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gán

to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court

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Add: of movement, irrespective of the point of departure or destination. to go on foot, walk 'Óþer hæfþ his fóta geweald ꝥ hé mæg gán. . . óþer næfþ his fóta geweald ꝥ hé mæge gán. . . and onginþ creópan . . . hwæþer ðára twégra þincþ þé mihtigra ?'

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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Add: light. the medium of visual perception generally; the condition of space in which light is present Leóht hafað híw and hád Háliges Gástes, Sal. 408. Æt sunnan setlgange . . .nǽnig leóht ne æteóweþ, BI. H. 93, 17. Þǽr is ꝥ éce leóht búton þeóstrum

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return

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to turn, change Ðú hí onwendest mutabis ea, Ps. Th. 101, 23. Hé onwendeþ his hiw, Lchdm. ii. 204, 9. Werþióde his ( the morning-star ) noman onwendaþ, hátaþ hine ǽfenstiorra, Met. 29, 29. Mé onhwyrfdon of ðære gecynde ðe ic ǽr beheóld, onwendan míne

sél

(adj.)
Grammar
sél, (the positive form does not occur, but is found in Layamon); cpve. sélra, sélla; spve. sélest, sélost; adj.

Good ⬩ good ⬩ worthy ⬩ having excellent qualities or properties ⬩ good of its kind ⬩ possessing the excellences of a class ⬩ excellent ⬩ well-qualified ⬩ skilful ⬩ efficient ⬩ good ⬩ advantageous ⬩ to one's interest ⬩ advisable ⬩ good ⬩ honourable ⬩ noble ⬩ proper ⬩ of value ⬩ precious ⬩ good ⬩ happy ⬩ pleasant

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Good. of health Sóna seó blǽdder tó séiran (to a healthier condition) gehwyrfeþ, Lchdm. i.206, 15. good, worthy, having excellent qualities or properties Sancte Iohannes wæs mára and sélra eallum óðrum mannum, Blickl. Homl. 163, 20. Sýlra, 161, 24.

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a-stígan

(v.)
Grammar
a-stígan, ic -stíge, ðú -stígest, -stíhst, he -stígeþ, -stíhþ, pl. -stígaþ ; p. -stág, -stáh, pl. -stigon; impert. -stíh; pp. -stigen [a, stígan to go] .

to go ⬩ come ⬩ step ⬩ proceed ⬩ climb ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ gradi ⬩ procedere ⬩ scandere ⬩ to go in any direction ⬩ to rise ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend ⬩ surgere ⬩ ascendere ⬩ descendere

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to go, come, step, proceed, climb; ire, venire, gradi, procedere, scandere Hwider sceal ðæs monnes mód astígan thither shall the mind of man go, Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 21; Cri. 1691. Egsa astígeþ dread shall come, 102 a; Th. 385, 24; Rä. 4, 49. Word-hleóðor

port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es; m. n.
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a port, haven Wið ðone gársecg is se port ðe mon hǽt Caligardamana, and be súþaneástan ðæm porte is ðæt ígland Deprobane, and be norþan ðæm Gandes múþan ... is se port Samera. Be norþan ðæm porte is se múþa ðære ié Ottorogorre, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 10, 8

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be-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sittan, to be-sittanne; p. -sæt, -sætt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten, [be by, near, sittan to sit].

to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere

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to sit round, surround, beset, besiege; circumdare, cingere, obsidere Ða Læcedemonian besǽton ða burh Mæsiane tyn winter the Lacedæmonians surrounded the city of Messene for ten years, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 15. Se cyng lét [hí] besittan ðone castel the

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Germania

(n.)
Grammar
Germania, e [ = æ]; f.

