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gildan

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Gif se bana oðbyrste, feórðe manwyrð hé tó gedó . . . Gif mannes esne frígne mannan ofslæhð, þane þe sié, hund scillinga gelde; se ágend þone banan ágefe and óðer manwyrð þǽr tó. Gif bana oðbyrste, twám manwyrðum hine man forgelde, Ll.

healdan

(v.)

to keep watch overkeep in chargeto keepto watch overkeepgovernrulea king to keepguardto watchto defendpreserveto holdtakearrestto have hold ofto holdto holdto hold upto maintainsupportupholdmanageto holdbearconductto behaveto handletreatdeal withto holdto holdto have possessionto holdoccupyan officea positionto holdto remain into retaindetainto keepto detainto keepto keepto keep oneselfremainto holdkeep togethercontinueto maintainkeepto performkeep watchto keepto keep unbrokeninviolateto keepto constraincompelrestrainstopto restrain oneselfrefrainto entertainto keep in mindrememberregardto hold asto holdto proceedmove onto continuego on withto go on

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Englas healdað háligra feorh, Gú. 61. Healdað hine nihta gehwylce twá hund wearda, Sal. 259.

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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Sceolde sweordes ecg feorh ácsigan, Andr. Kmbl. 2266; An. 1134. Se ðe scyle ( since the regulations of the Penitential require it ) áne wucan dǽdbóte dón, L. Ecg.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Hé wearð man geboren tó ðám þingum, ðæt hé mid his ágenum feore mancynn álýsde of deófles gewealde and of helle wíte, 16, 11. Þingum purposely, Exon.

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Ðæt mon ne selle his weorðscipe fremdum menn, Past. 36; Swt. 249, 21. to give up, yield up Hé feorh seleþ he dies, Beo. Th. 2745 ; B. 1370. to give forth, produce, be the source of Ne seleþ ðé wæstmas eorþe. Cd. Th. 62, 17; Gen. 1015.

ge-healdan

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In fǽgum feorg gehealdan, Gú. 1031: B. 2856. Hé carað þæt his feoh gehealden sý, Hml. Th. i. 66, 10. Bið sum corn sǽdes gehealden on þǽre sáwle sóðfæstnesse, Met. 22, 37. <b>VI a.

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Þæt feórðe cyn fyrmest eóde, wód on wǽgstreám, Exod. 310. Gáð from geate tó geate ðurh midde ðá ceastre, Past. 383, 2.

(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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Ne fare gé tó feorr, Ex. 8, 28: 19, 12.

Linked entry: -anne

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Wé leorniaþ ðæt seó tíd sié dégol ... wé witon þonne hweþre ðæt hit nis nó feor tó ðon, Blickl. Homl. 117, 29. <b>IV a.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Hié ða miclan feorme þigedon Cristes þonces ðe hié ǽr þigedon deófla þonces, Ors. 6, 21; Swt. 272, 22-24

Linked entries: þancung þonc

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Ne mæg se flǽschoma, ðone him ðæt feorg losaþ, mid hyge þencan, Exon. Th. 311, 23; Seef. 96.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Sé þe ymb his hláfordes feorh sierwe, 64, 4. Sé ðe ðone ándagan brece, búton hit sý þurh hláfordes geban, 260, 13. Gif hwá fare unáliéfed fram his hláforde, 126, 9: 150, 15. Þá þe hine ǽr hláforde befæston, 162, 17.

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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Ðá gerǽddan witan, ðæt hit betere wǽre, ðæt man ǽure týmde ðǽr hit ǽrest befangen wǽre ... ðý læs ðe mon unmihtigne man tó feor and tó lange for his ágenan swencte, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 288, 28.

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Hogodon georne hwá ǽrost mihte on fǽgean men feorh gewinnan strove eagerly who might first obtain the life of a 'fey' man, Byrht. Th. 135, 26; By. 124. Men ne cunnon secgan hwá ðæm hlæste onféng, Beo. Th. 104; B. 52: Andr. Kmbl. 761; An. 381.

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Gif hwá ymb cyninges feorh sierwie þurh hine oþþe þurh wreccena feormunge (by his own direct acts or by the harbouring of criminals), L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 62, 15. Grammar þurh, preposition following case : -- Wá ðam ðe hig þurh (ðerh, Lind.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Sé gefreóde Ongelcynnes scóle be Ælfrédes béne, Chr. 885; P. 80, 6. marking penalty, by deprivation, under pain of losing Forgá hé þýfðe be his feóre and be eallum þám þe hé áge, Ll. Th. i. 210, 3.

lǽtan

(v.)
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Ðǽr hié ne wénden ðæt hié selfe beteran wǽren ðonne óðre menn, ðæt hié ne lǽten hiera geðeaht and hiera wénan suá feor beforan ealra óðerra monna wénan nisi meliores se ceteris aestimarent, nequaquam cunctorum consilia suae deliberationi postponerent

ge-dón

(v.)
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God feorh in gedyde, Gen. 184. Heó hyre bán on níwe þrúh ásette and on cyricean gedyde ( ossa eius in locello nouo posita in ecclesiam transferri), Bd. 4, 19 ; Sch. 445, 4. Hí his líc gedydon on þrúh, Bl. H. 191, 33.

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Sié hé feores wyrðe and folcryhtre bóte, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 24: L. Ath. iv. 4; Th. i. 224, 3. Ne beó hé áðes wyrðe he shall not have the right to make oath, L. C. S. 36; Th. i. 398, 7.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Ic ongiten hæbbe ðæt ðú on faroðstrǽte feor ne wǽre, 1796; An. 900. Wǽre ðú mid ðínum fæder? Blickl. Homl. 151, 26. Wóp wæs wíde, Cd. Th. 180, 8; Exod. 42. Ðæt hé léte hyne licgean, ðǽr hé longe wæs, Beo. Th. 6157; B. 3082.