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ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Ic ðé gesette manegra þeóda fæder a father of many nations have I made thee, Gen. 17, 5: Homl. Th. ii. 136, 23. Ðæt tempel towearp æfter feówer hund geárum ðæs ðe hit gesett wæs he destroyed the temple four hundred years after it was built, Swt. A.

ealdor-mann

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Þá hí on Ealdseaxe cómon, þá eódon hí on sumes túngeréfan gestærn, and hine bǽdon ꝥ hé hí onsende tó þám ealdormen ( ad satrapam) þe ofer hine wæs . . . þá Ealdseaxan næfdon ágenne cyning; ac manige ealdormen (satrapae plurimi) wǽron heora þeóde foresette

ge-openian

(v.)
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Fela wé habbað gesett ymbe þissum þingum, and gyt ús gelnstfullað þás þing tó geopenianne, 312, 41. to proclaim Sí þé wuldor and lof wíde geopenod geond ealle þeóda, Hy. 9, 1. <b>B.

ge-samnian

(v.)
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Gif þeówa and þeówen hig gesamnigon ( se conjunxerint), 150, 15. Geleófe men hig móton gesamnigan ( in matrimonium ire), 152, 24. to form by union of elements, make by joining Þæt mon cúðe tóslíteð, þætte nǽfre gesomnod wæs, Ru. I. 18, <b>V a.

girnan

(v.)
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Girne hé tó Godes þeówum þæt hý him absolutionem macigan, Wlfst. 180, 11. used absolutely, to ask from a person Gyrn fram mé and ic selle [þé] þeóda postula a me et dabo tibi gentes, Ps. Rdr. 2, 8. <b>IV a.

hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.

Kind, friendly, pleasant, favourable, gracious [of a prince to his subject], faithful, loyal, devoted, liege [of a subject to his prince]

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Ðonne biþ se holda þeówa geset ofer manegum gódum then will the faithful servant be set over many goods, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 23. Ic wille beón N. hold and getríwe I will be faithful and true to N., L.

tíman

(v.)
Grammar
tíman, p. de.

to teem,be productive.to be with child,bear,bring forth youngto beget, have intercourse with (wið) a womanto have offspring,bring forthto vouch to warranty to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possessionto refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its supportto betake one's self to a place,go to to resort toappeal to in reverence or for help to lead to

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Þeóda týmdon, Cd. Th. 75, 19; Gen. 1242. Témaþ and wexaþ, 13, 1; Gen. 196. Týmaþ and tiédraþ, 91, 14; Gen. 1512. Feoh sceal on eorðan týdran and týman, Menol. Fox 557; Gn. C. 48. Þe two tentaciuns þet temeð alle þe oðre, A. R. 220, 15.

hús

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Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes, Ll. Th. i. 50, 18 : Ex. 22, 4. Hús settan and tún timbrian. Solil. H. 1, 13. Ic mé her getimbre hús, Gú. 222. Húsa sélest, B. 146. Hié eft hwyrfende wǽron tó heora húsum, Bl. H. 207, 31.

losian

(v.)
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Gif þeóf losige þý dæge þám monnum þe hine gefóð, 148, 6. Þǽr ǽnig ne mæg losian caldan clommum, Cri. 1629: 1002: Rä. 3, with prep. Swá swá spearuwa of huntan gríne losige sicut passer erepta est de laqueo venantium, Ps.

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Sete ðín hand under mín þeóh, Gen. 24, 2: 48, 18.

Linked entry: on-settan

þanc

(n.)
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þanc, es; m.
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Gif hwá þeóf geméte and hine his þances áweg lǽte búton hreáme if any one come upon a thief and of his own accord let him get away without hue and cry, 29; Th. i. 392, 14.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

un-cúþ

(adj.)
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un-cúþ, adj.

Unknownincognitusunknownstrangeunknownnot understoodunknownuncertainungentleunkindhostileharshunfriendly

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Drihten sent uncúðe þeóde ofer eów ða ðe gé ne cunnon ducet te Dominus in gentem, quam ignoras, Deut. 28, 36. Geopenigean uncúðe wyrd, hwǽr hé ðara nægla wénan þorfte, Elen. Kmbl. 2202; El. 1102. Nime man uncúþ sǽd at ælmesmannum, Lchdm. i. 400, 17.

Linked entry: un-cúþlíce

ge-habban

(v.)
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lange swá biþ, þonne gehæfþ hit on unéþelícne wæterbollan if that is so for long, then it has a dropsy hard to cure involved in it, Lch. ii. 204, 13. to have room or capacity for, to allow, suffer Þæt heora land ne wǽre tó þæs mycel, ꝥ hí mihton twá þeóde

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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Gif hé wiste on hwylcere tíde se þeóf tówerd wǽre, 24, 43. Georne wiste se Scyppend, hwæt tóweard wæs, Homl. Th. i. 112, 25. Hé nát hwæt him tóweard biþ he knows not what is to happen to him, Bt. ll, 1; Fox 32, 13.

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feor

(adv.)
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feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Nis þéo ende feor it is not far to the end for thee, Gú. 1179: 1139. Nis nú ende feor ꝥ wé sceolon ætsomne súsel þrowian, Sat. 40

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

gelíce

(adv.)
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Hé ne dyde þæslíce łswá gelíce ǽlcere þeóde non fecit taliter omni nationi, 147, 20. Swá gelíce bið þám gódum and ðám yfelum, Bt. 36, 4; F. 178, 19: Chr. 1067; P. 202, 15. Swae gelíc similiter, Mt. p. 11, 1.

þæt

(con.)
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þæt, conj.
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Ǽlc man sylle ðone áð, ðæt hé nelle þeóf beón, L. C. S. 21; Th. i. 388, 7. Ic bebeóde wundor geweorðan, ðæt ðeós onlícnes eorðan séce, Andr.

ge-wunian

(v.)
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S. 23 b, 162. with clause Gewunode án þeóf ꝥ hé stáh ofer þone hege fur consueverat per sepem ascendere, Gr. D. 23, 22: 68, 15: 69, 24. Ge-wunade se geroefæ þe hé forléte énne gebundenne consueverat praeses dimittere umim vinctum, Mt. R. 27, 15.

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Wíta heardost, Kr. 87. ꝥ hé onfó þæs heardestan þeów-dómes, Bl. H. 49, 5. of a time in which there is suffering Se hearda dæg (the day of doom), Cri. 1065.

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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Þeóf sceal gangan in þýstrum wederum, Gn. C. 42. Gangan forð to advance By. 170. Gangend[e] féða an army on the march; agmen, Wrt.