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rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd, es; m.
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Gif þeów ete his sylfes rǽde if a slave eat flesh during a fast of his own accord (i. e. when his master does not give the meat. v. the paragraph which precedes), L. Wih. 15; Th. i. 40, 11. Ráde, 10; Th. i. 38, 21.

Linked entry: rád

under-fón

(v.)
Grammar
under-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen.

to receiveto have givento getto receivesubmit toa riteto receive a personto receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouringto receive for safe conduct, custodyto receive as a servant or dependentto receive, admit into a societyto receive as a masterto submit toto receiveadmit the claims ofto receive, admit the force of a person's wordsaccept testimonyto receive what is offeredto acceptto receiveserve as a receptacle forto receive or accept an office, a duty, etc.to take upon one's selfto undertake a labour, task, etc.to receive what is burdensomeundergobearto take surreptitiouslyto steal

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Interl. 97, 4. to receive as a master, to submit to Gif se anweald of his ágenre gecynde gód wǽre,ne underfénge hé nǽfre ða yfelan ac ða gódan, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 23. to receive, admit the claims of Se ðe eów underféhð, hé underféhð mé, and se ðe mé

Linked entry: under-niman

þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung, e; f.
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</b> use made of things :-- Nǽnig hí (the cups) hrínan dorste, ne ne wolde, bútan tó his neódþearflícre ðénunge (ad usum necessarium ), Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 8. service to a lord or master Á tó his (king Oswine) folgoþe and tó his ðénunge ða æþelestan

ge-híran

(v.)
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Gehérað hú se godspellere sægde be þisse tíde, 15, 3. to hear a religious service, hear mass Þá þe heora cyrican forlǽtaþ, and forhycggaþ þá Godes dreámas tó gehérenne, Bl.

habban

(v.)
Grammar
habban, habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

To HAVE, possess, hold, keep

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Be ðam sacerde ðonne hé mæssaþ hwæt hé on him hæbbe of the priest when he says mass what he is to have on, L. Edg. C; Th. ii. 128, 19.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

(pronoun.)
Grammar
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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Hé nam þá hláfas and hig gedǽlde, Jn. 6, 11. (1 a) where the pronoun refers to either a masc. or fem. noun, cf.

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Gewunige hé fæstende, þæt hé wite þæt seó mæsse sý gesungen let him continue his fast so, that he may know the mass has been sung, L. E. I. 39; Th. ii. 438, 3. Gif ceorlisc man geþeó, þæt hé hæbbe .v. hída landes, L.

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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Guest, Master of Caius College, Cambridge, in his excellent work, A History of English Rhythms, 8vo. 1838, gives the following account of this battle, — 'In the year 937, was fought the battle of Brunanburh — a battle, that involved more important interests

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Gewít ðú ðínne eft waldend sécan go back again to your master, 138, 17; Gen. 2293: Andr.

wealdan

(v.)
Grammar
wealdan, p. weóld, pl. weóldon; pp. wealden

To have power over to control the movements of that which is moved to regulate wield a weaponwith gen. with dat. or inst. to control that which moves itself to have control of a person, an emotionto govern,with gen. with acc. of the control exercised by one in authority, to rule govern have dominion overbear 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 decidingcontrol of matters, with gen. with dat. or inst. with a clause absoluteto 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 dobe able

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Th. 65, 6. to have power over things, to possess, be in possession of, have at command, be master of, with gen. Hé sǽs wealdeþ ipsius est mare, Ps. Th. 94, 5. Hí wealdaþ eorðan possederunt terram, Ps. Spl. C. 43, 4.

Linked entries: án-waldan wealdian

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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The terms used in connection with the slave shew him to be the property of his master: Gif þeúw stele and hine man ácwelle, ðam ágende hine man healfne ágelde, L. Wih. 27; Th. i. 42, 20. Gif hwylc man his ǽht ( servum ) ofslyhþ, L. Ecg.

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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Human bones have been found in such a position as to justify a supposition, that a slave had been slain and thrown into the grave, perhaps in the belief that he would continue to serve his master in the spiritual world. in the districts which were occupied

má-geéct

Grammar
má-geéct, (má = magis, ge-écan = augere),

mactusmagis auctus

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mactus (= magis auctus) Ða mágeéctan macta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 3. Cf. 54, 71. Mágeécte morota (macta ?), 57, 24

Linked entry: ge-ícan

(adj.)
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Subst. or adj. Add: as subst. with partitive genitive sing., something in addition, an additional quantity or amount Ne wilnige ic heora nánes náwyt mycle má ðonne ic néde sceol habban tó mýnes líchaman héle. Solil. H. 37, 11. Ne wé wítegan habbað þæt

má-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
má-cræftig, adj.

Very (?) skilledpowerful

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Very (?) skilled or powerful Hwanon cómen gé ceólum líðan mácræftige menn, Andr. Kmbl. 513; An. 257. Nǽfre ic sǽlidan sélran métte, mácræftigran, 943; An. 472

mæced

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
mæced, [ = má-éced? cf. má-geéct]

mactus

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glosses mactus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 53

(adv.)
Grammar
má, ; adv.
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Add: in or to a greater degree, extent, or quantity Hí forseóð hí selfe lǽs on þysum middanearde þá þe þæncað ꝥ hí sýn sylfe má góde þonne óðre men ut minus se in hoc mundo despiciant qui plus se ceteris aliquid fuisse meminerunt, Gr. D. 151, 27. Swá