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healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, containto hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabitto rule, governto behave, conductto guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heedto hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold withto hold, keep, keep sheepservare, custodire

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Healde ðonne on his múþe of ðam ecede lange hwíle let him hold some of the vinegar in his mouth a long while, Herb. 181, 4; Lchdm. i. 318, 2.

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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Micel tósceád is betwuh ðære synne, ðe mon longe ymbsireð, and ðære ðe mon fǽrlíce ðurhtiéhð, Past. 56; Swt. 435, 6. Hí ðæt yfel þurhtióþ (þurgtióð, Cott. MS.) scelus perficiunt, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 34. Ðurhteáh patraverat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 51.

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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. ¶ in adverbial phrases Þæt lond þe mon Ongle hǽt, and Sillende and sumne dǽl Dene, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 7. Sume daeli partim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 80. Be dǽle somewhat, in some measure Bútan hit gelimpe þæt man be dǽle (aliquid ) rǽdinga gescyrte, R.

ge-faran

(v.)
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Gefór se here on Miercna lond, Chr. 877; P. 74, 22: Dan. 44. Þá hé þǽr tó gefaren wæs, Chr. 894; P. 87, 6: Gen. 2052.

(adv.)
Grammar
má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Moreratherfurther

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Má of heora múþe hit ne eode it (water) no longer came out of its mouth, Blickl. Homl. 247, 9. Sægdon ðæt hí nó má ne mihton swencte beón they said that they could not be troubled any more, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 3.

lǽn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn, lán [v. under lǽn-land], e; f.

a loangrantgiftleasefeefief

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Mon gerehte ðæt yrfe cinge forðon hé wæs cinges mon and Ordláf féng tó his londe forðon hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé onsǽte hé ne meahte ná his forwyrcan the property went to the king because he [Helmstan] was the king's man; and Ordlaf took the land, for the

Linked entries: lǽne lǽn-land

folgian

(v.)

to pursueto accompany be attendant uponto followbe guided byfollowto followpractise

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góde, hé wile folgian eów, þeáh gé his nó wilnian, 16, 1; F. 50, 31: 16, 3; F. 54, 10. in a more or less technical sense,to be a folgere (v. folgere, 4, 3) to have no house of one's own, live as a dependent with strangers Ic geondférde fela fremdra londa

ge-hwá

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwá, <b>A.</b> as noun.
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On ealra londa gehwám, Ru. 34, 13. Ealra feónda gehwane, Sal. 147. Gehwone, 97. an adj. or ptcpl. used substantively Cyning clǽnra gehwæs, Cri. 703 : An. 914. Eádigra gehwám . . . lifgendra gehwám, Exod. 4, 6.

hlísa

famereputationreputegloryreputationreportfameapprobationapplause

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Voc. ii. 92, 16: 37, 31. report of those who no longer exist Hwæt is hiora here búton se hlísán ?

licgan

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Suelce hié ǽr lǽgen on longre medtrymnesse, Past. 229, 2. Hé on ræste geseah Grendel licgan aldorleásne, B. 1586. Hé smyrode án licgende mǽden on langsumum sáre, Hml.

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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Th. i. 310, 23 : 322, 32 : Wlfst. 268, 6. the extremity of a line or long object Ðá stánas licggeað æt ǽlcre strǽte ende, Past. 133, 9. Hwílum ic on wicge ríde herges on ende, Rä. 78, 8. Ende calcem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 34.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, wergan; p. ede.
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[Ich wolle ðat Gyso bisschop werie ( possideat ) now hiss lond also his forgenge aforen hym er dude, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 195, 14.]

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Nóht feor úrum mynstre, ꝥ is, húhugu on twégra mila fæce non longe a monasterio nostro, id est, duum ferme milium spatio separata, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 11.

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, what is given as security a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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Mi lond ich wulle sette to wedde, Laym. 25172. Him þet leið his wed ine Giwerie, A. R. 394, 3. To legge a wedde, Piers P. 5, 244. His nekke liþ to wedde, Chauc. Kn. T. 360. Wedde or thynge leyyd yn plegge vadium, pignus, Prompt. Parv. 519

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
sprecan, specan; spræc, spæc; sprǽcon, spǽcon; sprecen, specen

To speak. to exercise the faculty of speechto use words in conversation, discourse, etc.to mentionto sayto speakto sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to

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Ongon Híga him specan on mid óðran onspecendan and wolde him óðflítan ðæt lond the five hides about which Æthelm Higa has a suit . . .

ge-mót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mót, es; n.

A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, councilconventus, congregatio, concursusConcĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,

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Gif he leng bide láðran gemótes if he should longer await a more hostile meeting, 36 a; Th. 116, 15; Gú. 207: Byrht. Th. 140, 40; By. 301. Híg hæfdon mycel gemót they held a great council, Mt. Bos. 26, 4: 26, 59: 28, 12.

Linked entry: ge-mét

fore

beforein front ofat the head ofbeforeforfromthroughbecause ofon account offorfromthroughin place ofinstead offor the sake ofon behalf ofto the honour ofofaboutbeforeinto the presence of

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Hé staþolfæst ne mæg fore leahtra lufan leng gewunian, Jul. 375. marking end to be attained: Wé sellað ðæt lond ... fore hyhte and fore aedleáne ðaes aecan and ðaes tówardon lífes, and fore uncerra sáula héla, C.

ge-sécan

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Þæt wǽron þá ǽrestan scipu Deniscra monna þe Angelcynnes lond gesóhton, 787 ; P. 54, 7. Nis ꝥ nǽnig mán ꝥ þurfe þone deópan grund þæs hátan léges gesécean, Bl. H. 103, 16.

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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937, Æðelstán cing, Athelstan king, eorla drihten, of earls the lord, beorna beág-gifa, of barons the bracelet-[beigh-] giver, and his bróðor eác, and his brother also [eke], Eádmund æðeling, Edmund the prince [etheling], ealdor langne tír elders a long

on-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-geagn, -gegen, -gægn, -gegn, -geán, -gán, -geǽn, -gén.

opposite, over against, againsttowards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way ofagainstagainst, for the reception of, to receivein reply toin return for, as an equivalent for opposite, over againstagainst, in a direction opposite toagainst, with, contrary to, in opposition toin reply toas an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange foragainst, ready fortowardsoppositeagain, backLat re-in replytowardson the other handagain

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Ealle ða yldestan menn on West-Seaxon lágon ongeán swá hí lengost mihton ac hí ne mihton nán þing ongeán wealcan all the chief men of Wessex resisted as long as ever they could, but they could not offer any effectual opposition, 1036; Erl. 165, 1-3.

Linked entries: a-gén a-gén on-gegen