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ge-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þencan, -þencean, ic -þence, ðú -þencest, -þencst, he -þenceþ, -þencþ, pl. -þencaþ, -þenceaþ; p. ic, he -þohte, ðú -þohtest, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht.

to thinkconceiveperceivereflect uponweighmeditariconsiderarepensareto think aboutrememberconsider maturelyto take to heartrecogitareiterum cogitarereminiscito think ofbear in mindrememberrecordaricogitarememor esseto excogitatedeviseinventconceiveexcogitarestruereinvenireto resolveintendwishintenderevelle

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Se awyrgda geþohte ðæt he heofencyninge héran ne wolde the accursed one resolved that he would not obey heaven's king, 220; Th. 284, 4; Sat. 316: 217; Th. 276, 11; Sat. 187.

heáh

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On dúnum gesæt heáh . . . earc Nóes, Gen. 1422. Þeós heá lyft 'the lift sae hie,' Rä. 8, 4. Þá tungla þæs heán heofnes, Bt. 39, 13; F. 232, 25. Heáhre handa dynt a blow from an uplifted hand, Ll. Th. i. 18, 1.

Linked entry: dynt

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Þám ðe næfð (nafeþ, R. ne hæfis, L. ) omni habenti dabitur . . . qui non habet, Mt. 25, 29. Sién ðá hæbbendan swelce hié nówiht hæbben, Past. 387, 35.

DEÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
DEÁÞ, es; m.

DEATH mors

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Nis me ðæs deáþes sorg there is no fear of death to me, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 7; Gú. 350: 40 a; Th. 133, 25; Gú. 495: Cd. 25; Th. 31, 28; Gen. 492: Elen. Kmbl. 1165; El. 584: Bt. 8; Fox 26, 6.

Linked entry: deóþ

þringan

(v.)
Grammar
þringan, p. þrang, pl. þrungon; pp. þrungen.

To presscrowdthrongto throngpress round, uponcrowd togetherto pressmove with violence, eagernesshurrypress onpress forwardforce a way

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Ne þurfon gé hogian on ðæm anwealde, ne him æfter þringan. Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 30. Hé lét willeburnan on woruld þringan, Cd. Th. 83, 2; Gen. 1373. Tó ðám wícum hí cwómun hlóþum þringan, Exón. Th. 156, 1; Gú. 868.

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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S. 23, 183. add: where the main clause has no comparative form Hé swíðe þæs londes fæstenum trúwode þonne his gefeohte ditioni magis quam praelio se commissurus, Nar. 17, 27

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

windair in motionwindflatulencewindbreath

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wǽgflotan wind ofer ýðum síðes getwǽfde, Beo. Th. 3819; B. 1907. Bærn eal tósomne on ða healfe ðe se wind sý. Lchdm. iii. 56, 7. Se wind strongra geswinca ... se wind ðara earfoþa, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 18, 28. Wæs mycel ýst windes geworden, Mk.

hwanne

(adv.)
Grammar
hwanne, hwænne, hwonne; adv.

When

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Hwonne ǽr beó deád oððe hwænne his nama áspringe quando morietur, et peribit nomen ejus? Ps. Th. 40, 5. in dependent clauses Quando ero doctus hwænne beó ic gelǽred, is infinitivum, Som. 40, 65.

Linked entries: hwænne hwonne

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, uponjuxta, prope, apud, inOf, aboutde, quoadBy, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison withper, secundum, pro, ex

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noman gehátne called by name, 23 b; Th. 66, 16; Cri. 1072. Bí heofonwóman through the crash of heaven, 20 a; Th. 52, 18; Cri. 835.

á-dreógan

to bear offsuffer, endureto bear with, tolerateto pass, spend timeto carry out, perform

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Swá stemmǽlum on ðám þá wucan ádreógan (printed adreosan, with note ' s of unusual shape'; Similar entries v. An. Ox. 1944 supra) sic alternati in eo ebdomadam percurra(n)t, Angl. xiii. 385, 280. Líf ádreógan vitam ducere, Coll. M. 28, 27.

