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fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

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Ne lǽt ðu ðæt yrre licgean on ðínre heortan ofer sunnan setlunge, ac fóh tó sibbe ǽror, Hex. 46, 14. Tó sibbe fón in pacem redire, R. Ben. 19, l: Ll. Th. ii. 182, 3.

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a worda single part of speechwordsa written worda worda group of wordsa sayingsentencewordsa sayingmaxima talestorya reporttidingsfamename(good) word,(good) reporta commandan orderordinancea messagean announcementwordsolemn statementpromiseoathan (expressed) intentionopinionspeechlanguagewordslanguagestylewordword of God

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Scóp him Heort naman se ðe his wordes geweald hæfde (who had power to name things as he pleased), Beo. Th. 158; B. 79. Wordes ord the first word, 5576; B. 2791. Rǽdsnotteran, wordes wísran. Andr. Kmbl. 947 ; An. 474. Wordes gleáwne, 3295 ; An. 1650.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Geseton alle ðáðe gehérdon in heorta hiora, Lk. L. l, 66. Gesetteð ponite, 21, 14. Þisse worlde ende gesettan, Bl. H. 117, 28: Gü. 995. His sáuel ꝥ hé walde gesete suam animam positurum, Jn. p. 6, 3.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Drihten is on ðínre heortan, and on ðínum innoþe, Blickl. Homl. 5, 11. Sum mon scínende on hwítum gegyrelan, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 39. Twegen weras on hwítum reáfe, Lk. Skt. 24, 4.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

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.

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Ðæt ilce geþanc and seó sylfe carfulnyss ðe heom amang ðam nihtslǽpe wæs on heora heortan, eáll ðá hí áwacodon hí ðæt sylfe geþohton, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 441. Ðæt selfe wæter þegnunge gearwode beforan his fótum, Blickl. Homl. 247, 10.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Ðeós geofu on heora heortan álegd wes, Blickl. Homl. 137, 4. Ealle þing wǽron geworhte ( facta sunt ) ðurh hyne, and nán þing næs geworht bútan him, Jn. Skt. 1, 3. Ða ðe ðurh geleáfan gehǽlede wǽron qui credendo salvati sunt, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 20.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Tó ðýssere dǽde wearð ðæs cynges heorte áblicged. Homl.

Linked entry: -anne

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Þá áne men habbaþ Críst on heora heortan, þe geteóde beóþ tó þon écean lífe, Bl. H. 75, 35. with adverbial or conjunctional use Þæt án dumtaxat, tantummodo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 241, 7. Næs hit ná ꝥ án ꝥ þú wǽre . . . , ac eác . . . , Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 6.

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Ða ðe ðæs wyrðe beóþ, ðæt hié heofoncining on heora heortum beran, 79, 32. (5 a) with impersonal construction :-- Wæs ðæt ðæs wyrðe, ðæt seó stów swá fæger wǽre it was fitting that the place should be so fair, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 23.

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Is hyge ymb heortan gerúme,Cd. Th. 47, 11; Gen. 759: 23, 5; Gen. 354: Exon. Th. 306, 21; Seef. 11. marking an object throughout or along which there is position or movement Ic lǽrde sibbe ymb ða burh Hierusalem and manige þeóda, Blickl.

ge-weorþan

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Þæt gé forlǽtan þá unnyttan sprǽca gewurðan and þá unnyttan geþancas of eówrum heortum ( that ye dismiss useless words and thoughts from your hearts), þonne gé cumað intó Godes cyrican, Wlfst. 232, 17.

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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And eft hé sette his hand ofer hiora heortan, St. And. 12, 34-35. Sleáþ synnigne ofer seolfes múþ smite him over the mouth Andr. Kmbl. 2602; An. 1302. Sý hys blód ofer ús and ofer úre bearn his blood be upon us, and upon our children, Mt.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Hé herede in heortan heofonríces weard, 52. Him wæs Godes egsa in gemyndum, Gú. 139. In móde, Mód. 83: B. 180: Dan. 218.

for

beforein front ofbeforesinceagoforfromthroughon account offorfromthroughinstead of in place ofin exchange forin return forin expiation ofin redemption foron behalf ofin support ofin respect toin relation toas regardsagainstfromin spite ofnotwithstandingin accordance withaccording toas representative offorto takein compensation foras punishment forfor the sake ofon behalf of for the benefit ofAs representative of

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., is required, against, from: Wið stede and for gebinde heortes hǽr beóð góde. Lch. i. 338, 3. Gistas míne ic wille gemund-byrdan for eów, Gen. 2473. Hé bróhte him stánas, bæd him for hungre (for protection against hunger) hláfas wyrcan, Sae. 673.

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Ða gife ic wylle tó ðon dón ðe ic heóld I will put the gift to the use for which I kept it, Guthl. 20 ; Gdwin. 84, 12. (1 a) by se. . . ðe hé : &mdash; Forðon mæg gehycgan se ðe his heorte deáh, Cd. Th. 282, 8; Sat. 283.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Þá word þæs godspelles on his heortan habban and healdan, Bl. H. 557 7. denoting various kinds of connexion between subject and object, e. g. kindred, relative position Ic hæbbe (hafo, L. R. ) fíf gebróþru, Lk. 16, 28.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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(α α) alone Þæt on hys heortan (hearta is, L. ) ásáwen is, Mt. 13, 19. without noun, his, hers, theirs Búton heó fram þám ceorle wille eft hám ongeán, and nǽfre eft heó his ne weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 416, 15. the pronoun as in . with noun.

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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Geheald ðíne heortan wið unþeáwas. Wulfst. 247, 3. Ðæt man wið fúlne gálscipe warnie, 308, 2 : Cd. Th. 15, 20 ; Gen. 236. Ðæt manna gehwylc wið swylc wær sý, Wulfst. 280, 11. Hé hine mihte wiþ ða mánfullan áhreddan, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 233.