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heofone

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Hí (the planets) ne synd ná fæste on þǽre rodorlican heofonan swá swá óðre tunglan, Angl. vii. 14, 121. the region of the atmosphere in which clouds float, moisture is stored, birds fly, &c. Eal woruld winneð ongeán þá oferhogan . . .

wág

(n.)
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wág, (-h),wǽg, es; m.

A wall, mostly of a building

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Ǽlces húses wáh biþ fæst ǽgþer ge on ðære flóre ge on ðæm hrófe, Bt. 36, 7;Fox 184, 12. Him ne wiðstent nán ðing, náðer ne stǽnen weall ne brýden wáh( a wattled wall; cf. wága cratium, Voc. ii. 136, 55, and next passage; and v. bréden) Homl.

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ge-staþelian

(v.)
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VIII. to strengthen a town with troops, garrison :-- Fór Eádweard cyning tó Mældúne and getimbrede þá burg and gestaðelode ǽr hé þonon fóre (King Edward went as far as Maldon, and rebuilt the town, placing a guard of soldiers in it before he left it, Flor

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tó-slítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slítan, p. -slát, pl. -sliton; pp. -sliten

To tear in two,tear to pieces,tear asunderto tear in two,in pieces,rend material,to give a torn appearance to anythingto serrateto rend,cleave,break asunder that which is hard or bulkyto tear the flesh,rend,bite,woundlacerateto tear asunderpartseparate what has been joinedseverto pull to piecesdestroy the existence of an object, abstract or concreteto destroydissipateto distract the mindTo be different

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Lchdm. i. 328, 2. to rend, cleave, break asunder that which is hard or bulky Ðú tóslite wyllas and burnan tu dirupisti fontes et torrentes; thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood (A. V.), Ps. Spl. 73, 16.

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

windair in motionwindflatulencewindbreath

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Winde gefýsed flota, Beo. Th. 440; B. 217. Ðá sende Drihten micelne wind. Ex. 14, 21.

þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.
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Ðæt flód ys þanon tódǽled on feówer eán from that point the stream runs in four separate channels, Gen. 2, 10. Ðá hé on botme stód, ðá him þúhte ðæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla gemearcodes, Cd. Th. 310, 7; Sat. 722.

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEADconducttakecarrybringbring forthproduce

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Ic wille ácwellan cynna gehwylc ðara ðe lyft and flód lǽdaþ and fédaþ I will destroy every kind that air and water produce and nourish, Cd. 65; Th. 78, 25; Gen. 1298.

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wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Cynna gehwylc cucra wuhta, ðara ðe lyft and flód fédaþ, feoh and fuglas, Cd. Th. 78, 23; Gen. 1297. Dreám cwicra wihta, Exon. Th. 411, 5 ; Rä. 29, 8. Ðeós lyfte byreþ lytle wihte, 438, 26; Rä. 58, 1. Ia. of evil beings :-- Yfel wiht phantasma Mt.

mund

(n.)
Grammar
mund, e; f.

a handa handprotectionGuardianshipA protectorguardianprotectionguardianship extended by the king to the subjectthe king's peace, by the head of a family to its membersthe fine paid for violation of mund

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Th. 6173; B. 3091. a hand (as a measure) Stǽnen bedd þrým mundum hiérra ðonne ðæs húses flór, Shrn. 69, 4. protection (cf. to be in a person's hands, and v. hand) Wé woldon gesettan ðás bóc mannum tó getrym *-* minge and tó munde ús sylfum we wished

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heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Dúst stonc tó heofonum, Ra. 30, 12. of exalted position Þú,Cappernaum, cwyst þú bysi þú úpáhafen oð heofen, Mt. ii. 23. the region of the atmosphere in which birds fly, clouds float, moisture is stored, Similar entries v. heofon-fleógende, -flód, -fugol

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ge-wrixl

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</b> of change that repeats itself, regular alternation :-- Gewrixle þæs flódes and þæs ebban, Bt. 21; F. 74, 29. Þú recst þæt geár þurh þæt gewrixle þára feówer týda ( veris, aestatis, autumni et hiemis successionibus ), Solil. H. 9, 18.

geond

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(bb) among a people :-- Þám snoterestum geond Iudéas, El. 278. within a space Þá cynn þe flód wecceð geond hronráde, Gen. 205. (cc) a room, hall, &amp;c. :-- Ealle geond windsele, Sat. 386.

ge-mót

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Flor. Worcester), Chr. 1080; P. 214, 9. Ðæt nán scýrgeréfe oððe mótgeréfe ðár habban ǽne sócne oððe gemót (placitum) búton ðes abbudes hǽse, C. D. iv. 200, 10.

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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Geofonhúsa mǽst innan and útan eorðan líme gefæstnod wið flóde, Gen. 1323. Hú gefæstnad sý ferð innanweard, wiðsteall geworht, Jul. 400.

mann

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Th. 492, 13. v. ǽhte-, æsc-, ǽwda-, ambiht-, brim-, burh-, carl-, ceáp-, celmert-, ciépe-, ealdor-, eórod-, esne-, fæsting-, fáh-, féster-, féþe-, flot-, freó-, fyrn-, geneát-, geó- (iú-), gesíþ-, gleó-, gum-, hægsteald-, hǽþen-, hagosteald-, heáfod-,

ge-ceósan

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Se flota eall gecuron Cnut tó cyninge, 1014; P. 144, 28. Tó bisceope gecoren in praesulatum electus, Bd. 2, 18; Sch. 182, 3: Chr. 830; P. 62, 6. Heó wæs gecoren tó méder hire Scyppende, Bl. H. 13, 14. Gewitnes sý geset tó ǽlcere byrig.

swá

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Hé læg fíf dagas beforan ðæs mynstres geate swá hé ne æt ne ne dranc, ac hé bæd ingonges, Shrn. 109, 5. 3. add: the clause contracted Hé læg þǽr swá dǽd lange on þǽre flóra, Hml.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Cynna gehwylc cucra wuhta þára þe lyft and flód lǽdað and fédað, Gen. 1298.

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a limitboundterma limitboundarya boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estatea boundaryconfine of a districtborderthe territory within the boundariesfines

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Hwílum wycg byreþ mec ofer mearce, hwílum merehengest fereþ ofer flódas, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 11; Rä. 15, 6. Mearce healdan (or II. c), Cd. 98; Th. 128, 32; Gen. 2135.

plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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Surt. 67, 26. to clap the hands in applause (v. plega, III) Flódas plægiaþ (plegiaþ, Ps. Spl. C.) flumina plaudent, Ps. Surt. 97, 8. Plagiaþ (plegaþ, Ps. Spl. C.) plaudite, 46, 2

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