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hand

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Th. i. 76, 7. as a recipient of property, an heir: — Nú hit eall ágán is on ðǽron oð ðíne hand (until you inherited) ; ðonne ðú hit becweðe and sylle swá gesibre handa swá fremdre swaðer ðe leófre sý, C. D. ii. 114, 7.

LÁR

(n.)
Grammar
LÁR, e; f.

LOREteachinginstructionlearningknowledgecunningsciencepreachingdoctrinedogmapreceptexhortationadmonitioncounselsuggestioninstigationpersuasion

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Bisceopes dægweorc biþ ... lár oððon leornung a bishop's daily work .. is ... teaching or learning, L. I. P. 8; Th. ii. 314, 19. Him tó fultume godcendre láre sibi adjutorem evangelizandi, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 14.

Linked entries: folc-lár lǽr

nǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nǽnig, ( = ne ǽnig).

not anynonenono onenot any one

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Nǽnig manna is, Andr. Kmbl. 1088; An. 544 : Salm. Kmbl. 120; Sal. 59. Him nǽnig wæs ǽlǽrendra óðer betera, Elen. Kmbl. 1008; El. 505. Nǽnig heora þohte, Beo. Th. 1385; B. 691. Nǽnegum áraþ leóde Deniga, 1201; B. 598.

Linked entry: nán

ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to bebe madebecomehappenfiĕriTo happencome to passbefallcome togetheragreebe agreeablecontingĕreevĕnīreconvĕnīreplăcēre

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Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle seek not by lots how it is to happen to thee, rov. Kmbl. 32. Hú geweorþeþ ðæt how happeneth that? Salm. Kmbl. 684; Sal, 341: Andr. Kmbl. 2872; An. 1439.

þreá

(n.)
Grammar
þreá, þrawu; gen. þreá; pl. þreá; f.: þreá; gen. þreán, also þreás(?); m.; also neuter.

rebukereproofthreatchastisementcorrectionpunishmentan infliction that has been deservedjustifiable severityan infliction (where no idea of correction is implied)evilillpangplaguecalamityaffliction

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Næs ǽnig ðæt mec þus bealdlíce bendum bilegde, þreám forþrycte, 273, 22; Jul. 520. an infliction (where no idea of correction is implied), evil, ill, pang, plague, calamity, affliction Tó ne geniólaecað tó ðé yfel and ðreá ( flagellum ) ne geneólaeceþ

Linked entry: bróh-þreá

wiþ-cweþan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-cweþan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon; pp.-cweden.

to replyto gainsaycontradict maintain an opposite opinionto contradictopposeresistto refuserejectnot to allow

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Grammar wiþ-cweþan, with dat. of person to whom a refusal is given Hé wolde ðæt hé ána wǽre heora cyning, ac ealle ða leódscipas ánmódlíce him wiðcwǽdon, Homl. Ass. 103, 34.

ge-rád

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</b> a condition on which depends the performance of something, upon which a grant or the like is consequent :-- Ic wille eówres geunnan eów on þá gerád (geráde, 196, 32) þe gé mé geunnan mines. Ll. Th. i. 198, 1.

hraþe

(adv.)
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Hraðe ( with a quick movement ) heó æðelinga ánne hæfde fæste befangen, B. 1294. in respect to time, where the relation of the time of a circumstance to a fixed point of time is given. immediately, straightway, at once Ðá ongann hé sueriga . . .

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Wildwildnot domesticnot tamednot broken inwildnot cultivatedwilduncultivateduninhabitedwildturbulentungoverned

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Oleastrum ðæt is wilde elebeám, Lchdm. ii. 90, 20. Wildre magþan wyrttruman, 206, 15. Wildre mealwan seáw, 214, 14. Unwæstm ł wilde fóter zizania Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet

hogian

(v.)
Grammar
hogian, p. ode

To employ the mind, to think, mind, consider, know, understand, care, be solicitous or anxious, to purpose, strive, intend, be intent on, resolve

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Ne hogaþ hé be ðam heofenlícan lǽcedóme he is not anxious about the heavenly medicine, ii. 470, 16. Hé hogaþ tó ðære betran wynne he directs his mind to the better joy, Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 23; Reim. 81. Hogaþ satagit, Mone Gl. 356.

