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lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
lǽran, p. de

To teachinstructeducateto preachto exhortadmonishadvisepersuadesuggest

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Hí hí trymedon and lǽrdon ðæt hí fæsten worhtan, 1, 12; S. 480, 31. Ðá cleopedon his þegnas him tó and hine bǽdon and geornlíce lǽrdon ðæt hé hine ofslóge cum eum viri sui ad feriendum Saul accenderent, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 197, 18.

ge-tellan

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Bt. 18, 3; F. 66, 4. to reckon, fix as the number which completes a whole Hwí is ðis fæsten þus geteald þurh feówertig daga ? On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga, Hml. Th. i. 178, 19-21.

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Gif hine on iii nihte ealdne mónan gestandeþ se líþ fæste and swylt if sickness attack him when the moon is three days old he will be confined to his bed and will die, Lchdm. iii. 182, 8.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Ꝥ heó sylfe magan þe oftor on mynstrum fæste gewunian and regollíce libban, Ll. Th. i. 348, 2. Hé ne mihte on húse gewunian ac on byrgenum neque in domo manebat sed in monumentis, Lk. 8, 27. Tó dæge in hús ðín gedæfned is mé gewunia ( manere ), Lk.

wiþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-weard, (-word, -wurd), and -wierde; adj.

contraryadversehostileadversaryenemyopponentfiendhostile to rightful authorityrebelopposed to what is rightarrogantperversedepravedreprobatefalsehereticapocryphalopposed to the good or pleasure of anythingunfavourableadversehurtfulperniciousdisagreeablecontraryopposite

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Ða wiþerweardan gesceafta ǽgþer ge betwux him winnaþ, ge eác fæste sibbe betwux him healdaþ, swá nú fýr déþ and wæter . . . Ac á sceal ðæt wiðerwearde ðæt óðer wiþerwearde gemetgian, 21; Fox 74, 13-20: Met. 11, 49, 52.

ge-lǽstan

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Fæste hé .II. dagas tógædere, gif him mægen gelǽste, Lch. ii. 218, 2. Þeós andwearde tíd þyses dæges ne mæg ús genihtsumian ne gelǽstan tó þysum bysenum the lime would not last us out for these examples, Gr. D. 91, 25.

þurh-teón

(v.)

to carry throughget a proposal accepted, a request grantedto carry out a plan, orders, etc.give effect to an intentionto carry throughcarry on to a (successful) endto accomplishperformto perpetrateto carry oncontinueto bring to a successful issueto achievebring aboutbring to passto affordto go throughundergoto drawdrag

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Wé ne magan for úre tyddernysse þyllíc fæsten þurhteón we cannot on account of our weakness accomplish such a fast, Wulfst. 285, 27. Þurhtión (þurg-, Cott. MS.) ðæt yfel ðæt hí lyst cupita perficere, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 28, 32.

healf

(n.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

Sidepartsidehandbesidedisputebehalfaccountsidequarterdirection

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Hié on healfa gehwone he áwan þóhton, B. 800. where feówer is used indefinitely Þá burgware self þæt fæsten onbærndon an feówer healfa succensis domibus suis, Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 32.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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Ǽw wedlock, marriage, ǽw-boren lawfully born, born in wedlock: ǽw-breca, -brica, m. wedlock breaker, an adulterer: ǽw-fæst-man marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ǽw-nian to wed, take a wife.

Linked entry: bonda

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

woodthe substance of growing treesa tree(hewh) woodthe material obtained from treeswood which forms somethingsomething made of woodwoodwoodthe woodwoodsa woodwild

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Fæsten Créca, wudu Egipta, Salm. Kmbl. 387 ; 831. 193: Exon. Th. 381, 9 ; Rä. 2, 8: Ps. Th. 82, 10. Fýr ðe bærnð wuda (sylvam), Ps. Spl. 82, 13. a wood Hé hét lǽdan hí on ðone wudn; se wæs genemned silua nigra, se swearta wudu. Shrn. 89, 10: Exon.

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

tellan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Ðone ic on firenum fæstne talde, Elen. Kmbl. 1815; El. 909. Ic mé ǽnigne ... gesacan ne tealde, Beo.

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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L. 14, 19. by a clause Utan gangan þæt wé bysmrigen bendum fæstne, An. 1358. by a co-ordinated verb, generally united to go by and Nú gé raðe gangað and findað. . . El. 372. Gange hé feówra sum tó and oðsace.

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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frignyssum ða ðe him nýdþearflíce gesewen wǽron de eis quae necessariae videbantur quaestionibus Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 33. a seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resort Similar entries v. cyric-sócn, sécan, II. 2 Wé úre synna georne bétan mid fæstene

Linked entry: fird-sócn

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Ðes middangeard eów ne mæg ealneg standan, Past. 51; Swt. 395, 29. to stand, not to fall, to be upheld Ic getrymed fæste stande, Blickl. Homl. 225, 34. Seó godcunde meht staþolfæstlíce stondeþ, 19, 21.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

ge-mǽne

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Voc. i. 58, 50. inferior in degree, minor, used of the ecclesiastical orders below the sub-deacon (earlier the deacon); from the sub-deacon upwards the orders were 'sacri ordines' Gif hwylc lǽwede man hine forswerige . . . fæste . iiii. geár.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Ðonne gé fæston, nellon gé wesan (wosa, Lind.) swylce leáse líceteras, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 16. (v. <b>III c.

wíte

(n.)

punishmentpain that is inflicted as punishmenttormenta meansimplementa fine.tormentplaguediseaseevilpain

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Licgeþ lonnum fæst . . . wylleþ hine on ðam wíte, Salm. Kmbl. 537; Sal. 268. Hé wíte wealdeþ he is the disposer of punishment, Cd. Th. 248, 33; Dan. 523. Wíte poenam, vindiciam, Hpt. Gl. 496, 7: Blickl. Homl. 77, 28. Ðæt ðú inc meaht wíte bewarignn.

heáfod

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Genim gárleáces þreó heáfdu, Lch. ii. 234, 20. the top of a building Þæt þú heáfod sié healle mǽrre and gesomnige síde weallas fæste gefóge, Cri. 4.

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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Hérdes þú ǽfre þætte ǽnig mon on sondbeorgas settan meahte fæste healle?, Met. 7, 9. Wé hírdon (hiérdon, v. l.) ðætte . . . Past. 381, 8. Hýrdon, Gú. 79. Hýrde wé þæt . . . Ap. 70. Hérde gé for ðon ácueden is, Mt. L. 5, 33. with acc. and infin.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Þonne ðú fæste, smyra ðín heáfod, 6, 17, with: Þá þá hé fæste feówertig daga, 4, 2. Symle ic gehýrde, þonne heofones gim west onhylde, Exon. Th. 174, 30; Gú. 1185, with: Þá hí ðis gehýrdon, hí fahnodon, Mk. Skt.14, 11.] <b>A.

Linked entries: þænne þonne