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habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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</b> of the hand :-- Gif man frigne man æt hæbbendre handa (while the hand still holds the stolen goods) gefó, Ll. Th. i. 42, 15: 198,. 26. Habbendre, 220, 11. to have, possess. absolute Ǽlcon þǽra þe hæfí man sylð . . .

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Hine betellan æt ǽlc ðæra þinga þe him, man on léde, Chr. 1048 ; Erl. 180, 12. Ealle ða þing ðe hálige men writon, Blickl.

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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Man sett ða synne and ða sáwle on ða wǽge, and hý man wegeþ, swá man déð gold wið penegas, Wulfst. 240, 2. Hiora birhtu ne bið áuht tó gesettanne wið ðære sunnan leóht, Met. 6, 7. Grammar wiþ, marking comparison, in comparison with.

cunnian

(v.)
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(I a) of medical examination :-- Hé cóm and cunnode (cf. fandode his, 434) þæs mannes, Hml. S. 3, 430. Án æþele lǽce . . . cúðe tócnáwan, gif hé cunnode þæs mannes, be his ǽdrena hrepunge hweðer hé hraðe swulte, 568.

rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
rihte, adv.

right, due, directly, straight directly, straightway rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, dulycorrectly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly

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Th. 97, 9 : 95, 13. rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly Rihte ys hé genemned Jacob; nu hé beswác mé, Gen. 27, 36 : Exon. Th. 9, 7; Cri. 139.

DǼL

(n.)
Grammar
DǼL, es; m.

a part, portion, DEAL pars, portio a part of speech in grammar pars orationis a part of a sentence, a wordverbum

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Hí heora gód on swá manige dǽlas todǽlaþ they divide their goods into so many parts, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 26. Micel dǽl bewylledes wæteres on huniges gódum dǽle a great deal of boiled water in a good deal of honey, L. M. 2, 20; Lchdm. ii. 202, 27.

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es ; m. : e ; f. : stræle, an ; f.
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Swá seó strǽle byþ strangum on handa sicut sagittae in manu potentis, Ps. Th. 126, 5. Leóhtes strǽle ł leóma lucis spiculum, Hymn. Surt. 30, 6. Se mon wæs ofscoten mid his ágenre strǽle mid ðý ðe hé wolde ðone fearr sceótan, Shrn. 83, 6.

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teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, p. teóde.
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Ex. 43. to furnish with; instruere Mid beorhtnyssa ǽrnemergen þú tihst and mid fýrum middæg splendore mane instruis et ignibus meridiem, Hymn. Surt. 10, 25. Nalæs hí hine læssan lácum teódan ðonne ða dydon ðe hine æt frumsceafte forð onsendon, Beo.

á-gán

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D. iv. 56, 27. to come out, become known Hé létt ágán út hú fela hundred hýda wǽron innon þǽre scíre he made it come out how many hundred hides there were in the shire , Chr. 1085; P. 216, 18

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blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, m.

a blowingbreathbreathingspiritinspirationflameblazeprosperity

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Se Hálga Gást mid his blǽde onǽlde eorðlicra manna heortan, Hml. Th. i. 323, 13. of fire, flame, blaze; Similar entries cf. blǽst, bláwan, I. 4 Blaeed, bléd, blęd flamma, Txts. 64, 445. Fýr ignis, lég flamma, blǽd flamina (flamma ?)

Linked entry: blæst

búan

(v.)
Grammar
búan, bún, búgan (-ian, -ean), búian, búwian, bógian, q.v. in Dict.; býa in N. Gospels; p. búde, búgede, bógode, býede; pp. bún, búd, býed.
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Manna þe mé ymbútan búdon circumhabitantium, Ps. Th. 30, 15. Ðá ðe býedon in Hierusalem, Lk. L.R. 13, 4. Býa habitare, Mk. L.R. 4, 32. Allo býendo (habitantes) in ðǽm, Rtl. 100, 17. <b>I a.

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
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H. 19, 35. to appoint a course of action, lot, condition to a person, determine an event Unc sceal weorðan swá unc wyrd geteóð Metod manna gehwæs, B. 2526. Þám ( St. Matthew) God hlýt geteóde út on þæt ígland, An. 14.

in-gehygd

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On þám is godcundnesse wén þe manna ingehygd wát and can, 179, 26. Mé þingð ꝥ on þæs hálgan weres inngehigdum wǽre Heliseus gást ego sancti viri praecordiis Elisaei spiritum video inesse, Gr.

costnung

(n.)
Grammar
costnung, costung, costing, e; f. [costnian, costian to tempt, try]

A temptationtryingtrialtribulation tentatioprobatiotribulatio

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Sindan costinga monge arisene many temptations are arisen Exon. 33a; Th. 104, 18; Gú. 9. Ðæt he us gescylde wið ða þúsendlícan cræftas deófles costunga that he shield us from the thousand crafts of the devil's temptations Homl. Blick. 19, 17.

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ge-tæl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tæl, -tel, -teal, es; pl. nom. acc. -talu; n.

a numberseriesreckoningcomputationnumerusseriescomputuscomputatioa companyracetribecenturiatribusa book of reckoninga registercataloguelaterculumcatalogus= κατάλoγos

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Hie gemitton getalum myclum they met in many tribes, Cd. 80; Th. 101, 27; Gen. 1688. a book of reckoning, a register, catalogue; laterculum, catalogus = κατάλoγos Getæl laterculum, Cot. 119: catalogus, 31, 37, 104

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ge-wítan

(v.)
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Hé geseah ꝥ eal manna cynn from heora Scyppende gewitene wǽron, 103, 5. to desist from doing Hé gewát from þǽre dústsceáwunga, Bl. H. 113, 29.

beáh

(n.; part.)
Grammar
beáh, beág, bǽh, bég, béh; gen. beáges; dat. beáge; pl. beágas; m. [beáh, beág; p. of búgan to bend]

Metal made into circular ornamentsA ringbraceletcollargarlandcrownanulusarmilladiademacorona

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April 1837, pp. 372, 373, and May. p. 499 Ic nyme ðínne hring and ðínne beáh and ðínne stæf, ðe ðú on handa hæfst capiam anulum tuum et armillam et baculum, quem manu tenes, Gen. 38, 18, 25.

cempa

(n.)
Grammar
cempa, an; m. [camp war, battle, -a, q. v.]

A soldier, warrior, CHAMPIONmiles, bellator, athleta = ἀθλητής

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Se cempa oferwon frécnessa fela the champion overcame many perils, Exon. 35a; Th. 113, 2; Gú. 151: Andr. Kmbl. 922; An. 461: Byrht. Th. 135, 17; By. 119: Beo. Th. 2629; B. 1312.

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list

(n.)
Grammar
list, es; m: list, e; f.

Artskillcraftcunningartifice

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Hé fela onginþ leornian lista many arts doth he learn, 28, 153; Met. 28, 77: Cd. 13; Th. 16, 5; Gen. 239. Mid listum speón idese on ðæt unriht with wiles he lured the woman to that wrong, 28; Th. 37, 12; Gen. 588: 32; Th. 43, 8; Gen. 687.

seld

(n.)
Grammar
seld, es ; n.
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Wǽron on ðyssum felda unríme gesomnunge manna and monig seld (or to ?) gefeóndra weorada erant in hoc campo innumera hominum conventicula, sedesque plurimae agminum laetantium, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 629, 25. Ða heallícan seld palatias zetas, Wrt.

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