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BRECAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRECAN, ic brece, ðú bricest, bricst, he briceþ, bricþ, pl. brecaþ; p. ic, he bræc, ðú brǽce, pl. brǽcon; pp. brocen.

to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpereto press, force, urge;urgereto rush intotakeby stormin locum irrumpere, expugnare, erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere to breakburst forthmake a noisecrashto sail;navigareTo retch;screare

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We brecaþ ofer bæþweg brimhengestum we sail over the sea in ships [lit. sea-horses], Andr. Kmbl. 1025; An. 513. v. reflex.

wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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Se ðe hors nabbe, wyrce ðam hláforde ðe him fore ríde, L. Ath. v. 5 ; Th. i. 232, 20. Hwý sceal ǽnig monn bión ídel, ðæt hé ne weorce (wyrce, v.l.)? Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 24. Sió hond sceal wyrcean for ða wambe, Past. 34; Swt. 233, 9.

gód

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Swá góde lage swá hý betste geceósen, 276, 17. of animals Hors tó healfan pund gif hit swá gód sý, and gif hit mǽtre sý . . ., Ll. Th. i. 232, 25. .i. gód metecú, 436, 27.

gleáw

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Sum bið meáres gleáw, wiccræfta wís one knows all about horses, Crä. 69. Gleáw módes cræfta, 32. Wísfæstne wer, wordes gleáwne ( skilled in speech ), An. 1650.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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death to redeem him from torment, if he neglected himself before, Wulfst. 306, 4. where purpose or intention is implied, to turn the thoughts to action, to be bent upon something, have an intention to do something Hí beóð gewǽpnode on ða wísan, ðe man hors

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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Thieving was so far common, that the law enacted: Gif feorrancumen man oþþe fræmde búton wege gange, and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme, ne hé horn ne bláwe, for þeóf hé biþ tó prófianne, L. Wih. 28; Th. i. 42, 23: L.

Linked entry: þeáf

folc-land

(n.)
Grammar
folc-land, -lond, es; n. [folc folk, land land] .

the land of the folk or people

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who had charge of their hawks, horses, and hounds.

híran

(v.)

to hearto hearto hearto give earhearkenlistenTo listen toto obeyto obeyto obeyto be subject toto serveerrorto belong toauthorityjurisdictionof a dueprivilegeoccupationofficehear ofbe told

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'Nú þú lungre geong hord sceáwian'. . .þá ic gefrægn hine dryhtne hýran, B. 2754. to obey an order: Héred pareat (praecepto). Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 48. Ealla gesceafta hýrað (heórsumiaþ. Bt. 4; F. 8, 8) þ ínre hǽse, Met. 4, 26.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan,  sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Ðá héht se cásere gesponnan fiówer wildo hors . . . ðæt ða wildan hors scealden iornan on hearde wegas and him ða limo all tóbrecan. Shrn. 72, 1. Hé fægenaþ ðæs, hú hiene mon sciele (scyle, Hatt. MS.) herigean, Past. 8; Swt. 54, 7.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Sécean sáwle hord, sundur gedǽlan líf wið líce, 4835; B. 2422

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Þæt þé gecýðe cyning ælmihtig hord under hrúsan, El. 1091. ¶ used intrans. to appear. Cf. æt-íwan :-- Andrea, arís, and gecýð (St.

Linked entry: cýþan

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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Homl. 85, 27. (1 a) combined with þe :-- Hí wǽron ðæs Hǽlendes gewitan, ðeáh ðe hí hine ðágyt ne cúðon, Hornl. Th. i. 84, 4: 82, 33. Þeáh ðe hé geong sý, Beo. Th. 3667; B. 1831. Ne beóþ gé tó forhte, þéh þe synnnigra cynn swylt þrowode, Andr.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Ðá wearð Eustatius uppon his horse, and his gefeóran uppon heora, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 1. the pronoun as in . with noun.

ge-weald

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Hé mid þám horne hine þýde on ꝥ geweald, Hml. S. 31, 787. Wið þǽra gewealda gesár, Lch. i. 94, 22. ꝥ geswell þára gewalda, 24. Smyre þá geweald mid þám lǽcedóme, 312, 13

þurh-teón

(v.)

to carry throughget a proposal accepted, a request grantedto carry out a plan, orders, etc.give effect to an intentionto carry throughcarry on to a (successful) endto accomplishperformto perpetrateto carry oncontinueto bring to a successful issueto achievebring aboutbring to passto affordto go throughundergoto drawdrag

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Hé nóhwæþer ðyssa (neither of these plans) gefremede ne ðurhteáh ne aliquid horum perficeret, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 23.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Rush.) is eówer tíd haec est hora uestra, Lk. Skt. 22, 53. Þis is landa betst, Cd. Th. 49, 21; Gen. 795. Þiss wǽron ealle Créca leóde, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 100, 13. Þis sint ða ðe sceolon standan hi stabunt, Deut. 27, 12: Jos. 12, 1.

Linked entries: þás þis

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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L. 282. (2 a) to join as man and wife :-- Hé silfa wæs mid þám fúlestan horwe þártó (to his daughter ) geþeód, Ap. Th. 24, 15. Wæs geþeód foederatur (Bersabae inlegitimo jugalitatis vinculo ), An. Ox. 5031.

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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Ne hebbe gé tó up eówre hornas, Past. 54; Swt. 425, 22. Se man áná gǽþ uprihte; ðæt tácnaþ ðæt hé sceal má þencan up ðonne nyþer, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 30: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 58. Eahta sweras rihtlícne cynedóm up wegaþ, L. I. P. 3; Th. ii. 306, 20

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Mín hand byþ ofer ðíne æceras and ofslihþ ðíne hors mid hefegum cwealme, Ex. 9, 3. Ða tácna ðe hé worhte ofer ða untruman men the miracles he wrought upon the sick, Homl. Th. i. 182, 1. Eftwyrd cymþ ofer middangeard, Cd. Th. 212, 17; Exod. 540.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Th. 422, 13; Rä. 41, 5. temporal, at Ymbe (embe, v. l.) underntíde . . . ymbe ða sixtan and nigoðan tíde circa horam tertium . . . circa sextant et nonam horam, Mt. Kmbl 20, 3, 5. Ymbe underntíd, ðá ðá se bróðor wæs gewunod tó mæssigenne, Homl.