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heáh

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Beforan ðǽm hírrum hádum, Past. 411, 22. Sé wæs on láre and on dǽde se hýhsta uir doctrina et actione praecipuus, Bd. i. 23 ; Sch. 47, 25. Þeáh þú heágust ( summus ) sí, eádmódnysse heald, Scint. 22, 3. Sé ðe héist (yltst, W. S. maior ) is iúer, Mt.

Linked entry: dynt

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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óðer, indef. prn.
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Sanctus Iohannes gǽþ beforan eallum óðrum wítgan and ealra óðerra heáhfædera mægen hé oferstígeþ, 167, 22. denoting that part of a whole which is not yet mentioned, other, the rest, remaining Micel ðæs folces hié ofer sǽ ádrǽfdon, and ðæs óðres ðone

gód

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Beforan gódum weotum geceápod, 118, 14. Mid twám gódum þegenum, 294, 12. adequate, effectual, valid. of personal actions or activities, thorough, effectual Hé hit heóld on gódre geþuǽrnesse, Chr. 860; P. 68, 1.

habban

(v.)
Grammar
habban, habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

To HAVE, possess, hold, keep

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Wé beóþ hæbbende ðæs ðe wé ǽr hopedon we shall be in possession of that which before we hoped for, Homl. Th. i. 250, 34. Is seó stów on micelre árwurþnysse hæfed in magna veneratione habetur locus ille, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 12.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

(pronoun.)
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hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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tó dæge ǽr Antecristes tócyme yfelian swíðe; and húru hit wyrþ ðonne egeslíc it is drawing near the end; and therefore the longer it goes on the worse it is in the world, and so for the people's sins it needs must get very bad from day to day before

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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Round the banner of Athelstan were ranged one hundred thousand Englishmen, and before them was the whole power of Scotland, of Wales, of Cumberland, and of Ireland under Anlaf, king of Dublin, led on by sixty thousand Northmen.

fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

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bemǽnan, Wlfst. 133, 13. intrans. to begin Se circul féhð on Ianuario and þǽr eft geendað, Angl. viii. 300, 18. to take up a subject Ic wolde þæt wit féngen eft þider wit ǽr wéron I should like us to take up the subject again at the point we were at before

gif

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Gif beforan eágum ásnáse, 84, 12-14: here on ásnáse (like gedó) might have been expected. Cf. too, gif mec deáð nimeð, B. 447, with gif mec hilde nime, 452, the reference is to the same peril in each: and gif gé syndon þegnas . . . .

lytel

(n.; adj.)
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lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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., a little (before) Swá swá þú mé nú lytle ǽr gehéte, Bt. 22, 1 ; F. 76, 22 : Met. 12, 13. v. for-, un-, ungemet*-*lytel; lytle, an ; f.: lǽs, lǽssa

dón

(v.)
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Noldan hié dón þone triumphan beforan hiora consulum triumphus consuli denegatus est, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 1. Hé máre mæg doon ðonne óðre menn, Past. 111, 17. Hreówe dóan paenitentiam facere, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 641, 2.

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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Ðonne seó eorþe him on ufan scealde when the earth came to be put upon them, Shrn. 81, 2, Ǽr hé onweg scyle before he die, Exon. Th. 310, 14; Scef. 74. denoting obligation, fitness, propriety, use (cf. Ger. wozu soll dies ?)

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Ðæt selfe wæter þegnunge gearwode beforan his fótum, Blickl. Homl. 247, 10. Weorðeþ sunne sweart gewended . . . Móna ðæt sylfe, Exon. Th. 58, 19 ; Cri. 938: 387, 25 ; Rä. 5, 10.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, es; þeówa, an; m.
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Three days, however, in the year were granted, the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Michaelmas: Sit omnis servus liber ab opere illis tribus diebus, quo melius jejunare possit, et operetur sibimet quod vult, L. Eth. viii. 2; cf.

hand

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Gif men sié se earm mid honda mid ealle of ácorfen beforan elmbogan, 96, 28. On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte, Bl. H. 207, 22. Mid handa, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20. Forlét hé daroð of handa fleógan of folman, By. 149.

secgan

(v.)
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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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Néh ðæm clife ðe ic ǽr sǽde that I spoke of before, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 12, 30. Heó sǽde him eall ðæt riht, Mk. Skt. 5, 33. Hǽlend his þegnum sǽde his þrowunga, Blickl. Homl. 15, 33. Sagode refert, Germ. 396, 10. Hé síðfæt sægde, Cd.

ge-dón

(v.)
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Mycel yfel beforan þé ic gedyde, Bl. H. 87, 30. Næfð hé riht gedón, Gen. 360. to commit sin, crime, &amp; c. Gif fríman edorbrecðe gedéð, Ll. Th. i. 8, 15. Dǽdbóte dón þæs mycclan yfeles and mánes þe hié wið heora Drihten gedydon, Bl. H. 79, 6.

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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the grave, perhaps in the belief that he would continue to serve his master in the spiritual world. in the districts which were occupied by the Angles in Britain, and Old Saxons on the continent, νεκροκαυστία, cremation or the burning of the bodies before

ge-niman

(v.)
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Genimaþ (cf. gelǽdan hét lífes brytta, An. 823) Andreas and his discipuli and ásettað hié beforan Mermedonia ceastre, 235, 14. Ne is geléfed ðé ꝥ ðú genioma (ginime, R., bere, W. S.) beer ðín, Jn. L. 5, 10. Ꝥte ginóme (bǽre, W. S.) róde his, Mk. R.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Þ te hiá gesetta (ponerent) before hiá, Mk. L. R. 6, 41. Gisette (gesete, L. ), Lk. R. 9, 16. Acas tó wyrtrumma geseted (posita), Mt. L. 3, 10. Þ ;te ðæccilla under mitta gesetted (giseted, R.) bið ( ponatur ), Mk. L. 4, 21.

ge-weorþan

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Heora líchoman beóþ tó dúste gewordne, 101, 2. of the seate to which things come, of the event of matters, to become, come to Uton geþencan tó hwám þá gewurdan þe beforan ús wǽron, and tó hwám wé gewurðan sceolon. Wlfst. 136, 9-11.