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for-gildan

(v.)

to pay backrestorepay damagesto pay forbuy offto repaypay outrequiteto payperform

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L. 5, 33. Þæt ic ðé forgulde ealle þá gehát, Ps. Th. 65, 13

ÁGAN

(v.)
Grammar
ÁGAN, to áganne; pres. part, ágende; pres. indic. ic, he áh, ðú áhst, pl. ágon, ágan, águn; p. ic, he áhte, ðú ahtest, pl. áhton; subj. ic, ðú, he áge, pl. ágen; p. ic áhte, pl. áhten; pp. ágen.

OWNpossesshaveobtainpossiderehaberepercipereto make another to own or possessto givedeliverrestoredare in possessionemreddererependere

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to OWN, possess, have, obtain; possidere, habere, percipere Ðe micel ágan willaþ who desire [will] to possess much, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 13. ic áh mǽste þearfe Now I have the utmost need, Byrht. Th. 136, 60; By. 175.

FULL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FULL, ful; gen. m. n. fulles, f. fulre: def. se fulla; seó, ðæt fulle: comp. m. fulra, f. n. fulre; sup. fullost; adj.

FULLfilledcompleteentireplēnussătiātusconfertusintĕger

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Spl. 32, 5: Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 24; Cri. 57: Cd. 18; Th. 21, 33; Gen. 333: Beo. Th. 4816; B. 2412: Ps. Th. 140, 1: Salm. Kmbl. 63; Sal. 32. Ðes fulla mann hic sătur, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 26. Mín fulla freónd my full friend, Th. Diplm.

Linked entries: ful ful- fol

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a limitboundterma limitboundarya boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estatea boundaryconfine of a districtborderthe territory within the boundariesfines

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Th. 4758; B. 2384. a limit, boundary (of place), Beó ðǽr gemeten nygon fét of ðam stacan ðære mearce ( the limit up to which the hot iron had to be carried; cf. Grmm. R. A. 918), L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 13.

wépan

(v.)
Grammar
wépan, p. weóp, wép (wǽpde, Lind.), pl. weópon, wépon ; pp. wópen
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Homl. 143, 4. Wépan ploremus Ps. Th. 94, 6. Wépan and geþencan Drihten cwæð : "Eádige beóþ ða ðe wépaþ ( lugent, Mt. 5, 5), " Blickl. Homl. 25, 19. Gif ðú wistest hwæt ðé tóweard is, ðonne weópe ðú mid , Homl. Th. i. 404, 27.

Linked entries: wópen wǽpan

wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straightbentcrookedtwistedobliquenot rightperversefrowardwrongunfair

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Wón, II; Swt. 73, 13: 37; Swt. 267, 12, 16: L. E. G. proem. ; Th. ii. 400, 20. Woeum pravis, Rtl. 52, 24. Míne wón wísan, Exon. Th. 393, 10; . 12, 8. him wóh godu worhtan, Ps. Th. 77, 58

cuman

(v.)
Grammar
cuman, p. cóm, coom.
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Add: of movement, to a place On þyssum eálande cóm upp Agustinus in hac insula adplicuit Augustinus, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 52, 8. Hannibal him cóm þwyres on, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 15. hiene raðe gefliémde þæs hié tógædere cómon, 5, 13; S. 246, 5.

déman

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Add: to judge. absolute Ic déme (doemo, L.) swá swá ic gehýre sicut audio judico, Jn. 5, 30. Gif ic déme (doemu, R.) mín dóm is sóð, 8, 16. ' é Yfele geréfan þá þe on wóh démaþ, 61, 26.

eáster

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Substitute: <b>Eástre,</b> an (es in North); pl. an, on, un. [In W.

ge-ícan

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Add: pp. ge-íht. to add. with the idea of supplementing or completing, to put to something already placed. of a material object Ofgif þǽre eorðan hire is, and dúst þám dúste geíc, Hml. S. 23 b, 751.

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1 c. Add sylf intó þǽre inran eóde and ðá duru him beclýsde, Hml. A. 196, 31. add: Þú cwǽde ic ne þorfte máre áwendan þǽre béc búton Isaace, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1. 9.

weder

(n.)
Grammar
weder, es; n.

weather, condition of the atmospheregood weatherwind, storm, breeze, airweather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.

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weather, condition of the atmosphere Uueder temperies, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 27. Gif hit sié gód weder, Lchdm. ii. 182, 10. Hyt byð smylte weder serenum erit, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 2: Bt. 23; Fox 78, 26. Ðonne wind ligeþ, weder bið fæger, Exon.

wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
wrítan, p. wrát, pl. writon; pp. writen

To write.to cutto drawto form lettersto writeto writeto compose,be the author ofto writeto writewriteto writestateto writeget a thing writtento convey by charter

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Voc. ii. 27, 50. Wrítat caraxabimus (mentionem), 85, 33. Wrítaþ, 18, 61: Hpt. 507, 76. Ðæt cyriclíce stǽr úres eálondes and ðeóde ic wrát on fíf béc, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 31. Se ðe ðás bóc wrát, Lchdm. ii. 114, 5.

Linked entries: wrítere wrítian

be-healdan

(v.)
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Gen. 40, 8. to hold, keep a law Godes beboda utan behealdan, Bl. H. 39, 4. to hold, keep, maintain onhwyrfdon of þǽre gecynde þe ic ǽr cwic beheóld, . 72, 4.

cépan

(v.)
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Þá hǽðenan cépton hwǽr se godspellere mæssode, Hml. S. 15, 49. <b>I a.</b> to keep, observe a season :-- cépað dagas and mónðas dies observatis et menses, Hml. Th. i. 102, 18. cépan be to keep by. trans.

ge-ceósan

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Geceás him þone deáþ, him mon ofléte blódes on þám earme, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 22. Geceós fultum. Hml. S. 25, 399. Healde gehwá mid riht his ǽwe ... búton gewurðe búta geceósan ... getwǽman, Ll. Th. ii. 300, 27. <b>I a.

ge-feallan

(v.)
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L. 12, 11. on ðone seáð gefeóllan, Ps. Th. 56, 8. (a β) to fall in reverence :-- wif forhtade ... and gifeól (gefeall, L.) bifora him, Mk. R. 5, 33. wíf gífeóll bifora fótum his, Lk. R. 8, 47. gifeóll on onsióne, 17, 16.

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Ic ceóse þæt ic heán gange on hús Godes elegi abjectus esse in domo Dei mei, Ps. Th. 83, 11. Heán sceal gehnígan, Gn. Ex. 118. Doem þǽm freóndleásan and ðǽm heánan (humili), Ps. Srt. 9, 39. Heánne and ðearfan, 81, 3.

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es; n.

a swine.the image of a boar as the crest of a helmet.

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Emban úrne ceápgild: hors healfan pund . . . And oxan mancuse, and .xx. and swýn . x. (pence), and sceáp scł ł. L. Ath. v. 6, 2; Th. 5. 234, 1. Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif losiaþ.

Linked entries: swun swín-líca swýn

syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndrig, adj.

separate, alone, not joined with othersstanding apart, not accessiblespecial, set apart for a particular purposespecial, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual qualityfor the unusual degree in which some quality existsof that which concerns a single person, private, ownproprius, privatusseparate, several, sundry, each separatelyone a-piece, one each

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Voc. i. 28, 44.