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ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a row ⬩ series ⬩ a rank ⬩ grade ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ position ⬩ degree ⬩ an order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ method ⬩ regulation ⬩ ordering ⬩ an injunction ⬩ ordinance

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Æfter þǽre endebyrdnesse þe se abbod gestaþelað gange sélc æfter óðrum tó cosse, 115, 2. Gesinge hé fiftig sealma be endebyrdnysse (juxta ordinem), Ll. Th. ii. 134, 12. Sindon twá béc gesette on endebyrdnisse tó Salamones bócum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 41.

on-fón

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Cyning selfa onféng fulluhtþeáwum, Met. 1, 33. Æfter þám onfangenum gebede swá hit mid munecum þeáw is after praying as is the custom with monks, Hml. S. 23 b, 67 : 84. Add Þý syxtan mónþe þæs þe Sanctus Ióhannes on his módor bósm onfangen wæs, Bl.

geond

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Geond þæt síde sel throughout the spacious hall, An. 763. Hringdene geond þæt sæld swǽfon they slept all about the hall, B. 1280.

tǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽlan, p. de.

to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse. ⬩ to blame a person for what is wrong ⬩ to blame what is wrong in a person ⬩ to speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbite ⬩ to treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at

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Ðonne gé eów selfum ondrǽdaþ ðæt ðæt gé on óþrum tǽlaþ dum sibi, quod increpat, timet, 21; Swt. 159, 16. Hé tǽlde ( exprobravit ) hyra ungeleáffulnesse, Mk. Skt. 16, 14. Ða bóceras ðæt tǽldon, Homl. Th. i. 338, 20.

Linked entries: télan be-tilldon

freónd

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Selle hé his wǽpn his freóndum tó gehealdanne, 60, 8.

hǽlu

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Him selfum tó écere hǽlo. Chr. 855; P. 66, 8 : Ll. Th. i. 103, 7. Eal þis hé þrowode for úre lufon and hǽlo, 61. H. 23, 35. For manna hǽlo, 79, 3. Fore uncerra sáula héla and uncerra bearna, C. D. i. 292, 26.

libban

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Hí libbað óðrum monnum, and cwelað him selfum, 449, 19. Wé úres flǽsces lustum ne libben, 43, Ðæt hié scylen be hira rǽdum libban, 319, 22.

heáh

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In sele þǽm heán, B. 713. Máran cyricean and hýhran timbrian, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 170, 16. Tó gyrwanne gódlecran stól heárran on heófne, Gen. 282.

Linked entry: dynt

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, to greet.
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., 670. to touch, have to do with a person. to treat medically Gif se bríw and se drenc inne gewuniað, þú meaht þone man gelácnian; gif him of fleógeð, him bið selre ꝥ þú hine ná ne gréte, Lch. ii. 320, 20. of sexual intercourse Hé féng wíue his and

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

HÁD

(n.)
Grammar
HÁD, es; m.

person ⬩ persona ⬩ sex ⬩ degree, rank, order, condition ⬩ state, condition, kind, nature, form ⬩ manner, way ⬩ honour ⬩ persona, sexus, ordo, gradus.

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Næs sinc-máððum sélra on sweordes hád there was no better treasure among swords, 4393; B. 2193. Þurh hǽstne hád by violence, Beo.Th. 2674; B. 1335 : Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 7; Cri. 49. Þurh monigne hád in many a form, 54 b; Th. 191, 34.

Linked entries: acolitus diácon dúru-weard hádelíce -hád

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever

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Hwý biþ his anwald áuhte ðý mára gif hé náh his selfes geweald in what way will his power be at all the greater if he has not command over himself? Bt. Met.

Linked entries: chuæt for-hwám hwæt HWÝ hu- for

healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire

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E. 20; Th. i. 372, 13. to behave, conduct [one's self] Hú se sacerd hine healdan sceal and se diácon quomodo sacerdos et diaconus se gerere debeant, L. Ecg. P. iii. pref. v; Th. ii. 194, 29.

Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend

ge-faran

(v.)
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Gefærenne man, gástleásne, El. 872. of affairs, circumstances, condition, to go well or ill Heora wíse on nǽnne sǽl wel ne gefór, náþer ne innan from him selfum, ne útan fram óþrum folcum nulla unquam tempora vel foris prospera vel domi quieta duxerunt

hál

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For hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc and óþrum hálum strangne, 39, 9; F. 226, 11. Ne mæg se unhála þám hálan gelíce byrðene áhebban. Ll. Th. i. 412, 8. Hig gemétton hálne ( sanum ) þone þe ǽr untrum wæs, Lk. 7, 10.

hefig

ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness

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Wá ðǽm ðe gaderað an hine selfne þæt hefige fenn . . . Ðæt is ðæt mon gadrige ðæt ðicke fenn . . . vae ei qui aggravat contra se densum lutum. Contra se densum lutum aggravare est . . . Past. 329, 18.

Linked entry: hefe-lic

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Séna hine gelóme; his þing biþ sóna sélre, Lchdm. ii. 344, 19: Exon. Th. 378, 1; Deór. 9. Tó hwan ðínre sáwle þing (sið, Exon. Th. 368, 11) siððan wurde, Soul Kmbl. 39; Seel. 20.

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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Hér sægþ be ðisse tíde árwyrþnesse, hú Drihten hine selfne geeaþmédde, 65, 29.

Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Th. i. 388, 23. (15) :-- Sélre him is ǽfre of folgoðe ðonne on, Angl. ix. 260, 30. <b>B. I.</b> 3 (both acc. and dat..

wed

(n.)
Grammar
wed, wedd, es; n.

a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact

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Gif man hrægl tó wedde selle, L. Alf. 36; Th. i. 52, 25. Gif hwá þeóf clǽnsian wylle, lecge án .c. tó wedde, L. Eth. iii. 7; Th. i. 296, 7. Se Hálga Gást wæs onsended tó wedde ðæs heofonlícan éþles, Blickl. Homl. 131, 14.

Linked entries: bád borg-wed borh-wed

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