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under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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Sume crupon under some crept beneath, 1083; Erl. 217, 22. Hé hét fýr under bétan, Homl. Th. i. 4, 393.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

neáh

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
neáh, néh

nighnearnearnearlyaboutof place

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Swá neáh wæs þúsend áurnen so nearly had a thousand years passed (all but twenty-seven), Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 23. Swíðe neáh ðú ongeáte ðæt riht, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 154, 10. Nihtscúwan neáh ne mihton ( could not nearly ) heolstor áhýdan, Col.

ofer

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Gelæhton þá weardmen his wealdleðer fæste, þæt hé mid fleáme ne burste, ac hé nolde him ætfleón, ac hé clypode ofer eall ( he called out so as to be heard by all round him ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 16 : By. 256.

be-gán

(v.)

passageto go roundto reach by goingcome uponget atto gopass byto gocomegetto pass byTo come byget atto comefall to one's lotto fallget into debtto surroundto confineto occupyto go about a businessto attend toto cultivateto worshipto honourvenerate a placeto exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c.to practise a religionfollow the dictates of to practisecarry ondo (habitually)to devote one's self to a practiceto exercise a personto behaveto exercise in somethingto exerciseuseemployto professpretend

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Sax. quiðit that hé Kríst sí, begihit ina so grótes] Manna geþóhtas nǽnig mon ne wát, Petrus begǽþ ꝥ hé hit wite men's thoughts no man knows. Peter professes to have this knowledge, Bl. H. 181, 12

uppan

(prep.)
Grammar
uppan, (-on); prep. dat. acc.

upononaboveuponatafteruponon touponagainst

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Ðonne bist ðú ofer uppan rodere (cf. ðonne bist ðú bufan ðam rodore, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 15), Met. 24. 27. of time (the case is doubtful in some instances), upon, at Hé Ansealme uppon Pentecosten his pallium geaf, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 30.

Linked entries: uppon on-uppan

trum

(adj.)
Grammar
trum, adj.

Firmstrongfirmusof material things,of living things,strong soundhaving physical health or strengthstrongable to resistfortified againststrongsteadfastfirmfirmstablestrong

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Mid weallum and geatum and dim trum-estum locum getimbrade muris, portis, ac seris instructa firmissimis, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 27. of living things, strong sound, having physical health or strength Trum validus vel vegetus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 21.

Linked entry: trymman

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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And cyninges þegnes heregeata inne mid Denum ðe his sócne hæbbe feówer pund. And gif hé tó ðam cyninge furðor cýððe hæbbe..., L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 4-20.

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.

irnan

(v.)
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Lbmn. 269, 16. of a plant, to grow rapidly Þ þæs wæstmes yrð þǽr má upp yrnende wǽre . . . þá georn (arn, v. l.) sóna úp genihtsumlic yrð ut illius frugis ibi potius seges oriretur . . . mox copiosa seges exorta, Bd. 4, 28 ; Sch. 521, 14-22.

dón

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 79, 9. to make (much, nothing) of, to make out to be so and so, consider, esteem Sé ðe conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, and hé hine ná bettran ne déð, Past. 113, 23.

tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, brancha stakea twig used in casting lotsa lot; also a share that is determined by lot

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swá hwylc heora swá him se tán ætýwde, ðonne gecuron hí ðone him tó heretogan, and ealle ðam fyligdon non habent regem antiqui Saxones, sed satrapas plurimos suae genti praepositos, qui ingruente belli articulo mittunt aequaliter sorter, et quemcumque sors

ge-bindan

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Word óðer fand sóðe gebunden one word followed the other without interruption, B. 871. denoting restraint, hindrance Seó orsorge wyrd gebint ǽlc bára móda þe hire brýcþ, Bt. 20; F. 70, 36.

mótan

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</b> add: the subject a person Eálá hú yfele mé dóþ manege woruldmenn mid ðám ꝥ ic ne mót wealdan mínra ágenra þeówa an ego sola meum jus exercere prohibebor ? Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 20.

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, p. ode

To watchwaketo remain awakenot to sleepto be freed from obstructionto opento be alertto watchbe on the watchbe on guardto watchbe on the watch to injure

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Ealle oþþe hefige slǽpe swundon, oþþe tó synne wacedon omnes aut somno torpent inerti, aut ad peccata vigilant, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 12.

Linked entries: a-wacian wæcian

for-gifan

to givebestowgrantdispenseto giveto giveto giveto give uphand overdeliver upcommitpracticeto give backrestoreto marryto grantpermitallowto grantto givecauseto forgive

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Wé sceolan dón sóðe bóte, þonne forgifeþ ús Drihten úre synna forgifnesse, Bl. H. 99, 1. Se þe eft gyldeð þá þú him ǽr forgeáfe, and ús eallum gesealdest qui retribuet te retributionem tuam, quam tu retribuisti nobis, Ps. Th. 136, 8.

ge-gán

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Gegáð þá buruh and forbernað hí sóna cum ceperitis civitatem, succendite eam, Jos. 8, 7. God him ( William the Conqueror ) geúðe ꝥ hé móste Engleland gegán, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 25: 1066; P. 196, 5.

ge-bétan

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Hyt þá deáfan gebéteþ, 362, 22. to remedy, do away with an unsatisfactory condition, mend matters, ameliorate Gif ðé wæs gold tó lytel oððe seolfor . . . ic ðæt sóna gebéte, ac ne forlǽt mé, Shrn. 140, 27. þú Hróðgáre wídcúðne weán gebéttest, B. 1991

ge-wítan

(v.)
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Petrus eówode þǽm hundum þone hláf, and hié sóna onweg gewitan and náhwǽr ne æteówdon ( they fled at once and were seen no more ), Bl. H. 181, 23.

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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Swá hweorfaþ gleómen so gleemen roam about, 87 a; Th. 326, 28; Víd. 135. Ðá seó scyld ðá tó his heortan hwearf ad cor suum rediit, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 35. Ierre hé hwearf ðonan tó his ágnum, Chr. 584; Erl. 18, 25.

ge-wítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wítan, ic -wíte, ðú -wítest, -wítst, he -wíteþ, -wít, pl. -wítaþ; p. ic, he -wát, ðú -wite, pl. -witon; pp. -witen.

to seebeholdviderespectareto turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that directionto set out towardsstartpass overto godepartwithdrawgo awayretreatretiredietransirediscedere

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Him Noe gewát eaforan lǽdan Noah went leading his offspring, Cd. 67; Th 82, 2; Gen. 1356: 96; Th. 126, 21; Gen. 2098. c [followed by a clause] :-- Gewát ðæt he in temple gestód wuldres aldor the prince of glory went so as to stop in the temple, Andr.