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sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Ðá slóh ðǽr micel leóht fit æfter ðam englum (cf. Icel. impers. use, e. g. loganum sló út), Homl. Th. ii. 342, 7; 350, 24. On slógan incursere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 1. Drenc wið deádum swile ðæt hé út sleá, Lchdm. ii. 74, 18: 102, 20.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Hié hine líchomíce gesáwon, and him æfter eorþlícre wísan hýrdon, Blickl. Homl. 135, 20. Ðæt Léden and ðæt Englisc nabbaþ ná áne wísan on ðære sprǽce fadunge.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

fram

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Regn þe þeós eorðe fram æfter gróweð, Ps.

ge-mǽne

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Gemǽnes hádes preóstum is álýfed, æfter ðæs hálgan Gregorius tǽcinge (v. Bd. I. 27 ; Sch. 63, 3-5 : Preóstas and Godes þeówas bútan hálgum hádum gesette clerici extra sacros ordines constituti), þæt hí sýferlíce sinscipes brúcon.

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Feorh ne bemurndan . . . hú þæs gástes síð æfter swyltcwale geseted wurde, An. 155. ¶ the object a pronoun :-- Hycgað his ealle hú gé hí beswícen, Gen. 433. Ne mæg ic þæt gehicgan, hú ic in þǽm becwóm, Sat. 179.

licgan

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Licgað æfter lande loccas tódrifene, An. 1428. Hit on eorðan læg on twám styccum, Cri. 1138 : B. 1532. Discas lágon and dýre swyrd . . . swá hié wið eorðan fæðm þúsend wintra þǽr eardodon, 3048.

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Hé hwearf æfter wegum ge búton geond þone wudu, Bl. H. 199, 13. without Hié him tó getióð ðæt, ðætte hié eáðe bútan bión meahton, Past. 293, 18. Ðás béc sceal hé néde habban, and hé ne mæg bútan beón, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 16.

(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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Th. ii. 12, 30. in addition to, besides Ða sende hé æfter máran fultum, tó ðæm ðe ða burg ymbseten hæfdon (in addition to the troops that had besieged the town), Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 23.

Linked entry: -anne

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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His wylla is, ðæt wé aa æfter úre ágenre þearfe geornlíce winnan his will is that we ever strive diligently after our own profit, Wulfst. l09, 8. For eówre þearfe mé sende God pro salute vestra misit me Deus, Gen. 45, 5.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

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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Æfter ðám formálan ðe hí worhton, L. Eth, ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 12. Ne wirc ðú ðé ágrafene godas, Ex. 20, 4. Ðonne wyrce wé manega béc, Homl. Th. ii. 28, 12. Uton wircean man tó úre gelícnisse, Gen. 1, 26. Wyrcan, Hexam. 11 ; Norm. 18, 8, 19.

ge-sellan

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M. 23, 29. to give in payment Hé geselþ eallne ðone welan æfter ðám anwealde, bútan hé hine mid lǽssan begitan mæge, Bt. 33, 2 ; F. 124, 10. Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here of Ængla lande wið friðe, Ll.

gód

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Cf. godcund; 1 Æfter þǽre gódan sprǽce iuxta oraculum, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 161, 15. favourable, advantageous. happy, prosperous Wyrd . . . þeáh hit ús manigfealdlic ðince, sum gód, sum yfel, hit is þeáh him ánfeald gód, for þám hé hit eall tó gódum ende

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Æfter þám þá giet þæs ilcan hærfestes afterwards still in the same autumn, Chr. 921; P. 102, 17. Ðǽr tó láfe ðá get wæs . . ., 973; P. 119, n. 6. His módor þá gyt gegán wolde sorhfulne síð, B. 1276.

habban

(v.)
Grammar
habban, habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

To HAVE, possess, hold, keep

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Æfter ðisum hæfde se cyng mycel geþeaht after this the king held a great council, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 22 : St. And. 32, 29 : Chr. 1050; Erl. 176, 9.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

on-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-geagn, -gegen, -gægn, -gegn, -geán, -gán, -geǽn, -gén.

opposite, over against, againsttowards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way ofagainstagainst, for the reception of, to receivein reply toin return for, as an equivalent for opposite, over againstagainst, in a direction opposite toagainst, with, contrary to, in opposition toin reply toas an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange foragainst, ready fortowardsoppositeagain, backLat re-in replytowardson the other handagain

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Æfter hǽðenum gewunan, ongeán heora cristendóm, Homl. Th. i. 100, 20. Ongǽn þúsendfealde deriende cræftas contra mille nocendi artes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 29.

Linked entries: a-gén a-gén on-gegen

sécan

(v.)
Grammar
sécan, sécean; p. sóhte; pp. sóht
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Ða ðe æfter deáþe Dryhten sécaþ, Andr. Kmbl. 1200; An. 600. Ðá hé ðone cyningc sóhte when he visited the king, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 10. Sárge gé ne sóhton ye did not visit the afflicted, Exon. Th. 92, 19; Cri. 1511.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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-, apulder-, her-, cafer-, cyric-, deór-, gærs-, gang-, leah-, líc-, wyrt-tún. as a technical English term, (i) in its simplest form, the enclosed land surrounding a single dwelling Gif man in marines tún ǽrest geirneþ .vi. scillingum gebéte; se ðe æfter

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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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Ǽrest æfter folcrihte slaga sceal his forspecan on hand syllan, and se forspeca mágum, ðæt se slaga wille bétan wið mǽgðe.

ge-mynd

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On þá gerád þe man [his] gemynd æfter his dege tó þǽre hálgan stówe dó in Wintanceastre, 158, 15. Tó tídsongum mín gemund dón, 159, 9. annual commemoration of a saint On ðone fíf and twéntegðan dæg ðæs mónðes bið Sce Urbanes gemynd, Shrn. 86, 9.

ge-reccan

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Hi hrædlíce, æfter þǽm þe þá wíf hié swá scondlíce geræht hæfdon, gewendon, Ors. 1, 12; S. 54, 5. [Passages 1. 2, and 4 might be taken under ge-rǽcan; <b> I. 4.</b>]