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óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Seó hand wæs gelíc ðam óðrum flǽsce erat similis carni reliquae, Ex. 4, 7u Ða óðre nigon consonantes synd gecwedene mutae, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 3, I. Ða óðre (ceteri ) cwǽdon, Mt. 27, 49. Petrus and ða óðre apostolas, Blickl. Homl. 149, 5.

þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
þurfan, prs. ic, he þearf, ðú þearft, pl. wé þurfon; p. þorfte; subj. prs. is þurfe, þyrfe, pl. þurfen, þyrfen; prs. ptcpl. þurfende, þyrfende

To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe

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Gif hé gewitnesse hæbbe, ne þearf hé ðæt geldan ( he is not bound by law to pay ), L. Alf. 28; Th. i. 52, 3. Ne þearf hé him onfón, L. In. 67; Th. i. 146, 4. Mé ðæt riht ne þinceþ, ðæt ic óleccan þurfe Gode, Cd. Th. 19, 13; Gen. 290.

Linked entries: þearf þyrfende ge-þurfan

hú

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VI. in phrases Gelíc ðám scipe ðe ðá ýða drífað út on sǽ swá hú swá se wind blǽwð, Hen. 46, 21. Begite hé, swá hú swá hé mæge, septies cxx manna, Ll., Th. ii. 286, 25

winnan

(v.)
Grammar
winnan, p. wann , pl. wunnon; pp. wunnen.

intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain

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Sió his innaþ wan wætere gelíc, Ps. Th. 108, 18. Hé sceal winnan and sorgian, Blickl. Homl. 97, 25. Hé wolde ðǽm winnendum fultmian, and earme fréfran, 213, 17.

Linked entry: on-winnende

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

wunian

(v.)
Grammar
wunian, p. ode

To dwell ⬩ remain ⬩ to dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ stay ⬩ remain ⬩ live ⬩ to inhabit a place, live in or on ⬩ to live, be in certain conditions or circumstances, ⬩ to abide ⬩ be present with a person to comfort or help ⬩ to be ⬩ rest ⬩ reside ⬩ remain ⬩ occupy a position ⬩ to consist of or in, ⬩ subsist, exist ⬩ to remain ⬩ last ⬩ continue ⬩ endure ⬩ to be wont

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Pellicane gelíc, se on wéstene wunaþ, Ps. Th. 101, 5. Monna gehwylc cwic þendan hér wunaþ, Exon. Th. 37, 8; Cri. 590. Ða hwíle ðe wé on ðysse worlde wuniaþ, Blickl. Homl. 103, 24. Him (the whale) ða férend on fæste wuniaþ, wíc weardiaþ, Exon.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

wénan

(v.)
Grammar
wénan, p. de.

to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for

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Hwam wéne (woeno, Lind.) ic ðæt hit beó gelíc? cui simile esse existimabo? Lk. Skt. 13, 18, 20. Wén ic, ðæt . . . Beo. Th. 681; B. 338: 888; B. 442. Hig wénaþ (woenas, Lind.: woenaþ, Rush. putant), ðæt hí sín gehýrede Mt. Kmbl. 6, 7.

Linked entries: for-wénan wǽnan

lǽtan

(v.)
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Tó hwǽm wé gelíc létan welle ríce Godes ? cui adsimilabimus regnum Dei ? Mk. R.

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Þing sceal gehégan fród wiþ fródne, biþ hyra ferð gelíc, Exon. Th. 334, 19; Gn. Ex. 18. Ic wið Grendel sceal ána gehegan ðing, Beo. Th. 856; B. 426

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Wese hé hrægle gelíc, Ps. Th. 108, 19. Hit næs geséne hweðer hé seóc wǽre ( had been ), Homl. Skt. i. 6, 259. Ðæt Adam leng ána wǽre. Cd. Th. 11, 5; Gen. 170. Ofermód wesan, 17, 20; Gen. 262. Uossa oestig esse devota Rtl. 15, 21.

Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Þǽr geláðe mid him leng ne mihton geseón tósomne ( they could not keep in sight of one another ?)

hwá

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Hé gelýfd swá hwæt swá hé cwyð, gewurðe þis, Mk. 11. 23: Lk. 10, 35.

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Sceal bám gelíc, mon tó gemæccan, máþþum óþres weorð ( one gift deserves another in return ), Exon. Th. 343, 11; Gn. Ex. 155. Mín unrihtwísnysse is máre ðonne ic forgifenysse wyrðe sý major est iniquitas mea, quam ut veniam merear, Gen. 4, 13: Cd.

niman

(v.)
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Th. i. 164, 8. with idea of treatment Ðá lytlan synna mon ne geléfð tó nánre synne, ac nimð hí tó gewunan minor culpa dum quasi creditur . . in usu retinetur, Past. 437, 26. with idea of occupation Cuóm micel here . . . and wintersetl námon on Eást-Englum

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Ðonne se móna wexeþ (in its crescent condition), hé biþ gelíc ðæm gódum men, Blickl. Homl. 17, 22. <b>C.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

on

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

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Swelce him nǽfre gelíc yfel an ne becóme, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 10. For ðæm ungemetlícan feóndscipe ðe úre éhtende on sindon, 2, 5; Swt. 80, 36. Ðæt him mon sceolde an má healfa on feohtan ðonne on áne, Swt. 80, 27.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

ǽlc

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽlc, adj. [á + ge + líc]

Each ⬩ any ⬩ every ⬩ all ⬩ quisque ⬩ quivis ⬩ unusquisque ⬩ omnis

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Each, any, every, all; quisque, quivis, unusquisque, omnis Ǽlc gód treów byrþ góde wæstmas omnis arbor bona fructus bonos facit, Mt. Bos. 7, 17. Ǽlc wæs on twegra sestra gemete capientes singulæ metretas binas, Jn. Bos. 2, 6. Ǽlc hine selfa begrindeþ

Linked entries: ealc élc

a-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogode; pp. [ge]-hugod

To devise ⬩ search ⬩ invent ⬩ excogitare ⬩ perscrutari ⬩ invenire

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To devise, search, invent; excogitare, perscrutari, invenire Leóhtor ðonne hit men mǽgen módum ahycgan more clearly than men may in mind devise it, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 20; Cri. 903. Bæd him ðæs rǽd ahicgan besought them to devise counsel for this, Cd

Linked entry: a-hicgan

án-ge-trum

(n.)
Grammar
án-ge-trum, es; n. [án unicus, eximius; ge-tram cohors, caterva]

A singular company ⬩ unica cohors ⬩ eximia caterva

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A singular company; unica cohors, eximia caterva Micel ángetrum a great [and] singular company, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 6; Exod. 334

déman

(v.)
Grammar
déman, to démanne, démenne; part. démende; ic déme, ðú démest,démst, he démeþ, démþ, pl.démaþ ; p. démde, pl. démdon; impert. dém, déme, pl. démaþ, déme ge; pp. démed; v. trans. dat. acc. [dóm judgment, opinion]

DEEM, judge, think, consider, estimate, reckon, determine, examine, prove, doom, condemn ⬩ judicāre, arbitrāri, æstimāre, censēre, recensēre, decernĕre, sancīre, examināre, condemnāre

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To DEEM, judge, think, consider, estimate, reckon, determine, examine, prove, doom, condemn; judicāre, arbitrāri, æstimāre, censēre, recensēre, decernĕre, sancīre, examināre, condemnāre He com déman eorþan venit judicāre terram, Ps. Lamb. 95, 13: Elen

Linked entries: a-déman doeman

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