friþ
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Ic mé frið wille æt Gode gegyrnan . . . mec Dryhtnes hond mundað, Gú. 228.
ge-bétan
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Hé gebétte balaníða hord mid eáðméde higeþance, Ps. C. 151. Gif hí hwæt gesyngodon . . . ꝥ hí hit eft mid hreówsunge gebéton, Bt. 41, 3 ; F. 248, 14. Hyra unlustas hí sceolan gebétan sylfwylles on þyssum lífe, Hml.
ge-wunian
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Hér is nédran swég, wyrmas gewunade adders have their home here Sat. 103. of things Yrre ne scealt þú tó lange on þínre heortan gewunian (perhaps lǽtan should be supplied) thou shall not loo long give place to anger in thine heart Angl. xii. 516, 25.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ðas fúlan wuhta (wizards) ðú sceoldest áwurpan of ðínum ríce, Homl. Th. ii. 488, 12. a whit, thing; ǽnig wiht aught, anything, without a negative Ðǽr hí ǽnige wuht ágnes gódes an heora anwealde hæfden, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 100, 4.
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hé
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(α α) alone Swá man spricð wið his freónd sicut solet loqui homo ad amicum suum, Ex. 33, 11. Gif hwá fare fram his hláforde, Ll. Th. i. 126, 9. Ꝥ hé beó his feóres scyldig, 202, 2.
irnan
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Ðá wildan hors scealden iornan on hearde wegas and him ðá limo tóbrecan, Shrn. 72, l. Se hrefn mid áþenedun fiðerum ongann yrnan hoppetende ymbútan þone hláf coruus expansis alis circa panem coepit discurrere, Gr. D. 118, 24. Iornende currens, Mt.
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Gif wíteþeów hine forstalie, hó hine mon, and ne gylde his hláforde, 118, 7. the male head of a household, the master of domestics Hæbbe ǽlc hláford his híredmen on his ágenum borge. Ll. Th. i. 394, 27.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Gif hit folces man sig . . . gif hit mynsterman sig si secularis homo sit . . . si monaslicus sit (cf. 42, 5, 7 where saecularis and laicus are in contrast with clericus), Ll. Th. ii. 166, 9.
gifu
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H. 31, 29. a power or quality miracu-lously bestowed, a Christian virtue emanating from the Holy Ghost Wæs sum bróðor þám godcundlíce forgifen wæs seó gyfu tó singanne. Bd. 4, 24 ; Sch. 480, 19. Gyfe munus (virginale ), An. Ox. 4210.
healf
a half
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Ðonne seó eahteoðe tíd bið healf ágán mediante octava hora, R. Ben. 73, 15. Þyringas and Begware healfe, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 11. following a pronoun: Gif hió (the hand) healf onweg fleóge, Ll. Th. i. 98, 9. Sié hit healf forgifen, 64, 22.
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æt
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(i) marking object of which one is deprived :-- Gif hwylc man reáfige óðerne æt his dehter si homo quis alterum filia sua spoliaverit, Ll. Th. ii. 208, 7. Gif man beó æt his ǽhtan bereáfod, i. 286, 16: Gen. 43, 18: Ex. 32, 25.
fram
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Lyt eft becwóm fram þám hildfrecan hámes niósan few escaped from him and saw home again, B. 2366. indicating an object from which another turns aside or away Sceoldon Crístenra folca hyrdas hí from eallum unrihtwísum áhweorfan, Bl. H. 45, 26.
ge-hwilc
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Syndrige stówe gehwylce singula quaeque loca 5, II; Sch. 607, 4. with ánra Ðeáh ðe ánra gehwylc gást hæbbe synderlíce .xii. feðerhoman, and ánra gehwylc feðer-homa hæbbe .xii. windas, and ánra gehwilc wind twelf sigefæstnissa, Sal. K. 152, 1-3.
híran
to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to give ear ⬩ hearken ⬩ listen ⬩ To listen to ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to be subject to ⬩ to serve ⬩ error ⬩ to belong to ⬩ authority ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ of a due ⬩ privilege ⬩ occupation ⬩ office ⬩ hear of ⬩ be told
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'Nú þú lungre geong hord sceáwian'. . .þá ic gefrægn hine dryhtne hýran, B. 2754. to obey an order: Héred pareat (praecepto). Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 48. Ealla gesceafta hýrað (heórsumiaþ. Bt. 4; F. 8, 8) þ ínre hǽse, Met. 4, 26.
gód
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Swá góde lage swá hý betste geceósen, 276, 17. of animals Hors tó healfan pund gif hit swá gód sý, and gif hit mǽtre sý . . ., Ll. Th. i. 232, 25. .i. gód metecú, 436, 27.
gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court
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On þís ilcan geáre eóde se sæster hwǽtes tó .lv. penega and eác furðor, Chr. 1039; P. 161,28 : 1043; P. 165, 1. of movement towards the speaker, to come Se man þe ongeán ús gǽð homo qui venit in occursum nobis Gen. 24, 65.
lǽtan
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H. 43, 16. with clause Lǽt þé on gemyndum (keep in mind) hú þæt manegum wearð gefrége, An. 962. (1 α) to loose one's hold of, let go :-- Hé hǽt fealdan ꝥ segl, and eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst and lǽtan þa bǽtinge, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 15. to leave undone
ge-wyrcan
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Hé hét gewyrcan þá burg and gesettan and gemannian, 923 ; P. 104, 7. to work on material, make a mark on, a hole in Nǽfre man þǽre moldan tó þæs feale ne nimeþ, ꝥ mon ǽfre þurh ꝥ mæge á þý máran dǽl on þǽm stóplum gewercean ( make a larger cavity in
ge-dón
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Þá hond þe hé hit mid gedyde, Ll. Th. i. 66, 4. Þára árfæstra dǽda þe hé gedyde, Bl. H. 213, 27: Hml. S. 27, 134. Hé gedyde sweotol tácn (docuit) . . . mid þǽm þe hé hét crístenra monna éhtan, Ors. 6, 22 ; S. 274, 3.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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Swá gecwæð se deófol for hole and for æfste, Gr. D. 122, 19: An. 610. Hí for wlence cýddon cræft heora, Gen. 1673: Dan. 298.