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ceáp

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Gif hé ceáp áredige út on hwylcere fare, 23.

cýþþu

Grammar
cýþþu, (-o).
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Ic wille faran tó mínre cýððe and tó ðǽm londe ðe ic on geboren wæs revertar in terram meam in qua natus sum, Past. 304, 14. Hié budon him þæt hé on cýþþe mid him wunade, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 19. Colman mid his geférum fór tó his cýððe (cf.

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hí-réd

(n.)
Grammar
hí-réd, hírd, es; m.

A household,house, family, the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, a court, the members of a religious house, a company, band of associates

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God geswang Farao and ealne his híréd flagellavit Dominus Pharaonem et domum ejus, Gen. 12, 17. Ðone geset hys hláfurd ofer his híréd quem constituit dominus suus supra familiam suam, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 45: Cd. 106; Th. 139, 16; Gen. 2310.

Linked entry: hý-réd

stician

(v.)
Grammar
stician, p. ode.
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Wé bebeódaþ ðám deóflum ðe on ðisum anlícnyssum sticiaþ, ðæt hí út faron, 496, 8. Se apostol cwæð tó ðam áwyrgedan gáste ðe hire on sticode, i. 464, 22.

hrædlíce

(adv.)
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Add: of quick movement. literal 'Farað hrædlíce ( cito )' . . . Ðá férdon hig hrædlíce, Mt. 28, 7, 8. Cume ðonne án spearwa and hrædlíce ( citissime ) ꝥ hús þurhfleó, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 23.

hyldu

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Th. ii. 150, 33. in adjuration, or affirmation, swearing, where the possession of the lord's favour is connected with a course of action Swá ic áge Pharaones helde, ne farað gé heonon per salutem Pharaonis non egrediemini hinc.

mid

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Him farað mid Godes englas, 456, 23. Ǽlcum welwyrcendum God mid beó mydwyrhta. . Solil. H. 30, 14. Náman hí him wealhstodas mid, Bd. 1. 25; Sch. 52, 13. cf. IV. Nimað þis hrægl and scrýdað eów mid, Gr. D. 202, 28.

friþ

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Hé mid friðe þurh Normandíg faran ne mihte he could not pass through Normandy unmolested. Chr. 1094; P. 229, 32 : By. 179. Þæt hié hine gebróhten of þǽre folcsceare, þæt hé on friðe wǽre, Gen. 1872.

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Offa wæs geofum and gúðum wíde geweorðod Offa was for liberality and bravery far and wide held in honour, B. 1959.

searu

(n.)
Grammar
searu, searo, [w]e; f. : [w]es; n.
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Ic seah searo hweorfan, grindan wið greóte, giellende faran, Exon. Th. 414, 29; ä 33, 3. <b>IV a.</b> armour, equipment, arms :-- Beran beorht searo, Cd. Th. 191, 23; Exod. 219.

Linked entries: searo siru

níd

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Þæt Crístene menn tó cyrican faran magan and þǽr heora neóda tó Gode mǽnan, Wlfst. 278, 20. a condition marked by the lack or want of some necessary thing, or requiring some extraneous aid or addition Hml.

teóðung

(n.)
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teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Sý ǽlcere geóguðe teóðung gelǽst be Pentecosten, and ðara eorðwsestma be emnnihte ... and gif hwá ðonne ða teóðunge gelǽstan nelle, swá wé gecweden habbaþ, fare ðaes cynges geréfa tó and ðæs bisceopes and ðæs mynstres mæssepreóst and niman unþances ðone

Linked entry: tegðung

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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Nát þeáh ðú mid ligenum fare, Cd. Th. 34, 2; Gen. 531. Þǽh, 281, 2; Sat. 265. Ðéh ðú þersce si contuderis, Kent. Gl. 1034.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh

tó-geagnes

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
tó-geagnes, -gegnes, -geánes, -génes.

towards,so as to meetagainst,to meetin the way of,to meet the approach ofin readiness for,against the coming ofagainst,for the purpose of resistingon the approach of,towardsagain,in return

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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt hé fare tógeánes Israhéla folce him mid tó gefeohtanne, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 17, 21. Ðá eode se cining him tógeánes egressus est rex in occursum ejus, Gen. 14, 17. Symeon eode tógeánes ðam cilde . . . Symeon eode hire tógeánes, Homl.

mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽre, adj.

Greatexcellentdistinguishedillustrioussublimesplendidcelebratedfamouswidely knownnotoriousdistinguished by evil deedsinsignis

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Mǽre wurdon his wundra geweorc wíde and síde far and wide spread the fame of the wonders he wrought. Exon. 45 b; Th. 155, l; Gú. 853. Eall ðeós mǽre gesceaft the universe. Rood Kmbl. 24; Kr. 12. Mǽre wundur mirabilia, Ps. Th. 106, 30: 110, 3.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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swá eall eorþan ymbhwyrft, ac heó þincþ [MS. þingþ] us swýðe unbrád, forðamðe heó is swíðe feorr fram úrum gesihþum the sun is as large as the whole compass of the earth, but he [lit. she] appears to us very small [lit. un-broad], because he is very far

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

mǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ, e; f. (but ofer ðínne mǽð,
  • Prov. Kmbl. 27.
  • )

measuredegreeproportionthe measure or extent of power, ability, capacity, efficacydegreerankstatusconditiondue measurerightdue measure in regard to othershonourrespect

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Góde sind ðás þing (bread, fish, &amp;c.) be heora mǽþe these things are good as far as they go, Homl. Th. i. 252, 26. Ofer mǽþe úre ðú forþtýhst sprǽce ultra ætatem nostram protrahis sermonem, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 11.

healf

(n.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

Sidepartsidehandbesidedisputebehalfaccountsidequarterdirection

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(the right or left) side, hand: Gif þú færst tó þǽre winstran hælfe, ic healde þá swíðran healfe; gif þú þá swíðran healfe gecíst, ic fare tó þǽre winstran healfe, Gen. 13, 9.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Th. 202, 12. defined by that which follows, of manner, so, in such a manner that Far mid him swá ðæt ðú dó ðæt ic ðé bebeóde vade cum eis, ita duntaxat, ut, quod tibi praecepero, facias, Num. 22, 20.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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Ofer wong faran to go across country, Exon. Th. 481, 10; Rä. 65, 1. Hryre wong gecrong the ruin sank to earth, 477, 30; Ruin. 32. Done wlitigan wong Paradise, 228, 16; Ph. 439. Wangas blóstmum blówaþ fields bloom with flowers, Menol.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge