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rǽdan

(v.)
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Hé rǽt ús and recþ ipse reget nos, 47, 12. Drihten mé rǽt ( regit ), 22, 1. God ðe rǽt and gewissaþ eallum gesceaftum, Chart. Th. 239, 34. Hé reht anð rǽt eallum gesceaftum, swá swá gód steóra ánum scipe, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 25.

Linked entries: á-rǽdan a-rǽdan ge-rǽdan

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Ne mæg heó ús leáse tellan mendacii arguere nos non potest, Gen. 38, 23.

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Þá sume wé gémdon geþeódan in þis úre ciriclice stǽr e quibus nos aliqua historiae nostrae ecclesiasticae inserere curauimus, Bd. 4, 7; Sch. 385, 2. to join action Wæs geþeóded and ongunnen hefig gewin and micel gefeoht betweoh hine and Æþelréde conserto

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wish ⬩ to will, exercise the faculty of willing ⬩ to will, purpose, think, mean, intend ⬩ to tend ⬩ to will, ordain, order, command ⬩ to will, wish, want, desire ⬩ to will, be willing to do something ⬩ to allow, permit, grant, consent to ⬩ to be disposed, to have such and such a will ⬩ to will, profess, claim ⬩ will, shall, to be about to

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Wén is ðæt hí ús woldan gesúpan forsitan absorbuissent nos. Ps. Th. 123, 3. IXa. without an infinitive :-- Hwænne ðú mé wylle tó quando venies ad me, Ps. Th. 100, l. Ǽr him se fefer tó wille. Lchdm. ii. 134, 24, 22.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

gifu

(n.)
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Wé under gyfe gesette nos sub gratia positi An. Ox. 40, 9.

ge-met

(adj.)
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IX. a person s gemet, what is suited to his condition, capacity or power, a person's post or place :-- Drihten his ðǽm hálgum sægde, ꝥ heora gemet nǽre, ꝥ hié ꝥ wiston, hwonne hé ðisse worlde ende gesettan wolde ( non est vestrum nosse tempora, Acts I

gód

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Mid ðǽm nosum wé tósceádað góde stencas and yfele, Past. 433, 22. conducive to well-being, beneficial, profitable, wholesome, salutary Ꝥ bið gód dolhsealf, Lch. ii. 92, 8.

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Ða ðe stódon ongeán ús insurgentes in nos, Ps. Th. 43, 7. Ne manna getrýwða tó áhte ne standaþ, Wulfst. 82, 11. Godu ðe ðissum folce tó freme stondaþ, Exon. Th. 250, 7; Jul. 123. Swá hí ufor stondaþ ðonne ða óðre, Past. 52; Swt. 407, 21.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
wrecan, p. wræc, pl.wrǽcon; pp.wrecen

To drive ⬩ press ⬩ to drive ⬩ force to move ⬩ to drive out ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to express ⬩ utter ⬩ recite ⬩ to drive in ⬩ impress ⬩ inlay ⬩ to drive ⬩ practise ⬩ carry out ⬩ on ⬩ to drive ⬩ press on ⬩ to wreak ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to take vengeance (on)

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Ðæt hig wrecon mihton heora teónrǽdenne mid tintergum on him ut reddamus ei, quae in nos operatus est, Jud. 15, 11. Ic sceal on ðære grimmestan godscyld wrecan, Exon. Th. 254, 29; Jul. 204.

Linked entries: wracian a-wrecan wreogan ǽrend-wreca

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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Hú lange týhst ðú ús and tédest teára hláfe cibabis nos pane lacrymarum, Ps. Th. 79, 5. Hwá teáh ðé ? . . . Se Hǽlend mé lǽrde mid onwrigenysse, Homl. Th. i. 378, 9.

Linked entries: tiht forþ-teón for-teáh for-teón fram-a-teón be-teón on-tyge

healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire

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Ne ða Eástron swá healdaþ swá wé healdaþ nec Pascha ita observant uti nos observamus, L. Ecg. P. add. 5; Th. ii. 232, 18. Ðíne gebróðru healdaþ scép on Sichima thy brethren are keeping sheep in Shechem, Gen. 37, 13, 2.

Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend

ge-dón

(v.)
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Hí Læcedemonie mǽst ealle áwéstan, and tó þon gedydon ꝥ hí hí selfe léton for heáne Sparlani ultima propemodum desperatione tabuerunt, Ors. 3, l ; S. 98, 22, Drihten mæg úre fýnd gedón tó náhte Deus ad nihilum deducet tribulantes nos, Ps.

ge-settan

(v.)
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(bb) figuratively :-- Wé under gyfe gesette nos sub gratia positi, An. Ox. 40, 10. of official position, office, duty, to place in a position of authority Ofer eall ꝥ hé áh hé hyne gesett (-setteþ, R., constituet ], Mt. 24, 47.

for-lǽtan

to let ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ suffer ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ grant ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ consuming ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ leave undone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ neglect ⬩ to leave out ⬩ omit ⬩ to spare ⬩ leave to ⬩ to leave ⬩ quit ⬩ to abandon ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ die ⬩ to defend ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave of ⬩ give up ⬩ to abandon ⬩ abandon ⬩ to let go ⬩ to restrain ⬩ to release ⬩ restore ⬩ to give up ⬩ relinquish ⬩ to remit ⬩ forgive ⬩ to lose ⬩ to put away ⬩ dismiss ⬩ lay aside ⬩ to send

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., desert, abandon For hwon forlǽtest þú ús cur nos deseris?, Bl. H. 225, 16: An. 1415. Flýhð hé and forlǽt (-lettas, L. dimittet) þá sceáp, Jn. 10, 12. Hé ús nó forlǽteð, ah líf syleð, Sat. 292.

witan

(v.)
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witan, prs. ic, hé wát, ðú wást, wǽst, pl. wé witon; p. wiste; pp. witen.

to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew

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Th. 224, 29; Dan. 143 Nis ðæt eówer ðæt gé witan ða þráge and ða tíde non est vestrum nosse tempora et momenta, Blickl. Homl. 117, 24. Ða mildestan ðara ðe men witen, Exon. Th. 255, 1; Jul. 207. Gé ne magon witan ðæra tída tácnu, Mt.

Linked entries: weotan wietan

tó

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too

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Th. 3161; B. 1578. marking agreement, likeness, according to, at, after Hié ús lǽrdon tó ðæm ðe hira willa wæs secundum voluntatem suam erudiebant nos, Past. 36; Swt. 255, 10: Bt. 8 ; Fox 24, 24: Homl. Th. i. 264, 23.

Linked entry: -anne

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Ða cwóman tó ðon ðæt hié woldan ús wundigan nos adlacessere temptabant, Nar. 22, 17.

Linked entries: seó þæt þeó þió þiú tó

wríd

(n.)
Grammar
wríd,
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(cf. 'A ride of hazle or such like wood, is a whole plump of spriggs or frith growing out of the same root,' E. D. S. Pub. Old Farming Words, no. III. Here is an heelful thing, a wonder wride (rimes with abyde), Pall. 51, 207),
es; m.

A shoot ⬩ stalk ⬩ plant ⬩ bush

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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

ge-swincfulnys

Grammar
ge-swincfulnys, Add: Labour, difficulty, trouble: — Geswincfulnyss nys menn forlǽtan his it is no trouble to a man to leave his things, Scint. 60, ii. v. ge-swincfull;
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gierende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gierende, taxauerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 6. Perhaps the passage to which this gloss belongs is Ald. 27, 14: Sibi usurpans tantopere taxauerat, other glosses to which are, taxauerat, i. iudicauerat hé démde, An. Ox. 2014: usurpans geauligende, 7, 118; taxauerat, i. iudicauerat, posse-derat hé démde, Hpt. Gl. 454, 3. As in the Corpus Glossary the gi- form of the prefix is very rare (gi-brec, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 6, is the single instance, unless gierende be another), and as there is no other instance of ǽrendan (the verb is always ǽrendian) perhaps gierende is incorrect. If, however, it is correct, it seems to be nearer in meaning to usurpans than to
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taxauerat

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