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be-gán

(v.)

passageto go roundto reach by goingcome uponget atto gopass byto gocomegetto pass byTo come byget atto comefall to one's lotto fallget into debtto surroundto confineto occupyto go about a businessto attend toto cultivateto worshipto honourvenerate a placeto exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c.to practise a religionfollow the dictates of to practisecarry ondo (habitually)to devote one's self to a practiceto exercise a personto behaveto exercise in somethingto exerciseuseemployto professpretend

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Hé his folces ðeáwas beeóde, swilce hé on wín-geardes biggencge swnnce, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 26. Begá exerce (agrum tuum), Kent. Gl. 940. On begánum stówum. Lch. i. 142, 7. to worship Hwylcne god begǽst þú?, Nar. 41, 9. Begǽþ colit, i. venerat, Wrt.

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport to bring, cause to bear, support to bear, carry, to have bearwearto haveto be under the influence of havebear to bear, submit toto weigh,to put something in a balance to be equal to To move

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Wæs feówer geár, ðæt hé worold*-*wǽpno wæg. Blickl. Homl. 213, 4. Hæfde hé and wæg mid hine twigecgede handseax habebat sicam bicipilem, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 15 : Beo. Th. 5402 ; B. 2704. Hé lígegesan wæg, 5554; B. 2780. Rincas randas wǽgon, Cd.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Gen. 14, 19), Gen. 2107. þurh þone tócyme wé wǽron geweorþode and gewelgade and geárode, Bl. H. 105, 24 : 171, 32. <b>VI a.

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, tiligan, tilgan, teolian, tiolian, tielian; p. ode
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Ðæt wé teolian, ðæt wé sýn gearwe, Blickl. Homl. 125, 11. Uton teolian ðæt ús ðás tída ídle ne gewítan, 129, 36: 111, 18. Hé sceal tilian ðæt hé lícige debet studere se diligi, Past. 19; Swt. 147, 14: L. E.

Linked entries: teolian tylian telge

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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Hí wunodon mid ðæm biscope ofer geár, and siðan gewendon tó Antiochia, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 81. Ða sylfan sealmas sýn dæghwamlíce geedlǽhte ofer ealle wucan, R.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compounda church, the material structure ecclesiaa heathen temple templum paganum

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On ðison geáre barn Cristes cyre in this year [A. D. 1066] Christchurch [Canterbury] was burnt, Chr. 1066; Erl. 202, 1. Cyrice weard, cyrce weard a warden of a church, 1043; Erl. 169, 33: 1070; Erl. 207, 33.

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

ge-wunian

(v.)
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Geára gewunan oððe gewunede obtani, 65, 4. with tó and noun (pronoun) of accustomed action, to be in the habit of, get into the habit of, get used to Hé bið on oferméttu áwended and gewunað tó ðǽm gielpe cor in elationem usu gloriae permutatur, P. 35

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Ðǽr wearþ micel gefeoht tuá (tuwa in three MSS. ) on geáre, Chr. 885; Erl. 84, 7. Tú swá lange swá ða óðru twice as long as the others, 897; Erl. 95, 12. Nymaþ twá swá micel feós pecuniam duplicem ferte, Gen. 43, 12.

Linked entries: tuu twá

wiþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-weard, (-word, -wurd), and -wierde; adj.

contraryadversehostileadversaryenemyopponentfiendhostile to rightful authorityrebelopposed to what is rightarrogantperversedepravedreprobatefalsehereticapocryphalopposed to the good or pleasure of anythingunfavourableadversehurtfulperniciousdisagreeablecontraryopposite

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On ðam geáre wurdon ða Gallie Rómánum wiðerwearde eodem anno Galli novi exstitere hostes, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 180, 24. Ealle ða ðe mé wiðerwearde wǽron omnes adversantes mihi, Ps. Th. 3, 6.

hǽlu

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Hé monge gehǽlde . . . hí symle æt Godes cempan gearwe fundon helpe and hǽlo, Gú. 861 : El. 1216. Gewuniaþ . . gelómlico wundor hǽlo geworden beón solent crebra sanitatum miracula operari, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 365, 16.

