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be-cweþan

to sayto urgepressto speak forpray forto bequeathegrant by will

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Th. 105, 37. with the idea of remonstrance or reproach; Similar entries cf. be-sprecan:--- Gif hwelc iów bicweðes, 'Hwæt dóað gé?', cueoðas ðætte Drihtne nédþarf is, Mk. R. 11, 3.

líf

(adv.)
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Wite þú, lá arwurða líf (= leóf?), Angl. viii. 334, 34. with reference to duration, the animate terrestrial existence of an individual with regard to its duration, the period from birth to death Swá lange swá mé líf gelǽst, Ll. Th. i. 276, 29.

on-fón

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Ðæs gefarenan bróðor wíf wæs geboden dám lifiendan bréðer tó onfónne, Past. 43, 23. with a non-material object, to get a condition of mind, adopt a mode of conduct, grasp with the mind Hé onféng hraðe inwitþancum he had crafty thoughts at once, B. 748

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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Similar entries v. úte, II 1. a of the passage of time, out, with the idea of coming to an end Út gangendum ðam mónþe ðe wé Aprelis hátaþ, Lchdm. iii. 76, 14. with words denoting whence motion proceeds Út áfaren of ðínes fæder éþele, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8

for-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-weorþan, -wurþan; ic -weorþe, ðú -weorþest, -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wyrþaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden

To become nothingto be undoneto perishdiead nihilum devĕnīrepĕrīreinterlredeficére

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Ðæt hí forwordene weorþen syððan, on worulda woruld and to wídan feore ut intĕreant in sēcŭlum sēcŭli, Ps. Th. 91, 6

seonoþ

(n.)
Grammar
seonoþ, sionoþ, senoþ, sinoþ, synoþ (-aþ, -od), es;
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Wile fæder engla seonoþ gehégan Exon. Th. 231, 23; Ph. 493

Linked entries: seuoþ sinoþ synoþ

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To dividepartimpartseparatedistributesharepartake

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He sceole wiþ ðæm líchomon hine gedǽlon he must separate himself from the body, Blickl. Homl. 97, 21. He hine wiþ ðas world gedǽleþ he separates himself from the world, 125, 11; 21, 26 : Exon. l0 b; Th. 102, 6; Cri. 1668 : Beo.

ge-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hygd, -higd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thoughtcogitationmeditationdeliberationconsultationcōgĭtātiomĕdĭtātioconsĭlium

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Hí sáwle frætwaþ hálgum gehygdum they adorn their souls with holy meditations, Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 15; Gú. 779 : 62 b; Th. 229, 22; Ph. 459.

Linked entries: -hygd ge-higd ge-hýd

ge-hýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýdan, -hídan, -hédan; he -hýdeþ, -hýt, pl. -hýdaþ; p. -hýdde; pp. -hýded, -hýdd.

to hideconcealcondĕreabscondĕreto watchguardheedobservāreto bring into safetymake firmfastenallĭgāre

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Fint he ðǽr ða ryhtwísnesse gehýdde mid ðæs líchoman hæfignesse he will there find the wisdom concealed by the heaviness of the body, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 11.

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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Simon ne aríseþ nǽfre forðon ðe he is sóðlíce deád and on écum wítum genyðerod Simon will never arise for he is really dead and sunk in eternal punishments, Blickl. Homl. 189, 20; Judth. l0; Thw. 23, 9; Jud. 113.

un-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
un-lagu, e; f.

violation of lawillegalityinjusticea bad law

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Hé ne róhte ná hú manige unlaga hí dydon, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 13. a bad law Man beháteþ, ðonne man fulluhtes gyrneþ, ðæt. man aa wile deófol áscunian, and his unlára forbúgan and ealle his unlaga áweorpan, Wulfst. 144, 10.

ymb-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-gang, es; m.
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a going round Seó burh ( Jericho ) næs mid nánum wíge gewunnen, ac mid ðam ymgange, Homl. Th. ii. 216, 2. Is ðære sunnan ymgang (ymbe-, ymb-, v. ll. ) hremming, ðæt se dæg ne byð on ǽlcum earde gelíce lang, Lchdm. iii. 258, 11.

á-búgan

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Ðá nolde seó burhwaru ábúgan ac heóldan mid fullan wíge ongeán, 1013; P. 143, 27: Hml. S. 25, 119. Ðæt folc nolde Gode ábúgan Deo non cesserant. Ors. 1. 7; S. 38, 17: Hml. S. 25, 170: Hml. Th. ii. 304, 20: Wlfst. 197, 9.

ge-mæcca

Grammar
ge-mæcca, <b>ge-mecca</b>
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</b> in pl. man and wife :-- Gemæccan conjuges, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 33. Tú beóð gemæccan, Gn. Ex. 23

ge-edlǽcan

(v.)
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</b> with dat. :-- Se man ðe wile his synna . . . gebétan, þonne mót hé geornlíce warnian ꝥ hé eft ðám yfelum dǽdum ne geedlǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 602, 24: Hml.

ge-tímian

(v.)
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Getímode his wífe wyrs ðonne hé beðorfte, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 2. Getímige ðám óðrum swá him getímige, 36, 4

híw-rǽden

Grammar
híw-rǽden, In
  • Ps. L.
the word is neuter

a familya housea housefamilytribenation

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Híwrǽdene, Hpt. 31, 18, 504. a house, body of people living together with common interests and occupations, a religious house Þæt heó sién þǽm biscope holde and þǽre heórǽdene æt Weogornaceastre, Cht. Th. 168, 24.

(int.)

LoOhAh

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Ic ðæs lá wísce ðæt wegas míne on ðínum willan weorðan gereahte I do indeed wish that my ways may be directed according to thy will; utinam dirigantur viæ meæ, Ps. Th. 118, 5. Bidde ic ðé lá gif ... precorque si ...

ge-gaderian

(v.)
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Þá Wylisce menn hí gegaderodon, and wið þá Frencisce . . . gewinn úp áhófon, 1094; P. 230, 1: 1093; P. 228, 26. <b>II b.

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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Ne mæg weorðan wís wer, ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl (many years) in woruldríce, Wand. 65. Leóðworda dǽl reccan, An. 1490. ¶ sum-dǽl some-what, some (cf.