þæt
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. ¶ In the charters the word is used almost with the force of until, marking the point reached in tracing a boundary :-- Swá west wið ðan heáfdan ðæt hit cymð tó ðǽre ealdan dúne; andlang dúne west ðæt hit cymeð intó Dinamore ... súð ðæt hit cymeð tó
weorc
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Ðæm synfullan náuht ne helpaþ his gódan geðóhtas, for ðæm ðe hé hæfð gearone willan tó ðæm weorce, Past. 54; Swt. 423, 27 : 11; Swt. 73, 4.
irfe
Inheritance ⬩ property
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[Under the single form yrfe two words seem to be comprised ; the one just given, also written ærfe, erfe, and another, which would correspond with a Gothic aurbi, connected with orf, with the meaning cattle.
stille
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Th. ii. 410, 20. quiet, unchanging, undisturbed, stable Ðú ðe unstilla ágna gesceafta tó ðínum willan wíslíce ástyrest and ðé self wunast swíðe stille unáwendendlíc á forð simle stabilis manens das cuncta moveri, Met. 20, 16. quiet, not vehement, gentle
þúsend
a thousand
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Ðæt forme þúsend, ðæt ys seó forme yld, Anglia viii. 335, 45. Þúsendes ealdor ciliarcus, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 10. Æfter ðam þúsende biþ se deófol unburden, Wulfst. 243, 23. On þúsende ðære cneórisse in mille generationes, Ps. Th. 104, 8.
hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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To turn, change, go, return, depart, go about, wander, roam, hover about Nǽfre ic from hweorfe ac ic mid wunige áwa tó ealdre I will never go from you, but I will dwell with you for ever, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 8; Cri. 476.
Linked entries: ge-hweorfan hwerfan hworfan hwurfan
wel
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Ðæt mé wel sig for ðé ut bene mihi sit propter te, Gen. 12, 13: Num. 11, 18 : Exon. Th. 66, 32 ; Cri. 1080. Ne bið ðǽr ǽngum gódum gnorn ætýwed, ne nǽngum yflum wel, 96, 20; Cri. 1577. Ðám bið well, ðe ðara blissa brúcan móton, Andr.
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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Worse, worst, in a moral sense For hwam lifaþ se wyrsa leng? Salm. Kmbl. 716; Sal. 357. Ne wearð nán wærsa dǽd gedón ðonne ðeós wæs, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 4.
ge-tácnian
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Ben. 72, 12. with clause On ðǽm twǽm wordum hé ús getácnode for hwelcum ðingum wé sceolden úre gódan weorc helan and for hwelcum wé hí sceolden cýðan qualiter videnda essent vel qualiter non videnda ex sententiarum fine monstravit, Past. 451, 10.
hwæþer
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</b> where the question asks for yes or no as an answer, the second alternative not being expressed. In later English the introductory whether is omitted: in O.
ge-tæl
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Án þúsend . . . twá þ úsend and swá forð to ǽlcum getele (-tǽle v. l. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 282, 12. a sum or total of abstract units þæt twelffeald getel getácnode þá twelf apostolas, Hml. Th. i. 190, 11.
lád
excuse
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Gebyreþ ðæt mon óðrum riht wyrce ge at láde ge æt ǽlcre sprǽce ðe him betweox biþ it is proper for men to do right to one another both as regards clearing themselves of charges and as regards any suits that there are between them, L. O.
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wendan
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For hwí hit swá went swá hit nú oft déþ why things go as now they often do, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 26. Ðá wende hé on scype ágén ascendens nauem reversus est, Lk. Skt. 8, 37. Se here eft hámweard wende, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 25.
wita
one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge
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Hé ða weáláfe weotena dóme árum heólde, 2201; B. 1098. an elder, a chief person, senior Similar entries (cf. fród for double sense of wise and old) Beón gesette án oðþe twégen ealde witan (unus aut duo seniores ), R. Ben. 74, 14.
ge-limpan
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Him swá fela gereorda gelamp swá ðǽra wyrhtena wæs, Wlfst. 105, 5. to turn out, have as an issue Wéndun gé þaet gé Scyppende sceoldan gelíce wesan; eów þǽr wyrs gelomp it turned out worse for you, Gú. 637.
gifu
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Seó geofu wæs bróht for þǽre synne þæs ǽrestan wífes. . . . Heó wæs mid gife ge-fylled, and seú synn wæs ádílegod, Bl. H. 5, 4, Wæs his heorte innan þurh Godes gifu onbryrdod, þæt hé wéstenes gewilnode, Guth. 18, 24.
BRÝD
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Him brýda twá eaforan féddon two wives brought forth offspring to him, 52; Th. 65, 33; Gen. 1075. Feóllon wergend brýda, bennum seóce the defenders of the wives fell, sick with wounds, 92; Th. 118, 28; Gen. 1972.
Linked entries: bríd brýde láste brýt
ge-sleán
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To strike, pitch [a tent], smite, slay, quell, forge, fight, obtain by fighting Hí lágon swylce hí wǽron deáþe geslegene they lay as if they were stricken by death, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 23; Jud. 31.
Linked entry: ge-slóh
wamb
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Lchdm. ii. 240, 12. where there is reference to the bringing forth of young, a womb Western wombe (wambe, Ps. Spl. C.) fructus ventris, Ps. Surt. 126, 3. Ðú átuge mé of wombe ( ventre) . . . Of wombe (wambe, Ps. Spl.
á-fédan
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Th. i. 76, 17. to bring forth, produce, of persons Se wífman se hire cild áfédan ne mæg . . . cweþe þás word : ' Þis mé tó bóte þǽre láþan lætbyrde, ' Lch. iii. 68, 18. of plants Mid eallum missenlicum áféddum blóstmum gefrætwod, Bl.