weorold
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On hwam mæg ǽfre ǽnig man on worolde swíðor God wurðian ðonne on circan? L. Eth. vii. 25 ; Th. i. 334, 25. a person's lifetime: — Gif gé mægen on eallre eówerre worulde geearnian, ðæt gé habban gódne hlísan æfter eówrum dagum, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 3.
þurh
Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in
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Wearð ðær ǽfre ðuruh sum þing fleám ástiht, Chr. 998; Erl. 134, 19. Þurh hwæt ðú ðus hearde ús eorre wurde, Elen. Kmbl. 799; El. 400. Man þurh ǽlc þingc rihtwísnesse lufige.
healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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Hí ǽfre woldon fryþ and freóndscype in tó ðisan lande haldan they would ever maintain peace and friendship towards this land, Chr. 1066; Erl. 201, 37.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
hand
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Sylle heó hit on ðá hand ðe hire ǽfre betst gehýre, vi. 138, 27. skill in using the hand, skill Ælfwine hæfde moncynnes míne gefrǽge leóhteste hond lofes tó wyrcenne, Víd. 72. as a measure, v.
þæt
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Hwylc man is þonne ǽfre, þæt hé wéne ... whatever man is there (of such a kind), that he can suppose ... Wulfst. 214, 14 : Cd. Th. 227, 20; Dan. 189. Hyge wæs oncyrred, þæt hié ne murndon, Andr. Kmbl. 73; An. 37.
ge-dón
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Máran hearm and yfel þonne hí ǽfre wéndon ꝥ heom ǽnig burhwaru gedón sceolde, Chr. 994; P. 129, 3. Mé láíes wiht gedón, Gú. 285. Ðæs ðe ðín niéhsta ðé wiðerweardes gedón hæbbe, Past. 349, II. Fremena þára þe ic þé gedón hæbbe Gen. 2820.
MID
With ⬩ in conjunction with ⬩ in company with, along with ⬩ among ⬩ apud ⬩ penes ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ seeing that ⬩ cum
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Se forma hád and se óðor hád beóþ ǽfre ætgedere ... se þridda hád is hwílon mid, hwílon on óðre stówe, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 39. Ðonne se mon nó his ágenne gielp mid ne sécþ, Past. 59; Swt. 451, 15. Gif hé nóht geseón ne mǽge mid, L.
Linked entry: mið
witan
to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew
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Ic wát þeáh, gif ðé ǽfre gewyrð ðæt ... þonne gesihst ðú ..., Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 24, Wé witon hé úre wæs wealdend, Blickl. Homl. 243, 17. Wiste hé his bearn on myclum ymbhygdum wǽron, 131, 26.
swá
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Ic ðæt geswerige þurh sóþ godu, swá ic áre æt him ǽfre finde, Exon. Th. 247, 19; Jul. 81 : Beo. Th. 875; B. 435. with a conditional force, provided that, if so be that, so (as in Shakspere : So it be new, there's no respect how vile; v.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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B. 7 Hé ǽfre wan for willan þæs Ælmihtigan, Hml. S. 25, 683: Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 28. Gebiddað for tǽlendum eów, Mt. 5, 44. in respect to, in relation to, as regards. Cf.
þanne
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Ðé wǽre sélle, ðǽr ðú wurde fugel, þonne ðú ǽfre mon gewurde, Exon. Th. 372, 1; Seel. 85. (2 a)) Nis nǽnig máre mægen, þonne hé ðone áwyrgdan gást oferswíþe, Blickl. Homl. 31, 31.
habban
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Heó hyt for Crýstes andwlytan ǽfre hæfde, Hml. A. 187, 180. Hig hæfdon hyne for ǽnne wítegan they counted him as a prophet, Mt. 14, 5: Ors. l, 6; S. 36, 20: Met. 26, 44. Ꝥ him þá geþflhte swelc þæt mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon.
on
expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)
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In ðone ealdan secgmór; of ðam on án betwénan ácwudu and wulleleáh; and swá ǽfre betwyx ðám twám wudan, Cod. Dip.
Linked entries: an un-reordian
hé
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., hé byð scyldig, Mt. 5, 22 : Vald. 2, 28 : Sal. 86. where the pronoun is antecedent :-- Hæbbe hé Godes curs þe þis ǽfre undó, Cht. E. 253, 24, 32.