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on

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on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Ðá englas hé geworhte on wundorlicre fægernysse and on mycelre strengðe, Hen. 6, 25. (11) :-- Ðeáh hwá bebycgge his dohtor on þeówenne ( or acc. ?) si quis vendiderit filiam suam in famulam, Ll. Th. i. 46, 12. Míne synna on þreágunge berende, Hml.

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Þá þe in Norþhymbrum búgeað and on Eást-Englum, 894; P. 86, 7. of position. on Of ðǽm mere ðe. Trúsó standeð in staðe, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 9. Hé wrát in wáge worda gerýnu, Dan. 723. Ðǽr bád in cynestóle cáseres mǽg, El. 330: B. 1952.

ge-híran

(v.)
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On þæs engles wordum wæs gehýred ꝥ þurh hire beorþor sceolde beón gehǽled eall wífa cynn, Bl.

ge-weorþan

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Hú mihte ǽfre englum mára gefeá and geofu and blis geweorþan, oþþe mannum mára weorðmynd þonne him on þyssum dæge gewearþ?, Bl. H. 123, 13-15.

ge-hátan

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englas gehét wiþ mé tó sendenne, Bl. H. 181, 26. to undertake that something shall (or shall not) be done by another. with simple object Hé him ðæs Hálgan Gástes cyme tóweardne gehét, Bl. H. 117, 14.

wiþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-weard, (-word, -wurd), and -wierde; adj.

contraryadversehostileadversaryenemyopponentfiendhostile to rightful authorityrebelopposed to what is rightarrogantperversedepravedreprobatefalsehereticapocryphalopposed to the good or pleasure of anythingunfavourableadversehurtfulperniciousdisagreeablecontraryopposite

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Heó heora ða wiþerweardan (adversarios) feor ádrifan, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 3. hostile to rightful authority, rebel Nis nán gesceaft ðe wiþ hire Scippendes willan winne, búton dysig mon, oþþe eft ða wiþerwierdan (-weardan, v. l.) englas, Bt. 35, 4; Fox

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Hig sint englum gelíce ( aequales ), Lk. 20, 36.

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Swá swá englas on heofonum þé gehýrsumiað and mid eallum gemete tó ðé geðeódað, swá menn þe on eorðan sind, beón hí ðinum willan gehýrsume and tó ðé mid ealre geornfulnysse geðeódan, Hml. Th. i. 264, 18-22.

weorþian

(v.)
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weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Ðæs engles mægen and his wundor ðǽr ðonne weorðod bið and oftost æteówed, Blickl.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

folc-land

(n.)
Grammar
folc-land, -lond, es; n. [folc folk, land land] .

the land of the folk or people

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or fortresses, in an efficient state of defence, [c] Fyrd a contribution for maintaining the military and naval force of the kingdom: Gif hwá Burh-bóte, oððe Brycg-bóte, oððe Fyrd-fare forsitte; gebáte mid hund-twelftigum scillinga ðam cyningce on Engla

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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His englas . . . ealra folca mǽst, wereda wynsumast, Gen. 607. a military troop, body of soldiers: Æfter him folca þrýðum sunu Simeones sweótum cómon; þúfas wundon ofer gárfare, Exod. 340. Féran foldwege folca þreáte, tó ludéum sécan wigena þreáte.

ge-métan

(v.)
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Se here ætbærst. . . and gemǽtte se here ðá scipu of Eást-Englum, Chr. 992; P. 127, 17.

gifu

(n.)
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Gefo carissi 70, 37. grace, benevolent regard of the Deity Hú mihte ǽfre englum mára gefeá and geofu and blis geweorþan?, Bl. H. 123, 14. Mið Godes geafa Deo donante Jn. p. 187, 13. Þú gemétst gife (gyfe, v. l. gratiam ) myd Gode, Lk. l, 30: Bl.

hám

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Tróia burg . . . lengest burne háma under hefonum, Met. 9, 18. not on earth Is hám sceapen ungelíce englum and deóflum, Cri. 898. Nis þæt betlic bold, ne nóht ryhtlic hám, ac þǽr is helle grund, Dóm. 24.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Óþerne ealdne man lǽdden feówer áwyrgde englas mid mycelre réðnesse, and hine besencton on þá fýrenan eá, Bl. H. 43, 28.

æt

(prep.)
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Hé feóll mid eallum ðám englum ðe æt his rǽde wǽron, Hex. 18, 3. marking object on which action takes effect Þonne áh se teónd áne swingellan æt him, Ll. Th. i. 132, 9. Wé magon beón nyttran æt him utilius apud eos proficimus, Past. 211, 21.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Hláford eallra, engla and elda, El. 475. used in addressing a ruler Sé biscop wrát ǽnne pistol Theodosio cásere þus cweðende: 'Hyt gedafenað, lá wynsuma hláford ...,' Angl. viii. 322, 48. a military officer, captain Hundraðes monna hláford centurio,

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Ðá slóh ðǽr micel leóht fit æfter ðam englum (cf. Icel. impers. use, e. g. loganum sló út), Homl. Th. ii. 342, 7; 350, 24. On slógan incursere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 1. Drenc wið deádum swile ðæt hé út sleá, Lchdm. ii. 74, 18: 102, 20.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Ðus hit stód on ðám dagum mid Englum such was the condition ofthings among the English, L. Eth, vii. 3; Th. i. 330, 9. Stód bewrigen folde mid flóde, Cd. Th. 10, 14; Gen. 156.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

fram

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Ic eom genýded from Godes englum þæt ic sprece. Shrn. 118, 23. Bist þú gehǽled fram him, Bl. H. 151, 34: Chr. 625; P. 24, 5. Fram deófle costud, Mt. 4, 1: Bl. H. 27, 5. Dǽda gedóne from Drihtne, 31, 20.