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witod

(adj.)
Grammar
witod, adj. (ptcpl. )

appointedordainedassuredcertaincertaincertainlyassuredly

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Hí eác wénan ne þurfon, ac witod witan, ðæt hig yfel leán habban scylan, 270, 26. Ic ðæt wénde and witod tealde, ðæt ic ðé meahte áhwyrfan from hálor, Exon. Th. 264, 1; Jul. 357. Him tó wǽron witode geþingþo, Cd. Th. 30, 30; Gen. 475.

Linked entries: ge-witod witud

ge-sprǽc

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.), v.ll.) and geþeaht habban habito cum sapientibus consilio, Bd. 2, 13 ; Sch. 163, 23. Hig on manegum gespræcum heora gástlic líf smeádon, Guth. 52, 6. On gespræcum (-sprecum, v.l.) in dialogues, Gr. D. 259, 22.

ge-weaxan

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Hé lǽtt hí ( children ) habban ágenne cyre, þonne hí geweaxene beóð, Hml. Th. i. 20, 19. to grow, increase, wax Seó geogoð geweóx, magodriht micel, B. 66. ꝥte gemonigfaldade ł gewóxe him quod abundabat illis, Mk.

híwian

(v.)

to formfabricateto feignto dissemble

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Ben. 13, 16. with clause: ꝥ hí híwion ꝥ hí ingehýd habban, Angl. xi. 109, 56. to dissemble Ne híwige synna neque dissimulet peccata, R. Ben. S. 15, 5. to show figuratively Gástlíce híwedon typice obumbrabant (septenos vitiorum cuneos), An.

scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp, adj.

sharppungent, acidacridsharp-tonguedsharp, keen, severe,sharp, roughsharp, keen, active, strenuouseffectual, penetrating,sharp, keensharp, keen, acute,

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Mettas ge drincan ða ðe habban hát mægen and scearp, 184, 10.

Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness

wíg-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bed, wí-bed, wió-bed, -bud, wié-bed, weó-bed, -bud, weófod (-ed, -ud), wéfod, es, also -beddes; n. (generally, but se weóbud, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 21, and pl. wíbedas, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 42)

An altar

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Hé scolde ðone Godes alter habban uppan áholodne, ðæt hé meahte on healdan ða lác ðe mon bróhte tó ðæm weóbude; for ðæm, gif se weóbud ufan hol nǽre, and ðǽr wind tó cóme, ðonne tóstencte hé ða lác.

eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
eádig, eádeg; adj. [eád happiness, prosperity; ig]

Happy, blessed, prosperous, fortunate, rich, perfect beātus, fēlix, gaudii plēnus, faustus, abundans, opŭlentus, dīves

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Habbaþ eádigne bearn ealle ymbfangen all have encircled the blessed child, 216; Th. 273, 29; Sat. 144. Eádigra gedryht the company of the blessed, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 26; Cri. 1664.

Linked entries: eádeg eádga

EARM

(adj.)
Grammar
EARM, ærm, arm; comp. earmra; sup. earmost; adj.

poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretchedpauper, mĭser the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision paupĕres

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Se cyng and his witan habbaþ gecoren and gecweden, ealswá hit riht is,—ðæt þridda [MS. þriddan] ðǽl ðare teóðunge, ðe to circan gebýrige, gá to ciric-bóte; —and óðer dǽl ðám Godes þeówum;—þridde Godes þearfum, and earman þeówetlingan concerning tithe.

irsung

(n.)
Grammar
irsung, e; f.

Angerirascibility

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Anger, readiness to anger, irascibility Twá ðara gecyndu habbaþ nétenu swá same swá men óðer ðara is wilnung óðor is irsung two of those natures beasts have the same as men, one of them is desire, the other is anger, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 6.

Linked entry: eorsung

ge-sceád

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceád, -scád, es; n.

separation, distinction, differencepower of distinguishing, reason, discretion, discrimination, an account, a reckoning, argumentdistinctio, discretio, distantia

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Gescád, Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 16; Reim. 13. power of distinguishing, reason, discretion, discrimination, an account, a reckoning, argument Gé habbaþ gesceád ǽgðer ge gódes ge yfeles ye can distinguish between good and evil, Homl. Th. i. 176, 24.

