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tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Ǽgleáwra mann ðonne ic mé tælige, Andr. Kmbl. 2967; An. 1486. Cyn ðara ðe hý ánsetlan teliaþ; R. Ben. 135, 4. Ic ðæt wénde and witod tealde, ðæt..., Exon. Th. 264, 1; Jul. 357. Ðone ic on firenum fæstne talde, Elen. Kmbl. 1815; El. 909.

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

future ⬩ that is to come ⬩ about to come ⬩ coming ⬩ at hand ⬩ approaching ⬩ toward ⬩ (that is) to happen or be some time or other, ⬩ (that is) to come ⬩ about to happen ⬩ (that is) to come soon ⬩ imminent ⬩ impending ⬩ to take place ⬩ come to pass ⬩ coming towards a place ⬩ approaching ⬩ about to come ⬩ with the face towards a person, ⬩ facing

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Gen. 49, Eallum mannum, ðám ðe nú sint and ðám ðe tówearde sint.

Linked entry: tó-ward

FÆÐM

(n.)
Grammar
FÆÐM, es; m: also in prose fæðm, e; f.

the embracing arms ⬩ brachia amplexa, circumdăta ⬩ A lap, bosom, breast ⬩ quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectus ⬩ FATHOM = six feet ⬩ spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentum ⬩ An embrace, protection ⬩ amplexus, complexus, protectio ⬩ Grasp, power ⬩ pŏtestas, dĭtio ⬩ An expanse, abyss, deep ⬩ expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum

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Sceolde monig ides bifiende gán on fremdes fæðm many a damsel trembling must go into the embrace of a stranger, Cd. 92; Th. 118, 26; Gen. 1971. Þurh flódes fæðm through the embrace of the flood, Andr. Kmbl. 3230; An. 1618.

Linked entries: fæðem feðm

FLÓD

(n.)
Grammar
FLÓD, es; n. m.

a flowing of water ⬩ flow ⬩ flowing water ⬩ wave ⬩ tide ⬩ FLOOD ⬩ sea ⬩ running stream ⬩ river ⬩ flūmen ⬩ fluctus ⬩ fluentum ⬩ æstus ⬩ accessus ⬩ flŭvius ⬩ the Flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ dilŭvium

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Flódas [m.] feágaþ oððe hafetiaþ mid handa samod flūmĭna plaudent mănu sĭmul, Ps. Lamb. 97, 8. Fámige flódas [m.] foamy floods. Cd. 100; Th. 133, 19; Gen. 2213: Ps. Th. 68, 14: Exon. 125b; Th. 482, 19; Rä. 67, 4.

Linked entry: flóde

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode
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.), to lose what one has, to fail to get what one desires; in many cases the loss or failure is the result of wrong either done or suffered by the subject of the verb, to forfeit, be (wrongfully) deprived of Ic ðolige sumes ðinges careo, Ælfc.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Beorn monig seah on ðás beorhtan burg brádan ríces many a chief looked on this bright city of a broad realm, Exon. 124 b;Th, 478, 9;Ruin.38. Ofer Babilóne brádum streáme we sittaþ we sit over the broad stream of Babylon, Ps. Th. 136, 1.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Ðǽm mannum ðe be his lárum lifiaþ, 61, 13. On hwylcum geswince hié lifiaþ, 59, 25. Gif wé ða dagas fulfremedlíce for Gode lifgeaþ, 35, 25. Ða hwíle ðe wé lifgaþ hér on worlde, 35, 35.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

ge-þingian

(v.)
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Add: to try to get favourable terms for a person, intercede, mediate. absolute Gehwylces mannes dǽda clypiað tó Gode and gewrégað oþþe geþingiað, Scrd. 20, 38. to intercede for a person Gif hwelc monn cymð, and bitt úrne hwelcne ðæt wé hine lǽden tó

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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to set a value upon, of money value Be ðam ðe se man hit weorðige ðe hit áge according to the value the owner may set upon it, L. Ath. v. 6; Th. i. 232, 26. (I a) to fix interest on a loan (?), to lend at interest (?)

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

heáfod

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Þú hand þíne mé ofer heáfod holde gesettest posuisti super me manum tuam, Ps. Th. 138, 3.

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Wæs þára manna þe þǽr ofslegene wǽron . . . and þá hí gýt genáman þæs folces . . ., Bl. H. 79, 20. Hé þá giet þriddan síþe wæs wilniende . . ., Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 7: 3, 9; S. 126, 9. Þá git him wǽges weard wið þingode, An. 632.

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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.), lie in the line of advance Oð þæt sǽfæsten landes æt ende leódmægne forstód, Exod. 128. to come to a stand, stop Gif se man áspíwð þone yfelan wǽtan onweg, þonne forstent se geohsa, Lch. ii. 60, 23.

Linked entry: for-licgan

god-cund

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Ǽghwylc crísten man unrihthǽmed forbúge and godcunde laga rihtlíce healde, i. 306, 25: 364, 18. devoted to God, of persons, worship, service, dues, &c., belonging to the church. of persons Godcunde hádas wǽron nú lange swíðe forsawene those in

Linked entry: god-lic

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Gif hit wæter sý, hǽte man hit oð hit hleówe tó wylme . . . hit swá hát sý swá wé ǽr cwǽdon, Ll. i 226, 13-20. Wæs þǽre burnan wælm heaðofýrum hát, B. 2547. Hé of þám hátum bæðe ( a vat of boiling oil ) eóde. Hml. Th. i. 58, 29.

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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Hine ðe wæs ǽrur heáfod tó ðam unrǽde the man that had before been the author of that mischief, Chr. 1087; Erl. 225, 10. Heáfod ealra heáhgesceafta the chief of all exalted creatures, Cd. 1; Th. i. 7; Gen. 4: Hy. 7, 62; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 62.

Linked entries: heófad up-heáfod hæfd hafud heáfd

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year

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Hú seó ádl ǽr feówertigum oððe fíftigum wintra on men ne becume how the disease does not attack a man before he is forty or fifty, Lchdm. ii. 284, 10, 20. Ne mæg weorþan wís wer ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl in woruldríce, Exon. Th. 290, 14; Wand. 65.

Linked entries: ǽ-wintre-cyning -wintre

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.

Then ⬩ when ⬩ then ⬩ at that time ⬩ marking sequence ⬩ then ⬩ after that ⬩ thereupon ⬩ of time ⬩ when ⬩ of cause or reason ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ as ⬩ marking time ⬩ when ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ as ⬩ when ⬩ if ⬩ then ... when ⬩ when ... then

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Hwæt ðá com sum man, 286, 19. Hwæt ða hǽþenan þá hine bestódon, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 104. Þá se bisceop dyde up ðone sanct, i. 21, 139.

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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Hé ne úþe ðæt ǽnig óþer man ǽfre mǽrða þon má gehédde, ðonne hé sylfa, Beo. Th. 1012; B. 504.

Linked entries: þanne þon

þreágan

(v.)
Grammar
þreágan, þreán, and þreáwian (v. þreápian); p. þreáde [in Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 7 a form occurs that might be a strong past of þreán, on the analogy of þweán, sleán Ðæt gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for ðám ermþum ðe hí ðrógan; cf. the rendering of the same passage in the metres: Ðæt mód wæs swíðe sorgum gebunden for ðǽm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton,
  • Met. 26, 97.
But, perhaps, drugon should be read, as, Latin is:]; pp. þreád.

to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproach ⬩ to punish one who deserves punishment ⬩ to chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amend ⬩ to chasten ⬩ correct ⬩ to torture ⬩ torment ⬩ afflict ⬩ distress ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress

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Hé ( the man who will not give tithes ) bið mid wítum þreád æfter his deáþe, Blickl. Homl. 49, 25. Synfulle ( those in purgatory ) beóþ þreád, Elen.

Linked entries: þreán þreiga ðrogan

ge-cígan

(v.)
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Stefn cwæð, 'Cum, Anastasius,' and þá him swá gecígdum þǽr wǽron eác óþre vii bróþru be naman gecígde ... seó stefn eft gecígde þone eahtoþan bróður ... seó gesomnung eall gehýrde þá stefne, þá á Hé gecígde þone hálgan man be his naman, and se hálga wer

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