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tíþian

(v.)
Grammar
tíþian, tigþian; p. ode

To grant,concede,of that which is granted

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Lamb. 18, 8. with a clause Nolde se cyning him tíðian ðæt Israel férde forð ofer his gemǽru qui concedere noluit, ut transiret Israel per fines suos, Num. 21, 23. used absolutely Ðonne ðú him tíðast, Hy. 7, 56.

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healdan

(v.)

to keep watch overkeep in chargeto keepto watch overkeepgovernrulea king to keepguardto watchto defendpreserveto holdtakearrestto have hold ofto holdto holdto hold upto maintainsupportupholdmanageto holdbearconductto behaveto handletreatdeal withto holdto holdto have possessionto holdoccupyan officea positionto holdto remain into retaindetainto keepto detainto keepto keepto keep oneselfremainto holdkeep togethercontinueto maintainkeepto performkeep watchto keepto keep unbrokeninviolateto keepto constraincompelrestrainstopto restrain oneselfrefrainto entertainto keep in mindrememberregardto hold asto holdto proceedmove onto continuego on withto go on

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Man sumne berigean geselle his feoh tó healdenne oþ þæt hé x. wintra sié, 30, 5. Tó healdenne vel ædfæst, tǽht vel becwyddod depositum, Wrt.

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Surt. 67, 18. Mid týn þúsendum cuman ágén ðone ðe him ágén cymþ mid twéntigum þúsendum, Lk. Skt. 14, 31. Fíf hund þúsendum quinquagenis milibus, Hpt. Gl. 426, 11.

ge-gán

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Á swá seó sulh þone teóðan æcer gegá even as the tenth acre is ploughed, Ll. Th. i. 342, 11: Wlfst. 208, 6 note

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Suǽ ðió palmtreó ne mæge gebrenge wæstem búta geuuniga in wíngearde, suǽ ne gié búta in mec gié gewunige, Jn. L. 15, 4.

ealdor-man

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-man, -mann, -mon, ealdur-, aldor-, eldor-, es; m. [eald old, not only in age, but in knowledge, v. eald, hence ealdor an elder; man hŏmo] .

ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor.eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves

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His ealdormannum and his þegnum suis dŭcĭbus ac ministris, Bd. 3, 3; S. 526, 1: 4, 15; S. 583, 27.

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Hí on heofon setton hyge hyra múþes posuerunt in cælum os suum, Ps. Th. 72, 7. Hæfde hyge strangne he had a strong heart, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 9; Gen. 447. Heardrǽdne hyge, 107; Th. 141, 21; Gen. 2348.

ge-byrd

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Sume beóþ swíðe æþele on heora gebyrdum, Bt. 11, 1; F. 30, 31-33. Hí taliað þe wyrsan for heánon gebyrdan þá þe heora yldran on worolde ne wurdan welige, Ll. Th. i. 334, 2. <b>IV b.

lust

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Þæt bid eádig wer, sé ðe á þenceð ꝥ hé his lust on þon gefylle beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis, Ps. Th. 126, 6. Hí hiora lusta lifdon hwíle desiderium eorum attulit eis, 77, 29.

HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.

HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughtyaltus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis

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Ðéh ðe hí selfe wilnien ðæs heáhstan etsi summa appetunt, Past. 16, 4; Swt. 103,16: Ps. Th. 112, 4. Se geworden is hwommona heágost hic factus est in caput anguli, 117, 21. Ðæs héhstan heofonríces, 90, 1.

Linked entries: héh heá heág

efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now; plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem He wintra hæfde efne hund-seofontig ǽr him sunu wóce he had just seventy winters ere a son was born to him, Cd. 57; Th. 70, 24; Gen. 1158.

HEFIG

(adj.)
Grammar
HEFIG, hefeg; adj.

HEAVYweightyoppressivegrievousdifficultseriousgrievedimportantgravismolestus

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Ða þing ðe synt hefegran ðære ǽ quæ graviora sunt legis, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 23. Hí eów hefigran wísan budon tó healdanne ðonne wé him budon they commanded you to keep a harder rule than we commanded them, L. Ælf 49; Th. i. 56, 15.

Linked entry: hefig-mód

ídel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-ness, e ; f.

Idlenessvanityfrivolityuselessnessfutilityemptinessfalseness

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Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde hæ sunt vanitates hujus mundi, L. Ecg. P. 1, 8 ; Th. ii. 174, 32. On ídelnyssum heora with their vanities, Cant. Moys. ad fil. 21

Linked entry: ídel-gild

MANIG

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

MANYmany a

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Manigra sumne one of many. Beo. Th. 4188; B. 2091. with a genitive Moniges breác wintra, Cd. 62; Th. 74, 31; Gen. 1230. Heáfod hé gebreceþ hæleþa mæniges, Ps. Th. 109, 7. Heora manigne ofslóg, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 25.

ge-secgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-secgan, -sæcgan, -secgean; to -secganne, -secgenne; p. -sægde, -sǽde, pl. -sægdon, -sǽdon; impert. -sege; pp. -sægd, -sǽd

To say, tell, relate, declare, provedicere, narrare, indicere

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Him sceolde se yldra eall gesæcgan narrabunt eam filiis suis, Ps. Th. 77, 8. Ic wille míne leahterfulle þeáwas gesecgean I will confess my wicked ways; vitiosos mores corrigere, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 32.

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, slép, sleáp, sláp, es; m.
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Surt. ii. p. 201, 38: somni, 202, 15. Hí wéndon ðæt hé hyt sǽde be swefnes slǽpe (slépe, Lind. , Rush. de dor*-*mitione somnii ), Jn. Skt. 11. 13. Mid ðý heó ðý slǽpe tðbrǽd somno excussa, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 5: Andr. Kmbl. 3053; An. 1529: Cd.

Linked entry: sláp

þeówet

(n.)
Grammar
þeówet, (-ot, -ut), þeówt, [t]es; m.
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Ðære wylne sunu wunaþ eal his líf on ðeówte, Homl. Th. i. 110, 29. Drihtenes áre oððe deófles þeówet, Hy. 7, 98. Tódǽlan freót and þeówet to distinguish between freedom and slavery, i.e. between the free and the bond, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 10.

Linked entries: þeówot þeówt

under-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
under-bæc, adv.

backwardsbackbehindback

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Nú næfð Israél nánne stede wið his fýnd ac flíhð underbæc nec poterit Israel stare ante hostes suos, eosque fugiet, Jos. 7, 12. Underbæc cyrran to turn back, Exon. Th. 405, 2; Rä. 23, 17: Ps. Lamb. 34, 4. (Under bæce, Ps. Spl. 34, 5.)

Linked entry: BÆC

ge-feohtan

(v.)
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H. 221, 15. trans. to gain by fighting Ðǽm folce ðe on clǽnum felda weorðlicne sige gefeohtað his qui per fortitudinem in campo victores sunt, Past. 227, 25. Þone sige þe hé on Persia ðeóda gefeaht, Hml. S. 30, 153.

ge-férrǽden

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. ¶ on sumes geférrǽ-denne beón (habban) to be (have as) a person's companion, associate, &amp; c. :-- Þ hé sceolde woroldlicum wǽpnum onfón and on cininges ðegna geférrǽdenne beón, Bl. H. 213, 3: 211, 23.