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geár

(n.)
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Gif hit gebyrað on geáre (if it happen some year) þæt náðer ne byð . . . ne æceren ne bóc ne oðer mæsten, Nap. 10, 28. <b>III b.</b> the spring season :-- Þæt geár mót brengan blósman, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 22.

ród

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Of wáddene andlang ðǽre róde innon syx æceres, C. D. vi. 29, 34. On súga róde; andlang róde on huntena weg, iii. 48, 10. Eást on ðá ealdan róde; andlang róde on dá ealdan mearcebécan, C. D. B. i. 296, 26.

ge-sittan

(v.)
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Gen. 785. (2 a) of violent occupation :-- Gé gesittað sigeríce beórselas beorna, Exod. 562. to possess a thing Hé líf ǽce gesitteþ vitam aeternam possidebit, Mt. R. 19, 29.

hors

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Óðer healf hund æcera and þǽrtó þrittig oxna and twéntig cúna and týn hors, Cht. Th. 312, 20. Hæbbe Eádwold hyre taman hors, 539, 6. Hors anstyllan, Angl. ix. 262, 23.

hús

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Beón hí áwergode on húse and on æcere, Ll. Lbmn. 438, 23. Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes, Ll. Th. i. 50, 18 : Ex. 22, 4. Hús settan and tún timbrian. Solil. H. 1, 13. Ic mé her getimbre hús, Gú. 222. Húsa sélest, B. 146.

wendan

(v.)
Grammar
wendan, p. -de

To turnTo cause to moveto change alterconvertto translateinterpretto move one's self take one's waygoproceedwendTo wendgoproceed

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Se ðe bið on æcere, ne went hé on bæc qui fuerint in agro, nan redeant retro Lk. Skt. 17, 31. Went nú fulneáh eall moncyn on tweónunga Bt. 4; Fox 8, 17: Met. 13, 55. Him eal worold wendeþ on willan all the world goes well with him Beo.

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Erigan æcera þúsend, Met. 14, 5. Óð ðæt hé þúsende ðisses lífes wintra gebídeþ postquam vitae jam mille peregerit annos, Exon. Th. 208, 5; Ph. 151. Hé ofslóg fela þúsend monna, 6, 13; Swt. 268, 17.

hál

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Andgit swá swá þæt hálre byð swá hyt máre geseón mæg þǽre ǽcean sunnan, 45, 2. of moral or spiritual health Dóð eówre heortan hige hále and clǽne, Ps.

weaxan

(v.)
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weaxan, weacsan, weahsan, weahxan, wexan, wehsan; ic weaxe; ðú wyxt; hé weaxeþ, weaxþ, weaxt, waexit, weaxst, wexeþ, wexþ, wixt, wihst, wihxþ, wyxþ, wyxt, wyxst, wycxþ; p. weóx, weócs, weóhs, pl. weóxon, weóhson, weóxson ; pp. weaxen

To wax, grow.to grow, be produced,to grow, grow upto grow, increase, wax to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper to be productiveto grow, take shape

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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan, Lchdm. i. 398, 2. Hé ða weaxendan wende eorðan on sealtne mersc terram fructiferam in salsuginem, Ps.

læssa

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læssa, l. lǽssa,
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. i. 282, 22 : 64, 13. referring to (mean) conduct Þætte ealra lǽst wæs, his gingran dohter hé nolde búton hæftniéde habban, seó wæs lytel cild etiam parvulas filias crudeli captivitate retinebat Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 18. of quantity Him gebyriað .v. æceras

heáfod

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Be ðǽra æcera heáfdan, vi. 79, 12 : iii. 420, 16. Be heáfdan, 444, 14. Andlang fyrh tó ðon heáfdon, 437, 22. Of ðǽre fyrh á be þǽm heáfdan, Cht. E. 208, 33, 34. Of þám heáfodon andlang fúra . . . Ondlong weges oþ þá heáfdo, C.

ge-býrian

(v.)
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ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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Him gebyriað .v. æceras tó habbanne, 432, 23. Forgylde þám þe hit gebyrige, 410, 16. to belong to a person as a duty, be incumbent on, be the duty of, to behove. with noun (or pronoun) as subject Bisceope gebyreð ǽlc rihting ...

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Godwine eorl and ealle ða yldestan menn on West Seaxon lágon ongeán swá hí lengost mihton earl Godwin and all the chief men in Wessex opposed as long as ever they could, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 2. xiiii æceras and ða mǽde ðe ðǽr tó líþ xiiii fields and the

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weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Gif hý út an æcere wurc (v. l. weorc) hæbben si opera in agris habuerint R. Ben. workmanship Wæs ðæt hús hwemdragen, nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces, ðæt ða wágas wǽron rihte Blickl.

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faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Th. ii. 388, 5. of things and animals Æceras farað on sumera swá swá sǽ ýðigende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 11. Ealle gesceafta, sunne and móna and ealle tunglan, land and sǽ, and nýtenu, ealle hí farað æfter Godes dihte, Hml.

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gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Þá cyld þonne hí furþum gán magon, and ðá ealdan ceorlas ðá hwile þe hí gán magon, Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 6-8. ꝥ sé wǽre an féþe mihtigost sé þe mihte gán . . . oþ þisse eorþan ende, 21. where work is being done on foot Hé on his æcere eóde, and his sulh

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf on his hláfordes lǽne getimbred hæfð, þæt hé hine móte þár on gerestan ... oð ðone fyrst þe hé bócland and ǽce yrfe þurh his hláfordes miltse geearnige, Solil. H. 2, 7-13.

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, Lchdm. i. 398, 1: Cd. 27; Th. 36, 1; Gen. 565. Ðú .. ðe ǽghwylc miht wundor gewyrcean, Ps. Th. 76, 11. Hú mæg ðæt yfel beón ðætte ǽlces monnes ingeþanc wénþ ðætte gód sie, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 12.

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tún

(n.)
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tún, es; m.
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Ðá bæd hé ðæs túnes hláford, ðæt hé móste healdan heora æceras . . . His suna wǽron áfédde on óþran túne, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 213-217. Se resteþ on uico longe, ðæt is on ðæm langan túne, Shrn. 76, 2. Ðeáh ðú on tún ( uicum; lond, Lind.

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for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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Forlǽtan æcer squalidus ager, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 55. Mynstru forlǽtene coenobia destituta, Angl. xiii. 366, 13. to leave out, omit from narration or enumeration Ic forlǽte praetereo (plura), An. Ox. 3348.