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DEÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÁD, def. se deáda; seó, ðæt deáde; adj.

DEAD mortuus

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Me hátran sind Dryhtnes dreámas ðonne ðis deáde líf the Lord's joys are more exciting to me than this dead life, Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 31; Seef. 65.

Linked entry: déd

HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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Ðæt se stemn and se helm móte ðý fæstor and ðý leng standon that the stem and top may stand the foster and longer, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 33: Fox 150, 3.

Linked entry: helmiht

hraðe

(adv.)
Grammar
hraðe, hræðe, hreðe; adv.

Quicklyimmediatelyat oncesoonforthwithstraightway

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No hé fleótan meahte hraðor on holme not more swiftly than I could he float on the ocean, Beo. Th. 1090; B. 543. Hí hogedon hú hí unriht hraðost ácwǽdon they considered how soonest they might utter iniquity, Ps. Th. 72, 6.

Linked entry: hræde

INNOÞ

(n.)
Grammar
INNOÞ, innaþ, es; m. f.

the insidestomachwombbowelsthe breastheart

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Ðætte hira módes innaþ yfele and hefiglíce mid gefylled wæs quæ mentis intima deprimebat, Past. 54, 1; Swt. 419, 32. Sió his innaþ wan wætere gelíc intravit sicut aqua in interiora ejus, Ps. Th. 108, 18.

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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Ðæs landes mǽre gerǽcan to obtain more of the land, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 21. Sige gerǽcan to get the victory, Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 53, 30: 9; 68, 11, 12. Andlifne gerǽcan to get [one's] living, Cd. 43; Th. 57, 26; Gen. 934.

Linked entry: mis-rǽcan

tweónian

(v.)
Grammar
tweónian, twínian, twýnian; p. ode.
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(dl with a clause :-- Hé árás, on his móde tweónigende hú heó mihte Iordanes wæteru oferfaran, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 680

Linked entries: twínian twýnian

wícian

(v.)
Grammar
wícian, p. ode.
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Skt. ii. 30, 315. (1 a) of an object that moves :-- Nihtweard ( the pillar of fire ) nýde sceolde wícian ofer weredum, Cd.

Linked entry: ge-wícian

binnan

(adv.)
Grammar
binnan, be-innan.
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Binnan ðǽm locum úres módes, Past. 385, 6. Hié wǽron binnan þǽre byrig, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 2. Hé sæt binnan þǽm hám, Chr. 901; P. 92, 6. Hí ofslógon hine binnan his ágenan heorðæ, 1048; P. 173, 2.

be-swícan

to decoyensnarebeguileto betrayto defraudsupplantto circumventto seducemislead

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H. 61, 24. æt eów nǽfre se deófol beswícan mote, Wlfst. 135, 9. Wǽron mid gítsunge beswicene ná þ án his find ac eác swilce his frínd, Ap. Th. 7, 12. to fail a person, leave in the lurch Se mennesca fultum him beswác, Guth. 76, 18.

Linked entry: be-swícende

ge-þwǽrlǽcan

(v.)
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A. 8, 193: 9, 214. to agree together, be companions, act in concert Seó sǽ and se móna geþwǽrlǽcað heom betweónan, ǽfre hig beóð geféran on wæstme and on wanunge, Angl. viii. 327, 25. to agree with another, be a companion, accomplice of, consent to the

Linked entry: þwǽrlǽcan

on-cnáwan

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Þá oncneóu se Godes man ꝥ hé féran ne móste, Bd. 5, 9 ; Sch. 595, 16. Ðæt hié oncnáwæn tó hwǽm hiera ágen wíse wirð ut ad cognitionem sui revocentur, Past. 265, 23. Þæt hié oncnéwen hú God þá rícu sette, Ors. 2, 1; S. 63, 35.

rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd, es; m.
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Gyf mon ðone hláford teó ðæt hé ( the accused person ) be his rǽde út hleópe, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 5, 12.

Linked entry: rád

wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
wíde, adv.
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Lástas wǽron wíde ( for a great distance ) gesýne ofer myrcan mór, Beo. Th. 2811 ; B. 1403. Seó culufre wíde fleáh, Cd. Th. 88, 15 ; Gen. 1465. Wíde rád ofer holmes hrincg hof séleste ( the ark ), 84, 3; Gen. 1392.

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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Hi cómon tó Móise þǽr hé mid þǽre firde wæs venerunt ad Moysen et ad omnem coetum, Num. 13, 27. Cómon þá fíf cynegas mid firde (cum exercitibus suis). Jos. 10, 5. Eneas mid his firde fór in Italiam, Ors. ii; S. 50, 24.

ge-sittan

(v.)
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</b> figurative :-- Ofer stól geseton wuðuto super cathedram Mosi sederunt scribae, Mt.

ge-teón

(v.)
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Seó oferfyll þæs líchoman getýhþ þone mon tó synnum, and seó forhæfdnes hine gelǽdeþ tó forgifnesse, Bl. H. 37, 14. Hé Peohta ðeóde him tó hýrnesse geteáh, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 313, 22. Deáðberende gyfl þá sinhíwan tó swylte geteáh, Gú. 823.

hláf

breada loafcakebreadbreadmannacake

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Æt ánre feorme þonne mon þá hláfas wrát tó þicgeanne cum panes per convivia frangerentur, Oto 5, 10; S. 234, 5. Méwǽran míne teáras for hláfas, Ps. Th. 41, 3. Ǽ;lc gebúr sylle .vi. hláfas ðám inswáne, Ll. Th. i. 434, 21.

Linked entry: hláf-gang

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.

wén

(n.)
Grammar
wén, e; f.

suppositionopinionthoughtideahopeexpectationlikelihoodprobabilitychanceperhapsperchancemay beprobably

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but more likely thou mayst send thine angel Blickl. Homl. 231, 23. Nimðe wén wǽre ni forsan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 3.

Linked entry: wéna

wiþ

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

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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Ne sceal mon nó mid openlíce edwíte him wið sleán non aperta exprobratione sunt feriendi, Past. 40; Swt. 295, 11.