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weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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Wurdon mycele wæterflód geond ealle world. Ors. l, 6; Swt. 36, 7. <b>Ia.</b> earth as opposed to heaven :-- Ic wæs on worulde wǽdla, ðæt ðú wurde welig on heofonum, Exon.

Linked entries: weorld weoruld werold weruld world woruld

lǽtan

(v.)
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Swá mycele furðor swá hé on háde is lǽten, R. Ben. 112, 2. followed by an infinitive. to permit, allow, suffer. where the infinitive has a subject, and is intrans. Hí ne lǽt God on áne healfe þæs heofones bión, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 8.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Ðe læs tó mycel styrung wurde on ðam folce ne forte tumultus fieret in populo, Mt. 26, 5. Héht lífes weard on mereflóde middum weorðan hyhtlíc heofontimber, Cd.

niman

(v.)
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Ðá cóm se here tó Hámtúne . . . and þǽr námon ábúton swá mycel swá hí woldon sylfe, 1010; P. 141, 4. Gif hrýðera hwelc sié þe hegas brece . . . nime sé hit þe on his æcere méte and ofsleá, Ll. Th. i. 128, 14.

tó

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too

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., of, from Ǽcum ðe mycel geseald is him man mycel tó sécþ cui multum datum est, multum quaeretur ab eo, Lk. Skt. 12, 48: Elen. Kmbl. 638; El. 319. Wé sécaþ fultum tó ðé (a Domino), Ps. Th. 7, 11.

Linked entry: -anne

hé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Th. i. 348, 17. possessive, its (his, her) Ꝥ hús feóll; and his hryre wæs mycel, Mt. 7, 27. Ꝥ mægden cuoeð móder his puella dicit matri suae, Mk. L. 6, 28. Hé geheáld hond his (hyre hand, W.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, &nbsp;sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Hú mycel scealt ðú (áht ðú tó geldanne. Lind. ) mínum hláforde? Lk. Skt. 16, 5, 7. Gif hwá óðrum scyle (scule) borh oððon bóte, gelǽste hit georne, L. Eth. v. 20; Th. i. 308, 31. [Cf. Uoryef me þet ich þe ssel, Ayenb. 115, 29.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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(b I) with tó :-- Tó ðæs mycel ðæt . . . so great that . . . , Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 13. Wæs seó eorþe tó ðæs heard and tó ðæs stánihte ðæt . . . , 4. 28; S. 605, 27. Nis nán tó ðæs lytel ǽwelm, ðæt hé ða sǽ ne geséce, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 24.

Linked entries: seó þæt þeó þió þiú tó

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