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Anglo-Saxon

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sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
Entry preview:

Wæs hira Matheus sum, Andr. Kmbl. 22; An. 11. He cýþde on sumre his bóca, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 9. Hí woldon cuman tó sumere ðara stówa, 34, 7; Fox 144, 9. Anlíc ðara his þegna sumum, 37, 1; Fox 186, 12.

Linked entry: ÁN

hé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

Entry preview:

Se eádiga Mathéus and se háliga Andreas hie wǽron cyssende him betweónon the blessed Matthew and the holy Andrew kissed one another, St. And. 12, 19. Hí betwux him cwǽdon inter se dicentes, Mk. Skt. 1, 27.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hý hió

ge-dón

(v.)
Entry preview:

Matheum hé gedyde gangan, Bl. H. 239, 16. with acc. and clause, whose subject is the pronoun representing the preceding acc. Þá sunnan þú gedést ꝥ heó þá þeóstre ádwǽscþ, Bt. 4; F. 6, 33.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
Entry preview:

Wæs hira Matheus sum, Andr. Kmbl. 22 ; An. 11. Ðæt mon mæg gesión ðæt hí gió men wǽron, Bt. 37, 3 ; Fox 192, 3. Wes ús freónd, Cd. Th. 165, 1; Gen. 2725. Ic mæg wesan god, 18, 35; Gen. 283.

Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
Entry preview:

Hé ðæm bátwearde swurde gesealde, ðæt hé syðþan wæs máþme ðý weorþra (he was the more thought of (or v. IV.?) for having such a treasure), Beo. Th. 3809; B. 1903. <b>III a.

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