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healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, containto hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabitto rule, governto behave, conductto guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heedto hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold withto hold, keep, keep sheepservare, custodire

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It is not said that some of the waterpots held two, some three measures, Homl.

FRUMA

(n.)
Grammar
FRUMA, an; m. [frum primitive, first] .

a beginningcommencementoriginprincĭpiuminĭtiumŏrīgoprīmordiumexordiuman originatorauthorfounderinventorauctorinventora chiefprincerulerkingprŏcerprincepsrex

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Song he be fruman moncynnes cănēbat de orīgĭne hūmāni gĕnĕris, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 10: 1, 15; S. 483, 21. Ealle men hæfdon gelícne fruman all men had a like beginning, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 8: Cd. 64; Th. 77, 19; Gen. 1277.

wráþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wráþ, adj.

wrothangryincensed

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Mé tó aldorbanan weorðeþ wráðra sum some fell one shall be my life-destroyer, Cd. Th. 63, 18; Gen. 1034: 109, 29; Gen. 1830. Wráðra gryre the horror of fierce foes, 178, 32;Exod. 20: Beo. Th. 3242 ; B. 1619: Andr.

folgian

(v.)

to pursueto accompany be attendant uponto followbe guided byfollowto followpractise

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Hit is ǽlces módes wíise ꝥ sóna swá hit forlǽt sóþcwidas, swá folgaþ hit leásspellunga, Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 16. Folgiað his rǽdum, Hml. S. 25, 265. God sylf forbeád ꝥ wé swefnum ne folgion, 21, 412. Ꝥ gié folgiga swæðe his, Rtl. 26, 5.

geár

(n.)
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Gif hit gebyrað on geáre (if it happen some year) þæt náðer ne byð . . . ne æceren ne bóc ne oðer mæsten, Nap. 10, 28. <b>III b.</b> the spring season :-- Þæt geár mót brengan blósman, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 22.

ge-swencan

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Voc. ii. 38, 73. the subject a person, to cause distress, fatigue, &amp;c. by labour, or any injury to the body Hyne Hǽðcyn fláne geswencte Hæðcyn troubled him sore with his shot, B. 2438.

gímen

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Cf. gíman; 2 a Gif hé hwǽr ǽnigne freónd métan meahte þe his gýmenne dyde and his wunde lácnian wolde sicubi amicos, qui sui curam agerent, posset inuenire Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 455, 13. care of a pastor, ruler, cure of souls, charge, management, rule, administration

ge-wita

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Gelýf hys hálgum, for ðám hí wéron swíðe unleáse gewitan, Solil.

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, <b>. I.</b>
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A. 15, 58. customary rule or usage Landlaga sýn mistlice . . . laga sceal on leóde luflíce leornian sé þe on lande sylf nele leósan leges et consuetudines terrarum sunt varie . . . leges debet in populis libenter addiscere, qui non vult in patria solus

ídel

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H. 97, 26. with inst. unpro-vided with Hǽlu byð manna gehwylces mægene ídel vana solus hominis, Ps. Th. 59, 10: 107, II.

ród

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Th. ii. 304, 15 Hé mearcode him on heáfde hálig róde-tácen] :-- Hé þá nǽdran ácwealde sóna gif hé hí gesegnode mid Crístes róde tácne, swá ꝥ heó swulte for þám mægne þǽre hálgan róde, þonne se Godes wer ꝥ róde tácen áwrát mid his fingre; and eác gif.

hwǽr

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So it was with Beowulf ... he himself knew not through what his parting with the world should come to pass, B. 3062: 2029 (?).

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a worda single part of speechwordsa written worda worda group of wordsa sayingsentencewordsa sayingmaxima talestorya reporttidingsfamename(good) word,(good) reporta commandan orderordinancea messagean announcementwordsolemn statementpromiseoathan (expressed) intentionopinionspeechlanguagewordslanguagestylewordword of God

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Ealle 'ða word sint sóbe ðe Paulus sægþ, 187, 2. Ðæt sindon ða word, swá ús gewritu secgaþ, Exon. Th. 241, 12 ; Ph. 655. Gif ðás word sind sóþ, 247, 24; Jul. 83: Beo. Th. 1282; B. 639. Nó ðæs fela Daniel gespræc sóðra worda, Cd.

fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, fulligan, fulwian, to fullianne; part. fulligende; ic fullige, ðú fullast, he fullaþ, pl. fulliaþ; p. fullode, ede; pp. fullod, ed; v. trans.

To FULL or make white as a fullerto baptizealbārecandĭdum făcĕrebaptīzāreβαπτίζειν

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It is by some connected with the verb which appears in Gothic as weihan to sanctify, Ongunnon hí men lǽran and fullian ipsi prædĭcāre et baptīzāre cœpērunt, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 4: 1, 27; S. 493, 25.

LÍF

(n.)
Grammar
LÍF, es; n.

LIFE

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Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not get off with their lives, Chr. 978; Erl. 127, 13. Heó of deáþe férde tó lífe she went from death unto life, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 32.

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Gif hé nǽre sóþ God, ná him englas ne þegnodon. On ðisse bysene is gecýþed, ðæt eallum geleáffullum mannum englas þegniaþ, ðonne hí habbaþ deófol oferswíþed, Blickl. Homl. 35, 1-4. Ic geornlíce Gode þegnode þurh holdne hyge, Cd. Th. 37, 7; Gen. 585.

Linked entry: þénian

wyrt-truma

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-truma, (wyrtruma), an: -trum, es; m.: -trume, an; f. (v. Be ðare wyrtruman,
    Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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Seó grǽdignys is wyrtruma ǽlces yfeles, and seó sóðe lufu is wyrtruma ǽlces gódes, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 3. Ðætte of wyrtruman besmitenes geþóhtes ácenned bið, Bd. 1, 27; M. 80, 13. <b>II a.

Linked entries: -truma truma

ge-gearwian

(v.)
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Wǽron secgas sóna gegearwod wǽpnum tó wigge, El. 47. <b>IV a.</b> of the trappings of a horse :-- Hors is gegearwad equus paratur (ad diem belli ), Kent.

hund

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L. 7, 6 marg. some sea-beast, a seal (?), a dog-fish (?) De Scilla ... hí gewiton on sǽ and wurdon tó hundum. Scilla, ðet is sǽhund gecweden, An. Ox. 26, 61. the word occurs in local names On þone hundes þýfel; of hundes þýfel, C. D. iii. 425, 29.

hweorfan

(v.)
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Þá hwearf sé ána in tó him rediit ipse solus, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 357, 21: 5, 19; Sch. 660, 22. His geféran hwurfan tó cyricean sociis ad ecclesiam reuersis, 4, 3 ; Sch. 352, 14. Hwurfon wíf on willan the women returned with delight, Gen. 2086.