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ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Hé þone healsbeáh Hygde gesealde . . . hyre wæs æfter beáhþege breóst geweorðod, B. 2176. Wǽrþú gewurtfod for þæs eágum þe þé æsca tír forgeaf (cf. benedictus Abram Deo excélso.

land

Grammar
land, <b>. I.</b>
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Licgað æfter lande loccas tódrifene, fex on ioldan, An. 1428. Þý lǽs se hwǽte cíða leás licge on þǽm lande, Met. 12, 6. ground as property, landed property Landes lǽn precarium Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 2.

lust

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Þá þe æfter hiora líchoman luste irnaþ, Bt. 41, 3 ; F. 246, 24. Lusta libidinum, An. Ox. 1907. Líchamlicere geþeódnesse lustum carnalis copulę volnptatibus, 1606.

wilm

(n.)
Grammar
wilm, wielm, welm, wælm, wylm, es; m.

that which wellsof fluida fountstreamwater that surges or boilsthat moves in wavesof firesurgingfireflamesheatfervent heatfiery heatboilingroastinginflammationviolent movementviolenceragingtempestuous movement of water of mental emotionfervourardourheatfuryragepassion

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Æfter ádle welme... of ðara ómena welme, 82, 2, 20. Ða welmas ða ðe beóþ gehwǽr geond ðone líchoman, 204, 14. violent movement, violence, raging, tempestuous movement of water Oððe fýres feng, oððe flódes wylm, Beo. Th. 3533; B. 1764.

Linked entries: wielm wælm welm

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Skt. ii. 25, 683. will, one's own way Saga mé hwæt ðam men sí leófust on his lífe and láðost æfter his deáðe. Ic ðé secge his willa. Salm. Kmbl. p. 204, 44. Ic hí lifian hét æfter hiora willum ibunt in voluntatibus suis Ps.

mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽre, adj.

Greatexcellentdistinguishedillustrioussublimesplendidcelebratedfamouswidely knownnotoriousdistinguished by evil deedsinsignis

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Æfter ðisse dǽde his noma wæs weorþ and mǽre geworden after this deed his name became honoured and famous, Blickl. Homl. 219, 4-: Exon. 1073; Th. 409, 11; Rä. 27, 27. Is wuldur ðín wíde and síde ofer ðás eorþan ealle mǽre in omnem terram gloria tua.

ge-wítan

(v.)
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ge-wítan, ic -wíte, ðú -wítest, -wítst, he -wíteþ, -wít, pl. -wítaþ; p. ic, he -wát, ðú -wite, pl. -witon; pp. -witen.

to seebeholdviderespectareto turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that directionto set out towardsstartpass overto godepartwithdrawgo awayretreatretiredietransirediscedere

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Hí ðǽrrihte æfter ðam drence gewiton they died directly after the drink, Homl. Th. i. 72, 21: Cd. 62; Th. 75, 7; Gen. 1236. Ðæt leóht gewát the light vanished, Elen. Kmbl. 188; El. 94. Gif he gewíte ér ðonne hia if he depart before she does, Th.

húru

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Þæt hí húru beón gecyrrede ut uel sero conuertantur, Scint. 63, 6. introducing a limiting or determining condition, at least, at any rate Ðá sint tó manienne ðe hiera líchoman synna onfunden habbað, ðæt hié húru æfter ðǽm scipgebroce him ðá sǽ ondrǽden

libban

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geómerigende and woriende and útlaga leofode symle ofer eorþan ipsum signum quod tremens et gemens vagus et profugus semper viveret, Angl. vii. 32, 308. with regard to the rule or principle, or to the object and purpose of one's life Ǽlc ídel mon liofað æfter

tíma

(n.)
Grammar
tíma, an; m.

Timehourtempus horatime when,time at which an event takes place a time when a thing can or ought to be done,a proper time,opportunity in time in good timebe-timesproper timean appointed timea period of time time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. a season of the yearan age of the world time of pronouncing a syllable, quantity time, condition of things

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Dactilus stent on ánum langum tíman and twám sceortum, and spondeus stent of feówrum langum, Anglia viii. 314, 10-15: 335, 14. time, condition of things Æfter ðisum fæce gewurðan sceall swá egeslíc tíma, swá ǽfre ǽr ne wæs, Wulfst. 19, 3.

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hrædlíce

(adv.)
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Be þám æfteran is hrædlíce tó witanne de secundo breuiter intimandum est, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 469, 13. And þæt ic hrædlíce cweðe ut enim breuiter dicam, 5, 8; Sch. 587, 13: 5, 12; Sch. 612, 15. suddenly, unexpectedly Fǽringa, hrædlíce inprovisu, Wrt.

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Æfter siextegum daga ðæs ðe ðæt timber ácorfen wæs intra sexagesimum diem quam arbores caesae erant, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 4. Hé ðá gyt lifde æfter ændlefan geárum ðæs ðe [hé] wæs bebyrged, Shrn. 82, 15.

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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Hordweard sóhte æfter grunde, wolde guman findan, B. 2294.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Eall swá gelíce Iósep æfter ðam hyne ætýwde, and heom tó com ...

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONEunusunaunumaloneonlysoleanothersolusaliussolealone of its kindsingularuniquewithout an equalunicuseximiusa certain onesome onequidamaanaaneachevery oneallunus-quisqueuna-quæqueunum-quodqueOneother

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One, other, — Án æfter ánum one after another, Jn. Bos. 8, 9: Salm. Kmbl. 771; Sal. 385. To ánum to ánum from one to the other, only; duntaxat. Ðæt án, or for án this one thing, for one thing, only; tantum-modo, Mk. Bos. 5, 36.

sél

(adj.)
Grammar
sél, (the positive form does not occur, but is found in Layamon) ; cpve. sélra, sélla ; spve. sélest, sélost; adj.
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Gé sóhtun ða sǽmran and ða séllan nó démdan æfter dǽdum, Exon. Th. 131, 30; Gú. 463. Ðú se sélusta Theophilus optime Theophile, Lk. Skt. 1, 3. Hláford mín and bróðor ðín se sélesta, Exon. Th. 183, 26 ; Gú. 1333.

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sittan

(v.)
Grammar
sittan, p. sæt, pl. sǽton ; pp. seten.
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Hé him æfter rád óþ ðæt geweorc and ðǽr sæt . xiiii. niht, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 15. (Often in the Chronicle. ) of things Sió hefige eorþe sit ðaelig-acute;er niþere be ðæs cyninges gebode, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 13.

Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn

ge-tellan

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Ic eom hér geteald and geseted æfter mínum ænde hic post mortem deputatus sum, 343, 26. Getealdne deputatam (-um ? cf. pini stipitem paganorum ceremoniis deputatum, Aid. 30, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 48.)

gifan

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D. 199, 18. to assign the future ownership of property, bequeath Sé þe land gewerod hæbbe . . . hæbbe hé unbesacen on dæge and æfter dæge tó syllenne and tó gifenne þám þe him leófast sý, Ll.

hors

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Þæt hors þý gewunelican þeáwe horsa æfter wérinesse ongan wealwian and on gehwæþere sídan gelómlíce hit oferweorpan, Bd. 3. 9; Sch. 230, 17. Má þurh his fóta gang þonne on horsa ráde magis ambulando quam equitando, 4, 3; Sch. 349, 16.