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ge-winnan

(v.)
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To get by effort what is striven for. of peaceful effort Him bið leán gearo þæs wé magon fremena gewinnan reward shall await him from any good we may gain, Gen. 437. His hyldo is unc betere tó gewinnanne þonne his wiðermédo, 660.

weall-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
weall-geweorc, es; n.

Wall-work,wall-buildingthe destruction of walls

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Hé gesette his weallgeweorcum, ðæt worhton his burga ( in aedificationibus urbium suarum ),Anglia x. 91, 96. the destruction of walls Aries byð ram betwux sceápum and ram tó wealgeweorce, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 12, 5

Linked entry: weall-weorc

andeta

Grammar
andeta, andetta.
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Ðonne cuæð se biscop and ðára hína wiotan þet hió him néren máran ondeta ( that they did not admit to him liability for more ) þonne hit árǽded wæs on Æðelbaldes dæge, Cht.

for-gitan

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On ðǽre gesundfulnesse mon forgiett (-git, v. l.) his selfes, Past. 35, 6. Hit forgiteð his ágenes gódes, Gr. D. 6, 11. Heó forgeat ꝥ heó hine mid ródetácne gebletsode (ne gebledsode, v. l.) eam signo crucis benedicere oblita est, 30, 34.

wederian

(v.)
Grammar
wederian, p. ode

To be (good or bad) weather

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To be (good or bad) weather Cweðaþ sume men, ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian (wedrian, widrian) sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde ys, Lchdm. iii. 268, 2

nágan

(v.)
Grammar
nágan, = ne ágan.

not to havenot to be allowedought not

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Gif hé náh his selfes geweald, Met. 16, 21. Helle hlinduru nágon hwyrft, Exon. Th. 364, 29; Wal. 78. Ðeáh ðú nǽfre náhtest, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 1. Hé náhte his líchoman geweald, Blickl. Homl. 223, 11.

þyddan

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Þæt feallende treów wende þá ongeán swilce hit sum fǽrlic þoden þydde underbæc, Hml. S. 31, 416. Þá scóc án oxa his heáfod and mid þám horne hine þydde (þudde, v.l. later date), 31, 786. Add

fǽhþ

feud

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Add: in a general sense Themistocles gemyndgade Iónas þǽre ealdan fǽhþe þe Xersis him tó geworht hæfde, hú hé hié mid forhergiunge and mid heora mǽga slihtum on his geweald geniédde, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 16.

þindan

(v.)
Grammar
þindan, p. þand; pp. þunden.
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Se streám ongan tó þindende ongeán swilce hit wǽre án heáh dún ( ad instar montis intumescentes ), Jos. 3, 16. Hit bíþ þindende, Lchdm. ii. 210, 22.

Linked entry: a-þindan

wirp

(n.)
Grammar
wirp, wierp, es; m.

A throwa blow with a missile

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A throw, a blow with a missile Ðá wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe (wyrpe, v. l.) an ribb forod, ðæt hió siþþan mægen ne hæfde hié tó gescildanne, ac raðe ðæs hió wearð ofslagen hic serpens ad unius saxi ictum cessit, ac mox facile oppressus est, Ors. 4,

Linked entries: wyrp werp

ge-folgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-folgian, p. ode
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To reach, attain Ðonne hé him ǽr tíde tó tióððæt ne magon ne ne cunnon, ðonne is him tó ondrædanne ðæt him weorðe tó lore ðæt hié tó ryhtre tíde gefolgian meahton ne cum arripiunt intempestive quod non valent, perdant quod implere quandoque tempestive

spellian

(v.)
Grammar
spellian, p. ode.

To talkconversediscourseTo announceproclaimtellutteramare conterens impudentemto tell, announceto talk

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ealne dæg fleardiaþ and spelliaþ, L. 1. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 25. Ðá hig spelledon (woeron spellendo, Lind. : spellende, Rush.) dum fabularentur, Lk. Skt. 24, 15. Mid deádum spellian, gestrión hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 202, 5.

be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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him gefylstan ꝥ hié eft tó hiora ágnum becóman vindicati sunt et restituti, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 21.

yppe

(adj.)
Grammar
yppe, adj.
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Nǽnges þinges máre þearf nǽre ðonne his unriht yppe wurde, Blickl. Homl. 175, 10. Ðonne him þince ðæt hé spíwe, ðæt byð swá hwæt swá hé ána wiste, ðæt hit weorðæþ yppe (geypped, v. l. ), Lchdm. iii. 170, 27.

Linked entry: uppae

ládian

(v.)
Grammar
ládian, p. ode.

to excuseclearexculpatedefend

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Gyf mon ðone hláford teó, nime him fíf þegnas tó, and beó him sylf syxta, and ládie hine ðæs [by his own oath and the oaths of five compurgators clear himself of that charge], L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 4-6, 13.

Linked entries: lǽdend be-ládian

unna

(n.)
Grammar
unna, an; m.: unne, an; unn, e; f.

grantallowancepermissionwillingness to givepleasure in doing somethinga grantwhat is given

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Hit is mín unna and mín fulle leáfe ðæt hé dihte privilegium, vi. 203, 23. Mid unnan Godes and his hálgena ... mit unnan hírédes, ii. 58, 23, 25.

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ge-witnes

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Ðá gód ðe openlíce dóð beóð swelce sién bútan gewitnesse, for ðǽm næbbað éce gewitnesse; ac habbað éce gewitnesse ðára yfela ðe diégellíce dóð sine teste est bonum, quod publice faciunt, et non sine aeterno teste, quod latentes delinquunt

ge-cweþan

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Hié gecwǽdon folcgefeoht him betweónum, Ors. 5, 7; S. 230, 10. Þá gecwǽdon hié þæt hié sume hié beæftan wereden, 20. Gecwǽðan, Chr. 1094; P. 229, 6. Hié hæfdon gecweden þæt hié ealle emlíce tengden, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 9.

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

ge-lang

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Gif hit deád weorðe bútan fulluhte, and hit on preóste gelang sý, Wlfst. 120, 10. consequent upon, resulting from, attributable to a cause Hié hæfdon longsum gefeoht ǽr þára folca áþor fluge.

ge-swinc

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his geswinces breác, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 23. Hæig-werde gebyreð ꝥ man his geswinces leán gecnáwe, Ll. Th. i. 440, 12.