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Sió burg ðæs módes ætiéweð hié selfe suíðe opene hiere feóndum civitas mentis apertim se adversario ostendit, 277, 23. Ic forlǽte míne healle opene (or under 2 ?)

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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Ða scylde ðe se him self ǽr nyste se hié þurhteáh culpam, quam nescit ipse etiam, qui perpetravit, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 14.

wendan

(v.)
Grammar
wendan, p. -de

To turnTo cause to moveto change alterconvertto translateinterpretto move one's self take one's waygoproceedwendTo wendgoproceed

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Th. 262, 21; Dan. 747. reflexive to move one's self, take one's way, go, proceed, wend (lit. or fig.) Ic wende mec on wæteres hricg Salm. Kmbl. 37; Sal. 19. Wendeþ hé hine under wolcnum, wígsteall séceþ 207; Sal. 103.

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Ongunnon heora burh rǽran and sele settan . . . weras on wonge wíbed setton, Cd. Th. 113, 2-5; Gen. 1881-2. to set up, institute, found, establish Hwá ǽrost bócstafas sette? Salm. Kmbl. p. 192. 6.

Linked entry: on-settan

strang

(adj.)
Grammar
strang, adj.
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Ðæt is for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 12. Gelácnian mid ðæm drencum strangra wyrta gemanges, Past. 37; Swt. 269, 24.

gód

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Þú meaht nú þé self geseón, Eve seó góde, 610. (4 b) as an epithet along with a title Forþférde se góda pápa Marinus, Chr. 885; P. 80, 5.

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

He, she, it

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Ðám wítgum ðe god self þurht hí spec the prophets by whom God himself spoke, Shrn. 107, 11. Ǽlc nýten biþ oððe hé oððe heó every animal is either male or female, Ælfc. Gr. 6; Som. 5, 35, 46.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

óþer

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For hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc, and óþrum hálum biterne, Bt. 39, 9; F. 226, 11. Hé wénde ðæt hé wǽre ofer ealle óðere menn, Past. 41, 1. Betweoh hire óðer twá sweostor inter duas alias sorores suas, Gr.

hláford

(n.)
Grammar
hláford, es; m.

A LORD;dominus. herus

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Hé bebeád ðone hláford lufian swá hine selfne he commanded to love the lord as himself, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 13.

Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige

fæsten

firmamentcitadelforta fortificationentrenchmentsfastnessstrongholda prisona sepulchreHellclaustrum

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Hí ymbsǽton ðá ceastre and worhton óþer fæsten ymb hié selfe . . . se here forlét þæt geweorc, Chr. 885; P. 78, 11. ¶ a siege (?): Fæstenne obsidione (cf. in arta Betuliae obsidione, Ald. 76, 25), Wrt.

lange

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Leng swá sél (wel, MS. ), B. 1854. Hé lufade hine lenge (lengc ?) hú geornor, Gú. 109. Lenge swiðor áwa usquequaque Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 18. Á hú lenge swíður, Ps. Srt. 118, 8, 43, 51, 10. Swá leng swá má magis magisque An. Ox. 3594.

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðonne ðú ealle gedǽlde hæfst, þonne bist ðú ðé self wǽdla, Bt. 13 ; F. 38, 35. to give as a person's share, hand over, give Sumne se hára wulf deáðe gedǽlde, Wand. 83.

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Sele drincan on þreó tída, on undern, on middæg, on nón, Lchdm. ii. 140, 1. <b>I c.

Linked entry: týd

gíman

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., and add: to take care of (gen. ) to treat so as not to injure Hit is fúllic þingc . . . þæt hí ne gýmað heora sylfra æt þám unþeáwe. . . þæt hí ne gýmað heora sylfra, swá hí beþorfton, ac befýlað hí selfe, Wlfst. 305, 7-11. to treat so as to restore

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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Ǽnigne dǽl secgas geségon on sele wunian, Beo. Th. 6248; B. 3128. Geweoton hí mearcland tredan, forlǽton moldern wunigean, open eorðscræfu, Andr. Kmbl. 1605; An. 803.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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On cinges sele hé his hláforde þénode, 192, 1. Se man þe ætfleó fram his hláforde ... on scypfyrde oþþe on landfyrde, 420, 7. Se man þe on fyrdunge ætforan his hláforde fealle, 15.

ÆT

(prep.)
Grammar
ÆT, prep.

ATtobeforenextwithinforagainstapudjuxtapropeanteadincontraOffromaabdeTountoas far asadusquead

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Æt selde before the throne, Cd. 228; Th. 306, 12; Sat. 663. Ic áre æt him fínde I may find honour with them, Exon. 67a; Th. 247, 19; Jul. 81. Ic nú æt feáwum wordum secge I now say in few words, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 14.

ÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÞ, es; m.

an OATHa swearingjuramentum

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He áþ swereþ þurh his selfes líf he sweareth an oath by his own life, Cd. 163; Th. 205, 5 ; Exod. 431 : Ps. Th. 131, 11. Hí sealdon unwillum hálige áþas they gave unwillingly holy oaths, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 49; Met. 1, 25.

Linked entries: aaþ ánfeald áþ

swencan

(v.)
Grammar
swencan, p. te; pp. swenced, swenct (cf. swinkt = wearied, Comus v. 293)
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Ǽlc deáþlíc man swencþ hine selfne mid manig*-*fealdum ymbhogum omnis mortalium cura, quam multiplicium studiorum labor exercet, Bt. 24, 1.; Fox 80, 6. Eów nǽnig wiht ne deraþ ne ne swenceþ, Blickl. Homl. 239, 12. Suenceth defatiget, Wrt.

wræc

(n.)
Grammar
wræc, es; n.

wrackmiserysufferingsuffering that comes as punishment,retributive punishmentvengeancewhere the punishment or misery is exile or banishment

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Ðæt hé on wræc drife his selfes sunu (Ishmael), 168, 32 ; Gen. 2791. Metod ðec (Nebuchadnezzar) áceorfeþ of cyningdóme, and ðec wineleásne on wræc sendeþ, 251, 26; Dan. 569