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macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Þá maciað praeteritum on aui, 138, 11. to prepare or provide a meal, feast for guests Gelíc þám cyninge þe macode hys suna gyfta simile regi qui fecit nubtias filio suo, Mt. 22, 2. used with of to designate the action of causing what is denoted by the

HÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÁTAN, ic háte, ðú hátest, hætsþ, hé háteþ, hát, hǽt, pl. hátaþ; p. héht, hét, pl. héhton, héton; pp. háten.

to bid, order, commandto promise, vowto call, name, give a name toto name, call, bid, commandto call, name, promise, vownominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere

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Ic Elfréd dux hátu wrítan and cýðan an ðissum gewrite Elfréde regi I alderman Alfred order to be written and made known in this writing to king Alfred, Chart. Th. 480, 13. Ðonne háteþ Sanctus Micahel bláwan ða feówer béman then St.

Linked entry: ge-hátan

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

ge-þingian

(v.)
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Th. i. 198, 19. to arrange a matter for a person with another Goda gesóhte þone kynincg, and bæd ꝥ hé him geþingude wiþ Eádgife his bóca edgift regem requisivit Godo, ut pro eo me (Eadgiua) rogaret quatinus ei redderem libros terrarum suarum, Cht.

wédan

(v.)
Grammar
wédan, p. de

To be mad or furious, to rage, rave to be mad, out of one's sensesto act with violence, be furious, rage,

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For wédendre heortan ðæs leódhatan Brytta cyninges propter vesanam Brittonici regis tyrannidem, Bd. 3, 1; S. 524, 1. Uuoedende bachantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 52. Hí the Jews tó Criste hosplíce word wédende sprǽcon, Homl. Th. ii. 232, 31.

Linked entry: a-wédan

ge-writ

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Hé áwrát þára muneca regol mid heálicum gewrite and mid torhtum wordum scripsit monachorum regulam, discretione praecipuum, sermone luculentam, Gr. D. 175, 3. Monige cúðon Englisc gewrit árǽdan, Past. 7, 17. On gewrit settan to put into writing, Ll.

crisma

(n.)
Grammar
crisma, an; m. [chrisma, ătis, n. = χρῖσμα, ατος; n. an unction, from χρίω [fut. χρίσω] I touch the surface of a body, I rub or anoint]

χρῖσμα, ατοςχρίσω the chrismunction or holy oil, used for anointing by the Roman Catholic church after baptismoleum chrismatisthe white vesture, called chrisom, which the minister puts upon the child immediately after dipping it in water, or pouring water upon it in baptism chrismale, id est, vestis candida, quæ super corpus baptlzati ponitur.

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cwéne aceude, Æðelhfún, and Ædeldriþ his dóhter, and óðer his suna Wuscfreá hátte, ac ða ǽrran twegen under crisman forþgeférdon, and on cyrican in Eoferwícceastre bebyrigde wǽron baptizati sunt tempore sequente et alii liberi ejus [Æduini] de Ædilberga regina

Linked entries: crism-lýsing crysma

tweógan

(v.)
Grammar
tweógan, tweón; p. tweóde.
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Tweógende cyningas reges dubii, 4, 26; S. 603, 17. Tweógende hesitantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 22: 74, 19

Linked entries: tuáes tweón twiógan

ge-tellan

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Man getealde him (Oswold) ꝥ nigonðe geár (ui idem annus Osualdi regno adsignaretur, Bd. 3, 1), Chr. 633; P. 27, 6. to assign a person or thing, to a duty, position, &amp;c. to depute, delegate; cf. to be told off for a duty Getealde delegavit, Wrt

æt

(prep.)
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Ríneþ blódig regn æt ǽfen, 91, 34: 93, 3. Eall eorþe bið mid þeóstrum oforþeaht æt þá endlyftan tíd, 93, 6. local, unto, up to Hí hine besencton on þá eá æt his cneówa, Bl. H. 43, 30.

on-fón

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Onfóð mínes fæder ríce (cf. possidete regnum, Mt. 25, 34), Cri. 1345. Ðæt wé onfón sumne dǽl bledsunge, Past. 333, 1. Ꝥ ic mæge þínra gebeda onfón, Hml. S. 23 b, 212.

