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scíran

(v.)
Grammar
scíran, p. de.
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He hét wurpan ac hé ne scýrde on hwæðere healfe hí ðæt net wurpansceoldon he bade throw, but he did not decide on which side they were to throw the net, Homl.

be-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sittan, to be-sittanne; p. -sæt, -sætt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten, [be by, near, sittan to sit].

to sit round, surround, beset, besiegecircumdare, cingere, obsidereto be in session, to hold sessionsto posessconsidere,possidere

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He fór to Hrofe ceastre, and besætt ðone castel he went to Rochester, and beset the castle, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 5.

Linked entry: be-seten

ge-niman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom , pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen

To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter intosūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre

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Heó genam cúðe folme she took the well known hand, Beo. Th. 2609; B. 1302: 4850; B. 2429. He his folc genam swá fǽle sceáp abstŭlit sīcut oves pŏpŭlum suum, Ps. Th. 77, 52, 69.

þafian

(v.)
Grammar
þafian, p. ode.
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Ond hé ðæt well ðafode he readily consented to it, Bd. 4. 24; S. 598, 3. Ðé sint tú gearu swá líf swá deáð, swá ðé leófre biþ tó geceósanne; cýð hwæt ðú ðæs tó þinge þafian wille say which alternative you mean to accept, Elen. Kmbl. 1213; El. 608.

widuwe

(n.)
Grammar
widuwe, widewe, weoduwe, weodewe, wuduwe, wudewe, wydewe, widwe, an; f. A widow, v. wíf, <b>III a</b>
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Wíf gif hire forman, were forðsíð gebyrige, be leáfe heó nime óðerne, gif heó ðæt ceósan wyle ; and gif heó ðone oferbýt, wunige heó á syððan on wndewan háde, L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 6. Iudith þurhwunode on hire wudewan háde, Homl.

Linked entries: weodewe weoduwe

ge-beran

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Siþþan þú ǽrest geboren wǽre oð þisne dæg from the very day you were born until this day, Bt. 8; F. 24, 21. Sóna swá hé ácenned wæs and geboren at his birth, Bl. 167, 10. For geborene ge for ungeborene, Ll.

standan

Grammar
standan, <b>I 2.</b>
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Add Ꝥ wæter wæs standende and beleác þá duru þǽre cyrican the water formed as it were a wall, and closed the entrance to the church, Gr. D. 220, 16. add Þara six hída þæ ꝥ mynstær on stent, C. D. iii. 274, 9.

torn

(n.)
Grammar
torn, es; n.

Violent emotion of angergriefangerindignationwrathunrighteous angerragegriefafflictiontroubledistress

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Th. 111, 9. of grief, grief, affliction, trouble, distress Cyning eallwihta Caines ne wolde tiber sceáwian; ðæt wæs torn were hefig æt heortan, Cd. Th. 60, 10; Gen. 979.

treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, trýw, e; f.

truth to a promise or engagement,faith good or bad faithto keep faith with a persontrothtruth to a person,fidelityfealtyloyaltythe truth of the stronger to the weaker,gracefavourhelpan assurance of faith or truthword (in to give or pledge one's word)a promisean engagementa covenantleaguefaith in somethingbelieftrustconfidence

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Tír healdeþ trýwa wel wið æðelingas, Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 22; Rún. 17. truth to a person, fidelity, fealty, loyalty. Cf. hold Ðæs getreówan freóndes, ðone mon lufaþ for treówum, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 35.

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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witan ful georne, hwǽr seó yrmþ gewearð, ðæt fæder gesealde bearn wið weorðe, and bearn his módor, and bróðor óþerne fremdum tó gewealde, Wulfst. 161, 6.

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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Wes ðú hál mid ðás willgedryht, Andr. Krnbl. 1828; An. 916. with the idea of joint action or companionship, in conjunction with, in company with, along with, Grammar MID, with dat. or inst.

Linked entry: mið

rand

(n.)
Grammar
rand, es; m.
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Of ðam fúlan bróce wið westan randes æsc to the west of the ash tree on the bank (?), Cod. Dip. B. ii. 259, 8. [Cf. later English rand border, strip, slice :-- Raweȝ and randeȝ, Allit. Pms, 4, 105. Randes of bakun, Piers P. Crede 763.

Linked entry: rand-beáh

þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirtythirty (years old)

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Grammar þrítig, used adjectivally, Grammar þrítig, alone Þrítig þúsend wera, Jos. 8, 3. Þrítigon síðon tricies, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 286, 2. Cf. Þrittig síðon seofon beóð twá hundred and týn, Anglia viii. 303, 7. Þrittig síðon twelf, 29.

feówer

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Hé him wegas tǽcneð feówer eallum, Rä. 52, 7. Wyl ealle feówer on buteran, Lch. ii. 128, 8. with a multiple of ten Weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða, Shrn. 63, 29

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Þurh hire beorþor sceolde beón gehǽled eall wífa cynn and wera, Bl. H. 5, 23. Þá hálgan ǽr Crístes cyme . . . wurdan mid his ǽriste gehǽlde, 81, 32. Mannes Sunu cóm tó gehǽlenne ( salvare ) ꝥ forwearð, Mt. 18, 11.

hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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Þá hié mon slóg and hiénde and on óþru land sealde populis bello victis, pretio vinditis, Ors. 5, l; 8. 214, 13. to oppress, afflict Hé cóm tó ánre byrig Bosor geháten, on ðǽre wǽron ðá hǽðenan þe hýndon his mágas (cf. many of their brethren were shut

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

hryre

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Se druncena wénð ꝥ hé sum þing gódes dó, þonne hé bið an hryre besceofen ebriosus putat se aliquid obtimum agere, cum fuerit precipitio deuolutus, Chrd. 74, 24. a falling from an upright position (lit. or fig.). a falling to the ground of a building

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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sceolan under ðæm feówerte[g]oþan geríme syllan ðone teóþan dǽl úre worldspéda we must during that forty days give the tithe of our worldly wealth, Blickl.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
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. , read aloud singaþ on his lof: 'Hǽl ús on ðǽm héhstan,' Blickl. Homl. 81, 27. Heáhgealdor ðæt snotre men singaþ a charm that wise men recite, Ps. Th. 57, 4. Hí singaþ Metude lof, Exon. Th. 239, 7 ; Ph. 617.

ge-swícan

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Gif wilnigon ðæt hié ðæs wós geswícen, Past. 367, 23 : 304, 5. Hié noldon þæs weall-gebreces geswícan, Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 30: 4, 9 ; S. 192, 33. Hé wát ꝥ hé untela ðéð, and nele ðeáh þæs geswícan, Bt. 39, 12; F. 232, 1 : Ll. Th. i. 306, 19.