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niman

(v.)
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Se wæstm ys tó nymenne . . . þonne hé . . . fealwað, Lch. i. . . 324, 6. Hé bebeád ꝥ munecas wǽpena námen, and mid þǽm fuhte, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 2. to receive into one's body by one's own act, take food Hé tó micel nimð on æte oððe on wǽte, Hml.

dón

(v.)
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wæs monega gefeoht dónde plurima bella gessit, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 19. Oft bútan synne bið dón (dóen, v. l.) ꝥ of synne cymeð, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 84, 3: 13. <b>II a.

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Hú neáh ðære tíde wǽre ðætte ða bróðru árísan sceolden and Godes lof rǽran and heora úhtsang singan quam prope esset hora qua fratres ad dicendas Domino laudes nocturnal excitari deberent, Bd. 4. 24; S. 599, 4

Linked entry: hebban

ge-bycgan

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Hú woldest þú gebycgan, þá þú gesǽlgost wǽre ... mid hú micelan feó woldest þú þá habban geboht ꝥ þú swutole mihtest tócnáwan þíne frínd and þine fýnd?

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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Gif se hláford wiste ðæt se oxa hnitol wǽre and hine healdan nolde if the lord knew that the ox were wont to push with its horn, and would not keep it in, L. Alf. 23; Th. i. 52, 12.

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n.

Shape, make, form, fashion, species, kind, appearance, symbol, hue, colour, beauty

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Sǽde hwylc ðæs biscopes hiw wǽre effigiem ejusdem Paulini referre esset solitus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 32: Andr. Kmbl. 7449; An. 725. Heó is on onsýne útan yfeles heowes outside it is in appearance of a very poor kind, Blickl. Homl. 197, 11.

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Ðǽr wæs xx M horsa gefangen ðéh hié ðǽr nán licgende feoh ne métten pecorum magna copia abducta, auri atque argenti nihil repertum, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 32. And nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer peninga weorþ tie libbende ne licgende, L. C.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Ðá wæs Adam . . . ðurh Euan lustbǽrnesse oferswíðed, ðæt hé geðafode (ðá synne spiritus victus delectatione consentit. . . Eva quasi caro delectationi subdidit, Adam delectatione superatus assensit, Past. 417, 24-29: 18.

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Se consul wénde ꝥ hé búton sorge mehte on þǽm wintersetle gewunian þe hé þá on wæs, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 5: Jul. 375.

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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Árás ꝥ mægden and geongende (gong-, R.) wæs (ambulabat), Mk. L. 5, 42. to go on business Wyrce hé þám hláforde þe him fore ríde oþþe gange, Ll.

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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Ǽlc þing cymþ of sumum ðingum, for ðý hit ne biþ weás gebyred; ac þǽr hit of náuhte ne cóme, þonne wǽre hit weás gebyred, Bt. 40, 5; F. 240, 28-30. with hit as subject, and a clause following the verb Gif hit ǽfre gebyreþ ꝥ heó blódes onbirigð, Bt. 25

þrág

(n.)
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þrág, þráh, e; f.

a timeseasontime

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Homl. 117, 24. having reference to the condition of things at any time, time as in good, bad, hard, etc. times Hú seó þrág ( the happy time just described ) gewát, swá heó nó wǽre, Exon. Th. 292, 7; Wand. 95.

Linked entry: wód-þrág

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fastfirmlyconstantlypersistencefaststrictlyspeedily at once

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Similar entries Cf. fæste; II a Ic þæt fæstlíce bebeád ðæt se mon sé ne wǽre mid his wǽpnum gegerwed, þæt hine mon scolde mid wǽpnum ácwellan legem dixi me in eum animadversurum qui non indutus armis deprehensus esset, Nar. 9, 27: Bl.

wédan

(v.)
Grammar
wédan, p. de

To be mad or furious, to rage, rave to be mad, out of one's sensesto act with violence, be furious, rage,

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Heó geseah hú Decius wédde and brýmde dæges and nihtes ǽr ðon hé deád wǽre, Shrn. 139, 6. Hé wédde on gewitte swá wilde deór, Exon. Th. 278, 13; Jul. 597. Hí wéddon þearle and tðtǽron hí sylfe mid heora ágenum tóðum, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 194.

Linked entry: a-wédan

tó-cnáwan

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

To discern,distinguish,know the difference between,understand

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Hú mihte Adam tócnáwan hwæt hé wǽre, 14, 4. Tócnáwan. ðæt ús is twyfeald neód, ii. 284, 23: Lchdm. iii. 236, 10: Homl. Ass. 107, 150. Ðus ðú miht tócnáwan, hwænne nama cymþ of worde, hwænne word of naman, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 216. 5

twi-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twi-feald, adj.

Twofolddoubletwice as muchof twice the amountconsisting of two itemsconsisting of two partscontaining two elementsthat belongs to one or other of two kindsdoubtfulirresolutedoublenot straightforwarddeceitfuldouble (as in bent double)placed together

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entries v. twifealdness Hé ða yfelan and ða twyfealdan geþóhtas forlét (cf. hé hine hider and þyder gelómlíce on his móde cyrde,28, 8; hé ðám tweógendum geþóhtum wiðstód, 18), and hine S Bartholomeus fréfrode, and hine hét ðæt hé ne tweóde, ac ðæt hé wǽre

Linked entry: twifealdness

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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Ic ðære sócne (the hostility of Grendel) singales wæg módceare micle Beo. Th. 3558; B. 1777. as a legal term, frequently in connection with sacu.

Linked entry: fird-sócn

ge-þanc

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Wearð him hýrra hyge and on heortan geþanc máran módsefan þonne gemet wǽre, Dan. 491. Gleáw geþances, 743. Nis mé on geþance vel on móde non mihi est cordi, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 47.

swincan

(v.)
Grammar
swincan, p. swanc, pl. swuncon; pp. swuncen.

to toil, labour, work with effortto labour at, after, etc. , anything to be troubled, travail, be in difficulty or distress

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Hé nǽre ná ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre. His nama is omnipotens, ðæt ys, ælmihtig, for ðan ðe hé mæg eall ðæt hé wile, and his miht náhwár ne swincþ his power nowhere works with effort, Lchdm. iii. 278, 17.

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Z. 43, 2. equal to another (dat. ) Wénan ꝥ ǽnig þing wǽre betere ðonne God, oþþe him gelíc (cf. nán wuht nis betere ðonne hé, ne emngód him, F. 138, 7), Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 30. Se Hálga Gást is ðám Fæder and ðám Suna gelíc and efenéce, Hml.