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tó

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too

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Tó hwæs hí gearwe bǽron whither they should bear their arms, Cd. Th. 190, 1; Exod. 192. marking position, in, at Hé wæs tó middes wætres he was in mid stream, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 176.

Linked entry: -anne

be

rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request

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Gif ceorl ácwyle be libbendum wífe and bearne, Ll. Th. i. 30, 3. Be lifiendre þǽre (þǽre cwenan, Wlfst. 269, 33), 316, 10. Gif hý hit be þan libbendan habban wyllan if they will have it in their lifetime, Cht. Th. 491, 25.

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f.

tumulus ⬩ A burying, grave, sepulchre, tomb ⬩ sepulcrum, monumentum, tumba ⬩ cremation ⬩ the burning ⬩ a body

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Small flat stones, the largest less than a foot square, had been laid over the graves at Hartlepool, each bearing a cross, and the name of the person it commemorated; some engraved in Anglo-Saxon runes, and some in the Roman letters of the seventh century

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Gif ceorl and his wíf bearn hæbben gemǽne, Ll. Th. i. 126, 1-3: 254, 15. Gif Maria unbeweddod wǽre and cild hæfde. Hml. Th. i. 196, 11.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan, sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj. prs. scyle, scile, sciele, scule.

to owe ⬩ debere ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ ought ⬩ have ⬩ am ⬩ am bound ⬩ shall ⬩ ought as being fit, right, proper ⬩ in accordance with reason ⬩ to do appointed work ⬩ to carry out the terms of an agreement ⬩ where the obligation results from a law, statute, regulation ⬩ shall ⬩ must as being decreed by fate or providence ⬩ to be forced ⬩ must because there is no possible alternative ⬩ because one cannot help one's self ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must ⬩ shall because from the conditions or nature of a case no alternative is admissible ⬩ because a conclusion is inevitable ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ where an end is to be attained or a task to be completed or a purpose to be served

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Forðan sceal gehycgan hæleða ǽghwylc, ðæt hé ne ábælige bearn Waldendes, Cd. Th. 276, 25; Sat. 194. Ðonne gé geseóþ ðære tóworpednysse ásceonunge standan ðǽr heó ne sceal (ríseþ, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 13, 14.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

niman

(v.)
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Srt. 72,24.Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú ðé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime, swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. (2 a) fig. :-- Ðára synna gé nimað quorum peccata retinueritis, Jn.