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setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (
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Ðá næfde hé nán setl hwǽr hé sittan mihte, for ðan ðe nán heofon nolde hine áberan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 45 : Ps. Th. 88, 37 : Exon. Th. 116, 31; Gú. 215. On préstes setel ( a hermitage ? ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 416, 29.

ge-lǽstan

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Witan hwæt úre gecwydrǽddene gelǽst sý, Ll. Th. i. 236, 5. a threat, boast, &c. Ðá gebeótode Cirus ðæt . . . Hé ꝥ mid dǽdum gelǽste, Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 1. Hæfde Eást-Denum leód gilp gelǽsted, B. 829. to carry out an order, wish, &c.

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Gif hwá hwæt ungewealdes gedéþ, ne bið ꝥ eallunga ná gelíc þe hit gewealdes gedéð, 412, 15. with irregular construction Gif monnes tunge bið of heáfde óðres monnes dǽdum gedón, ꝥ bið gelíc and eágan bót (the compensation for) pulling out a man's tongue

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 136, 37. to serve as a link between Seó miht geswutelað hwæt þes dǽl ( the conjunction ) mæge fremman, for ðan ðe hé hwílon geþeót óðre dǽlas and hwílon tóscǽt, Ælfc. Gr.

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compounda church, the material structure ecclesiaa heathen temple templum paganum

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in the compound circ-líc, etc. q. v. the CHURCH as a temporal and spiritual body; ecclesia = ἐκκλησία Seó cyrice on Breotone hwæt hwugu fæc sibbe hæfde the church in Britain for some time had peace, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 17.

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEADconducttakecarrybringbring forthproduce

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Gé cunnon hwæt se hláford is se ðisne here lǽdeþ, Exon. 16 a; Th. 36, 11; Cri. 574. Man ða moldan nimeþ and men wíde geond eorþan lǽdaþ tó reliquium the earth is taken, and men carry it far and wide over the world as relics, Blickl. Homl. 127, 16.

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Gif wífmen hwæt swylces derige, Lchdm. i. 236, 3: Beo. Th. 1764; B. 880. Hærincgas and leaxas . . . and fela swylces ( et similia ), Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 13. Hæleða fela swelces and swelces wundraþ, Met. 28, 49.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

ge-gán

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Án fæsten gegǽð wudewan and fǽmnan; máre gegǽd wífe þám þe wer hafað unum jejunium competit viduae et puellae; majus competit mulieri virum habenti, 156, 9, 10. to happen to a person, come upon God ána wát hwæt his deádan gegǽð quid mortuis suis eveniat

ge-hátan

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Swá hwæs swá his irsung willaþ, ðonne gehét him þæs (cf. ꝥ eall gehǽt, Met. 25, 52) his réccelést, Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 24. to undertake to do (or refrain from) an action. with simple object Micel is ꝥ þú gehǽtst, and ic ne tweóge ðæt ðú hit mæge gelǽstan

ge-sécan

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Gié nællað gesoeca hwæd gié geete, Lk. L.

ge-bétan

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Gif hí hwæt gesyngodon . . . ꝥ hí hit eft mid hreówsunge gebéton, Bt. 41, 3 ; F. 248, 14. Hyra unlustas hí sceolan gebétan sylfwylles on þyssum lífe, Hml. Th. i. 148, 27 : ii. 602, 20: Ors. 2, 1 ; S. 64, 8.

ge-wítan

(v.)
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Swá hwæt swá heó ( an adder ) gesyhð, hyt forscrincð and gewíteþ, Lch. i. 242, 4. God náne gesceafta ne forlét eallunga gewítan swá þæt hí tó náwihte weorðe . . .

CRÆFT

(n.)
Grammar
CRÆFT, es; m.

powermightstrength as of body or externals visroburpotentiaan artskillCRAFTtradework arsperitiaartificiumoccupatioopuscraft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtusa CRAFTany kind of ship navis qualiscunque

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Hwæt begytst ðú of ðínum cræfte what gettest thou by thy trade? Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3: 28, 3, 31. Ðeáh ðé ðíne sǽlþa forlǽton, ne forlǽt ðú ðínne cræft though thy wealth desert thee, desert not thou thy trade Prov. Kmbl. 57; Coll. Monast.

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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, carriage or beast of burden Þonne wæs þridde healf þúsend múla ðe þá seámas wǽgon, and xxx. þúsenda eal (a second l has been erased) farena and oxna þá þe hwǽte bǽron (quite xxx. thousand carriages and beasts of burden and oxen that carried wheat?)

ende-byrdnes

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

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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H. 209, 27. rank in the church Hwæt getácniað ðá stánas ðæs hálgan húses búton ðone hád ðǽre hálgan endebyrdnesse quid sanctuarii lapidibus nisi sacrorum ordinum personae signantur?, Past. 133, 17.

hád

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S. 31, 584. the persons in holy orders Hwæt getácniað ðá stánas ðæs hálgan húses búton ðone hád ðǽre hálgan endebyrdnesse quid sanctuarii lapidibus nisi sacrorum ordinum personae signantur ?

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Gé cunnon hwæt se hláford is, sé þisne here lǽdeð, Cri. 574. Ælbeorhtra scolu, hergas háligra, 930 Þas heregas þreó, se heofonlica þreát. . . þæt eorðlice mægn . . . þæt helcunde wered.

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Swá hwæt swá ðú mé on settest and bebeódest tó dónne, Bd. 4, 25; S.600, 4, God him sette naman, Homl. Th. i. 12, 31. Hé him naman on sette, Mk. Skt. 3, 17. Abraham sette friþotácn on his selfes sunu, Cd. Th. 142, 29; Gen. 2369.

Linked entry: on-settan

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Hwæt him se Waldend tó wrace sette, Exon. Th. 98, 4; Cri. 1602. Tó wræce, Cd. Th. 156, 6; Gen. 2584. Hé bæd þrymcyning, ðæt hé him ða weádǽd tó wræce ne sette, Elen. Kmbl. 988; El. 495. Ðæt gé witon míne wrace (ultionem), Num. 14, 34.

ge-lífan

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Sceolon gelýfan eorlas hwæt mín æðelo sién, An. 734. ¶ with passive construction :-- Gif Agustinus is milde and eáðmódre heortan, þonne is hé gelýfed ꝥ hé Crístes geoc bere si Augustinus mitis est et humilis corde credibile est, quia iugum Christi portet