habban
To HAVE, possess, hold, keep
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Ǽghwilcum men biþ leófre swá hé hæbbe holdra freónda má the more friends every man has the better he likes it, 123, 1. Be ðam sacerde ðonne hé mæssaþ hwæt hé on him hæbbe of the priest when he says mass what he is to have on, L. Edg.
Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa
hé
He, she, it
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it is better to send thy angel who can do it more quickly ... I cannot do it quickly, St. And. 4, 29-6, 2. Godes bearn námon him wíf the sons of God took them wives, Gen. 6, 2.
secgan
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Mé lyste bet, ðæt ðú mé sǽdest sume hwíle ymbe ðæt, Bt. 34, 6 ; Fox 142, 12. Gehéraþ hú Lucas sægde be ðisse tíde, Blickl. Homl. 15, 4. Heáhfæderas sægdon and cýðdon, sealmsceopas sungon and sægdon, 105, 9-10. 'Ic hæbbe ðé tó secgenne sum þing.'
Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian
hwá
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U anomalous construction where V. l is used as well Mé bet lícað ꝥ swá hwæt swá þú in Rómána cyricean . . . oððe on hwilcre óþre hwæt þæs geméte, ꝥ Gode má lícode mihi placet, ut siue in Romana . . . seu in qualibet ecclesia aliquid invenisti quod plus
weorþ
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Ne fleáh hé ðý ríce ðý his ǽnig mon bet wirðe (wyrðe, Hatt. MS.) wǽre, Past. 3; Swt. 32, 17. with dat. or inst. Templ Gode weorþe, Blickl. Homl. 163, 14. Nys hé mé wyrðe non est me dignus, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 37.
fón
to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with
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Th. i. 148, 32. to set about, betake one's self to, have recourse to, undertake, with acc. Ðú á ymbe sticce féhst eft on ðá ilcan sprǽce þe þú ǽr spǽce, and forlǽtst eft ðá, ǽr ðú hí geendod hæbbe, and féhst on uncúþe. Bt. 35, 5; F. 164, 14: Solil.
lytel
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L. 25, 21 : 23. not much, only a small amount or quantity Betere ys þám rihtwísan lytel (modicum) þonne þám synfullan mycel wela, Ps. Th. 36, 14. Ðǽm lyttel bið forgefen, Lk. L. 7, 47. On lytlum (lytelum, L. ) getrýwe . . . on lytlum unrihtwís.
sellan
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Slaga sceal his forspecan on hand syllan, and se forspeca mágum, ðæt se slaga wille bétan wið mǽgþe. Ðonne gebyreþ ðæt man sylle ðæs slagan forspecan on hand, ðæt se slaga móte mid griþe weddian, L. Edm.
þanc
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Ðis is landa betst, ðæt wit þurh uncres hearran þanc habban móston (cf. hie thuru thes késures thank ríki habda, Hél. 66), Cd.
wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Hwæðer ðú wéne ðæt ǽnig mon sié swá andgetfull, ðæt hé mæge ongitan ǽlcne mon on ryht hwelc hé sié, ðæt hé náuþer ne sié ne betera ne wyrsa ðonne hé his wéne?
teám
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, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team
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Ðá gerǽddan witan, ðæt hit betere wǽre, ðæt man ǽure týmde ðǽr hit ǽrest befangen wǽre ... ðý læs ðe mon unmihtigne man tó feor and tó lange for his ágenan swencte, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 288, 28.
Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme
hand
HAND, side, power, control
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On hand syllan to give a pledge or promise Hé sealde him on hand mid Cristes béc ðæt hé wolde ðísne þeódscype swá wel haldan swá ǽnig kyngc ætforan him betst dyde he promised him on the Gospels that he would rule this people as well as the king who before
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hand
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Sylle heó hit on ðá hand ðe hire ǽfre betst gehýre, vi. 138, 27. skill in using the hand, skill Ælfwine hæfde moncynnes míne gefrǽge leóhteste hond lofes tó wyrcenne, Víd. 72. as a measure, v.
tilian
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Hwæðres ðara yfela is betere ǽr tó tilianne? Past. 62; Swt. 457, 10-22. Ðara stówa sum raþe rotaþ, gif hire mon gímeleáslíce tilaþ, Lchdm. ii. 84, 25. Tiloden ( curabant ) his lǽcas, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 19.
byrgen
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treówene þruh wæs bebyriged Ætheldrith was buried in a wooden coffin, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 2l; or in the Latin of Bede — Ædilthryd ligneo in locello sepulta, S. 163, 15. the belief in a future life is shewn by the care with which the relatives and friends of better
ge-weorþan
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Him wǽre betere þæt hé ǽfre on worulde man ne gewurde, þonne hé gewurde. Wlfst. 26, 10. Geseoh þínne líchaman and loccas þínes heáfdes, hwæt hié syndon gewordene, Bl. H. 245, 7. with predicative adjective Hé him grim geweorþeþ, Bl. H. 25, 13.
for
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of
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Þ hé wǽre . xii. pæng þe betera for þǽre dǽda, Ll. Th. i. 234, 24. Ðú scealt underfón ðá heofonlican gife for ðám gástlican gewinne, Hex. 36, 22. Bróhton Rómáne þone triumphan angeán Pompeius for þǽm lytlan sige, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 29: 8. 951.
niman
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Ꝥ tó náhte nyt ne biþ ꝥ man gódne mete ete oþþe ꝥ betste wín drince, gif ꝥ gelimpeþ ꝥ hé hit eft spíwende ánforlǽteþ, ꝥ hé ǽr tó blisse nam and tó líchoman nyttnesse, Bl.
se
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ðære earfoðnesse láreówdóme underþiéded, Swt. 35, 4-10. (6 a) where an abstraction is personified :-- Se Wísdóm and seó Gesceádwísnes, Bt. 3; Fox 6, 13 (and often). as a demonstrative pronoun, he, she, it, that, referring to a person or thing Se wæs betera
a-beþecian
To uncover ⬩ detect ⬩ find hidden ⬩ to discover ⬩ disclose ⬩ detegere
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To uncover, detect, find hidden, to discover, disclose; detegere Búton ðú hit forstele oððe abeþecige unless thou steal it, or find (it) hid, Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 9