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heall

a residence ⬩ palace ⬩ a temple ⬩ a court of law

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Add: a large room forming part of the residence of a great man, in which the social, public life of the household is carried on Hús domus, heall aulea,cavertún vestibulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 82: ii. 8, 66. Hwearf þá tó healle . . . þæt hé ofer his ealdre

hwíl

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Add: an indefinite space of time Næs þá nán hwíl tó þám þæt . . . nec mora . . . Guth. Gr. 139, 3. Næs þá nǽnig hwíl tó þan sóna swá hí út eódon, þá geségon hí þone hræfn nec mora, egredi-entes conspiciunt corvum 144, 15 : 145, 23. Næs þá nǽnig hwíl

æt

(prep.)
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Add: A. prep. followed by a case. with dat. temporal, at Æt ðǽm ýtmestan dæge, Bl. H. 51, 8. Æt þisse ilcan tíde, 91, 14. Æt twám cierrun and æt ðǽm þriddan cierre, Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 28. (l a) where the time is fixed by an occurrence or a condition

ge-sceád

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Add: a division, part Nime hió hire þriddan sceat (gesceád, þæne þriddan dǽl þǽre ǽhta, v.ll.], Ll. Th. i. 138, 19. <b>I a.</b> a division into parts, classification under heads :-- Þis ys ꝥ gesceád þára lácnunge. Lch. iii. 138, 25. distinction

strang

(adj.)
Grammar
strang, adj.

Strong ⬩ fortis, ⬩ acer, vehemens, ⬩ strenuus, ⬩ strong, powerful, mighty ⬩ strong, firm, resolute, hardy ⬩ hard, severe, fierce, stern ⬩ strong, able to resist force, firm ⬩ firm, valid, assured ⬩ strong in operation, effective, producing a great effect, potent ⬩ strong, earnest ⬩ hard, severe ⬩ fierce, violent

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Strong; fortis, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 56: acer, vehemens, 17, 28: strenuus, ii. 74, 60. of living beings, strong, powerful, mighty Hé wæs strang foreþingere he was a powerful intercessor, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 6. Fugel meahtum strang, Exon. Th. 40, 31; Cri. 647

scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e; f.

office ⬩ charge ⬩ business ⬩ administration ⬩ government ⬩ a district ⬩ province ⬩ diocese ⬩ parish ⬩ the people of a district ⬩ a tribe ⬩ a shire ⬩ The people of a shire ⬩ the community inhabiting a shire ⬩ the district in charge of an ecclesiastic ⬩ a diocese ⬩ parish

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office, charge, business, administration, government Scír procuratio. Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 36: 288, 58. Sciir, ii. 117, 71. Scír dispensatio, 106, 51: 25, 55: 140, 65: negotium, 59, 65. Ðonne se móna biþ .xx. niht, and .i. and .xx. niht, ðæt biþ scír oððe

under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subject ⬩ subjugate ⬩ render subject ⬩ to subject ⬩ cause to endure ⬩ render liable ⬩ to subjoin ⬩ add ⬩ to support

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to subject, subjugate, render subject, Grammar under-þeódan, with dat. Se líchoma hine him (the devil) underðiéd mid ðære lustfulnesse ... Swá swá sió nædre lǽrde Euan on wóh and Eue hí hire underðiód[d]e mid lustfulnesse, swá swá líchoma caro se delectatione

weorþscipe

(n.)
Grammar
weorþscipe, es; m.
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worship, honour shewn to an object Gif hwá biþ mid hwelcum welum geweorþod, hú ne belimpþ se weorþscipe tó ðam ðe hine geweorðaþ; ðæt is tó herianne hwéne rihtlícor si quod ex appositis luceat, ipsa quidem, quae sunt apposita, laudantur Bt. 14, 3; Fox

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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and add: to ask a question of a person Hé geáscade (sciscitabatur) from him huér Críst ácenned wére, Mt. L. 2, 4. a person a question Hé geáscode hiá, 'Huu feolo láfo habbað gié?, ' Mk. L. 8, 5 : 14, 60: 15, 2. Geáscadon interrogabant, 13, 3. (2 a)

ge-secgan

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Take here forms under <b>ge-sagian,</b> and add: with acc. where the object denotes a collection of words, to say words, tell a tale, give a list, account, &amp;c. Herenisse hiora gisæcge ðió cirica laudem eorum pronunciet ecclesia, Rtl

ge-wríþan

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Add Gewriðen religatus vel vinculatus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 43. to wrap up an object with a covering Þá brǽd se sceocca hine sylfne tó menn, gewráð his sceancan, Hml. S. 11, 223. <b>I a.</b> of medical treatment, to bind up, bandage a limb,

