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on-ǽlan

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<b>III a</b>. to make hot with other matter than fire :-- Flór is on welme ǽttre onǽled, Sat. 40. Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled, Gú. 928.

ge-wítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wítan, ic -wíte, ðú -wítest, -wítst, he -wíteþ, -wít, pl. -wítaþ; p. ic, he -wát, ðú -wite, pl. -witon; pp. -witen.

to seebeholdviderespectareto turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that directionto set out towardsstartpass overto godepartwithdrawgo awayretreatretiredietransirediscedere

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[b] with other infinitives :-- Ic gewíte sécan gársecges grund I go and seek the ocean's bottom, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 24; Rä. 3, 1.

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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Other instances of the occurrence of the word, whose Latin form is often soca, are the following: Ic habbe gegeofen . . . Ælfwine abbod saca and sócna ( sacam et socam, Lat.) . . .

Linked entry: fird-sócn

FUGEL

(n.)
Grammar
FUGEL, fugol, fugul; gen. fugeles, fugles; m.

A birdFOWLăvisāles

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Ðæt hí gehíran óðerra fugela stemne that they hear the sounds of other birds, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 21: Gen. 7, 31. Hér wæs ðæt micle fugla wæl in this year [A.D. 671] was the great destruction of birds, Chr. 671; Erl. 34, 33.

Linked entries: fen-fugelas fugol fugul

HERE

(n.)
Grammar
HERE, gen. heres, heriges, herges; m.

An army a hostmultitudea large predatory band

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Swá oft swá ða óðre hergas mid ealle herige út fóron ðonne fóron hie as often as the other armies marched out in full force then they marched, Erl. 90, 5. Tuelf hergas duodecim legiones, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 53. Hergia[s] agmina, Rtl. 115, 10.

Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here

hwæðer

(pronoun.)
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hwæðer, pron.

eitherboth

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Th. i. 256, 16. one or other of two, either Hie hit gesund begen ágifan swá hit hwæðer hiora ǽr onfénge búton hiora hwæðer þingode ðæt ... let them both return it sound as either of them may have before received it, unless either of them made a condition

Linked entry: hwæðer

ge-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceaft, -scæft, -sceft, e; f: es; n.

the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an elementcreātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentuma decree, destiny, fate, conditiondestĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtiocreation, creaturedecree of fatecreatura, elementum, habitus, fatum

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Ða wiðerweardan gesceafta betwux him winnaþ contrary creatures strive with each other, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 13: Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 21; Jul. 183. Ealle gesceafte forhte geweorþaþ all creatures shall tremble, Andr.

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
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In the note on this passage Cockayne gives other instances of this use, e.g. Schinende and schenre þen eni ȝimstanes, steapre þen is steorre. In Chaucer's line, Prol. 201, the meaning might be prominent.

feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plainfield

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Nǽnig óþer stán on eallum þám felda (-e, v. l.) geméted beón mihte neque ullus alter in tota illa campi planitie lapis inueniri potest, 5, 6; Sch. 577, 13. Ǽlc man sý his huntnoðes wyrðe on wuda and on felda on his ágenan, Ll. Th. i. 420, 25.

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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Seó gýtsung gehíwod wæs weorðlíce on gegyrelan avaritia transformatur in habitum honestum Prud. 61. to make an object appear other than it really is Deófol gemacað þæt sume men beóð swá gehíwode líceteras swylce hý Godes ege habban, and bið eal heora

Linked entry: ge-hiwad

hopian

(v.)
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Hé ðá wæs geortrúwod þæs cildes, and gehwearf geðyldelíce hopiende þæs óðres he was in despair about the one child, and returned patient, being hopeful about the other Hml.

horn

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Offero refectorario dicti monasterii . . . cornu meae mensae, ut senes monasterii bibant inde in festis sanctorum, et in suis benedictionibus meminerint aliquando animae donatoris, i. 305, 3-13. a receptacle for other liquids or powder, v. blæc-, ele-

ge-timbru

(n.)
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Þá broþor óþerra weorca swíðor gýmdon and þysse cyricean getimbro forléton. Gesetton hí fore unmǽtnesse þæs gewinnes ꝥ hí eallinga forléte þá getimbro þysse cyricean fratribus alia magis curantibus, intermissum esi hoc aedificium ...

hirwan

to despisescornderisionscorn to blasphemeblame

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Th. i. 334, 1. of calumny, backbiting Ne ǽnig man óþerne bæftan ne tǽle ne hyrwe tó swýðe, Wlfst. 70, 15. to blaspheme, blame Ná þás gereccende þíne [Dryhten in mé] ic hyrwe gesceafte non haec narrans tuam Domine in me blasphemo creaturam, Angl. xi.

Linked entries: hyrwan herian herwan

gódnes

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Swá swá manna goodnes hí áhefþ ofer þá menniscan gecynd cum ultra homines quemque provehere sola probitas possit, 37, 4; F. 192, 8. goodness in one's relations to others. as an attribute of the Deity Se Hǽlend þæt hungrige folc mildheortlíce fédde, ǽgðer

sacan

(v.)
Grammar
sacan, p. sóc , sócon; sacen.

to fight, strive, contendto disagree,to wrangleto bring a suitto accuse, blameto refuse, deny.

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Ne ða óðre ongeán ðæt ne sacan (wiðcweðon, Wells Frag.) the others shall offer no opposition to the decision, 119,2. Dóm stande ðár þegenas sammǽle beón; gif hig sacan ( disagree ), stande ðæt hig .viii. secgaþ, L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 289, 3.

ÁN

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

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

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One, other, — Án æfter ánum one after another, Jn. Bos. 8, 9: Salm. Kmbl. 771; Sal. 385. To ánum to ánum from one to the other, only; duntaxat. Ðæt án, or for án this one thing, for one thing, only; tantum-modo, Mk. Bos. 5, 36.

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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The date of its use in other parts of Europe may be ascertained by referring to the languages quoted above, and in the list of contractions where the names and dates of the authors are given

Linked entry: eln-gemet

LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LANDeartha landcountryregiondistrictprovincelandlanded propertyestatecultivated landcountry

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Ge on lande ge on óðrum þingum ge on óðrum gestreónum consisting of land and of other things and of other acquisitions, Blickl. Homl. 51, 7. Noe began tó wircenne ðæt land cæpit Noe exercere terram, Gen. 9, 20.

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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Ágife hé ðone teóþan sceat Gode, and dǽle þeáh his ælmessan forþ of ðon nigeoþan dǽlon let him pay the tithe to God, and still go on distributing alms from the other nine parts, Blickl. Homl. 53, 21.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh