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weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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Ðú weg nimest geond deóp wæter, Cd. Th. 80, 16; Gen. 1329. Wǽrun wegas ðíne on wídne sǽ in mari viae tuae, Ps. Th. 76, 16. Onbúgan of ðæs gewealde, ðe mé wegas tǽcneþ, Exon. Th. 383, 26; Rä, 4, 16. Tófóran on feówer wegas æðelinga bearn, Cd.

EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indeclwithout substantive, and sometimes governing the genitiveare sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Geond ealne middangeard tōto orbe, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 26. Ealne weg always. Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 10, 11. Ealle ðá gesceaft all the creation, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 37; Met. 20, 19. Ealle ǽ; unĭversam legem, Deut. 4, 8.

Linked entries: al all eall

rǽdan

(v.)
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Módor ne rǽdoþ (-aþ, MS.) ðonne heó magan cenneþ, hú him weorðe geond woruld sceapen a mother cannot read a boy's fate at his birth, Salm. Kmbl. 741; Sal. 370. Rǽde se ðe wille hú wunda cwǽden, Exon. Th. 441, 11; Rä. 60, 16.

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Manig wyht is mistlíce férende geond corþan quam variis terras animalia permeant figuris 41, 6; Fox 254, 23. Æle uht, ðæs ðe hió ( an asp ) ábítt, scel his líf on slǽpe geendian, Ors. 5, 13 ; Swt. 246, 27.

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seemappearto seem fit

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Hié ðam were geonge þúhton men, Cd.Th. 146, 27; Gen. 2428. Ealle brimu blódige þúhton, 214, 20; Exod. 572: Andr. Kmbl. 880; An. 440: Beo. Th. 1737; B. 866. Ðý ðe hý him sylfum séllan þúhten, Exon. Th. 455, 24; Hy. 4, 54.

Linked entries: þincan ge-þyncan

hweorfan

(v.)
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Hwurfon hæleð geonge tó þám hǽðenan foran, Dan. 434. Hé wæs miclum geswenced ǽr hé þanon hwurfe, Chr. 982 ; P. 124, 29. Þú scealt hweorfan of earde þínum, Gen. 1018 : Wal. 81. Hweorfan tó þis enge lond, Cri. 31.

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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Þeáh ðe hé geong sý, Beo. Th. 3667; B. 1831. Ne beóþ gé tó forhte, þéh þe synnnigra cynn swylt þrowode, Andr.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Þú færsð wórigende and bist flýma geond ealle eorðan uagus et profugus eris super terram, Gen. 4, 12. Wind wédende færeð, El. 1274. Hí (clouds) farað feohtende . . . winnende fareð atol eóredþreát, Rä. 4, 46, 48.

Linked entry: farnian

ídel

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Ðene forleorton geonga ídelne eum dimiserunt uacuum Mk. L. R. 12, 3. in respect to non-material things Ne fremda þú þǽre gesihðe þe þú mé ǽrest æteówdest, ꝥ ic húru ídel heonone ne hwyrfe, Hml. S. 23 b, 671. without food (fig.)

ge-endian

(v.)
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Giendig geongo míno perfici gressus meos, Rtl. 167, 1. Ꝥ hí sýn geendode on án. Jn. 17, 23. to fulfil Wítgiung geendad prophetia completa, Mt. p. 16, 15. Ꝥ wére geendad ( adimpleretur ) ꝥ gecueden wæs, Mt.

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Th. 143, 14. to set, fix, implant Hé módes snyttru seów and sette geond sefan monna, Exon. Th. 41, 29; Cri. 663. Settaþ on eówerum heortum, ðæt gé ne þurfon ásmeágan, hú gé andwyrdan sceolon. Homl. Th. ii. 542, 3.

Linked entry: on-settan

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Nǽre hit þe geliccre ðære écean myrhðe, þonne biþ ðam menn þe sitt on cwearterne wið ðam menn þe færþ frig geond land, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 107. Gif hwylc gód man from góde gewíte, ðonne ne biþ hé þe (þon, Cott. MS.) má fullíce god (cf.

Linked entry: þý

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Ic wræce fére geond foldan, folcsalo bærne, ræced reáfige, Exon. Th. 381, I; Rä. 2, 4. Gif hé monna dreám of ðam orlege eft ne wolde gesécan, . . . lǽtan wræce stille, 114, 10 ; Gú. 170.

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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. ; geond þeóde in populis . . . ; inter gentes, Ps. Th. 56, II. On landa gehwám folcum fracoðe An. 409: GO. 792. On þissum folcum (the peoples of Sodom and Gomorrah), Gen. 2499.

æt

(prep.)
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Geond ealle eorþan gǽþ heora swég, æt þá ýtmestan gemǽro heora lár and heoraword, 133, 35. Andlanges ðǽre díc æt ðæne ellenstyb, C. D. iii. 24, 3.

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Fýrleóma stód geond ðæt atole scræf, Cd. Th. 272, 32; Sat. 128. Ic wille ðat se freóls stonde intó ðat minstre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 219, 19

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

ge-hwilc

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Geond gehwylce weras uiritim, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 232, 17. Gehwylce wǽpenleáse inermes quosque, i. universos An. Ox. 724. (aa) as antecedent Ðás leásan spell lǽraþ gehwelcne man þára þe wilnaþ helle þióstra tó fliónne, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 16.

licgan

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Swá swá ǽddran licgeað on ðæs mannes líchaman, swá licgaþ þás wæterǽddran geond ðás eorðan, Lch. iii. 254, 23. fig. of immaterial things, to exist, reside in some specified place or quarter, be placed in certain conditions Se wísdóm and eác óþre cræftas

ge-hátan

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H. 143, 29. to promise a person, to betroth Sió geháten wæs geong suna Fródan, B. 2024. absolute, to make a promise or vow Hí gehátað holdlíce, swá hyra hyht ne gǽð, Leás. 14. Gehéht spopondit, Lk. L. R. 22, 6. Þæt man gylde and geháte, Ps.

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Þá þrý cómon tó þeódne foran hearde and higeþancle, Dan. 94. of word or thought, bold, resolute: Á scyle geong mon wesan geómormód, heard heortan geþóht swylce habban sceal, blíðe gebǽro, Kl. 43.