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á-sceacan

(v.)
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Ásceaccað asca, Lk. L. 9, 5. figurative Gif hé his fram áscæcð yfelu si sua discusserit mala, Scint. 164, 2. Hé his sáwle him from ásceóc animam ejus excuteret, Gr. D. 136, 2.

Linked entries: sceacan on-sceacan

þrýþ

(n.)
Grammar
þrýþ, e; þrýþu (? indecl. v. mód-þrýþu); f.

Forcepowerstrengthforcestroopshostsvehementlymightilyfiercelygreatly

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Eorlas fornóman asca þrýþe, wǽpen wælgífru hosts of spears, weapons ravenous for slaughter, have swept off the men, 292, 15; Wand. 99. Þrýþa dǽl some forces(?), 481, 15; Rä. 65, 4. Eóredciestum hí faraþ, folca þrýþum, 220, 27; Ph. 326.

Linked entry: gebéldan

á-sceádan

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Áscádan ðá forhæfdnesse from ðǽre ánmódnesse, 347, 2. Fram eallum crístendóme beón ásceáden, Ll. Th. ii. 424, 5. Ásceáden ( segregatus ) from synnfullum, Rtl. 90, 34.

Linked entry: sceádan

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
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Ásca . . . huulíc monn sé, is lár gesceáwig, Mt. L. 10, 14 note.

HWÝ

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
HWÝ, hwí; inst.of hwæt.

WHY.

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Ðá áscade hé Æðelm hwý hit him ryht ne þuhte ðæt we him gereaht hæfden then he asked Æthelm why that did not seem right to him which we had arranged for him, Chart. Th. 171, 12.

Linked entries: hwí hwig

ge-lícnes

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Æples gelícnes on þǽre ascan bið geméted, Ph. 230. Ic hét wircan þǽr of ánes celfes gelícnysse, Ex. 32, 24. Gelícnessa signa (cuncti velut aenea signa rigebant), Wrt.

ge-wil

(adj.)
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. ¶ on n with gen. of person Hé sǽde hú hé him an his gewill ondwyrdan (how he wished him to answer) þæs hé hiene áscade monuit quid sibi tamquam consulenti responderi velut, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 29.

sceacan

(v.)
Grammar
sceacan, scacan; sceóc, scóc; sceacen, scacen, scæcen.

to shake (intrans.), quiverto flee, hurry off, go forthto move quickly, to be flung, be displaced by shakingto pass, proceed, departto shake (trans.)to weave

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Sceacas (scæcas, Rush.) ðæt asca of fótum iúrum excubite te pulverem de pedibus vestris, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 11 .

hrægl

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</b>) and on asca in cilicio et cinere, Lk. L. R. 10, 13. Sý on wintra seó cuhle of þiccum hrægle, R. Ben. 8, 11. <b>III a.

hwæþer

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Hit is on hiora ágenum anwealde hwæþre (hwaþre, v. l. ) ðára hí geceósan, Bt. 40, 3; F. 238, 23. the alternatives expressed Hé áscade hwæþer heora sceolde on óþrum sige, habban, þe hé on Rómánum, þe Rómáne on him, Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 1. as adjective,

ge-mána

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Of ciricean gemánan áscáden, 36, 19. God hine áwende of ealra crístenra gemánan, C.

heáfod

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Áscán leóht ofer hieora heáfod, Bl. H. 249, 2. with the idea of protection, influence, &amp;c. Þú hand þíne mé ofer heáfod holde gesettest posuisti super me manum tuam, Ps. Th. 138, 3.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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consonant and these double letters are again followed, in the inflections or formative syllables, by a, o, u in nouns; and by a, o, u, e in adjectives; and a, o, u, and ia in verbs; as Dagas, daga from dæg, hwalas from hwæl, fatu from fæt, gastas from gæst, ascas

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Ger. meinetwillen) Hé áscade hié for hwý hié nolden geþencan ealle ða brocu and ða geswinc ðe hé for hira willan and eác for hiera niédþearfe fela wintra dreógende wæs, Ors. 5, 4; Swt. 224, 28. Hé ǽfre wan for willan ðæs Ælmihtigan, Homl.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, &nbsp;sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Xersis áscade hwæt sceolde æt swá lytlum weorode mára fultum búton ða áne ðe him ǽr ábolgen wæs Xerxes demanded what a greater force was needed for in dealing with so small a band, than those only with whom he had before been angry, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 80

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Hú hé him ondwyrdan sceolde ðæs hé hiene áscade quid sibi tamquam consulenti responderi velit, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 126, 30. Ðæs ðe ( ut ) mé gesawen is, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 12: Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 10. Swá efne ðæs ðe ita ut, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 20.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Hé iówan scolde ðæt him mon tó áscaþ. Past. 22; Swt. 173, 2. Ðú wilnodest tó ús ðæs gódes ðe ðú tó him sceoldest, Bt. 7, 5; Fox 24, 3: Past. 58; Swt. 447, 15: Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 24: L. Ath. v. 8, 3; Th. i. 236, 15: Wulfst. 277, 18.

Linked entry: -anne