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ealdor-mann

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In aldormonnum (aldur-, R) ... aldormon ł látua ðe rícses in principibus ... dux, qui reget, Mt. L. 2, 6. Ðú haldormon praeceptor, Lk. L. 5, 5. Achilles se ealdorman, Lch. i. 308, 8. Geonduearde Nicodimus se aldormonn (cf.

ge-openian

(v.)
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Sié þára manna gehwám geopenad engla ríce, El. 1231. Hé betýnde his eágan þe lǽs þá cwelleras gesáwon ꝥ his eágan geopenode wǽron, Bl. H. 231, 13. <b>II a.

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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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.

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Hí for heofonan ríces lufan on ellþeódignesse lifedon pro æterna patria exulaverant, 5, 10; S. 624, 12. Ðú leofa bútan mé gif ðú mǽge live without me, if you can, Wulfst. 259, 5.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

ge-reccan

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Ger. ge-recchen revehere) :-- Eall Italia ríce hí in anwald gerehton, Bt. 1; F. 2, 5. to direct a person in his actions, &amp; c. [Drihten] gerecht [mé] Dominus regit me, Ps. Rdr. 22, l. Hé gerecþ (diriget) biliwite, 24, 9. Gerecð, Kent.

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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Ealle ða rícu ðe him under beóð, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 3. Bútan ðam dǽle ðe under Dena onwalde wæs, Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 23. Under hǽþenra hyrda gewealdum, Exon. Th. 44, 19; Cri. 705. Eáþmódgiaþ eów sylfe under ðære mihte Godes handa, Blickl.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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Hæsten hergode on his ríce þone ilcan ende þe his cumpæder healdan sceolde, Chr. 894; P. 87, 1.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

cot-líf

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Thus the brethren of Westminster have 'ðat cotlíf Aðguðe and ale ðáre þnge ðe ðǽrtó mid richte gebirað, mid circe and mid milne, mid wode and mid felde, mid láse and mid máde, and on allen þngen swá ful and swá forð swá Ælfwine and his wíf it firmest

gífre

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Rícels gífre gléda bærnað, Ps. Th. 140, 2. greedy of prey or booty, rapacious, ravenous. of a person Ne bið nán heretoga swá gífre on fræmdra manna yrfe swá se unrihtwísa déma byþ on his hýremanna, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 18.

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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Penda hæfde xxx wintra ríce and hé hæfde l wintra ðá dá hé tó ríce féng Penda reigned thirty years, and he was fifty years old when he came to the throne, 626; Erl. 22, 14.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Hyra ys heofonan ríce ipsorum est regnum cælorum, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 10. Hé biþ unscildig ðe hine slóh then shall he that smote him be quit, Ex. 21, 19.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEFdesirablepleasantacceptablelovedbeloveddeara friendloved one

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Ealre his þeóde leófheora ríce tó habbanne and tó healdenne totæ suæ genti ad tenenda servandaque regni sceptra exoptatissimus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 636, 33. Ne ǽnig mon ne leóf ne láð no man, neither friend nor foe, Beo. Th. 1026; B. 511.

Linked entry: leóf

ge-sceaft

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Hé gelógode on þǽre heofonlican gesceafte, þæt is on heofona ríce, engla weredu, Wlfst. 8, l. the internal condition, nature, constitution of an object Sió geðyld is gesett tó hierde úrre gesceafte custodem conditionis nostrae patientiam esse Dominus

ge-þeón

(v.)
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Ꝥæt se eorðlica man sceolde geþeón and geearnian mid eádmódnysse þá wununga on heofena ríce, Hml. Th. i. 12, 26. Sel ús hiora bissene giðiá da nobis eorum imitatione proficere, Rtl. 62, 16.

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Æfter ðæm ðe Rómeburg getimbred wæs twá hunde wintra and IIIIX, þætte ( it came to pass, that ) Cambisis féng tó Persa ríce, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 2 : 4, 1; Swt. 154, 2. And ðæs embe fíf niht ðætte fulwiht tiid éces Drihtnes tó ús cymeþ, Menol.

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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. ¶ of the Harrowing of Hell :-- Se Álýsend cóm þe ðone ealdan deófol gewylde and his gecorenan tó heofenan ríce gelǽdde, Hml.

wén

(n.)
Grammar
wén, e; f.

suppositionopinionthoughtideahopeexpectationlikelihoodprobabilitychanceperhapsperchancemay beprobably

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Lind. 13, 7. hope, expectation Hié cwǽdon ðæt heó ríce ágan woldan . . . Him seó wén geleáh Cd. Th. 4, 5; Gen. 49: 87, 10; Gen. 1446: Andr. Kmbl. 2150; An. 1076: Beo. Th. 4636; B. 2323. Ðæs ic wén hæbbe as I hope 772; B. 383.

Linked entry: wéna

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the yearwinterwintry weathercolda year

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Hé geheóld ríce fíftig wintru, Beo. Th. 4424; B. 2209. Siððan hé strýnde seofon winter suna and dohtra, Cd. Th. 69, 21; Gen. 1139. used in singular with a collective force Adam wæs on þrýtiges wintres ylde Anglia xi. 2, 27. Wine fród wintres, Cd.

duguþ

(n.)
Grammar
duguþ, dugoþ, e; f. [dugan vălēre] .

multitude, troops, army, people, men, attendants, the nobles, nobility, the heavenly hostcōpiæ, exercĭtus, pŏpŭlus, hŏmĭnes, comĭtātus, prŏcĕres, mīlĭtia cœlestismajesty, glory, magnificence, power, virtue, excellence, ornament majestas, magnificentia, potentia, virtus, dĕcus advantage, gain, good, happiness, prosperity, riches, blessings, salvation commŏdum, lucrum, bŏnum, prospĕrĭtas, divĭtiæ, ŏpes, sălusbenefit, gift benefĭcium, mūnus, dōnum that which is seemly, suitable, seemliness dĕcōrum

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On ðære dægtíde duguþe wǽron there were riches at that time, 80; Th. l00, 5; Gen. 1659.

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Ic wæs smeágende be ðære hǽlo úrra sáwla and be ðam staðole úres ríces, L. In. pref.; Th. i. 102, 8. Hé hit nyle up árǽran tó ðam staðole fulfremedes weorces ad virtutis statum consuetudo non erigitur, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 16.

Linked entry: scaþel