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sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Icel. ), . cf. slecg-hamer Sæt smiþ, slóh seax. Lchdm. iii. 52, 27. of a serpent, to sting Gif næddre sleá man, Lchdm. ii. no, 14. to strike so as to kill, to slay Slés ðú occideris, Ps. Surt. 138, 19. Hé sléþ occideret, 77, 34.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Micklegreatmagnusmuchmanymultusgreat

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Micel sido mid Rómwarum wæs ðæt ðǽr náne óðre on ne sǽton búton ða weorþestan ( a custom carefully observed ), Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 1. Micel is ðæt and wundorlíc ðæt ðú gehǽtst magna promittis, 36, 3; Fox 174, 30. Micel óga him becom, Gen. 15, 12.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

wiþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-weard, (-word, -wurd), and -wierde; adj.

contraryadversehostileadversaryenemyopponentfiendhostile to rightful authorityrebelopposed to what is rightarrogantperversedepravedreprobatefalsehereticapocryphalopposed to the good or pleasure of anythingunfavourableadversehurtfulperniciousdisagreeablecontraryopposite

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Mé wiðerwearde wǽron ealle, ða him sǽton on portum adversum me exercebantur qui sedebant in porta, Ps. Th. 68, 12: 123, 3: 139, 8: Blickl. Homl. 223, 18: Past. 21; Swt. 161, 23. Ða men ðe hié ongeáton ðæt wiðerwearde wǽron Godes beboda, Blickl.

fela

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Hié fela wucena sǽton, Chr. 894; P. 87, 22. Fela geára, Bd. 5, 15; Sch. 652, 15. Hé bræ-acute;d hine on feala bleóna, Bl. H. 175, 5.

Linked entry: feald

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Heó sæt hire feorran she sat her down a good way off, 21, 16. Hí eodon heom they went, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 17: 21. Hí fleóþ him floccmǽlum they fly in flocks, Homl. Th. i. 142, 9. Ondréd hé him timuit, Jn. Skt. 19, 8.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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Wé tógædere cóman and æfter endebyrdnesse (juxta ordinem) ætsomne sǽton, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 374, 15. order, condition in which a thing performs its proper functions Ic ongite ꝥ ealle gesceafta tófleówon swá swá wæter, and náne sibbe ne náne endebyrdnesse

hálig

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Hié ( Abraham and Sarah ) sǽton bútú hálig on hige, Gen. 2780. Hié wilniað ðæt hié mon hæbbe for ðá betstan and ðá hálgestan, Past. 135, 20. (1 a) used of any part of such persons :-- Herian God hálgum reorde, Hy. 3, 58.

gód

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Sum feóll on gód land, Mk. 4, 8. (1 c) of a place Wé on þan gódan ríce gesǽlige sǽton, Gen. 410. of non-material things Mid gefyllednesse góddere þénunge wé weorðaþ heofena ríces yrfeweardas, R. Ben. 4, 24.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Ða sǽton on portum qui sedebant in porta, Ps. Th. 68, 12. Ic mundbyrd on ðé hæfde, 70, 5.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Úre Dryhten sæt ofer winda fiðerum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 198, 26. denoting extension over, throughout, in, on Hé wolde ǽgðær ge ofer heofenum ge ofer eorþan ús his miltse gecýðon, Blickl.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Hé ána sæt solus residens, Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 150, 7: Hml. A. 204, 310. Hé hyne ána (áne, L. R. solus ) gebæd . . . hé wæs ána þǽr, Mt. 14, 23. Ðá gesceafta sindon góde; ac sé ána ( singly ) is betere ðe hí ealle gesceóp, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 15.

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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Heó sæt wið (secus ) ðæs Hǽlendes fét, Lk. Skt. 10, 39. Seó bóc líð wiþ (juxta ) ðé, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 225, 2. Eal ðæt his (Norway ) man áþer oððe ettan oððe erian mæg, ðæt líð wið ða sǽ, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 18, 26.

niman

(v.)
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Dæghwámlíce ic sæt mid eów on þám temple, and gé mé ne námon (nómo, L. nóman, R.), Mt. 26, 55. Hí námon þone ꝥ and þes cynges men and dydon hí on hæftnunge, Chr. 1087; P. 224, 27.

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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., and atmospherical environment :-- Þá þe in þeóstrum sǽton, Cri. 116. Þæt wé ús behýdan magon in þissum neowlan genipe, Sat. 102. Þeóf sceal gangan in þýstrum wederum, Gn.

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Ða Deniscan sǽton ðǽr behindan, for ðæm hiora cyning wæs gewundod, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 2. For ðæm ðe, 91, 28. For ðam, Ps. Th. 9, 13.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Symle hí sǽton ætsomne tó gereorde. Homl. Th. ii. 506, 22. Gesittan tó symble, Cd. Th. 259, 33; Dan. 701: Judth. Thw. 21, 12; Jud. 15. Hiera súþgemǽro licgeaþ tó ðæm Reádan Sǽ, Ors. l, l; Swt. 10, 34: 16, 13.

Linked entry: -anne