findan
to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish
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He biddende wæs þ æt hé móste wið Scipian sprecan, and wilniende wæs ꝥ hé frið betwux þǽm folcum findan sceolde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, II. Wið swylcan sceatte swylce hé hit þá findæ mihte, C. D.
willa
will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way
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Se willa sceal beón ǽfre frig, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Zup. 200; 2.
þeóf
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Short of death were the punishments of selling into slavery, of imprisonment, fine, and mutilation: Gif man frigne man æt hæbbendre handa gefó, ðanne wealde se cyning þreora ánes: oþþe hine man cwelle, oþþe ofer sǽ selle, oþþe hine his wergelde álése,
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niman
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Friþ niman. v. friþ. with idea of movement or removal. to carry, convey, cause a person to go with one, conduct, lead Þonne hí þé from gewítaþ, ðonne nimað hí heora men mid him, Bt. 20 ; F. 72, 16. Ðá nam hé hig and férde onsundron, Lk. 9, 10.
habban
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Ǽlc friðmanna frið hæbbe, 286, 5. Swælc monn se ðæt mín lond hebbe whoever gets my land, C. D. i. 311, I. Ꝥ wé é Bið hire rǽd ꝥ frýnd þá forword habban, 256, 2.
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Under ðæm gewinne hié genámon friþ in the course of the struggle they made peace; pace armis quaesita, 1, 10; Sat. 46, 7. Swá wæs ðæt hié under ðære sibbe tó ðære mǽstan sace becóme, 4, 7; Swt. 182, 28: 4, 12; Swt. 210, 10: Chr. 865; Erl. 70, 33.
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weorþ
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For ðon is ðæs wyrðe, ðæt ðú ðæs weres frige ne forlǽte, 248, 29; Jul. 103. mostly in a legal sense, having a right to, entitled to, properly qualified for, possessed of, with gen.
ymb
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Hí sendon ǽrendracan ymbe frið, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 2. Hig dydon ymbe hyne (in ei ) swá hwæt swá nig woldon. Mt. Kmbl. 17, 12. Ðú ymb ðínne esne dydest wel weorðlíce bonitatem fecisti cum servo tuo, Ps. Th. 118, 65.
ge-sellan
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Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here of Ængla lande wið friðe, Ll. Th. i. 288, 12. Hiá gesealdon hiá in lond lámwrihtæs dederunt eos in agrum figuli, Mt. L. 27, 10. Ix. sciłł. gesellan wið his feóre, Ll.
habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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Gif man frigne man æt hæbbendre handa gefó if a freeman be taken with stolen goods upon him, L. Wiht. 26; Th. i. 42, 15 : L. Ath. 1, 1; Th. i. 198, 16 : 4, pref. Th. i. 220, 11.
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Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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—Sihtric, king of Northumbria, which then extended from the Humber to the Frith of Forth [v. Angle], was son of Ingwar, and grandson of Ragnar Lodbrog. Sihtric was baptized and married Athelstan's sister in A.D. 925.
tún
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Ic wille ðæt man frígæ hæalue míne men on élcum túne for míne sáwlæ, and ðæt man déle æal healf ðæt yrue ðæt ic hæbbæ on ǽlcum túne, iii. 273, 4-6. Gif in cyninges túne man mannan ofsleá, .L. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 5; Th. i. 4, 4.
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gildan
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Gif mannes esne frígne mannan ofslæhð, þane þe sié, hund scillinga gelde; se ágend þone banan ágefe and óðer manwyrð þǽr tó. Gif bana oðbyrste, twám manwyrðum hine man forgelde, Ll. Th. i. 26, 8 - 28, 8.
gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court
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Hú man lyste út gán, and ne mæg, 164, 17. to leave a permanent habitation or occupation .vi. gear þeówige hé, þý siofoðan beó hé frióh. Mid swelce hrægle hé in eóde, mid swelce gá hé út, Ll.
ge-dón
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</b> to make, conclude a treaty of peace :-- Hé gedyde þone yfelan friþ on Numantium infamia de foedere apud Numantiam pacto, Ors. 5, 3; S. 220, 19. gedón tó to make, cause to become, cause to take the character of. of persons Þá óðre þeóde hé
MID
With ⬩ in conjunction with ⬩ in company with, along with ⬩ among ⬩ apud ⬩ penes ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ seeing that ⬩ cum
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Ðú scealt friþ habban mid sunum ðínum thou and thy sons shall be protected, 65; Th. 78, 28; Gen. 1300. Æðelinga bearn, weras mid wífum, 83; Th. 104, 20; Gen. 1738. Grammar MID, with acc. Wes ðú hál mid ðás willgedryht, Andr.
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án
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Ná ꝥ án his fínd ac eác swilce his frínd, Ap. Th. 7, 12. Andbidiað ánum ( only ) fíf dagas, Hml. A. 108, 186. Þám þe Gode áne þeówodon to those that did nothing but serve God, 118, 54.
be
rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request
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Gá ǽlc cyricsceat intó þám ealdan mynstre be (in the case of) ǽlcum frígan heorðe, Ll. Th. i. 262, 16. Se áð sceal bión healf be (in the case of, with) húslgengum, 112, 4.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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Ná ðe lǽs for eallum þisum griðe and friðe and gafole hí férdon ǽghwider and hergodan, 1011; P. 141, 21. in accordance with, according to: Hé hine sylfne tó þon geeáþmédde for hís ðǽre mycclan mildheortnesse ꝥ hé ús gesóhte, Bl. H. ii. 34.
þanne
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Homl. 39, 27, 29. marking a consequence dependent upon a hypothesis, then, in that case, where the hypothesis is expressed in a clause introduced by gif Gif man frigne man gefó, þanne wealde se cyning..., L. Wih. 26; Th. i. 42, 15.