eall
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Dríg hí and mid wyrttruman mid ealle gewyrc tó dúste, Lch. i. 70, 11. acc. alone, all, quite Bétende eall be bisceopes dóme emendans omnino juxta sententiam episcopi, Ll. Th. ii. 188, 28.
fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Seó burg (Babylon) wæs ealra weorca fæstast, 2, 4; S. 74, 24: 3, 7 ; S. 114, 11. of a chamber, closely shut up: Gefere þæne mannan on swíðe fæstne cleofan and wearmne, Lch. ii. 280, 11. of a vessel, that does not leak, water-tight: Fæstne kylle, Past
hwæþer
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ðince ... hwæþer þe þú hý forseó ... þe þú gebíde hwonne hí þé forlétan, Bt. 8; F. 26, 12. hwæþer ... hwæþer þe Hé gecnǽwþ be þǽre láre, hwæþer ( utrum) heó sí of Gode, hwæþer þe (an ) ic be mé sylfum spece, Jn. 7, 17. hwæþer ... þe Sié on cyninges dóme
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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Ic eom brǽdre ðonne ðes wong gréna I am broader than this green plain, Exon. 111 a;Th. 425, 3;Rä. 41, 50: 111 b;Th, 426, 32;Rä. 41, 82.
HÁD
person ⬩ persona ⬩ sex ⬩ degree, rank, order, condition ⬩ state, condition, kind, nature, form ⬩ manner, way ⬩ honour ⬩ persona, sexus, ordo, gradus.
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Wæs se súþduru hwæthwega háde máre the south door was somewhat greater in form, Blickl. Homl. 201, 15. On weres háde in the form of a man, Elen. Kmbl. 144; El. 72.
Linked entries: acolitus diácon dúru-weard hádelíce -hád
hús
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, hálig Drihten beati qui habitant in domo tua, Domine, Ps. Th. 83, 5. a building (without specifying its purpose) Gif preóst on unhálgodon húse mæssige, Ll. Th. ii. 292, 16. a household Giléfde hé and hús (híwrǽden. W.S.) his all, Jn. R.
wilnian
of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end
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Ða nétenu, and eác ða óþre ge-sceafta, má wilniaþ ðæs ðe hí wilniaþ for gecynde ðonne for willan, Bt. 34, II; Fox 152, 6. Ealle tó ðé ǽtes wilniaþ omnia a te expectant, ut des illis escam, Ps. Th. 103, 25.
Linked entry: willnian
wæter
- Homl. 247, 25 ; see also
- Ps. Th. 17, 11
- Ps. Th. 31, 7.
water ⬩ water ⬩ water in the sky, rain ⬩ water of a river, sea, etc. ⬩ water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea ⬩ waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.
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Hí forweorðan wætere gelícost, ðonne hit yrnende eorðe forswelgeþ, Ps. Th. 57, 6. Þegn winedryhten his wætere gelafede, Beo. Th. 5438; B. 2722. Wætre, 5700; B. 2854. Ðætte hé gewǽte his ýtemestan finger on wættre, Past. 43; Swt. 309, 7.
æt
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Swá ús bið æt Gode, ðonne wé wið hine gesyngiað. Past. 425, 4. Hit stent on úrum dihte hú ús bið æt Gode gedémed, Hml.
hand
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Th. i. 76, 7. as a recipient of property, an heir: — Nú hit eall ágán is on ðǽron oð ðíne hand (until you inherited) ; ðonne ðú hit becweðe and sylle swá gesibre handa swá fremdre swaðer ðe leófre sý, C. D. ii. 114, 7.
in
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In Godes dóme, Gú. 82. In dracan fæðme, E.l. 766. Sáwla ne móton in mínum ǽhtum wunigan, 907. In Godes wære, Gú. 718. In freoðu Dryhtnes, Ph. 597. of condition or state Hé in oferhygde lifde, Dan. 107. Ic in wíte, sceal bídan, Sat. 48. In sibbe.
D
to cut
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to cut. d and t are often interchanged, as métte met, for métde. nouns ending in d or t are generally feminine, as Gebyrd, e; f. birth: Miht, e; f. might, power. a word terminating with ed, d [Icel. at, t: Ger. et, t] indicates that a person or thing