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on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Sende him mon áne blace hacelan angeán him on bismer, Ors. 5, 10 ; S. 234, 22. (7a) marking action on which effort is expended :-- Hé gefeóll on þæs ceorles clyppinge, Gr. D. 47, 1.

ge-standan

(v.)
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D. iii. 272, 33. to remain undisturbed Léton hí hine áne hwíle ábídan and gestandan sistere illum paullisper fecerunt, Guth. Gr. 129, 153. to cease to move, stop, stand still Se Hǽlend gehýrde þone blindan cleopian, and hé sóna gestód, Bl.

ge-weald

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Sarai hæfde áne þínene, Gen. 16, 1), Gen. 2227. Hí héton lǽdan út weras tó gewealde, 2457. Earme men gesealde fremdum tó gewealde, Wlfst. 158, 13. Hé hié mid hungre on his geweald geniédde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 26.

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.

About, by ⬩ local, about, round ⬩ in attendance upon ⬩ at ⬩ after ⬩ preceding ⬩ following ⬩ about

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Ðæs ymb áne niht, 300, 26; Sat. 571. in figurative senses, about marking approximation Ymb ðæt plus minus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 50: 68, 24. marking the object of speaking, enquiry, telling, etc.

Linked entries: emb emban ymbe ymb-gán ymb-gang ymb-hweorfan ymb-licgan ymb-útan

gierende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gierende, taxauerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 6. Perhaps the passage to which this gloss belongs is Ald. 27, 14: Sibi usurpans tantopere taxauerat, other glosses to which are, taxauerat, i. iudicauerat hé démde, An. Ox. 2014: usurpans geauligende, 7, 118; taxauerat, i. iudicauerat, posse-derat hé démde, Hpt. Gl. 454, 3. As in the Corpus Glossary the gi- form of the prefix is very rare (gi-brec, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 6, is the single instance, unless gierende be another), and as there is no other instance of ǽrendan (the verb is always ǽrendian) perhaps gierende is incorrect. If, however, it is correct, it seems to be nearer in meaning to usurpans than to
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taxauerat

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce

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Hé hét smiðian áne lytle róde ða hé lvdde on his swíðran he ordered a little cross to be forged, that he laid upon his right hand, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 16. His ðegnas lǽddon him tó ðone eosol his disciples brought the ass to him, Blickl. Homl. 71, 6.

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

ge-hátan

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Hié him sendon áne tunecan, þá þe hié tó gehéton, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 24. Gehátten bið ł geháten is pollicetur, Mt. p. 2, 14. with gen. Hé him gehét leána, B. 2989. a non-material object with acc.

ge-setnes

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Hé (Ezechiel) áwrát áne bóc, micele on gesetnisse, swíðe deóp on andgite, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 39.

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Hwílum sint tó geðafianne (-enne, v. l. ) ðás eorðlican tielunga, Past. 135, 21. (1 a) with dat. of person :-- Ná ðá áne ðe yfel dóþ, ac ǽlc þára þe hit ðám dóndum geðafiað, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 37.

tǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽcan, p. tǽhte

To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify

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Eft hé him tǽhte tó fultome ðæt hé him genáme áne íserne hearstepannan ei ad munitionem suam protinus subinfertus: 'Et tu sume tibi sartaginem ferream,' Past. 21; Swt. 161, 6.

irnan

(v.)
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Gif mon blóde áne út yrne . . . oþþe gif mon for roppes untrumnysse út yrne, 170, 20-22. to discharge a liquid On ðone yrnendan mór, C.

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Cliroc hine clǽnsie ... áne his hand on wiófode, 40, 18) mid his gewytena ánum, Ll. Th. i. 34, 8. at In midle in centro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 13.

ge-métan

(v.)
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Be feorrancumenum men bútan wege gemétton, 114, 13. to come upon what has been hidden or not previously observed Hé hét delfan ðá eorðan, and hí gemétton áne ǽrene anlícnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 166, 2.

gifu

(n.)
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Hig worhton him áne anlícnesse . . . and þáron þus áwriton : ' Ðás gifu sealde seó ceasterwaru Apollonio, ' Ap. Th. 10, 14. ꝥ is heora bíwist. . .. Gyfe, lác munuscula (fructuum ), An. Ox. 4503. Se pápa sende him micla gifa, Chr. 885 ; P. 80, 7.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Twelf tída and lytle máre þonne áne healfe tide, Lch. iii. 258, 20: Angl. viii. 298, 17. Healfe híde landes, C. D. iv. 136, 32. Healf gear, Chr. 901; P. 93, 1. Healf pund. Ll. Th. i. 258, 18. On ðone healfan æccr, C. D. iii. 437, 21: iv. 300, 10.

Linked entry: healf

lǽdan

(v.)
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Hé hét smiðian of smǽtum golde áne lytle róde, ðá hé lǽdde on his swýðran, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 16. Æþelhelm lǽdde Wesseaxna ælmessan tó Rome, Chr. 887 ; P. 80, 30.

gíman

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Hwý nelt þú géman ꝥ mín sweostor mé lǽt áne þegnian non est tibi curae quod soror mea reliquit me solam mini-strare? (Lk. 10, 40), Bl.

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Add Þú gesége crevisti, geseah crevit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 54, 55. to have the faculty of vision, to exercise that faculty. literal Ne gesyhþ sé nǽfre he will remain blind for ever. Bl. H. 153, 22. Hé sóna geseh he at once recovered his sight, 15, 27.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj. prs. scyle, scile, sciele, scule.

to owe ⬩ debere ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ ought ⬩ have ⬩ am ⬩ am bound ⬩ shall ⬩ ought as being fit, right, proper ⬩ in accordance with reason ⬩ to do appointed work ⬩ to carry out the terms of an agreement ⬩ where the obligation results from a law, statute, regulation ⬩ shall ⬩ must as being decreed by fate or providence ⬩ to be forced ⬩ must because there is no possible alternative ⬩ because one cannot help one's self ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must ⬩ shall because from the conditions or nature of a case no alternative is admissible ⬩ because a conclusion is inevitable ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ where an end is to be attained or a task to be completed or a purpose to be served

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Se ðe scyle (since the regulations of the Penitential require it) áne wucan dǽdbóte dón, L. Ecg.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

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