treów
truth to a promise or engagement, ⬩ faith ⬩ good or bad faith ⬩ to keep faith with a person ⬩ troth ⬩ truth to a person, ⬩ fidelity ⬩ fealty ⬩ loyalty ⬩ the truth of the stronger to the weaker, ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ help ⬩ an assurance of faith or truth ⬩ word (in to give or pledge one's word) ⬩ a promise ⬩ an engagement ⬩ a covenant ⬩ league ⬩ faith in something ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ confidence
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Ða beraþ Godes fatu ða ðe óðerra monna sáula underfooþ tó lǽdanne on ða treówa hira ágenra gearnunga Domini vasa ferunt, qui proximorum animas perducendas in suae conversionis fide suscipiunt, 13; Swt. 77, 4.
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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Bede tells us [Bk. i. 25, 2] that Ethelbert, king of Kent, married a Christian wife Bertha, a Frankish princess. The queen prepared the way for the friendly reception of Augustine and his missionary followers by Ethelbert in A.
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ge-cynd
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Berað ðá gyrda tó wuda ... hí synd gecyrrede tó heora gecynde, Hml. Th. i. 68, 18-29. ꝥ wæter, gefylledre ðǽre ðénunge, hwearf eft to gecynde ( ad naturam ), Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 25, 17.
on-geagn
opposite, over against, against ⬩ towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of ⬩ against ⬩ against, for the reception of, to receive ⬩ in reply to ⬩ in return for, as an equivalent for ⬩ opposite, over against ⬩ against, in a direction opposite to ⬩ against, with, contrary to, in opposition to ⬩ in reply to ⬩ as an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange for ⬩ against, ready for ⬩ towards ⬩ opposite ⬩ again, back ⬩ Lat re- ⬩ in reply ⬩ towards ⬩ on the other hand ⬩ again
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I. 30; Th. ii. 426, 40. marking motion, towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of Héht his þegnas hine beran ongeán ðæm fýre jussit se obviam ignium globis efferi, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 24.
IN
In ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ in ⬩ to ⬩ In
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Beraþ forþ scíre helmas in sceaþena gemong bear forth your bright helms into the press bf the foes, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 193. Héton æðeling lǽdan in wráðra geweald, Andr. Kmbl. 2547; An. 1275.
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fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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S. 32, 170. fón wiþ to struggle with Ic þæt forhicge þæt ic sweord bere tó gúðe, ac ic mid grápe sceal fón wid feónde I am to grapple with the foe, 3. 439. fón ymb to treat of deal with a subject Nú wé sculon fón, cwǽ ð Orosius, ymb þæt Punica gewinn
ge-fyllan
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Gefylleþ Drihten eówer beren mid genihtsumnesse, Bl. H. 41, 11. Gefylled wearð eall þes middangeard monna bearnum, Gen. 1553. Eorðe and eall þæt heó mid gefyld is terra et plenitudo ejus, Ps. Th. 23, 1.
rǽdan
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Hé sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .i. æcer and rǽdan sylf ðæt sǽd on hlafordes berne, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 15. (Cf. last passage under rǽcan.) v. á-, be-, for-, ge-, mis-, ofer-rǽdan
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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heofenes sunu, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 7. in asseveration or oaths: Ic hæbbe tó gewítnisse heofen and eorðan testes invoco coelum et terram, Deut. 4, 26. a condition of peace or happiness Gif þú ðé ofsceamian wilt ðínes gedwolan, þonne onginne ic þé sóna beran
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micel
Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great
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Ic tówurpe míne bernu and ic wyrce máran ( majora ), Lk. Skt. 12, 18. Hit is ealra wyrta mǽst majus est omnibus holeribus, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 32. Feldhúsa mǽst, Cd. 146; Th. 183, 3; Exod. 85.
lǽtan
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Hét se cásere lǽtan león and beran tó þám cynegum, Hml. S. 24, 29. Hé hét lǽtan him tó twégen león, 51. Hé hét áne strange leó lǽtan intó him, 30, 416. Heó hire mód ongan lǽtan æfter þám lárum Gen. 592. Swá mycele furðor swá hé on háde is lǽten, R.
ge-seón
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Guth. 80, 14. with infin. and its object Ic láfe geseah mínum hláforde beran, Rä. 57, 10. Heó geseh niman hyre cild, Hml.
þæt
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Nó þæt ðín aldor wolde Godes goldfatu in gylp beran, Cd. Th. 262, 34; Dan. 754 : 288, 9; Sat. 378 : 304, 24; Sat. 634. in the titles of chapters Caput II.
weorþ
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Ða ðe ðæs wyrðe beóþ, ðæt hié heofoncining on heora heortum beran, 79, 32. (5 a) with impersonal construction :-- Wæs ðæt ðæs wyrðe, ðæt seó stów swá fæger wǽre it was fitting that the place should be so fair, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 23.
ge-niman
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., bere, W. S.) beer ðín, Jn. L. 5, 10. Ꝥte ginóme (bǽre, W. S.) róde his, Mk. R. L. 15, 21. Ne ǽniht gelǽdde ł genómo, Mk. L. 6, 8. <b>IX bb.
se
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Bere is swíðe earfoþe tó gearcigenne, and ðeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann, ðonne hé gearo biþ. Homl. Th. i. 188, 5. (4 a) marking genus :-- Se mon homo, Bd. I. 27; S. 497, 40.
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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., to make, form, construct, (a) where the agent is a person Ic tówurpe míne bernu and ic wyrce (faciam) máran, Lk. Skt. 12, 18. Wirc ðé ǽnne arc ... and ðú wircst wununge binnan ðam arce.... Ðú wircst hine ðus....
tún
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</b> where the residential character of the tún is the prominent one, the buildings or inhabitants being referred to :-- Ðá ongan se tún bernan, ðá forburnon ealla ðara monna hús ðe on ðæm túne wǽron, Shrn. 90, 3-5.
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in
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(lit. or fig. ) Þú scealt þín feorh beran in gramra gripe, An. 217: 953. Sáwle bescúfan in fýresfæðm, B. 185. into the power, possession, care of, into the sight. Cf. A. II. 1 c In feónda geweald, An. 1621.
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Æt hláfordes falde, berne, 434. 13, 16. Gescádwís geréfa sceal witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 4. the lord of a manor in legal relations: Fó se hláford (landhláford, v.l.) tó healfan, tó healfan ꝥ hundred, Ll.