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wine

(n.)
Grammar
wine, es; m.

A friend.applied to an equalapplied to one who can help or protecta friendly lorda (powerful) friendused of a husband or loverapplied to an inferior or subordinate, one to whom favour or protection may be shewn

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Ðǽr him folcweras fremde wǽron, wine uncúðe, Cd. Th. 110, 32; Gen. 1847. Ic fela folca gesóhte, wina uncúðra, 163, 14; Gen. 2698. Hé (Pharaoh) héht him (Abraham) wine (or sing.?) ceósan, ellor æðelingas, óðre dugeðe, 112, 8; Gen. 1867.

Linked entries: dæg-wine wine-leás

tó-stencan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stencan, p -stencte; pp. -stenced, -stenct.

to scatter the parts of a wholedisperse a number of objects gathered togetherto destroy the integrity of a wholedissipatebring to noughtoverthrow

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Ðá wǽron tóstencte (dispersi sunt) ealle ða wiðerweardan gástas, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 7: l, 16; S. 484, 14: Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 27: Homl.

tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
tóþ, gen. tóþes; dat. téþ, inst. tóþe; pl. toeð, téþ, and tóþas; m.

A toothtusk

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Heora tóþas wǽron gelíce horses twuxan. Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 34, 24: Exon. Th. 226, 18; Ph. 407. Mannes tóða beóþ on eallum his lífe .ii. and .xxx., Salm. Kmbl. 192, 13. Tóða sár. Lchdm. i. 72, 24. Tóþa wagung, 334, 9.

Linked entry: fóre-téþ

Cædmon

(n.)
Grammar
Cædmon, es; m. [Cædrnon, MS. C. C. C. Oxford: Cædrnon, Bd. 4, 24; S. 170, 50; Cedmon, S. 597, 12: Ceadmon, MS. B. S. 597, note 12: Cadmon, Runic Monmnts. by Prof. Stephens, fol. Cheapinghaven, 1868, p. 419, 11: cæd linter, mon homo]
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Eft he cwæþ, se ðe mid him sprecende wæs, hwæðere ðú meaht me singan. Cwæþ he, hwæt sceal ic singan? Cwæþ he, sing me frumsceaft.

feran

(v.)
Grammar
feran, to ferenne; part. ferende; p. ferde, pl. ferdon; pp. fered [fer a journey]

To gomake a journeyset outtravelmarchsailīreĭter făcĕreproficiscitransīremigrārenāvĭgāre

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He ferde fram him and wæs fered on heofen recessit ab eis et ferēbātur in cælum, Lk. Bos. 24, 51. He eft hám ferde he went home again, Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 5: 3, 11; S. 536, 9.

Linked entry: fyran

FOR

(prep.)
Grammar
FOR, prep. dot. acc. and inst.

FORon account ofbecause ofwithbypropropterperaccording toprosĕcundumjuxtaForinstead ofprolŏcovĭceForon account ofbecause ofthroughpropropterper

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Se wæs in ðam fíre for Freán meahtum he was in the fire by the Lord's power, Exon. 54a; Th. 189, 26; Az. 65.

(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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Babylonia, seó ðe mǽst wæs and ǽrest ealra burga, seó is nú læst and wéstast, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 23. Nǽron náðer góde ne ðá, ne nú, 2, 5; Swt. 86, 12. Wá eów ðe nú hlihaþ, forðon gé eft wépaþ, Blickl. Homl. 25, 23.

earfoðe

(n.)
Grammar
earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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) habban, þæt hé on þysne síð fare, Gen. 513.] tribulation, affliction, trouble Him ne wæs nǽnig earfoþe ꝥ líchomlice gedál, Bl. H. 135, 30. Ꝥ þú mid earefoþe sum eofel ne geféldest, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 19.

fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fóran, prep. adv.

