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ge-niman

(v.)
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Genime hé vi. sciłł. weorð wed, 132, 13. Hit hæfþ genumen (gewunnen, v. l. ) þæs folces ólecunga, Bt. 24, 3; F. 82, 24. to receive a person who offers himself Genómun ( exceperunt ) hine ðá Galilesce menn mið ðý alle geségen ðá ðe geuorhte, Jn. L.

ge-weorþan

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Hé gesihð úre weorc ǽr hí gewordene sién, oððe furðum geþóht, Bt. 41, 4 ; L 145, 14. Gewoerden, Mt. L. 11. 21. Geuordeno (giwordne, R. ), Jn. L. 3, 21. Gewordene exerceri. An. Ox. 40.

lǽtan

(v.)
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To desist from :-- On þane .VII. dæg lét Drehten fram ǽghwilcum weorce, Wlfst. 218, 26. His sunu féng tó his eorldóme and lét of ðan þe hé ǽr hæfde, Chr. 1053 ; P. 182, 26. Lǽtan desistamus, An.

for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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Gif þú wille on snide blód forlǽtan, 148, 10. to relax efforts to do something: Sé ðe for his slǽwðe forlǽtt his gódan weorc qui mollis et dissolutus est in opere suo, Past. 445, 17. not to detain Hié mon forlǽteþ tó mé, Bl. H. 71, 2.

(prep.)
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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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Hé worhte his weorc tó seofon nihtum, ii. 356, 5. Syððan tó twelf mónðum ne cymþ ðǽr nán óðer scúr, Lchdm. iii. 254, Similar entries See also ealdor, feorh. marking end of extent, to Hé frægn hú neáh ðære tíde wǽre . . .

Linked entry: -anne

ymb

(prep.)
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ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Kmbl. 2507; El. 1255: 1324; El. 664. with dative, local Ða weorod ðe him ymb férdon and stódon, Blickl. Homl. 99, 25: Beo. Th. 5188; B. 2597. Ða hire midore ymbe þrǽgaþ, Met. 28, 23. Geseó ic him his englas ymbe hweorfan, Cd. Th. 42, 5; Gen. 669.

þegen

(n.)
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þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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Ðeáh þrǽla hwylc hláforde æthleápe, and hit æfter ðam geweorðe, ðæt wǽpngewrixl weorðe gemǽne þegene and þrǽle, gyf þrǽl ðæne þegen áfylle, licge ǽgylde; and gyf se þegen ðæne þrǽl, ðe hé ǽr áhte, áfylle, gylde þegengylde. Wulfst. 162, 5-l0.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Th. i. 66, 13, Swá þæt gé hlyston þá word ána bútan þám weorcum auditores tantum, Ælfc. T. 14, 38. Ðá þing ána þe hí behófedon underfónde, ii. 130, 2.

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
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wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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Forþ gewát ðurh martyrdóm Laurentius; hæfþ nú líf wiþ ðan mid Wuldorfæder weorca tó leáne, Menol. Fox 290; Men. 146. Hí mé yfel settan á wið goode posuerunt adversum me mala pro bonis, Ps: Th. 108, 4.

witan

(v.)
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witan, prs. ic, hé wát, ðú wást, wǽst, pl.witon; p. wiste; pp. witen.

to witknowhave knowledgebe aware,to knowhave knowledge of, be aware ofto be wisebe in one's sensesto be conscious ofto knowto feelshew

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Ǽghwæþres sceal scearp scyldwiga gescád witan worda and weorca, 582; B. 288. Wytan, Hy. 3, 17. Dó hit mon ús tó witanne, Past, 46; Swt, 357, 5. Béc ða ðe niédbeðearfosta sién eallum monnum tó wietonne, pref.; Swt. 7, 7. Tó wietenne, 15; Swt. 92, 26.

Linked entries: weotan wietan

in

(prep.)
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in, prep.
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Þám þe his in weorcum willan ræfnað, 594. Ic in líchoman and in mínum gǽste Gode campode, 615. of measure, within Ne geweorðe ꝥ crísten man gewífige in .vi. manna sibfæce, Ll. Th. i. 318, 13. expressing object, aim, purpose, &c.

niman

(v.)
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Ellen niman tó ǽnigum gódan weorce, Angl. xi. 113, 45. with nearly the force of make or do Hú micel scyld ðæt sié ðæt monn nime sume sibbe wið ðá wierrestan. Past. 353, 11.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Hé biþ on ðæt wynstre weorud wyrs gesceáden, þonne hé on ða swíþran hond swícan móte, 449, 24; Dóm. 76. where the comparative with þanne may be rendered by the positive preceded by too and followed by for with an infinitive or by an infinitive Seó is

Linked entries: þænne þonne

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Þurhwunian on rihtum geleáfan and on fulfremedlícum weorcum, 77, 19. On sorhgum beón, 5, 29. On stilnesse, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 11. Gif hé wyrþ on ungeþylde, 11, 1; Fox 32, 33. Ðá wæs cyning on hreón móde, Beo. Th. 2619; B. 1307.

Linked entries: an un-reordian