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man

(pronoun.)
Grammar
man, mon; indef. pron. (originally nom. of noun mann q. v. ; cf. French on from homo).

Oneanyonetheypeople

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Si inventum fuerit apud eum, quod furatus est, vivens, 22, 3, 4. Hú mæg man ( quisquam ) ingán on stranges hús, búton hé gebinde ǽrest ðone strangan, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29. Worhte man hit him tó wíte, Cd. 17; Th. 21, 2; Gen. 318.

Linked entries: MANN mon

ge-endian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endian, -endigan, to -endianne; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad.

To endfinishcompleteaccomplishfīnīreconsummāreperfĭcĕreto come to an end

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Apol. 18, 8. Siððan Eádgár geendode since Edgar died, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 44 : 68, 365. Geendiaþ ealle on ans they all end in -ans, Ælfc. Gr. Som. 43, 46

Linked entry: endian

hefe

importancea burdena weight

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Gl. 265. a weight as measure Hefe pondus (abominatio est apud Deum pondus et pondus, Prov. 20, 23), Kent. Gl. 752. Getelum, hefum numeris, ponderibus, Wülck. Gl. 250, 25. Hefum minis, i. talentis, Germ. 396, 122

beó-breád

(n.)
Grammar
beó-breád, bió-breád, bí-breád, es; n.

BEE-BREADapum panishoney-combfavus

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BEE-BREAD; apum panis. ☞ Quite distinct from weax beeswax; cera = κηρόs : and hunig-camb honey-comb; favus the pollen of flowers collected by bees and mixed with honey for the food of the larvæ; Ic eom swétra ðonne ðú beóbreád blénde mid hunige I am

for-gǽgan

to go beyondexceedtransgressto pass byomit to doneglectto pass away

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Án strica oððe án stæf ðǽre ealdan ǽ ne bið forgǽged (iota ununt aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege, Mt. 5, 18), Hml. Th. ii. 200, 1. to pass away Bebod hé gesette and hit ne gewíteþ ł hit ne forgǽgð (non praeteribit), Ps. L. 148, 6

ge-beorglic

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The Lat. version has remissio uenialis apud Deum) and for weorulde áberendlic, LI. Th. i. 266, 6. Gefadige man þá steóre swá hit for Gode sý gebeorhlic ( the lat. versions have erga Deum clementius, propter Deum parcibilis), 376, 17.

Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic

hátan

(v.)
Grammar
hátan, p. hátte.
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Add: : To be called so and so. the complement a proper name Meroe hátte án ígland, Lch. iii. 258, 18. þý wege þe háte Appia, Bl. H. 193, 12. In tún þone þe hátte (háta, L. ) Gezemani in uillam quae dicitur Gesemani, Mt. R. 26, 36.

hóh

Grammar
hóh, (applied to land).
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Apud Cloueshó, 59, 22 : i. 105, 5. Æt Clofeshoo (-hó, v. l. ), Chr. 822 ; P. 60, 9. On ðǽre méran stówe ðe mon háteð Clofeshóas, C. D. i. 278, 29 : 201, 5 : 204, 16: v. 66, 25. Clofeshós, i. 222, 6. Txts. 432, 14. Æt Clofeshóum, C.

swilc

Grammar
swilc, <b>. I 1.</b>
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Add Ic mæg gelíc anginn þǽm gesecgan, þéh hit swelcne ende næfde, þætte Constantinopolim on swelcre cwacunge wæs ego poteram similia apud Constantinopolim narrare, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 21. Þone swylcne seócne lǽcas nemniað gewitleásne, Gr.

á-wǽgan

to deceiveto make of no effect,to fail to performto invalidatenullify

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Án stæf ne bið ne án strica áwǽged iota unum aut unus apex nan praeteribit, Thw. Hept. 159, 31. Áwǽgune (-ede?) yrfebéc inritum testamentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 15

wýscan

(v.)
Grammar
wýscan, p. te
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Gif ic ðé ne geþence, ic wísce ðæt ic eft forlidennesse gefare, Ap. Th. 12, 10. Wé wísceaþ ðæt wé wǽron ǽr deád utinam mortui essemus, Num. 14, 3. Hié wýscaþ ðæt hié nǽfre nǽron ácennede, Blickl. Homl. 93, 27.