Linked entries: -sceád ge-scád

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
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Þá áne men habbaþ Críst on heora heortan þe geteóde beóþ tó þon écean lífe, 75, 35. þæt wé ne weorðan geteódde (-teohhode, v. l. ) on þá hellewítu, Verc.

cot-setla

(n.)
Grammar
cot-setla, cote-setla, an; m. [MS. kot-setla, kote-setla]

A cottager casārius

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Him gebýriaþ v æceras to habbanne, máre gyf hit on lande þeáw sý, and tó lytel hit biþ beó hit á læsse, forðan his weorc sceal beón oft rǽde.

ge-tæl

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tæl, -tel, -teal, es; pl. nom. acc. -talu; n.

a numberseriesreckoningcomputationnumerusseriescomputuscomputatioa companyracetribecenturiatribusa book of reckoninga registercataloguelaterculumcatalogus= κατάλoγos

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Ágene naman habbaþ ánfeald getel, and nabbaþ mænigfeald; eác sunne and móna syndon ánfealdes geteles proper names have a singular number and have not a plural; the sun and moon are also of the singular number, 13; Som. 16, 1.

Linked entries: ge-tel ge-teal ge-tel

ge-teohhian

(v.)
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Drihten áfyrreð þæt ríce fram him and hæfð þé gemynt and geteohhod, Guth. 78, 8. to destine a person to a place, condition, &c. assign Hié mé habbað gesealdne heora wlencum and getehhod tó heora leásum welum. Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 30.

síd

(adj.)
Grammar
síd, adj.
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habbaþ beardas óþ cneów síde and feax óþ helan barbas habentes usque ad genua, comas usque ad talos, Nar. 35, 2 : 38, 8. Wíf habbaþ beardas swá síde óþ heora breóst, 38, 2

Linked entry: síd-folc

nebb

(n.)
Grammar
nebb, es; n.

a nebniba beaka beak-shaped thinga nosethe gristle of the nosethe facecountenance

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habbaþ twá neb on ánum heáfde duas in uno habentes capite facies, Nar. 35, 24

úht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
úht-sang, es; m.

One of the services of the churchnocturns or matins

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Ða þénunga ðe wé habbaþ on Godes þeówdóme tó mæssan, and tó úhtsange, and tó eallum tídsangum, L. Ælfc. P. 30; Th. ii. 374, 34. Ic sang úhtsang cantavi nocturnam, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 25: Anglia xiii. 380, 220.

ge-weald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weald, -wald, es; m. n.

powerstrengthmightefficacypotestaspower over any thingempireruledominionmasteryswayjurisdictiongovernmentprotectionkeepinga bridle-bitpotestasfacuitasimperiumditioarbitriumjuscamas

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Ic ðǽ lǽte habban ðis land to gewealde I will let you rule this land, H. R. 101, 33. Ic hine sealde to ðínum gewealde I have given him into thy power, Num. 21, 34.

tó-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, -sceád (in the Northern Gospels weak forms are found, and -sceádde occurs in Bede); pp. -sceáden.

to divide in two,separate one thing from anotherto divide into partiescause divisiondissension amongto separate contending parties or claimsjudge,decide betweento make a distinction between thingsto distinguishtreat or regard differentlyto separate one thing from another with the mind,to discern,distinguish,discriminateto separate things from one another,to order,dispose,appointto separate the parts of a confused whole,to expound,interpret,render intelligibleto discussto send in different directions,to scatterdisperseTo be separated,to differ

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Mid hú micelan feó woldest ðú habban geboht, ðæt ðú swutole mihtest tócnáwan ðíne frínd and ðíne fýnd? Ic wát ðæt ðú hit woldest habban mid miclan feó geboht, ðæt ðú hí cúþest wel tóscádan, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 22.

a-gifan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gifan, -gyfan, -giefan, -geofan; p. -gæf, -geaf, -gef, pl. -géfon, -geáfon; pp. -gifen, -giefen, -gyfen

To restoregive backgive upleavereturnrepayrenderpaygivereddererestitueretradererelinquereexsolveredare

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Siððan ge eówre gafulrǽdenne agifen habbaþ after ye have paid your fare, Andr. Kmbl. 592; An. 296. He him leán ageaf he gave him a gift, Cd. 86; Th. 108, 19; Gen. 1808: 97; Th. 128, 3; Gen. 2121: Th. Diplm. A.D. 830; 465, 31.