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seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
seóc, ; adj.
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¶ used as a noun þurh his hrepunge beóþ gestrangode ða unstrangan seócan, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 54. of moral disease Hǽðne wǽron begen, synnum seóce, Exon. Th. 246, 21; Jul. 65.

sefa

(n.)
Grammar
sefa, an ; m.
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Sefa nearwode ( of Noah when drunk ), Cd. Th. 94, 32 ; Gen. 1570. Him ( Nebuchadnezzar on recovery from his madness ) in gást becwom rǽdfæst sefa, 257, 2 ; Dan. 652. Næs him hreó sefa, Beo. Th. 4367 ; B. 2180.

Linked entries: seofa siofa

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, p. ode; pp. od

To place, lodge, dispose, regulateponere, disponere, reponere, collocare

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Ælfeg's holy body on the north side of the altar, Chr. 1023; Erl. 163, 33. He begeat má castelas and ðǽr inne his ríderas gelogode he got more castles and lodged his knights therein, 1090; Erl. 226, 30.

Linked entry: lógian

wíd-gil

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gil, wíd-gill, -giel, -gel, and-gille; adj.
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Ða wídgillan sǽ, Hexam. 4; Norm. 6, 24. Ofer ðæt wídgille wésten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 40: Jos. 11, 16.

Linked entries: -gill -gal

Constantīnus

(n.)
Grammar
Constantīnus, as Lat. gen. i; dat. o; acc. um; m. also gen. es; dat. e; m.

Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor

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Notes and various readings, p. 28, col. 2, § 4, 41h, MS. C. wífe; L. ciefese. Ðáwæs syxte geár Constantínes cáserdómes then was the sixth year of Constantine's imperial power Elen. Kmbl. 15; El. 8.

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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Nam sicut multum nocet, si unitas desit bonis, ita valde est noxium, si non desit malis. Si ergo perversorum nequitia in pace jungitur, profecto eorum malis actibus robur augetur, 47, 3; Swt. 361, 5-12.

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport to bring, cause to bear, support to bear, carry, to have bearwearto haveto be under the influence of havebear to bear, submit toto weigh,to put something in a balance to be equal to To move

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., where the object is abstract Sume him ðæs hádes hlísan willaþ wegan en wordum and ða weorc ne dóð some are ready to bear the reputation of being of the elect, as far as words go, and do not do the works, Exon.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

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.

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Ne com ic tó ðon on eorðan ðæt mé mon ðénóde, ac tó ðon ðæt ic wolde ðegnian filius hominis non venit ministrari, sed ministrare (Mt. 20, 28), Past. 41; Swt. 301, 2.

Linked entry: þénian

dóm

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Hí rícsiað of hira ágnum dóme, næs of ðæs hiéhstan déman ex se et non ex arbitrio summi rectoris regnant, Past. 27, 16. Sié ꝥ on cyninges dóme, swá deáð swá líf, Ll. Th. i. 66, 10. Ic hine tó heora sylfra dóme ágeaf, Bl. H. 177, 25.

ge-rád

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Th. ii. 318,39. condition, order of things, mode Ic ne can hwilcere ændebyrdnesse and on hwylcre (hwylc, v.l.) gerád ꝥ beón mæg, ꝥ eall middaneard sý gesewen fram ánum mæn non conjicere scio quonam ordine fieri potest, ut mundus omnis ab homine uno videatur

heá-lic

loftytallhigh uppreciouselevatedraisedloudprofoundintenseextremenobleexcellent

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Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 10. of non-material things, reaching a high degree, of the voice, elevated, raised, loud Similar entries (v. heálíce; IIIa.) Þá hǽþenan clypodon mid heálicre stemne, Hml. S. 31, 1031. high in respect to worth, dignity, etc.

hweorfan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 83, 74. (1 a) fig. of non-material objects :-- Mín hyge hweorfeð ofer hreðer locan, mín módsefa. . . hweorfeð wíde, Seef. 58-60. where the point to or from which motion is directed is marked. of living creatures Hwiðer hweorfað wé ( whither

lecgan

(v.)
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Th. i. 208, 10. with non-material object, to establish a law, lay down a principle Hé sætte mycel deórfrið, and hé lægde laga þǽr wið, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 6. to direct one's steps, Seef. 57: Gen. 2536: 2400 (in Dict.). (4 a) intrans. (v. N. E.

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a worda single part of speechwordsa written worda worda group of wordsa sayingsentencewordsa sayingmaxima talestorya reporttidingsfamename(good) word,(good) reporta commandan orderordinancea messagean announcementwordsolemn statementpromiseoathan (expressed) intentionopinionspeechlanguagewordslanguagestylewordword of God

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Wæs Eþelwald ðæs wordes, ðæt hé ðes rihtes wiðsacan nolde Ethelwald declared his intention of not opposing the right, 140, 11. speech, language, words Word spearcum fleáh. Cd. Th. 274, 31 ; Sat. 162.

þeówian

(v.)
Grammar
þeówian, p. ode.
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Hig cwǽdon: 'Wé þeówiaþ blíðelíce ðam cynge,' Gen. 47, 25. to enslave, reduce to a state of slavery, deprive of freedom Ðæt hé ús þeówige ut violenter subjiciat servituti nos, Gen. 43, 18.

Linked entries: þeáwian þeówan

brúcan

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Ne brúco (brúcco, L.) ic non manducabo , Lk. R. 22, 16. Sé ðe ettað ł búcað qui manducavit , L. 14, 15. Sé ðe brúceð qui manducat , Jn. L. 6, 57. Brúccað, 56. Eów þe ne wyrtum eówrum bútan mé brúcaþ ( utimini ), Coll. M. 28, 23.

fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fóran, prep. adv.

Beforein frontin frontin frontbefore alloppositeover againstBeforeBeforehandbeforebeforeBeforein front of

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Gemétton wé ús ǽghwanon storm foran onsettende inuenimus nos undigueuersum tempestate praeclusos, Bd. 5, l; Sch. 552, 10. Þá ungesǽligan menn ne magon gebídon hwonne hé (death) him tó cume, ac forsceótaþ hine foran (they rush in his way).

for-wyrcan

(v.)
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Crw. 20, 27 (see note p. 113 on crimes for which forfeiture of land was a penalty). Hæbbe hé hit ... bútan hé hit forwyrce, Cht. E. 238, 24. Hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé on sæt, hé ne meahte ná his forwyrcan, C. D. ii. 134, 35.

geár

(n.)
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Mænig gér, Bt. 29, l; F. 102, 21 note. (2 a) the years of a person's life :-- Geáras míne anni mei Ps. L. 30, II.. and heora geára gancg, Ps. Th. 77, 32. as a chronological unit, for the purposes of the calendar Be ðæs geáres tídum.