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BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Beorn monig seah on ðás beorhtan burg brádan ríces many a chief looked on this bright city of a broad realm, Exon. 124 b;Th, 478, 9;Ruin.38. Ofer Babilóne brádum streáme we sittaþ we sit over the broad stream of Babylon, Ps. Th. 136, 1.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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III. representing an adjective, generally one used with a verb of incomplete predication, so, the same, such - Hé gemétte ǽnne blindne mann, se wæs geboren swá, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 52 : Cd. Th. 44, 33; Gen. 7, 8.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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Gif ǽnig man wolde heora óðrum fylstan, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 56.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

innan

(adv.)
Grammar
innan, adv. and prep. gen. dat. acc.

Inintowithinfrom within

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Innan of manna heortan yfele geþancas cumaþ abintus de corde hominum malæ cogitationes procedunt, Mk. Skt. 7, 21.

(int.)

LoOhAh

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Hwæt is ðis lá manna? Elen. Kmmbl. 1802; El. 903. Hwæt biþ hit lá elles búton flǽsc seoddan se écea dǽl of biþ hwæt biþ lá elles seó láf búton wvrma mete why, what else is it but flesh when the eternal part is away?

hirde

a keeperguardianprotectordirectorguidepastor the keepera keepera guardwatchman

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Ic ofslóg húses hyrdas, 1666. the subject a thing: Ne bið sond wið micelne ren manna ǽngum húses hyrde, Met. 7, 22. non-material: þonne se weard (conscience) swefeð, sawele hyrde, B. 1742. in phrases denoting the Deity Leóhtes hyrde, Az. 121: Hy. 4

túdor

(n.)
Grammar
túdor, tuddor, es; n.
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Th. 13, 2; Gen. 196. 92, 27; Gen. 1535: 107, 12; Gen. 1788: 169, 18; Gen. 2801. tó teónan manna túdre to the hurt of mankind. Exon. Th. 270, 3; Jul. 459. Ðæs teámes wæs tuddor gefylled unlytel dǽl eorðan gesceafta, Cd. Th. 97, 16; Gen. 1613.

Linked entry: tuddor

ge-flít

Grammar
ge-flít, l. ge-flit,
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Æfter þyssum wǽron manegu geflitu. Bl. H. 187, 7. Geflitum conflictibus (disputans) Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 25: 18, 27. in a legal sense, a dispute that is to be settled by a judge, a contested case Higa eóde of ðám geflite (cf.

in-tó

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Mid þám mannum þe mé mid fóron intó Denmearcon, Cht. E. 230, 3. Hér cuóm se here intó Escanceastre from Werhám, Chr. 877; P. 74, 14. Hiene bestæl se here intó Werhám, 876; P. 74, 7. Þéh þá menn úp ætberstan intó þǽre byrig, Ll. Th. i. 286, 2.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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.), ys æteówiendlíc, and ðǽr biþ, ðǽr man swá bícnaþ be him; ille, hé, ne biþ ðǽr ætforan andwerd, ðǽr men swá be him clypaþ ... ille hé, ipse hé sylf, iste ðes, hic ðes, Ælfc.

Linked entries: þás þis

hálig

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Hihte ic tó þínra handa hálgum dǽdum in operibus manuum tuarum exultabo, Ps. Th. 91, 3. conformed to the will of God, free from sinful affection. of persons, of godly character and life Ǽlc gefullod man sý æfter his fulluhte hálig, Wlfst. 154, 19.

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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to set a value upon, of money value Be ðam ðe se man hit weorðige ðe hit áge according to the value the owner may set upon it, L. Ath. v. 6; Th. i. 232, 26. (I a) to fix interest on a loan (?), to lend at interest (?)

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

wiþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-weard, (-word, -wurd), and -wierde; adj.

contraryadversehostileadversaryenemyopponentfiendhostile to rightful authorityrebelopposed to what is rightarrogantperversedepravedreprobatefalsehereticapocryphalopposed to the good or pleasure of anythingunfavourableadversehurtfulperniciousdisagreeablecontraryopposite

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Manega mid mannum synd getealde gecorene and mid Gode wiþerwyrde (reprobi), and fela mid mannum wiþerwyrde synd and mid Gode gecorene; nán hine getelle gecorenne, ðe læs ðe hé mid Gode sý wiþerwyrd, Scint. 74, 13-16.

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Hwæt ðá com sum man, 286, 19. Hwæt ða hǽþenan þá hine bestódon, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 104. Þá se bisceop dyde up ðone sanct, i. 21, 139. as adverbial connective, of time, when Þá hé út eode embe underntíde, hé geseah óðre ídele standan, Mt.

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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.), lie in the line of advance Oð þæt sǽfæsten landes æt ende leódmægne forstód, Exod. 128. to come to a stand, stop Gif se man áspíwð þone yfelan wǽtan onweg, þonne forstent se geohsa, Lch. ii. 60, 23.

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god-cund

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Ǽghwylc crísten man unrihthǽmed forbúge and godcunde laga rihtlíce healde, i. 306, 25: 364, 18. devoted to God, of persons, worship, service, dues, &c., belonging to the church. of persons Godcunde hádas wǽron nú lange swíðe forsawene those in

Linked entry: god-lic

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Gif hit wæter sý, hǽte man hit oð hit hleówe tó wylme . . . hit swá hát sý swá wé ǽr cwǽdon, Ll. i 226, 13-20. Wæs þǽre burnan wælm heaðofýrum hát, B. 2547. Hé of þám hátum bæðe ( a vat of boiling oil ) eóde. Hml. Th. i. 58, 29.

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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Hine ðe wæs ǽrur heáfod tó ðam unrǽde the man that had before been the author of that mischief, Chr. 1087; Erl. 225, 10. Heáfod ealra heáhgesceafta the chief of all exalted creatures, Cd. 1; Th. i. 7; Gen. 4: Hy. 7, 62; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 62.

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the yearwinterwintry weathercolda year

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Hú seó ádl ǽr feówertigum oððe fíftigum wintra on men ne becume how the disease does not attack a man before he is forty or fifty, Lchdm. ii. 284, 10, 20. Ne mæg weorþan wís wer ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl in woruldríce, Exon. Th. 290, 14; Wand. 65.

on-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To knownoscere, cognoscere, agnoscereto know, recognise,to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguishto recognise a factto know, understand, attain to a knowledge ofto know, learn by observation, observe, perceiveto acknowledgemake acknowledgment of a faultto acknowledge a greetingto acknowledge the power of another

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Be ðam man mihte oncnáwan ðæt se cniht nolde wácian æt ðam wíge, Byrht. Th. 131, 16; By. 9. to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of Gyt gé ne oncnáwaþ ne ne ongitaþ, Mk. Skt. 8, 17.