healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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Gif hé hine heólde swá swá hé sceolde, Ll. Th. i. 192, 15.
in
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In swá hwylce tíd swá gé tó mé hweorfað, Reb. 5. on Eánfléd wæs gefulwad in þone hálgan ǽfen Pentecosten, Chr. 626; P. 24, 8. during In þá slíðnan tíd, Mod. 52: Gú. 1058.
hefe
importance ⬩ a burden ⬩ a weight
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Add: the property of being heavy Ǽnne swer ormǽtes hefes, Hml. S. 31, 1248. Se hálga gást hí heóld and mid hefe gefæstnode, ꝥ þá mánfullan ne mihton ꝥ mǽden ástyrian, 9, 98.
ús
To us ⬩ us ⬩ of us ⬩ our
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Gif ðú ús (úsig, Lind. úsic, Rush.) út ádrífst, ásende ús (úsig, Lind. úsic, Rush.) on ðás swína heorde, 8, 31. Hé ús álésde of deófles þeówdóme, Blickl. Homl. 73, 7: Cd. Th. 25, 8; Gen. 390: Andr. Kmbl. 530; An. 265. Úsic, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 10: Ps.
geond
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S. 23, 267: 355. the subject non-material Geond ealle eorþan gǽþ heora swég in omnem terram exiuit sonus eorum, Bl. H. 133, 34. Wordhleóðor ástág geond heáhræced, An. 709.
DOCCE
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Docce seó ðe swimman wille the dock which will swim, the water-lily; nymphæa, L. M. 3, 71; Lchdm. ii. 358, 8: 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 292, 11: 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 122, 21
ge-cwéme
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Hafað ðeós wyrt swýþe gecwémne swæc, Lch. i. 264, 19. Gecwéme beneplacita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 32. Gecwéme lác grata munuscula, An. Ox. 4502. Gecwémest hindcealf gratissimus hinnulus, Kent. Gl. 110: 598. <b>I a.
hycgan
take thought ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate ⬩ to intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ endeavour ⬩ strive ⬩ to hope
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Hycge swá hé wille ne mæg wérigmód wyrde wiðstondan strive as he will the weary-hearted cannot withstand fate, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 15; Wand. 14. Ne hycge tó slǽpe se ðe heoldeþ ðé neque obdormiet qui custodit te, Ps. 120, 3.
eall
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Mé nǽfre wæs ealles swá ic wolde, 26, 1; F. 90, 28. Sé þe on ðá wítu ealles behreóseð, Wlfst. 26, 12. Ꝥ man crístene men for ealles tó lytlum tó deáðe ne fordéme, Ll. Th. i. 304, 19.
faru
going ⬩ passing ⬩ sailing ⬩ a journey ⬩ voyage ⬩ an expedition ⬩ proceedings ⬩ course ⬩ path ⬩ procedure ⬩ the train ⬩ the troops ⬩ the followers ⬩ the attendants ⬩ carriage
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Sume scypmen reówan . . . swá man færð tó Róme . . . þá wæs on þǽre fare sum mangære, Hml. S. 31, 1138. "Ásende úre Hǽlend his engel mid þé, sé þíne fare gewissige " . . . Appollonaris ðá férde, 22, 29. Hí ðá fare férdon búton wiste, Hml.
for-gildan
to pay back ⬩ restore ⬩ pay damages ⬩ to pay for ⬩ buy off ⬩ to repay ⬩ pay out ⬩ requite ⬩ to pay ⬩ perform
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Hit weorþeþ forgolden, 195, 23. the object a clause: Hé ús forgyldeþ swá wé nú hér dóþ ge gódes ge yfeles he will requite us for both the good and the evil that we do here, Bl.
fird
an expedition ⬩ campaign ⬩ an army ⬩ a camp
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Ðá gesægdon Rómáne Bryttum ꝥ hí nó má ne mihton for heora gescyldnysse swá gewinnfullicum fyrdum swencte beón, Bd. I. 12; Sch. 33, 17. an army Ferd exercitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 41.
þearle
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Ðæt hé him ðonne ðearlur ( districtius ) déman scyle, Past. 53; Swt. 419, 5. where the idea of degree is more prominent, very, very much, exceedingly, excessively Sáwl mín gedréfed is ðearle anima mea turbata est valde, Ps. Spl. 6, 3.
FÆÐM
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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Swá hie wið eorþan fæðm þúsend wintra ðǽr eardodon as if they had rested there on the plain of earth a thousand winters, Beo. Th. 6091; B. 3049. Hie on flódes fæðm ceólum lácaþ they sail in ships on the expanse of the food, Andr. Kmbl. 503; An. 252
ge-tácnian
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Z. 223, 17 and often. where what is future is indicated :-- Gé dóm ágon . . . swá eów getácnod hafað Dryhten þurh mine hand, Jud. 197.
ge-fæstnian
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Swá hit gecweden is and mid weddum gefæstnod, 236, 30, 33. Ꝥ frið ꝥ ... ealle gecweden habbad and mid áðum gefæstnod (-feost-, v. l. ), 152, 4.
stán
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</b> a precious stone :-- Gerénod mid golde and mid ðæm stáne iacinta, Past. 14; Swt. 83, 24. Stáne gelícast gladum gimme, Exon. Th. 219, 5; Ph. 302. <b>II g.
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hí-réd
A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates
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Lucinius bebeád ðæt nán cristen mon ne cóme on his hieréde Licinius omnes Christianos e palatio suo jussit expelli, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 282, 28.
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túdor
That which grows from another (used of animals or of plants) ⬩ offspring ⬩ progeny ⬩ product ⬩ fruit ⬩ of human beings, ⬩ a child ⬩ offspring ⬩ race ⬩ breed ⬩ family ⬩ children ⬩ of animals ⬩ of human beings and animals ⬩ of plants
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Ðonne ðæt flǽsc náuht elles ne sécþ búton túdor nisi fructum propaginis non quaerere, Past. 51; Swt. 399, 5. God weorðaþ eorþan tuddor, Exon. Th. 43, 13 ; Cri. 608. of animals Wócor eorðan túdres every kind of animal, Cd.
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ÁC
OAK ⬩ quercus ⬩ robur ⬩ The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a
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Ger. eih : Dan. eg: Swed. ek: O. Nrs. eik.