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stæf

(n.)
Grammar
stæf, es; m.

a staffsticka written charactera letterthe old letters having been carved on stavesa mark in writinga letter as representing a minute detaila collection of written symbolsa letterwriting lettersbook-learningliteraturean element, a rudimentbaculus, virga, regulaa staff, post; a letterlearning

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Wé tódǽlaþ ða bóc tó cwydum, and syððan ða cwydas tó dǽlum, eft ða dǽlas tó stæfgefégum, and syððan ða stæfgefégu tó stafum; ðonne beóþ ða stafas untódǽledlíce; forðan ðe nán stæf ne byþ náht, gif hé gǽþ on twá.

Linked entries: stafa stæf-cræft

ge-wunian

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

to dwellinhabitto remainstayabidecontinueTo stop, live, associate withcontinue in or withto be accustomed, wont

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Ðæt hine on ylde eft gewunigen wilgesíðas that with him in his age remain his loved comrades, Beo. Th. 44; B. 22.

trum

(adj.)
Grammar
trum, adj.
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Wæs eft swá ǽr on his líce trum, Andr. Kmbl. 2953; An. 1479. Heorot hornum trum. Beo. Th. 2742 ; B. 1369. Eofor tóþmægenes trum, Menol. Fox 499; Gn. C. 20.

þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þeówan, þéwan, þíwan, þýwan, þýgan, þeón, þían, þýn, and þeówian, þíwian, þýwian; pres. ic þý, hé þýþ; p. þeówde, þéwde, þíwde, þýwde, þýgde, þeóde, þýde; ppr. þýwende, þíende; pp. þéd, þýd.
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Hé ðá hit eft sette on ðæt ylce þyrh and þýde mid his fét, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 72. He sum fæc ðone swyle mid ðýgde (or midðýgde? mid þýde, Bd. M. 382, 29) aliquandiu tumorem horum adpositione comprimere curabat. Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 41.

geóguþ

Grammar
geóguþ, l. geoguþ,
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On geoguðe his earfoðsíð forspildan, on yldo eft eádig weorðan, Vy. 58: Wand. 35. On ælde ł on giogeðe, Ps. C. 142. Iuguðe ( tenerrima) aetatula (infantis ), An. Ox. 7, 198. Fram gebyrdtída iungan iugeðe ab cunabulorum teneritudine, 2843.

Linked entry: giógoð

gíme-líst

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Folc ðe on clǽnum felda sige gefeohtað, and eft innan hira burgum belocene ðurh hiera giémeliéste ( negligentiam ) hié lǽtað gebindan, 229, I. want of anxiety, security.

ge-wrixl

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Þæs gewrixle ( vicem ) begytað nú gebindende and eft onlýsende þá þe nymað þá stówe þæs hálgan reccendómes, Gr.

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

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Voc. ii. 79, 58. secular, an army, a host Heáp (the host of the Huns) wæs gescyrted, láðra lindwered; lythwón becwóm Húna herges hám eft þanon, El. 141.

ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ryne, es; m.

A course, run, running,an orbitcourse, uninterrupted progressa course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood course, cycle, lustrecourse of life

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Ealle gesceafta symle sculon ðone ilcan ryne eft gecyrran, Met. 11, 37. Ða mǽran tungl áwðer óðres rene á ne gehríneþ, 29, 10. Tunglu ða ðe ryne healdaþ, Cd, Th. 239, 13; Dan. 369.

Linked entry: rine

sceamian

(v.)
Grammar
sceamian, ode.

to feel shame, be ashamed to cause shame

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Forgif ús úre synna, ðæt ús ne scamige eft, Hy. 7, 84. Ne sceamige nánum men, ðæt hé ánum láreow his gyltas cýðe . . . him sceal sceamian ætforan Gode, Homl. Th. ii. 602, 30. Ðæt mé nesceamie non erubescam, Ps. Th. 24, 18.

ge

andevenevenboth . . . and . . . and

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Wyrta eft onginnað seárian, and swá eall nýtenu and fugelas; ge furðum manna líchaman forealdiað, Solil. 4, 10, 7.

tilung

(n.)
Grammar
tilung, teolung, tiolung, tielung, e; f.

striving, endeavour, effort, laboura pursuitoccupationemploymentbusinesscareattentiontreatmentcuregain that comes from labouracquisitionfruit got by tilling the earth

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Petrus hæfde unpleólíce teolunge ǽr his gecyrrednysse, and hé for ðí eft búton pleó tó his fixnoðe gecyrde, 288, 20-26. Se ríca man geswícþ his gebeórscipes, gif ða ðeówan geswícaþ ðæra teolunga, i. 274, 1.

Linked entries: teolung tylung

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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Hig wǽron áwritene ipsi descripti fuerunt, Num. 11, 26. to write on material, cover with writing Þæt hé Alexandres wísan besceáwade, swá hé hit him eft hám bebeád on ánum brede áwriten, and siþþan hit áwriten wæs hé hit oferworhte mid weaxe virum ad

Linked entry: wrítan

warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.
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Hé hét hine warnian ( or I. 3), gif hé wolde libban, ðæt l.é nǽre on ðam mynstre nǽfre eft gesewen, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 211. to keep something from a person, to ward off (cf.

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
  • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

waterwater water in the sky, rain water of a river, sea, etc. water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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Ðás ðe on ðís wætere ( a flood ) syndon eft hié libbaþ . . . Ða ðe on ðisse wætere syndon, 247, 21, 25. Eástreámas feówer wǽron ádǽlede ealle of ánum wætre, Cd. Th. 14, 17; Gen. 220.

forþ

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H. 59, 3. (6 b) of the course of the seasons :-- Þá tída ǽgþer ge forþfaraþ, ge eft cumaþ, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 8. expressing extent or degree, to (such) a degree Swá forð hý wǽron forworhte, Wlfst. 14, 8: 110, 11: Ll. Th. ii. 424, 17.

þys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þys-líc, þyl-líc; pron.

Such

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Þislíc ǽrende se pápa eft onsende and ðás word cwæð..., Blickl. Honnl. 205, 22. Ne geceás ic nó ðis fæsten, ac ðyllíc fæsten ic geceás: brec ðæm hyngriendum ðínne hláf, Past. 43; Swt. 315, 13. Ðæt mód þillíc sár cweþende wæs, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 24.

Linked entries: þislíc þyl-líc

ge-frignan

(v.)
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Mið him efne gefrugnon (giffrugnun, R.) huæd hit wére, Mk. L. 9, 10. Gefraignende Drihtne huæs sunu wére Críst, Mt. p. 19, 8. to ask about, after, & c.

hyldu

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Hé ús eft laðude tó his hyldo ad recuperationem nos gratiae vocavit, 407, l.

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Ðá cwæþ se cing ðæt hé nolde ðæt ðæt land mid ealle út aseald wǽre, ac ðæt ðæt land eft intó ðære hálgan stówe ágifen wǽre, 300, 13-33- Ofgán tó rihtan gafole to hold at a fair rent, 355, 23: 478, 21. Ofgán land wið gersumen, 587, 7.

Linked entry: of-eode