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wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Ða yfelan bióþ micle gesáligran ðe on ðisse worulde habbaþ micelne weán and manigfeald wíte for hyra yfelum, ðonne ða sién ðe náne wræce nabbaþ, ne nán wíte on ðisse worulde for hiora yfle feliciores esse improbos supplicia luentes, quam si eos nulla

gifu

(n.)
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noua fidei gratia ambu-lamus 25. grace, the divine influence which operates in men to sanctify and to inspire with virtuous impulses ꝥ him wǽre from Dryhtne sylfum heofonlic gyfo (gifu, geofu, gyfu, v. ll.) forgyfen caelestem ei a Domino concessam esse

hád

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Gif þú bæt wást þæt ic unrihtlíce bisceopháde onfénge, ic lustlíce fram þǽre þénunge gewíte, for þon ic mé sylfne nǽfre þæs hádes wurdne ne dyde (libenter ab officio discedo, nunquam me hoc esse dignum arbitrator), Bd. 4, 2 ; Sch. 346, 24 Mǽðe on háde

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Be ðam cúþ standeþ ðæt hé fram deáþe gescylded wæs quem a morte constat esse servatum, Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 27. Hé gearu standeþ, Ps. Th. 117, 2. Heó gewuldrad stondeþ, Blickl. Homl. 197, 10. Hé stent þeófscyldig, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 16.

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licgan

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Þéh þe hié swíðe gebrocode wǽren on heora licgendan feó cum pudenda penuria esset aerarii, 4, 10; S. 196, 18. to remain unused, unproductive, &c.

gearo

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Ic habbe nú ongiten ꝥ ðú eart gearo tó ongitanne míne láre te ad intelligendum promtissimum esse conspicio, Bt. 36, 5; F. 178, 30. Gearuum expeditis, Wrt.

ge-híran

(v.)
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Ne ǽnig esne mæg tuǽm hláferdum gehéra ( seruire ), Lk. L. 16, 13. to learn by hearing, hear of, be informed of, be told, the object a noun Ic nǽfre ne geseah ne gehýrde nǽnne wísne mon þe má wolde bión earm ðonne welig, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 16.

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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Ic wille hýran holdlíce mínum hǽlende, Gú. 576. of the relation between servant and master, to serve: þonne esne his hláforde héreð and cwémeð. Ps. Th. 122, 2. Hérde Drihtne serviens Domino, Lk. p. 2, 3: 2, 37. Hére wé him seruiamus illi, 1, 74.

wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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Gif esne þeów weorc wyrce, L. Wih. 9 ; Th. i. 38, 18. Ðæt mon óðrum riht wyrce, L. O. D. 2 ; Th. i. 352, 17. On ða gerád, wyrce ðæt hé wyrce, ðæt ðæt land sí unforworht, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 383, 32. Weorce, 384, 21.

gód

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Hét him ýðlidan gódne gegyrwan, B. 199. (1 a) of food or drink :-- Ánan esne gebyreð tó metsunge xii. pund gódes cornes, Ll. Th. i. 436, 26. xxx. ombra gódes uuelesces aloð, C. D. i. 293, 12. Ðó on gód ealu, Lch. ii. 318, 13.

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Þá gyt (get, L.) þá hé wæs feorr his fæder cum adhuc longe esset, Lk. 15, 20. Ðeáh hió him ðonne giet feorr sié, Past. 363, 19. with degrees of comparison. alone Giet suíðor hié syngiað, Past. 123, 1.

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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., go to law Ne gá þú mid þínum esne in tó dóme, Ps. Th. 142, 2. of passive movement, change of state, &c. to be carried, moved, impelled to, towards a place, person, &c. into a place or condition, lit. and fig.

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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His wíf wearð mid Esau and Iacob, and heó geswác ðá teámes, 38, 339. [Weren boðe ( John's parents ) teames ateald, O. E.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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... yfele þegnas beóþ heora hláforde fiénd an te longus ordo famulorum facit esse felicem? qui si vitiosi moribus sint ... ipsi domino inimici, Bt. 14, 1; F. 42, 23. Swé swé égan ðiówa in hondum hláfarda heara, Ps. Srt. 122, 2.

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Th. 128, 1. the object a clause ꝥ hiá sé gewyrces suno Goddes esse facit filios Dei Jn. p. 3, 3. Gif hé gewyrce ꝥ hine man áfylle, Ll.

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Þæt hé þám cúðum and þám uncúþum wæs gelíce gesegen ita ut extra humanam naturam notis ignotisque esse videretur, Guth. Gr. 170, 177 : 163, 40. Huæt ðé gesegen is (þincþ, W.S., ðynceð, R.) quid tibi videtur?, Mt. L. 17, 25.

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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seó heánnes ðæs walles gefylled wǽre, þæt se cyning ofslegen wæs and þæt ylce geweorc Óswalde forlét (some form equivalent to it happened appears necessary before þæt, which word there is nothing in the Latin to suggest : Priusquam altitudo parietis esset

ge-settan

(v.)
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Ðá se seonoð geset (-seted, v.l.) wæs quod cum esset statutum, Bd. 2, 2 ; Sch. 116, 3. ¶ of divine decrees :-- Hé úss Dómas swá hié God gesette, 81, 5 : Gú. 29. Godcundlice þus gesettan geban diuina taliter sancserunt edicta, i. decreta, An.

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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Wé willaþ beón bylewite volumus esse simplices Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 7. Ic ðíne bebodu wolde gegán concupivi mandata tua Ps. Th. 118, 40. Swá fela swá hé habban wolde, Chr. 877; Erl. 78, 24. On hwilce healfe ðú wille hwyrft dón, Cd.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

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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Homl. 183, 32. (12) as an auxiliary :-- Ic sceal rǽdan tó merigen lecturus sum cras, ðú scealt rǽdan lecturus es, hí sceolon (sceolan, sculon) rǽdan lecturi sunt, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 136, 10-12.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal