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ge-healdan

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Se wurðmynt wæs þises dæges mǽrðe gehealden, Hml. Th. i. 36, 18. Bið gehealden custoditur (justo substantia peccatoris ), Kent. Gl. 465. to hide, not to divulge, keep a secret Hé geheóld and gehæl þá deógolnysse mid him, Gr.

gearo

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Þet hit him georo wǽre swá hwilce dæge swá hí hit habban woldon, Chr. 874; P. 73, 26. On Gode standeð mín geara hǽle, Ps. Th. 61, 7. Hí eódon heom tó heora garwan feorme, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 24.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Nǽnegum þúhte dæg on þonce gif sió dimme niht ǽr egesan ne bróhte (cf. þancwyrþre biþ ðæs dæges leóht for ðære egeslícan þióstro ðære nihte, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 28), Met. 12, 16. thanks Gode ælmiehtegum sí ðonc, ðætte . . . Past. pref.; Swt. 2, 18.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Riht is ðæt munecas dæges and nihtes inweardre heortan á tó Gode þencan and geornlíce clypian it is right that monks day and night ever earnestly direct their thoughts to God and diligently cry to him, L. I.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Ðæt geweorþeþ on dómes dæge ... Þonne forhtiaþ ealle gesceafta, Blickl. Homl. 11, 3: 95, 29: Exon. Th. 372, 21; Seel. 96. Þonne hí clypiaþ tó mé, and ic hí ne gehýre, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 2.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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On ðæm dæge gewíteþ heofon and eorþe.... Swá eác for ðære ilcan wyrde gewíteþ sunne and móna, 91, 22. Ðá gesáwon hié wundorlíce wyrd - ðone man lífgendne, ðone ðe hié ǽr deádne forléton, 217, 36; Cd. Th. 61, 112; Gen. 996 : 245, 30; Dan. 471.

Linked entry: weord

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Homl. 97, 13. of reverence shewn to holy persons or religious seasons, to celebrate, commemorate, of persons On ðisum dæge wé wurðiaþ on úrum lofsangum and on freólse ðone mǽran apostol Iacóbum, Homl. Th. ii. 412, 18. Se (St.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Ðet se biscop ond ðá hígen mósten mid áðe gecýðan ðet hit suá wǽre árǽden on Ǽðelbaldes dæge, C.

Linked entry: cýþan

gif

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Ac is wunder mycel, . . . gif þú hit sylfa wást it is a great wonder, even if it is granted that you know it yourself Hy. 3, 20. the conditional clause alone used as an exclamation Eálá gif þú wistest on þyssum þínum dæge þe ðé tó sybbe synt, Lk. 19,

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Dó eall swá of hríðerum . . . syle ( reddas ) hit mé on ðam ehtuþan dæge, Ex. 22, 29, 30. Norþmonnum niéde sceoldon gombon gieldan and gafol sellan, Cd. Th. 119, 12; Gen. 1978. Gafol syllan, Chr. 1006; Ell. 141, 10.

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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D. v. 40, 17. út gán to go to the closet, have an evacuation Hwílum hié oft on dæge út gáð, and þonne lytlum ; hwílum ǽne, and þonne micel, Lch. ii. 230, 21.

wénan

(v.)
Grammar
wénan, p. de.

to weensupposethinkimagineopinebelieveto hopeexpectlook for

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Skt. ii. 23 b, 420. to hope, expect, look for absolute On ðam dæge ðe hé ná ne wénð (woenas, Lind.) in die, qua non sperat Mt. Kmbl. 24, 50. Ðonne hý læst wǽnaþ (wénaþ, Cott. MS.) Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 13.

Linked entries: for-wénan wǽnan

wunian

(v.)
Grammar
wunian, p. ode

To dwellremainto dwellabidestayremainliveto inhabit a place, live in or onto live, be in certain conditions or circumstances,to abidebe present with a person to comfort or helpto berestresideremainoccupy a positionto consist of or in,subsist, existto remainlastcontinueendureto be wont

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Lazarus, ðe Crist áwehte ðý feorþan dæge ðæs ðe hé on byrgenne wæs fúl wunigende, Blickl. Homl. 75, 5. Grammar wunian, with acc. Ðæt treów sceolde wésten wunian, Cd. Th. 251, 5; Dan. 559. Hine gærsbedd sceal wunian, Ps.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Ðý sylfan dæge, Exon. Th. 71, 12 ; Cri. 1154: Menol. Fox 94; Men. 47. Dón ðæt selfe, Past. 44, 3; Swt. 323, 21. Ðæt seolfe, L. E. G. proem. ; Th. i. 166, 9. Hí cumaþ tógeánes Antecriste . . . and beóþ ofslegen þurh ðone sylfan feónd, Ælfc. T.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

lǽtan

(v.)
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, to cause or allow to descend Hié léton hiera hrægl ofdúne tó fótum, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 19, úp, to put ashore Hé cóm tó Sandwíc and lét þǽr úp (lét dón úp, v. l. ) þá gíslas, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 23. út, to put to sea Godwine eorl . . . lét út áne dǽge

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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Swá hwá swá ǽnige cýpinge on ðam dæge begáþ . . . oððe ǽnig cræftig man him on his cræfte tylige ( gets gain for himself by working at his craft ), Wulfst. 296, 8. with gen. of an object to be obtained by effort, without reference to person for whom,

Linked entries: teolian tylian telge

ge-dón

(v.)
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Þ hé ǽnig þára góda forylde þe hé þonne þý dæge gedón mihte, Bl. H. 213, 24. Gif hié þis gedón magan, 183, 6 : An. 342. Þæt wæs gedón. Wlfst. 210, 5. Mæhto ðá ðe ðerh honda hs biðon gedóen (efficiuntur). Mk. L. R. 6, 2.

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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Ðý þriddan dæge of byrgenne, of deáðe, arás Dryhten on the third day the Lord arose from the sepulchre, from death, Elen. Kmbl. 371; El. 186: 965; El. 484: Exon. 18b; Th. 45, 34; Cri. 729: Ps. Th. 29, 8. Byrgenum sepulcris, 13, 5: Salm.

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Þæt geweorþeþ on dómes dæge, þæt hé cymeþ tó démenne cwicum and deádum, 11, 3 : Andr. Kmbl. 1147; An. 574. Ðæt is gedafenlíc, ðæt ðú Dryhtnes word healde, Elen. Kmbl. 2334; El. 1168.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Ofer hyre deg ... ofer mínnæ dæg (cf. æfter hæora dæge, 12), Chart. Th. 520, 7-34. Ne onbirigdon ðæs bigleofan ofer ðæt ultra Jos. 5, 12. Hé ne oncnáweþ ofer ðæt stówe non cognoscet amplius locum, Ps. Lamb. 102, 16.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan