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ge-lífan

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Geliéf mé, nú ic hit ðé secge, næfst ðú ðǽr náuht æt . . ., Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 6. indirectly by a pronoun in gen.

hám

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Sécan þá hámas and þá árleásaneardungstówe, Seel. 70. figurative, (long) home Hé foresǽde þone dæg þe hé sceolde cuman tó Cofantreó tó his langan háme, Vis. Lfc. 90.

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Ic þe mid ealre innancundre heortan (in toto corde meo) séce, Ps. Th. 118, 10. Cf. the use of the instrumental case: Inwerdre heortan biddan, Ll.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Gif mon secge ꝥ man ꝥ trod áwóh drífe, þonne mót sé þe ꝥ yrfe áh trod oð tó stæðe lǽdan, Ll.

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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Swá déð eác seó sunne ... heó sécþ hire gecynde ... Swá déþ ǽlc gesceaft, wrígaþ wiþ his gecyndes, and gefagen biþ gif hit ǽfre tó cuman mæg. Bt. 25; F. 88, 22-29: Met. 13, 67. Onhelded wið þæs gecyndes (hire gecynde.

fóran

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fóran, prep. adv.

Beforein frontin frontin frontbefore alloppositeover againstBeforeBeforehandbeforebeforeBeforein front of

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sec-gaþ eác foran tó ꝥ seó bóc is swíþe deóp, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 29. For-sprecað hí foran tó denounce them beforehand, Hml. Th. ii. 494, 10. Þá þe foran tó unriht wyrceð, oþþe on þám dæge him hláf baceþ, Wlfst. 212, 26.

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Grammar þúsend, as a numeral noun, neuter and fem. (v. Ps. Th. 118, 72, and cf. cognates), Grammar þúsend, gen. þúsendes, pl. þúsendu (-o, -a,-e); also þúsend sometimes in the multiples, though, perhaps, in these cases the whole number is to be considered

ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to bebe madebecomehappenfiĕriTo happencome to passbefallcome togetheragreebe agreeablecontingĕreevĕnīreconvĕnīreplăcēre

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Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle seek not by lots how it is to happen to thee, rov. Kmbl. 32. Hú geweorþeþ ðæt how happeneth that? Salm. Kmbl. 684; Sal, 341: Andr. Kmbl. 2872; An. 1439.

hwá

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Ic ðé secge twá and fiftig. Saga mé hwæt fisccynna si. Ic ðé secge six and þrittig, Sal.

for-dón

(v.)
Grammar
for-dón, to for-dónne; he -déþ; p. ic, he -dyde, ðú -dydest, pl. -dydon; subj. pres. -dó, pl. -dón; p. -dyde, pl. -dyden; pp. -dón, -dén.

to do fordestroykillperdĕredestruĕredēlērecontĕrĕreinterfĭcĕreoccīdĕreto seducedefilecorruptsedūcĕrescĕlĕrāre

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He sécþ hine to fordónne quærit perdĕre eum, Ps. Th. 36, 32. Ic fordó hig ego disperdam eos, Gen. 6, 13. Ðe ðæne scyldigan rihtlíce fordéþ who lawfully does for the guilty, L. Edg. S. 14; Th. i. 278, 1.

Linked entry: for-gedón

mǽrþu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrþu, mǽrþo; indecl.: mǽrþ, e; f.

greatnesshonourgloryfamea greathonourableglorious actiona wonderful thingmighty work

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Ic wylle fǽhþe sécan, mǽrþum (gloriously, nobly) fremman, Beo. Th. 5021; B. 2514. Hǽfdon neowne gefeán mǽrþum (wondrously, miraculously) geméted, Elen. Kmbl. 1738; El. 871

simble

(adv.)
Grammar
simble, symble, simle, siemle, semle, symle ; adv.
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Nǽfre ic ða geþeahte sécan wolde, ac ic symle mec áscéd ðara scylda, Elen. Kmbl. 936 ; El. 469. Ðæt hé symle oftost God weorþige, Exon. Th. 27, 17 ; Cri. 432 : 243, 34 ; Jul. 20.

Linked entries: symble symle

elles

(adj.)

otherwisedifferentlyelsewhereelseelse

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I. 70, 1. of manner Elcra, elles hú secus, i. aliter, An. Ox. 3202. Hit ne sý ꝥ se láreów þe him tela tǽce him sylf elles hú dó, Ll. Th. ii. 418, 4. otherwise, differently Elles aliter, An. Ox. 1380: ceterum, 5183.

wítega

(n.)
Grammar
wítega, an; m.

a wise manone who has knowledgeone who has knowledge from a superhuman sourceprophetwise mandivinersoothsayera presage

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Né wé sweotul tácen ús geseóð ǽnig, ne wé wítegan habbaþ, ðæt ús andgytes má secgen, Ps. Th. 73, 9. a wise man, diviner, soothsayer Wítgan, Caldéa cyn, Cd. Th. 218, 19; Dan. 41.

Linked entry: wítiga

rún

(n.)
Grammar
rún, e; f.

a whisperconfidence, counsel, consultationa mysterya secreta rune, a letter.

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Rǽd sceal mon secgan, rúne wrítan, leóþ gesingan, Exon. Th. 342, 7; Gn. Ex. 139.

Linked entry: rún-stæf

cneóres

(n.)
Grammar
cneóres, cneórys, cneóris, cneórnis, -ress, e; f.

A generationposterityracetribefamily; generatioposteritasgenstribusfamilia

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Hwí sécþ ðeós cneóris tácen quid generatio ista signum quærit Mk. Bos. 8, 12; Ps. Lamb. 23, 6; Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 9. Cneóresse generationis Mone B. 896. Mid ðisse cneórysse mannum cum viris generationis hujus Lk. Bos. 11, 31.

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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Hwæt wille wé secgan be ðám ðegnum ( familiaribus; cf. folgerum, l. 10), Bt. 29, 1-2; Fox 104, 12-15.

ge-sceaft

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Voc. ii. 135, 63. the external condition, state, position of an object Nǽnig eft cymeð hider þæt mannum secge, hwylc sý meotodes gesceaft (what heaven is like), sigefolca gesetu, þǽr hé sylfa wunað, Gn. C. 65.

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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[Án messe forstant .xii. daga feasten, Lch. iii. 166, 17.] to understand Ne séce ic nó hér þá bec, ac ꝥ ꝥ þá béc forstent, þæt is, þín gewit ( non libros, sed id quod libris pretium facit ), Bt. 5, 1; F. 10, 20.

Linked entry: for-licgan

ge-wit

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Ex. 48. the faculty of knowing, in rational beings the intellectual part of man, intellect Ne séce ic nó hér þá béc, ac ꝥ ðæt þá béc forstent, ðæt is þín gewit ( tuae mentis sedem requiro ), Bt. 5, 1; S. 11, 30.