Linked entry: á-dreósan

CÝÐAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÝÐAN, p. ic, he cýðde, cýdde, ðú cýðdest, cýddest; pp. cýðed .

to make known, tell, relate, proclaim, announcenuntiare, annuntiare, narrare, referre, effari, prædicare to declare, reveal, manifest, shew, perform, confess, confirm, testify, prove notum facere, revelare, manifestare, ostendere, perhibere, confiteri, testari, probare

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S. 7; Th. i. 274, 20. to declare, reveal, manifest, shew, perform, confess, confirm, testify, prove; notum facere, revelare, manifestare, ostendere, perhibere, confiteri, testari, probare Ic him cýðde ðínne naman notum feci eis nomen tuum, Jn.

Linked entry: ge-cýðan

lama

(adj.)
Grammar
lama, loma, lame; adj.

Lamemaimedcrippledweakparalysedpalsiedparalytic

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Kmbl. 155; Sal. 77. lii hit oftræd and hié tó loman gerénode ðæt hió mec ǽnigre note nytte beón ne meahton duos et 1. calcatos inutiles fecit, Nar. 15, 26. Laman paralyticos, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 24

cild

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R.) infantes, Lk. 18, 15. as a title of dignity Eádríc cild, Chr. 1067; P. 200, 35 (see note, vol. ii. p. 259). Fór Eádgar cild ( Edgar Atheling ) út . . . and se cyng Melcolm genam þes cildes swuster tó wífe, P. 201, 1-3. Ælfsige cild, C.

for-seón

to despisehold in contemptto rejectto rejectto refuse

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, Chr. 975; P. 120, 18 note.

þes

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. ¶ where the word has much the same force as the definite article with common nouns and might be omitted with proper :-- Hefe úp ðíne stefne suá ðes bíme quasi tuba exalta vocem tuam, Past. 91, 20.

middan-geard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-geard, es; m.

the middle dwellingthe earthworldthe world and they that dwell thereinmankind

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Ríce middangeardes ðǽr men búgaþ hunc orbem, mors ubi regna tenet, Exon. 58 a; Th. 208, 17; Ph. 157. Rícsian on ðiosan middangearde, Ors. 1, 2, tit.; Swt. 1, 4.

Linked entry: middan-eard

ge-weald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weald, -wald, es; m. n.

powerstrengthmightefficacypotestaspower over any thingempireruledominionmasteryswayjurisdictiongovernmentprotectionkeepinga bridle-bitpotestasfacuitasimperiumditioarbitriumjuscamas

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Alf. pol. 77; Th. i. 100, 10. power over any thing, empire, rule, dominion, mastery, sway, jurisdiction, government, protection, keeping, a bridle-bit; potestas, facuitas, imperium, ditio, arbitrium, jus, camas Ðæt he náge ðæra geweald that he has no

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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Hí for nánum ermþum ne byóð ðý betran, ac ðý wyrsan, Bt. 39, 11; Fox 230, 17. Ðá gǽð hé and him tó genymð seofun óðre gástas wyrsan (nequiores) ðonne hé . . . and wurðaþ ðæs mannes ýtemestan wyrsan (pejora) ðonne ða ǽrran, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 45; Wrt.

sweord

(n.)
Grammar
sweord, swurd, swyrd, es; n.
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Their forging is in many legends said to be the work of other than human hands; so the sword which Beowulf seizes in Grendel's nome is 'eald sweord eotenisc (cf. eald sweord eácen, 3330; B. 1663), ecgum dyhtig, . . . giganta geweorc,' Beo.

Linked entry: swyrd

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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Th. i. 248, 6-9. where the genitive is used with a noun as an intensive Þonne is ꝥ Godes riht ꝥ hé beó clǽne it is the most perfect justice, that he be clear, Ll.