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ge-hæftan

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racentum stringat ligans irresoluto singula nexu, Bt. 25; F. 88, 5. to fasten one thing to another Sihhemes mód wæs gehæft tó Dinan conglutinata est anima ejus cum ea, Past. 415, 25. to seize, arrest, capture. the subject a person Swá hraðe swá hí becumað

eft

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Hám eft becuman, El. 143. Se heofonlica ǽrendwreca eft hám cerde, Bl. H. 9, 24. Wǽron Egypte eft oncyrde, Exod. 451. Nú wille ic eft þám líge neár, Gen. 760.

ge-tǽcan

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</b> to warn :-- Ðe angel fore-gelǽrde ł fore*-*getáhte angelo praemonente, Mt. p. 14, 2. to teach 'Ic wolde ꝥ þú leornodest hú þú mihtest becuman tó ðám sóþum gesǽlþum.'

ge-sund

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Farað nú gesunde and gesǽlige becumað. Hml. S. 6, 89. Hé háteð hý gesunde faran, Cri. 1342

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [Halliwell gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In Jamieson's Dictionary the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]
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and gyt mycele swǽrran ealle ða ungelimp ðe on ðysum lífe becumaþ, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 26. heavy, sad, feeling or expressing grief Ðæt swǽre triste Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 49. Mé is swǽre stefn, hefig, gnorniende vox gemitus mei Ps.

Linked entry: swár

nán

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nán, [ = ne án]; pron.

not onenonenononeno mannothing

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Hié nǽfre tó nánum men ne becumaþ, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 27. Hé on náne wísan ne mæg forbúgan he can in no wise avoid, 16, 2; Fox 54, 5. Ðá ne mihton hig him nán word andswarian ne nán ne dorste hyne nán þing máre áxigean, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 46.

fylgean

to follow to pursueto followproceed alongto follow to followto followto followdevote one's self to, diligently attend to. to attend toto accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thingobsequito try to gain to follow, do what has already been done by anotherto happen or come at a later time

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Gl. 462. of time. to follow, do what has already been done by another Hí ealle becumað tó ðám écan lífe, and þú sylf siððan him fyligst tó Godes ríce, Hml.

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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S. 10, 253. the troops of a general Hwænne þú (Holofernes) eáðelícost miht tó þám folce becuman mid ealre þínre fare tómiddes Hierusalem be mínre wissunge ut ego adducam te per mediam Jerusalem, Hml.

ge-setnes

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For þǽre gesetnysse þe nán mann ne móste tó þám háde becuman búton of Aarones cynne, Hml. A. 16, 77. Æfter Godes gesetnysse, 19, 139 : 20, 151. Ðá beóð scyldige ðe ðá gesetnysse ( the injunction as to fasting) tóbrecaþ þǽre hálgan gelaðunge, Hml.

hád

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Tó hálgum háde becuman ad sanctitatis speciem deduci, 23. Æfter hálgum háde after taking holy orders; post sanctitatis habitum, Past. 133, 25. þone ǽfæstan hád underfón habitum religionis accipere, Bd. 4, 11 ; Sch. 404, 20. Hád underfón, Hml.

faran

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

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Th. i. 190, 11. to get on well or ill Se man þe ne can þæs gescád, hé ne færð náht, Wlfst. 123, 12. in greeting Faraþ nú gesunde, and gesǽlige becumað, Hml.

Linked entry: farnian

ge-híran

(v.)
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Ðá þá se cyng þis gehýrde, Chr. 1091 ; P. 226, 28. ' Ic wolde ꝥ þú leornodest hú þú mihtest becuman tó ðám sóþum gesǽlþum . . ' Mé lyste nú ꝥ geheóran' (-héran, v. l. ), Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 31. with a succeeding clause in apposition Þá hit se Allwalda

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Óðer twega, ðara, or without these forms, one of two alternatives :-- For ðam óðer twega, oððe hié nǽfre tó nánum men ne becumaþ, oððe hié nǽfre fæstlíce ne þurhwuniaþ, Bt. II, l; Fox 30, 26.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Ða willan and ða getǽsu ðe him on ðisse worulde becumaþ, Past. 50; Swt. 387, 15. Hwǽr cumaþ his willan and his fyrenlustas? Blickl. Homl. 113,I. Ða ðe ðisses middangeardes wilna and welena wilniaþ Past. 50; Swt. 387, 7.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Þonne Godes gecorenan becumaþ tó deáðe, ðonne gemétaþ hí yrfwyrdnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 29-30: Exon. Th. 83, 7-10; Cri. 1352. Ðætte ðonne, ðonne hié ða untruman lácnian willaþ, dætte hié ǽr gesceáwien, Past. 48; Swt. 370, 9. <b>D.

Linked entries: þænne þonne