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licgan

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Þý lǽs se hwǽte cíþa leás licge on þǽm lande, Met. 12, 6. of the wind, the tongue, to be still, be at rest Ðonne wind ligeð tum ventos claudit Aeolus antris, Ph. 182.

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

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Hafa ðás ( Leah) tó gemæccan, and ic gife ðé ða óðre (Rachel ), Gen. 29, 27. Hé sette his ǽnne sunu tó ealdormen, and óðerne tó cyninge, Homl. Th. ii. 480, 21. when óðer is applied to each of two Ðara óðer bewiste his byrlas, óðer his bæcestran.

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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Srt. 144, 3. the part of a surface near the boundary: Hæcgwerde gebyreð ꝥ man his geswinces leán gecnáwe on þám endum ðe tó etenlǽse licgan (in eam partem segetis que pascuis adjacet), Ll.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

gearo

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Sé þe þæt gelǽsteð, him bið leán gearo, Gen. 435. Þǽr is help gearu, milts æt mǽrum manna gehwylcum, An. 909. Næs him dóm gearu tó ásecganne swefen, Dan. 128. Þet hit him georo wǽre swá hwilce dæge swá hí hit habban woldon, Chr. 874; P. 73, 26.

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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He nó ðǽr áht cwices lǽfan wolde he would leave naught alive there, Beo. Th. 4618; B. 2314. Ǽlc wuht cwices [cwuces Cot.] biþ innanweard hnescost everything alive is inwardly softest, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 5.

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Sǽdere gebyreð ꝥ hé hæbbe ǽlces cynnes ǽnne leáp fulne, 438, 9, 18, 22. Ǽlc friðmanna frið hæbbe, 286, 5. Swælc monn se ðæt mín lond hebbe whoever gets my land, C. D. i. 311, I. Ꝥ wé é Bið hire rǽd ꝥ frýnd þá forword habban, 256, 2.

ge-sellan

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Him wæs leán geseald setl on swegle, Gú. 756. to cause to have. to cause to receive a benefit, injury Þǽr is sigorspéd geseald, þám þe séceð tó him, An. 911: 646. to produce in a person or thing a state, feeling, &c.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Harewyrt lytelu oftost weaxeþ on tune ( in a garden), Lchdm. ii. 132, 8. v. æppel-, apulder-, her-, cafer-, cyric-, deór-, gærs-, gang-, leah-, líc-, wyrt-tún. as a technical English term, (i) in its simplest form, the enclosed land surrounding a single

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gildan

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Hé him dǽda leán gieldeð, Gú. 95. Ceig ðá wercmenn, and geld him meard, Mt. L. 20, 8. Bið golden retribuetur (ei juxta opera manmim suarum), Kent.

ge-weald

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what another does (where another's action is dependent upon oneself, v. ge-wealdes; ) Ic bidde nú, gif hwá þás bóc áwrítan wylle, ꝥ hé hig gerihte wel be þǽre bysne; for þan þe ic náh geweald ( I cannot help it ) þeáh þe hig hwá tó woge bringe þurh lease

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, worþ, wurþ, wirþ, wyrþ, wirþe, wierþe, wyrþe, weorþe; adj.
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Beó se leása gewita ðæs ilcan wyrðe ðe hé wolde ðæt se óðer wǽre reddent ei, sicut fratri suo facere cogitavit, Deut. 19, 19. Gif hý swá ne dón, ðonne sýn hý ðæs wyrðe ðe on ðam canone cwæð, L. Edm. E. 1; Th. i. 244, 12

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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with dat. generally with the idea of rest; above, over Wæs hálig leáht ofer wéstenne, Cd. Th. 8, 16; Gen. 125. Beheóld ofer leódwerum byrnende beám, 184, 20; Exod. 110. Mæst hlifade ofer Hróþgáres hordgestreónum, Beo. Th. 3802; B. 1899.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan

fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

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Þonne eów fón lysteð leax. Met. 19, 11. to take, arrest, apprehend a criminal All swá tó ðeófe gí foerdun mid swordum tó fóenne mec, Mk. R. 14, 48. to get, gain, with acc. Rǽd geþencean, fón, Gen. 287. with gen.

ge-wítan

(v.)
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Ealle óþre gesceafta áswindaþ for cyle gif hit ( fire ) eallunga from gewíte, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 35. to pass from possession or control; gewítan fram to leave, desert Þonne þá woruldsǽlþa him fram gewítaþ, Bt. 8; F. 26, 10: Bl. H. 21, 12.

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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Hét him recene tó ríce þeóden his sunu gangan, Gen. 865. special use with preps, or adverbs, út gangan. to go to the closet, have an evacuation Hwilum hié wel gelyst út gangan, and him þá byrþenne fram áweorpan, Lch. ii. 230, 23. to leave a permanent

ge-lǽstan

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(cf. 2 b) Þæt hine on ylde gewunigen wilgesíðas, leóde gelǽsten, B. 24. the subject a thing. in a local sense, to be present with, not to leave Symle him gelǽste þæt swearte tácn on dæg and þæt fýrene on niht numquam defuit columns nubis per diem nec

ge-þeódan

(v.)
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Sió leáse gesǽlþ tíhþ þá þe hiere tó geþeódaþ, Bt. 20; F. 72, 7. Geðeódde sum hǽðen wer him ( St. Martin ) tó, Hml. Th. ii. 504, 22. Þá unscæðþigan geðeóddon ( adheserunt ) mé, Ps. L. 24, 21. to be a helper, protector, &c.

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.
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Hé him dǽda leán gieldeþ, ðám ðe his giefe willaþ þicgan tó þonce, Exon. Th. 109, 26; Gú. 96. Hié on þanc curon æðelinges ést they accepted Lot's kindness with thanks, Cd. Th. 147, 20; Gen. 2442.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Kmbl. 49; Leás. 26. Ðara sacerda ealdras þóhton ðæt hig woldon Lazarum ofsleán cogitaverunt principes sacerdotum, ut Lazarum interficerent, Jn. Skt. 12, 10: Blickl. Homl. 69, 26: 77, 8. Weras þeahtedon and þóhton, Elen. Kmbl. 1094; El. 549.