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á-wendan

(v.)

To turn.to give a certain direction toto returnto reducebring into subjectionto turn aside,to remove divertto avertto pervertto changeto turn into something elsetransformto translatereproduce something with other materialto exchangeTo turntake a certain direction

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Ǽfre on ǽfen byð his (the moon's) ylde áwend, Angl. viii. 309, 17. Áwende móde mutata mente, Past. 39, 22.

Linked entry: on-wendan

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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Wé ús nyton witod líf æt ǽfen, Wulfst. 151, 17. Líf and land werian, 274, 17. Preóstas and nunnan heora líf rehtan let priests and nuns order their lives, 269, 15. Liif, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545. 42, col. 2.

dæg

(n.)
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Wé hátað ǽnne dæg fram sunnan úp*-*gange oð ǽfen, Lch. iii. 234, 31-236, 2. day, time. lifetime Ðæt hió hæbbe ðæt land hire dæg . . . and efter hire dæge geselle hit . . . ðám hírode, C. D. ii. 58, 22.

Sunnan-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-dæg, es; m.
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As to the religious observances connected with the day it is said Hit gedafenaþ ðæt gehwylce cristene men, ða þurhteón mágon, on Sæternesdæg cume tó cyrcean, and him leóht mid bringe, and ðǽr ǽfen*-*sang gehýran and on úhtan ðone úhtsang, and on morgenne

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon ; pp. sigen.
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</b> to sink as the sun to its setting :-- Heó (the sun) síhþ tó ðam tácne (Aries ) óþ ǽfen, Anglia viii. 307, 20. Tungla torhtast tó sete sígeþ, Menol. Fox 221 ; Men. 112. Ealle stiorran sígaþ æfter sunnan under eorþan grund, Met. 29, 15.

Linked entries: sígend sígere

steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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Æfer ðæs gyltes gemete sceal beón gelengen ðære steóre gemet (disciplinae mensura), R. Ben. 48, 16. Ðæt hí stýran (punish) ǽlcum ðara ðe ðis ne gelǽste ... and on ðære steóre ne sý nán forgifnes, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 8.

restan

(v.)
Grammar
restan, ;p.; te

To restto cease from toil, be at restto rest on a couch, to sleepto rest in death, lie dead, lie in the graveto remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be stillTo rest one's selfof cessation from toil

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Ðá bæd hé his þeng on ǽfenne ... ðæt hé him stówe gegearwode, ðæt hé restan mihte, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 31. Ðá hé gesette his leomu tó restenne ;cum ad quiescendum membra sua posuisset,; 2, 6; S. 508, 11.

Linked entry: ræstan

ge-tellan

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Th. i. 68, 35. where a total which is formed by two or more objects is given as so and so Wæs geteald ǽfen and merigen tó ánum dæge evening and morning were reckoned a day, Lch. iii. 232, 11. to consider Hwæt is bearn mannes þet þú getelest (reputas

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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Gif mon nime æfesne on swýnum; æt þrýfingrum ( three fingers thick in fat), ðæt þridde; æt twýfingrum, ðæt feórðe; æt þymelum, ðæt fífte, L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 12-19. Gafolswán sylle ǽlce geáre . xv. swýn tó sticunge, L. R.

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun

æt

(prep.)
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Ríneþ blódig regn æt ǽfen, 91, 34: 93, 3. Eall eorþe bið mid þeóstrum oforþeaht æt þá endlyftan tíd, 93, 6. local, unto, up to Hí hine besencton on þá eá æt his cneówa, Bl. H. 43, 30.

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Gé nyton hwænne ðæs húses hláford cymþ; þe on ǽfen, þe on midre nihte, þe on hancréde, þe on mergen, Mk. Skt. 13, 35. (β 1) hwæðer ( pronoun ) ... þe ... þe :-- Ðæt ic wite hwæðer hit sig, þe sóð þe leás, ðæt gé secgaþ, Gen. 42, 16.

Linked entry: þý

ge-bídan

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Hwá helpð ús, þæt wé ǽfenes gebídon? . . . Hwá fylst ús, þæt wé dæges gebídon ? quis nobis det vesperam ?. . quis nobis det mane? Deut. 28, 67.

níwe

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. ¶ applied to the moon :-- Gyf se móna byð ǽr ǽfenne fram ðǽre sunnan geedníwod, hé byð þonne sóna æfter sunnan setlgange níwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266, 4.

ge-niman

(v.)
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Hié him æfest tó genáman, Bl. H. 7, 11. Genáman him æfest tó þá ealdormen, 177, 20. Wé ne sceolon geniman náne lustfullunge tó ðǽre tihtinge, Hml. Th. i. 174, 32.

lǽtan

(v.)
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Ealle hí léton swilce hí on ǽfen slépon, and sóna ðæs on morgen of ðám slǽpe áwacedon they all comported themselves as if they had gone to sleep in the evening and soon after in the morning had waked from their sleep, Hml.

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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In swá hwylce tíd swá gé tó mé hweorfað, Reb. 5. on Eánfléd wæs gefulwad in þone hálgan ǽfen Pentecosten, Chr. 626; P. 24, 8. during In þá slíðnan tíd, Mod. 52: Gú. 1058.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Hwænne wylle gé singan ǽfen oþþe nihtsangc? Þonne hyt tíma byþ, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 5. Geþence mé, þonne ðé ðín wíse lície, Gen. 40, 14. Ic náme þænne ic cóme veniens ego recepissem, Mt.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Lind. 2, 10. marking a limit, to, up to, until, till Wæs hit ðá án tíd tó ǽfenes it then was an hour to evening. Nar. 13, 6. Tó ǽfenes usque ad vesperam, L. Ecg. C. 4; Th. ii. 138, 1: Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 32.

Linked entry: -anne

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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On ǽfenne ðære nihte ðe hé of worulde gangende wæs nocte qua de saeculo erat exiturus Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 30. Wæs se engel sprecende, Blickl. Homl. 5, 2. Hé wæs Drihtne fylgende, 15, 28 : Beo. Th. 321 ; B. 159. Hé in byrgenne bídende wæs, Elen.

niman

(v.)
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Gif mon nime æfesne on swínum, Ll. Th. i. 132, 18. Gilde se landríca þone pænig and nime ǽnne oxan æt þám men, ii. 300, 6.