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wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport to bring, cause to bear, support to bear, carry, to have bearwearto haveto be under the influence of havebear to bear, submit toto weigh,to put something in a balance to be equal to To move

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Lifge Ismael and ðé þanc wege, heard*-*rǽdne hyge, Cd. Th. 141, 20; Gen. 2347. Ða ðe á wegen egsan Dryhtnes qui timent Dominum, Ps.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

æt

(prep.)
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Hé feóll mid eallum ðám englum ðe æt his rǽde wǽron, Hex. 18, 3. marking object on which action takes effect Þonne áh se teónd áne swingellan æt him, Ll. Th. i. 132, 9. Wé magon beón nyttran æt him utilius apud eos proficimus, Past. 211, 21.

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Hé hine gelǽdde ealle þá gemǽru, swá hé him of þám aldan bócum rǽdde, C. D. v. 140, 32. Ne oferstepe ðú ealde geméro ne transgrediaris terminos antiquos, Kent.

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knowsa person of understanding or learninga wise manone able to give counsela counsellorone able to give counsel in affairs of stateone who takes part in the councils of a nation a leading manan eldera chief personseniorone who has knowledgea witnessa wise manone professing supernatural knowledge

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Similar entries v. ǽ-, burh-, folc-, fyrn-, ge-, láh-, lár-, leód-, rǽd-, rún-, scír-, stíg-, un-, úþ-, þeód-, weorold-wita

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

wiþ-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To denyrefuserejectto say noto refuse permissionrefuserejectdeclineto denyreject refuse assentto renouncerejectgive uprefusewithholdnot to giveto declare hostility

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Wiðsæcest ðú sylfre rǽdes ðínum brýdguman, Exon. Th. 248, 21; Jul. 99. Ic wiðsóc sáwle mínre frófre negavi consolari animam meam, Ps. Th. 76, 3. Ætfæste hé mé míne efenþeówene, ðá wiðsóc ic hire, Shrn. 39, 9.

forþ

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Tó forð þeós þeód is bedǽled rǽdes and rihtes, 243, 5. Hé ðá lufan tó dæs forð wið heó gecýdde ꝥ ..., Hml. A. 152, 30. Sé þe hine sylfne þus forð forscyldigað, Ll. Th. ii. 280, 28. See also the verbs given with forþ as prefix in Dict., and forþmest

georne

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Wé ús sylfe geðencean and gemunon þonne geornost, þonne wé gehýron Godes béc rǽdan, Bl.

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Hí tó rǽde gerǽddon . . . hú hí God weorðodon, Ll. Th. i. 350, 7. Geþencan wé hú Drihten cwæð, 'Eádige beóþ þá þe nú wépað', Bl. H. 25, 19. Hé þóhte hú hé him strenglicran stól geworhte, Gen. 273.

wíte

(n.)

punishmentpain that is inflicted as punishmenttormenta meansimplementa fine.tormentplaguediseaseevilpain

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Similar entries v. wíte-rǽden ié ðæt wíte .lx. sciłł. óð ðæt ángylde áríse tó .xxx. sciłł. . . . siþþan sié ðæt wíte .cxx. sciłł, L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 3-5. Gilde se borh ðam hláforde his were ðe his wítes wyrðe sí, L.

ge-setnes

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Heó on ðǽra wítegena gesetnysse rǽdde, Hml. Th. i. 42, 20. Of Mathees gesetnysse ge of Lucas, ii. 468, 13. Hé ( St. John) áwrát on wundorlicre gesetnesse, Hml. S. 15, 163, Ongann hé þá godspellican gesetnysse, ðus cweðende, Hml.

sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
sprecan, specan; spræc, spæc; sprǽcon, spǽcon; sprecen, specen

To speak. to exercise the faculty of speechto use words in conversation, discourse, etc.to mentionto sayto speakto sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to

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Th. 1290; B. 643. where the object of the verb is a word denoting the matter expressed in the words spoken Ic rǽd sprece I give counsel in my words, Cd. Th. 115, 2; Gen. 1913. Ðú bysmor spycst blasphemas, Jn. Skt. 10, 36. Tunga his sprecþ dóm, Ps.

hláf

breada loafcakebreadbreadmannacake

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Similar entries Cf. hláf-gang Ðǽre wucan rǽdere gange tó hláfe (hláue, v.l.) and drince ǽr ðám þe hé beginne tó rǽdenne frater ebdomedarius accipiat mixtum priusquam incipiat legere, R. Ben. 63, 1.

Linked entry: hláf-gang

libban

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Wé úres flǽsces lustum ne libben, 43, Ðæt hié scylen be hira rǽdum libban, 319, 22. V. with cognate object Lifde hé his líf f on micelre eáðmódnesse duxit uitam in magna humilitatis perfectione, Bd. 3, 275 Sch. 322, 3. Diácon þe regollíf libbe, Ll.

níwe

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Hí offrodon . . . þám godum þe hí ne cúðon; níwe cómun þe hira fæderas ne wurðodon, Deut. 32, 17. coming as a resumption or repetition of some previous act or thing On þǽm æfterran gére gelǽrdan Rómána biscepas swelce níwe rǽdas swelce hié fol oft ǽr

niman

(v.)
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niman, p. nam, pl. námon; pp. numen (kept in the slang word nim = steal. Cf. Shakspere's Corporal Nym).

to takereceivegetsumereaccipereto takekeepholdtenereto takecatchto containto take (with one)carrybringto take (to one)giveto take forciblyseizetake awaycarry offtollerecapessereauferrerapere

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Freónd-rǽdene niman amicitias jungere, Ex. 34, 12. Friþ niman wið to make peace with, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 17 : 868; Erl. 72, 29 (often in the Chronicle). Geleáfan niman to believe, Cd. Th. 41; 2; Gen. 650. Geþeódrǽdene nimán wið to associate with.

Linked entry: bi-nom

gifu

(n.)
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redemption) dona, plurima 175. the giver a superhuman power, a material or non-material good regarded as granted by a higher power Wé wǽron átende grimlíce ǽr wé mihton þás gerína áspyrian, ac ús cóm hrædlíce fultum, wé gelýfað of heofenum, swá hit rǽd

líf

(adv.)
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Þá hwíle þe ic on þisum lýcuman and þisse weorulde sié fultuma mé þæt ic simle þone rǽd árædige ðe mé for þám lýfum best sí, Solil. H. 13, 25.

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Ðonne wé gehýron Godes béc reccean and rǽdan, and godspell seccgean, Blickl. Homl. 111, 17. Hié forgytaþ ðæt hié hwéne ǽr gehýrdon reccean and secggan, 55, 28. Hwæt sceal ic má secgean fram Sancte Iohanne ? 169, 24.

ge-hwilc

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Þæt is heálic rǽd monna gehwylcum þe gemynd hafað, 431. Secga gehwylcum þára þe on swylc starað, B. 996 : An. 1154. Þǽr is ár gelang fira gehwylcum þám þe hié findan cann, 982.

ge-mǽne

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</b> of abstract objects, belonging to or concerning equally :-- Sý þes rǽd gemǽne eallum leódscipe, ǽgðer ge Anglum ge Denum ge Bryttum, Ll.