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self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Ðín ríce and ðínes sylfes feorh. Blickl. Homl. 185, 1. Mínes sylfes múþ os meum, Ps. Th. 77, 2. Ðínre sylfre sunu. Exon. Th. 21, 23; Cri. 339. Wé sceoldon úrra selfra waldan, Past. 33; Swt. 220, 5. <b>II a.

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lang

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sægde lǽne under lyfte, and þá longan gód herede on heofonum, Gú. 91. (6 a) in the comparative, cf. (2 b), (3 b) — Oð þæt lengre ne bið westem wudu*-*beámes, Vy. 23. as a grammatical term Seó óðer declinatio geendað hire genitiuum on langne i. . . seó feórðe

níwe

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. :-- Feorh bið níwe, þonne hé his líc, þæt ǽr líg fornóm, somnað, Ph. 266. Þá ealdan forþ gewitun, and efne hí wǽrun gewordene níwe, An.

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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Áne feorme swá góde swá hí bezte þurhteón magon a refection as good as ever they can afford, Chart. Th. 531, 15.

ge-faran

(v.)
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S. 23, 19. to save by going Gif hé þissa ǽnig áleóge, náhwár hé eft his feorh gefare ( he shall not again save his life by going to any asylum ), Ll.

losian

(v.)
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Seó gesceádwísnes þurh nán ðing ne mæg þám men losian, Bt. 11, 2; F. 34, 18 : Met. 10, 37. the subject life or limb Þonne him feorg losað, Seef. 94 : Rä. 13, 3. the subject something undesirable, which is got rid of Gif hié geornlíce wilnigen ðæt him

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, p. ode.

of animate objectsto desire, ask forwith gen. or uncertainwith accusativewith infinitivewith geniudial infinitivewith genitive and gerundial infinitivewith a clauseabsolute or uncertainto desire to goto tend to an end

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Heó hiere feores tó him wilnade (pro vita precans), Ors. 3, II; Swt. 150, 33. Ðæt wæter ðe hé tó Gode wilnade aquam quam a Deo petierat, Bd. I. 7; S. 478, 28. Hé wilnode him tó Gode sumre frófre he asked of God for some comfort for himself, Ps.

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on-fón

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Beád hé ealle his ǽhta wiþ his feore; þá nolde se cyning þæs onfón, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 22. to accept, not to offer objection to, take in good part Hié onfooð ðǽre láre micle lusðlícor they will take reproof much more readily, Past. 293, 25.

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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Him gebyrede ꝥ feorh earfoðlíce hardly was life granted him. Hml. S. 12, 64.

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Hwylc is manna þæt feores neóte . . . oððe hwylc manna is þæt his ágene sáwle generige, Ps. Th. 88, 41 : Elen. Kmbl. 750; El. 375 : Exon.

hwǽr

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Ic sóhte ... hwǽr ic feor oððe neáh findan meahte ..., Wand. 26: El. 217. Gesecgað mé hwonne þæt gewurde and hwára, Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 25. Gesecge hé hwǽr ǽnig gewin swá gehwurfe, 6, 4; S. 260, 6. Hwár (huer, L., hwér, R.), Jn. 20, 15.

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Ǽfre ymbe ðæt feórðe geár, Lchdm. iii. 246, 13. Simble ymb þrítig nihtgerímes, Andr. Kmbl. 313; An. 157. Symble ymbe seofon niht, Soul Kmbl. 19; Seel. 10.

sweord

(n.)
Grammar
sweord, swurd, swyrd, es; n.
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Ðurh sweordes bite gedǽlan feorh wið flǽsce, Apstls. Kmbl. 68; Ap. 34. Hig feallaþ on swurdes (sweordes, MS. A.: suordes, Lind.: swordana, Rush.) ecge cadent in ore gladii, Lk. Skt. 21, 24. Standan mid átogenum swurde, Jos. 5, 13.

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BRECAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRECAN, ic brece, ðú bricest, bricst, he briceþ, bricþ, pl. brecaþ; p. ic, he bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon; pp. brocen.

to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpereto press, force, urge;urgereto rush intotakeby stormin locum irrumpere, expugnare, erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere to breakburst forthmake a noisecrashto sail;navigareTo retch;screare

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Cwom [MS. cuom] feorþe healf hund scipa on Temese múþan, and brǽcon Contwara burg and Lundenburg three hundred and fifty ships came to the mouth of the Thames, and took Canterbury and London by storm, Chr. 851; Erl. 66, 34. v. intrans. erumpere, prorumpere

ge-settan

(v.)
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Þá foreweardas wǽron feor ðǽm fæstenne gesette, 4, 10; S. 200, 12. to place, settle permanently Se bisceop þǽr gesette góde sangeras, Bl. H. 207, 31. On þǽm londe hé heora fela gesette (habitare praecepit), Ors. 3, 5 ; S. 104, 26.

heáfod

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. — Ne sý nán óðer bót bútan ꝥ heáfod (cf. forgá þýfðe be his feóre, 210, 3), Ll. Th. i. 282, 2, 23. Sý hé þeóf, and þolige heáfdes, 276, 13. For þon ðín éþel (wyrd ?)

ge-lǽstan

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Ðet hié ðiss gelę́sten ðe on ðissem gewrite binemned is ðém hígum . . . and hió forgifeð fífténe pund for ðý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste, C. D. i. 312, 13-18. Hé ne mihte ꝥ gafol álecgan þe heó gelǽstan sceolde, Hml. S. 3, 181.

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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S. 16, 278. said of constituent parts, to amount to Þǽrtóeácan syx tída ; þá máciað ǽfre ymbe ꝥ feórþe geár þone dæg and ðá niht þe wé hátað bissextum.

(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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Ꝥ hé beó his feóres scyldig, 202, 2. Heó onwríhð hire ǽwelm þonne heó geopenaþ hiore ðeáwas, Bt. . 20; F. 70, 25.

tíma

(n.)
Grammar
tíma, an; m.

Timehourtempus horatime when,time at which an event takes place a time when a thing can or ought to be done,a proper time,opportunity in time in good timebe-timesproper timean appointed timea period of time time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. a season of the yearan age of the world time of pronouncing a syllable, quantity time, condition of things

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Se feórða tíma ys genemned hiemps, Anglia viii. 312, 14-31. On wintres tíman, ðæt is fram ðan anginne ðæs mónðes, ðe is Nouember geháten, óþ Eástran, R. Ben. 32, 10.

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