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þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
þeáw, es; m.
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a custom, usage, general practice of a community Swá Iudéa þ[e]áw (ðeáu, Lind.: ðeów, Rush.) ys tó bebyrgenne sicut mos Iudaeis est sepelire, Jn. Skt. 19, 40. Hit wæs Iudisc þeáw, Blickl. Homl. 67, 8. Feówertig daga hit wæs þeáw ( mos ) ðæt man sceolde

hér

here . . . there

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Add Sume (adverbs) synd localia, þæt synd stówlice, for ðan ðe hí getácniað stówa . . . hic hér, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 224, 15. Sume cumað of naman speliendan, hic hér, 233, 9. in this place Wé nabbað hér (hic) bútun fíf hlá as, Mt. 14, 17. Gód ys ús hér tó

níwe

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Add: not existing before, now made, or brought into existence, for the first time Ealdere timbrunga bóte instructio, níwe timbrung constructio, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 59. Sele níwe, Gú. 714. Þá( at the creation of Adam) wæs fruma níwe ælda túdres . . . : fæder

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONEunusunaunumaloneonlysoleanothersolusaliussolealone of its kindsingularuniquewithout an equalunicuseximiusa certain onesome onequidamaanaaneachevery oneallunus-quisqueuna-quæqueunum-quodqueOneother

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Grammar ÁN, m. f. n. Grammar ÁN, gen. m. n. ánes; f. ánre of one; unius: dat. m. n. ánum; f. ánre to one; uni: acc. m. ánne, ǽnne; f. áne, n. án one; unum, unam, unum: instr. m. n. áne; f. ánre with one; uno, unó, uno: pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. áne each,

LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LANDeartha landcountryregiondistrictprovincelandlanded propertyestatecultivated landcountry

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LAND as opposed to water or air, earth Wé ðec in lyft gelǽddun oftugon ðé landes wynna we led thee aloft, earth's pleasures withdrew from thee, Exon. 39 b; Th. 130, 15; Gú. 438. Ðá siððan tóférdon ða apostolas wíde landes geond ealle ðás world then afterwards

sél

(adj.)
Grammar
sél, (the positive form does not occur, but is found in Layamon) ; cpve. sélra, sélla ; spve. sélest, sélost; adj.
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Good. of health Sóna seó blǽdder tó séiran ( to a healthier condition ) gehwyrfeþ, Lchdm. i.206, 15. good, worthy, having excellent qualities or properties Sancte Iohannes wæs mára and sélra eallum óðrum mannum, Blickl. Homl. 163, 20. Sýlra, 161,

Linked entry: sélost

tó-geagnes

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
tó-geagnes, -gegnes, -geánes, -génes.

towards,so as to meetagainst,to meetin the way of,to meet the approach ofin readiness for,against the coming ofagainst,for the purpose of resistingon the approach of,towardsagain,in return

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prep. with dat. before or after it. where there is motion towards the object governed by the word; without idea of hostility, towards, so as to meet Sittas (the translater has read sed iec as sedite, and taten ii as sedete) cuoæðað ðegnum his ðætte tógeaegnes

gíman

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Take here gýman in Dict., and add: to take care of (gen. ) to treat so as not to injure Hit is fúllic þingc . . . þæt hí ne gýmað heora sylfra æt þám unþeáwe. . . þæt hí ne gýmað heora sylfra, swá hí beþorfton, ac befýlað hí selfe, Wlfst. 305, 7-11.

hád

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Add: person ; persona. a character in a drama or the like Þonne se sceop in gebtingð óðre hádas þe wið hine wurdlion, swylce hig him andswarion, Angl. viii. 330, 43. (l a) (one's own) person :-- Swylce ágenum háde ł naman ceu propria persona. An. Ox.

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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particle. as relative pronoun of any number, gender, or case, where the antecedent clause does not contain a demonstrative Ic hit eom, þe wið ðé sprece, Jn. Skt. 4, 26. Ðæt ðú ne sý gesewen fram mannum fæstende, ac ðínum Fæder þe ys on díglum: and ðín

Linked entry: þý

ELLES

(adv.)
Grammar
ELLES, adv.