Beforein frontin frontin frontbefore alloppositeover againstBeforeBeforehandbeforebeforeBeforein front of

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Þæt wæs án foran ealdgestreóna, B. 1458. with prepositions, on. with dat. Wrít þám horse on þám heúfde foran Crístes mǽl Lch. ii. 290, 24. with acc.: Hé wearp his tungan on ðæt neb foran lingnam in os tyranni abjecit, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 25.

ge-hwá

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwá, <b>A.</b> as noun.
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(l a) as antecedent :-- Hý gebétton gehwæt þe tóbrocen wæs of þám, Ll. Th. ii. 356, 7. with gen. pl. of a noun Hé beheád ꝥ monna gehwá him hám férde singulos domum redire praecepit Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 254, 19.

hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shapeformshapefigurea formshapewritingappearanceaspectcolourformkindnaturecharacterformulaformtypemodela pretexa fancya kindspecies

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Sé þe wæs on Godes híwe onféng ꝥ híw úre týddran gecynde, Bl. H. 29, 3. Undernim ðú leorningcnihtes híw, ꝥ þú ðás gerýnu leornian mæge, Hml. Th. i. 590, 21. In monnes híw, Cri. 657. In cildes híw, 725.

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, p. swór (but a weak swerede occurs; cf.
Icel. svarði as well as sór
), pl. swóron; pp. sworen

To swear, make oath. absoluteto swear by or onto swear to anythingto swear an oath by somethingto swear by, on . . . that . . .

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L. 57; Th. ii. 300, 2. with an object, a noun (pronoun) Ðá swóron hí swíðe, ðæt hit swá wǽre. Ðá cwæð hé tó him: ;Ac tó hwon sweriaþ git mán?; Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 64, 6. Ic ne swór fela áþa on unriht, Beo. Th. 5470; B. 2738.

Linked entry: fore-swerian

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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Th. i. 314, II. ꝥ hé wǽre on gehealtsumnysse þæs bebodes his Scippende underþeód and þurh wiste ꝥ hé him hýran sceolde ut in observatione mandati sciret subjectum erentori suo, Angl. vii. 6, 46; Sat. 54.

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]

To remember, bear in mind, considerrecordari, memorari, meminisse, meditari

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Gemunaþ ðæt gé silfe wǽron þeówe on Egipta lande remember that ye yourselves were slaves in Egypt, Deut. 5, 15; Exon. 75 a; Th. 281, 4; Jul. 641. Gemunon we úre dæghwamlícan synna let us be mindful of our daily sins, Blickl.

þafian

(v.)
Grammar
þafian, p. ode.
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Hié derede ǽgðer ge þurst ge hǽte, and ealne ðone dæg wǽron ðæt þafiende, Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 230, I7. to bear with, tolerate Hé ilde and ðafode ða scylda and ðeáh hé him gecýðde et dissimulavit culpas, et innotuit, Past. 21; Swt. 151, 22

þeów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-dóm, es; m.
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Nales ðæt án ðæt men hié mehten áliésan mid feó of þeówdóme, ac eác þeóda him betweónum búton þeówdóme gesibbsume wǽron, Ors. 1, l0; Swt. 48, 34. Ealle ða men ðe hié on ðeówdóme hæfdon, hié gefreódon, 4, 9; Swt. 190, 31: L. Alf. prm.; Th. i. 44, 5.

ge-earnian

(v.)
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Þ wǽron geearnode ut (praemia) promerentur, An. Ox. 5421. v. ge-arnian in Dict

wífian

(v.)
Grammar
wífian, p. ode

To take a wifeto marryon

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Is geset swíðe micel dǽdbót swylcum mannum tó dónne, ðe eft wífiaþ; and eác is ǽlcum preóste forboden, ðæt hí beón ne móton on ða wísan ðe hí ǽr wǽron æt ðám brýdlácum, ðǽr man óðre síðe wífaþ.

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.

Linked entries: for-stent stondan

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Hwá wæs ǽfre, oþþe is nú, oððe hwá wyrþ get æfter ús? Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 24. Hlynn wearð on ceastrum, Cd. Th. 153, 30; Gen. 2546. Hwí ne wundriaþ hí hwí ðæt ís weorþe, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 35.