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ge-gán

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</b> of movement. movement irrespective of the point of departure or destination. to go on foot, walk Gif hwelc gigæs (gegaas, L.) on dæg si quis ambulauerit in die, Jn. R. 11, 9. Árás ꝥ mægden and geeóde ( ambulabat ), Mk. L. 5, 42.

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Næs him wihte ðe sél it was not a whit the better for him Beo. Th. 5368 ; B. 2687. Nát ic hit be wihte ( at all; cf. be dǽle in part ), Exon. Th. 468, 7 ; Phar. 4.

dóm

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Voc. ii. 23, 54. a sentence, doom Se dóm þæt hire wæs tó gecweden, ꝥ heó cende on sáre, Bl. H. 3, 8. Se mon þe nú démeþ þǽm earmum búton mildheortnesse, þonne biþ þám eft heard dóm geteód, 95, 36.

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n.

powerauthoritydominionruleempirereignbishopsconsulsa kingdomrealma diocesea nation

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From ðæm ǽrestan geáre Ninuses ríces óþðæt Babylonia burg getimbred wæs wǽron lxiiii wintra . . . ðý ilcan geáre gefeóll Babylonia and eall Asiria ríce and hiora anwald, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 60, 25-32. Wæs Maximianes ríce brád, Exon. Th. 243, 10; Jul. 8.

ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
ríce, adj.

powerfulmightygreatpossessed of powerrichpossessed of wealthstrongpowerfulmightypotent

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Wæs Alexandreas ealra rícost monna cynnes, Exon. Th. 319, 21; Víd. 15. Monege óðre ðe of Macedonian rícoste wǽron multi Macedoniae principes, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 130, 24.

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, l. ge-lógian,
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His líf wæs þus gelðgod; ðá þá hé twelf wintra wæswæs betǽht Benedicte, and hé wunode mid him twéntig wintra, and on his ágenum mynstre em feówertig geára, Hml.

hál

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Hál (hál wæs þú, W. S.), cynig Júdéana, 27, 29 : Mk. L. R. 15, 18 : Lk. L. R. 1, 28

Linked entry: tunge

healf

(n.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

Sidepartsidehandbesidedisputebehalfaccountsidequarterdirection

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Hé sette Mannases on his winstran hand, þæt wæs on Israhéles swíðran healfe, Gen. 48, 13. of a thing Fram swíþre healfe dextro cornu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 2.

æfter

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
æfter, prep. [æft, q. v; er, q. v.] dat; rarely acc.

AFTERpostAlongthroughduringκατάperAccording toby means ofsecundumpropterAfteraboutpropterobdeAfteraboveaccording topostsupersecundum

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War. 1, 25. He eorþan æfter wæter ǽrest sette qui fundavit terram super aquas, Ps. Th. 135, 6. Stefne míne gehér æfter mildheortnesse ðíne, Drihten vocem meam audi secundum misericordiam tuam, Domine, Ps. Lamb. 118, 149

Linked entries: æftyr efter eftyr

lyft

(n.)
Grammar
lyft, es, e; m. f. n.

Airatmospherebreezeskyheavenscloud

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Nán wolcn næs on ðære lyfte gesewen no cloud was seen in the sky, Homl. Th. ii. 182, 35. Leólc on lyfte sported in air, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 10; Gen. 448. On lyfte cumende venientem in nube, Lk. Skt. 21, 27.

Linked entries: lift loft

hider

to this worldto this lifein this worldto this pointhither and thitherto and fro

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Sandigum wara cyslum hider and tyder (þider, Hpt.

Linked entry: hider-cyme

þeówian

(v.)
Grammar
þeówian, p. ode.
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Wæs heó Drihtne ðeówiende on ðam mynstre, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 15.

Linked entries: þeáwian þeówan

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> what is fixed by law in a particular case :-- Gif hwá þæne friðleásan man healde, béte ꝥ swá hit ǽr lagu wæs, Ll. Th. i. 384, 8.

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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Conon mid micle gefeán onfangen wæs, 3, I; Swt. 98, 25. in a special sense of receiving at the baptismal font, or at confirmation, to stand sponsor to a person: — His (Godrum) se cyning onféng æt fulwihte, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 22.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

be-cuman

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

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Ús wæs swælc geswencnis becymen, 14, 31. to become, behove Gif ic scile ł becyme mec ꝥ ic efne gesuelta ðé etsi oportuerit me commori tibi, Mk. L. 14, 31

irnan

(v.)
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Þæt scip wæs ealne weg yrnende under segle, l, l ; S. 19, 34. to spread quickly His word yrneð (eorneð, Ps. Srt.) wundrum snióme, Ps. Th. 147, 4. of thoughts Mé arn tó gemynde oft and gelóme it often occurred to me, Ll.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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For ðeosum wæs geworden ... for ðæm, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 26. [O. Sax. thius; f.; thit; n.: O. Frs. this, thisse; m.; thius, thisse; f.; thit, this; n.: O. H. Ger. dese; m.; desiu; f.; diz; n.: Icel. þessi ; m. f.; þetta; n.]

Linked entries: þás þis

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a womana female persona being in the form of a womana married womana wife

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Wæs sum wíf, seó (ðæt wíf ðió mulier quae, Lind.) hæfde untrumnesse gást, Lk. Skt. 13, 11. Wæs sóna gearu wíf, swá hire weoruda helm beboden hæfde, Elen. Kmbl. 445 ; El. 223. Sǽde ðæt wíf hire wordum selfa, Cd. Th. 160, 10; Gen. 2648.

Linked entry: BRÝD

niman

(v.)
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Th. i. 350, 5. to adopt and enter upon a way Dysig bið se wegférenda man, sé ðe nimð þone sméðan weg . . . and forlǽt ðone sticolan, Hml.

wiþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-weard, (-word, -wurd), and -wierde; adj.

contraryadversehostileadversaryenemyopponentfiendhostile to rightful authorityrebelopposed to what is rightarrogantperversedepravedreprobatefalsehereticapocryphalopposed to the good or pleasure of anythingunfavourableadversehurtfulperniciousdisagreeablecontraryopposite

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of direction, contrary Him wæs wiðerweard (-word, Lind., Rush.) wind erat ventus contrarius eis, Mk. Skt. 6, 48: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 24.