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fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

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Ðý lǽs ǽnig unclǽnsod dorste on swá micelne háligdóm fón ðǽre clǽnan ðegnenga ðæs sácerdhádes ne non purgatus adire quisque sacra ministeria audeat, Past. 51, 2.

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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Ðæt folc týmde micelne teám on ðam wéstene, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 17. Teám gestrýnan, 324, 11. Ðreó wíteþeówe men mé salde bisceop and hire teám, Chart. Th. 152, 22. Fyllaþ eówre fromcynne foldan sceátas, teámum and túdre, Cd.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Heliseus hæfde ealdordóm micelne, 25), Jul. 129: 681. Dryhten hláforda Dominus dominorum, Ps. Srt. 135, 3. Hwæt tácnað ús Saul búton yfle hláfurdas (mali rectores)? oððe hwæt Dauid búton góde ðeówas (boni subditi)?

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Hit wearð gelet þurh ðæt ðe Magnus hæfde micelne scypcræft, Chr. 1048; Erl. 173, 7: Wulfst. 161, 1. Wearð ðær ǽfre ðuruh sum þing fleám ástiht, Chr. 998; Erl. 134, 19. Þurh hwæt ðú ðus hearde ús eorre wurde, Elen. Kmbl. 799; El. 400.

ge-niman

(v.)
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Genam Saul micelne níð tó Dauide, Hml. Th. ii. 64, 16. Hié him æfest tó genáman, Bl. H. 7, 11. Genáman him æfest tó þá ealdormen, 177, 20. Wé ne sceolon geniman náne lustfullunge tó ðǽre tihtinge, Hml. Th. i. 174, 32.

niman

(v.)
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Vos. 102, 18. to begin to have or be affected by a feeling or state of mind Se deófol nam micelne graman ongeán þone Godes man, Hml. S. 29, 184. to conceive and exercise courage, pity, &c.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Weðeras on oxna micelnesse, Nar. 33, 16: Lchdm. i. 314, 21. Six wæterfatu . . . ǽlc wæs on twegra sestra gemete capientes singuli metretas binas Jn. Skt. 2, 6. Ic geseah sumne gildenne dalc on fíftigum entsum, Jos. 7, 21.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

(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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Ðone ðe tó micelne andan hæfþ, ðú scealt hátan leó . . . ; and ðone sǽnan ðe biþ tó sláw, ðú scealt hátan assa, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 18-20. Ðý læs hí hí tó up áhæbben, Bt. 39, ll; Fox 228, 23: Past. 13; Swt. 79, 17: 65; Swt. 461, 28.

Linked entry: -anne