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ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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Lamb spǽcan on mennisc gecynde. Mart. H. 2, 19.

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Ðǽr tó láfe ðá get wæs . . ., 973; P. 119, n. 6. His módor þá gyt gegán wolde sorhfulne síð, B. 1276. Þá gyt (get, L.) þá hé wæs feorr his fæder cum adhuc longe esset, Lk. 15, 20.

gildan

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Gif ic gesealde land ( land which ought to have gone in the male line ) ǽnigre wífhanda, þonne forgyldan míne mǽgas . . . For ðon ic cweþe ꝥ hí hit gyldan . . . Cht. Th. 491, 21-29.

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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Ðǽr ðú fromlíce freónda lárum hýran wolde, Exon. Th. 129, 22; Gú. 425. Hié gehéton ðæt hiera kyning fulwiht onfón wolde, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 18. Hé cwæð ðæt hé wolde ðam wífe gemyltsian, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 179.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Ne lǽd þú ús in costunge, Hy. 6, 28. In wíta forwyrd, An. 1620: El. 765: Leás, 10. In þeóde þrym gestígan, Crä. 19. In líf onwæcnan. Ph. 640. He ácenned wearð in cildes hád, El. 776.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Hé gegráp sweord be gehiltum, Gen. 2905. temporal, of a point of time, by, not later than Ciricsceattas sín ágifene be Sc̃e Martines mæssan, Ll. Th. i. 104, 9.

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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Lǽt sígan út on sum fæt let it drain out into a vessel, iii. 48, 6. to strain, filter, act as a filter, cf. (?) sígere Sígende sond rén swylgþ bibulae arenae, Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 12, 16

Linked entries: sígend sígere

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Ðæt gelimpan sceal, þætte lagu flóweþ, 445, 2; Dom. 1. Þæt gesýne wearð, þætte wrecend lifde, Beo.

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 4) hí mid wíslicre Godes lage, Wulfst. 267, 21. Hé ongon his sefan trymman, Exon. Th. 169, 4; Gú. 1089. On ðǽm medwísan is tó trymmanne (trymmianne, Cote.

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Favor, i. fama, honor, laus, laetitia, testimonium laudis wyrþrnynd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 13. honour, respect shewn to an object, celebration of an event Sý úrum Drihtne lof and wuldor and weorþmynd, Blickl. Homl. 65, 25. Wurðmynt, Homl.

Linked entry: wirþu

gelíce

(adv.)
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Gelíce lang, iii. 258, 1. Hí syndon Gode gelíce leófe, Wlfst. 300, 5. Wintres and sumeres wuda bið gelíce blédum gehongen, Ph. 37. Náðer ne hí þeder gelíce eáðe cumað, ne hí þér gelíce eáðe ne beóð, Solil. H. 44, 11.

ge-bídan

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L. 8, 2. to last until a definite time (gen. ) Þú nást hwæþer ðú mergenes gebítst, Wlfst. 286, 27. Gif ic tó mergen middeges gebíde, Hml, S. 3, 590. Hwæðer ðú merigenes gebíde. Hml. Th. ii. 104, 26. Hwá helpð ús, þæt wé ǽfenes gebídon? . . .

ge-win

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D. 6, 34. painful effort, toilsome work Ꝥ hí ne áfyrhte ꝥ gewin ðæs síðfætes (ne forhtgean þæs gewinnes ne ðæs síþfætes, v. l.) labor uos itineris non deierreat, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 50, 4. On gewinne and on swáte hé leofaþ, Bl.

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Th. 2739; B. 1367: Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 34; Wol. 29. ground, earth, land, country, plain; terra, solum, campus Hie ðæt gild gebrǽcan and gefyldan eal óð grund they broke the idol to pieces and cast it all to the ground, Blickl. Homl. 221, 33.

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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(α 1) where þon is preceded by wihte, any at all :-- Ne mót hé ðara hyrsta lǽdan of ðisse worulde wuhte þon máre ðonne hé hider bróhte (cf. ne lǽt hé his nánwuht of ðís middanearde mid him máre ðonne hé bróhte hider, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 15-17), Met. 14

Linked entries: þanne þon

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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Se wísa mon eall his líf lǽt on gefeán, ðonne hé forsihþ ðás eorþlícan gód, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24. Se wísa spræc sunu Healfdenes Beo. Th. 3401; B. 1698. Ðis is wæstm wíses and goodes, ðe his sóðfæst weorc symble lǽste, est fructus justo Ps. Th. 57, 10.

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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Ða fuglas ús nǽnige láðe ne yfle ne wǽron aves non nobis perniciem ferentes, Nar. 16, 18. Hé wile hit him mid grimnesse and mid yfele forgyldan, Blickl. Homl. 55, 25. Hé nǽnigum yfel wiþ yfele geald, 223, 33: Elen. Kmbl. 983; El. 493.

Linked entries: efel eofel

wilm

(n.)
Grammar
wilm, wielm, welm, wælm, wylm, es; m.

that which wellsof fluida fountstreamwater that surges or boilsthat moves in wavesof firesurgingfireflamesheatfervent heatfiery heatboilingroastinginflammationviolent movementviolenceragingtempestuous movement of water of mental emotionfervourardourheatfuryragepassion

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Yrre ne lǽt ðé wylme besmítan. Exon. Th. 305, 8 ; Fä. 85

Linked entries: wielm wælm welm

BRECAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRECAN, ic brece, ðú bricest, bricst, he briceþ, bricþ, pl. brecaþ; p. ic, he bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon; pp. brocen.

to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpereto press, force, urge;urgereto rush intotakeby stormin locum irrumpere, expugnare, erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere to breakburst forthmake a noisecrashto sail;navigareTo retch;screare

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Ic hwílum éðelfæsten brece sometimes I break through a land-fastness, Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 4; Rä. 72, 23.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Swælc monn se ðæt mín lond hebbe whoever gets my land, C. D. i. 311, I. Ꝥ wé é Bið hire rǽd ꝥ frýnd þá forword habban, 256, 2.