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ceáp

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Th. i. 406, 15. ¶ tó ceápe on sale :-- Gehírde Iacób secgan, þæt man sealde hwǽte ... þá cwæð hé: 'Ic gehírde secgan, þæt hwǽte wǽre tó ceápe (venumdetur ),' Gen. 42, 2: Hml. S. 19, 235.

gif

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Gif se weorþscipe þám welan gecynde wǽre . . . oþþe eft se wela þæs welegan ágen wǽre, þonne ne mihte hé hine forlǽtan, Bt. 27, 3 ; F. 98, 24. Eálá ꝥte ðis moncyn wǽre gesǽlig, gif heora mód wǽre riht, 21: F. 74, 40.

a-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon ; pp. -writen ; v. a. [a, wrítan to engrave, write] .

to write out or downto transcribedescribecomposetranscriberedescribereconscriberecontexereto inscribeinscribereinscriptione ornareto carvedelineatedrawsculperedelineare

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Ðara abbuda stǽr and spell ðysses mynstres on twám bócum ic awrát I wrote a history and narrative of the abbots of this monastery in two books, Bd. 5, 23 ; S. 648, 30: 5, 23 ; S. 649, 11. to inscribe; inscribere, inscriptione ornare Wæs se beám bócstafum

Linked entry: a-wrát

DÚN

(n.)
Grammar
DÚN, e; pl. nom. acc. dúna, dúne; f.

A mountain, hill, DOWNmons, collis

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And ðæt wæter wæs fíftyne fæðma deóp ofer ða héhstan dúna operti sunt omnes montes excelsi sub unĭverso cælo. Quindĕcim cŭbĭtis altior fuit aqua super montes, quæ operuĕrat, Gen. 7, 19, 20.

HEFIG

(adj.)
Grammar
HEFIG, hefeg; adj.

HEAVYweightyoppressivegrievousdifficultseriousgrievedimportantgravismolestus

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HEAVY, weighty, oppressive, grievous, difficult, serious, grieved, important; gravis, molestus Wæs torn were hefig æt heortan in the man's heart was grievous anger, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 11;Gen. 980. Suíðe hefig is quam difficile est, Mk. Skt.

Linked entry: hefig-mód

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lockboltbarenclosurefoldA closeconclusionsettlement

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Ðonne is hér seó gewitnes ðe æt ðisum loce wæs and of this settlement the commissioners were . . . Here are the witnesses that were at this settlement, Chart. Th. 303, 12-19.

Linked entry: loca

MANIG

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
MANIG, maneg, monig, mænig; adj.

MANYmany a

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Ðá wæs ymb ða gifhealle gúþrinc monig, Beo. Th. 1681; B. 838. Manig man cwyþ multi dicunt, Ps. Th. 4, 7. Geong manig, Beo. Th. 1712; B. 857. Monig, 345; B. 171. With a plural verb Wlanc manig on stæþe stódon, Elen. Kmbl. 461; El. 231.

ge-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wendan, p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend.

To turnchangetranslateinclinebring aboutTo turn [one's self]changegoreturn

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Ðá wæs se cyng gewend ofer Temese then the king was gone over the Thames, 1006; Erl. 140, 29: 1052; Erl. 183, 18

gild

(n.)
Grammar
gild, geld, gield, gyld. es; n.

a payment of moneya tributecompensationretributionsubstitutesolutiotributumcompensatioremuneratioretributioGUILDsocietyclub, to which payments were made for mutual protection and support, more extensive than our friendly societiessocietasfraternitasa payment to Godworshipservicesacrificeofferingcultussacrificiuma heathen deitynumena visible object of worshipan idolidolum

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Ðis wæs swíðe hefigtýme geár þurh mænigfealde gylda this was a very grievous year on account of manifold taxes, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 25. Menn guldon him gyld men paid him tribute, 1066; Fri. 203, 8.

