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lange

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2726. of action that takes place at some time or other within a long time Þæt wæs Hróðgáre hreówa tornost þára þe leódfruman lange begeáte, B. 2130. where relative duration is expressed. by the comparative or superlative Ꝥ land stent oferfléde hwílon mónað

synderlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
synderlíce, adv.

apart, away from all others, in privateseparately, severally, apartspecially, in particularonly, exclusively, solely, to or by one's selfspecially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly

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Skt. 13, 3. where many things are to be distinguished from each other, separately, severally, apart Se án monn ongitt ðæt ðæt hé on óþrum ongit synderlíce (in several ways ); hé hine ongit þurh ða eágan synderlíce, þurh ða eáran synderlíce, ðurh his

Linked entry: sundorlíce

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Sume hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde forsceoppan tó león ... sume sceoldan bión eforas ... sume wurdon tó wulfan ... sume wurdon tó ðam deórcynne ðe mon hátte tigris, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 32 sqq.: 34, 7;Fox 144, 7-9: Mt.

Linked entry: ÁN

fram

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Mon cóm unárímedlíce oft and him sǽdon from burgum and from túnum on eorþan besuncen ut de innumeris quassationibus ac ruinis villarum oppidorumque Roma nuntiis fatigaretur, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 13.

heáh

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Mon dyde álces consules setl áne pyle hiérre þonne hit ǽr wæs, 5, 11 ; S. 236, 7. having a lofty position Híge þám þe on húses þæce heáh (or under (I. a β)?) áweaxeð foenum aedificiorum, Ps. Th. 128, 4.

Linked entry: dynt

FOR

(prep.)
Grammar
FOR, prep. dot. acc. and inst.

FORon account ofbecause ofwithbypropropterperaccording toprosĕcundumjuxtaForinstead ofprolŏcovĭceForon account ofbecause ofthroughpropropterper

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Hæfdon heora Hláford for ðone héhstan God they held their Lord for the most high God, Bt. Met. Fox. 26, 88; Met. 26, 44. Grammar FOR, with the instrumental; cum āblātīvo.

swilce

(adv.)
Grammar
swilce, swelce; adv. conj.
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Mé geweorðode wuldres ealdor swylce swá hé his módor eác geweorðode, Rood Kmbl. 181; Kr. 92. See also passages under swilc, as if Se wearð wið hine forwréged swylce (suoelce, Lind.) hé his gód forspilde quasi dissipasset bona ipsius, Lk.

Linked entry: swálíce

bísen

(n.)
Grammar
bísen, l. bisen, e; bisene, an; f. (also n. in North.),

an exemplar a modelpatternexampleprecedenta ruleprescriptpreceptparablesimilitudetype

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Hwelce bisena hé stellende wæs, Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 24. of things Gelíce and seó burg wǽre tó bisene ásteald eallum middangearde, Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 24. an exemplar, a model, pattern for the being, doing or making of something Wé sint gesceapene æfter

fæder

a parenta step-fatherforefatherfathersancestorsfathera god-fathera patron

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Þæs fæder and þǽre módor mægen, 163, 25. Hwæðer þára twégra dyde þæs fæder (fadres, L., fæderes, R.) willan ?, Mt. 21, 31. Nǽfre ácennede from fæder ne from méder, Bl. H. 93, 28.

sǽl

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl, es; m.: e; f.

time, occasiona fit time, season, opportunity,circumstance, condition happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity

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Sǽles bídeþ hwonne heó cræft hyre cýþan móte, Exon. Th. 413, 28; Rä. 32, 12. Hé sóhte ða seel (sél, Rush.) ðætte hine salde quaerebat opportunitatem ut eum traderet, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 16. time as in bad or good times, circumstance, condition .v.

