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neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Hwæðer is ðé leófre þe ðú nú onfó þá costnunga, þe neár þínum ende?, Hml. S. 30, 132. (3 a) cf. I. Neáh ðám eall þá þing þe ðanan cumað wiþ ǽlcum áttre magan omnia pene, quae de eadem insula sunt, contra uenenum ualent, Bd. l, I ; Sch. 13, 3.

eald

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H. 107, 11. (1 a) used substantively :-- Ongan seó leó fægnian wið þæs ealdan weard, Hml. S. 23 b, 778. of material things Sylle hé earmum mannum his ealde hrægl, Bl. H. 53, 13. <b>I a.

ge-læccan

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Gelecce ( rapiat ) swá swá leó, Ps. L. 7, 3. to seize, lay hands on; snatch up Gelæhton þá weardmenn his wealdleðer fæste, þæt hé mid fleáme ne burste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 14. Gif hwilc man ꝥ wǽpn gelæcce and hwylcne hearm þǽr mid gewyrce, Ll.

libban

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Ic wát þæt nán swá gód man ne leofað swá hé is, Ors. 5, la ; S. 242, 33. Wé þe lybbað (lifgeað, Ps. Vos. lifgað, Ps. Srt. ) nos qui vivimus, Ps. Rdr. 113, 18.

hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
hýnan, hénan; p. de

To abusehumiliaterebukecorrectdespiseoppressafflictill-treat

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Se gúþsceaþa Geáta leóde hatode and hýnde, Beo. Th. 4627; B. 2319. Hé heów and hýnde he smote and felled, Byrht. Th. 141, 18; By. 324. Hí Godes cyrican hýndan and bærndon they evilly entreated and burned the churches of God, Chr. 684; Erl. 41, 22.

Linked entry: hénan

un-rím

(n.)
Grammar
un-rím, es; n.

A countless numberan incalculable number or amount

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Him gelýfde leóda unrím, 26, 40. Reced weardode unrím eorla, Beo. Th. 2480; B. 1238. Ðæt is herga mǽst, eádigra unrím, Exon. Th. 352, 3; Sch. 92. Mid unríme þegna and eorla, Met. 25, 7. Þeáh hé áge ǽhta unrím, 14, 4.

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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Spl. 12, 3. with preps. physical Beseó hé upp tó þǽre nǽddran, and hé leofað, swá hé besihð on hig, Num. 21, 8. Swá ðá eágan on besióð, Bt. 41, 4; F. 252, 13. Of heofenum beseah Drihten Dominus de coelo prospexit, Ps.

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Ðá cwæð Æðelstán ꝥ him leófre wǽre ꝥ hit tó fýre oððe flóde gewurde þonne hé hit ǽfre gebide, Cht. Th. 207, 14. Hǽðenscipe bið ꝥ man weorþige fýr oþþe flód, Ll.

hleóðrian

(v.)
Grammar
hleóðrian, p. ode

To sound, make a sound [with the voice], to speak, sing, cry, exclaim, resound

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Hé sæde ðæt hé openlíce hí gehýrde betwyh óðer leóþ monig hleóðrian and singan referre erat solitus, quod aperte eos inter alia resonare audiret, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547. 37.

GEÁTAS

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁTAS, Iótas, Iútas, Eótenas

the JutesJutæGAUTSGauti in SueciaΓαυτοί,

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Goth. 2, 15 We synt gumcynnes Geáta leóde we are of the race of the Gauts' nation, Beo. Th. 526; B. 260 : 730; B. 362.

sunu

(n.)
Grammar
sunu, gen. a, u; dat. a, u; n. pl. a, u, o: there are also weak forms sing. suna; n. pl. sunan; gen. sunena; m.
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Heó ne gehýrde ná hyre leófan sunu stemne ( but suna ll. 20, 24), Wulfst. 152, 16. Gif his sunu and his sunu sunu geþeóþ, L. Wg. 11; Th. i. 188, 10. Cyning ðe macode hys suna (sune, Lind.: sunu, Rush. filio ) gyfta, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 2.

Linked entry: suna

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, es; m.

song, singinga singing, chantingsong, poetry,a songa poem

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Ðá hé ðá ðis leóþ ásungen hæfde, ðá forlét hé ðone sang, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 5. Ðǽr ( in heaven ) wé hálgan Gode sang ymb seld secgan sceoldon, Cd. Th. 279, 9; Sat. 235. Gesǽton sigerófe sang áhófon lifted up their voices in song, Elen.

Linked entry: song

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade ; f.

Shadow, shadeshadow (cast by an object) darknessshadow, protectiona shady place, shade, arbouran obscure image

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Ðá gesundrode sigora Waldend leóht wið þeóstrum, sceade wið scíman, Cd. Th. 8, 22; Gen. 128. For hwon sécest ðú sceade, 54, 8; Gen. 874. shadow, protection Under scaduwe fiðera ðínra gescyld mé, Ps. Spl. 16, 10.

Linked entry: sceadu-genga

ge-limpan

(v.)
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., Cri. 79. where the subject is not expressed Ábeád weroda ealdor: 'Nú sié geworden leóht . . .' and þá sóna gelomp, þá hit swá sceolde, leóma leóhtade, Cri. 233. (4 a) where the verb is followed by a substantive clause :--- Gelomp ꝥ án swíþe wís mon

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Títus cóm mid Rómána herige . . . þá leóde flugon þá hié þone here tóweardne wiston, Bl. H. 79, 11-13.

wénan

(v.)
Grammar
wénan, p. de.

to weensupposethinkimagineopinebelieveto hopeexpectlook for

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Him is ðeáh leófre ðæt hé leóge, ðonne him mon ǽnigra ungerisna tó wéne eligit bona de se vel falsa jactari, ne mala possit vel minima perpeti 33; Swt. 217, 16.

Linked entries: for-wénan wǽnan

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Wildwildnot domesticnot tamednot broken inwildnot cultivatedwilduncultivateduninhabitedwildturbulentungoverned

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Seó leó ge-monð ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana. Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 12. Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian, Exon. Th. 332, 14; Vy. 85 : 222, 3; Ph. 343. Hálig feoh and wilde deór, Cd. Th. 13, 13 ; Gen. 202.

Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet

middan-geard

(n.)
Grammar
middan-geard, es; m.

the middle dwellingthe earthworldthe world and they that dwell thereinmankind

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A.) leóht vos estis lux mundi, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 14. Ða hwatestan men ealles ðises middangeardes, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 6. Hú gesǽlig seó forme eld wæs ðises middangeardes, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 3.

Linked entry: middan-eard

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, -sión, ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -syhþ; p. -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; imp. -syh, -seoh; subj. pres. ic -sáwe; pp. -sawen

To seevidere, conspicere

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Hie ðæt leóht geseóþ scínan they see the light shine, 129, 7: Cd 5; Th. 7, 20; Gen. 108: 32; Th. 42, 4; Gen. 669.

Linked entry: ge-sión

Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Þé wæs leófra his hyldo, þonne Þín sylfes bearn, Cd. Th. 176, 34; Gen. 2921. Lufa þínne néhstan swá þé sylfne (ðec seolfne, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 19, 19.

Linked entries: þec þeh þistel