ELSE, otherwise, in another mannerălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus

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ELSE, otherwise, in another manner; ălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus Elles ălĭter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 7, 67. Elles næbbe ge méde mid eówrum fæder ăliōquin mercēdem non hăbēbĭtis ăpud patrem vestrum, Mt. Bos. 6, 1: Mk. Bos. 2, 21. Gif hit elles sý

Linked entry: el

EORÞE

(n.)
Grammar
EORÞE, an; f; eorþ, e; f. I. the

EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil terra, hŭmus, sŏlum

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EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil; terra, hŭmus, sŏlum God gecígde ða drignisse eorþan, and ðæra wætera gegaderunga he hét sǽs vŏcāvit Deus ārĭdam terram, congregātiōnesque ăquārum appellāvit măria, Gen. 1, 10. Spritte seó eorþe grówende

Linked entries: eord eorþ

fóre

(prep.)
Grammar
fóre, = fór; prep. dat. acc.

beforecōramantein conspectupræsente vel audiente ălĭquoantebeforeante

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before; cōram, ante, in conspectu, præsente vel audiente ălĭquo, ante; with the dative; cum dătīvo Se ár Godes ánne wísfæstne wer gehálgode fóre ðam heremægene the messenger of God consecrated a wise man before the host, Andr. Kmbl. 3299; An. 1652. Fela

líc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hama, an; m.

The bodythe corporeal

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The body [generally of a living person], the corporeal, in contrast to the spiritual, part of man Se líchoma biþ líchoma ða hwile ðe hé his lima ealle hæfþ, Bt. 34, 9; Fox 148, 6. Is ðæs monnes líchoma betera ðonne ealle his ǽhta ... seó sáwl betere

metan

(v.)
Grammar
metan, p. mæt, pl. mǽton; pp. meten.

to metemeasureto measure outmark offassign the bounds of a placeto measure by pacesto traversepass overto measure one thing by or with anotherto compare

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to mete, measure Ic mete metior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 32. Ic meotu metibor, Ps. Surt. 59, 8: 107, 8. Ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe man met on fate everything that is measured in a vessel, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 8. On ðam ylcan gemete ðe gé metaþ eów byþ gemeten

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from tíhan; but the verb seems to have almost entirely given up the conjugation to which this form would belong and to take that of teón from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tygen
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To accuse a person of something (acc. of person and gen. of charge, or charge expressed by a clause) Ðú mé stale týhst furti me arguis, Gen. 31, 32. Hwí tíhþ úre hláford ús swá micles falses? 44, 7. Gif gé scyld on eów witen ðæs ðe eów man tíhþ, Txts

þeóstre

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstre, þeóster (-or, -ur), and þiéstre, þístre, þýstre; adj.
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Dark. in a physical sense, without light Ðis ( hell ) is ðeóstræ hám, Cd. Th. 267, 14; Sat. 38. Ðá hangode swíðe þýstru wæter on ðám wolcnum tenebrosa aqua in nubibus, Ps. Th. 27, 11. Wæs se óðer beám eallengasweart, dim and þýstre, Cd. Th. 30, 36; Gen

wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
wrítere, es; m.

a draughtsmanpaintera writerscribecopyista writerauthora scribe

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a draughtsman, painter, Similar entries v. wrítan, II Lóca hú wlitigne monnan ic hæbbe átǽfred, swá unwlitig wrítere swá swá ic eom pulchrum depinxi hominem pictor foedus, Past. 65 ; Swt. 467, 19. a writer, scribe, copyist Wrítere scriptor, gewrit scriptura

Linked entries: ge-wrítere wrítan

and-efn

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>and-ef(e)n</b> (v. evene in N. E. D.), e: pl. -ef(e)nu; f. Measure Neáh andefene prope modum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 73. of persons, quality, capacity, nature For ðǽre ungelícnesse ðára hiéremonna sculun beón ungelíc ðá word

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, l. á-redian,
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and add: to make ready, adapt Hit bið mid ðǽére líðelican manunga tó ðám áredod ðæt hit sceal suíðe hrædlíce áfeallan of ðǽre weámódnesse, Past. 297, 18. to carry out, effect, make Eall ðiss áredað se reccere suíðe ryhte omne hoc a rectore agitur,