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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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Th. 171, 29; . 1134. Meaht ðú worda gewealdan, 163, 5 ; . 989. Worda hræd, 330, 13; Vy. 50. Worda gleáw, 415, 20; . 33, 14.

hwá

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Cf. (5 a) gitrióweð iówih alle ðá ðe swá hwæt (alle ðá suǽ huæd, L. omnia quaecumque ) ic cweðo iów, Jn. R. 14, 26: 16, 15: Jn. R. 4, 29. Cf. (6 a) ðe cueð alle ðá ðe ł suǽ huæd ic dyde, Jn.

reccan

(v.)
Grammar
reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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. ii. 56, 9. to hold out to another, to give; porrigere Hærfest honda hérbúendum rípa receþ (cf. hærfest bryngþ rípa bléda, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 15), Met. 29, 63.

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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yet, still, however, nevertheless Ðeáh (ðéh, MS. A.) ic secge inc verumtamen dico vobis, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 22. ðafode ða scylda, and ðeáh him gecýðde, Past. 21; Swt. 151, 23: Blickl. Homl. 55, 26.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh

ge-met

(adj.)
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ealle gesceafta gelógode on ðám ðrím ðingum, þæt is, on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe, Hml. Th. i. 286, 10-15 : ii. 586, 32. Gehíwad þám gemete (ad mensuram) hyre heáfdes, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 451, 20.

ǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽr, eár, ér; sup. ǽrost, ǽrest, ǽrst; adv.

EREbeforesoonerearlierformerlyalreadysome time agolatelyjust nowtilluntilanteapriusmanematuredudum

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Ǽr on morgen early in the morning, Cd. 224; Th. 297, 10; Sat. 515: Ps. Th. 18, 5: Ex. 12, 22. Nóht micle ǽr non multo ante, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 21. Hwéne ǽr scarcely before, just before, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 25. Swýðe ǽr very early; valde mane, Mk.

eom

(v.)
Grammar
eom, [eam, am], ðú eart [earþ, art, arþ], he is, ys;

I am, thou art, he is sum, es, est

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Th. 49; Fin. 24: Exon. 102b; Th. 388, 1; . 6, 1: Cd. 19; Th. 24, 4; Gen. 372: Cd. 215; Th. 270, 28; Sae. 97: Ps. Th. 68, 6: Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 40

FÓR

(prep.)
Grammar
FÓR, fóre; prep. dot. acc.

Beforeforeantecŏramin conspectupræsente vel audiente ălĭquopræpriusquam

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Th. 67, 8

Linked entries: foor fóre

INN

(n.)
Grammar
INN, es; n.

A dwellinghousechamberlodging

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Ðá eode his inne ðǽr hine restan wolde intravit cubiculum, quo dormire disponebat, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 18 : Cd. 76; Th. 94, 25; Gen. 1567 : Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 21; Jud. 70. com his inne venit in domum, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 36.

Linked entry: in

man

(pronoun.)
Grammar
man, mon; indef. pron. (originally nom. of noun mann q. v. ; cf. French on from homo).

Oneanyonetheypeople

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Si inventum fuerit apud eum, quod furatus est, vivens, 22, 3, 4. mæg man ( quisquam ) ingán on stranges hús, búton gebinde ǽrest ðone strangan, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29. Worhte man hit him wíte, Cd. 17; Th. 21, 2; Gen. 318.

Linked entries: MANN mon

mód-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
mód-geþanc, es; m. n.

Mindthoughtsthought

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Fox 5, 45; Met. 5, 23. Ne þearf gefeón mód-geþance he need not rejoice in his heart, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 5; Gen. 1524. On hige sínum, módgeþance, 107; Th. 141, 3; Gen. 2339. Ðá þeaht-ode þeóden úre módgeþonce, 5; Th. 6, 23; Gen. 93.

múþ

(n.)
Grammar
múþ, es; m.

The mouththe mouth as an instrument of speechthe faceA mouthopeningorifice

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of persons, The mouth Múþ os, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 52. Múþes hróf palatum, 64, 58. Gán[i]gende múþe hiulco rostro, ii. 79, 34. for ðý sáre ne mihte his hand múþe gedón could not put his hand to his mouth, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 4.

nama

(n.)
Grammar
nama, an; m.

a namea noun

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a name Sumum men, ðam is Æþelm nama, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 383, 24. Wæs ðam hæftméce Hrunting nama, Beo. Th. 2919; B. 1457. Ðære () is Geon noma, Cd. Th. 15, 9; Gen. 230. Ego hoc feci, ic dyde ðis, ðon stent se ic on ðínes naman stede, Ælfc.

ge-béd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd, -bédd; gen. es; pl. nom. acc. -béd, -bédu, -bédo; n. [The other dialects seem to point to 'gebed :' O. Sax. gibed : O. H. Ger. gabet : Ger. gebet.]

a prayerpetitionsupplicationōrātioprĕcessupplĭcātioa religious servicean ordinanceverbum legĭtĭmumcærĭmōnia

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Hie to gebéde feóllon they fell to prayer, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 18; Gen. 777. gebédu sécaþ they seek prayers, Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 20; . 781 : Cd. 181; Th. 227, 24; Dan. 191.

Linked entries: beád ge-beod

seax

(n.)
Grammar
seax, es; n.
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a knife, an instrument for cutting Seax cultellus, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 3. Seax oððe scyrseax culter, ii. 15, 58. Saex, 105, 69. Ðæt stǽnene sex ðe ðæt cild ymbsnáþ, Homl. Th. i. 98, 10. Seaxes ord, Exon. Th. 472, 6; . 61, 12.

Linked entries: sex sæx CNÍF

seofon

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
seofon, syfon ; when used without a following noun it is declined, nom. , acc. seofone; g. seofona; d. seofonum.
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Seven, as adjective Mid ús wǽron seofun (-on, MS. A.) gebróðru, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 25. Ða seofon gódan geár, Gen. 41, 53. His heres wæs seofon hund þusenda. Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 78, 10. Seofon nihta fyrst, Elen. Kmbl. 1385; El. 694.

Linked entries: seofan sibun

úhta

(n.)
Grammar
úhta, an; m.

the last part of the nightthe time just before daybreakthe time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturnsDe nocturna celebratione.

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Syle drincan ǽr úhton, Lchdm. iii. 20, 2. Cymð on úhtan eásterne wind, Cd. Th. 20, 26; Gen. 315: 289, 31; Sat. 406: Exon. Th. 443, 24; Kl. 35. On úhtan very early in the morning; ualde mane (Mk. 16, 2), ualde diluculo (Lk. 24, 1), Exon.

witon

Grammar
witon, wuton (-an, -un), uton (-an, -un);

let us

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Utan biddan God, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 18: 3, 2; S. 524, 21: Exon. Th. 48, 14; Cri. 771. Utun faran transeamus, Lk. Skt. 2, 15.

Linked entries: utan uton

á-heardian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 56, 9. to harden, become impervious to good Ðá ðe suá áheardigað ðæt yfel for nánum ege ne forlǽtað qui sic in iniquitate duruerunt ut neque per flagella corrigantur , Past. 175, 23. Ðá ðe beóð áheardode on un*-*ryhtwísnesse, 263, 4.

Linked entry: heardian

forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, frohtian.

To fear

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To fear Forhtode obstipuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 9. Ne wallas forhtiga (frohtiga, L.) nolite expauescere, Mk. R. 16, 6. Ðæt wíf ondrǽdende and forhtigende mulier timens et tremens, Mk. 5, 33.