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ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Emb stemn uicissim, Germ. 388, 77: Scint. 140, 17. of past time Ymb þreó niht com þegen Hǽlendes the Saviour's servant came three days ago, Cd. Th. 291, 5; Sat. 426.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way

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Secyning geþafode ðam þegne his willan, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 224: Beo. Th. 1274; B. 635. Ðæt mé God gefylle feores ingeþanc, willan minne, Elen. Kmbl. 1359 ; El. 681. Willum ic wilnade desiderio desideraui, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 22, 15.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Gif þegen geþeáh ðæt hé wearð tó eorle, L. R. 5; Th. i. 192, 7. Se tó deófle wearð, Cd. Th. 20, 9; Gen. 305. Ic tó meldan wearð I turned informer, Exon. Th. 279, 30; Jul. 621. Wearð hé Heaðoláfe tó handbonan, Beo. Th. 924; B. 460.

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron.

self ⬩ very ⬩ own ⬩ (the) same

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Ðæt ða sylfan his láreówas æt his múþe leornodan that his very teachers learned from his mouth, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 8. which it precedes, but not immediately Bidon þegnas . . . swá him sylf bebeád swegles ágend, Exon. Th. 34, 16; Cri. 543.

Linked entries: sylf seolf silf siolf

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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His þegnas wǽron flǽsclíces módes, Blickl. Homl. 17, 5. <b>III b.</b> with prepositional phrases, prep, and noun Ic wæs mid weorþmende on neorxna wange, and ic ðæt ne ongeat, Blickl. Homl. 89, 8. Ðá wæs cyning on hreón móde, Beo.

ge-dón

(v.)
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His þegnas lǽddon him tó þone eosol and gedydon ꝥ hé þǽr on gesittan mihte adduxerunt asinam . . . et eum desuper sedere fecerunt (Mt. 21, 7), Bl. H. 71, 6.

hwá

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Gif hwá þonne þegena sý þe on his bóclande cyricean hæbbe, Ll. Th. i. 262, 11. hwæt. alone Gif him hwæt mistímað, Hex. 44, 30. Weald hwæt heom tíde, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 25. Gif hí on hwon (ówiht, v. l.) ágylton siqua delinquissent.

ge-niman

(v.)
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Hǽlend genam his twelf þegnas sundor of þǽm weorode, Bl. H. 15, 6. Ðæt deófol genam mid him óþre seofon deóflo, 243, 4. Þú seofone genim on þæt sundreced túdra gehwilces, Gen. 1335.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Him wæs Godes egsa mára in gemyndum, þonne hé menniscum þrymme þegan wolde ( too much fear of God for him to wish for human glory ), Exon. Th. 112, 6; Gú. 139.

Linked entries: þonne þænne

for-lǽtan

to let ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ suffer ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ grant ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ consuming ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ leave undone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ neglect ⬩ to leave out ⬩ omit ⬩ to spare ⬩ leave to ⬩ to leave ⬩ quit ⬩ to abandon ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ die ⬩ to defend ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave of ⬩ give up ⬩ to abandon ⬩ abandon ⬩ to let go ⬩ to restrain ⬩ to release ⬩ restore ⬩ to give up ⬩ relinquish ⬩ to remit ⬩ forgive ⬩ to lose ⬩ to put away ⬩ dismiss ⬩ lay aside ⬩ to send

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His þegnas him ne mihton leng mid gewunian, ac tihodon hine tó forlǽtanne, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 29. to leave a person to whom allegiance, devotion, &c. is due, to abandon, forsake Gif þú þá godu forlǽtest, Jul. 122.