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Nú þéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebroca on becume, þonne gemǽnað gé hit tó þǽm wyrrestan tídum, Ors. 3, 7; S. 120, 5. (h) add :-- Him is leófre ðæt hé leóge ðonne him mon ǽnigra ungerisna tó wéne, Past. 217, 16.

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Nǽre hit þe geliccre ðære écean myrhðe, þonne biþ ðam menn þe sitt on cwearterne wið ðam menn þe færþ frig geond land, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 107. Gif hwylc gód man from góde gewíte, ðonne ne biþ hé þe (þon, Cott. MS.) má fullíce god (cf.

Linked entry: þý

ge-métan

(v.)
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Þonne hý ( or acc. cf. I. 4) æt frymðe gemétað, engel and seó eádge sáwl, Cri. 1666. to meet in battle Þ hiora nán óðerne on þone andwlitan ne slóge, þǽr þǽr hié æt ge-feohtum gemétte, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 12. B. to find.

gifu

(n.)
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, Bt. 7, 3 ; F. 20, 12-15. a spiritual benefit Þes dæg is geweorþod mid manegum godcundum geofum, næs þǽra gifena lǽs þonne Drihtnes ǽrist, and eác þonne seó gifu þæs Hálgan Gástes, Bl. H. 133, 2-4. Þurh gife ðæs Hálgan Gástes.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Swylce ic tódǽle ǽnne penig on twá, þonne hæbbe ic healfne, and mín cleric healfne, and mín dǽl byð semis, and his semis, Angl. viii. 335, 28. adverbial use of instrumental.

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þreá

(n.)
Grammar
þreá, þrawu; gen. þreá; pl. þreá; f.: þreá; gen. þreán, also þreás(?); m.; also neuter.

rebukereproofthreatchastisementcorrectionpunishmentan infliction that has been deservedjustifiable severityan infliction (where no idea of correction is implied)evilillpangplaguecalamityaffliction

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Hé Godes ðeówdóm miccle swíðor lufode þonne ða ídlan þreás ðisse worlde he loved God's service much more than the vanities and vexations of this world, Blickl. Homl. 211, 27. <b>III a.

Linked entry: bróh-þreá

ge-þóht

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Swá heánlic geþóht geniman, ꝥ gé sǽdon ꝥ þá hǽðnan tída wǽron beteran þonne þá crístnan, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 17. Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht intó þám men, Angl. vii. 28, 260.

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húsel

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Gif wé sceáwiað þæt hálige húsel æfter líchamlicum andgite, þonne geseó wé þæt hit is gesceaft brosniendlic . . .

hwæþer

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Geþence þonne þára tída and nú þissa, hwæþre him bet lícien, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 22. where the alternatives are given Þá angunnon hí reahtigean hwæðer má mǽrlecra dǽda hæfde þe Philippus þe Alexander, Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 26.

hraþe

(adv.)
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Hraður þonne ic mæge án word gecweþan dicto citius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 2.

hwæt-hwega

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Hé wilnað hwæshweg (-hwugu, v. l. ) þæs þe hé þonne næft, Bt. 11, 1; F. 34, 1. Hwæshwugu (hwæthweg, v. l.) þisses woruldwelan wilnian aliquid pascere, 26, 2; F. 94, 3.

lange

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Leng þonne þú þurfe, Dan. 430: Gú. 1031. Leng swá sél (wel, MS. ), B. 1854. Hé lufade hine lenge (lengc ?) hú geornor, Gú. 109. Lenge swiðor áwa usquequaque Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 18. Á hú lenge swíður, Ps. Srt. 118, 8, 43, 51, 10.

lecgan

(v.)
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Búton hé hine werian wolde . . . ꝥ hine man þonne léde, 240, 30. to deposit. to place in a position of rest on the ground or other sup-porting surface, place in a receptacle Ðá lác ðe mon on ðæt weóbud legde, Past. 219, 6.

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Wildwildnot domesticnot tamednot broken inwildnot cultivatedwilduncultivateduninhabitedwildturbulentungoverned

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elfen hamadryades (cf. feldelfenne amadriades ii. 8, 14), i. 60, 17. in reference to animals, wild, not domestic, not tamed, not broken in Rébra þonne ǽnig wilde deór, Blickl. Homl. 95, 31: Homl. Th. i. 486, 28: Bt. 39, l; Fox 212, 3.

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æt

(prep.)
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Cf. oþ. temporal, until Hé hit nó ne ylde æt nón, þonne hé tó middes dæges sceolde hám cuman, Gr. D. 206, 22. Seó is nú get æt þysne andweardan dæg mid wuldrum geweorþod, Bl. H. 125, 17. Ríneþ blódig regn æt ǽfen, 91, 34: 93, 3.

gíman

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God sylfa þonne ne gýmeþ nǽnges mannes hreówe, Bl. H. 95, 29. Hé swelces lyt gýmð, Met. Einl. 8. with clause, to care whether, what, &amp;c. Sé ðe ne giémð hwæðer hé ðá sibbe healde qui servare pacem non curat Past. 345, 12.

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.
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Gif þonne byð þǽra misdǽda má and þæs gódes tó lyt, Wlfst. 254, 2-5: Dóm. 43. Gódes oððe gáles, Cri. 1035. Hí sién ásigen tó yfele . . . þæt mód ne mæg áredian tó góde, Bt. 24, 4; F. 84, 28-34. Hé dyde máre yfel þonne gód, Bl. H. 43, 34.

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Hé beód wyrsan þonne herigende here, here man maeg oft befleón, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 14-23. as settlers Óslác eorl and eal here þe on þís ealdordóme wunað, Ll. Th. i. 378, 5.

líf

(adv.)
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Þonne líf and deáð sáwlum swelgað, Cri. 1603. Naman áwritene on lífes béc, Hml. Th. i. 34, 8. Lífes treó (the cross), El. 706. Hé on þone hálgan beam áhongen wæs . . . þǽr hé lífes ceápode moncynne, Cri. 1096 : 1367.

wráþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wráþ, adj.

wrothangryincensed

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Ic eom wráþre (bitterer) þonne weimód sý, Exon. Th. 425, 22 ; Rä. 41, 60