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wunian

(v.)
Grammar
wunian, p. ode

To dwellremainto dwellabidestayremainliveto inhabit a place, live in or onto live, be in certain conditions or circumstances,to abidebe present with a person to comfort or helpto berestresideremainoccupy a positionto consist of or in,subsist, existto remainlastcontinueendureto be wont

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Lucia on ðære ylcan stówe wunode ðe heó ofslagen wæs Lucia remained lying in the same place that she was struck down, 9, 146. Se snáw leng ne wunede ðonne áne tíde, Nar. 23, 21. Hí wunedun (wéren wungiende mansissent, Lind.) óð ðysne dæg, Mt.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

cýþþu

Grammar
cýþþu, (-o).
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Sum hæfð sume cýððe tó rícum men; ðonne sceal sé earmum ðingian tó ðám rícan men þe hé cýððe tó hæfð, 558, 1-3. Þá þe þurh geleáfan ús gelenge beóð, and þurh crístendóm ús cýððe tó habbað, 314, 14. Abraham . . . tó Gode cýððe hæfde (cf.

Linked entry: cýþ

ge-flít

Grammar
ge-flít, l. ge-flit,
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Ðonne betweoxn eów bið yfel anda and geflitu ( contentio ), Past. 345, 14. Hié styrigað geflitu (-flietu, v.l.) and geciid rixae occasionem commovent, 293, 20.

ord

(n.)
Grammar
ord, es; m.

a point,of a weapona spear, pointed weaponone who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, princehead, frontline of battle, forefrontthe beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)

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Ðæt is ðonne swelc mon mid forewearde orde stinge ... suá suá Assael wæs deád bútan orde non cum recta, sed aversa hasta transforavit ... quasi sine ferro moriuntur, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 297, 10-23. Mid gáres orde, Cd. Th. 92, 2; Gen. 1522.

Linked entries: ór ord-wíga

tácn

(n.)
Grammar
tácn, ,es; n.

A token, signa sign, significant forman ensigna token, a credentiala sign, monumenta sign of the Zodiaca sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.)a sign to attract attention, a signala sign of anything future, a prognostica sign, an action that conveys a meaninga sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state</b> as a medical term, a symptoma sign, symbol, emblema sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidencea supernatural sign, miracle, prodigya signal event, remarkable circumstance

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God him sealde tácen ( posuit Dominus Cain signum ), ðæt nán ðæra ðe hine gemétte hine ne ofslóge, Gen. 4, 15. a sign to attract attention, a signal Ðonne ætýwþ mannes suna tácn on heofonan, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 30.

BEÓN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÓN, [bión], to beónne; part. beónde; ic beó [beóm], ðú bist, byst, he biþ, byþ, pl. beóþ; impert. beó, pl. beóþ; subj. beó, pl. beón

To BEexistbecomeessefieri

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Ðonne ic stille beóm when I am still Exon. 102 b; Th. 387, 5; Rä. 4, 74 : 72 a; Th. 268,,26; Jul. 438 : Mt. Lind. Rush. Stv. 9, 21. Ðú ána bist eallra déma thou alone art judge of all Hy. 8, 38; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 38 : Bt. Met.

wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
wlitig, adj.

Beautifulcomelyfairbeauteousglorious

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Ðonne hé ús selð micle getyngnesse and wlitige sprǽce ymb sóðfæsðnesse tó cýðanne cum nobis lwce veritatis plena eloquia subministrat, Past. 48 ; Swt. 369, 14. Hine wlitegum wordum herigeaþ, Ps. Th. 146, 1. Wlitige and unclǽne, tile and yfle, Cd.

hwanan

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Ðonne Críst cymþ, þonne nát nán mann hwanon he biꝥ, Jn. 7, 27: 28: 8, 14: 9, 29, 30. Wæs Jóhannes fulluht of heofone, hwæðer þe of mannum? ... Ða andswaredon hig ꝥ hig nyston hwanun hé wæs, Lk. 20, 4-7.

welig

(adj.)
Grammar
welig, weleg; adj.