Linked entry: wíscan

be-swícan

to decoyensnarebeguileto betrayto defraudsupplantto circumventto seducemislead

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Wǽron mid gítsunge beswicene ná þ án his find ac eác swilce his frínd, Ap. Th. 7, 12. to fail a person, leave in the lurch Se mennesca fultum him beswác, Guth. 76, 18.

Linked entry: be-swícende

on-cnáwan

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</b> to know by experience :-- Gif ðú ꝥ ne dést, þú scealt oncnáwan þone gesettan dóm, Ap. Th. 5, 9. (3a) to acknowledge the claims of a person Críst ne oncnǽwð mid ǽnigum góde þá unclǽnan weófodþegnas, Ll. Th. ii. 382, 6.

hild

(n.)
Grammar
hild, e f.[a poetical word]

War, battlepugna, prælium

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Kmbl. 41; Ap. 21: Cd. 150; Th. 188, 3; Exod. 162. Nǽfre hit æt hilde ne swác manna ǽngum never had it failed in fight any man, Beo. Th. 2925; B 1460: 3322; 6. 1659: 5143; B. 2575: 5361; B. 2684: Cd. 98; Th. 129, 25; Gen. 2149: Byrht.

ge-lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícettan, p. te.
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weorcum gelíccetað ðæt hí openlíce yfel dón qui bona occulte faciunt, et tamen quibusdam factis publice de se mala opinari permittunt, Past. 449, 21. to obtain by false pretences Ðæt hié gegítsien and gelícetten æt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud

Linked entry: ge-liccettan

lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽnan, p. de

To lendgrantlease

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Ymb ðæt land ðæ ðú mǽ firmdig tó wǽræ ðæt ic dǽ endæ de terra illa, de qua egisti apud me, ut ego eam tibi commodarem, Chart. Th. 162, 25. Him drihten mihte spéde lǽnan the Lord could grant him success, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 8; Gen. 2059.

Linked entry: ge-léned

ge-þwǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þwǽrian, -þwérian; p. ode, ede; pp. od.

to cause to agreeto make accordantmildto be or become in accordto agreeconsentbe agreeableconsentireconcordarecongruereconvenire

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Uton geþwǽrian mid ðam yrþlinge conveniamus apud aratorem, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 27. Gif twegen of eów geþwǽriaþ be ǽlcum þinge si duo ex vobis consenserint de omni re, Mt. Bos. 18, 19.

Linked entry: ge-þwǽran

hwón

(adj.)
Grammar
hwón, adj.

Littlefew

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Hine hwón fram ðám cnihtum gewænde, Ap. Th. 21, 27. Gif huidir huón ic sægde quominus dixissem, Jn. Skt. Lind. 14, 2. Gif hé hwón hnappode if he dozed a little, Hom. Th. i. 86, 18. Ðá hwón onslép, Shrn. 60, 17. Hwónn, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 11.

strengðu

(n.)
Grammar
strengðu, (o); indecl. : strengð, e; f.
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481, 5. (1 a) the time when a man is strong, mature years :-- On mínum cildháde oððe on mínre geógoðe oððe on mínre strengðe oððe on mínre ylde, Anglia xi. 102, 2. violence, force Hé ða ongeánwinnendan fǽmnan mid micelre strengðe earfoðlíce ofercom, Ap

wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm, wurm, weorm, es; m.

a reptileserpenta creeping insecta worm

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Kmbl. 190; Ap. 95. Wið weormum, Lchdm. iii. 4, 5. Wið wyrmas on innoðe, i. 272, 10. fig. Ic eam wyrm (vermis) and nales mon, Ps. Surt. 21,-7. Wyrm (weorm, v.l.), R. Ben. 29, 13

Linked entries: weorm wurm