ge-mǽne
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Þ si gemǽne Críste and cyninge, 344, 4:348, 2C. Þ á woruldbóte hig gesetton gemǽne Críste and cynge, 166, 17. Unc sceal sweord and helm, byrne and byrduscrúd bám gemǽne (be used to defend both of us), B. 2660. <b>I a α.
ge-lǽstan
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'Þú þæs cyninges bebod begange' . . . Þæt eall gelǽste Elene, El. 1197. Mid eallum þám þe Drihtnes bebodu willaþ gelǽstan, Bl. H. 53, 32. Hæbbe ic þínne willan gelǽst, Gen. 727: Hy. 6, 10. <b>III a.
irnan
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Þǽs cyninges þegnas þider urnon, Chr. 755 ; P. 48, 7 : Sat. 532. Him urnon ealle hellwaran ongeán, Bt. 35, 6 ; F. 168, 29: Jud. 164. Þá men onwócan and út urnon, Ors. 4, 2 ; S. 160, 22.
LǼDAN
TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce
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Ða fíf cyningas mit húde lǽddan (predati sunt) Loth gebundenne, Prud. 2 a. Mé lǽddon me deduxerunt, Ps. Spl. 42, 3. Ða ilcan ðe ǽr landgemǽre lǽddon the same that before had marked the boundaries of the land, Chart. Th. 376, 19.
Linked entry: be-lǽdan
ge-setnes
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Þá gesetennesse (gesetennes þa, MS.) hé lǽt standan þá hwíle þe hé wile, Bt. 21; S. 49, 26. an order, a regulation Þá byrlas scencton be þæs cyninges gesetnysse (sicut rex statuerat), Hml.
ge-wunian
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Gif morðwyrhtan . . . tó þám geþrístian ꝥ hí on þæs cyninges neáweste gewunian, 324, 13. Se consul wénde ꝥ hé búton sorge mehte on þǽm wintersetle gewunian þe hé þá on wæs, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 5: Jul. 375.
habban
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D. 326, 24. with prep, habban for to consider or regard as Eall þeódscipe hine heafde for fullne cyning, Chr. 1013 ; P. 144, 6. Heó hyt for Crýstes andwlytan ǽfre hæfde, Hml. A. 187, 180.
sécan
To seek ⬩ to try to find ⬩ to look for ⬩ make search for ⬩ to try to get ⬩ to try to attain an end ⬩ strive to effect a purpose ⬩ aim at ⬩ strive after ⬩ make something the object of endeavour ⬩ to try to find out by investigation or examination ⬩ to try to learn by asking ⬩ to ask ⬩ to go or come to ⬩ to seek a person ⬩ to visit ⬩ to seek a person for protection ⬩ to take refuge with a person ⬩ to seek a place ⬩ to visit ⬩ resort to ⬩ to seek immaterial things ⬩ to go to war ⬩ resort to artifice ⬩ to seek with hostile intent ⬩ to try to get at ⬩ to go to attack
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Ðá hé ðone cyningc sóhte when he visited the king, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 10. Sárge gé ne sóhton ye did not visit the afflicted, Exon. Th. 92, 19; Cri. 1511. Hig ðæs wyrðe wǽron ðæt Godes englas hig sóhton, L. E. I. 25; Th. ii. 422, 15.
ge-sellan
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Hé gesalde Wibtwaran Æþelwalde Súþ-Seaxna cyninge, Chr. 661; P. 32, 15. Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde foregísla .vi. geseald, Chr. 894; P. 84, 19. Tó gísle geseald, 1093; P. 228, 20. Ealle þing mé synt gesealde (tradita) fram mínum Fæder, Mt. ii. 27.
hǽþen
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Cyningas hǽðna, Lk. L. R. 22, 25 : Mt. L. 20, 25. Gesald bið hǽðnum, Lk. L. R. 18, 32. Hǽdnum, Mk. L. 10, 33, 42 : Lk. L. 21, 24.
líf
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Sié Jó on cyninges dóme, swá deáð swá líf, swá hé him forgifan wille, Ll. Th. i. 66, 10. Bið his líf scæcen, Vy. 39 : Víd. 142. ꝥ hé é Þolige hé landes and lífes, 358, 21. Lífes lyre, Ph. 53. Þá sáwla Þe Críst mid his ágenum lífe gebohte, Ll.