Germany

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Germany. The Germania of Alfred extended from the Don on the east to the Rhine and the German Ocean on the west; and from the Danube on the south to the White Sea on the north; it therefore embraced nearly the whole of Europe north of the Rhine and the

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, consider ⬩ recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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; with gen. and acc. To remember, bear in mind, consider; recordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari Gemunan his hálegan cýðnesse memorari testamenti sui sancti, Lk. Bos. 1, 72. Gif he ne wile mid inneweardre heortan gemunan and geþencean if he will not

þafian

(v.)
Grammar
þafian, p. ode.
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to consent to, agree with, approve of, assent to, allow, permit. with accusative Ic Beágmund ðis ðeafie and wríte, Chart. Th. 472, 22, 24, 28, 19, and often. Swá hwylc swá morþorslege þafaþ and hine man ðonne fremmeþ quicunque ad homicidium consenserit

widuwe

(n.)
Grammar
widuwe, widewe, weoduwe, weodewe, wuduwe, wudewe, wydewe, widwe, an; f. A widow, v. wíf, <b>III a</b>
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Wudewe (wuduwe, v.l.: widuwe, Rush. : widiua, Lind.) vidua, Lk. Skt. 18, 3. Widewe, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 15. Weodewe, Gen. 38, 11. Wydewe (wudewe, Ps. Spl. : weoduwa, Ps. Lamb.: widwe, Ps. Surt.), Ps. Th. 108, 9. Widwe, Lk. Skt. Rush. 2, 37 : 18, 5. Anna

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wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund, e; f.

A wound ⬩ vulnus ⬩ a wound ⬩ an injury caused by a blow ⬩ a sore caused by disease

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A wound; vulnus, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 49. in a physical sense, a wound, an injury caused by a blow Sió wund, ðe him se eorðdraca geworhte, Beo. Th. 5416; B. 2711. Blódig wund, Andr. Kmbl. 2945; An. 1475: Exon. Th. 143, 33; Gú. 670. Hér sindon dolhsealfa

yfele

(adv.)
Grammar
yfele, adv.
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Evilly, badly, ill Yfele male, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 235, 1. in a moral sense Yfele gé dydon pessimam rem fecistis, Gen. 44, 5. Hit is gecweden, ðæt him betere wǽre ðæt hé nǽfre wǽre, ðonne hé yfele wǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 21. badly, imperfectly, improperly

ed-wít

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Add: a source or cause of disgrace Edwít probrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 21. Þý lǽs him ætwite and on edwít sette (should make it a reproach to him) his geþoftan ꝥ hé for ege þæs deáþes þá þing dyde ne exprobrarent sibi sodales, quod timore mortis faceret

ge-beran

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Add: I. to bear, bring ꝥ cild Críst wearð geboren ágeán of Egiptan, Chr. 3; P. 5, 22. Sió gifu þæs hálegan gerýnes. . . bútan ǽnigre yldinge is tó berenne (gebeorenne, -anne, v. ll.) sancti mysterii gratia . . . sine ulla dilatione offerenda est, Bd.

ge-hýdan

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Dele <b>ge-hédan</b>, and to Add Condit, i. abscondit, reservat vel sell vel gehýt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 56. Gehýdde occulit 65, 23. Gehýddum abditis 98, 34. to hide, put out of sight, bury in the ground Dætste ꝥ wíf gehýdeð ( abscondit )

ge-earnian

(v.)
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Add: to deserve, merit. with acc. Hé him sylfum réþne dóm geearnaþ and begyteþ, Bl. H. 95, 34. Gefeán . . . þe þú ǽr on worlde mid geleáfan tó mé . . . geeamodest, 63, 29. Nis nán tweó ꝥ hé forgifnesse syllan nelle þám þe hié geearnian willaþ, 65, 9.

ge-wundian

(v.)
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Add: to cause bodily injury Wið sárum andgewundedum fótum, Lch. i. 358, 8. Ðæt hié mid ðǽm ísene hié selfe tó feore ne gewundigen, Past. 365, 11. <b>I a.</b> in cases of fighting or assault. physical Sé þe ofslehð man binnan ciricwágum,

ge-þyncþ

Grammar
ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Take here <b>ge-þingþu;</b> in Dict., and add: thriving, prosperous condition. in temporal matters, dignity, honour Ne maeg se mann módigan on geðincðum (-ðinðum, v. l. ) for ðan þe fela synd geþungenran, Hml. S. 16, 372. Án woruldcynincg

god-webb

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Add: fine woven material, material woven from silk or cotton, fine linen Twihíwe godweb caecum bis tinctum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 44. Godeweb purpura, An. Ox. 1378. Seolcen godewebbes bombicinum purpurae (peplum ), 461. Genim þone aeppel and hine bewind

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