ge-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byrd, gen. dat. -byrde; acc. -byrde, -byrd; pl. nom. gen. acc. a; dat. um; f : ge -byrdo; indecl. in s; f : found in both s. and pl. without any apparent difference of meaning.

birthoriginbeginningparentagefamilylineagenativitasorigostirpsgenusnaturequalitystateconditionlotfatenaturaqualitasconditiosorsfatum

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Wæs he líchomlícre gebyrde æðeles cynnes erat carnis origine nobilis, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 15. Of ðære cynelícan gebyrdo de stirpe regiâ, 5, 7; S. 621, 8, note 8.

scúr

(n.)
Grammar
scúr, sceór, scyur, es; m. : e; f. (?)
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Ðá wæs geblissod seó Godes burh for ðam cyme ðæs scúres ðe hý geclǽnsode fluminis impetus laetificat civitatem Dei, Ps. Th. 45, 4. Scúre nimbo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 54: inserenae, Hpt. Gl. 514, 15. Scúras imbres, Ps. Lamb. 77, 44.

Linked entries: scýr-mǽlum sceór

scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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Him wæs lýfnesse sceald, ðæt hé him móste scyldan and besecgan, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 11. Scildende protegente, Rtl. 103, 34. Ðætte wé síe scildad defendi, 75, 5. Scylded beón tueri, Wrt.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun

under-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
under-bæc, adv.

backwardsbackbehindback

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Nyðer hé áhreás and underbæc hé eode ðá ðá hé wæs áscyred fram ðære heofonlícan blisse, Homl. Th. i. 172, 30-35: Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 70.

Linked entry: BÆC

un-geþwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrness, e; f.

discorddissensiondisagreementdivisionquarreltroubledisquiet

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Ungeþwǽrnes wæs geworden on ðære menigeo for him dissensio facta est in turbo propter eum, Jn. Skt. 7, 43: 10, 19. On ðisum geáre árás seó ungehwǽrnes on Glæstingabyrig betwyx ðam abbode and his munecan, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 1.

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes

wésten

(n.)
Grammar
wésten, wésten[n], wéstern (in northern dialect), es, e ; m. f. n.
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wæs geond ðæt wésten sundorgenga, 199, 5. Wildeóra wésten, Cd. Th. 255, 10; Dan. 622. Þurh wésten per devia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 76. On ðæt wídgille wésten, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 729. Ofer ða wéstenne (-u, v. l. ), Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 35.

ágan

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Eall ꝥ him wæs leófost tó ágenne, Bl. H. 111, 26. Tó áganne, Met. 21, 19. <b>la.</b> of a husband's relation to his wife. Cf. Icel. eiga konu :-- Ðám gefarenan bréðer ðe ðæt wíf ǽr áhte, Past. 43, 15.

dwelian

(v.)
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Ox. 347. figurative Nú ic wæs of þám rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit bið ꝥ ic eft fare út of þysum porte, ðy lǽs ic tó swíðe dwelige, Hml. S. 23, 553. Ðá ðe fyligað þǽre gýtsunge, hí dweliað fram Godes geleáfon, Hml. Th. i. 256, 18.

ge-macian

(v.)
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</b> with dat. of f to use Se ælmihtiga wyrhta geworhte on anginne ealne middaneard on his mycclum cræfte, ac hé sylf wæs ǽfre unbegunnen scyppend, sé ðe swá mihtiglíce gemacoáe swylcne cræft, Hex. 4, 4. to cause to be. with adj. complement Þá

ge-namian

(v.)
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III. to mention by name, mention :-- Hit is gecweden þæt se ealda Israhel ofer-wann seofon ðeóda, eahteoðe wæs Pharao, ac hí oferwunnon micle má þonne ðǽr genamode wǽron, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 26.

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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Þonne bið ús gesewen þæt ús ǽr gesǽd wæs, þeáh þe wé hit nú geortrýwan (-trúwian, v. l.), for ðý wé hit geseón ne magon, Wlfst. 3, 18.