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læccan

(v.)
Grammar
læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To take ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ catch ⬩ apprehend ⬩ capture

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Heora ǽgðer uppon óðerne túnas bærnde and eác menne læhte in their struggle they burned one another's towns and captured one another's men, Chr. 1094 ; Erl. 230, 13. Ðætte ðióstro iuih ne læcga ut non tenebræ vos compræhendant, Jn. Skt.

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan

ge-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lang, -long; adj.

Along ⬩ belonging ⬩ depending ⬩ consequent

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Nis me wiht æt eów leófes gelong I am not dependent upon you for anything dear, Exon. 37 a; Th. 121, 5; Gú. 284 : 115 b; Th. 444, 11; Kl. 45. Ðæt wæs swíðor on ðam gelang that was rather owing to this reason, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 94, 35.

Linked entries: -lang ge-lenge ge-long

GEÓTAN

(v.)
Grammar
GEÓTAN, ic geóte, ðú gýtst, he gýt, pl. geótaþ; p. geát, gét, pl. guton; pp. goten; v. a.

to pour, pour out, shed ⬩ fundere, effundere, profundere ⬩ to flow, stream ⬩ profluere ⬩ to found, cast ⬩ to cast

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He gét ðæt blód uppan ðæt weofod fudit sanguinem super altare, Lev. 8, 24: Ex. 24, 6. Swá man gute wæter as one would pour water, Ps. Th. 78, 3.

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceáwian, p. ode; pp. od.

To spew, manifest, exhibit ⬩ exhibere, monstrāre, manifestāre ⬩ To see, behold, view, look round upon ⬩ videre, perspicere, circumspicere ⬩ To see, consider ⬩ videre, considerare

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To see, behold, view, look round upon; videre, perspicere, circumspicere Heó endestæf gesceáwiaþ they shall behold their end, Cd. 225; Th. 298, 31: Sat. 541. Ðæt deáþ ne gesceáwige qui non videbit mortem, Ps. Th. 88, 41.

Linked entry: sceáwian

ge-sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprecan, -specan; p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen

To speak ⬩ speak with ⬩ agree

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Ðe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon which ye two in former days oft agreed upon, Exon. 123 a; Th. 476, 16; Bo. 15: 123 b; Th. 475, 24; Bo. 52.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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The peculiar force which this particle imparts to different verbs may correspond to the Latin ex out, as á-gangan to go out; exire: to the English up, as á-hleápan to leap up; exsilire: á-fyllan to fill up; implere: it expresses the idea of an origin

fæsten

firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum

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Hié þone here besǽton on ánum fæstenne (cf. they threw up a fortification, Hen. Hunt.), Chr. 894; P. 87, 21. Hí wícstówa námon on twám stówum . . .

ge-wríþan

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Voc. i. 51, 43. to wrap up an object with a covering Þá brǽd se sceocca hine sylfne tó menn, gewráð his sceancan, Hml. S. 11, 223. <b>I a.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

fón

(v.)

to take ⬩ catch ⬩ to take ⬩ arrest ⬩ apprehend ⬩ to get ⬩ gain ⬩ to get ⬩ suffer ⬩ experience ⬩ to begin ⬩ to begin ⬩ to take ⬩ to set about ⬩ undertake ⬩ to attack ⬩ to begin at ⬩ to take ⬩ take ⬩ to set to work at ⬩ deal with ⬩ receive ⬩ accept ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ take possession of ⬩ to take ⬩ to take ⬩ undertake ⬩ to take ⬩ to take to ⬩ allow of ⬩ to take to ⬩ to take to ⬩ join battle ⬩ to join together ⬩ to struggle with

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wit ǽr wéron I should like us to take up the subject again at the point we were at before, Solil.

ge-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þencan, -þencean, ic -þence, ðú -þencest, -þencst, he -þenceþ, -þencþ, pl. -þencaþ, -þenceaþ; p. ic, he -þohte, ðú -þohtest, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht.