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Th. 308, 18; Sat. 694. marking extent : -- Hwí is ðis fæsten þus geteald þurh feówertig daga why is this fast reckoned at forty days? Homl. Th. i. 178, 19.

BE

(prep.)
Grammar
BE, [abbreviated from big = bí, q. v.]; prep. dat. and instr.

BYnear totoatinonuponaboutwithjuxtapropeadsecusincumoffromabouttouchingconcerningdequoadforbecause ofafterbythroughaccording topropropterersecundumbesideout ofeex

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Th. 77, 69. sometimes be is separated from its case: Be dæges leóhte at the light of day or at daylight, Exon. 107b; Th. 410, 17; Rä. 28, 17. Be fæder láre through the father's counsel, Beo. Th. 3905; B. 1950.

FOR

(prep.)
Grammar
FOR, prep. dot. acc. and inst.

FORon account ofbecause ofwithbypropropterperaccording toprosĕcundumjuxtaForinstead ofprolŏcovĭceForon account ofbecause ofthroughpropropterper

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Úre gást biþ swíðe wíde farende for his gecynde, nalles for his willan our spirit is very widely wandering, by reason of its nature, not by reason of its will, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 4, 5. For hwilcum þingum quas ob res, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Som. 46, 15.

lǽn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn, lán [v. under lǽn-land], e; f.

a loangrantgiftleasefeefief

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Ǽlcne man lyst siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf on his hláfordes lǽne getimbred hæfþ ðæt hé hine móte hwílum ðar on gerestan and his on gehwilce wísan tó ðære lǽnan [is this a form lǽne, an; f. = lǽn, or can it be the adj. lǽne transitory, as the opposite of which

Linked entries: lǽne lǽn-land

BLÍÐE

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÍÐE, comp. blíðra; superl. blíðost; def. se blíða, seó, ðæt blíðe; adj.

joyful, glad, merry, cheerful, pleasant, BLITHElætus, hilarisgentle, kind, friendly, clement, mild, sweetmansuetus, benignus, comis, clemens, mitis, suavisquiet, calm, peacefultranquillus, placidusjoy

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Eallum is úre Drihten milde and blíðe suavis Dominus universis, Ps. Th. 144, 9: 66, 6. Wese us beorhtnes ofer blíðan Drihtnes úres let the beauty [brightness] of our gentle Lord be over us, 89, 19.

wuldor

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor, (-ur, -er), es; n.

Gloryvainglory

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Hé (the Phenix) is wlitig and wynsum, wuldre gemearcad regali plena decore, 220, ii; Ph. 318. Ge-wíteþ mid ðý wuldre niǽre tungol (the sun), 350, 23; Sch. 68. Tempel wuldre gewlitegod. Andr. Kmbl. 1337 ; An. 669.

Linked entries: wulder wuldor-full

brúcan

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His módor is mǽden, and his fæder wífes ne breác, Hml. S. 7, 50. with abstract object Breác hé ealdre hǽ;lsunge uetere usus augurio, Bd. 1. 25 ; Sch. 53, 25.

folgian

(v.)

to pursueto accompany be attendant uponto followbe guided byfollowto followpractise

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Hit is ǽlces módes wíise ꝥ sóna swá hit forlǽt sóþcwidas, swá folgaþ hit leásspellunga, Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 16. Folgiað his rǽdum, Hml. S. 25, 265. God sylf forbeád ꝥ wé swefnum ne folgion, 21, 412. Ꝥ gié folgiga swæðe his, Rtl. 26, 5.

for-wyrcan

(v.)
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Gif hé bócland hæbbe sý ꝥ forworht þám cynincge tó handa, 382, 19. to bring about, cause what is evil Wé geedníwiað and gemyndgiað ðǽre scylde ðe úre ieldesta mǽg ús on forworhte parentis primi lapsus iteratur, Past. 312, 15

ge-fón

(v.)
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Þis is ealdordóm uncres gewinnes on fruman gefongen (v. ealdordóm; ), Jul. 191. (2 b) with the idea of violence, to seize a person Hé geféng slǽpende rinc, B. 740. Ðá óðero geféngon ( tenuerunt ) ðegnas his and ofslógun, Mt. L. 22, 6.