wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Þǽr wæs gewuna ðæm folce, ðæt hié tó ðæm fæte ástigon and ðære heofon*-*lícan wǽtan onbyrigdon, Blickl. Homl 209, 4-9. Wǽtan (byrele? cf. wín-byrele caupo,21, 13; orbrytta? cf. wín-bryttum cauponibus) caupo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 81.
LIFIAN
To LIVE
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Hí for heofonan ríces lufan on ellþeódignesse lifedon pro æterna patria exulaverant, 5, 10; S. 624, 12. Ðú leofa bútan mé gif ðú mǽge live without me, if you can, Wulfst. 259, 5.
sunne
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Heofones gim, wyncondel wera, sweglbeorht sunne, 174, 33; Gú. 1187. Sunne swegeltorht, Andr. Kmbl. 2497; An. 1250. Æðele sunne, Ps. Th. 103, 21. Sunne, mǽre tungol, sió æþele gesceaft, Chr. 937; Erl. 13, 16. See also candel, tapor. <b>I b.
ge-brengan
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Th. i. 418, 20. where the object is non-material Þá niþemestan ic gebrenge æt þám hehstan and ðá hehstan æt þám niþemestan, þæt is ꝥ ic gebrenge eáþmódnesse on heofonum and þá heofonlican gód æt þám eáþmédum, Bt. 7, 3 ; F. 22, 1-3.
háwian
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Críst sende swǽgende fýr of heofonum, ꝥ menn on háwoden ( that men might look on ), 2, 261.
swincan
to toil, labour, work with effort ⬩ to labour at, after, etc. , anything ⬩ to be troubled, travail, be in difficulty or distress
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Hé swanc for heofonan rice mid singalum gebede, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 111. Ðe læs ðe unmihtig man feorr for his ágenon swince, L. Ff. ; Th. i. 226, 1. Ic wundrige hwí swá manige wíse men swá swíþe swuncen mid ðære sprǽce, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 250, 20.
hider
to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro
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Þonne bearn Godes þurh heofona gehleodu hider oðýweð (shews himself to us), Cri. 905. to this point Forlétað wið hider (lǽtað þus, W.S. unite usque huc), Lk. R.
Linked entry: hider-cyme
efne
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., 221, 14. of time, just now, directly Wyrcað dǽdbóte, for ðan þe heofonan ríce efne geneálǽchð, Hml. S. 16, 133.
þeód-scipe
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Ða men, ðe bearn habban, lǽran hié ðám rihtne þeódscipe, and him tǽcean lífes weg and rihtne gang tó heófonum, Blickl. Homl. 109, 17.
þrowian
To suffer ⬩ to suffer as opposed to to act ⬩ to suffer what is painful ⬩ to suffer martyrdom ⬩ to make to suffer ⬩ to crucify ⬩ to suffer for something ⬩ pay for ⬩ atone for
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Wóp ðrowian, heáf under heofonum, Salm. Kmbl. 934; Sal. 466. Torn þrowigean, Cd. Th. 146, 14; Gen. 2422. Þrowigean þreániéd micel, fýres wylm, 229, 6; Dan. 213. Manega earfoðnesse fram Iudéum ic wæs ðrowiende, Blickl. Homl. 237, 10.
Linked entry: a-þrówian
þanne
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Hwylc beren mǽnde hé þonne elles búton heofona ríce what other barn can it be inferred that he meant, but heaven? Blickl.
híréd
a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court
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Hé geheóld híred heofona, and þæt hálige seld, 348. of the followers of Satan: Hé tó helle hnígan sceolde and his híred mid, Sat. 376. where a thing is personified: Swá hit bið be þám wísdome.
Linked entries: híred-cniht híred-geréfa híred-lic híred-mann híred-preóst
HÁTAN
to bid, order, command ⬩ to promise, vow ⬩ to call, name, give a name to ⬩ to name, call, bid, command ⬩ to call, name, promise, vow ⬩ nominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere
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Ðé háteþ heofona cyning ðæt ðú onsende Heaven's king bids thee send, Andr. Kmbl. 3008; An. 1507. Héht ðæt hé cuóme tó him he commanded that he should come to him, Chart. Th. 47, 11.
Linked entry: ge-hátan
on-wendan
to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return
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Eall heofona mægen biþ onwended and onhréred, Blickl. Homl. 91, 27: 93, 13.
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Cædmon
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and eall ðæt stǽr Genesis, and eft be útgonge Israhéla folces of Ægypta lande, and be ingonge ðæs gehát-londes, and be óðrum monigum spellum ðæs hálgan gewrites Canones bóc; and be Cristes menniscnesse, and be his þrówunge, and be his uppastígnesse on heofonas
wuldor
Glory ⬩ vainglory
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Stefn of heofonum, wuldres hleóðor, Cd.Th. 204, 10; Exod. 417. Se wyrhta þurh his wuldres gást sette, 265, 28; Sat. 14. In wuldres wlite, 279, 5 ; Sat. 233: 285, 26 ; Sat. 343. Wuldres ræst the rest of heaven, Exon. Th. 103, 19 ; Cri. 1690.
Linked entries: wulder wuldor-full
þurh
Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in
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Ðæt gé ne swerion ne þurh heofon ... ne þurh eorðan . . . ne ðú ne swere þurh ðín heáfod, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 34-36: Cd. Th. 205, 10; Exod. 433: Elen. Kmbl. 1369; El. 686. Ðú deópe áðe þurh ðínes sylfes sóð benemdest, Ps. Th. 88, 42.
ongeagn
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. ; swá him bið betýned heofona ríces duru ongeán on dómes dæge, Wlfst. 239, 1-5. in response Iúdas hire ongén þingode, El. 609: Gú. 210. Werhádes men ongunnon symle þone dreám, and wífhádes men him sungon ongeán, Hml.
ge-weald
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Ágan heofon tó gewalde to have heaven at command, Sat. 415. Here bróhte Israéla gestreón in his ǽhte geweald, Dan. 757. ¶ with gen. of thing, place :-- Sum man áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes, Hml. S. 23, 415.
ge-ceósan
To elect ⬩ choose ⬩ decide ⬩ prove ⬩ approve ⬩ eligere ⬩ præeligere ⬩ seligere ⬩ asciscere ⬩ petere ⬩ nancisci
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To elect, choose, decide, prove, approve; eligere, præeligere, seligere, asciscere, petere, nancisci Nú monna gehwylc geceósan mót swá helle hiénþu swá heofones mǽrþu now every man may choose either hell's humiliations or heaven's glories, Exon. 16 b