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ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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Wé habbað nú miccle máran endebyrdnysse þǽre Crístes béc gesǽd þonne ðis dægðerlice godspel behæfð we have mentioned many more circumstances than are contained in the gospel for the day, Hml.

gíman

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Morgen for ðon dæg gémende ( sollicitus ) bið him seolfum, 34. to pay attention to, heed advice, command, &c., keep a covenant, law, rule, act in accordance with, in obedience to. with gen. Gif se brimhengest brídles ne gýmeð, Rún. 21.

líf

(adv.)
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Seó on life wæs wintrum yldre she was at a more advanced lime of lífe, Gen. 2610. Hí lífa gehwæs lengu wealdeð, Gú. 483. ¶ Ná on lífe never :-- Ne gewurðe hit ná on lífe ꝥ wé álecgan úre wulder mid earhlicum fleáme, Hml. S. 25, 660.

on-fón

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Beád hé ealle his ǽhta wiþ his feore; þá nolde se cyning þæs onfón, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 22. to accept, not to offer objection to, take in good part Hié onfooð ðǽre láre micle lusðlícor they will take reproof much more readily, Past. 293, 25.

wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
wíde, adv.
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Lástas wǽron wíde ( for a great distance ) gesýne ofer myrcan mór, Beo. Th. 2811 ; B. 1403. Seó culufre wíde fleáh, Cd. Th. 88, 15 ; Gen. 1465. Wíde rád ofer holmes hrincg hof séleste ( the ark ), 84, 3; Gen. 1392.

hwæt-hwega

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Hé gedyde hwylcehugu (hwæthwega) yldinge paululum moram fecit, Gr. D. 88, 23. almost. v. hú-hwega Forneáh ł hwæthwega hí fordydon mé paulo minus consummauerunt me, Ps. L. 118, 87

wealh

(n.)
Grammar
wealh, gen. weales; m.

a foreigner properly a Celt a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., the British the WelshWales a Romana slave servanta shameless person

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Ic (an axle-tree) síþade wíddor, mearcpaþas wala (walas, MS.) træd, móras pæðde, Exon. Th. 485, 7; Rä. 71, 10. [Icel. Valir; pl. the Celtic people in France.] wealh is found in many proper names. v. Txts. 489. See also the compounds in wealh-.

hogian

(v.)
Grammar
hogian, p. ode

To employ the mind, to think, mind, consider, know, understand, care, be solicitous or anxious, to purpose, strive, intend, be intent on, resolve

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Se feónd hogode on ðæt micle morþ men forweorpan the foe intended to cast men into that great perdition, Cd. 32; Th. 43, 14; Gen. 690. Hé tó friþe hogode his purpose was to protect, Andr. Kmbl. 1244; An. 622.

synderlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
synderlíce, adv.

apart, away from all others, in privateseparately, severally, apartspecially, in particularonly, exclusively, solely, to or by one's selfspecially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly

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ðæt hé gód doo gemang óðrum monnum ac eác synderlíce suá suǽ hé on ðyncðum biþ furður ðonne óðre ðæt hé eác sié on his weorcum suá micle furður ut non solum sit ejus operatio utilis, sed etiam singularis . . . sicut honore ordinis superat, ita etiam morum

Linked entry: sundorlíce

FOR

(prep.)
Grammar
FOR, prep. dot. acc. and inst.

FORon account ofbecause ofwithbypropropterperaccording toprosĕcundumjuxtaForinstead ofprolŏcovĭceForon account ofbecause ofthroughpropropterper

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FOR, on account of, because of, with, by; pro, propter, per Nys ðeós untrumnys ná for deáþe, ac for Godes wuldre infirmĭtas hæc non est ad mortem, sed pro glōria Dei, Jn. Bos. 11, 4.

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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On hire wísan suatim, suo more, Hpt. Gl. 435, 21. On ða betstan wísan ðú démest, Blickl. Homl. 189, 35. Ealde wísan as of old, Beo. Th. 3735 ; B. 1865. Grammar wíse, The word is found with strong forms Onwendan míne wíse (wísan, Th.) Exon.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

ge-mǽne

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Crd. 42. that stands in the same relation to two or more objects, common as in common enemy Him bið wind gemǽne, Gn. Ex. 54. Mehten hié heora gemǽnan fiénd him from ádón, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 15. <b>III a.

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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Ðá com of móre under misthleoþum Grendel gongan, 1425; B. 711. Under weallum, Cd. Th. 146, 6; Gen. 2418.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Litel rihtwísnesse wæs mid ǽnige men, búton mid munecan áne, 1086; P. 218, 8. after a negative clause, (none, nothing) but (cf. nobbut in dialects); ne . . . bútan but, only, not more than : — Næfde ic nǽnne hiht on óðerne nǽfre búton on ðé spem in

fæsten

firmamentcitadelforta fortificationentrenchmentsfastnessstrongholda prisona sepulchreHellclaustrum

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Grendel móras heóld, fen and fæsten, B. 104. Hé swíþe þæs londes fæstenum trúwode þonne his gefeohte, Nar. 17, 28.

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Tó tácne ðæt hié óðer woldon oððe ealle libban oððe ealle licgan parato animo, ni vincant, mori, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 32: Chr. 901: Erl. 96, 28. Gif hé nylle hit geþafian léton hine licgan if he will not allow it, they shall kill him, L.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

habban

(v.)
Grammar
habban, habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

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

(pronoun.)
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hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

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.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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</b> of the form in which payment might be made see the following;; in cases other than death the whole or part of the injured person's wer could be claimed Gif se hund má (more than three) misdǽda gewyrce, and hé ( the owner hine hæbbe, béte be

ge-mynd

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X. the moral tendency, moral character :-- Sceal on leóht cuman sínra weorca wlite and worda gemynd and heortan gehygd fore heofona cyning, Cri. 1038.