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ge-weaxan

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Add: to grow, be produced. of animals or plants Eall se dǽl sé þe þæs treówes on twelf mónþum geweaxeþ (-wexð, v. l. ), Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 1. Swá hwá swá gebyrgde þæs on þám beáme geweóx, Gen. 483: Rä. 78, 6.

help

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help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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Ne him áhwǽr were ǽnig fultum, ne his steópcildum stande tó helpe non sit illi adjutor, nec sit qui misereatur pupillis ejus, 108, 12.

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rún

(n.)
Grammar
rún, e; f.

a whisperconfidence, counsel, consultationa mysterya secreta rune, a letter.

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Hæfdon hié on rúne and on rímcræfte áwriten wera endestæf, Andr. Kmbl. 267; An. 134. a rune, a letter. Enge rúne(referring to ᚾ = níd) Elen. Kmbl. 2521; El. 1262. Rǽd sceal mon secgan, rúne wrítan, leóþ gesingan, Exon. Th. 342, 7; Gn. Ex. 139.

Linked entry: rún-stæf

topp

(n.)
Grammar
topp, es; m.

a top,summita lock of hair, tufta collection of rays of lighta top to play withthe hair at the top of the head that which has a similarity with it

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Ne rohte he þeȝ flockes were Imeind bi toppes and bi here, O. and N. 428. His heer was by his eres ful round ishorn. His top was docked lyk a priest biforn, Chauc. Prol. 590. Top or fortop, top of the hed aqualium, Prompt. Parv. 496.

ge-witnes

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Gif hwá beforan biscepe his gewitnesse and his wed áleóge, 110, 9-12. False gewihta . . . and leáse gewitnessa, 310, 13. a testament :-- Ðǽre níua gewitnesse noui testamenti, Mt. L.

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knowsa person of understanding or learninga wise manone able to give counsela counsellorone able to give counsel in affairs of stateone who takes part in the councils of a nation a leading manan eldera chief personseniorone who has knowledgea witnessa wise manone professing supernatural knowledge

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Ic Ælfréd West-Seaxna cyning eallum mínum witum ðás geeówde, and hié ðá cwǽdon, ðæt him ðæt lícode eallum tó healdenne, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 28.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm, cwélm , es; m. n. [cwelan to die]

Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium

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To wera cwealme for the destruction of men, Andr. Kmbl. 3013; An. 1509. Ic honda gewemde on Caines cwealme míne I have polluted my hands in Cain's murder, Cd. 52; Th. 67, 4; Gen. 1095.

Linked entries: cwælm cwelm cwylm

líg

(n.)
Grammar
líg, lég, es; generally masc. but ðæt lég occurs.

Flamelightning

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C.] swíðe weóx ... Ðá fór se wallenda lég ... ðǽr se lég mǽst wæs, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 19-24. Se lég ongan sleán ongeán ðone wind, Blickl. Homl. 221, 12. Wonna lég the pale flame, Beo. Th. 6221; B. 3115.

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LÓCIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÓCIAN, p. ode

To LOOKseegazeobserveregardtake heedlook (to)belongpertain

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Ðǽr men tó lócedon where men were looking on, 98, 21. Lócæ feónd mínne respice inimicos meos, Ps. Spl. T. 24, 20. Lóca nú receive thy sight, Blickl. Homl. 15, 26. 'Lóca hider;' ðá lócade hé ðider, Wulfst. 236, 20.

Linked entries: lóc

an-gin

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Mid þǽm þe þá burgware swá geómorlic angin hæfdon while the citizens were engaged in such melancholy proceedings, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 15. [O. H. Ger. ana-ginn(i) initium.] See also ongin in Dict

ceaster

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. ¶ with weak inflection :-- Ceastran civitatis, An. Ox. 818, <b>I a.</b> used of heaven :--- Cestre, Sat. 258: 657. Godes ealdorburg gesécan, rodera ceastre, Rä. 60, 16. Wunian cestre and cynestól, Sat. 298. <b>I b.

óleccan

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óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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Ꝥ hí ongiten hwonan him se wela cóme and ólecce ðǽm, þý lǽs hé him þone welan áferre, Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 19. Add Ðonne ús fullícost óleccað ðá cræftas and ðá mægenu cum virtutum nobis copia blanditur, Past. 467, 5.

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, a mark, <b>mearc</b> a limit. [These may be taken under one head, see N. E. D. mark.]
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Add: a weak form mearce occurs Angl. viii. 326, 11, and a neuter mearc Gr. D. 197, 4. a boundary of land Istis terminibus terra circumgyrata esse videtur. . Ǽrest Ælfgýðe mearc .. . oþ Eádgife mearce, þonae þonan tó þæs biscopes mearce, Cht.

GÝMAN

(v.)
Grammar
GÝMAN, géman, gíman, giéman; p. de

To care fortake care oftake heed toheedobserveregardkeep

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To care for, take care of, take heed to, heed, observe, regard, keep; cum gen. acc Ic gýme mín wedd I will keep my covenant, Lev. 26, 42.

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Men geségon þeódwundor micel, ꝥte eorðe ágeaf ða hyre on lǽgun, 71, 15; Cri. 1156. where the clause is equivalent to a noun in genitive or dative Gode ælmiehtigum sí ðonc, ðætte nú ǽnigne onstál habbaþ láreówa, Past. pref. ; Swt. 4, 1.

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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trymmaþ adstipulabimur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 28. lc ðíne gewitnesse wordmn trymede servavi testimonia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 168. Ðæt trymede sanctus Paulus, ðá hé cuæð ðæt . . . Past. II ; Swt. 73, 2. Trymme hé eal mid wedde ðæt ðæt hé beháte, L. Edm.

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
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Mycel wered (later MS. werd) his leorningcnihta, 6, 17. Ðæs welegan mannes ungeendod word and unárímed mengeo on hrýðrum, Blickl. Homl. 199, 1. Ðá com hæleða þreát weorodes brehtme, Andr. Kmbl. 2544; An. 1273.

ge-hwilc

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(aa) as antecedent Hé héht þæt segn wegan gehwilcne þe his hína wæs wǽpnedcynnes, Gen. 2371. in agreement with án Ánum gehwilcum is hǽl gehendre, Hml. Th. i. 602, 21.

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
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Sió medtrymnes ðæt mód gehwierfð gehwelces monnes hine selfne tó ongietanne molestia corporalis ad cognitionem sui mentetm revocat Past. 255, 15. to change, alter, put one thing for another Ðá ðá from boecerum ł geécad ł gihwerfde arun ł ymbcerred

Linked entry: ge-hweorfan

sóþ

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ, es; n.

Soothtruth in a general senseconformity with an absolute standard truththat which conforms to an absolute standardtruthwhat is true in generaltruth in regard to a particular circumstanceexact conformity with the facts of a case truthfidelity to a promisetruthrealitycertaintyreal condition of thingswhat really isaffirmation of truthasseverationtruthconformity with rightrighteousnessequityjustice

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Gif sóþ and riht on úrum lífe dón willaþ, Blickl. Homl. 129, 32. Se ðe sóð and riht fremeþ on folce, Beo. Th. 3405; B. 1700. Snyttra brúceþ ðe warnaþ him wommas worda and dǽda and sóþ fremeþ, Exon. Th. 304, 35; Fä. 80.

Linked entry: sóþ-cwide