þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Ða hǽþenan ðrittigum síþa máre weorud hæfdon, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 22. Grammar þrítig, in combination with other numerals Þreó and þrítig geára, Cd. Th. 296, 16; Sat. 503. Eahta and þrittig (ðrittih, Lind.: ðrítig, Rush.) wintra, Jn. Skt. 5, 5.
be-gitan
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Hié hæfdon monega byrig begietena, Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 24. Begetna comprehensos, Mt. L. 4, 24. where a request, favour, &c., is granted Hé sende tó ðám cyninge, and begeat þæt hé móste Iosiam beheáfdian, Hml. Th. ii. 422, 26.
sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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Þýstro hæfdon bewrigen mid wolenum wealdendes hrǽw, sceadu forþeode wann under wolcnum, Rood Kmbl. 108; Kr. 54. Oferwreáh ús scadu deáþes, Ps. Spl. 43, 22. On midlunge sceaduwe dǽþes, 22, 4. On scade (sceaduwe,Ps. Lamb.) deáþes, 106, 10.
Linked entry: sceadu-genga
wǽdl
- P. B. viii. 535
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ penury ⬩ unproductiveness ⬩ barrenness
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Þearfan ic lǽrde ðæt hié heora wǽdle gefeán hæfdon, Blickl. Homl. 185, 18. Hí wilniaþ ða heafene ðysse gestreónfullan wǽdle, R. Ben. 136, 1.
Linked entry: wéðel
wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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Ðá hæfdon ða welisce menn gewroht ǽnne castel . . . Ðá. wǽron ða wælisce men (quidam de Normannis; cf. Icel.
Linked entries: Wælisc wealh-more Welisc
ceorl
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</b> a (married) man, husband :-- Ceorl þe wíf hæfð maritus, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 13. Ceorl uxorius, ii. 124, 26. Wearð forðféred sumes wífes ceorl ... and sæt ꝥ wíf ofer þám líchaman hire forðférdan ceorles, Gr. D. 215, 18: Gn. Ex. 97.
ge-ceósan
To elect ⬩ choose ⬩ decide ⬩ prove ⬩ approve ⬩ eligere ⬩ præeligere ⬩ seligere ⬩ asciscere ⬩ petere ⬩ nancisci
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He hæfde cempan gecorone he had chosen champions, Beo. Th. 417; B. 206.
ge-endian
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Hé geendode þæt hé gebeótod hæfde ... eall hé ꝥ gefylde, Bl. H. 83, 25. Derneleger geendade adulterium committit, Mk. L. 10, 11. In huelc mæht wundra geendade ł dyde ( patraret ), Mt. p. 18, 19.
hold
Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]
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Ealle Rómáne wurdon cristnum monnum swá holde ðæt hie on monegum templum áwriten ðæt ǽlc cristen mon hæfde friþ all the Romans shewed so much favour to the Christians that they wrote up in many temples that every Christian man should have protection,
on
expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)
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Ic mundbyrd on ðé hæfde, 70, 5.
Linked entries: an un-reordian
þing
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Hé hæfde ǽr his ðing þearfum gedǽlede, ii. 500, 24. Hé becwæð his ðincg, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 211: 18, 414: 9, 41. Hé on swilce weorc áspende his ðing, ii. 31, 68. Wilt ðú syllan þinge ðíne? Coll. Monast.
fisc-noþ
fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch
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S. 31, 1323. a place where there is fishing, a fishing-ground Wǽron twégen gebróþra . . . and hæfdon ǽnne fixnoþ on ánum brádum mere . . . ac þǽr wurdon eft æt þám wæterscipe micele gefeoht for þám fixnoþe.
be-fæstan
to fix, ⬩ to place in security ⬩ to fix in the mind ⬩ implant ⬩ to fix by promise or agreement ⬩ to pledge ⬩ to commit ⬩ to commit to a person's charge ⬩ to commit to a place ⬩ to set ⬩ betake to an occupation ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend, ⬩ to make acceptable ⬩ to trust
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Þá Deniscan hæfdon hira wíf befæst innan Eást-Engle, 896; P. 89, 22. Bið se þridda dǽl in þæs wylmes grund líge befæsted, árleásra sceolu in gléda gripe, El. 1300. of burial. v. II. Líchaman on eorðan befæstan, Hml.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Ne him wiht gescód ðæs ðe hý him tó teónan þurhtogen hæfdon, 127, 35; Gú. 396. Ne ðǽr hleonaþ unsméðes wiht, 199, 15; Ph. 26. Ne magon wé geleánian him mid láðes wihte, Cd. Th. 25, 15; Gen. 394.
Linked entries: eall-wihta uht wuht ǽnig-wiht Wiht-land
ge-stíran
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Þá monegan (yfelu) þe hié wéndon þæt hié mid hiera deófolgildum gestiéred hæfden. Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 4. with acc. Unwoeder sǽs mid word gestiórde tempestatem maris uerbo compescit, Lk. p. 5, 19.
þeáh
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Hié hæfdon áþas geseald, and þéh ofer ða treówa fóron hié, Chr. 194; Erl. 90, 4.
þeód
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Aulixis hæfde twá ðióda under ðam Kásere.
ge-ascian
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Ne mehte mon búton feáwa ofslagenra geáhsian, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 12. with be Wé geácsodon be þám heofonlican éðle, Wlfst. 2, Hé hæfde geáxod be ðæs Hǽlendes wundrum (cf. Ic hæbbe gehýred be ðé, hú ðú hǽlst ðá untruman, 90), Hml.
ge-staþelian
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Hió tó Gode hæfde freóndrǽdenne fæste gestaðelad, Jul. 107. to build Beóð him of þám wyrtum wíc gestaðelad in wuldres byrig, Ph. 474.
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friþ
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Þ frið swá healdan swá Æðelstán cyng hit gerǽd hæfð, 240, 2. Þone frið, 14. Hé folces frið bétte. Chr. 959; P. 114, 20.