Linked entry: sél

weardian

(v.)
Grammar
weardian, p.ode.

to guard, keep, defendwith gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something)to act as guardian to, to rule to keep, have charge ofto hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit.in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track,to followto remain behind

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Ðonne færð se deófol intó his móder innoðe, and ðǽr hé hine healt, and weardaþ inne, Wulfst. 193, 10. Hé heánne beám wunaþ and weardaþ, Exon. Th. 209, 17; Ph. 172. In ðam hálge wíc weardiaþ, 228, 34; Ph. 448.

Linked entries: ge-weardian weardere

worþig

(n.)
Grammar
worþig, weorþig, wurþig, wyrþig [P s. Surt. has forms as from worðign; one such form is found in Ps. Spl. C. , and a dative worðine occurs in Bd. S. 539, 42], es; m.

enclosed homesteada place surrounded by buildingsplacestreetplatea

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Stoke, iii. 155, 27. .viii. mansas agelluli, ibidem ubi uulgares prisco more uocitant æt Worðige, v. 240, 9. Worðig, vi. 244, 13, is agellus in the body of the Charter, iv. 150, 26.

Linked entries: weorþig worþ

be-lúcan

(v.)
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Hié belúcað hiera módes eáran ongeán láre, Past. 337, 22. Seó ástrehte nǽdre his weg beleác, Gr. D. 24, 23. Hig belucan þá duran intó heom. Chr. 1083; P. 215, 5. Belúc heora wegas mid þínun. sweorde, Ps. Th. 34, 3. Þæt mé þone ingang beluce, Hml.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Ǽghwylc moil wile ðæt him Drihten selle ealle his þearfe, Blickl. Homl. 51, 15. Mé Dryhten sendeþ þurh monnes bond míne þearfe, Exon.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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Hé ðé mæg onwreón wyrda gerýno he can disclose to thee the secrets of events (can tell thee of events which are a secret to most men), 1174; El. 589 : 1623 ; El. 813. Hé ne leág fela wyrda ne worda, Beo.

Linked entry: weord

habban

(v.)
Grammar
habban, habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

To HAVE, possess, hold, keep

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Ǽghwilcum men biþ leófre swá hé hæbbe holdra freónda má the more friends every man has the better he likes it, 123, 1. Be ðam sacerde ðonne hé mæssaþ hwæt hé on him hæbbe of the priest when he says mass what he is to have on, L. Edg.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, e; f.

Lawstatutedecreeregulationrulefixed custom

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Gif hé hine ládian wille dó ðæt be ðam deópestan áðe on Engla lage and on Dena lage be ðam ðe heora lagu sí if he will clear himself, let him do it by the most solemn oath in the district under English law; in that under Danish, by what their law may

Linked entries: laga lah ge-lagu

wlite

(n.)
Grammar
wlite, es; m.: wlitu, e (and? an;
Similar entries
v. wlita, II.
); f.

aspectcountenancelooksappearanceshapeformgood looksbeautiful appearancebeautygloryornament

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Se fulla móna wyrð wlites bereáfad, Met. 28, 42. Wlittes decoris, Rtl. 92, 10. Wlite decore, 97, 16 : stemmate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 46. Ðe læs ðe hé for hire (Sarah's, v. Gen. 12, 11) wlite wurde ofslagen, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 1.

Linked entries: wlita wlitu

ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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Gl. 271. a circular course, an orbit Se móna hæfð his ryne hraðor áurnen on ðam læssan ymbhwyrfte, ðonrie seó ðonne hæbbe on ða;m máran, Lchdm. iii. 248, 14. Hí (certain stars) habbaþ sceortne ymbhwyrft, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 19 : Met. 28, 20.

fæsten

firmamentcitadelforta fortificationentrenchmentsfastnessstrongholda prisona sepulchreHellclaustrum

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Þá hé þǽr tó cóm, þá ne mehton hié nánne monn on ðǽm fæstenne útan geseón exercitum ad urbem duxit. Et cum murum escendisset, vacuam civitatem ratus, 3, 9; S. 134, 10: 3, 11; S. 148, 19.