sum
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Sume ( some of the thanes) ðǽr bidon, 806; B. 400. where the word is quite indefinite, some one Sum tó lyt hafaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 688; Sal. 343. Ic sceal swelgan of sumes bósme, Exon.
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hé
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Of ðám wǽtan þe byð gefroren ǽr þan hé tó dropum geurnen sý, 278, 25. Þá lǽwedan willað habban þone mónan be þám ðe hí hine geseóð, 266, 10.
wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Ús gedafenaþ ðæt wé hit wénon swíðor ðonne wé unrǽdlíce hit geséþan ðæt ðe is uncúð búton ǽlcere frǽcednysse it befits us to hold this as an opinion, where absence of certain knowledge is without any peril, rather than to assert it unadvisedly Homl.
lǽtan
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To desist from :-- On þane .VII. dæg lét Drehten fram ǽghwilcum weorce, Wlfst. 218, 26. His sunu féng tó his eorldóme and lét of ðan þe hé ǽr hæfde, Chr. 1053 ; P. 182, 26. Lǽtan desistamus, An.
þencan
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Hé tó gyrnwræce swíðor þóhte ðonne tó sǽláde his thoughts were turned rather to vengeance than to voyage, Beo. Th. 2282; B. 1139. Hí tó swice þóhton, and þrymcyning þeódenstóles berýfan, Exon. Th. 317, 6; Mód. 61.
þeów
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A child of less than seven years might, in case of need, be sold by its father: Se fæder his sunu, gif him mycel neód byþ, hé hine mót on þeówet gesyllan óð ðæt hé biþ .vii. winter; ofer ðæt, bútan ðæs suns willan, hé hine ne mót syllan, L. Ecg.
ge-reccan
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Heáhsittendum þancas gereccean hý ná yldon celsithrono grates referre non distulerunt, Angl. xiii. 368, 39. to tell, say. to state a fact Ic þé gerecce swíþe hraþe ꝥ ðú ongitst ꝥ hé biþ for lytlum þingum oft gedréfed, Bt. 11. I ; F. 32, 17.
ge-cýþan
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Þancas secggan ealra his geofena, and ealra his miltsa and fremsumnessa, þe hé wiþ ús ǽfre gecýþde, 61. H. 115, 24. to shew kindness, favour, display power, & c. Drihten nolde his þá myclan miht gecýþan, Bl.
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ge-seón
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Mihte he mid þan óþron eágan geseón. Guth. 98, 4. figurative Ðú gesiist (-sihst, R.) geworpe ðone mot, Mt. L. 7, 5. Fader ðín gesiið (-syhð, W.S., -síð, R.) in dégelnisse, 6, 4. Ne sciolon geseá (ne geseóþ, W.S., R.), 13, 13. trans.
byrgen
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Small flat stones, the largest less than a foot square, had been laid over the graves at Hartlepool, each bearing a cross, and the name of the person it commemorated; some engraved in Anglo-Saxon runes, and some in the Roman letters of the seventh century
án
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Hit máre is for án þonne þreó hund geára it cannot be less than 300 years, 701. marking singleness, uniqueness, one, sole, single Ðú geweorðest án cyning and hláford ealles middangeardes, Nar. 32, 4.
weorold
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Hé unæþele á forð þanan wyrð on weorulde, Met. 17, 29. Worulde, Cd. Th. 35, 7; Gen. 551: 160, 25; Gen. 2655. Hé on weorolda (worulda, v.l. ) hér wunodæ þrágæ, Chr. 1065; Erl. 197, 23. Hér on worulde, Cd. Th. 30, 29; Gen. 474.
wunian
To dwell ⬩ remain ⬩ to dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ stay ⬩ remain ⬩ live ⬩ to inhabit a place, live in or on ⬩ to live, be in certain conditions or circumstances, ⬩ to abide ⬩ be present with a person to comfort or help ⬩ to be ⬩ rest ⬩ reside ⬩ remain ⬩ occupy a position ⬩ to consist of or in, ⬩ subsist, exist ⬩ to remain ⬩ last ⬩ continue ⬩ endure ⬩ to be wont
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Is sǽd of ðære tíde ðe hí þanon gewiton óþ tódæge ðæt ðæt land wéste wunige (manere desertus perhibetur), Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 27. Ðis ungefremed wunie, L. Ath. i. proem.; Th. i. 198, 13. Hé hét wunian wyrtruman eorðan fæstne, Cd.
willa
will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way
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Þán hí ðæt weorc ne mægen fulfremman, hí habbaþ, ðeáh fúlne wilian, and se untweofealda willa bioþ tó tellenne for fullfremod weorc . . . þeáh willaþ ða yfelan wyrcan ðæt, ðæt hí lyst, . . . ne forleósaþ hí eác ðone willan, ac habbaþ his wíte . . .
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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Hit wæs gedón máre þonne for hundtióntigum gǽrum it was done more than a hundred years ago, H. R. 11, 20. nú for: Þone mann þe wæs gegripen nú for feówertýne geárum hominem ante annos quatuordecim raptum, Hml. Th. ii. 332, 18: i. 104, 3: Ælfc. Gr.
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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Hié wǽron gebrocede ... mid ðæm ðæt manige ðara sélestena cynges þéna forþférdon they suffered from the death of many of the best king's thanes, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 32. Ne canst ðú huntian búton mid nettum? ...
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tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Tó þance, Andr. Kmbl. 2225; An. 1114: Cd. Th. 32, 20; Gen. 506: Beo. Th. 762; B. 379. Eal ða earfeþu ðe ic gefremede tó fácne, Exon.
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habban
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Urnon þá west. . . and haefdon hine mid heom (wendon þá þanon mid him, v. l. ). Chr. 1046 ; P. 169, 11. Cómon ðé drýmen, and hæfdon him mid twégen ormǽte dracan, Hml. Th. ii. 474, 5.
se
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Wurdon viiii folc*-*gefeoht gefohten . . . and bútan ðam ðe him cyninges þegnas oft ráde onridon ðe mon ná ne rímde there were nine pitched battles . . . and besides king's thanes often made raids upon them, that were not counted, Chr. 871; Erl