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licgan

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L. licende, R. ) hunc cum uidisset Iesus iacentem, Jn. 5, 6. Anlícost swínum þe simle willað licgan on fúlum solum, Bt. 57, 4; F. 192, 26. Hí gesáwon on næshleoðum nicras licgean, B. 1427.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan,  sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Se þeówa gemétte hys efenþeówan, se him sceolde (sculde, Rush.) án hund penega, and hé cwæð; 'Ágyf ðæt ðú mé scealt,' Mt. Kmbl. 18, 24. 28. Hú mycel scealt ðú (áht ðú tó geldanne. Lind. ) mínum hláforde? Lk. Skt. 16, 5, 7.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, to greet.
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D. i. 279, 15. the subject an animal Gif him þince ꝥ hé hundas geseó and hí hine grétan, beorge him wið his fýnd, Lch. iii. 172, 21. the subject a thing that has a painful or destructive effect Hwílum cnysseþ ꝥ sár on þá rib ... hwílum becymð on þá

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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. ¶ the subject an animal :-- Gif se hund má misdǽda gewyrce, Ll. Th. i. 78, 6. to do what is desired or bidden, execute an order Ic þæt hogode, þæt ic eówra leóda willan geworhte, B. 635. Úres hláfordes wurðscipe rǽran and his willan gewyrcan, Ll.

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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Nim hunig be dǽle take a little honey, Lch. iii. 58, 30. Hé cúðe be dǽle Lýden understanden he knew a little Latin, Ælfc. T. Grn. 22, 14. Be sumum dǽle to some extent, Past. 231, 2, 15: Wlfst. 166, 4.

ge-sellan

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Godes cyrcean wið feó gesyllan, 1093 ; P. 227, 24. to sell at (tó) a (certain) price Þ hié man gesealde tó þrím hunde penega, Bl. H. 75, 22 : Mk. 14, 5.

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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Brunanburh was written by Ingulf, in A.D. 1109, Brunford: Hunt. in 1148, Brumesburh, Brunesburih, Brunesburh, Bruneburh: Hovd. in 1204, Brunnanbyrg, Brumenburh; Brom. in 1330, Brunneburyh.]

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Asyrie hæfdon LX wintra and án hund and án þúsend, þæt hit ná búton gewinne næs, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 4. Nis nǽnigu gecynd, .... ðæt hé ne sý fýres cynnes, Salm. Kmbl. 847; Sal. 423.

wudu

(n.)
Grammar
wudu, (-o), widu, wiodu ; gen. wuda, wudes; dat, wuda, wudu (-o), wyda ; acc. wudu, wuda ; pl. wuda, wudas ; m.

woodthe substance of growing treesa tree(hewh) woodthe material obtained from treeswood which forms somethingsomething made of woodwoodwoodthe woodwoodsa woodwild

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. ¶ in several instances of compounds with wudu it may be rendered by wild; Similar entries e.g. wudu-bucca, -cerfille, -hunig, -rose

Linked entries: widu wude- wiodu

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Beóbreád is on twám ðingum, on weaxe and on hunie. Críst is on twám edwistum, Hml. Th. ii. 292, 14. Bióð ealle wæteras and ealle wyllas on blóde omnes fontes aquarum et putei in sanguinem convertentur, Verc. Först. 120, 9.

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Ðá wǽron ealle ða wíf gelaðede; ðara wæs iii hund and hundeahtatig. Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 32. Ðæt hé nánes þinges búton ðǽm þurfe, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 6. Gesyllan .xv. leaxas and ða góde, Cod. Dip.

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &amp;c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Th. i. 472, 30. of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with, flow with Land ðe weóll meolceand hunie terra quae lacte el melle manabat, Num. 16, 13. His gesceapu maðan weóllon, Homl. Th. i. 86, 10: Homl. Skt. i. 4, 212.

Linked entry: for-weallen

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Hit máre is for án þonne þreó hund geára it cannot be less than 300 years, 701. marking singleness, uniqueness, one, sole, single Ðú geweorðest án cyning and hláford ealles middangeardes, Nar. 32, 4.

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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Fore hundum tigras and leópardos hí fédað, Nar. 38, 3. Sé þe hors nabbe wyrce þám hláforde þe him fore ríde, Ll. Th. i. 232, 21. with verbs expressing or implying payment, requital. Similar entries v. for; A.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Hæfde hé nigon hund wintra and hnndseofontig tó, Cd. Th. 74, 18; Gen. 1224.

Linked entry: -anne

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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.) :-- Ðám ðe þonc Gode wíta ne cúþun, ðæs ðe hé on ðone hálgan beám áhongen wæs to those who felt no gratitude to God for his sufferings, for his being hung on the cross, Exon. Th. 67, 22; Cri. 1092 : 74, 29; Cri. 1213.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

fela

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Fela hundas, ii. 114, 17. Se Hǽlend . . . beheóld hú þæt folc heora ælmyssan wurpon intó ðám máðmhúse, and ðá fela rícan bróhton miccle ðing (multi divites jactabant multa, Mk. 12, 41), Hml. Th. i. 582, 14. Óðre fela bisceopas, Hml. S. 3, 631.

Linked entry: feald

geond

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Hundes fleógan cómon geond eall þæt mancyn, Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 2. Man gengde geond eall ábútan þone port*-*weall, Hml. S. 23, 267: 355. the subject non-material Geond ealle eorþan gǽþ heora swég in omnem terram exiuit sonus eorum, Bl. H. 133, 34.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Hæfde cista gehwilc týn hund geteled tíreádigra, Exod. 230. Hé hæfde blæc feax and blácne andwlitan uir nigro capillo, facie macilenta, Bd. 2, 16 ; Sch. 179, 6. Án fíctreów þe leáf hæfde, Mk. ii. 13.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Hwæþer gé eówer hundas and eówer net út on sǽ lǽdon ðonne gé huntian willaþ?, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 14. Tíd is ꝥ þú fére and þá æ-acute;rendu lǽde, Gú. 1271. Ne miht ðú náht lǽdan of þysum lífe mid þé, Hml. S. 9, 47.