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healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Asmeáge hwæt his biglifen sý, and dǽle ꝥ healf on ælmyssan (dimidium in eleemosynas distribuat), ii. 134, 31. Mid þǽm miclan wðlbryne monncwealmes . . . hié healfe belifene wurdon, Ors. 2, 9; S. 86, 25. Man ne mihte macian hí healfe úp, Hml.

Linked entry: healf

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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Gif hé næbbe hwæt hé selle, sié hé self beboht wið ðam fió, L. Alf. 24; Th. i. 50, 15.

gearo

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Wé sungon be eallum hálgum ... æfter þyssum, prím ... eft wé sungon nón, and nú wé synd hér gearuwe gehýran hwæt þú ús secge, Coll. M. 34, 1. Hí wǽron gearwe tó fihtan[n]e ongeán þone kásere, H. R. 3, 9.

heáfod

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Hwæt áwriten is be hira heáfde and be hiera láreówe, ðæt is deóful quod de eorum capite scriptum est, Past. 301, 6.

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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. , Rush. ) on his ansýne mid hyra handum, and cwǽdon: Sege hwæt is se ðe ðé slóh (slóg, Rush. ) Mt. Kmbl. 26, 67, Me weras slógon and swungon, Andr. Kmbl. 1927; An. 966. Hí mé mid sweopum slógun, Exon.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Th. 395, 30; Rä. 15, 15. where two members or two classes of the same group, or two parts of the same whole, are contrasted, one ... another, some ... some Ðonne lufaþ sum ðæt sum elles hwæt one loves that, another something else, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122,

Linked entry: ÁN

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Hwæt stondaþ gé hér? Blickl. Homl. 123, 21. Ða eá stódon, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 8. to reside, abide Ða standendan munecas ðǽr consistentes ibi monachi, Bd. 4, 4; S. 571, 12. to continue, remain Ðenden standeþ woruld, Cd. Th. 56, 21; Gen. 915.

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

fram

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Hwæt wolde ic fram þé wyrcean?, Ps. Th. 72, 26. (6 a) with words indicating extent of distance :-- iiii. míla fram þǽm muþan, Chr. 893; P. 84, 10. Náht feor from þæs mæssepreóstes sídan, Bl.

heáh

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Hwæt mæg hiérre bión ðonne sió sóðe eáðmódnes?, 301, 21. Hyhta hýhst, Gú. 34. Sió héhste gesǽlþ, Bt. 34, 4; F. 138, 24. Ðára héhstena góda, 24, 4 ; F. 86, 15.

Linked entry: dynt

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

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Him mæg tó sorge ðæt hé nát hwæt him tóweard biþ it causes him anxiety that he knows not what will happen to him, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 12.

Linked entry: mæg

gildan

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(bb) to repay an amount taken or borrowed :-- Wénstú gif hwá óðrum hwæt gieldan sceal, hwæðer hé hine mid ðý gehealdan mæge ðæt hé him náuht máre on ne nime, ne ðæt ne gielde ðæt hé ǽr nam?, Past. 425, 1-3.

ge-sellan

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Ðá hálgan gewritu sint ús tó leóhtfatum gesald, ðæt wé mægen geseón hwæt wé dón scylen Scriptura sacra quasi quaedam nobis lucerna sit posita, Past. 365, 14. <b>XII a.

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd (Bl. H. 31, 32); dat.
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Hwæt is heora ( the elements ) ǽlces gecynd? Ðæs fýres gecynd is hát and dríe ... Hwylces gecyndes is seó heofon? Fýres gecyndes, Angl. vii. 12, 104-108.

gód

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Búton hé hwæt mid gódum willan for Gode gedyde, Bl. H. 97, 27. Gif hine hwá tó góddre drohtunge tihte, Hml. Th. i. 524, 4. God him geunne ꝥ his góde dǽda swýðran wearðan þonne misdǽda, Chr. 959; P. 115, 14. Mid bysene gódra weorca, Ll.

habban

(v.)
Grammar
habban, habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

To HAVE, possess, hold, keep

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Be ðam sacerde ðonne hé mæssaþ hwæt hé on him hæbbe of the priest when he says mass what he is to have on, L. Edg. C; Th. ii. 128, 19.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Hwæt mágon wé his nú dón what can we do now in the matter; quid ergo faciemus, Past. 58; Swt. 443, 14. Sume hit ne gedýgdan mid ðam lífe some did not come out of it with life, Chr. 978; Erl. 127, 12.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Hí on wedde sealdon, hwæt hý hyre syllan woldon. Homl. As. 196, 24.

dón

(v.)
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Hwæt tó dónne wǽre be þám stalle cyricean, Bd. 3, 29; Sch. 327, 20. to make. with acc. Mið ðý ðú dóest (dóes, R.) gebǽrscip, Lk. L. 14, 13. Dydon hí þá mǽstan gebeórscype, Hml. S. 30, 387.

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Hí woldon witon hú heáh hit wǽre tó þǽm hefone, and hú ðicke se hefon wǽre and hú fæst, oððe hwæt þǽr ofer wǽre, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 21-23. Behealde hé on feówer healfe his hú widgille ðæs heofones hwealfa biþ, 19; F. 68, 22.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

folc-land

(n.)
Grammar
folc-land, -lond, es; n. [folc folk, land land] .

the land of the folk or people

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Bocland Eác we cwǽdon hwæs se wyrðe wǽre ðe óðrum ryhtes wyrnde, áðor oððe on bóc-lande oððe on folc-lande, and ðæt he him geándagode of ðam folc-lande, hwonne he him riht worhte befóran ðam geréfan.