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fón

(v.)

to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with

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Add: trans. Ꝥ sý fang[e]n ut reprehendatur. An. Ox. 27. 21 to take, catch Hwæt féhst þú on sǽ? . . . wilt þú fón sumne hwæl?. Coll. M. 24, 7, 15. Swá swá man deór oððe fugelas féht, Solil. H. 46, 11. Hý fóð þá wildan hránas mid, Ors. 1; S. 18, 12. Þonne

flówan

to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound

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Add Fleów fluxit, decurrit, manavit, flówen fluitent, flówendum fluido, i. fluenti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 70, 64, 63. to flow as a stream in its bed, or a fluid over a surface: Þín blód fléwþ ofer eorðan swá swá wæter, Bl. H. 237, 6. Flóweð (fléweð, v.l

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, ge-trýgian.
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Add: absolute Getrúwiað confidete, Jn. 16, 33. with dat., to trust to Se gelǽreda him ne getrúwað on ðǽre hreón sǽ, Past. 59, 2. Hé getrúwode ðæs mægene ðe hit him bebeád, 51, 16. Him nán folc ne getrúwade, Ors. 4, 12; S. 210, 12: 5, 7; S. 230, 7. Ne

hangian

(v.)
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Add: of the position taken by a body under the action of gravity when supported only from above Ic (a horn ) hongige wlitig on wáge, Rä. 15, 11. Him ne hangað nacod sweord ofer þám heáfde be smalan þrǽde, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 27. Hangaþ þǽr leóhtfæt, Bl

grim

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Add Grim dira, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 64. Seó grimme atrox, 1, 23. Grimme acri, 5, 25. Grymme anxii, Germ. 399, 262. of persons Mé feóndsceaða fæste hæfde grim on grápe, B. 555. Babilone weard grim and gealhmód, Dan. 230. Of þæs grimman deófles gewealdum

heofone

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Add: the overarching vault of sky Ic gedó þæt eów bið ǽgðer heard ge heofene ge eorðe dabo vobis coelum desuper sicut ferrum et terram aeneam, Lev. 26, 19. Sí þé heofene swilce ór and eorðe swilce ísen, Deut. 28, 23. Under þǽre heofenan fæstnisse, Gen

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, p. ode.

to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail

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to exercise or have power, to rule, govern, reign Eálá ðú scippend heofones and eorþan! ðú ðe on ðam écan setle rícsast! Bt. 4; Fox 6, 30. Hé rícsaþ (regnabit) on écnesse, and hys ríces ende ne byþ, Lk. Skt. 1, 33. Ríxaþ, Ps. Th. 9, 36. Ríhcsaþ, Ps.

síþ-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-fæt, es; in sing. generally masc., in pl. neut.

a journey ⬩ expedition ⬩ a path ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ road ⬩ a way ⬩ path ⬩ course ⬩ course of time

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a journey, expedition 'Se síþfæt is ðyder tó lang, and ðone weg ic ne con.' Drihten him tó cwæþ: 'Andreas ic ðínne síþfæt gestaþelode,' Blickl. Homl. 231, 26-8: Andr. Kmbl. 840; An. 420: Elen. Kmbl. 458; El. 229. Ðæt gewin ðæs síþfætes labor itineris

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þearfan

(v.)
Grammar
þearfan, p. de; pp. ed

To need, ⬩ suffer need ⬩ indigent, ⬩ needy, ⬩ poor ⬩ a poor person; ⬩ the poor ⬩ a miserable person

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To need, suffer need Nú ðú ðæt swá openlíce ongiten hæfst, ne þearfe ic nú náuht swíþe ymbe ðæt swincan, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 8. Úre ceaster is þearfende ... wé þoliaþ ðone heardestan hungor, Ap. Th. 9, 7. Ðú, þíne þearfende thou, needing food (? v. þigen