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Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Ðú eart seolfa geong, Andr. Kmbl. 10101; An. 505. Þú meaht þé self geseón, Cd. Th. 38, 23; Gen. 611. Þæt þú þa beorhtan ús sunnan onsende, and þé sylf cyme, Exon. Th. 8, 8; Cri. 114. Hwí swingst þú ána? ... Ne miht þú ána hit ácuman, Ex. 18, 14, 18.

Linked entries: þec þeh þistel

nealles

(adv.)
Grammar
nealles, nalles, nallæs, nallas, nales, nalæs, nalas; adv.

Notnot at all

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Ðú eart geong, nalas wintrum fród, 1012; An. 506: Beo. Th. 2991; B. 1493 : Blickl. Homl. 207, 17. Grammar nealles, in the first clause Nealles him handgesteallan ymbe gestódon, ac hý on holt bugon, Beo.

Linked entry: nalas

ge-wanian

(v.)
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Gewanude vel gelytlade deminute, 138, 67. the object material Geónet spéd bið gewanad substantia festinata minuetur, Kent. Gl. 441. Gewane[dum] locca fexe dempta cincinnorum cesarię, An. Ox. 5047. Gewanedum dempta, Wrt.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Wer wintrum geong ( Isaac ), Cd. Th. 174, 34; Gen. 2888. Wíffæst wer a married man, L. C. S. 55; Th. i. 406, 14. Se Godes wer Sanctus Martinus, Blickl. Homl. 213, 36. Se eádiga wer, 215, 31. Se weor (wer, Rush.) uir, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 38.

Linked entry: wíf

FEÁWA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÁWA, feá; pl. nom. acc. feáwe, feáwa, feá; gen. feáwena, feáwera, feára; dat. feáwum, feáum, feára; adj.

FEWpauci

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Drihten, gedó ðæt heora menigo sý læsse ðonne úre feáwena nú is, and tostencte hí geond eorþan libbende of ðis lande Dŏmĭne, a paucis de terra dīvĭde eos in vīta eōrum, Ps. Th. 16, 13.

Linked entry: feá

weorold-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-mann, es; m.
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Ic wát ðætte wile woruldmen tweógan geond foldan sceát búton feá áne (cf. went nú ful neáh eall moncyn on tweónunga, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 18), Met. 4, 52. a man employed, or interested, in worldly affairs; a man of the world Se Hǽlend befrán hú woruldmenn be

ge-hlýd

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On þǽre ylcan nihte wæs geworden mycel gehlýd ( strepitus ) on þám hrófe þǽre cirican, efne swylce hwylc man urne þǽr geond dwoliende. Þá áweóx and bræclade mára swég . . . swylce eall seó cyrice wǽre . . . tóworpen fram þám grundweallum, Gr.

ge-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lífan, to grant, allow.
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Geléf mé geonga permitte mihi ire, Lk. L. 9, 59. Ꝥte geléfde him ingeonga, 8, 32. Geléfde him fara dimitteret, Mt. L. 14, 22. Gif is geléfed were ꝥ wíf forleta, Mk. L. 10, 2. with gerundial infin.

lyft

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Deóflu fleóð geond þás lyft ungesewenlíce, swá swá fugelas dóð gesewenlíce, Hml. Th. ii. 90, 21. On lyft scacan, fleógan ofer foldan, Sat. 263.

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Geond grunda fela through many lands, Exon. 87 a; Th. 326, 30; Víd. 136. On grundum on earth, 17 b; Th. 43, 1; Cri. 682: 18 b; Th. 46, 28; Cri. 744. Of grundum, 18 a; Th. 44, 13; Cri. 702.

ferian

(v.)
Grammar
ferian, ferigan, ferigean, fergan; to ferianne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [fer = fær a journey] .

to carryconveybearleadconductferreportārevehĕrededūcĕreafferreto betake oneself tose gerĕreversērito godepartvehiīre

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Ðonne God geond wéstena wíde feraþ Deus, dum transgrediēris per desertum, Ps. Th. 67, 8

Linked entries: fergan ferigan fergan

hwearfian

(v.)
Grammar
hwearfian, p. ode

To turnchangeroll aboutrevolvewandermovetoss about

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Coll.] geond ðæt wésten they went wandering through the desert; per vasta deserti evagatur, Ors. 6, 31; Swt. 286, 19

Linked entry: hreafigende

scríðan

(v.)
Grammar
scríðan, p. scráð, pl. scridon; pp. scriden, scriðen.
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Com on wanre niht scrídan sceadugenga, 1410; B. 703. to go hither and thither, go about, wander: — Líg scríðeþ geond woruld wide fire shall spread itself far and wide through the world, Exon. Th. 51, 3 ; Cri. 810.

tó-stencan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stencan, p -stencte; pp. -stenced, -stenct.

to scatter the parts of a wholedisperse a number of objects gathered togetherto destroy the integrity of a wholedissipatebring to noughtoverthrow

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Ðínne líchoman geond ðisse ceastre lanan hié tóstenceaþ, Blickl. Homl. 237, 5. Ðú tóstenctest feónd ðíne dispersisti inimicos tuos, Ps. Spl. 88, 11: 43, 13.

ge-nyhtsumian

(v.)
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Ben. 89, 10. to have enough of, be satisfied with Næs ic ná genihtsumigende on þám geongum, ac ic eác swylce manega ælðeódige besmát, Hml. S. 23 b, 395. [O. H. Ger. ge-nuhtsamón abundare, sufficere, locupletare.?

eall

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Þeáh ic eal mæge, B. 680. with prepositions Crístendóm næs þágyt geond eall cúð ( known everywhere ), Hml. S. 2, 13. Man árǽrde cyrcan on his ríce geond eall, 26, 85. Ofer eal gewídmǽrsude late crebresceret, An. Ox. 2584. Ofer eall, Gen. 45, 16.

bodian

(v.)
Grammar
bodian, bodigan, bodigean; part. bodiende, bodigende; p. ode, ede, ade, ude; pp. od, ed, ad, ud; v. a. [bod a message] .

to tell, announce, proclaim, preachnuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizareto foretell, predict, prophesy, promiseprædicere, promittereto announce

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Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad the fatal token was proclaimed throughout the town, 2241; An. 1122. to foretell, predict, prophesy, promise; prædicere, promittere Him ðone dæg willan Drihten bodode the Lord had foretold [promised] to him that day

Linked entries: bodiend-lic bodigean

hwider

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Oð þæt hé cunne hwider hreðre gehygd hweorfan wille, Wand. 72. as relative adverb Ðú waldes geonga huidir (hwider, R. þǽr, W. S. ubi) ðú waldes . . . óðer ðec lǽdes hiddir ðiddir (ðider, R. W. S. quo ) ðú nuilt, Jn.

CNIHT

(n.)
Grammar
CNIHT, cneoht, cnyht, es; m.

A boyyouthattendantservantKNIGHT:puerjuvenisadolescensservus

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He seðle gesette in ðære cneohtas and geonge menn lǽrde wǽron he set up a school in which boys and young men were taught Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 45, col. 2. Ðyssum cnyhtum wes líðe be gentle to these boys Beo. Th. 2443; B. 1219.

Linked entries: cneoht cnyht

ord

(n.)
Grammar
ord, es; m.

a point,of a weapona spear, pointed weaponone who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, princehead, frontline of battle, forefrontthe beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)

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Burgwarena ord, 462, 22; Hö. 56. of position, head, front Se ðe on orde geóng he who went at the head of the band, Beo. Th. 6242; B. 3125. line of battle, forefront Se ord on here acies, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 14.

Linked entries: ór ord-wíga