ge-cýþan
to make known by words, ⬩ to give information of, tell, give notice of, report ⬩ (1 a) of official notice, to report, ⬩ a matter ⬩ an object, to give notice of the place or condition of an object ⬩ to bear witness, testify, ⬩ of a formal statement, to declare ⬩ (3 a) of a statement by one in authority, to announce, proclaim, declare, ⬩ to make an object known, tell its character ⬩ to describe, relate, give an account of ⬩ to make known what is asked about, tell in answer to a question ⬩ to confess ⬩ to make known by action, shew kindness, c., display. ⬩ to perform an action ⬩ to shew kindness, favour, display power, c. ⬩ to make to know a feeling, cause a feeling ⬩ to shew, prove ⬩ to establish practically the truth of a. statement, ⬩ to prove a point by performing the prescribed formalities :-- ⬩ to prove the existence of something experimentally ⬩ to prove by argument, by speech ⬩ to make known the position of an object, enable to find, shew ⬩ to make known the character of something , enable to understand :-- ⬩ to reveal, disclose ⬩ to make known, famous, to celebrate
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. ¶ of legal procedure, to prove a point by performing the prescribed formalities :-- Gekýþe hé in wiófode . . . ꝥ hé ꝥ feoh undeornunga . . . gebohte . . . gif hé ꝥ ne mæge gecýþan mid rihtre canne . . . . Ll. Th. i. 34, 8-12.
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feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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D. 79, 29. to or from a distant source Wé áreccan ne magon þæt fædrencynn fier ówihte we cannot trace the pedigree further, Cri. 248. where the distance is determined: by accompanying adverbs or phrases Þá wæs hé swá feor norþ swá þá hwælhuntan firrest
hús
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Hunda hús canile, domus canis, 128, 20. Sió leó ábít hire ágenes húses hirde, Met. 13, 31. a building for storage, for the keeping of material; — Wæterscipes hús colimbus, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 56.
ge-faran
to travel, journey ⬩ of a military expedition, to march ⬩ of that which affects the mind, to come ⬩ to depart, die; ⬩ gefaren defunct ⬩ of affairs, circumstances, condition, to go well or ill ⬩ to fare, get on, succeed ⬩ To get by going, go and get. ⬩ to get to, reach a place ⬩ to save by going ⬩ to march and occupy a place, conquer persons, gain a victory ⬩ to accomplish a journey, expedition, complete a course ⬩ to carry out, execute, manage to do ⬩ to get as one's lot or fate, to experience
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., even merchants cannot manage it, Bt. 18, 2; F. 64, 1. Ðá wyrmas scluncon wundorlíce, wǽron him þá breóst úp gewende ... and á swá hié hit gefóran ( all the while they were executing this movement ) mid þǽm scillum ðá eorðan sliton, Nar. 14, 10.
git
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Þá gyt þe ic wæs gehefaldod dum adhuc ordirer, Cant. Ez. 12. Ðá ðe ðanne gít (git, v. l., giet, 319, 13) willniað, Past. 17, 19. Gif hié ðonne giet (git, v. l. ) tueónað, 103, 9: 63, 14: Gr. D. 322, 29.
habban
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Ðá hét ic eald hrægl tóslítan and habban wið þǽm fýre jussi scissas tusta opponere ignibus, Nar. 23, 30. with object and complement. adj. complement, to get something into a specified condition Þonne magon wé ús God mildne habban then can we gee God
þanne
Then, ⬩ when ⬩ then ⬩ then, ⬩ at that time ⬩ then, ⬩ after that ⬩ yet, ⬩ besides ⬩ then, ⬩ again ⬩ then, ⬩ yet, ⬩ but ⬩ then, ⬩ therefore, ⬩ consequently ⬩ then, in that case, ⬩ then, ⬩ in that case ⬩ when ⬩ when, at such times as ⬩ when, after ⬩ when, since, seeing that ⬩ although ⬩ denoting condition, case, when, the case in which Iactantia ⬩ then ... when, ⬩ when ... then ⬩ than
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Hwylc beren mǽnde hé þonne elles búton heofona ríce what other barn can it be inferred that he meant, but heaven? Blickl.
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Grammar under, adverbial; see also the compound forms given below. where one object has another vertically above it Án treów ðæt mæge .xxx. swína under gestandan a tree so big that thirty swine can stand beneath, L. In. 44; Th. i. 130, 3.
Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend
heáfod
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Ðæt hálige heáfoð (-od, v. l. ) ðǽre hálgan gesomnunge, ðæt is Dryhten, 101, 22. one who is more intelligent than others, who can instruct others Is ðearf ðæt ðæt dúst ðisse eorðlican giémenne ne áðísðrige ðæt eáge ðæs recceres, for ðǽm ealle ðá ðe ofer
wíse
a wise way ⬩ manner ⬩ mode ⬩ fashion ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ an arrangement ⬩ instruction ⬩ a disposition ⬩ direction ⬩ condition ⬩ a thing ⬩ res ⬩ negotium ⬩ a cause ⬩ reason ⬩ res
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Ǽfre se ðe áwent of Lédene on Englisc, ǽfre hé sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ágene wísan, elles hit biþ swíþe gedwolsum tó rǽdenne ðam ðe ðæs Lédenes wísan ne can, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 4, 7-11.
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ge-weald
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gewealdes him on getióð, 239, 5. power to determine what another does (where another's action is dependent upon oneself, v. ge-wealdes; ) Ic bidde nú, gif hwá þás bóc áwrítan wylle, ꝥ hé hig gerihte wel be þǽre bysne; for þan þe ic náh geweald ( I cannot
ge-mǽre
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Hé cóm on ꝥ gemǽre leóhtes and þeóstro noctis prope terminos, Bt. 35, 6 ; F. 170, 13. a line (lit. or fig.) that cannot or should not be passed, a bound, limit Ðá bebeád se biscop : ' Ásettað mé ongeán þysum fýre' . . .
fela
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Hí fét habbað, ne magon feala gangan they cannot walk much;non ambulabunt, 113, 15. Fela, Rä. 32, 8. Heó wíde ne féreð, ne fela rídeð, 59, 3
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ge-mynd
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Gé monigfeald on gemynd witon, alra tácna gehwilc you know everything that can keep alive the memory (of the Trojan War), El. 644. (to be in) mind Byð on éceum gemynde ǽghwylc, Ps. Th. 111, 6: Rtl. 177, 35.
ge-reccan
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Ðá andswarode hé : ' Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ꝥ swylces hwæt unmyndlinga gebyrige þonne hé ne can ongitan and gereccan for hwí God swylc geþafað' nisi causa deprehendatur, quid est quod a fortuitis casibus differre videatur ?
rǽdan
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Módor ne rǽdoþ (-aþ, MS.) ðonne heó magan cenneþ, hú him weorðe geond woruld sceapen a mother cannot read a boy's fate at his birth, Salm. Kmbl. 741; Sal. 370. Rǽde se ðe wille hú wunda cwǽden, Exon. Th. 441, 11; Rä. 60, 16.
habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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Gif cniht wǽpn brede gilde se hláford án pund and hæbbe se hláford æt ðæt hé mǽge if a follower draw a weapon, let the lord pay one pound, and let the lord get from him what he can, Th. Chart. 612, 25.
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þearf
need ⬩ needful things, ⬩ what is needful ⬩ what is required of a person, ⬩ duty ⬩ use, ⬩ service, ⬩ behoof, ⬩ good, ⬩ advantage, ⬩ profit ⬩ a useful thing, ⬩ profitable employment ⬩ need, ⬩ distress, ⬩ straits, ⬩ difficulty
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Hé ealle can úre þearfe, Ps. Th. 102, 13. Seleþegn ealle beweotede þegnes þearfe, Beo. Th. 3598; B. 1797. Gleómen þearfe secgaþ, Exon. Th. 326, 31; Víd. 137. Ðæt hé ne ágǽle gǽstes þearfe, 51, 17; Cri. 817: 298, 17; Crä. 86.
wealdan
To have power over ⬩ to control the movements of that which is moved ⬩ to regulate ⬩ wield a weapon ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ to control that which moves itself ⬩ to have control of a person, an emotion ⬩ to govern, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ of the control exercised by one in authority, to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ have dominion over ⬩ bear sway ⬩ wield power, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ absolute ⬩ fig. where the subject is an abstract noun, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ to have power over things ⬩ to possess ⬩ be in possession of ⬩ have at command ⬩ be master of, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ to have power to decide or choose what shall take place ⬩ to determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ have the deciding ⬩ control of matters, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute ⬩ to have power that brings something to pass, ⬩ to cause ⬩ be the cause, author, source of something, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or acc. ⬩ of things, with gen. ⬩ of motives ⬩ to have power to do ⬩ be able
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Gif man wealdan mæge ( if it can be managed ), ne dýde man nǽfre on Sunnandæges freólse ánigne forwyrhtne, L. E. G. 9; Th. i. 172, 13: L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 10: Anglia ix. 260, 11. Binnan cirictúne ǽnig hund ne cume, ðæs ðe man wealdan mæge, L.
þeów
A servant; ⬩ slave ⬩ servus ⬩ famulus ⬩ mancipium
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So, too, in the matter of punishments; where the freeman can pay a fine, the slave pays with his hide, i.e. is scourged; see L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 2: L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 172, 1: 8; Th. i. 172, 6: L. C. S. 45; Th. i. 402, 15: L.