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for-gifan

to givebestowgrantdispenseto giveto giveto giveto give uphand overdeliver upcommitpracticeto give backrestoreto marryto grantpermitallowto grantto givecauseto forgive

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Forgif mé þæt ic weorðe blíðe vivifica me, Ps. Th. 118, 107. with infin.

setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (
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Gif se uíc weorðe on mannes setle geseten, iii. 30, 16. Wríð under ðæt setl neoþan, i. 366, 17. Him wand út his innoþ æt his setle. Homl.

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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Gif ðú sanges stæfne gehýrdest and ðú heofonlíc weorud ongeáte ofer us cuman, Bd. 4, 3 ; S. 568, 31. Hié horn galan ongeáton, Beo. Th. 5880; B. 2944. to perceive, feel (pain, etc. ) Ðonne ne ongitest ðú ǽnig sár, Lchdm. i. 368, 26.

ge-reccan

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Bt. 27, 3; F. 98, 17. to direct the actions, & c. of a person Weorc handa úrra gerece (gehræce, Ps. L. ) opera manuum nostrarum dirige, Ps. Rdr. 89, 17. Ic wilnode andweorces þone anweald mid tó gereccenne, Bt. 17; F. 60, 8.

gif

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Gif gé Abrahames beam synt, wyrceað Abrahames weorc, Jn. 8, 39. Gif gé mé lufiað ( diligitis ), healdað míne beboda, 14, 15. Gif man wið cyninges mægdenman geligeð, .L. scillinga gebéte, Ll.

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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ymbhweorfende, and þá niþemestan ic gebrenge æt þám héhstan, and þá héhstan æt þám niþemestan rotam volubili orbe versamus, infima summis, summa infimis mutare gaudemus, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 35. the plural used with the same sense as the singular: Þæt weorc

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

gifu

(n.)
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Ðá mettas ðe God gesceóp tó etanne monnum ðǽm ðe Gode ðonciað mid goodum weorcum his giefa (gifa, v. l. ), Past. 319, 3: 331, 8. Úre Drihten is gemyndig ealra þára gifena þe hé ús tó lǽteþ, Bl. H. 51, 24. Geofena, 103, 26.

hǽþen

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Þæt hǽþene weorod, 221, 30. Eác wearð on Ispanie ꝥ þá hǽðenan men ( the Moors ) fóran and hergodan uppon þám Xpenan mannan . . . hí áweg ádrifan eall þet hǽðena folc, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 33-222, 3.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Ge þanc ge þeáwas, word and weorc georne gerihtan, L. P. M. 3; Th. ii. 288, 16. Drihten, úre mód gebíg, þanc and þeáwas on ðín gewil, Hy. 7, 78. [Þu þi þanc (þoht, and MS.) al forhele, Laym. 4360. He put a swuc þonc in hire heorte, A.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

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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Tó manna heortan, ǽr Drihtnes weorc ðǽr wunian móte, Blickl. Homl. 19, 8: 111, 5. 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

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Gif hwá on leásre gewitnesse stande, and hé oferstǽled weorðe, ne stande his gewitnesse syþþan for áht, L. C. S. 37; Th. i. 398, 12. Hú hé sceal swerigean ðe mid óðre on gewitnesse standaþ (-eþ?), L. O. 8; Th. i. 180, 26: 6; Th. i. 180, 17.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Th. 485, 29; Rä. 72, 5. state, condition Ðonne hié ðenceaþ hú hié selfe scylen fullfremodeste weorðan, and ne giémaþ tó hwon óðerra monna wíse weorðe cum sua et non aliorum lucra cogitant, Past. 5 ; Swt. 41, 24.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

heáh

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</b> as adj. in a physical sense. extending to a (relatively) great distance from the lowest point. of persons, plants, &amp;c. a person Geseah hé weorud . . . and wæs án þǽra swýþe heáh and swýðe mycel ofer eal þæt óþer folc, Vis.

Linked entry: dynt

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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Grammar under, ¶ Combined with on : --Lecgan uppan ðone stán and on under, Lchdm. iii. 38, 18. where one object comes to the lower part of another Weorod eodon unblíðe under Earna næs wundur sceáwian; fundon on sande sáwulleásne ðone ðe him hringas geaf

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Búton him geholpen weorðe, Past. 251, 18. Him þæt tó lytel yfel þúhte, búton hié bié þæs naman benáme, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 3: Bl. H. 37, 17: 43, 18.

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Seó gelaðung ys weaxende þurh ácennedum cildum and waniende þurh forðfarenum, Lchdm. iii. 238, 2. marking manner, state Hé ðæt weorc ðæs godspelles má ðurh his fóta gange fremede ðonne on his horsa ráde ( more on foot than on horseback ), Bd. 4, 3; S

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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(α α) alone Þæt on hys heortan (hearta is, L. ) ásáwen is, Mt. 13, 19. without noun, his, hers, theirs Búton heó fram þám ceorle wille eft hám ongeán, and nǽfre eft heó his ne weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 416, 15. the pronoun as in . with noun.

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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HÍ sculon his weorc sæcgean annuntient opera ejus, 106, 21, to express in words feelings of gratitude, admiration, etc., to give thanks, glory, etc., to a person (cf. Ger. Dank sagen) Ic ðara frætwa þanc wuldurcyninge wordum secge, Beo.

ge-mynd

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X. the moral tendency, moral character :-- Sceal on leóht cuman sínra weorca wlite and worda gemynd and heortan gehygd fore heofona cyning, Cri. 1038.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, &nbsp;sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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His weorc sceolon beón ðæs weorðe, ðæt him óðre menn onhyrien, Past. ll, 1; Swt. 61, 17. Ic worda gespræc má ðonne ic sceolde, Andr. Kmbl. 1848; An. 926: Hy. 3, 43. Ðone máððum ðe ðú mid rihte rǽdan sceoldest, Beo. Th. 4119; B. 2056.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal