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torn

(n.)
Grammar
torn, es; n.

Violent emotion of angergriefangerindignationwrathunrighteous angerragegriefafflictiontroubledistress

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Ðá wæs wópes hring, hát heáfodwylm, ofer hleór goten; nalles for torne teáras feóllon, Elen. Kmbl. 2265; El. 1134. Hé lét, torn þoliende, teáras geótan, Exon. Th. 165, 15; Gú. 1029. Inwidsorge ðe hié ǽr drugon and þolian scoldon, torn unlytel, Beo.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

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.

Linked entry: ládian

ge-limpan

(v.)
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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.

gang

going, walking, moving on foot, step.the sole of the foot (?)the being habitually in a specified conditionpower of walkingof moving aboutmode of walking, walk, gait a walk, journeygo, time, occasion of goinga way, road, path, passage a trackcourse a streama narrative space traversedexpanse coveredan ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate.legal processlegal procedure, processa company of people (?), a gang.a step, staira privy

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Ic ne mæg for sceame þá sceandlican dǽde, þæt ǽnig man sceole etan on gange, swá fúlíce secgan swá hit fúllic is, E. S. viii. 62, 18

gifu

(n.)
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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.

uppe

(adv.)
Grammar
uppe, adv.

upaboveon highup

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Be ciépemonna fóre uppe on londe. Gif ciépemon uppe on folce ceápie, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 11.

Linked entry: up

nebb

(n.)
Grammar
nebb, es; n.

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

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Ðá forceáw hé his ágene tungan and wearp hine on ðæt neb foran ( in os tyranni abjecit ), Bt. 16, 2; Bt. 52, 25. Hý habbaþ twá neb on ánum heáfde duas in uno habentes capite facies, Nar. 35, 24

rǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽsan, p. de
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Geþence se láriów ðæt hé unwærlíce forþ ne rǽse on ða sprǽce, 15; Swt. 95, 9

Linked entry: on-rǽsan

sige

(n.)
Grammar
sige, es ; m.
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Hí mid mycele sige ( triumpho magno ) hám fóran, Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 480, 32. Palm getácnaþ syge, Homl. Th. i. 218, 11. Sige forgifan to grant victory, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 36 : Elen. Kmbl. 288 ; El. 144. Sige syllan, Val. 2, 25.

úht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
úht-sang, es; m.

One of the services of the churchnocturns or matins

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Se forma tídsang is úhtsang mid ðam æftersange ðe ðǽrtó gebiraþ, L. Ælfc. P. 31; Th. ii. 376, 5: L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 6. Of ðære tíde úhtsanges ex tempore matutinae synaxeos, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 13: Shrn. 94, 32.

stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
stranglíce, adj.

Stronglywith power, with energy, strenuously, vigorouslywith violence, fiercely, vehementlyboldly, bravely, hardilyfirmlyseverely, sternly

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Him gesewen wæs ðæt hé heardlíce and stranglíce sprǽce, 5, 13; S. 632, 25. firmly, in a manner to resist force Hé biþ stranglíce wið ða getrymed, Past. 21; Swt. 165, 7.

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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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.

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worseworst

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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

(v.)
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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

(con.)
Grammar
hwæþer, conj.
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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.

wel

(adv.; int.)

Wellwellprosperouslywellmuchthoroughlyfreelywellproperlywellveryquitethoroughlyveryquitewellah

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Wel ðæt wæs gecweden, for ðon ðe se hæfde mægen ofer ealle gesceafta Blickl. Homl. 9, 14. Wel ðú sprecst bona res est, quam vis facere Deut. 1. 14. Wel ðú cwǽde bene dixisti Lk. Skt. 20, 39. Há him wel (woel, Lind.) andswarode Mk. Skt. 12, 28.

Linked entry: BET

niman

(v.)
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Hwæt hig forð syllan þonne man gildan sceole, and hwæt hig eft niman gif ús feoh áríse, i. 232, 4. to receive, accept, exact a promise, engagement, oath, &amp;c.

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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Ic forþ agef ða, ðe ic ne reáfude ǽr quæ non rapui, tunc exsolvebam, Ps. Th. 68, 5: L. In. 60; Th. i. 140, 10. Siððan ge eówre gafulrǽdenne agifen habbaþ after ye have paid your fare, Andr. Kmbl. 592; An. 296.

eallunga

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Ox. 40, 13, 15: Angl. xiii. 410, 639: forte, 396, 437. Swá eallunga ita prorsus, i. omnino, An. Ox. 4081. Eallunge, 2901. Eallenga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 59. Eallunga profecto, An. Ox. 27, 4.

ge-nóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adj.
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. ¶ habban genóg to have enough :-- Þe lǽs þe wé and gé nabbon genóh ne forte non sufficiat nobis et vobis, Mt. 25, 9: Jn. 14, 8; Hml. Th. i. 182, 19. Ꝥ hié ǽghweþer ge þǽm þearfan hrægl syllan mihtan, ge hweþre him sylfum genóg hæfdon, Bl.