Wealthyrichopulent

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Babylonia ðe ðá welegre wæs ðonne ǽnigu óþeru burg Babyloniam, urbem tunc cunctis opulentiorem, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 26.

Linked entry: wealig

brýten-walda

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
brýten-walda, brýten-wealda, bréten-ánwealda, an; m: brýten-weald, es; m.

A powerful ruler or kingpræpotens rexa rulerthe British aboriginesto bruise, break, to break into small portions, to dispersea ruler, king, an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended.a powerful kingthe wide expanse of eartha spacious realmthe spacious worlda spacious dwellinga war-king

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Eng. ii. 8-21] opposes both Turner and Lappenberg, asserting that there was not any general ruler or superior war-king elected by the Anglo-Saxons, and that even Bret-walda [q. v.] does not refer to the Britons, that it is so written in only one MS. of

ge-métan

(v.)
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. :-- Hé ðone fearr gehwǽr sóhte, and æt néxtan hine gemétte standan uppon ðám cnolle, Hml.

EÁC

(con.)
Grammar
EÁC, conj.

EKE, also, likewise, moreover, and etiam, quoque, et Nevertheless, however nihilōmĭnusSo also, also, moreover, very like, even so, as if parimŏdo, tamquamQuin etSo also, even so, likewise

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Ic eów secge, eác máran ðonne wítegan I say unto you, and more than a prophet. Mt. Bos. 11, 9. Adam hæfde nigen hund wintra and þrítig eác Adam had nine hundred winters, and thirty also, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 31; Gen. 1126: 58; Th. 71, 3; Gen. 1165.

þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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Swá dóþ ða þeóstro ðíne gedréfednesse, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 30. Beóþ þeóstra gewordene, Blickl. Homl. 93, 18. Ðære nihte þióstro hí onlíhtaþ, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5. Ðióstro, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 17.

ge-mána

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ðonne unryht-líce talað, sé þe talað ðæt hé sié unscyldig, gif hé ðá gód, þe ús God tó gemánan sealde, him synderlíce ágnað cunctis hominibus terra communis est . . .

hwanne

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,' 39, 9; F. 224, 27. as co-ordinating relative Se forma dæge ðaere daerstana, ðonne ł huoenne eóstro ásægcas primo die azymorum, quando pascha immolant, Mk. L., R. 14, 12.

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(h) add :-- Him is leófre ðæt hé leóge ðonne him mon ǽnigra ungerisna tó wéne, Past. 217, 16.

hǽþen

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Ðone ufemyston héton þá hǽþenan Saturnus, Angl. vii. 14, 122. Wé nú hǽðenra þeównéd þoliað, Dan. 307. Hǽþenra allophilorum (the Philistines), An. Ox. 881 : 5018. Hé hí on handgeweald hǽðenumsealde, Ps. Th. 105, 30. Hǽþnum, Bl. H. 171, 22.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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Though we do not know the exact dates when the Gospels were translated from Latin into Anglo-Saxon, Cuthbert assures us that Bede finished the last Gospel, St. John, on May 27, 735, [see Pref. to Goth. and A. Sax. Gos. Bos. pp. ix-xii.]

Linked entry: bonda

hwæt-hwega

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Ðonne him hwæthwugu wiðstint, 455, 16. Huoeðer huoðhuoegu ( aliquid ) woere wona?, Lk. L. 22, 35. Him biþ hwæshweg (-hwugu, v. l. ) wana, Bt. 34, 1; F. 134, 12. Suǽ hé hwæshwegu hercnade, Shrn. 72, 24.

lange

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. ¶ Swá lange þæt, oþ until :-- ꝥ man týmde þǽr hit ǽrest befangen wǽre swá longe ꝥ man wiste hwǽr hit ætstandan wolde ut aduocaretur ubi deprehendebatur, donec innotesceret in quo stare uellet Ll. Th. i. 290, 2.