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wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fightbattlewarconflictvalourtroops

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Hé hafaþ wígges leán, blǽd bútan blinne. Elen. Kmbl. 1647 ; El. 825. Sum bið wíges heard, beadocræftig beorn, Exon. Th. 295, 27; Crä. 39 : (Ulysses) Met. 26, 13 : (Sigemund) Beo. Th. 1776; B. 886 : (St. Andrew) Andr. Kmbl. 1677; An. 841.

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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Thieving was so far common, that the law enacted: Gif feorrancumen man oþþe fræmde búton wege gange, and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme, ne hé horn ne bláwe, for þeóf hé biþ tó prófianne, L. Wih. 28; Th. i. 42, 23: L.

Linked entry: þeáf

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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Bláce hworfon sceaþan hwearfdon, 214; Th. 269, 11; Sat. 71. Ǽr hí on tú hweorfon before they separated, Andr. Kmbl. 2102; An. 1052.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Of ðám brád blado sprýtan ongunnon thence broad leaves began to spring, 48;Th. 61, 8 ;Gen. 994.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

sceát

(n.)
Grammar
sceát, es; m.

a corner, an anglecorner, quartera projection, promontorya nook, corner, regiona lap, bosomthe bosoma baysinusa garmenta cloth, napkin cloak,fold

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Drihten háteþ héhenglas béman bláwan ofer burga geseotu geond foldan sceátas, 302, 21; Sat. 603: Exon. Th. 445, 20; Dóm. 10. Faraþ geond ealle eorþan sceátas. Andr. Kmbl. 664; An. 332: Exon. Th. 309, 22; Seef. 61.

Linked entry: sceáta

HÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÁTAN, ic háte, ðú hátest, hætsþ, hé háteþ, hát, hǽt, pl. hátaþ; p. héht, hét, pl. héhton, héton; pp. háten.

to bid, order, commandto promise, vowto call, name, give a name toto name, call, bid, commandto call, name, promise, vownominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere

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Ðonne háteþ Sanctus Micahel bláwan ða feówer béman then St. Michael will order the four trumpets to be blown, Blickl. Homl. 95, 12. Hǽt [Cot. hát] fealdan ðæt segl gives order to furl the sail, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 14.

Linked entry: ge-hátan

þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
þeáw, es; m.
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Weorðe hé worda and dǽda, þeáwa and geþonca, ðæt hé ne forleóse his dreámes blǽd, Exon. Th. 97, 1; Cri.1584.

gifan

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Him weorðeð blǽd gifen, Cri. 878. Gyfen, B. 64. <b>III a.</b> </b> Þé Meotud wist gife, An. 388. <b>III b.</b> used absolutely :--- Simle hé biþ gifende, and ne wanaþ his nǽfre náuht, 42; F. 258, 5.

IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

InonintointoIn

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Blǽd wíde sprang Scyldes eaferan Scedelandum in, Beo. Th. 38; B. 19

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

ge-standan

(v.)
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(l a) to attack with words, to reprove, blame :-- Gif þú ne gestenst þone unrihtwísan and hine ne manast ( si non annunciaveris impio, neque loculus fueris, Ezechiel 3, 18), Hml. Th. i. 6, 24.

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &amp;c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Th. 277, 16; Jul. 581. of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, rage Wið ðone weallendan bryne ðe weallaþ (-eþ?) on helle, L. C. E. 6; Th. i. 364, 13. Him on breóstum weóll áttor, Beo. Th. 5422; B. 2714.

Linked entry: for-weallen

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Sende him mon áne blace hacelan angeán him on bismer, Ors. 5, 10 ; S. 234, 22. (7a) marking action on which effort is expended :-- Hé gefeóll on þæs ceorles clyppinge, Gr. D. 47, 1.

wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.:e; f.

Growth, increasegrowth, produceplant, fruitoffspring, progenyresultfruit, that which may be enjoyedproduce of money, usury.growth, growing,increasegrowth, thrivinggrowth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;

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Th. 59, 8; Gen. 960. including the two preceding meanings Sceáwode Scyppend úre his weorca wlite and his wæstma blǽd níwra gesceafta, Cd. Th. 13, 24; Gen. 207. fruit of action result :-- For hwan gǽst ðú búton wæstme ðínes gewinnes? Blickl.

LICGAN

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

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Swá ðín blǽd líþ so shall thy glory lie low, Cd. 202; Th. 251 13; Dan. 563. Ða creópendan licgeaþ mid ealle líchoman on eorþan creeping things lie on the earth with all the body, Past. 21, 3; Swt, 155. 17.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Ðú ðé wǽre reód, and ic mé wæs blác; ðú wǽre glæd, and ic mé wæs unrót, L. E. I. proem. ; Th. ii. 398, 14. Se beág wæs of þornum geworht, Exon. Th. 88, 27; Cri. 1446. Þeód wæs oflysted, Andr. Kmbl. 2226; An. 1115. Cyning wæs áfyrhted, Elen.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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different verbs may correspond to the Latin ex out, as á-gangan to go out; exire: to the English up, as á-hleápan to leap up; exsilire: á-fyllan to fill up; implere: it expresses the idea of an origin becoming, growing, á-blacian to blacken, to become black

heáh

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Hí him heánne blǽd gestrýnað, Ph. 391. Heá mihte handa þínre, Ps. Th. 88, 12. Þǽr is brógna hýhst, Dóm. 23. of time, fully come, complete From ǽrmorgenne oð heáne (heáhne, v. l.) undern a mane usque ad tertiam plenam, R. Ben. 74, 11. <b>B.

Linked entry: dynt

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VI. in phrases Gelíc ðám scipe ðe ðá ýða drífað út on sǽ swá hú swá se wind blǽwð, Hen. 46, 21. Begite hé, swá hú swá hé mæge, septies cxx manna, Ll., Th. ii. 286, 25

ge-sellan

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I. to dedicate to God, consecrate Hé his blǽd Gode ealne gesealde, Gú. 74u Gehét se cining Pauline ꝥ hé wolde his dohtor gesyllan Gode (cf. filiam suam Christo consecrandam Paulino adsignauit Bd. 2, 9), Chr. 626 ; P. 25, II. to give in exchange. to sell

on-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-geagn, -gegen, -gægn, -gegn, -geán, -gán, -geǽn, -gén.

opposite, over against, againsttowards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way ofagainstagainst, for the reception of, to receivein reply toin return for, as an equivalent for opposite, over againstagainst, in a direction opposite toagainst, with, contrary to, in opposition toin reply toas an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange foragainst, ready fortowardsoppositeagain, backLat re-in replytowardson the other handagain

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Skt. 15, 39. marking motion Ðá com mycel windes blǽd foran ongeán ( in the opposite direction ), Blickl. Homl. 199, 21.

Linked entries: a-gén a-gén on-gegen