on
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Bióð ealle wæteras and ealle wyllas on blóde omnes fontes aquarum et putei in sanguinem convertentur, Verc. Först. 120, 9. Ðú on mihte and on ríce hí feorr oferstígest omnes potestate transcendas, Bd. 2, 12 ; Sch. 157, 13.
swilc
where the word points to what has been already described ⬩ such ⬩ the like, the same ⬩ such . . . as ⬩ such as ⬩ so (as) much, so (as) many
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Mealwan seáwes þrý lytle bollan gemengde wiþ swilc tú wæteres ( twice as much water ), 214, 15. Genim wínes and eles swilc healf take some wine and of oil half as much, 180, 11.
þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
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Clang wæteres þrym the water's might withered, i.e. the water was frozen, 2522; An. 1262. On ðære fyrde wǽron feówertig þúsenda and seofon þúsenda swýðe gewǽpnode, and cómon ðá mid þrymme tó Iudéiscum cynne, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 334.
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ymb
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Hé ymb ðæs wæteres stæð werod samnode, Elen. Kmbl. 119; El. 60: 453; El. 227. Æfter dúnscræfum, ymb stánhleoðo, Andr. Kmbl. 2467; An. 1235: 3152; An. 1578. Ymb ða weallas scínaþ engla gástas, Cd. Th. 305, 25; Sat. 652.
hwilc
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Hí witon on hwelcum wæterum hí sculun sécan fiscas norunt . . . necnon quae tenero pisce praestent litora 33, 3 ; 118, 18. Nú þú wást hwelce þeáwas þá woruldsǽlþa habbaþ. 7, 2 ; F. 18, 5.
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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Th. 174, 2. where the prominent notion is that of destination or direction. of self-originated motion or action, to take one's way, proceed to a place or person, go into a place, move in a specified direction Dol bið si þe gǽð on deóp wæter, sé þe sund
weorold
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A world Ealra worulda scippend, Hy. 3, 23. the material world Ðeáh ðú ealle gesceafta áne naman genemde, ealle ðú nemdest tógædere and héte woruld, and þeáh ðone ánne noman ðú tódǽldest on feówer gesceafta; án ðæra is eorþe, óþer wæter, þridde lyft,
self
self ⬩ very ⬩ own ⬩ (the) same
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Ðæt selfe wæter þegnunge gearwode beforan his fótum, Blickl. Homl. 247, 10. Weorðeþ sunne sweart gewended . . . Móna ðæt sylfe, Exon. Th. 58, 19; Cri. 938: 387, 25; Rä. 5, 10.
ge-dón
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Þ ðú gedó hér swilc tácn . . . ꝥ ðis wæter ðisne man ne onfó, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 29. Gif hit þeów man gedó, Ll. Th. i. 172, 7. Þ hé ǽnig þára góda forylde þe hé þonne þý dæge gedón mihte, Bl. H. 213, 24. Gif hié þis gedón magan, 183, 6 : An. 342.
hé
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Th. i. 390, 10. an inanimate object Se wǽta . . . gyf hit sealt sý . . . hit byð . . . tó ferscum wæterum áwend, Lch. iii. 278, 10.
ge-settan
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Þæt eorðe and úproder and síd wæter geseted wurde woruldgesceatte, 100. (2 a) to occupy a conquered land or place :-- Ðý ilcan geáre gesette Ælfréd cyning Lundenburg, Chr. 886 ; P. 80, 10.
ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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On Rómwara ríces ende ymb þæs wæteres stæð, El. 59. Fram þysse eorðan ende ab extremo terrae, Ps. Th. 134, 7.
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þegen
a servant, ⬩ one who does service for another ⬩ an officer, ⬩ minister ⬩ a soldier ⬩ a follower of a great man, ⬩ a retainer ⬩ a follower of a teacher, ⬩ a disciple ⬩ one engaged in a king's or queen's service, whether in the household or in the country, a thane ⬩ a thane who served a bishop ⬩ one engaged in the service of a republic ⬩ a person of rank, one of a class higher than the ordinary freeman (ceorl) ⬩ a brave man, ⬩ noble man, ⬩ good warrior ⬩ vir fortis. ⬩ man, warrior
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Ðá þénas ðe ðæt wæter hlódon, Jn. Skt. 2, 9. where the service is of a public or official character, an officer, minister Þegn lictor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 10: 52, 59. Ðe læs se ðéma ðé sylle ðam þéne (ðegne,Lind.: dægne, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 5, 25.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegen-scipe þegin þén búr-þegen
willa
will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way
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Ðeáh ðe hé léte wæter on willan, wynnum flówan, 77, 21. Ne weóx hé him tó willan, ac tó wælfylle and tó deáðcwalum, Beo. Th. 3426; B. 1711. Tó willan and to worðmyndum to please and honour him 2376; B. 1156.
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Wæter-seócnyss hine ofereode tó ðan swíðe, ðæt . . . Homl. Th. i. 86, 10.
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healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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Th. i. 538, 17. to hold up by supports Se scyppend þás eorðan wreðstuðum and þás world healdeð, Rä. 41, 2. the subject a thing ꝥ þæt hnesce wæter hæbbe flór on þǽre fæstan eorðan, for þám þe hit ne mæg on him selfum gestandan.
niman
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Hé bebeád ꝥ munecas wǽpena námen, and mid þǽm fuhte, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 2. to receive into one's body by one's own act, take food Hé tó micel nimð on æte oððe on wǽte, Hml. S. 16, 270.
habban
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have it that the moon is as they see if), and þá gelǽredan hine healdað be þisum foresǽdan gesceáde, Lch. iii. 266, 10. to possess by taking or receiving, to have, get, take. of persons without idea of compulsion Hwanon hæfst (hæfis, L. ) þú lífes wæter
sculan
to owe ⬩ debere ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ ought ⬩ have ⬩ am ⬩ am bound ⬩ shall ⬩ ought as being fit, right, proper ⬩ in accordance with reason ⬩ to do appointed work ⬩ to carry out the terms of an agreement ⬩ where the obligation results from a law, statute, regulation ⬩ shall ⬩ must as being decreed by fate or providence ⬩ to be forced ⬩ must because there is no possible alternative ⬩ because one cannot help one's self ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must ⬩ shall because from the conditions or nature of a case no alternative is admissible ⬩ because a conclusion is inevitable ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ where an end is to be attained or a task to be completed or a purpose to be served
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Tó myclan bryce sceal micel bót nýde, and tó miclum bryne wæter unlytel, Wulfst. 157, 8. Earc sceal ðý máre the ark must be the bigger, Cd. Th. 79, 19; Gen. 1313. Hié tó helle sculon, Cd. Th. 45, 26; Gen. 732.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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Noe eóde in tó þám arce for (propter) þæs flódes wæterum, Gen. 7, 7. Hí cíddon wið Moises for (propter) his wífe, Num. 12, i. Hé wæs geswenced fram his maniende for twelf scillingum, Gr. D. 157, 33.