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ge-werian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od.

to defendprotecttake care ofmake [land] free from claimsdefendĕreprocurareto associate with for the cause of defenceto make a treaty withassŏciāre defensiōnis causajungere fœdĕre

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Ðonnæ his ðæs londæs hundseofontig hída and is nú eall gewæred and ðá hit æst mín láford mæ to lǽt ðá wæs hit ierfelæás hujus terræ sunt lxx hidæ, et est modo tota bene procurata, quæ quando dominus meus michi eam tradidit omni peccunia caruit, Th.

yppan

(v.)
Grammar
yppan, p. te.
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Ðæt wé hit for ðý yppen ðæt mon God herige ed ostendenda sunt, ut laudem coelestis Patris augeamus, Past. 59; Swt. 451, 4. Ic ne dear yppan ( pandere ) ðé dígla úre, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 13. Ypped oriundus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 65.

Linked entry: uppe

ge-sceótan

(v.)
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Arewan, gauelucas wǽron gescotene catapultae diriguntur, i. misse sunt, An.

heáh-fæder

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Add: the first person of the Trinity, God the Father Be þám áncennedan suna þæs heáhfæder (heán fæder, v. l.) de Unigenito summi Patris, Gr. D. 240, 25: Wlfst. 230, 29.

of-þryccan

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Wind tóslóh þæt hús . . . þæt hit hreósende ðíne bearn ofðrihte and acwealde (domus corruens oppressit liberos tuos et mortui sunt, Job 1. 19), 450, 19.

on-búgan

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Add For ðǽm ðonne hé hígað tó ðǽm godcundum ðingum ánum, ðæt hé ne ðyrfe on náne healfe anbúgan tó nánum fúllicum luste cum ad sola, quae interiora sunt, nititur, in nullo delectationis infimae latere flectatur, Past. 83, 15.

on-ginnan

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add: to draw near to performing an instantaneous act His sunu ongan sweltan his son drew near to death, Shrn. 122, 8. ¶ with almost the sense of the auxiliary do. Cf. later gan with infinitive :-- Ongan ic steppan forð, Sat. 248.

sóna

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(so) soon (as) denoting 'at the very time or moment when, whenever' Sóna ic þínes suna róde geseó, ic mid þám wiðsace þissere worulde, Hml. S. 23 b, 451. Se gegyrla þe ic hæfde, sóna swá ic Iordanen oferfór, mid ealdunge tótorene forwurdon, 570.

samnunga

(adv.)
Grammar
samnunga, sæmninga, semninga; adv.

All at once, on a sudden, suddenly, forthwith, immediately continuo, subito, repente

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Óþ ðæt semninga sunu Healfdenes sécean wolde ǽfenreste, 1293; 6. 644. Hé (the whale) semninga on sealtne wǽg niþer gewíteþ. Exon. Th. 361,29 ; Wal. 27. Ðá wæs semninga geworden mycel þunorrád, Blickl. Homl. 145, 28: Exon. Th. 31, 5; Cri. 491.

weddian

(v.)
Grammar
weddian, p. ode

To engage, covenant, undertake to engage to wed, betroth, espouse

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Hig him weddedon feoh tó syllenne pacti sunt pecuniam illi dare, Lk. Skt. 22, 5.

Linked entry: be-weddian

on-hildan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hildan, -hieldan, -heldan, -hyldan.

to lean, incline, recline, bend down with the idea of favourable disposition towards a person or thing, to inclineto bow, bendto turn from the right courseto cause to sinkTo decline, deviate, incline, sink

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Surt. 20, 12. to cause to sink Onhælde sind ríce inclinata sunt regna, 45, 7. intrans. To decline, deviate, incline, sink Heofones gym west onhylde, Exon. Th. 174, 32; Gú. 1186. Onhylde (onhældeþ, Ps. Surt.) of ðysum on ðys ( inclinavit ), Ps.

þrí

(n.; num.; adj.)
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þrí, þrý, þrié, þreó; m.: þreó, þrió, þré; f. n. (ðreá, ðriá, ðreó, ðrió in North.); gen. þreóra, þrióra (and ðreána in North.); dat. þrim (þrím? ðriim in North., but cf. Goth. þrim), later þreom.

Three

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Of ðám þrim sunum, Anglia xi. 2, 37. On þýs ylcum þrim dagum, Lchdm. iii. 76, 26. Þreom nihton ǽr Candelmæssan, Chr. 1078; Erl. 215, 28. Hié ða þrié dǽlas on þreó tónenldon, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 3: Swt. 10, 3.

Linked entries: þreó þrió þrý

undern-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
undern-tíd, e; f.

the third hour of the daynine o'clock A. M.the service at the third hour

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Úres andgites merigen is úre cildhád, úre cnihthád swylce underntíd, on ðam ástíhð úre eógoð, swá swá seó sunne déð ymbe ðære ðriddan tíde, ii. 76, 15.

tímlíce

(adv.)
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tímlíce, adv.

In good time,soon

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Ic mei longe libben and alle mine sunne timliche ibeten repent of all my sins time enough, O. E. Homl. i. 25, 13. Ase timliche as he hefde iherd þis (sone so he iherde þis, other MS.), Jul. 9, 5. He wolde timliche him speken wið, Laym. 31369.

þín

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þín, prop. poss.
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Þínre sylfre sunu, 21, 23; Cri. 339. Mid þínes ánes geþeahte with the counsel of thee alone, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 19: Met. 20, 40.

hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.

Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, propertydomus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessioa villagea dwelling-placean abode, world, this worldhomedomus, domicilium, patria

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In hús fadores mínes hámas meniga sint in domo patris mei mansions multæ sunt, Jn. Skt. Lind. 14, 2: 23. Nǽron ðá welige hámas there were not then splendid mansions, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 4.

hǽlend

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Hǽlend genam his twelf þegnas sunder, Bl. H. 15, 6, 15, 23. Hit is Hǽlend se Nazarenisca it is Jesus of Nazareth, 18. Hire sweostor gesæt big Hǽlendes fótum, 67, 27: Sat. 382: An. 574: Kr. 25. Lazarus sæt mid Hǽlende, Bl. H. 67, 36.

lesan

(v.)
Grammar
lesan, p. læs; pl. lǽson; pp. lesen

To leasegathercollect

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Gif gé lesaþ wyrte on Sunnandæg if ye gather herbs on Sunday, Wulfst. 231, 18. Ic læs I collected, Elen. Kmbl. 2474; El. 1238.

býdel

(n.)
Grammar
býdel, es; m. [beódan to bid, order, proclaim] .
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Se Godes Sunu sende his býdel tofóran him the Son of God sent his proclaimer before him, ii. 36, 25, 27. Bisceopas sindon býdelas Godes lage bishops are proclaimers of God's law, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 15.

Linked entry: bǽdel

CYFES

(n.)
Grammar
CYFES, cyfys, cifes, ciefes,e; f: cyfese, an; f.

A concubine, handmaidconcubina, pellex, ancilla

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Constantius gesealde his suna ðæt ríce, Constantinuse, ðone he hæfde be Elenan his ciefese Constantius gave the empire to Constantine, his son, whom he had by Helena his concubine [wife, v. notes to Ors. Bos. p. 28, col. 2, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 41.