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be-witan

watch over

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Add: in a general sense, to take charge of, watch over Wén is wille bewitan á his menn ge on lífe ge on deá ðe, Hml.

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ge-stillan

(v.)
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Hi náuþer ne gestillan ne móton ne eác swíþor styrian, Bt. 21; F. 74, 7. not to be active Swá styrigende is seó sáwul heó furðon on slǽpe ne gestylþ, Hml. S. l, 132.

ge-búgan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. to bow, bend the body hine on cirican gebidde, and Godes weófedan gebúge, Ll. Th. i. 334, 30. Se wyrm gebeáh tósomne. ... Gewát gebogen scríðan, B. 2569. Ábogenre ł ge[bogenre] curva, Hpt.

hryre

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Ne hægles hryre ne hrímes dryre, Ph. 16. (2 a) of a shower of stones, Hml. Th. i. 50, 23 (in Dict.). fig. a descent from high estate, flourishing condition Ǽr ðæs monnes hryre bið ðæt mód úp áhæfen, Past. 299, 18.

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONEunusunaunumaloneonlysoleanothersolusaliussolealone of its kindsingularuniquewithout an equalunicuseximiusa certain onesome onequidamaanaaneachevery oneallunus-quisqueuna-quæqueunum-quodqueOneother

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Grammar ÁN, m. f. n.

ge-sceád

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Add: a division, part Nime hió hire þriddan sceat (gesceád, þæne þriddan dǽl þǽre ǽhta, v.ll.], Ll. Th. i. 138, 19. <b>I a.</b> a division into parts, classification under heads :-- Þis ys gesceád þára lácnunge.

ge-tellan

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Add: of speech, to tell. to relate, give an account of, state Geteled is ðæhtung ðǽra Iudéa refertur consilium Iudaeorum, Mt. p. 20, 1; Lk. p. 4, 12.

tó-geagnes

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
tó-geagnes, -gegnes, -geánes, -génes.

towards,so as to meetagainst,to meetin the way of,to meet the approach ofin readiness for,against the coming ofagainst,for the purpose of resistingon the approach of,towardsagain,in return

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Ðá geopenode seó sǽ tógeánes Moysen (the declension of the word in the translation of Exodous is dat, Moise; acc. Moise, Ex. 8, 8. Moises, 8, 25: 4, 27:16, 2, etc.), Ælfc. T.

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Hit furðum cépemen ne gefaraþ, Bt. 18, 2; F. 62, 36. Ne án furðum ealra wǽre non est usque ad unum, Ps. Th. 52, 2, 4.

wíse

(n.)
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wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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On ða ylcan wísan (juxta quem ratum) nymaþ ticcenu, Ex. 12, 5 : Ps. Th. 30, arg. Ðú gesettest ǽlcere þeóde þeáw and wísan, Hy. 7, 22. Ic healde míne wísan, Exon. Th. 390, 19; . 9, 4: 401, 14; . 21, II;483, 12; . 69, l.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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mæg þæt beón, þú angin wást, þú eác þone ende nyte, Bt. 5, 3; F. 12, 18, 24, 35.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm, cwélm , es; m. n. [cwelan to die]

Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium

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. 278, 30; Jul. 605: Cd. 79; Th. 98, 1; Gen. 1623: Elen.

Linked entries: cwælm cwelm cwylm

LÓCIAN

(v.)
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LÓCIAN, p. ode

To LOOKseegazeobserveregardtake heedlook (to)belongpertain

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Ealles ðæs ðe ðǽr lócaþ all that there belongs to me, Chart. Th. 542, 11. Ðás ii béc lóciaþ intó Ryppel, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 19, 22 : 256, 31.

Linked entries: lóc

síþ-fæt

(n.)
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síþ-fæt, es ;
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in sing. generally masc., in pl. neut. a journey, expedition 'Se síþfæt is ðyder lang, and ðone weg ic ne con.' Drihten him cwæþ : 'Andreas ic ðínne síþfæt gestaþelode,' Blickl. Homl. 231, 26-8 : Andr.

Linked entry: fæt

þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
þreátian, p. ode.

to urgepressto oppressafflictvextroubleexerciseharassto urge a person to somethingpress for somethingforce to do somethingto reproverebuketo threaten

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to urge, press Threátade urguet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 21. to oppress, afflict, vex, trouble, exercise, harass Ðú ðreátt ða ðeóda ðe ús ðreátigeaþ, Ps. Th. 9, 5. Mec láðgeteónan þreátedon þearle my foes harassed me sorely, Beo. Th. 1124; B. 560.

Linked entries: þreátnian þreátung

under-standan

(v.)
Grammar
under-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to understandhave insight intoto understandperceiveknow certainlyto understand in such and such a senseto conceive ofconsiderto accept as correctto observenoticeconsider

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to understand, have insight into Ðú genóh wel understentst ðæt ic ðé sprece, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 1. Se godcunda foreþonc hit understent eall swiþe ryhte ... ne cunnon ðæt riht understandan, 39, 8; Fox 224, 19-21.

Linked entry: for-standan

elles

(adj.)

otherwisedifferentlyelsewhereelseelse

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Voc. ii. 3, 25. Áwhyder oþþe elles hwyder usquam aut aliorsum, An. Ox. 7, 376. Elles hwanune aliunde, Scint. 33, 2: R. Ben. I. 70, 1. of manner Elcra, elles secus, i. aliter, An. Ox. 3202.

ge-neahhe

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Is mín feorh helldore hylded geneahhe my life is quite turned down to the gate of hell; vita mea in infernum appropinquavit, Ps. Th. 87, 3. ús wiðerwearde wǽron geneahhe they were adverse enough to us, 123, 3: El. 1065.

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
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D. i. 114, 17. of the Deity or angels Críst hine þon geeáþ-médeþ . . . Bl. H. 5, 14. Ic þám geeádmétte, ic eów mid eádmódnysse þénade, Hml. A. 159, 183. Geeádmédde, 151, 8. Geeáþ-médde, Bl. H. 11, 33. ( St.

ge-freógan

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nǽnigum ne gehérdon ǽfre, huu ðú cueðes, ' biðon gefriód (-frióde, R.),' Jn. L. 8, 33. (l a) figuratively :-- Gif sunu iów gefrióð (-friáð, L.), sóðlíce frió bióðon. Jn. R. 8, 36.