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gearo

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Æfter siextegum daga þaes þe ðæt timber ácorfen wæs, þǽr wǽron xxx and c gearora ge mid mæste ge mid segle ( centum triginta navium classis deducta in ancoris stetit ), Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 5. finished, complete Ðǽm synfullan náuht ne helpað his gódan

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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Þá burh æt Ligraceastre, and se mǽsta dǽl þæs herges þe ðǽr tó hýrde wearð underþeóded, Chr. 918; P. 105, 23. Æt þám túne þe hé tó hýne, Ll.

fram

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Wearð Rómánum se mǽsta ege from Sceltiuerin cum Romanos ingens Celtiberorum metus invasisset, 4, 12; S. 208, 24: 4, 10; S. 198, 32. Æghwæðrum wæs bróga fram óðrum, B. 2565. Him þæs egesa stód gryre fram þám gáste, Dan. 526.

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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Sume tiliaþ wífa for ðam ðæt hí þurh ðæt mǽge mǽst bearna begitan and eác wynsumlíce libban uxor ac liberi, qui jucunditatis gratia petantur, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 25.

Linked entries: teolian tylian telge

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Tempel mǽst þára þe manna bearn folmum geworhte, Exod. 396. Hlǽw gewyrcean, B. 2802. Gewyrcean tor of treówum and of mycclum beámum, Bl. H. 187, 12. Agger eorðbyre vel geworht strǽt strata vel delapidata Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 33.

lǽtan

(v.)
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H. 43, 16. with clause Lǽt þé on gemyndum (keep in mind) hú þæt manegum wearð gefrége, An. 962. (1 α) to loose one's hold of, let go :-- Hé hǽt fealdan ꝥ segl, and eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst and lǽtan þa bǽtinge, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 15. to leave undone

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Ꝥ he oft and gelóme hæbbe on gemynde ꝥ mannum is mǽst þearf oftast tó gemunenne, ꝥ is ꝥ hí rihtne geleáfan habban, Ll.

ge-mynd

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Nú is seó mæsse þe man mæssað gemynd his þrowunge, Ll. Th. ii. 376, 13. V a. with reference to the dead, commemoration service On ðæt gerád ꝥ mín gemynd mid him þý fæstlícor sió, and hió ǽlce gére gemyndgien ðá tíde mínes forðsíðes, C.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Ic áh mǽste þearfe, ðæt ðú mínum gáste gódes geunne, Byrht.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

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 giet þá Alexander hám cóm, þá giet wæs on him se mǽsta þurst monnes blódes Alexander apud Babyloniam adhuc sanguinem sitiens, Ors. 3, 9; S. 136, 11. Þá gyt þe ic wæs gehefaldod dum adhuc ordirer, Cant. Ez. 12.

ge-dón

(v.)
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Hí Læcedemonie mǽst ealle áwéstan, and tó þon gedydon ꝥ hí hí selfe léton for heáne Sparlani ultima propemodum desperatione tabuerunt, Ors. 3, l ; S. 98, 22, Drihten mæg úre fýnd gedón tó náhte Deus ad nihilum deducet tribulantes nos, Ps.

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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Ongunnon ðá bǽl-fýra mǽst wígend weccan: wudu-réc astáh sweart of Swió-þole then the warriors began to kindle the greatest of bale-fires: the wood-smoke ascended black from the Swedish pine, 6277-6281; B. 3143-3145.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Ðǽr manna wese mǽst ætgædere, Ps. Th. 78, 10. Wese ús beorhtnes ofer, 89, 19. Wesan hí wið Drihtne, 108, 19. Wǽre ðǽr hé wǽre, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 9, 10: Elen. Kmbl. 317; El. 159. Gelimplíc wæs ðæt ða ætgædere wǽron on écre stówe, Blickl.

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Hé byð á ymbe ðæt án, hú hé on manna sáulum mǽst gesceaðian mæge, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 25. Hé sǽde ðæt Aldberht and Alhhún wǽron ǽr ymb ðæt ylce, Chart. Th. 140, 14. Ðás feówero ymb woeson ( = woeron?)

ge-settan

(v.)
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Th. 82, 9. of material, to occupy space þæs dæges godspel is eal mǽst mid háligra manna naman geset, Hml. Th. ii. 466, 23. to decree, ordain Wé gesettað sancimus, An. Ox. 419.

ge-weorþan

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Foretácna mǽst þára þe gewurde monnum oðýwed, Cri. 894. Cearu wæs geníwod geworden, B. 1304. Syndon hí gewordene tólýsde, Ps. Th. 72, 15. of intransitive verbs, to be, have Þanon ǽtorcyn ǽrest gewurdon onwæcned, Sal. 219

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Mæst hlifade ofer Hróþgáres hordgestreónum, Beo. Th. 3802; B. 1899. Wígláf siteþ ofer Biówulfe, 5806; B. 2907. denoting contact with anything, upon, on Hé gesette ofer stáne fét míne, Ps. Lamb. 39, 3.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

(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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Sendon hý ymb heora þæt mǽste bismer, Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 146, 28. without noun Ǽr þá Crístnan mehten hira út áscúfan, Chr. 897 ; P. 91, 13. (β β) as substantive :-- Hé bið gelícost ðǽm men ðe his tówirpð, Past. 445, 18.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Búton hé suá monige gecierre suá hé mǽsð mǽge, 28; Swt. 191, 9. Hafa on múþe swá hát swá ðú hátost mǽge, Lchdm. ii. 50, 15. Swá forð swá ða óðre, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Zup. 114, 3.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, containto hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabitto rule, governto behave, conductto guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heedto hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold withto hold, keep, keep sheepservare, custodire

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Ðǽr heó ǽr mǽste heóld worolde wynne in whom before she had had her chief joy in this life, Beo. Th. 2163; B. 1078: 6079; B. 3043. Úre ieldran ða ðe ðás stówa ǽr hióldon our forefathers who occupied these places before, Past. pref; Swt. 5, 14: Beo.