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Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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Ne wearþ wæl máre Was no greater carnage on ðísum [ðys] églande ever yet, ǽfre gyta, . . . within this island, . . . syððan eástan, hider since from the east, hither Engle and Sexan up came upp becóman. Angles and Saxons [Engle and Sexe]. Gst.

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Z. 43, 2. equal to another (dat. ) Wénan ꝥ ǽnig þing wǽre betere ðonne God, oþþe him gelíc (cf. nán wuht nis betere ðonne hé, ne emngód him, F. 138, 7), Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 30. Se Hálga Gást is ðám Fæder and ðám Suna gelíc and efenéce, Hml.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Hwá wæs ǽfre, oþþe is nú, oððe hwá wyrþ get æfter ús? Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 24. Hlynn wearð on ceastrum, Cd. Th. 153, 30; Gen. 2546. Hwí ne wundriaþ hí hwí ðæt ís weorþe, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 35.

HÝRAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝRAN, heran, hiéran; p. de [with acc., with infin., and with acc. and infin.]

to HEARhear ofto listen tofollowserveobeybe subject tobelong to

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Hié cwǽdan ðæt se án wǽre sóþ God se ðe Martinus hýrde they said that he alone was true God whom Martin followed, Blickl. Homl. 231, 1. Englas hérdon him angeli ministrabant illi, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 13.

manian

(v.)
Grammar
manian, <b>, manigean, monian;</b> p. ode.

to bring to mind what ought to be doneto urge upon one what ought to be doneto admonishexhortinstigateto bring to mind what, should not be forgottento admonishremindsuggestpromptto tell what ought to be doneto teachinstructadviseto claim of a person (acc.) what is duein jus vocaread malium mannire

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God bebeád Moyse ðæt hémanode ðæt folc, ðæt swá hwá swá ábiten wǽre, besáwe up tó ðære ǽrenan næddran, ii. 238, 17. Heó lǽrde hine and manede, ðæt ðæt ne gedafenade, ðæt hé sceolde his freónd on gold bebycgean, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 37.

scrift

(n.)
Grammar
scrift, es; m.
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what is prescribed as a punishment, a penalty (cf. scrífan. ) Ic ( bishop Werferth) him (Eadnoth) sealde ðæt lond and ða béc . . . and úre ágen rǽdengewrit ðæt wǽre him tó ðam geráde ðæt land tólǽten ðe mon ǽlce gére gesylle fífténe scillingas clǽnes

tweógan

(v.)
Grammar
tweógan, tweón; p.tweóde .

to inspire doubt into a personto feel doubtto doubthesitate

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Hé hine hét ðæt hé ne tweóde, ac ðæt hé wǽre ánrǽd, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 30, 7. Ðá ðæt folc ongan tweógan on heora heortan, Blickl. Homl. 143, 8. Tó tweónne nutabundum, Hpt. Gl. 459, 5. Tuígendi anceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 40. Tweógende, 7, 2.

Linked entries: tuáes tweón twiógan

lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
lǽran, p. de

To teachinstructeducateto preachto exhortadmonishadvisepersuadesuggest

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Wæs ic seald tó fédanne and tó lǽranne datus sum educandus, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 22. Cyningas and ríce men sendon heora dóhtor ðider [France] tó lǽranne filias suas erudiendas mittebant; 3, 8; S. 531, 18.

LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LANDeartha landcountryregiondistrictprovincelandlanded propertyestatecultivated landcountry

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Ðá gesundrod wæs lago wið lande. Cd. 8; Th. 10, 27; Gen. 163. Cam ðá tó lande swíðmód swymman, Beo. Th. 3250; B. 1623. Stile þynceþ lyft ofer londe. Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 15; Rä. 4, 11.

scrífan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
scrífan, p. scráf, pl. scrifon; pp. scrifen
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here waldeþ, freónde ne feónde, feore ne ǽhtum (cf. se ðe hiora welt ne murnþ náuðer ne friénd ne fiénd, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 7), Met. 25, 15. with a clause Hí (the people of Sodom ) forléton eallinga ðone brídele ðæs eges, ðá hí ne scrifon hwæðer hit wǽre

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wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straightbentcrookedtwistedobliquenot rightperversefrowardwrongunfair

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Gif man áfinde ðæt heora ǽnig on wóhre (wóre, v. l. ) gewitnesse wǽre, L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 22. Gescynded on heora wón willan abominabiles in voluntatibus suis, Ps. Th. 13, I. Mid wó múðe ore perverso, Past. 47; Swt. 357, 20.

ge-writ

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Þweah þonne ꝥ gewrit mid hálig*-*wætre of ðám disce on þone drenc, Lch. ii. 136, 3-9. a writing. a written statement, passage from a book Ꝥ heáflice gewrit wearð fordílegod, and se sárlica cwide eft oncerred . . . 'Terra es tu . .' Bl. H. 123, 6.

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, , sǽwe, seó; ǽs, ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea .sea seaseaa seaa sea, lake

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Sǽs tóslúpan, eal sealt wæter, Lchdm. iii. 36, 27. a sea Him is be-eástan se sǽ ðe man Arfatium hǽt, and westan and be-norþan Creticum se sǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 26, 32 : 28,1 . Néh ðæm clife ðære Reádan sǽs Swt. 12, 20. Be ðære reódan sǽ Ex. 14, 9.

fundian

(v.)

to go with the object of reaching a person or placedirect one's course togiving purposeto move so as to reach a pointto strive to attain an end or object

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Tó áwirigenne þæt folc þe fundode wið his maledic populo huic sedenti contra me, Num. 22, 6. of things, to move so as to reach a point Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit bið gepynd, hit uppað and fundað wið ðæs ðe hit ǽr from cóm illud repetit, unde descendit, Past

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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Se iunga wæs cwices módes the youth was of a quick mind; erat adolescens animi vivacis, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 37. He nó ðǽr áht cwices lǽfan wolde he would leave naught alive there, Beo. Th. 4618; B. 2314.

FEORH

(n.)
Grammar
FEORH, feorg, fiorh, ferh, fyorh; gen. feores; dat. inst. feore; pl. nom. acc. feorh; gen. feora; dat. inst. feorum; n. m.

lifesoulspiritvītaănĭmaa living beingpersonhŏmopersōna

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wæs feorh æðelinges flǽsce bewunden the prince&#39;s soul was not surrounded with flesh, Beo. Th. 4839; B. 2424: Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 9; Rä. 10, 2. Ðonne him ðæt feorg losaþ when his life perishes, 82 b; Th. 311, 19; Seef. 94.

lang

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Hé lange hwíle on þǽm gebede wæs, Bl. H. 217, 28. Se hálga bád ... lange þráge, Gen. 1426. of a process, state, or action viewed as extending over a period of time Seó lange mettrumnes, Bl. H. 59, 28.

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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Gyf se hírédes ealdor wiste on hwylcere tíde se þeóf (ðeáf, Lind. fur ) tówerd wǽre, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 43. Ealle ða ðe cómun wǽron þeófas (ðeáfas, Lind.) and sceaþan ( fures et latrones) ...

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dón

(v.)
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wæs monega gefeoht dónde plurima bella gessit, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 19. Oft bútan synne bið dón (dóen, v. l.) ꝥ of synne cymeð, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 84, 3: 13. <b>II a.

wealdan

(v.)
Grammar
wealdan, p. weóld, pl. weóldon; pp. wealden

To have power over to control the movements of that which is moved to regulate wield a weaponwith gen. with dat. or inst. to control that which moves itself to have control of a person, an emotionto govern,with gen. with acc. of the control exercised by one in authority, to rule govern have dominion overbear sway wield power, with gen. with dat. or inst. with acc. with a preposition absolute fig. where the subject is an abstract noun, with gen. with acc. with a preposition to have power over things to possess be in possession of have at command be master of, with gen. with dat. or inst. with acc. to have power to decide or choose what shall take place to determine ordain have the decidingcontrol of matters, with gen. with dat. or inst. with a clause absoluteto have power that brings something to pass, to cause be the cause, author, source of something, with gen. with dat. or acc. of things, with gen. of motives to have power to dobe able

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Se ðe wætrum weóld þeahte bearn middangeardes wonnan wǽge, Cd. Th. 83, 9; Gen. 1377. Þenden hié ðám wǽpnum wealdan móston, Beo.

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