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ge-wunian

(v.)
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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.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Swá ic ðé wéne tó as I expect of you, Beo. Th. 2797; B. 1396: 5836; B. 2922.

Linked entry: -anne

of

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
of, prep. with dat., or adv.

Offromout ofoffas regardsabout

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Wendan on Englisc, hwílum word be worde, hwílum andgit of andgite, Past. Swt. 7, 20. Hwæðer ǽnig man wǽre ðe ǽnige mǽrþa of ðam Hǽlende hælde, St. And. 36, 31. Sóðfæstnesse, ða ðe ic gehýrde of Gode, Jn.

Linked entry: ob

hand

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Th. i. 54, 10. wel on hond favourably, prosperously Him for ðissere worulde wel on hand eóde things went well with him as regards this world, Hml. S. 23, 14. [Here tuder swiðe wexeð, and wel ðieð, and goþ wel on hond, O. E.

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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Cnut wende him út þurh Buccingahámscíre intó Beadafordscíre, Chr, 1016; Erl. 154, 6. with verbs that imply going Ic ne mæg út áredian, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 14. Heó forlét hyre hæftlingas út, Homl. Th. i. 228, 17. Word ðe hé út forlét, Blickl.

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

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, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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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 Nán wen ne wífaþ, ne wíf ne ceorlaþ, ne teám ne biþ getýmed children

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Is wén ðæt feala manna þence hwylcum edleáne hé onfó æt Drihtne, Blickl. Homl. 41, 14. Smeágean wé and þencan hwæt ðæt tácnode, 19, 4.

cyning

(n.)
Grammar
cyning, cyng,es; m. [cyn people, -ing originating from, son of] .

a king, ruler, emperor rex, imperator a spiritual King, God, Christ Deus, Christusthe devildiabŏlus, satănas Anglo-Saxon kings were at first elected from a family or class, by Witena gemót the assembly of the wise. fidelity was sworn to them by the people, in the following words the king took a corresponding oath to his peoplethe Anglo-Saxon king had royal power to pardon transgressors of all forfeits the king had one halfall hoards above the earth, and within the earth. As we learn from Beowulf, in early and heathen times, much treasure was buried in the mound raised over the ashes of the dead, besides what was burned with the body Pastus or ConviviumThe king visited different districts personally or by deputy to see that justice was done to all his subjects. In these periodical journeys the king received support and entertainment wherever he went. Hence perhaps the privileges of our judges Vigilia head ward, or a proper watch set over the king, which he claimed when he came into any district the mint or coinage of money. The king exercised a superintendence over the circulating medium

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In these periodical journeys the king received support and entertainment wherever he went. Hence perhaps the privileges of our judges . In A. D. 814 Cénwulf released the bishop of Worcester fróm a pastus of twelve men, whom he was bound to find.

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Maniges mannes wíse bið, ðæt hé wile tó his néhstan sprecan ða word ðe hé wénþ ðæt him leófoste sýn tó gehýrenne . . . ; deófles wíse bið, ðæt hé ðone unwaran man beswícan mæge, Blickl. Homl. 55, 19-23 : Exon.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

ge-hwilc

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God ǽnne gehwilcne þurh his Gást geneósað, ii. 316, II. with ánra Ánra gehwelc wénde, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 35. Þæt ánra gehwylc cræft his begange ut unusquisque artem suam exerceat Coll. M. 31, 31. Underféð ánra gehwilc be ðám ðe hé geearnode. Hml.

licgan

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Bide þone Hǽlend ꝥ hé líf forgife þysum licgendum cnihte (cf. hí wéndon ꝥ se cniht þǽrrihte sceolde sweltan, 326), Hml. S. 21, 333.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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the prefixed a-: this a- was not prominent or long, and therefore this prefix is left unaccented in this Dictionary. a- prefixed, sometimes denotes Negation, deterioration, or opposition, as From, out, away; thus awendan to turn from, subvert, from wendan

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Ne wén ðú ðæt ic tó ánwillíce winne wið ða wyrd, forðam iç hit nó selfe ne ondrǽde, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 21. Ðá ðá wé hit nóhwæðer ne selfe ne lufodon, Past. pref. ; Swt. 5, 6. Sylfe, Blickl. Homl. 53, 1: 223, 20.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Hié eodon ofer land they went across the country, 896; Erl. 94, 14 : Andr.Kmbl. 2460; An. 1231. Ofer eástreámas ís brycgade the ice threw a bridge across the rivers, 2523; An. 1263.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

gód

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Hyne Geáta bearn gódne ne tealdon . . . wéndon þæt hé sleac wǽre, æðeling unfrom, 2184.

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

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Hú mæg ðæt yfel beón ðætte ǽlces monnes ingeþanc wénþ ðætte gód sie, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 12. Ðæt mæg engel ðín eáþ geféran, 387; An. 194. Eall ðis mágon him sylfe geseón ... mágun leóda bearn oncnáwan, Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 5-12; Cri. 1115.

Linked entry: mæg

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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Wénst ðú ðæt se anweald and ðæt geniht seó tó forseónne, oððe eft swíþor tó weorþianne ðonne óþre gód (rerum omnium veneratione dignissimum) .

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Godas, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 16), Met. 26, 45. swá . . . swá, - where swá occurs once with a demonstrative, once with a relative force, so . . . as, so . . . that, as . . . as Swá forð swá uncre wordgecwydu fyrmest wǽron as far as ever our agreements went

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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In geoguðe, Seef. 40. of a limit of time, within the space of Ne wé þǽre wyrde wénan þurfon tóweard in tíde, Cri. 82. where other preps. or none are now more usual, on Þone dæg in þám seó hálige ród geméted wæs, El. 1224. during Ic þone déman in dagum

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intransto labourtoilworkto labour, endeavour, strive afterto labour, struggle, be troubledto labour under, suffer fromto strive, contend, fightof hostile action towards a personof competitionof opposition to things of the action of inanimate objectsto make warfightof the action of inanimate objectswith cognate accusativeto winmake one's waytransto labour atbestow labour uponto labour undersufferundergoto wingetattain

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wéndon ðæt hí sceoldon winnon eall ðæt land, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 27

Linked entry: on-winnende