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secgan

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Add Þe lǽs þe hig sæggon, 'Hwǽr is heora god?,' Ps. L. 78, 10. 2. Add Cirus, Persa cyning, þe wé ǽr beforan sægdon Cyrus, rex Persarum, quem superius commemoraveram, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 22. Add Ðǽm welwillendum is tó sæcganne, ðæt . . .

dearnunga

(adv.)
Grammar
dearnunga, dearnenga, dearninga; adv. [dyrne secret, obscure]

Secretly, privately, clandestinelyclam, occulte, clandestīno

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Hwæt he dearninga on hyge hogde what he secretly meditated in his mind, Exon. 51 a; Th. 177, 13; Gú. 1226

Linked entries: deornunga dern-unga

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hó; gen. hós; m.
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Gr. 9, 72; Som. 14, 17, Hwæt is ðæs wífes hó? ... Ðæs wífes hó getácnode ... what is the woman's heel? ... The woman's heel signified ..., Boutr. Scrd. 20, 13, 19. Hós mínes calcanei mei, Ps. Spl. 48, 5.

Linked entries: hó-banca

sóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-cwide, es; m.
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Ðæt ðeós onlícnes word sprece, secge sóðcwidum; ðý sceolon gelýfan eorlas, hwæt mín æðelo sién, Andr. Kmbl. 1465; An. 733: Cd. Th. 294, 14; Sat. 471: 244, 10; Dan. 446: Elen. Kmbl. 1057; El. 530: Exon. Th. 418, 2; Rä. 36, 13.

eaht

(n.)
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Hwæt is mannes sunu, þæt hit gemet wǽre, þæt þú him aht (áht?) wið ǽfre hæfdest quid est filius hominis, quoniam reputas eum?, Ps. Th. 143, 4.

hwætlíce

(adv.)
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Nú wé hwætlíce þis habbað gegaderod, þæt is on Lýden actiuum opus, Angl. viii. 330, 35. of the operation of things, e.g. diseases Hwæt[líce] perniciter (quos lethale virus perniciter prostraverat), An.

líne

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K. 150, 31. a line, stroke made on a surface ' Þú leornedest be ánre línan wæs áwriten anlang middes þæs þóþeres'. . . ' Ic wót hwæt seó líne tácnað, ' Solil. H. 20, 16-20. pá línan þe on þám þóþere átéfred wæs, 21, 6.

ed-wihte

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ed-wihte, pron.

Anything, something ălĭquid

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Sax. æt in æt-hwæga somewhat; ălĭquantum: æt-hwón almost; fĕre: Ger. et: M. H. Ger. ete: O. H. Ger. etta, eta, ede.]

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Hwæt dó ic be þám Hǽlende quid faciam de Iesu?, Mt. 27, 22. Hwæt be ðé gedón beón sceolde quid de te fieri deberet, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 629, 6. Hwæt dó ic be Iudéa cininge quid faciam regi Iudaeorum?, Mk. 15, 12: Nic. 18, 24.

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád.

to considermeditateinquiredeliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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Hé sóhte and smeáde ( tractavit),hwæt tó dónne wǽre. Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 29: Elen. Kmbl. 826; El. 413. Maria smeáde and þohte, hwæt seó hálettung wǽre. Blickl. Homl. 7, 16. Smeáge man geornlíce, hwæðer hit sóþ sí, Deut. 19, 18.

Linked entry: smeán

teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, teohchian, teohgian, tihhian, teohian, teochian, tihian; p. ode.
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Swá hwæt swá hé swíþost lufaþ ðæt hé teohhaþ (tiohhaþ, Cott.

wéman

(v.)
Grammar
wéman, p. de
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Hwǽr ic findan meahte ðone ðe mec fréfran wolde, wéman (wenian? q. v. ) mid wynnum, Exon. Th. 288, 10; Wand. 29. in a bad sense Ða teolunga ðe hine fram Gode wémaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 288, 24.

Linked entry: wǽman

for-beornan

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Gif hwæs weorc forbyrnð, hé hæfð þone hearm si cujus opus arserit, detrimentum patietur. Hml. Th. ii. 588, 30. Lígýðum forborn bord, B. 2672. Forborn þurh þæs fíres fnǽst fíf and hundseofontig herges, Jul. 587.

hran

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Hran oððe hwæl, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10. Manducat unumquodque animal in mari alterum.

ge-hæftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hæftan, he -hæft; p. -hæftede, -hæfte; pp. -hæfted, -hæft

To taketake captivecast into prisondetainbindcaptarecaptivarevincire

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To take, take captive, cast into prison, detain, bind; captare, captivare, vincire Swá hwæt swá híg gehæftaþ quicquid ceperint, Th. An. 23, 11. Hí gehæftaþ on sáwle rihtwíses captabunt in animam justi, Ps. 93, 21.

Linked entry: be-hæftan

mæssian

(v.)
Grammar
mæssian, p. ode

To say mass

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To say mass Be ðam sacerde ðonne hé mæssaþ hwæt hé on him hæbbe de iis quibus indutus esse debet sacerdos, cum missarn celebrat, L. Edg. C. tit. ix.; Th. ii. 128, 19. Mæssode se apostol ðam folce. Homl. Th. ii. 478, 14.

ou-cnáwenness

(n.)
Grammar
ou-cnáwenness, e; f.
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Hé nolde him æteówian his oncnáwennysse he would not let them recognise him (cf. l. 16, hé him ne geswutelode hwæt hé wæs), 284, 12. Ða deóflu æteówiaþ ðære synfullan sáwle hyre mánfullan dǽda ...

on-styrian

(v.)
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Hwæt arun gé onstyred quid turbamini, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 39. Onstyred and onǽled mid andan, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 7: Blickl. Homl. 199, 16. Onstyred mid heora wordum, 225, 23. Eal seó burh wæs onstyred, 71, 13.

Linked entry: in-styrian

giddian

(v.)
Grammar
giddian, gieddian, gyddian, giddigan; p. ode; pp. od

To singrecitespeak

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Gyddedon hæleþ in healle hwæt seó hand write heroes in hall discussed what did the hand write, Cd. 210; Th. 261, 18; Dan. 728

ge-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrítan, p. -wrát; pp. -writen

To writeto give or bestow by writingto write along with othersconscribere

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Hwæt is gewriten quid scribtum est, Lk. Bos. 10, 26: Ps. Spl. 39, 11. Gewriten yrfe legatum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; 57, 96; Wrt. Voc. 20, 37. Gewriten yrfeweard legatarius, Lye