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be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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Seó lease wyriung becymð þám rihtwísum tó bletsunge, 554, 22. Ꝥ hit him tó forwyrde becume, Angl. vii. 28, 261. Þeáh þe hit ús becóme tó écere álýsednysse, Hml. S. 27, 178. Him tó gemynde þá mihton becuman, Ælfc. T.

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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Þeáh þe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne biþ hit þeáh bletsung..., Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 151. Þeáh lǽwedum mannum wíf sí álýfed, swá ðeáh hí ágan micele þearf, ðæt..., Wulfst. 305, 17.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh

bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop, biscop, biscep, es; m.

a BISHOP, prelateepiscopusa chief priest of the Jewspontifexa heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians

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Nis ná máre betwyx mæsse-preóste and bisceop, búton ðæt [Th. ii. 348, 24] se bisceop is geset to máran bletsunge ðonne se mæsse-preóst sý; ðæt is, circan to hálgigenne, and to hádigenne preóstas, to bisceopgenne cild [Th. ii. 348, 26: MS. men to biscopienne

ge-neálǽcan

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IV bb. of sexual intercourse Sceolde heó forhabban . . . fram hire gebeddan; . . . and syþþan mid Godes bletsunge geneálǽcan hyre gemacan, Hml.

tíma

(n.)
Grammar
tíma, an; m.

Timehourtempus horatime when,time at which an event takes place a time when a thing can or ought to be done,a proper time,opportunity in time in good timebe-timesproper timean appointed timea period of time time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. a season of the yearan age of the world time of pronouncing a syllable, quantity time, condition of things

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Thomas tó ðam tíman ágeán férde búton bletsunga, 1070; Erl. 208, 9. Týman on ásettum týman, Homl. Th. i. 18, 26. On unálýfedum tíman, ii. 94, 3. Gebiddaþ ealle hálige tó ðé on tilne tíman (in tempore opportuno), Ps. Th. 31, 7.

Linked entries: týma tíme

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Bletsung gemǽne werum and wífum, Exon. Th. 7, 14; Cri. 101. Ge weras ge wíf, Blickl. Homl. 107, 11. ¶ in the plural the word seems sometimes to include women as well as men :-- Hé wolde for wera synnum eall áǽðan, Cd. Th. 77, 23; Gen. 1279.

Linked entry: wíf

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
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Mid Godes bletsunge with the blessing pronounced by the priest, 256, 7. Muneca gehwylc . . . geþence word and wedd þe hé Gode betǽhte, 306, 5.

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Ic sette beforan eów bletsunga and wirignissa, Deut. 11. 26. Ic hine wergþo on míne sette. Cd. Th. 105, 20; Gen. 1756. Swá hit mé sealde se ðe ic hit nú on hande sette, L. O. 3; Th. i. 180, 4. Ðú setst (settes, Cott.

Linked entry: on-settan

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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11; Th. i. 206, 3. (4 a) where the number is indefinite, some :-- Ðá se Aulixes tó ðam gefiohte fór, ðá hæfde hé sume hundred scipa, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 7. adverbially or in adverbial phrases Se biscop is þeáh geset sumes ( in some degree ) tó máran bletsunge

Linked entry: ÁN

LǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼTAN, p. lét, leórt; pp. lǽten. The ellipsis of a verb in the infinitive, the meaning of which may be inferred from the context, not unfrequently takes place after lǽtan; and the connection of many of the meanings which follow with the simple one seems explainable in this way.

to LETallowpermitsufferto letlet gogive updismissleaveforsakeletto letcausemakegethavecause to beplace make as ifmake outprofesspretendestimateconsidersupposethinkto behave towardstreatto let

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Fela is ðæra ðe embe bletsunga oððe unbletsunga leóhtlíce lǽtaþ many are there that esteem lightly of blessings or cursings [cf. Piers P. iv. 160-161 moste peple ... leten mekenesse a maistre and Mede a mansed schrewe.

Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt