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stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
stæþ, es; n.
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Sume cuce tó ðam stæðe cómon, and ða man sóna ofslóh æt ðære eá múðan, Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 23: Byrht. Th. 132, 32; By. 32. Æt Wendelsǽ on stæðe, Elen. Kmbl. 463; El. 232. Stæð marginem, Hpt. Gl. 492, 72. Be wætera staðum, Ps. Th. 22, 2.

þeóh

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh, gen. þeós; dat. þeó; pl. þeóh; gen. þeóna; dat. þeón; n.
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Smyre ða þeóh, sóna hý beóþ hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 20: ii. 64, 26: Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 3

Linked entry: þégh

crístnian

(v.)
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Hé ne wandode on þám wídgillan felda þá hǽþenan tó cristnigenne . . . ac hé hí ealle sóna samtingas gecrístnode, Hml. S. 31, 1036

Linked entries: crístian crístnere

ge-neósian

(v.)
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Úre Dryhten ðysne middangeard þurh sóðe menniscnysse geneósode, Hml. Th. i. 56, 29. Send þínne engel on fýrenum wolcne, þæt þá embgange ealle þás ceastre þæt ne magen geneósian for þǽm fýre, Bl. H. 245, 30.

ge-sceap

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K. p. 178, ID. what is shaped, ordered Conditio, natura, sors, regula, lex, rectitudo gescæp, gewyrd, gescæft, gebyrd, Wrt.

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f.: es; n.
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Gefón myd heora grine, swá swá man deór oððe fugelas féht, Solil. H. 46, 11. From girene ðá gesettun mé a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, Ps. Srt. 140, 9: 24, 15: 90, 3. Of gerene ðisse de laqueo isto, 30, 5: 9, 31.

heofon-ríce

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On þá dúne þe Dryhten ǽr áhangen wæs, heofonríces weard, El. 718. heaven as the abode of beatified spirits Þuacute; ús lǽrdest ꝥ wé ongeátan þæt ðæt ys úre ágen . . . þæt ys þæt heofonríce, Solil. H. 8, 1.

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, l. hígian,

in strive aftertotowardsto strive to do

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Nota þæs wísdómes þe þú habbae . . . and híga georne æfter máran, Solil. H. 47, 17.

hreám

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Se sceocca sóna fordwán mid swíðlicum reáme, swá ꝥ ðá munecas micclum áfyrhte wurdon áwrehte, 6, 316. Ic geseah mínes folces geswinc, and heora hreám ( clamorem ) ic gehýrde, Hml. Th. ii. 192, 5.

in-geþanc

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Solil. H. 21, 13: 19, 1, 3. Mid eádméde ingeþance, Ps. C. 152. Ic wolde ꝥ ðú wendest þín ingeþanc from þám leásum gesǽlþum deflecte in adversum mentis intuitum, 33, 3; F. 126, 5. Hit bið getǽsed on ðæt ingeðonc in intimis tangitur, Past. 297, 18.

crundel

(n.)
Grammar
crundel, crundol, crundul; gen. crundeles, crundles; dat. crundle, crundelle; m.

a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them tumulus

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Dipl. iii. pref. p. xxi, says, — 'It seems to denote a sort of water-course, a meadow through which a stream flows.'

Linked entry: morþ-crundel

ge-mynd

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Seó gesihð him wæs on swá micelre gemynde the vision was so well remembered by him, Shrn. 51, 33. (2 a) the state of being remembered and considered. Cf.

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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Aidan dam scypfarendum ðone storm tówardne sægde (cf. sóna ðæs ðe gé on scyp ástígaþ ofer eów cymeð mycel storm, 32), Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 16.

Linked entry: tó-ward

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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So, in other compounds, from bindan to bind, as bonde-land bond or leased land, land let on binding conditions. Bunda then is a pure Anglo-Saxon word derived from bindan to bind.

Linked entry: bonda

fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

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Uton fón on óðre bóc forewearde aggrediamur librum secundum, Solil. H. 55, 4: Hml. Th. i. 206, 21. Ic sceal fón on fitte, Met.

weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ, weorþe, worþ, wurþ, wyrþ, es; n.
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Homl. 163, 27. price of anything sold, amount paid for purchase or redemption Hig cwǽdon : 'Hyt is blódes weorð' ( v. l. wurð, worð, Lind. : weorð, Rush., praetium sanguinis ), Mt. Kmbl. 27, 6, 7, 9.

tó-slítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slítan, p. -slát, pl. -sliton; pp. -sliten

To tear in two,tear to pieces,tear asunderto tear in two,in pieces,rend material,to give a torn appearance to anythingto serrateto rend,cleave,break asunder that which is hard or bulkyto tear the flesh,rend,bite,woundlacerateto tear asunderpartseparate what has been joinedseverto pull to piecesdestroy the existence of an object, abstract or concreteto destroydissipateto distract the mindTo be different

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Góman beóþ tóslitene, Soul Kmbl. 216; Seel. 110. Ða tóslitenan wunda heó forþrycceþ, Lchdm. i. 356, 14. to tear asunder, part, separate what has been joined, sever Mon eáþe tóslíteþ, ðætte nǽfre gesomnad wæs, Exon. Th. 380, 33; Rä. 1. 18.

ge-lǽstan

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Ðet hié ðiss gelę́sten ðe on ðissem gewrite binemned is ðém hígum . . . and hió forgifeð fífténe pund for ðý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste, C. D. i. 312, 13-18. Hé ne mihte ꝥ gafol álecgan þe heó gelǽstan sceolde, Hml. S. 3, 181.

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Gr. 30; Som. 34, 46. Ongiotaþ animadvertite. Kent. Gl. 230. Ða hé ongítende wæs animadverterit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 9.

E

Grammar
E, Anglo-Saxon words, containing the short or unaccented vowel e, are often represented by modern English words of the same meaning, having the sound of e in
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Some remarks on the accented é in Grimm's Deutsche Grammatik, 2nd Edit.