of an object ⬩ to bear witness, testify, ⬩ of a formal statement, to declare ⬩ (3 a) of a statement by one in authority, to announce, proclaim, declare, ⬩ to make an object known, tell its character ⬩ to describe, relate, give an account of ⬩ to make known what is asked about, tell in answer to a question ⬩ to confess ⬩ to make known by action, shew kindness, c., display. ⬩ to perform an action ⬩ to shew kindness, favour, display power, c. ⬩ to make to know a feeling, cause a feeling ⬩ to shew, prove ⬩ to establish practically the truth of a. statement, ⬩ to prove a point by performing the prescribed formalities :-- ⬩ to prove the existence of something experimentally ⬩ to prove by argument, by speech ⬩ to make known the position of an object, enable to find, shew ⬩ to make known the character of something , enable to understand :-- ⬩ to reveal, disclose ⬩ to make known, famous, to celebrate

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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.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain

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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.