LEÓF
LIEF ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ acceptable ⬩ loved ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear ⬩ a friend ⬩ loved one
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Ic sende grétan ðone leófastan cyning Ceólwulf Bd. ded; S. 471, 8. Míne gebróðra ða leófostan my dearest brethren, Homl. Th. ii. 4, 19. Men ða leófostan, 188, 25: Blickl. Homl. 165, 33. Leófestan, 9, 13.
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HÁTAN
to bid, order, command ⬩ to promise, vow ⬩ to call, name, give a name to ⬩ to name, call, bid, command ⬩ to call, name, promise, vow ⬩ nominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere
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Kmbl. 14, 28. with infin. only :-- Ælfréd kyning háteþ grétan Wærferþ biscep and ðé cýðan háte king Alfred bids greet bishop Werferth; and I would that it should be known to you, Past. Pref; Swt. 3, 1-2.
Linked entry: ge-hátan
wépan
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Beornas grétaþ, wépaþ wánende wérgum stefnum, Exon. Th. 61, 31 ; Cri. 993. Hé weóp ( ploravit ) bityrlíce, Mt. 26, 75 : Andr. Kmbl. 2799; An. 1402. Hé weóp (geweǽp fleuit Lind.) ofer hig, Lk. Skt. 19, 41.
þǽr
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Ic ðǽr cwom tó ðam hringsele Hróðgár gretan, Beo. Th. 4023; B. 2009. with relative force, where, in which place Nellen gé goldhordian eów goldhordas on eorþan, þǽr (þár MS.
Linked entry: þár
wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Wyrd ðone gomelan grétan sceolde, 4832; B. 2420. Hwý ðú ǽfre woldest ðæt seó wyrd swá hwyrfan sceolde? Heó þreáþ ða unscildigan, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 12 : Met. 4. 34 : Andr. Kmbl. 1226; An. 613 : 3121 ; An. 1563. Wyrd oft nereþ unfǽgne eorl, Beó.
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gód
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Se góda God, 36, 1; F. 172, 5. kind, gentle, gracious, of persons Þæt wé þeóden swá gódne grétan móton, B. 347. Cam freóndlíce on his fæder áre ne wolde gesceáwian . . . góde wǽron Sem and Iafeð, Gen. 1587.
gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court
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Ðá cóm in gán ealdor þegna Hróðgár grétan, B. 1644. by clause Gáð fromlíce þæt gé gúðfreán gylp forbégan, An. 1334 : 1184. by a coordinated verb, generally united to go by and Gáð and leornigeað euntes discite Mt. 9, 13.