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hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc, hwylc, hwelc; pron.

whichwhoany oneanysome

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Geseó hé hwylc se man sig oððe ðæt neát videat qualis homo sit vel pecus, L. Ecg. C. 14; Th. ii. 142, 19. Gé habbaþ gehýred hwilc ðes god is ðe gé wéndon ðæt eów gehǽlde. Homl. Th. i. 464, 10.

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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Weorpe ðæt neát tó honda oþþe fore þingie let the beast be handed over, or terms settled for it, L. Alf. pol. 24; Th. i. 78, 10. to make terms for a person (dat. or for) with (wið) another, to reconcile. v. 4.

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, e; f.

Lawstatutedecreeregulationrulefixed custom

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In the phrases on Engla, Dena, etc. lage, which may be compared with the Icel. í þrænda lögum, lagu is nearly equivalent to 'district in which certain [English, Danish, etc.] laws prevail,' and in Cl. V. Dict.

Linked entries: laga lah ge-lagu

fela

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I. 1 a Drincan ðreó swá feala ge feówer swá feala swá his neád wǽre, Hml. A. 145, 29. Swá feolu (quotquot) hæfde aiðulo, Mk. R. 3, 10. Hé salde swá feolo swá (quantum) hiǽ waldun, Jn. R. 6, 11. Huu feolo áht ðú tó geldanne quantum debes?, Lk.

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geond

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Férdon folctogan feorran and neán geond wídwegas, B. 840.

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Ða neát ongitaþ hira góddénd the brutes know their benefactors. Elen. Kmbl. 717; El. 359. Hé Godes good on ðære his dǽde ongeat he recognised the goodness of God in that deed of his, Blickl. Homl. 215, 33.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Hit neálǽcþ ðam ende; and ðý hit is on worulde á swá leng swa wyrse, and swá hit sceal nýde for folces synnum fram dæge tó dæge ǽr Antecristes tócyme yfelian swíðe; and húru hit wyrþ ðonne egeslíc it is drawing near the end; and therefore the longer it

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Here wícode égstreáme neáh, El. 65. Handrófra here, Exod. 247. Dauid miclum his ágenes herges pleah cum damno exercitus, Past. 37, 7: Bl. H. 193, 2. Ic ríde herges on ende, Rä. 78, 8. Heriges wísa, Dan. 203. Herges wísa, freom folctoga, Exod. 13.

gelíce

(adv.)
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Genim ðás wyrte þe man rutam and þám gelíce (with nearly the same form ) óðrum naman rúdan nemneþ, Lch. i. 198, 20: 234, 11.

ofer

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Áne neaht ofer ꝥ, Ll. Th. i. 32, 3. (β)through :-- Hé wunode on sǽgrunde middan ofer dæg and ofer niht die et nocte in profundo maris fuit (2 Cor. 11, 25), Hml. S. 31, 900. Man bær þone ele hire.

hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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Ða witan ðe ðá néh handa wǽron the 'witan' that were near at hand, Chr. 1l00; Erl. 236, 19. Hand on handa hand in hand, Ap. Th. 19, 18. Ðeóf ðe æt hæbbendre handa gefangen sý a thief who is taken with the stolen property upon him, L.

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Ða stánas on ðæm mǽran temple ... ǽr hié mon tó ðæm stede brohte ðe hié on standan sceolde, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 15. of time Ðæt se dæg swíðe neáh stóde his forþlóre, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 16. <b>II a.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Neáh ðám túne (juxta praedium; manere, Wick. ) ðe Iacob sealde his suna, Jn. Skt. 4, 5. Sceall beón se læsta dǽl nýhst ðæm túne ðe se deáda man on líð, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 33, 31.

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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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Hió ne biþ ðý neár ðære sǽ ðe hió biþ on midne dæg, 39, 3; Fox 214, 28. Ðæt hié hira selfra ne ágon ðý máre geweald ðe óðerra monna, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 13.

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Homl. 217, 21. marking an object near to which are others Geségon hý englas twégen ymb ðæt frumbearn blícan, Exon. Th. 32, 3; Cri. 507. Hine twégen ymb weardas wacedon, 109. 5; Gú. 85. Ealle ða ðe ymbe mé standaþ, Blickl. Homl. 141, 1.

wénan

(v.)
Grammar
wénan, p. de.

to weensupposethinkimagineopinebelieveto hopeexpectlook for

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Onstyrede mid ðæm wénan ðæt hí ðæs endes suá neáh wéndon commotos vicini finis suspicione Past. 32; Swt. 213, 24. Hí wéndon his beteran ðonne hé wǽre Bt. 30, tit.; Fox xvi, 5.

Linked entries: for-wénan wǽnan

willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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Kmbl. 2145; An. 1074. absolute, of purpose to go Nú wille ic ðam líge neár, Cd. Th. 47, 14; Gen. 760. Ðá hé him from wolde, Past. 3; Swt. 35, 19. Gif hé eów áxie hwæder gé willon ( quo vadis? ), Gen. 32, 17.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Magon wé geseón and oncnáwan and swíþe gearelíce ongeotan ꝥ þisses middangeardes ende swíþe neáh is, Bl. H. 107, 22.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Þá Finnas and þá Beormas sprǽcon neáh án geþeóde, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 34. <b>X a.

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(b α) independence on adjectives :--- with weakened meaning, nearly with the force of that, introducing indirect statements. after verbs as in (1 a) Hig rehton . . . hú hig hine oncneówan on hláfes brice, Lk. 24, 35.