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Hwæt is se gewuldroda cyning quis est iste rex gloriæ? Ps. Th. 32, 10. Hwæt hátte Noes wíf what was Noe's wife called? Salm. Kmbl. 184, 28. Hwæt wénst ðú hwæt is ðes quis putas est iste? Mk. Skt. 4, 41; Lk. Skt. 5, 21. Hwæt ys ðes mannes sunu? Jn.
lǽtan
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Dúnsǽte beþyrfan, gif heom se cyning an, ꝥ man húru friðgíslas tó heom lǽte Dunsetis expedit, si rex concedat, ut saltem pacis obsides habeant Ll.
lytel
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Hyre þá gýt tó lytel þúhte þæs anwaldes ðe se cyningc ǽr gewunnen hæfde non contenta terminis mulier quos a viro suo acquisitos, Ors. l, 2 ; S. 30, 17.
þæt
That ⬩ that, ⬩ in order that ⬩ that ... not, ⬩ lest ⬩ that, so that, so as (with infin.)
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Kmbl. 551; An. 276. where the main clause is not expressed, in narrative Ǽrþon ðe seó heánnes ðæs walles gefylled wǽre, þæt se cyning ofslegen wæs and þæt ylce geweorc Óswalde forlét (some form equivalent to it happened appears necessary before þæt,
byrgen
tumulus ⬩ A burying, grave, sepulchre, tomb ⬩ sepulcrum, monumentum, tumba ⬩ cremation ⬩ the burning ⬩ a body
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Ðá ymbe hlǽw ridon æðelingas . . . cyning mǽnan, word-gyd wrecan then nobles rode round the mound. . . their king bewail, a verbal lay recite, 6319-6325; B. 3170-3173.
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Eádward cyning and ða híwan in Wintanceastre lǽtaþ tó Dænewulfe bisceope twentig hída landes, Chart. Th. 158, 7.
Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt
fram
away from ⬩ apart from ⬩ absent from ⬩ from ⬩ alien from ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ as a result of ⬩ of ⬩ de
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Ðá ágangen wæs týn hund wintra fram gebyrdtíde brémes cyninges, Chr. 973; P. 118, 16. Fram Abrahame oð Dauid, Mt. 1. 17.
sprǽc
Speech. ⬩ speech, talking ⬩ speech, the faculty of speaking ⬩ skilful speech, speaking with art, eloquence ⬩ what is said, a speech, saying, collection of words ⬩ speech, language, talk, discourse, words ⬩ a speech, language ⬩ speech, e.g. to have speech of or with a person, conversation, consultation, conference, discussion ⬩ a question, case that requires explanation ⬩ a sentence, decision, agreement, terms ⬩ a case, cause, suit, claim ⬩ talk about a person or thing, report, fame ⬩ words denoting places where there is speaking ⬩ lingua, loquela ⬩ colloquium, eloquium, ratio, judicium, consilium, senatus
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Hí férdon æfter ðæs cyninges sprǽce, Homl. Th. i. 78, 22: Cd. Th. 144, 3; Gen. 2384. Iudas him andwyrde and cwæð ... Æfter ðyssere sprǽce, Homl. Skt. ii. 86, 317. Engla sum Abraham cýgde, hé stille gebád áres sprǽce, Cd. Th. 176, 11; Gen. 2910.
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án
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Hit máre is for án þonne þreó hund geára it cannot be less than 300 years, 701. marking singleness, uniqueness, one, sole, single Ðú geweorðest án cyning and hláford ealles middangeardes, Nar. 32, 4.