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ge-métan

(v.)
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Sóna swá hí cómon on Stúre múðan gemǽtton hí .xvi. scipa wícinga, 885 ; P. 79, 19. (3 a) with reflex, pron. used reciprocally :-- Næs long tó þon þæt þá áglǽcean hý eft gemétton, B. 2592. (3 b) to encounter hostility, opposition, & c. meet attack

hám

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S. 8, 37. a place that used to be a person's home Gif man mægð gebigeð . . . gif hit fácne is, eft æt hám gebrenge, Ll. Th. i. 22, 2: 10, 8. in connexion with marriage, v. VII. I a Abraham idese bróhte tó háme, þǽr hé wíc áhte, Gen. 1721.

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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Hét him recene tó ríce þeóden his sunu gangan, Gen. 865. special use with preps, or adverbs, út gangan. to go to the closet, have an evacuation Hwilum hié wel gelyst út gangan, and him þá byrþenne fram áweorpan, Lch. ii. 230, 23. to leave a permanent

ge-niman

(v.)
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</b> used of the operation of things :-- Niht ne genimð þurh þýstru þæs heofonlican leóhtes scíman non nulla rapit splendorem lucis amoenae (Dóm.

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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and ordinal, used as adj. and as subst. always of strong declension. I. when two definite objects are referred to, one of two Him wearþ óðer eáge mid ánre flán út áscoten ictu sagittae oculum perdidit Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 112, 15.

æt

(prep.)
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(cf. similar use in Gothic and Icelandic) :-- Æt þám gewordenan ǽfne, Nic. 10, 36. local where there is motion to an object Hié héton Ióhannes æt his mynstre gebrengan, Ors. 6, 10; S. 264, 21: Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 1.

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Cf. the use of the instrumental case: Inwerdre heortan biddan, Ll. Th. i. 312, 23. in the phrase in heortan and heortan with duplicity In heortan and heortan spreocende syndun ðá yflan in corde et corde locuti sunt mala, Ps. Srt. II, 3

ge-tæl

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Án þúsend . . . twá þ úsend and swá forð to ǽlcum getele (-tǽle v. l. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 282, 12. a sum or total of abstract units þæt twelffeald getel getácnode þá twelf apostolas, Hml. Th. i. 190, 11.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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[þanne and þá differ in force; the former is used where the time of an action is indefinite, and is found with the future, the indefinite present and the indefinite past; the latter is used where a definite action has taken place. Cf.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

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Hit me meahte swá that was not allowed, Exon. 41 a; Th. 136, 29; Gú. 548. in the Northumbrian Gospels the verb is used as an auxiliary in the translation of the Latin subjunctive, or fut. indic. Synngiga mæge peccabit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 21.

Linked entry: mæg

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Misc. 133, 534.] where the word is used to translate Latin forms, or refers to places not in England, the residence or estate of a single person, an estate, farm Ðín tún tua villa, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 103, 7 : Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 48.

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weorþian

(v.)
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weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Ðære abbudissan gemynddæg on myclum wuldre weorþad is cujus natalis solet in magna gloria celebrari, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 40. used intransitively, to celebrate (a service) Se bisceop ðǽr gesette ciricean þegnas, ða ðǽr dæghwamlíce mid gelimplícre endebyrdnesse

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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. ¶ used intrans. to appear. Cf. æt-íwan :-- Andrea, arís, and gecýð (St. Andrew had been invisible) him, þæt hié ongieton mín mægen on þé wesan Andrew, arise and shew (thyself) to them, that they may know my power is in thee, Bl. H. 241, 14.

Linked entry: cýþan

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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What happens, fate, fortune, chance. the word is used to gloss the following Latin words Casibus wyrdum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 1 : 18, 29 : 81, 45. Eventus wyrd, 75, 61 : 30, 71. Fati wyrde oððe gegonges, 33, 65. Fata wyrde, 94, 6.

Linked entry: weord

weorc

(n.; adv.)
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weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Th. 19, 24 ; Gen. 296. the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person (cf. torne; adv.): Mé næs se hrædlíca ende mínes lífes swá miclum weorce, swá mé wæs ðæt ic læs mǽrðo gefremed

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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S. 23, 681. special uses with preps, or adverbs. beforan gán to take precedence of. Sanctus Ióhannes gǽþ beforan eallum óþrum wítgan, Bl.

gif

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Ac is wunder mycel, . . . gif þú hit sylfa wást it is a great wonder, even if it is granted that you know it yourself Hy. 3, 20. the conditional clause alone used as an exclamation Eálá gif þú wistest on þyssum þínum dæge þe ðé tó sybbe synt, Lk. 19,

(pronoun.)
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hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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. ¶ the pronoun omitted Nó þæs fród leofað gumena bearna þæt þone grund wite, B. 1368. where there is no antecedent noun, they used like older man: — Gif se oxa hnitol wǽre for dæge oððe for twám and hig hit his hláforde cýððon, Ex. 21, 29.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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. ¶ Þances, genitive, used alone or in combination with noun or pronoun, and having adverbial force (cf. O. L. Ger. thankis gratis : O. H.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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</b> used to give emphasis, as in 'what in the world. Cf. what- ever: — Nǽnig wæs weorð on weorulde, Met. 8, 37. Ne gehýrde wé nǽfre on worulde a saeculo non est auditum, Jn. Skt. 9, 32. Nis mé on worulde mód ǽniges þegnscipes, Cd.