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hálig

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>. of a heathen deity God, héhst and hálgost ( Jupiter ), Met. 26, 38. of persons considered to be specially devoted to, or directed by, God, e.g. angels, prophets, apostles, saints; the epithet tends to become a mere title, cf. saint, reverend Sió

licgan

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Ðeáh sió tunge eáðmódlíce licge, ðæt mód bið suíðe úpáhafen linguam premit, mentem elevat, Past. 271, 24. to be situated, have a position Án ígland ligð út on gársecg, Met. 16, 12. On ðám endum ðe tó etenlǽse licgan, Ll. Th. i. 440, 13.

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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Gif esne eorlcundne mannan ofslæhþ ðane ðe sió (whoever it be ), L. H. E. 1; Th. i. 26, 8: 3; Th. i. 28, 4. Ða hwíle ðe hié tó nánre óðerre note ne mǽgen. Past. pref. ; Swt. 7, 12.

wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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Sió hond sceal wyrcean for ða wambe, Past. 34; Swt. 233, 9. Hé ðǽr wircean sceolde, Gen. 2, 15. Niht cymþ ðonne nán man wyrcan (operari) ne mæg, Jn.

weorc

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
weorc, es; n.

Work opus.workoperative actionoperationworkingdoingperformanceworkdoingsactionswhat a person does what happens worklabouroccupationemploymentany form of long-sustained or habitual activitya particular act of labourworkmanshipa workdeedany actionof action that gives affect to anythinga work, what is wroughta strong building, fortresswork, what is done, effect producedpain, travail, grief,the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person

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Bið sió costung ǽresð on ðæm móde, ðonne féreþ útweardes tó ðære hýde, óððæt hió út ásciét on weorc Swt. 71, 8. Sínra weorca wlite and worda gemynd Exon. Th. 64, 15; Cri. 1038. Gescád witan worda and worca Beo. Th. 583; B. 289.

Linked entries: weorce weorc-sum werc

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Weaxe sió bót be ðam were, 11; Th. i. 70, 2: L. In. 76; Th. i. 15, 15

ge-reccan

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Is sió nosu gereaht tó gesceádwísnesse per nasum discretio exprimitur, Past. 65, 21. to guide, direct, govern. to direct, regulate the movements of material objects Mid þám ilcan gerece is gereaht swíþe anlic gewrixle þæs flódes and ðæs ebban.

lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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Sió lytle tá, 23. On ðǽm lytlan . . . ánum fingre (cf. on ðám lǽstan fingre, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 1), Met. 20, 179. used of young children Lytel cnæht ðes parvolus iste, Mt. L. 18, 4.

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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Sió his innaþ wan wætere gelíc, Ps. Th. 108, 18. Hé sceal winnan and sorgian, Blickl. Homl. 97, 25. Hé wolde ðǽm winnendum fultmian, and earme fréfran, 213, 17.

Linked entry: on-winnende

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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Sió heáfodpanne gǽþ on riht sóna. Lch. ii. 342, 7. Mín gebed tó þé eóde, Ps. Th. 60, 4. Gán hié ealle on þeówot. Ll. Th. i. 106, 17.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Se sióca áh þearfe ꝥ hine mon lǽde tó þám lǽce, Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 1. Þá men þe hié úp mid him lǽden, Ll. Th. i. 82, 11. Gif hý man út of lande lǽdan wille on óðres þegnes land, 256, 1 : Gen. 1774.

(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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Sió is mǽst tó Babilonia byrig, Nar. 33, 17. Ðú bist se ðridda man tó mé on mínum ríce, Homl. Th. ii. 436, 5, 17.

Linked entry: -anne

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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</b> to take as guardian :-- Gif se ceorl (ere forð, hæbbe sió módor hire beam and féde if the husband die, let the mother take tie chile! and bring it up, Ll.

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Silbó airtha akran bairith αὐτομάτη ἡ γῆ καρποφορεῖ Mk. 4, 28; and see self-déma, -líc, -sceaft, -will, -wille, -willende Genim túncersan, sió ðe self weaxeþ, and mon ne sǽwþ. Lchdm. ii. 22, 12. Gif hé wíf self hæbbe gange hió út mid him.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

hand

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Him sió swíðre swaðe weardade hand on Hiorte, 2099. where the word denotes agency, instrumentality in general Oft him bonena hond on herefelda gesceóde, An. 17. Úre hand ys heáh and ne worhte Drihten þás þing, Deut. 32, 27.

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Sió hálige gesomnung þurh gesceádwísnesse gesiehþ of huan ǽlc costung cymeþ sancta ecclesia, quæ ex causis singulis tentamenta prodeant, per discretionem conspicit, Past. 11, 2; Swt. 65, 24.

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a worda single part of speechwordsa written worda worda group of wordsa sayingsentencewordsa sayingmaxima talestorya reporttidingsfamename(good) word,(good) reporta commandan orderordinancea messagean announcementwordsolemn statementpromiseoathan (expressed) intentionopinionspeechlanguagewordslanguagestylewordword of God

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eác tó worde ða ðe syndan stunte, ðæt mycel forhæfednes lytel behealde, ac ðæt mete wǽre mannum gescapen, tó ðam ánum, ðæt men his scoldan brúcan, Wulfst. 55, 20-25. a tale, story Ðá hæfdon monige unwíse menn him tó worde and tó leásungspelle, ðæt sió

ge-dón

(v.)
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Ðý lǽs sió ánfealdnes hine tó ungeornfulne gedoo (-dó, v.l. ), Past. 239, 2. Gedó, 453, 23 : Ll. Th. i. 48, 25 : 108, 2 : 136, 7. Hine móton his mǽgas unscyldigne gedón (unsyngian, v. l. ), 116, 8.

hwá

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. his háde tó belumpe folgade, sé þe wolde, Chr. 1086 ; P. 219, 31. as an indefinite pronoun, hwá alone, with much the same sense as man, any one Ne selle mon tó fela ðǽm de lytles ðyrfe, ðý lǽs hwá him self weorðe tó wǽdlan, and him ðonne gehreówe sió

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Sió geornfulnes eorðlícra ðinga terrena studio, Past. 18; Swt. 128, 15. Hé mínre geðylde þingum wealdeþ ab ipso est patientia mea, 61, 5. On menniscum ðingum in human affairs, Blickl. Homl. 213, 6. Hé wolde beón embe his þincg, Homl.