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BE

(prep.)
Grammar
BE, [abbreviated from big = bí, q. v.]; prep. dat. and instr.

BYnear totoatinonuponaboutwithjuxtapropeadsecusincumoffromabouttouchingconcerningdequoadforbecause ofafterbythroughaccording topropropterersecundumbesideout ofeex

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Ne leofaþ se man be hláfe ánum, ac be ǽlcon worde, ðe of Godes múþe gǽþ non in solo pane vivit homo, sed in omni verbo, quod procedit de ore Dei, Mt. Bos. 4, 4.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
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Hé monegum yfelum wið hine selfne forworhtum geárode malis noverat parcere, Past. 37, 1. as regards divine law Ꝥ se rihtwísa man hreówsige hine sylfne swylce hé wið God forwyrht sig ut justus homo poenitentiam agat eorum quae erga Deum deliquerit, Ll

gímen

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., and add Gýmen vel hoga studium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 59. Gýmen exercitio, i. meditatio 144, 66. care for a person or thing, seeing after the welfare, proper condition of. Cf. gíman; I. 3, 4. with gen.

ídel

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Man byð merwe gesceaft, mihtum ídel homo vanitati similis factus est, 143, 5. of actions, feel-ings, thoughts, words, &c., void of worth or usefulness, vain, ineffective, frivolous His ǽfæstnes bið suíðe ídlu hujus vana est religio, Past. 281

ród

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mearcode him on heáfde hálig róde-tácen] :-- Hé þá nǽdran ácwealde sóna gif hé hí gesegnode mid Crístes róde tácne, swá ꝥ heó swulte for þám mægne þǽre hálgan róde, þonne se Godes wer ꝥ róde tácen áwrát mid his fingre; and eác gif. . . hé gebletsode þæs holes

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Add: to seize, catch, take, of persons Ýþelíce þú his hond beféhst, Nar. 31, 24.

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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Wé þé beóð holde, gif þú ús hýran wilt, Gú. 251: Gen. 542. Hérende obsecundans (precibus et monitis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 68. to obey: Hírde paruit, Wrt.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Wæs se fruma fæstlic geseted wið synnum, Gú. 746. to assign something to a person, allot, appoint. of human agency Gesettan destinare (hoc opuscidum vobis ], An. Ox. 5427.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Se apostol beád ðeówum mannum þæt hí wǽron heora hláforde getreówe and holde, wǽre se hláford good, wǽre hé yfel. Hml. Th. ii. 68, 9. Wénst þú þæt seó mengio þínra monna þé mæge dón gesǽligne?

ge-ceósan

(v.)
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ge-ceósan, to geceósanne, geceósenne; ic -ceóse, ðú -ceósest, -cýst, -císt, he -ceóseþ, -cýsþ, -cýst, pl. -ceósaþ; p. -ceás, pl. -curon; pp. -coren

To electchoosedecideproveapproveeligerepræeligereseligereasciscerepeterenancisci

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He hyht geceóseþ he chooseth hope, Frag. Kmbl. 77; Leas. 40 : Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 21; Crä. 88 : Ps. Th. 64, 4 : Exon. 61 a; Th. 225, 1; Ph. 382. Ðonne hine man to gewitnysse gecýsþ when he is chosen as witness, L. Edg. S. 6; Th. i. 274, 15.

worþig

(n.)
Grammar
worþig, weorþig, wurþig, wyrþig [P s. Surt. has forms as from worðign; one such form is found in Ps. Spl. C. , and a dative worðine occurs in Bd. S. 539, 42], es; m.

enclosed homesteada place surrounded by buildingsplacestreetplatea

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Hygeláce wæs gecýðed ðæt ðǽr on worðig (into the precincts of the palace) wígendra hleó cwom tó hofe gongan, Beo. Th. 3948; B. 1972. Æt Hunigburnan twégen weorðias and . xi. æceras earðlandes, vi. 219, 1.

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ge-sellan

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Sunu monnes gesald bið (tradendus est ) in hond monna, 17, 22. Geseald, Bl. H. 73.

Brunan burh

(n.)
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Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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Brunanburh was written by Ingulf, in A.D. 1109, Brunford: Hunt. in 1148, Brumesburh, Brunesburih, Brunesburh, Bruneburh: Hovd. in 1204, Brunnanbyrg, Brumenburh; Brom. in 1330, Brunneburyh.]

feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Ǽlcere synne ǽrre ys gýtsung and lufu feóna (pecuniarum) Scint. 112, 2. of valuable property, riches, treasure, an article or material of value: Wela, hord, feoh gazofilacium (cf. in Temples feh in corbanan, Mt. R. 27, 6), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 24.

ge-wendan

(v.)
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. :-- Hí gewendon him hám they returned home, Hml. S. 25, 439. the subject passive Þú tó dúste gewendst, Hml. S. 12, 26.

ge-mynd

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Wrít þis on béc tó gemynde scribe hoc ob monumentum in libro, Ex. 17, 14. Forlét hé his fét þǽr on þá eorþan besincan mannum tó écre gemynde. Bl. H. 127, 22. Wegan máððum tó gemyndum, B. 3016. Dryhtne in gemyndum, Gú. 186.

biddan

to askto askto pray to

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.: Heó bæd hine blíðne (wesan), B. 617. (4)and (3 a) together Hé bæd hine áreccan, hwæt seó rún bude, hófe háligu word, Dan. 542-3. with prep. Hí ongunnon for his hreddinge God biddan, Hml.

for-standan

(v.)
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for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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Heaðolíðendum hord forstandan, bearn and brýde, B. 2955: Met. 1, 22. Hé sceal þý wonge wealdan: ne magon gé him þá wíc forstondan, Gú. 674.

Linked entry: for-licgan

ge-wildan

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ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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Voc. ii. 141, 73. where active resistance has to be overcome, to overcome, subdue, subject. by physical force Griffus . . . is swá mycel þæt hé gewylt hors and men, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 2. Hé bútan wǽpnum gewylde ðá león, Hml.

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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Þǽr dydon Rómáne lytla triéwþa þæt him þá wǽron unweorþe þe hiera hláford beswican in hoc solo Romanis circa eum fortiter agentibus quod percussores ejus indignos judicarent, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 17. with pl., few Wræccum lytlum (feáwum, W.