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lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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With this use of lád may be compared the later English lif-lode which, besides the meaning conduct, has that sustenance: Heo tilede here lyflode... heo fonden hem sustynance ynow, R. Glouc. 41, 22: Prompt.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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On þýs ylcum þrím dagum, Lchdm. iii. 76, 26. used substantivally, (i) pointing out a person or object Þes ys smiðes sunu, Mt. Krnbl. 13, 55: Jn. Skt. i. 34. Nys þes Iósepes sunu? Lk. Skt. 4, 22. Hé wæs geháten Zosimus.

Linked entries: þás þis

þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
þeccan, p. þeahte, þehte; pp. þeaht
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B. 8, 574) takes it to be connected with þicgan (but see, þecgan); but, perhaps, the verb may be the same here as in the previous instances, and used with much the same force as wrap in n Byrneþ þurh fýres feng fugel ( the phenix ) mid neste ... þonne

Linked entry: þacian

þyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
þyrstan, p. te

To thirst

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Grammar þyrstan, used impersonally, Grammar þyrstan, with acc. of person Mé þyrst (ic ðyrsto, Lind., Rush.) sitio, Jn. Skt. 19, 28.

geat

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(b β) used figuratively :-- Þurh ꝥ nearwe get (geat, v. l. gætt, L. R.), Lk. 13, 24. Helle gatu (geatt, L.), Mt. 16, 18. Gættana portarum Rtl. 59, 21. Neirxna wonges gætto paradisi portas, 124, 7. the gate, doorway of a building Geat janua, Wrt.

hærfest

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. ¶ in a late MS. it is used as the name of the month, August :-- On Iuli mónðe. . . On hærfest. . . On Setembre, Angl. . . . 185, 10

hreówan

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With dat. or acc. of person, or used absolutely. to affect with sorrow, to distress, grieve, vex. with pronoun (in apposition to clause) as subject Þæt mé on mínum hyge hreóweð, þæt hié heofonríce ágan, Gen. 426. with clause as subject Mec ongon hreówan

niht

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Add Gyf ǽnig mann wǽre áne niht on helle, Wlfst. 146, 26. used to mark an occasion or a point of time Þǽre nihte þe hié ꝥ fæsten gefæst hæfdon, Bl. H. 205, 34. On þǽre æfterfylgendan niht, 215, 15.

ríceter

(n.)
Grammar
ríceter, rícetere, es; n.

powerdominionrulegreatnessgloryviolenceforce

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Hé dyde him ðæt ríceter tó sida and tó gewunan ministerium regiminis vertit in usum dominationis, 17, 9; Swt. 121, 19. power improperly used, violence, force Hé (Lucifer) wolde mid ríccetere him ríce gewinnan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 42.

Linked entry: rícceter

Wætlinga-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
Wætlinga-strǽt, e; f.

Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.

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If this identification is correct the word seems to have been used of more than one road :-- Of ðære strǽte in Ebban mór. . . in ðone díc on Uppinghǽma gemǽra (Upham ? Hants ) ; andlang díces on Wætlinga strǽte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 124, 18.

Linked entry: Erming-strǽt

wenian

(v.)
Grammar
wenian, p. ede

To accustomto accustomtrainpreparefitto draw attractto draw to to drawto weanablactare

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Godes folc wenian tó ðam ðe heom þearf sý 154, 13. with prep. tó, and mid marking the means used : Ðæt éce líf geearnian ðe hý ús tó weniaþ mid láre and mid þysene gódra weorca to merit that life eternal, to which they are training us by teaching and

hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.

HEATHEN, pagan, gentilea heathena heathen, gentile womanethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanusa heathen

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Used substantively :-- Ðæt hé forgeáfe gódne willan ðam seócan hǽðenan that he would grant good will to the sick heathen, ii. 24, 33. Sume ða hǽðenan some of the heathens, i. 562, 28 : 560, 8.

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.

Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation

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Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation Iosep áxode hwæðer hira fæder wǽre hál Joseph asked whether their father were well, Gen. 43, 27. Se man wæs sóna hál statim sanus factus est, Jn.

Linked entry: hǽl

full

(adv.)
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Twégen fǽtels full ealað oððe wæteres, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 16. where a receptacle is used as a measure, v. ceác-, hand-full Dó þæs dústes fíf cuculeras fulle, Lch. i. 196, 13. Drince þreó ful fulle, 88, 13. with prep.

lust

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Hé hí lifian hét lustum heortena (secundnm desideria cordis eorum), 80, 12. ꝥ II. ¶ with prep. or oblique case used adverbially (v.

grípan

(v.)
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(αα) to take hold of with an instrument :-- Gráp on heofones tóðe, Rä. 84, 4. a non-material object, to seize on, take for use or as a possession Him on fultum gráp heofonríces weard God took speedy means to help him, Gen. 2072.

hord

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Add: an accumulation of valuable things hidden away or laid by for preservation or future use (see also ). of precious metals, jewels, &c. Sege ús nú hwǽr se ealda hord ( of coins ) sý þe þú dígellíce fundest, Hml. S. 23, 661.

FREÁ

(n.)
Grammar
FREÁ, [ = freaha], freó; gen. freán; m.

A lordmasterthe Lorddŏmĭnus

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Ðonne we geferian freán úserne, leófne mannan when we bear our lord, the dear man, 6206; B. 3107

K

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The later use with regard to the letter may be, to some extent, illustrated from the concluding years.

ge-bycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bycgan, -bicgan, -bicgean; ic -bycge, -bicge, ðú -bygest, -bigest, he -bygeþ, -bigeþ, -bigþ, pl. -bycgaþ, -bicgaþ; p. -bohte, pl. bohton; pp. -boht

To buyprocurepurchaseredeememereredimere

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[For this use of the verb see Grimm R.A. pp. 421 sqq. where similar phrases in other dialects are given.] Ðæt hý móston friþ gebicgean that they might buy peace, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 13.