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ge-sellan

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Hié mé habbað gesealdne heora wlencum, Bt. 7, 3 ; F. 20, 30. with prep. Hiá gesellas (tradent) iúih in gemótum, Mt. L. 10, 17. Geseles iúih in costuncge, 24, 9. Hé hí on hæftnýd gesealde, Ps. Th. 77, 61. Ðý lǽs gesellæ ðec ðe fyónd tó dóme, Mt.

ge-reccan

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Swá mihtigne swá wé hine gereahtne habbað eum potentissimum concessimus, 35, 4; S. 98, 16. Untweólicere ealdorlicnesse is geséþed ł gereht indubitata auctoritate asstipulatur, i. creditur, An.

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Ða yfelan bióþ micle gesáligran ðe on ðisse worulde habbaþ micelne weán and manigfeald wíte for hyra yfelum, ðonne ða sién ðe náne wræce nabbaþ, ne nán wíte on ðisse worulde for hiora yfle feliciores esse improbos supplicia luentes, quam si eos nulla

hám

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Sum bið bylda til hám tó habbanne, Crá. 76. the fixed residence of a person or family, an inhabited house, a residence: — Gelaðode se gesíð hine tó his hám, and hé hine gesóhte and on his hús eóde and his swǽsenda breác rogatus a comite intrauit epulaturus

gíman

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Biwoedded desponsata (in margin: Tó gémanne nalles tó habbanne fore wíf), Mt. L. 1, 18. (a α) to have charge as ruler, to rule. v. gímend ; <b>I a.

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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Man tilode tó his hergeatwæn ðæs ðe man habban sceolde what was necessary for his heriots should be provided, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 352, 16. Mid his handcræfte hé teolode his and his geférena forðdǽda, Homl. Th. i. 392, 16.

Linked entries: teolian tylian telge

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Habban leán þæs þe wé on lífe geworhtan, 370, 21. Ðaacute; scylda ðe hié wið hiene geworhton, Past. 343, 18. Gif hé mánweorc gewyrce. Ll. Th. i. 400, 14 : 404, 16 : 312, 8: 204, 8: 80, 20: 230, 10. ꝥte ic geuyrco uoerca his operari opera eius Jn.

hwá

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Þú wille cweþan ꝥ þá welgan habban mid hwám hí mægen þæt eall gebétan, Bt. 26, 2 ; F- 92, 35- Eall hwæt (þæt, v. l. ) hi willniaþ hí begitaþ, 40, 7; F. 242, 22. Hwæt seó rǽding cwyð . . . hyt ys tó gýmanne, Angl. viii. 323, 32. (B) with gen. Cf.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Þonne habbaþ wé geáhsod ðæt hit sume men dóþ tó lytelre scylde; þonne nis hit ná swá, ac is án ðæra mǽstena scylda, L. E. I. 26; Th. ii. 422, 19-24: Blickl. Homl. 175, 34. Twégen beámas stódon ... óðer wæs swá wynlíc ...

Linked entries: þænne þonne

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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habbaþ nétenu, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 3-5. gender, sex Nim of eallum clǽnum nítenum seofen and seofen ǽgðres gecyndes (masculum et feminam), Gen. 7, 2: 3. <b>VII a.</b> sexual organs, v. gecynd-lim :-- Wépen, gecynd veretrum, Wrt.

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Mid þǽre bysene hé gecýþde ꝥ sóðfæste men habbaþ mid him þeófas, Bl. H. 75, 27 : An. 700. Búton ic openlíce gecýþe ꝥ ic God sý, Bl. H. 181, 36. Hé wolde mannum gecýþan ꝥ se áwyrgda gást æfestgaþ . . ., 29, 21.

Linked entry: cýþan

witan

(v.)
Grammar
witan, prs. ic, hé wát, ðú wást, wǽst, pl.witon; p. wiste; pp. witen.

to witknowhave knowledgebe aware,to knowhave knowledge of, be aware ofto be wisebe in one's sensesto be conscious ofto knowto feelshew

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Se hellsceaða wiste, ðæt hié Godes yrre habban sceoldon, Cd. Th, 43, 23; Gen. 695. Wisse, Beo. Th. 4668; B. 2339. Ða men wisson (wisston, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 8), ðæt ..., Met. 26, 100. Westan, Judth.

Linked entries: weotan wietan

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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habbaþ litellne gearowitan búton tweón, Bt. 41, 5 ; F. 254, 10.

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Ne wé wítegan habbaþ, ðæt ús andgytes má secgen, Ps. Th. 73, 9. Hí ðíne mihte sæcgeon potentiam tuam pronuntiabunt, 144, 4. Ic ðé secgan wille or and ende. Andr. Kmbl. 1296 ; An. 648. Hé secgan ongan swefnes wóman, Cd. Th. 249, 32 ; Dan. 539.

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a worda single part of speechwordsa written worda worda group of wordsa sayingsentencewordsa sayingmaxima talestorya reporttidingsfamename(good) word,(good) reporta commandan orderordinancea messagean announcementwordsolemn statementpromiseoathan (expressed) intentionopinionspeechlanguagewordslanguagestylewordword of God

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Hié wǽron ðæs wordes, ðæt him leófre wæs se cristendóm tó begánne ðonne his scíra tó habbanne omnes officium quam fidem deserere maluerunt, 6, 31; Swt. 286, 6.

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Gif hwylc ðis dón nylle and læs ymbe beó ðonne wé gecweden habbaþ, L. Ath. i. 26; Th. i. 212, 28: iv. I; Th. i. 222, 2. Hé byð á ymbe ðæt án, hú hé on manna sáulum mǽst gesceaðian mæge, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 25.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Hwæðer heora sceolde on óðrum sige habban, 4, 1; Swt. 156, 1. marking the object of thought, feeling, etc., on, in, at Manege wundrodon on his láre (or acc.?) Mk. Skt. 6, 2. Ic on ðínum bebodum móte gemetegian, Ps.

Linked entries: an un-reordian