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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Hér Æþelbald cyng forþférde . . . and féng Æþelbryht tó allum þám ríce his bróþur, Chr. 860; P. 66, 36, 'Sigebyrht tó þám ríce féng accepit regnum Sigberct, Bd. 2, 15; Sch. 176, i. Æfter hiere féng tó ðǽm ríce (regno potita est) Pentesilia, Ors.

tó-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-weorpan, -werpan, -worpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

To throw in different directionsthrow awaythrow downto scatterdispersedestroyoverthrowto scatterdisperseto break in piecesscatter the parts of a connected wholeto overthrowto overturnto throw downdestroy a buildingdemolishto overthrowto destroy the power of a person,to destroyto overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc.,to put downput an end todestroymake voidbreakdissolveto throw out

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Ðone tóworpenan stal ðæs ríces destructum regni statum, Bd. 4, 26; S. 603, 8. Ðý læs tóworpen sién fyrngewritu, Elen. Kmbl. 860; El. 430. to throw out. v. tó-worpness, II.

eorþe

the groundsoillandearththe eartha landcountrysoilmoulddust

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Regnas eorþan wæstmas weccaþ, 51, 20. the world we live in. dry land as opposed to sea Heofon and eorþe and sǽ, Bl. H. 91, 21.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

ge-hwá

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwá, <b>A.</b> as noun.
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pronoun Him on scínað ǽrgewyrhtu, on sylfra gehwám, Cri. 1242. any one (thing), alone Búton gehwá beó geedcenned of wætere and of þám Hálgan Gáste, ne mæg hé faran in tó heofenan ríce nisi quit renatus fuerit ex aqua et spiritu, non potest introire in regnum

ge-swencan

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Hié monege cyningas geswencton, tó þon ꝥ hié eall gesealdon . . . wiþ hiera earman lífe inquietudo bellorum qua illi (reges) adtriti sunt, Ors. 5, 1 ; S. 214, 19.Hié magon ðá gódan swá micle swíður geswencean swá hié hiora ánmódlícor éhtað bonos deterius

hebban

(v.)
Grammar
hebban, occurs with dat.

to liftto liftto raiseliftmake a soundto exaltelevateto extolexaltto set upinstituteto raisebring upto directbearTo risemount

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Hí hófun Pendan suna tó cynincge leuato in regem filio Pendan, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 314, 21. Tó ðǽm ðæt hí hí hæbben (áhebben, v. l.) ofer ðá ðe hié heora sellað ne super eos se, quibus terrena largiuntur, extollant, Past. 319, 17.

úte

(adv.)
Grammar
úte, adv.

Outsidewithout.outfrom one's positionon the outsideoutsideon the outer sideoutout of doorsin the open airoutawayat a distanceoutaway from habitationsin open countryoutfrom home on serviceoutnot in one's own countryabroadoutaway from land

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Ben. 115, 9. out into another's possession Wearð ðæt land úte and hæfdon hit cynegas ablatum est in manibus regum, Chart. Th. 271, 27. on the outside Ic eom úte ego foris sum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 242, 5. outside a house, any enclosed place, etc.

Linked entry: út

tó-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brecan, p. -bræc, pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen

To break,break in piecesto break in two,to break to pieces,break up,to separate into parts by striking or pullingto overthrow,break down,ruin,destroy,put into confusion,rout,to destroy,crushto take by assaultto break a promise, pledge, etc.,to infringe,violateto break,interrupt

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Man his riht tóbræc, 975; Erl. 126, 17, Twégen gebróðra tóbrǽcon ðone regol, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 34. Gif hé his bebod tóbrǽce, Homl. Ass. 60, 217.

þurh-wunian

(v.)

to continuelastnot to come to an endnot to pass awayto continue in a place, with a personto remain, not to leaveto continue in a conditionnot to changeto perseverepersisthold out

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Heó onwealg on hiere onwalde æfter þurhwunade manet adhuc et regnat incolumis, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 62, 24. Heó á clǽne þurhwunode, Blickl. Homl. 3, 18. Hé þurhwunode unspecende and mihteleás forð óð ðone Ðunresdæg, Chr. 1053; Erl. 186, 23.