wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Seó lyft sycð ǽlcne wǽtan up tó hyre, . . . se wǽta gǽð up swylce mid miste, and gyf hit sealt byð . . . hit byð . . . tó ferscum wǽtan áwend, Lchdm. iii. 278, 7-12. Ðá forscranc ðæt sǽd, for ðan ðe hit næfde nǽnne wǽtan.
tún
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Neáh ðám túne (juxta praedium; manere, Wick. ) ðe Iacob sealde his suna, Jn. Skt. 4, 5. Sceall beón se læsta dǽl nýhst ðæm túne ðe se deáda man on líð, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 33, 31.
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tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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Hé sealde him wéste land ðæt hí mid táne getugan rihte sorte divisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis, Ps. Th. 77, 55.
ge-hergian
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Hé sealde þæt feoh for gehergodum mannum, and þá þe on hæftnédum wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 1292. Álése hé æt óðrum mannum heora þeówan and húru earme gehergode men, Ll. Th. ii. 282, 15. Swilce hit gehergode hæftlingas wǽron quasi captivus gladio .
ge-bindan
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Arues wénde ꝥ hé his ríce gemiclian sceolde, þá hé his dohtor Philippuse sealde.
mótan
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Hú mǽg sé beón gessǽlig, sé ðe on ðám gesǽlþum ðurhwunian ne mót, 2 ; F. 4, 15. þǽr ic nú móste ( was permitte) þín mód gefiþerigan . . . ꝥ þuacute; mihtest (wast able ) mid mé fliógan, 36, 2 ; F. 174, 6. þá bǽdon hí í God sealde frídom manna sáulum,
healf
HALF
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Healfne sealde ðæm þearfan and mid healfum hine sylfne besweóp he gave half [his cloak] to the poor man and wrapped himself up with half of it, Blickl. Homl. 215, 7. Ðeáh ðú wylle healf míne ríce licet demedium regni mei, Mk. Skt. 6, 23: Lk.
LǼCE
A LEECH ⬩ doctor ⬩ physician ⬩ a leech
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Hé hine gelǽdde on his lǽcehús and hine lácnude and brohte óðrum dæge twegen penegas and sealde ðam lǽce duxit illum in stabulum et curam ejus egit, et altera die protulit duos denarios et dedit stabulario, Lk. Skt. 10, 34-5. Oððe hí lǽceas (Ps.
wirnan
to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from
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Georne is tó wyrnanne bearneácenum wífe, ðæt hió áht sealtes ete oððe swétes, Lchdm. ii. 330, 6. Grammar wirnan, with acc. See II b
yfel
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Hé sealde yfelan wyrme hiora wyrta, Ps. Th. 77, 46. Hí ǽtan yfle tostan, 77, 45. Hé gehǽlde manega of yfelum (yflum, Lind.) gástum. Lk. Skt. 7, 21. of things Yfel gesihð malus oculus, Mk. Skt. 7, 22. Yfel wyrd bad fortune, Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 22.
ge-wrixl
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</b> office discharged by a substitute or successor, stead. of persons Hé genam þone hnæp æt þám cnihte, and mid his handa for gewrixle þæs cnihtes hé þám biscope þone drync sealde calicem abstulit, eumque per se episcopo vice pueri praebunt, Gr
uppan
upon ⬩ on ⬩ above ⬩ upon ⬩ at ⬩ after ⬩ upon ⬩ on to ⬩ upon ⬩ against
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Hé bæd æt Gode ðæt hé him sealde wæter uppan ðære dúne, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 112. Geoffra hyne uppon ánre dúne offeres eum in holocaustum super unum montium, Gen. 22, 2. Hé ætstód uppon ánum beáme, Chr. 978; Erl. 127, 11.
swilc
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Kmbl. 64; El. 32. in expressions relating to quantity or number, so (as) much, so (as) many Hwítes sealtes swilc swá mǽge mid feówer fingrum geniman as much white salt as may be taken with four fingers, Lchdm. ii. 130, 2.
ge-hátan
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Gehátend wæs hir ꝥ sealla walde pollicitus est ei dare, Mt. L. 14, 7. Hæfdon hí hire geháten ꝥ hí on hyre rǽdenne beón woldon, Chr. 918; P. 105, 24. combining and Ic þæt geháte þæt ic heonon nelle fleón, By. 246.
scír
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Ðá sealde Leófwine ealdorman. . . and eal seó scír his land clǽne, Chart. Th. 376, 14 : L. C. S. 19; Th. i. 386, 15. Se ðe land gewerod hæbbe be scíre gewitnesse, 80; Th. i. 420, 20.
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DRÍFAN
DRIVE, force, pursue ⬩ pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui ⬩ To drive, rush with violence ⬩ ruĕre
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Sum mæg ofer sealtne sǽ sundwudu drífan one can drive a vessel over the salt sea, Exon. 17 b; Th. 42, 24; Cri. 677. For hwan ðú us, God, woldest fram ðé drífan ut quid repulisti nos, Deus? Ps. Th. 73, 1.
ge-writ
Something written ⬩ writing ⬩ scripture ⬩ inscription ⬩ a writing ⬩ letter ⬩ treatise ⬩ writ ⬩ charter ⬩ book
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The king took the letters and sealed them, Th. Ap. 20, 6-10: Chr. 627; Erl. 25, 11. Se pápa seonde his gewrite to Engla lande the pope sent his bull to England, 615; Erl. 37, 15. Mid ðæs cynges gewrite with the king's writ, 1048; Erl. 177. 19.
þearle
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Gehwylc mé drincan sealde þearle each gave me abundance to drink, Exon. Th. 485, 1; Rä. 71, 7. Drinc swýþe þearle drink very largely, Lchdm. i. 78, 10. Hit on wolcnum oft þearle þunraþ, Met. 28, 25
gild
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Gylde hé ꝥ yrfe, oþþe . . . underwed lecge . . . and þǽs on .ix. nihton ꝥ wed undó mid rihtan gylde, 352, 10. ꝥ man gulde ꝥ ceápgild, and swinge hine man þriwa, oþþe ꝥ óðer gild (gylde, v. l. ) sealde, 208, 23.
ge-medemian
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I a. used reflexively, to condescend, deign. with clause Úre Drihten hine gemedemode, ꝥ hé ús sealde þá wæstmas, Bl. H. 39, 17. Drihten hine sylfne gemedemode, þæt hé tó woruldlicum giftum gelaðod cóm, Hml. Th. ii. 54, 7 : i. 56, 28.