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ÆT

(prep.)
Grammar
ÆT, prep.

ATtobeforenextwithinforagainstapudjuxtapropeanteadincontraOffromaabdeTountoas far asadusquead

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Wæs seó treów lufu hát æt heortan the true love was hot at heart, 15 b; Th. 34, 8; Cri. 539. Ge ne cómon æt me ye came not to me, Mt. Bos. 25, 43. Æt selde before the throne, Cd. 228; Th. 306, 12; Sat. 663.

hǽlend

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Ic on neorxna wonge ǽsette treów . . git oferhýrdon Hǽlendes word . . .

wǽd

(n.)
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wǽd, e; f.: wǽde, es; n.

a weedan article of dressa garmentclothingdress

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Wuldres treów wǽdum geworðode, Rood Kmbl. 29; Kr. 15

HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.

HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughtyaltus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis

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Se beám geweóx heáh the tree grew high, Cd. 202; Th. 251, 15; Dan. 564.

Linked entries: héh heá heág

windan

(v.)
Grammar
windan, p. wand, pl. wundon; pp. wunden

of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start to fly, wheel, springof the movement of living thingsof inanimate thingsof abstract subjectsof twistingrolling movementof living thingsof inanimate thingsto waverto twistrollto brandishwaveto twist, plait, weaveto twist, give a curved form to

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Hé wearp hine ðá on wyrmes líc, and wand him ymbútan ðone deáðes beám he twined round the tree of death, Cd. Th. 31, 27; Gen. 491. of inanimate things Þúfas wundon ofer gárfare the banners fluttered above the battalions Cd. Th. 199, 22 ; Exod. 342.

Linked entry: winde

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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Grammar under, adverbial; see also the compound forms given below. where one object has another vertically above it Án treów ðæt mæge .xxx. swína under gestandan a tree so big that thirty swine can stand beneath, L. In. 44; Th. i. 130, 3.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

torht

(adj.)
Grammar
torht, adj.

Bright,splendidof the brightness of light,of splendid appearancebrightbeautifulsplendidsplendid,glorious,noble,illustrious,having splendid qualities or properties,bright,clear

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Tácna torhtost (the cross seen by Constantine; cf. ðæt wlitige treów, 330; El. 165), Elen. Kmbl. 327; El. 164. splendid, glorious, noble, illustrious, having splendid qualities or properties, of persons Se torhta (the Deity), Cd.

heáh

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S. 4, 286. a tree, plant, &c. Of heán beáme feallan, Vy. 21. Macian ǽnne heágan gealgan, Hml. A. 98, 204.

Linked entry: dynt

ge-standan

(v.)
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Án treów ꝥ mæge .xxx. swína under gestandan, Ll. Th. i. 130, 3. (l a) to stand after moving, station oneself, take one's stand :-- Arn hé sóna on ꝥ hús, and ðá gestód ongeán þǽm lége, Bl. H. 221, 11.

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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[Ðæt treów ðæt man on heorþe leges, for ðare mycele hǽten ðe ðæt treów barned beoþ, þáre wylþ út of ðan ende water, Lchdm. iii. 128, 6.] Récels of ðæra treówa telgan weól, Nar. 26, 22. Swát ýðum weóll the blood welled out in streams, Beo.

Linked entry: for-weallen

frignan

(v.)
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Gif þú gehýre ymb þæt hálige treó fróde frignan, El. 443. Be þám frignan, 1068. Ǽlc ácsiende and frínende æfter his friénd, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 166, 12.

ge-myndig

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Gemyndig ymb þæt mǽre treó, El. 213. absolute Rincas rǽdfæste . . . á fricgende . . . á gemyndge mǽst monna wiston, Sch. 16. mindful of and doing what is fit Se hálga ongan ára gemyndig sprecan fægre, Gen. 1899.

ge-weorc

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C. 3. v. súþ-, templ-, treów-geweorc. <b>VI c.</b> what is wrought, material prepared by labour :-- Templ of ísernum geweorcum and of ǽrenum geworht templum aereo et ferreo opere constructum, Nar. 37, 23

grówan

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Ic greów swá ꝥ treów þe mid wæstmum bið fægre gefrætwod, Hml. S. 30, 190. Þone rihtan geleáfan fæste staðelian on úrum heortum, ꝥ hé ðǽr mæge grówan and blówan, Bl. H. 111, 5.

styrian

(v.)
Grammar
styrian, p. ede, ode
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Swá sceal ǽghwelc láreów tó ánre lufan mid mislícum manungum his hiéremonna mód styrigean, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 12. (2 a) to handle, treat, deal with :-- Secg ongan síð Beówulfes snyttrum styrian, Beo.

Linked entry: stirian

in-gehygd

(n.)
Grammar
in-gehygd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thoughtmindintentsenseknowledgeunderstandingconscienceintentionpurpose

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Treów ingehýdes gódes and yfeles lignum scientiæ boni et mali, Gen. 2, 9. Gé ætbrudun ðæs ingehýdes cǽge tulistis clavem scientiæ, Lk. Skt. 11, 52. Cherubin is gecweden gefyllednys ingehýdes oððe gewittes, Homl. Th. i. 344, 3.

wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straightbentcrookedtwistedobliquenot rightperversefrowardwrongunfair

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On ðæt wó treów (printed wottreów). Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 31. Mistlíce wóge wegas divortia, diverticula, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 44. Wóum wírbogum. Exon. Th. 395, 5 ; Rä. 15, 3. Tó dǽm wóu ad tortas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 68.

wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
wlitig, adj.

Beautifulcomelyfairbeauteousglorious

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Ðæt treów wæs wlitig on eágum (pulchrum ocnlis), Gen. 3, 6: Cd. Th. 30, 16 ; Gen. 467 : 247, 18; Dan. 499. Wlitig is se wong, Exon. Th. 198, 8; Ph. 7. Ðeós wlitige gesceaft, heofon and eorþe, Andr. Kmbl. 2873 ; An. 1439.

ge-dréfan

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Sal. 457. to trouble, cause an unfavourable condition in. with personal subject, to afflict, vex, annoy, treat ill Eorðan ðú gedréfdest (gedrófdes, Ps. Srt.); hǽl hyre wunde, Ps. Th. 59, 2.

mǽg

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Ágife mon þám mǽgum (mágum, v. l. ) ꝥ treów, 70, 10; 118, 8: 148, 15: 164, 13: 202, 16: 250, 15 : 406, 26. Se wer gebirað mágum (mǽgðe, v. l. ), 186, 4. where protection, assistance, support, is given Mon mót feohtan mid his geborene mǽge, Ll.