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gíman

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Ne hé ne giéme hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexle. Past. 323, 17. Né hí ná for þon óþre men feormiað, ꝥ hí mycclum gýman hwæþer heom ꝥ góð sý ꝥ hí dóð, Gr. D. 76, 29.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Æþelhelm lǽdde Wesseaxna ælmessan tó Rome, Chr. 887 ; P. 80, 30. Rómáne gesomnodon al þá goldhord þe on Bretene wǽron . . . and sume mid him on Gallia lǽddon, 418; P. 10, 20: Past. 333, 19. Hý lǽddun hyne of lyfte tó earde, Gú. 398.

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Búton ælmessan and fæstenne lifian, Bl. H. 41, 32. Búton mete and drence, 57, 10. On ánum báte bútan ǽlcum geréþrum, Chr. 891; P. 82, 19.

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Mid ælmessan and mid mildheortum weorcum Blickl. Homl. 37, 19 : 73, 16. Leánigean æfter his weorcum and dǽdum 123, 34. Ne dó gé ná æfter heora worcum (v.l. weorcum: wærcum, Rush.) . . .

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

hwá

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his háde tó belumpe folgade, sé þe wolde, Chr. 1086 ; P. 219, 31. as an indefinite pronoun, hwá alone, with much the same sense as man, any one Ne selle mon tó fela ðǽm de lytles ðyrfe, ðý lǽs hwá him self weorðe tó wǽdlan, and him ðonne gehreówe sió ælmesse

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan, oððe his hláford sille for hine.

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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Hwæt sceoldon ðé úre ælmessan? Wulfst. 240, 15. [Goth. [skulan]; prs. skal, pl. skulum; p. skulda: O. Sax. [skulan] ; prs. skal, pl. skulun; p. skolda: O. Frs. skila; prs. skal, skel, skil, pl. skilun; p. skolde: O. H.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

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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Eall ðæt ofer biþ tó láfe is tó syllanne, swá swá Crist lǽrde: 'Quod superest date eleemosynam:' ðæt ofer sí and tó láfe sellaþ ælmessan, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 26-30.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Þonne ðú ðíne ælmessan sylle, ne bláwe man býman beforan ðé, 6, 2, 3, 5, 6. Symle hé sceal singan, ðonne hé his sweord geteó, Salm. Kmbl. 334; Sal. 166: Beo. Th. 46; B. 23: Andr. Kmbl. 503; An. 252: Exon. Th. 42, 18; Cri. 674.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

healdan

(v.)

to keep watch overkeep in chargeto keepto watch overkeepgovernrulea king to keepguardto watchto defendpreserveto holdtakearrestto have hold ofto holdto holdto hold upto maintainsupportupholdmanageto holdbearconductto behaveto handletreatdeal withto holdto holdto have possessionto holdoccupyan officea positionto holdto remain into retaindetainto keepto detainto keepto keepto keep oneselfremainto holdkeep togethercontinueto maintainkeepto performkeep watchto keepto keep unbrokeninviolateto keepto constraincompelrestrainstopto restrain oneselfrefrainto entertainto keep in mindrememberregardto hold asto holdto proceedmove onto continuego on withto go on

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Hald (heald, v. l.) ðíne ælmessan, ðý lǽs ðú hié forweorpe, Past. 324, 3. Þæt hé healde Godes miltse, Sal. 491. Gehealdsum on ðǽm ðe hé healdan scyle oððe dǽlan, Past. 149, 19.

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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III. 5 Swelce hié setten ða synne wið ðære ælmessan, Past. 45; Swt. 341, 20. Grammar wiþ, marking comparison, by the side of, compared with. Similar entries v. III. 6 Hwæt is ǽnig lác wið ðisum willan ? Homl. Th. i. 584, 10.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Ne bud ðú mé ná ælmessan tó syllanne, Ps. Th. 39, 7. Ús gelustfullaþ tó sprecenne be ðan hálgan were, Homl. Th. i. 360, 29.

Linked entry: -anne