to think ⬩ conceive ⬩ perceive ⬩ reflect upon ⬩ weigh ⬩ meditari ⬩ considerare ⬩ pensare ⬩ to think about ⬩ remember ⬩ consider maturely ⬩ to take to heart ⬩ recogitare ⬩ iterum cogitare ⬩ reminisci ⬩ to think of ⬩ bear in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ recordari ⬩ cogitare ⬩ memor esse ⬩ to excogitate ⬩ devise ⬩ invent ⬩ conceive ⬩ excogitare ⬩ struere ⬩ invenire ⬩ to resolve ⬩ intend ⬩ wish ⬩ intendere ⬩ velle

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to think, conceive, perceive, reflect upon, weigh; meditari, considerare, pensare Hwylc eówer mæg sóþlíce geþencan ðæt he geeácnige áne elne to hys anlícnesse quis autem vestrum cogitans potest adjicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum, Mt.

be-cuman

to come ⬩ get, ⬩ to come to power ⬩ get into trouble ⬩ to come to ⬩ by ⬩ to cometo a person ⬩ to befall ⬩ to become ⬩ behove

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H. 177, 33. of events, to come upon, to befall Ꝥ wíte þe nǽnig ende ne becymeþ, Bl. H. 51, 31. Gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 32, 38. Se grama þe ofer mannum becymð, Hml. Th. ii. 538, 28: Wlfst. 201, 6.

ge-wítan

(v.)
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Getǽc mé sumne mann þára þe ðé gesǽlegost þince and on his selfwille sý swíþost gewiten, Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 17. of things. where there is motion Ꝥ fýr úp gewít ignis surgit in altum, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12.

gán

to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court

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H. 27, 9. úp gán to begin, start Andlang Cendefer ðér hit (the boundary) ǽr úp eóde, C. D. v. 40, 17. út gán to go to the closet, have an evacuation Hwílum hié oft on dæge út gáð, and þonne lytlum ; hwílum ǽne, and þonne micel, Lch. ii. 230, 21.

wóp

(n.)
Grammar
wóp, es; m.

a whoop ⬩ cry ⬩ a cry of grief ⬩ wailing ⬩ lamentation ⬩ weeping

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Wæs wóp up áhafen, atol ǽfenleóð, Cd. Th. 190, 17; Exod. 200: Beo. Th. 257; B. 128. Wóp, hlúd heriges cyrm, Andr. Kmbl. 2311; An. 1157. Ða gesíðas, wóp and hleahtor, Salm. Kmbl. 695; Sal. 347. Coragium, i. virginale fumis vel wóp, Wülck.

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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Íne ǽr timbrede, Chr. 722; P. 42, 23. where and = þæt Þá getímode hit ymbe twelf mónað æfter Agathes þrowunge, and Ethna up ábleów, Hml.

Wætlinga-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
Wætlinga-strǽt, e; f.

Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.

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Ðonne on gerihte tó Bedanforda, ðonne up on Úsan óð Wætlinga strǽt, L. A. G. 1;Th. i. 152, 10. Hé com ofer Wæclinga strǽte, Chr. 1013;Erl. 148, 6.

Linked entry: Erming-strǽt

hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.

HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen

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Óð ðone hǽðenan byrgels up to the heathen tomb, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 13. (The same phrase often occurs in the charters in the descriptions of boundaries.) Se hæfde wununge on hǽðenum byrgenum he had his dwelling among the tombs, Homl.

heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.

Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence

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Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence Ðæs heánes wǽre óð monnes swyran its height was up to a man&#39;s neck, Shrn. 81, 13. Sió heánes ðara munta altitudo montium, Past. 51, 5; Swt. 397, 36.

tó-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brǽdan, p. de.

to make broad, ⬩ enlarge, ⬩ extend, ⬩ make great in size or number ⬩ to make great, ⬩ magnify, ⬩ multiply, ⬩ increase, ⬩ improve the condition of a person ⬩ to expand, ⬩ extend, ⬩ spread out, ⬩ open wide, ⬩ distend ⬩ to extend, ⬩ spread abroad, ⬩ diffuse

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Of ðyson eahta deófles cræftan ealle unþeáwas up áspringaþ and syððan tóbrǽdaþ ealles tó wíde, Wulfst. 68, 17

Linked entry: tó-brédan

á-heardian

(v.)
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Ox. 4641. of things, to be rigid, be insisted upon, not to be relaxed Gif þæs ealdres cwide þurhwunað and his gebod áheardað si in sua sententia prioris imperium perduraverit , R. Ben. 128, 17

Linked entry: heardian