ofer
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Gif þǽr beón má þonne seofon . . . gif þǽr byð án ofer þá seofon, Angl. viii. 304, 11 : 303, 44. (8, β) add :-- Sé ðe ofer his ǽwe hǽmð, hé is forlír ðurh his ǽwbrice, Hml. Th. ii. 208, 17.
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Þá steorran synd fæste on þǽre heofene; þæt (what) menn geseóð feallan of þǽre heofone, swylce hyt sýn steorran, hyt beóð spearcan, Angl. viii. 320, 31: Cri. 940.
Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic
heáfod
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On ðam beorge ðat hit sticað on cheotoles heáfde, 434, 14. Tó dúnan heáfde; ðæt tó Hunes cnolle, v. 313, 13. Æt Biédan heáfde, Chr. 675 ; P. 34, 28. the upper end of that which is, or is thought of as, sloping. of land. Cf. æt ðas akeres úpende, C.
tilung
striving, ⬩ endeavour, ⬩ effort, ⬩ labour ⬩ a pursuit ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ attention ⬩ treatment ⬩ cure ⬩ gain that comes from labour ⬩ acquisition ⬩ fruit got by tilling the earth
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Ðú stunta, tó niht ðú scealt ðín líf álǽtan; hwæs beóþ ðonne ðíne teolunga whose shall thy gains be then? Wulfst. 286, 24. Hí sceolon heora geáres teolunga Gode ðone teóðan dǽl syllan, Homl. Th. ii. 608, 22.
hwæt
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., hwæt ꝥ beóþ forlytla sǽlþa þæt mon swá eáþe forlǽtan mæg an vel si amiserit, negligendum putat? sic quoque perexile bonum est, quod aequo animo feratur amissum, Bt. 11, 2; F. 34, 30.
stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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Wé tódǽlaþ ða bóc tó cwydum, and syððan ða cwydas tó dǽlum, eft ða dǽlas tó stæfgefégum, and syððan ða stæfgefégu tó stafum; ðonne beóþ ða stafas untódǽledlíce; forðan ðe nán stæf ne byþ náht, gif hé gǽþ on twá.
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swerian
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Ic ne swór fela áþa on unriht, Beo. Th. 5470; B. 2738. Hé mé áðas swór, 949; B. 472. Hé him ðone áð swór, Gen. 24, 9. Ðone swergendan áð ðone hé swór jusjurandum quod juravit, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 199, 20. Wyrgdan, áð sweredan (áðsweredan?)
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wlite
aspect ⬩ countenance ⬩ looks ⬩ appearance ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ good looks ⬩ beautiful appearance ⬩ beauty ⬩ glory ⬩ ornament
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Th. 56, 27; Cri. 907: Beo. Th. 506; B. 250. Se wlite ðæs wundorlícan líchoman species corporis gloriosi, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 35. Ðeáh ðe him se wlite cwéme though the looks (of the sword) please him, Salm. Kmbl. 332; Sal. 165.
ge-secgan
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Mé ðincð þæt þú hæbbe genóh sweotole gesǽd, þæt ǽlces mannes sáwl nú sí and á beó, Solil. H. 63, 29. Him wæs gesǽd, ꝥ Willelm eorll wolde hider cuman, Chr. 1066 ; P. 196, 4. <b>II a.
ládian
to excuse ⬩ clear ⬩ exculpate ⬩ defend
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Gyf mon ðone hláford teó, nime him fíf þegnas tó, and beó him sylf syxta, and ládie hine ðæs [by his own oath and the oaths of five compurgators clear himself of that charge], L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 4-6, 13.
ná
No ⬩ not ⬩ non
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Swá sceal man dón, ðonne hé gegán þenceþ longsumne lof, ná ymb his líf cearaþ, Beo. Th. 3077; B. 1536. Ealle hí scínaþ, ná hwæðre ðeáh ealle efenbeorhte, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 460; Met. 20, 230.
ge-settan
To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay
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Ðæt he ðæt yrre gesette to allay their anger, Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 98, 2: Beo. Th. 4062; B. 2029. Ða earman ceasterwaran wǽron to hungre gesette the miserable citizens were exposed to famine, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 28.
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Gif hý sammǽle beón, þonne fón mágas tó and weddian heora mágan tó wífe if they are agreed, then let the kinsmen set to work and betroth their kinswoman, Ll. Th. i. 254, 19. to take to, make customary: Hí féngon tó ciningum, Jud.
gif
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Gif wé willaþ nú on Drihten gelýfan, þonne beó wé sittende be þǽm wege, Bl. H. 23, 7: Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 16: Sat. 251: Gen. 559: 2521: Sch. 35. Him ( the blind man ) bið mycel daru, gif hé hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8.
ge-mót
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Monge beóð on gemót lǽded fýra cynnes: wile fæder engla seonoð gehégan, déman mid ryhte, Ph. 491. a popular assembly for voting Gemoot contio, convocatio populi, Txts. 53, 584. used to denote the meetings in England at which legal, administrative, and
ge-tácnian
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Gif þǽr beóð seofon ealra, þonne getácniað hig ꝥ se termen byð on Sæternes dæg, Angl. viii. 326, 26. Adverbia temporalia synd ðá ðe tída getácniað, Ælfc. Gr.
ongeagn
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On hú mycelre Godes gehyrdnysse beóð þá þe cunnon hý sylfe forseón . . . Swá eác þǽr ongeán ( e contra) beforan Godes eágum licgeað forsewene þá þe tóþindað, Gr. D. 40, 3.
ceáp
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Se ceáp ne mæg wið nánum sceatte beón geeht, Hml. Th. i. 582, 27: B. 2415. Sunnandæges cýpinge gif hwá ágynne, þolie þæs ceápes, Ll. Th. i. 170, 16. Nimð him man hyra ceápes ( rei ) hwæthwega, ii. 160, 3.
hǽlu
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Gewuniaþ . . gelómlico wundor hǽlo geworden beón solent crebra sanitatum miracula operari, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 365, 16. Wundra manega hǽlo (monig wundur hǽlo, v. l.) gefremede wǽron mulra sauitatum sint patrata miracula, 5, 15; Sch. 649, 11.
stician
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</b> to kill (to stick iss ) Wé oþþe sticode beóþ oþþe on sǽ ádruncene aut jugulamur aut mergimur, Bd. 1, 13; S. 482, 1. Monige fanggene wǽron and heápmǽlum sticode nonnulli comprehensi acervatim jugulabantur, 1, 15; S. 484, 5. <b>I b.