Beda
Venerable Bede
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. — Of ðære tíde ðæs ðe ic Mæssepreóstháde onféng óþ nigon and fíftig wintra mínre yldo, ic ðás béc for mínre nýdþearfe and mínra freónda of geweorcum árwurþra Fædera wrát and sette ge eác swylce to mǽgwlite andgytes and gástlícra gerecenessa ic to ætýcte
ós
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Kmbl. p. 192: Saga mé hwá ǽrost bócstafas sette? Ic ðe secge Mercurius ( = Woden) se gygand.
Linked entry: ésa
wǽd
a weed ⬩ an article of dress ⬩ a garment ⬩ clothing ⬩ dress
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Hé sette uoedo (giwédo, Rush.) his ponit uestimenta sua, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 4: Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 8. Wit baru standaþ unwered wǽdo, Cd. Th. 50, 21; Gen. 812. Sylle mon him wist and wǽdo, Exon. Th. 336, 12; Gn.
wíg-bed
An altar
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Hé wíbedas sette, 5, 20; S. 641, 42. Wíbedu arulas, Germ. 394, 259. Paulus sceáwode ða weófoda, óþ ðæt hé funde án weófod ðe ðis gewrit on stód: Deo ignoto, ðæt is on Englisc, 'Uncúðum gode is ðis weófod hálig,' Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 21.
ge-met
a measure, space, distance ⬩ mensura, spatium, intervallum ⬩ that by which anything is measured, a measure ⬩ mensura, modius, satum ⬩ measure, capacity, ability, power, etc ⬩ mensura, facultas, potestas, vis ⬩ measure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, manner ⬩ mensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratio ⬩ a rule, order, law ⬩ norma, regula, lex ⬩ a poetical measure, metre ⬩ metrum
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He gemet ne con gemearcian his múþe mód síne he cannot set bounds to his mouth by his understanding, 88a; Th. 330, 17; Vy. 52. Gytsung gemet nát avarice knows no bounds, Scint. 25.
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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Wé æt þǽm ýtmestan dæge eall ágyldan sceolan þe hé ús ǽr on eorþan sealde, 51, 25. in intensive phrase: Nyste ic náwár eorðan hú ic ongynnan wolde I shouldn't know how on earth to set about it, Shrn. 182, 13, 19. the earth as a planet Seó eorðe stent
Linked entry: eorþ-lic
hebban
to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount
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Th. 98, 10. to set up, institute. Similar entries Cf. rǽran Hí feóndscype rǽrdon, hófon hǽðengield, Jul. 15. to raise a question, bring up a case Wolde se cing ðá spǽce beforan eallon his witan úp hebban, C.
rǽdan
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., legere), Lk. 4, 16. add: to dress, trim, set in order Hé forlét þá leóhtfatu þe hé rǽdde and fylde (behwearf, v. l.) lampades quas reficiebat relinquens, Gr. D. 46, 31. On fealuwes leá þǽr Ælfríc biscop rédan hét tó þǽre ealdan díc, C.
be-fón
to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action
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Ǽr hé hæbbe godcunde bóte underfangen and wið ðá mǽgðe on bóte befangen (set his hand to the work of making bót to the kin). Ll. Th. i. 248, 25
on
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Mæg ic þis setl on eów geþringan, Gú. 215. Woruldfeoh . . . þæs ic on sceótendum . . . áhredde, Gen. 2143. (3 a) denoting the reason of an action, on account of :-- Ealle men heriað míne dohtor on hyre swégcræfte, Ap.
ge-logian
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Grn. 8, 42. to place, settle, fix an object in the place it is to occupy, the object a person, of permanent occupation God hine gelógode in paradýso, Wlfst. 153, 19. Hé gelógode on heofena ríce engla weredu, 306, 22: Hml. Th. i. 440, 24.
þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
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Cyninga setl þrymmum ( magnificently ) gefrætewad, Wulfst. 253, 22. Heágum þrymmum most gloriously, Cd. Th. 1, 16; Gen. 8. Hé hié álǽdde of helle grunde on ða heán þrymmas ( the high glories ) heofona ríces, Blickl.
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éþel
fatherland
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L. 114, 9. an adopted country: [Mi]d elþeóde éðel healdan to settle in a foreign country, Bo. 36. fig. proper condition: Ic ongeat ꝥ ðú wǽre út áfaren of þínes fæder éþele, ꝥ is of mínum lárum, Bt. 5, 1; F. 8, 29. used of heaven (or hell) as the home
ge-hínan
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Hé sette him weorca mægestras þæt hig gehýndon mid hefigum byrðenum ut affligereat eos oneribus Ex. I. II. Is wén þæt heó mec eft wille earmne gehýnan yflum yrmðum. swá heó mec ǽr dyde (cf. þone heó gebond and mid witum swong, 613) Jul. 633.
hold
Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]
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Ðonne biþ se holda þeówa geset ofer manegum gódum then will the faithful servant be set over many goods, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 23. Ic wille beón N. hold and getríwe I will be faithful and true to N., L.
þeówan
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Hé ðá hit eft sette on ðæt ylce þyrh and þýde mid his fét, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 72. He sum fæc ðone swyle mid ðýgde (or midðýgde? mid þýde, Bd. M. 382, 29) aliquandiu tumorem horum adpositione comprimere curabat. Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 41.
yfel
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Ne sette ic mé fore eágum yfele wísan ( rem malam ), 100, 3. Synnigra cirm, yfele sprǽce, Cd. Th. 145, 20; Gen. 2408. Áfyr fram ðé ða yfelan sǽlþa and ða unnettan, and ðone yflan ege ðisse worulde, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 33.
tǽcan
To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify
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Him mon setl tǽhte and hé sæt æt ðam symble he was shewn a seat, and sat at the feast, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 28: 5, 19; S. 639, 35. Him freá tǽhte wegas ofer wésten, Cd. Th. 174, 5; Gen. 2873.
ge-þeódan
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Hé tó geþeóde adhaerescat, 2355. of things Geþeódeþ þé setl unrihtwísnesse adheret tibi sedes iniquitatis, Ps. L. 93, 20. Þingc unriht ne geþeódde ( adhęsit ) mé, 100, 4. v. tó-geþeód, un-geþeód, under-geþeóded
ge-swícan
To leave off ⬩ desist ⬩ stop ⬩ cease ⬩ rest from ⬩ turn from ⬩ withdraw ⬩ relinquish ⬩ fail ⬩ deceive ⬩ betray ⬩ intermittere ⬩ desistere ⬩ cessare ⬩ quiescere ⬩ requiescere ⬩ deserere ⬩ discedere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ deficere ⬩ fallere ⬩ prodere ⬩ with the genitive ⬩ with the dative
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Geswíc ðisses setles relinquish this seat, Exon. 36 b; Th. 119, 3; Gú. 249. with the dative Hí ðære heregunge geswicon they ceased the ravaging, Chr. 994; Erl. 132, 32.