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úte

(adv.)
Grammar
úte, adv.

Outsidewithout.outfrom one's positionon the outsideoutsideon the outer sideoutout of doorsin the open airoutawayat a distanceoutaway from habitationsin open countryoutfrom home on serviceoutnot in one's own countryabroadoutaway from land

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Skt. 11, 39. out, out of doors, in the open air Se cyng hét him úte setl gewyrcean rex, residens sub divo, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 38. Hí slépon úte on triówa sceadum, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 12: Met. 8, 27.

Linked entry: út

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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Adames cynn onféhþ flǽsce, Exon. Th. 63, 33; Cri. 1029. Ðá onféngon hig syndrige penegas, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 10. of non-material things Ic ne onfó gewitnesse fram menn, Jn. Skt. 5, 34. Se ðe Godes word mid blisse onféhþ, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 20.

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

gifan

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Gif se Fræncisca byð ofercuman, hé gyfe þám cynge .III. pund, Ll. Th. i. 489, 17. Ðing tó geafanne munus offerendum Mt. p. 14, 13. to give up to, devote, consign Ic hí ne sparige, ac on spild giefe, Jul. 85.

ealdor-dóm

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Willelm cyngc geaf Ródbearde eorle þone ealdordóm ofer Norðhymbra land, 1067; P. 203, 20. Ealdordóm tribunatum, i. principatum, Hpt. Gl. 427, 22. Ealderdóm monarchiam, i. principatum, An. Ox. 1994.

ge-búgan

(v.)
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Th. i. 434, 25. of abandonment, defection Ðá Wylisce men syððon hí fram þám cynge gebugon, heom manege ealdras of heom sylfan gecuron. Chr. 1097; P. 233, 20. Maníg fram þám eorle gebogen wæs, 1091 ; P. 226, 9. trans. To submit to. Cf.

Róm-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

Peter's pence

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Rómfeoh gelǽste man ǽghwilce geáre be Peteres mæssan; and se ðe ðæt ne gelǽste, sylle ðǽrtóeacan .xxx. peninga tó Róme and gylde ðam cynge on Engla lage .cxx. scillinga, Wulfst. 272, 9

ge-mót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mót, es; n.

A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, councilconventus, congregatio, concursusConcĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,

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Se cyng hæfde ðǽr [MS. ðæs] on morgen witena gemót on the morrow the king [Edward] had there a meeting of the wise, Chr. 1052; Erl. 181, 9. Wæs ðá witena gemót then there was a meeting of the wise, 1052; Erl. 184, 35.

Linked entry: ge-mét

ge-samnian

(v.)
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Æþelstán cyning and Sihtric Norðhymbra cyng heó gesamnodon æt Tameweorðige, Chr. 925 ; P. 105, 19. a, used intransitively Tó þǽre ylcan stowe ealle gesomniað (congregantur), LI. Th. ii. 178, 8. Gesomnedon glomerarentur (plures), Wrt.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Cynna gehwylc cucra wuhta þára þe lyft and flód lǽdað and fédað, Gen. 1298.

freó-dóm

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Ic Eádweard cyngc mid ðǽre hálgan Crístes róde tácne ðis hét getrymman and gefæstnian, ðisne freódóm ... Ic fæstlíce bebeóde ðæt hine nǽnig mínra æfterfyligendra eft ne onwende, vi. 203, 2

hangian

(v.)
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Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ꝥ hé ǽr fácen dyde manna cynne, Gn. C. 55. Hongende crucifixum, Lk. p. 11, 8. to be attached, hold fast þá spácan sticaþ, óþer ende on þǽre felge . . .

be-fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
be-fóran, l. be-foran, and add:

in the presence ofin front of an object a-head ofover againstbeforein advance of:into the presence ofbeforein advance

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Ðá eóde se man in beforan tó ðám cynge, Ap. Th. 14, 8. temporal Hié eal ꝥ tóweard wæs beforan wítgodan, Bl. H. 161, 15: 163, 26. ¶combined with ǽr :-- God hit wát eall beforan, ǽr hit gewyrþe, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 28.

under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subjectsubjugaterender subjectto subjectcause to endurerender liableto subjoinaddto support

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Syndan mé fremde cynn underþeóded mihi allophili subditi sunt, Ps. Th. 107, 8. Deófolseócnessa ús synt underþeódde daemonia subjiciuntur nobis, Lk. Skt. 10, 17.

dæg

(n.)
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Þá sume dæge rád se cyng be þǽre eǽ, 896; P. 89, 11. Hyt wæs þá on dæg restedæg it was the sabbath at that time, Nic. 7, 5. Hyt wæs on dæg þá gé mé beclýsdon it was at the time when you shut me up, 10, 35: Chr. 1083; P. 215, 7.

ge-ascian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ascian, l. ge-áscian,
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Þá geáscade se cyng þæt, þæt hié út on hergað fóron, Chr.911; P. 96, 10. Ðá ꝥ se hláford geáhsode, ꝥ ꝥ hrýþer swá férde, Bl. H. 199, 9. the object a clause Man geáxað þe hé fúl bið, Ll. Th. i. 238, 30.

ge-sellan

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Se hláford þe ryhtes wyrne . . . gesylle þám cynge .cxx. sciłł., 200, 16 : 340, 12. Gesylle hé þone þriddan dǽl his ágenre teóðunge intó his cyrican, 366, 24.

hwerfan

(v.)
Grammar
hwerfan, hwierfan, hwirfan, hwyrfan; p. de; pp. ed.

to turnrevolvemove aboutgoreturndepartto turnchangeto exchangebarter

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Cynna gehwylcum ðara ðe cwice hwyrfaþ for every race that living moves, Beo. Th. 197; B. 98. Hig eft syððan tógædere hwyrfdon postea iterum se conjunxerint, L. Ecg. P. iv. 8; Th. ii. 206, 8.

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp. swicen.
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Ða ríceste Frencisce men wolden swícan heora hláforde ðam cynge, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 3. Drihten mé swícan ne wile the Lord will not desert me, Ps. Th. 53, 4

Linked entry: be-swicenness

on-drǽdan

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S. 34, 139. with clause Ðá ondrǽdde hé him ꝥ hí wurdon þám cynge leófran ðonne hé, Lch. iii. 424, 19. Hé him ondrǽdan sceal ðæt hé unmedome sié, Past. 73, 21. Ðonne is him tó ondrǽdanne ðæt him weorðe tó lore . . . 383, 26.

cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm, cwélm , es; m. n. [cwelan to die]

Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium

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In Caines cynne ðone cwealm gewræc Drihten the Lord avenged the death [of Abel] on Cain's race, Beo. Th. 215 ; B. 107: Exon. 28b; Th. 87, 17; Cri. 1426: Andr. Kmbl. 2243: An. 1123.

Linked entries: cwælm cwelm cwylm