habban
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Hé hæfde blæc feax and blácne andwlitan uir nigro capillo, facie macilenta, Bd. 2, 16 ; Sch. 179, 6. Án fíctreów þe leáf hæfde, Mk. ii. 13.
þanc
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There was too much fear of God in his mind for him to partake of human glory, following the dictates of pleasure, Exon. Th. 112, 7; Gú. 140. on þanc, tó þances, tó þance to the satisfaction of a person, so as to please, cf. O.
be
rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request
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Heó genam hine be feaxe sínum, Jud. 99. Hé gegráp sweord be gehiltum, Gen. 2905. temporal, of a point of time, by, not later than Ciricsceattas sín ágifene be Sc̃e Martines mæssan, Ll. Th. i. 104, 9.
ge-métan
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. :-- Hé ðone fearr gehwǽr sóhte, and æt néxtan hine gemétte standan uppon ðám cnolle, Hml.
lǽtan
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Ðæt hé his feax léte weaxan, Past. 139, 25. trans. Ne lǽte gé eów ǽlcre láre wind áweccgan, Past. 306, 8.
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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But in the annals of the eleventh century here is used in speaking of the English.] an army Harold feaht eár þan þe his here cóme eall, Chr. 1066: P. 198, 5.
wesan
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Wesan him dagas deorce and feáwe, 108, 8. Ðæt ðám gengum gád ne wǽre wiste ne wǽde, Cd.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
hú
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Þæt is fyrn sægen, hú hé weorna feala wítu geþolode, An. 1492.
þes
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MSS.) feáwum wordum sǽdon, Past. 3; Swt. 33, 6: 22; Swt. 169, 3. Wé sculon ðissa ǽgðer underðencean, 7; Swt. 49, 23.
ge-cynd
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Þára tó feala woroldwuniendra winð wið gecynde, Met. 13, 17. Þá þurh gecynd Críst heriað, Hy. 7, 24. Ealra wihta þára þe æfter gecyndum cenned wǽre, Rä. 40, 15. natural state or condition Seó sáwl ne mæg forleósan ꝥ líf hire ágenre gecynde, Gr.
gód
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Hé úsic gárwígend góde tealde, hwate helmberend, 2641. wisdom or learning Is nú feala forðgewitenra fródra and gódra, gleáwra monna, El. 637. of conduct, actions, words, feelings, &c.
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ 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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Ðú leóda feala forlǽrdest, nú leng ne miht gewealdan ðý weorce Andr. Kmbl. 2729; An. 1367. Yrþlingc, hú begǽst ðú weorc ðín Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 11. Sum mæg wrætlíce weorc áhycgan heáhtimbra gehwæs Exon. Th. 296, 1; Crä. 44. Weorc gebannan Beo.
tún
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Cúþwulf feaht wiþ Bretwalas and iiii túnas genom, 571; Erl. 18, 13. (See Green's The Making of England, c. iii. ) Ceáwlin monige túnas genom, 584; Erl. 18, 24. in a general sense, a habitation of men Lengtentíma gáð tó túne on .vii. id. Feb.
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witan
to wit ⬩ know ⬩ have knowledge ⬩ be aware, ⬩ to know ⬩ have knowledge of, ⬩ be aware of ⬩ to be wise ⬩ be in one's senses ⬩ to be conscious of ⬩ to know ⬩ to feel ⬩ shew
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Non, inquit, insanio, 5, 13; S. 632, 32. to be conscious of, to know fear, pity, etc., to feel, shew respect, honour, etc. Wát ic sorga ðý má, Cd. Th. 54, 33; Gen. 886. For hwonwást ðú weán? 54, 12; Gen. 876.
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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He laments the mistaken prodigality, and expresses his fears that there will be soon a deficiency of military men to repel invasion, no place being left where they can obtain possessions to maintain them suitably to their condition.
winnan
intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain
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Hé feaht and won wiþ his éþle, 3, 24; S. 556, 28 : Chr. 597; Erl. 20, 4. Grendel wan wið Hróðgár, Beo. Th. 305 ; B. 151. Hí wunnon him betwýnan, Homl. Th. ii. 356, 24. Wunnon hý wið Dryhtnes mihtum, Salm. Kmbl. 655; Sal. 327.
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ge-healdan
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Ðá hǽþenan noldon beón gehealdene on swá feáwum godum, Wlfst. 105, 32. Se apostol manode ðá medeman þæt hí beón gehealdene on heora bigleofan and scúde ( habentes alimenta, et quibus tegamur, his contenti sumus, 1 Tim. 6, 8), Hml.
on
expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)
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On feáwum stówum wíciaþ Finnas, on huntoþe on wintra, and on sumera on físcaþe, 1, 1; Swt. 17, 5. Sum man wæs betogen ðæt hé wǽre on stale, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 265. marking measure, at (a distance), of (the weight of), etc.
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wunian
To dwell ⬩ remain ⬩ to dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ stay ⬩ remain ⬩ live ⬩ to inhabit a place, live in or on ⬩ to live, be in certain conditions or circumstances, ⬩ to abide ⬩ be present with a person to comfort or help ⬩ to be ⬩ rest ⬩ reside ⬩ remain ⬩ occupy a position ⬩ to consist of or in, ⬩ subsist, exist ⬩ to remain ⬩ last ⬩ continue ⬩ endure ⬩ to be wont
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Hé on ðæm lande feala wintra wunode, Blickl. Homl. 113, 13. Hé wunode be Iordane, Cd. Th. 116, 5; Gen. 1931. Hé ðǽr wunode mid him, Blickl. Homl. 239, 18: 249, 16: Exon. Th. 162, 8; Gú. 972: Beo. Th. 2261; B. 1128.
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Sum fearr wearð ángencga ... Se hláford ðá gegaderode micele menigu his incnihta, Hml. Th. i. 502, 12; Bl. H. 199, 9. a husband Nerónes wíf, Libia, and Agrippan wíf, Agrippina, noldan leng heora hláforda ne heora wera restgemánan sécean. Bl.