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þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Hé hæfde giet ðe má unþeáwa þonne his eám hæfde avunculi sui ergo omnia vitia ac scelera sectator, immo transgressor, Ors. 6, 5; Swt. 260, 28. Swá þincþ ánra gehwæm sió sóðe gesǽlð þe betere and þý wynsumre, þe hé wíta má hér ádreógeþ, Met. 12, 20.

Linked entry: þý

wundor

(n.)
Grammar
wundor, es; n.

a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration

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Ic ðæt wundor gefrægn, ðæt se wyrm forswealg wera gied sumes, 432, 7; Rä. 48, 2. Ne ic on mægene miclum gange, ne wundor ofer mé wuniaþ ǽnig neque ambulavi in magnis, neque in mirabilibus super me, Ps. Th. 130, 2.

Linked entries: wunder wundrum

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

wel

(adv.; int.)

Well ⬩ well ⬩ prosperously ⬩ well ⬩ much ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ freely ⬩ well ⬩ properly ⬩ well ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ very ⬩ quite ⬩ well ⬩ ah

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Gié magon him woel dóe (wel dóa, Rush.) potestis illis bene facere Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 7. Wese ðín mildheortnis well ofer ús Ps. Ben. 32, 18. marking degree well, much, thoroughly, freely: Gecnua wel Lchdm. ii. 322, 26.

Linked entry: BET

licgan

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Ðeáh hé ðonne giét on ðæs flǽsces lustfulnesse licge, Past. 395, 6. Hié sculon for ðý ofdrǽdde licgean ástreahte óðrum monnum underðiódde, 109, 23. Sceal þeós menego licgan on leahtrum, Sat. 263. <b>III a.

þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
þicgan, p. þah, þeah, and þigde, þigede, pl. þǽgon, þégon, and þígdon, þigedon; pp. þegen,
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His giefe þicgan tó þonce, l09, 26; Gú. 96. Láfe þicgan, 498, 9; Rä. 87, 10. Ne gé ðæt geþyldum þicgan woldan, 131, 12; Gú. 454.

Linked entry: ge-þicgan

for-beran

to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bear with ⬩ tolerate ⬩ to bear with ⬩ put up with ⬩ to do without ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ desist from ⬩ to abstain ⬩ to restrain

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Th. i. 56, 25. to refrain from using Ðá fæstendan ne forsáwen ðá etendan, for ðǽm ðe hié ðǽre Godes giefe brucaí ðá ðe óðre forberað, Past. 319, 10. to restrain.

Linked entries: fór-beran fóre-beran

níwe

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Ne aron gié gestas and níwe cumo (advenę), Rtl. 82, 30. <b>VII a.</b> new to a thing, inexperienced in :-- Níwe on geleáfan neophitus, Hpt. 31, 13, 304.

se

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Mið ðý gié geseás unfegernis slitnese, ðiú ( quae ) gecueden wæs from ðǽm wítgo, Mt. L. 24, 15. In cæstre ðió (quae) is gecuoeden Sichor, Jn. L. R. 4, 5. 2 b Þæs wíde, Pa. 4. ¶ :-- Þæt hit wǽre geðúht þæs ðe máre gemynd þæs fæder, Hml.

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Gé ymbhurfon sǽ and drýgi ꝥ gié gedóe énne . . . ; and mið ðý bið geworht circuitis mare et aridam ut faciatis unum proselytum; et cum fuerit factus Mt. L. 23, 15.

ge-cweþan

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Ðá ðe in ðióstrum gié cuoedon in léht biðon gecoeden, Lk. L. 12, 3. Gecuoedno (gicuedeno, R.), 19, 28. with the words spoken, v. <b>II a</b> Gecuoeð: 'Gif gegerelo his ic hrína, ic hál beóm,' Mk. L. 5, 28.

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

ge-trymman

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Gié getrymies (-trymmas, R.) perhibetis, 15, 27. Ic getrymede, 1. 34. Ðú getrymedis, 3, 26. Getrymme (-tryme, R.) perhibe, 18, 23. to make a matter sure, to engage, promise Ic getrymme stipulor. An.

hefig

ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness

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Hefig is mé ðiós widwe, 18, 5, Huæd hir hefigo (hefge, R. molesti) gié sint?, Mk. L. 14, 6. expressing strong disapproval. Cf. colloquial to be down on a person or thing Tó hwon syndon gé þyses weorces swá hefige?, Bl.

Linked entry: hefe-lic

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Hále wese gé (wosaþ gié, Lind.) auete Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9. Wesaþ hále valete Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 61. Wesaþ þancfulle, Blickl. Homl. 169, 16. Wísfæsto wossaþ gié perfecti estote Rtl. 13, 19. Wese hé hrægle gelíc, Ps. Th. 108, 19.

Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fight ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ conflict ⬩ valour ⬩ troops

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Giefe on wíge, Exon. Th. 299, 25; Crä. 107. Hé on wígge (in bello) áfeallen wæs, Chart. Th. 201, 27. Céne tó wíge, Jud. p. 162, 30. Ðæt folc wurdon gewexene tó wíge ful strange, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 18. Man beónn ealle Cant*-*ware tó wígge, Chart.

ge-sittan

(v.)
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Hé heora fela gesette wið þone sǽ, and hié þǽr gesetene sint gietoð þisne dæg quos ibi usque in hodiernum diem consistere opinio est, 3, 5 ; S. 104, 27. of temporary occupation, to stay, have one's quarters Hǽðene men on Tenet ofer winter gesǽton, Chr

hǽlu

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Þǽt þú ús áhredde and ús hǽlo giefe sylle, Cri. 374: 613: 1575. Him selfum tó écere hǽlo. Chr. 855; P. 66, 8 : Ll. Th. i. 103, 7. Eal þis hé þrowode for úre lufon and hǽlo, 61. H. 23, 35. For manna hǽlo, 79, 3.

ge-neálǽcan

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VI. to come near in character :-- Sé ðe on muneclicere drohtnunge gyrnð ðǽra ðinga ðe hé on woruldlicere drohtnunge næfde, búton twýn him geneálǽhit se hreófla Giezi, and þæt þæt hé on líchaman geðrowade, þæt ðrowað þes on his sáwle, Hml.

sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
sceáwian, ode.

to look ⬩ to look at ⬩ observe ⬩ behold ⬩ see ⬩ to look at, look on with favour, to regard, have respect to ⬩ to look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoitre ⬩ to look out, seek for, select, choose, provide ⬩ to shew (favour, respect, etc.) ⬩ to grant

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Ðǽr hí sceáwiaþ Scyppendes giefe, 220, 28; Ph. 327. Ðǽr hit eágum folc eall sceáwiaþ in conspectu omnis populi, Ps. Th. 115, 8. Ðú ðæs eágan eall sceáwadest gesége fyrenfulra wíte oculis tuis considerabis, et retributionem peccatorum videbis, 90, 8.

gifan

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Ðing tó geafanne munus offerendum Mt. p. 14, 13. to give up to, devote, consign Ic hí ne sparige, ac on spild giefe, Jul. 85.

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