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weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Gif se abbod his geearnunge swylce ongyte, hé hine mót be suman dǽle furþor weorðian (wyrðian, v.l. ), and him innor tǽcan stede and setl, R. Ben. III, 4. <b>V a.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

ge-weorþan

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Ðá gewearð hine ðæt hé gecierde inn tó ðǽm scræfe he found it convenient to turn into the cave, Past. 197, 14. (γ) with gen. pronoun representing a following clause :-- Hú gewearð þé þæs, þæt þú sǽbeorgas sécan woldes máðmum bedǽled ?

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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. ¶ where the object is expressed by a clause :-- Ne syleþ hé só;ðfæstum, ðæt him ýþende mód innan hreðre. Ps. Th. 54, 22. Gúþláce engel sealde, ðæt him sweðraden synna lustas, Exon. Th. 109, 1; Gú. 83.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Gif hé þæs mægenes ne hæbbe ꝥ hé hine inne besitte, Gif mon hæbbe healfe (healfes, v. l. ), 122, 10: 144, Hwǽr hié landes hæfden þæt hié mehten an gewícian, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 80, 9. Wé beót hæbbende ðæs ðe wé ǽr hopedon. Hml.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Gif se hláford sæcge ꝥ him náðor ne burste ne áð ne ordál ... niman se hláford him twégen getreówe þegenas innan þám hundrede and swerian ..., 280, 10-13. Gif se hláford hine ládian wylle, 294, 12.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Arn hé inn mid sceandlícum willan, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 170. Óðerne rǽd wyrsan tó his willan other counsel worse for his purpose 19, 206. Se Hǽlend hæfde ðone gódan willan tó ðam fóstre, and ða mihte tó ðære fremminge, Homl. Th. i. 184, 22.

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Is ðín ágen sprǽc innan fýren, sylf swíðe hát ignitum eloquium tuum vehementer, Ps. Th. 118, 140. Ðǽr habbaþ englas dreám, sanctas singaþ, ðæt is seolfa for God, Cd. Th. 286, 21; Sat. 355. Ðá onféng hé gáste. . . and sylfa his wunda áwráþ.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

hwá

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Hwæt wæs seó Salamones ræste elles búton se hálga innoð?, Bl. H. 11, 19. with gen. what manner of Ac hwæt wile ðæt nú beón weorca ðæt ús on óðerre stówe forbiét ðæt wé hit beforan mannum dón, on ððerre lǽrd búton ðæt wé hit helen ?

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Gif eáran sýn innan sáre, and ðǽr wyrms sý, on dó ða ylcan sealfe, heó ys swýðe gód tó ðam, Lchdm. i. 358, 17.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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</b> 1 a Ꝥ cild . . . ǽr hé on innoðe geeácnod wǽre, Lk. 2, 21. Hig cómon ꝥ cild ymsníþan, and nemdon hyne, 1. 59. where the pronoun represents either a male or female, cf.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, &nbsp;sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Oft mon forlǽt ðone ege ðe hé mid ryhte on him innan habban scolde, Past. 4, 1; Swt. 37, 18. Hé ús lǽrde, hú wé ús gebiddan sceoldan, Blickl. Homl. 19, 36.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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Wið ðæt mannes innoð tó fæst sý, 2, 16, and often. Grammar wiþ, marking contrary motion or action, against, contrary to. Similar entries v. II. 13 Wiþ Godes gife contra gratiam Dei, Bd. 1, 10 ; S. 480, 2.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Hé gearwaþ ðínne innoð his suna tó brýdbúre, Blickl. Homl. 9, 10. Tó lǽne as a loan, on loan, Deut. 15, 8: Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 7. Tó láfe as a remnant, remaining, Similar entries v. láf, I.

Linked entry: -anne

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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the, vide Þ, þ. The indigenous Pagan alphabet of our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, called Runes, it must be particularly observed, not only represents our letters, but the names of the letters are significant. The Runes are chiefly formed by straight lines

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, used in composition,—

waterseaaquamare

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water, sea; aqua, mare

ǽr-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-fæder, indecl. in sing, but sometimes gen. -fæderes and dat. -fædere are found; pl. nom. acc. -fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

A forefatherfatherpropatorpater

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A forefather, father; propator, pater, Beo. Th. 5258; B. 2622

æðelo

(n.)
Grammar
æðelo, indecl. in sing; pl. nom. acc. æðelu, æðelo; gen. æðela; dat. æðelum; n.

Nobilitypre-eminenceoriginfamilyracenaturetalentsgeniusnobilitasprincipatusorigonatalesprosapianaturaindolesingenium

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Nobility, pre-eminence, origin, family, race, nature, talents, genius; nobilitas, principatus, origo, natales, prosapia, natura, indoles, ingenium Ic lǽre ðæt ðú fægenige óðerra manna gódes and heora æðelo I advise that thou rejoice in other men's good

Linked entry: ge-æðele

-an

(suffix)
Grammar
-an, -anne, v. -anne, in alphabetical order, and TO; prep.
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The termination of most Anglo-Saxon verbs is in -an; but -án is found, which seems to be contracted from aa, agan, ahan, as, — gán to go, from gaan: smeán to consider, from smeagan: sleán to slay, from sleahan, etc. The termination of verbs in -ón, appears

an-bærnys

(n.)
Grammar
an-bærnys, on-bærnys, -nyss, e; f. [v. on-bærning, in-bærnis]

Incensefrankincenseincensum

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Incense, frankincense; incensum, thus Sý gereht gebéd mín swá swá anbærnys dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum, Ps. Spl. 140, 2

arctos

(n.)
Grammar
arctos, acc. arcton; f. [ἄρκτος, m. f. a bear; ἄρκτος, f. the constellation Ursa Major, called also ἅμαξα, carles wǽn the churl's wain: the bright star in Boötes is denominated by ancient astronomers and poets Ἀρκτοῦρος, the bear-ward].

The constellation Ursa Major

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The constellation Ursa Major; arct-os, -us, i; f. = ἄρκτος, f Arcton hátte án tungol on norþ dǽle, se hæfþ seofon steorran, and is for ðí óðrum naman geháten, septemtrio, ðone hátaþ lǽwede menn carles wǽn. Se ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan,

Linked entries: carles wǽn Boéties