hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Blæc oððe won oððe swilces hwæt pale or livid or something of that kind, L. M. 1, 35; Lchdm. ii. 82, 13: Beo. Th. 1764: B. 880. Gif hwæt yfles on biþ, L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 13. Lytles hwæt, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 4: 3, 9; Swt. 136, 18.
weorþan
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Weorþeþ (-aþ, MS.) oft on wón se sido in hoc hominum judicia depugnant, 39, 9; Fox 226, 4. Ðá wearþ Holofernus on gytesálum he grew merry, as the wine flowed, Judth. Thw. 21, 17; Jud. 21. Wurdan gesweoru on seledreáme exultaverunt colles, Ps.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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Hé wiþ his hláford won for óðra monna láre, Ors. 6, 35; S. 292, 17. For ðæs ríces heánesse him weóxon ofermétto in tumorem superbiae culmine potestatis excrevit, Past. 113, 6. For eówerre fortrúwodnesse per proterviam, 211, 12.
on
expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)
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Hé ealle Assirie on Persa anwald gedyde, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 62, 3. expressing hostile action, against Hé wonn on Sciððie, 2, 5; Swt. 78, 8, Ðá gelǽdde hé here on Peohtas Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 19. Ne dó ús swá swá wé dydon on ðisne ælþeódigan, St.
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willa
will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way
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Hé brúcan mót wonges mid willum, 208, l; Ph. 149. Willum biscyrede, 93, 3; Cri. 1520. Tó hira willum ad suos libitos Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 10. Willan libitos, luxus Hpt. Gl. 480, 60.
habban
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On þám ðingum þe hí won (wana, v. l. ) hæfdon, Bd. 5, 22 ; Sch. 682, 15. Hæbbe þæs gefeán folca ǽghwilc, and blessien þeóda laetentur et exutient gentes, Ps. Th. 66, 4. Gif híwan hiora cirican máran þearfe hæbben, Ll. Th. i. 64, 14.
niman
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L. 21, 21. (6 a) to get on, develop, flourish :-- Bearwas blóstmum nimað, . . . wongas wlitigað, Seef. 48. intransitive use in idiomatic combination with preposition.
se
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¶ where the construction is incomplete :-- Eác sculon wiotan ða ofergesettan ðæt ðæt hié unáliéfedes þurhteóþ, swǽ maningra wíta hié beóþ wyrðe, swǽ swǽ hié manna on wón gebrohten, Past. 28 ; Swt. 190, 6.
sculan
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Ðú neorxna wonges wlite nýde sceoldes ágiefan, Exon. Th. 86, 11; Cri. 1406. Ordfruma earmre láfe ðære ðé ðǽm hǽðenan hýran sceolde, Cd. Th. 225, 13; Dan. 153. Scolde, Beo. Th. 20; B. 10: 1935; B. 965.
wó
Wrongly ⬩ perversely ⬩ unequally
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Wrongly, perversely, unequally Hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40