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heáh

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Voc. ii. 75, 68 ; 4, 66. chief, principal Drihten þá cynelican burh forhogodlíce naman nemde . . . seó ceaster þonne wæs héh and aldorlic, Bl. H. 77, 25. Is þeós tíd ealra tída héhst and hálgost, 83, 19.

Linked entry: dynt

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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The date of its use in other parts of Europe may be ascertained by referring to the languages quoted above, and in the list of contractions where the names and dates of the authors are given

Linked entry: eln-gemet

þeáh

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáh, þáh, þǽh, þéh; adv. conj.
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Wǽron manige eác him þéh ic ða geðungnestan nemde there were many besides them; however, I have named the chief, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 6.

Linked entries: þǽh þáh þéh

ge-sceád

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Z. 291, 12. reason, ground Ethimologia, þæt is namena ordfruma and gesceád (-scád, v.l. ), hwí hí swá gehátene sind, Ælfc. Gr. 293, 6.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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nam healf ðæt blód (dimidiam partem sanguinis). Ex. 24, 6. Hé behét þám apostole healf his ríce, Hml. Th. ii. 476, 21. Hé áge healf ꝥ wíte, Ll. Th. i. 40, 2. follows the substantive Þá ꝥ weorc þǽre cyricean húhugu healf (or adv. ?)

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bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Him þæt tó lytel yfel þúhte, búton hié bié þæs naman benáme, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 3: Bl. H. 37, 17: 43, 18. Ne bideþ hé æt ús nǽnig óþor edleán, búton ꝥ wé úrne líchoman and úre sáule unwemme him ágeofan, 103, 21.

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>, mǽgeþ,</b> e; f.

A collection of mǽgasa familystockraceas a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied descendants of a common ancestor living at the same timea generationa tribesubdivision of a peoplea peoplenationprovincecountry

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Th. 49; B. 25: 9; B. 5. as in the case of proper names the word for the people is used for their country, so province, country Seó mǽgþ West-Seaxna provincia occidentalium Saxonum, Bd. 3. 7; S. 529, 2.

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Se cyng nam ðǽr his feorme in ðære middewintres tíde, 1006; Erl. 140, 30. Ic bebeóde ðæt mon hiora tíd boega geuueorðiæ tó ánes dæges tó Ósuulfes tíde I enjoin that the anniversary of them both be kept on one day, on Oswulf's anniversary, Chart.

Linked entry: týd

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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Ðeáh ðe Harold ðæt land mid unlage út nam, 274, 29. Nǽnig mon his geþóht openum wordum út ne cýðe nemo palam pronunciet, Nar. 28, 30. Hit nǽnig mon út cýþan ne móste no man might spread the news of it abroad, 32, 17.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Þe þis sint hira naman quorum ista sunt nomina, 1, 5. Ne synt ná þis wódes mannes word haec uerba non sent daemonium habentis, Jn. Skt. 10, 21. Sint þis ða gód and ðæt edleán ðe ðú gehéte?

Linked entries: þás þis

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Him þæt þá giet tó lytel yfel þúhte búton hié eác hié þæs naman benáme, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 3. Æfter þám þá giet þæs ilcan hærfestes afterwards still in the same autumn, Chr. 921; P. 102, 17. Ðǽr tó láfe ðá get wæs . . ., 973; P. 119, n. 6.

ge-weorþan

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Gewyrðe his nama ádílgad deleatur nomen ejus. Ps. Th. 108, 13. Foretácna mǽst þára þe gewurde monnum oðýwed, Cri. 894. Cearu wæs geníwod geworden, B. 1304. Syndon hí gewordene tólýsde, Ps.

heáfod

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A. pp. 146-7, 327-8 Ealle þá men þe heó nam heora heáfod for hyra mete on þám yflum dagum, Cht. Th. 621, 9

ge-setnes

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Ic ðás gesettnesse sette gehweder ge for hígna lufon ge ðeára sáula ðe haer beforan hiora namon áuuritene siondon . . . þis is gesetnes Ósulfes and Bearnðrýðe, Txts. 444, 42-45. an ordinance handed down to successive generations, a tradition Hwylc gesetenes

gildan

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(bb) to repay an amount taken or borrowed :-- Wénstú gif hwá óðrum hwæt gieldan sceal, hwæðer hé hine mid ðý gehealdan mæge ðæt hé him náuht máre on ne nime, ne ðæt ne gielde ðæt hé ǽr nam?, Past. 425, 1-3.

weorold

(n.)
Grammar
weorold, (-uld), weorld, worold (-uld, -eld), world, e; f. (but se woruld, Prov. Kmbl. 40: worldes, Lk. Skt. l, 70: ðissum worulde, Met. 10, 70)
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A world Ealra worulda scippend, Hy. 3, 23. the material world Ðeáh ðú ealle gesceafta áne naman genemde, ealle ðú nemdest tógædere and héte woruld, and þeáh ðone ánne noman ðú tódǽldest on feówer gesceafta; án ðæra is eorþe, óþer wæter, þridde lyft,

wunian

(v.)
Grammar
wunian, p. ode

To dwellremainto dwellabidestayremainliveto inhabit a place, live in or onto live, be in certain conditions or circumstances,to abidebe present with a person to comfort or helpto berestresideremainoccupy a positionto consist of or in,subsist, existto remainlastcontinueendureto be wont

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Ðínne naman ðe wunaþ on ealra worlda world, 143, 31: Ps. Th. 111, 8. Seó ðe ǽfre wæs and eác nú wunaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 217. Þenden ðǽr wunaþ húsa sélest, Beo. Th. 574; B. 284. Swá hwylc swá on elne óþ his ende wunaþ, se bid hál, Blickl.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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self, very, own. with a noun which it immediately follows Ðam ðe se þeóden self sceóp nihte naman, Cd. Th. 9, 10; Gen. 139. Drihten sylf. Blickl. Homl. 41, 4:51, 6. God selfa cuman wille, 1153, 31. Hé, Drihten selfa, cwæð, 165, 2.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

ge-healdan

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Wénstú, gif hwá óðrum hwæt gieldan sceal, hwæðer hé hine mid ðý gehealdan mæge ðæt hé him náuht máre on ne nime, ne ðæt ne gielde ðæt hé ǽr nam nec debitor absolutus est, quia alia non multiplicat, nisi et illa, quae ligaverat, solvat, Past. 425, 2.

æt

(prep.)
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. ¶ in place-names On ðǽr estówe ðe is cweden Æt twyfyrde, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 5. In loco qui uulgari dictione nuncupatur at Archet, C. D. ii. 213, 33.