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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Ǽr hé on weg hwurfe gamol of geardum, Beo. Th. 534; B. 264. Hogedon georne ðæt ǽ godes ealle gelǽste and ne áwácodon wereda drihtne ne ðan má gen [(?)

healdan

(v.)

to keep watch overkeep in chargeto keepto watch overkeepgovernrulea king to keepguardto watchto defendpreserveto holdtakearrestto have hold ofto holdto holdto hold upto maintainsupportupholdmanageto holdbearconductto behaveto handletreatdeal withto holdto holdto have possessionto holdoccupyan officea positionto holdto remain into retaindetainto keepto detainto keepto keepto keep oneselfremainto holdkeep togethercontinueto maintainkeepto performkeep watchto keepto keep unbrokeninviolateto keepto constraincompelrestrainstopto restrain oneselfrefrainto entertainto keep in mindrememberregardto hold asto holdto proceedmove onto continuego on withto go on

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Þæt hé þá weáláfe heólde þæt ǽnig mon wordum ne weorcum wǽre ne brǽce, B. 1099. the object a place or thing Míne þincg ic heóld nú nigon geár wið ealle hýnða, Hml. S. 9, 42.

LICGAN

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

To LIEfailto liegorun

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Hí eallne ðone geár an monncwealme lǽgan all that year they suffered from a pestilence, 3, 5; Swt. 106, 10. Lige on ða sídan lie on the side, L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 118, 10. Licge bútan wyrgelde let him lie [dead] without wergeld, L.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

mód

(n.)
Grammar
mód, es; n.

the inner manthe spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of manspiritsoulmindsoulheartspiritminddispositionmoodCouragehigh spiritPridearroganceGreatnessmagnificencepride

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Ic hæfde mé éce geár ealle on móde annos aeternos in mente habui, Ps. Th. 76, 5. Gleáw on móde, Cd. 107; Th. 143, 2; Gen. 2373: 213; Th. 266, 14; Sat. 22. Móde gegrípan to comprehend, Exon. 92 b; Th. 348, 10; Sch. 26.

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Cf. 1 Dón dǽdbóte for heáfodlicum gyltum geár oððe twá on hláfe and on wætere, and be þám lǽssum gyltum wucan oððe mónoð eall be gelícon ( similiter ), Ll. Th. ii. 134, 5. with swá, swá gelíc = such Anlíce beóð swá þá beón berað bútú ætsomne . . .

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Bringð tiida lange ǽrra Líða ús tó túne, Iunius on geard, 214; Men. 108. Oft mon féreþ feor bí túne (cf.

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síþ

(n.)
Grammar
síþ, es ; m.
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Beó ðú on síþ gearu, 172, 24 ; Gú. 1148. a journey, voyage, course, expedition Síþ wæs gedǽled the course of the Israelites and Egyptians was no longer a common one, Cd. Th. 190, 31 ; Exod. 207.

Linked entries: síþemest síþmæst

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Feówer tída syndan on ðæm geáre, Blickl. Homl. 35, 15. On lenctenlícere emnihte wurdon geárlíce tída gesette, Homl. Th. i. 100 3. Þurh ðæt gewrixle ðara feówer týda, ðæt ys lencten and sumer and herfest and winter, Shrn. 168, 12.

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þurh-teón

(v.)

to carry throughget a proposal accepted, a request grantedto carry out a plan, orders, etc.give effect to an intentionto carry throughcarry on to a (successful) endto accomplishperformto perpetrateto carry oncontinueto bring to a successful issueto achievebring aboutbring to passto affordto go throughundergoto drawdrag

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Homl. 179, 7. to afford Hit wæs geset on ðære ealdan ǽ, ðæt ða ðe mihton ðurhteón sceoldon bringan ánes geáres lamb, and áne culfran ... Gif hwylc wíf tó ðam unspédig wǽre, ðæt heó ðás ðing begytan ne mihte..., Homl. Th. i. 138, 35.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Gif wuduwe binnan geáres fæce wer geceóse, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 8. Wær, L. Edm. B. 4; Th. i. 254, 16. Iósep, Marian wer (wær, Rush., virum ), Mt. Kmbl. 1, 16. Hié noldan heora wera ræstgemánan sécean, Blickl. Homl. 173, 16.

Linked entry: wíf