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ge-ceósan

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Ic hæbbe gecoren and míne witan hwæt seó steór beón mæge, Ll. Th. i. 276, 30. Sce Eádweardes mæssedæg witan habbað gecoren ꝥ man freólsian sceal on .xv. kal. Aprilis, 308, 20.

ge-feallan

(v.)
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Hwæt wæs on manríme ... dareðlácendra deádra gefeallen, El. 651. of material objects, buildings, &c. Þonne gefeallaþ ealle deófolgyld, Bl. H. 93, 16. Þæt hús nó gefeóll (-feáll, L.), Mt. R. 7, 25, 27: Lk.

micel

(adj.)
Grammar
micel, adj.

Micklegreatmagnusmuchmanymultusgreat

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Ic nát náht gewislíce hwæðer ðæs feós swá micel is, ne ic nát ðeáh his máre sý, Chart. Th. 490, 15. Heora heriges wæs mycel ofslægen, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 35.

Linked entries: mǽst mára micle mycel

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

Inwithininsidein-doors

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Hwæðer ðe úte ðe inne utrum intus an foris, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 513. 39. Ne mæg ðé deófol sceþþan inne ne úte the devil cannot harm thee in-doors nor out, L. M. 3, 58; Lchdm. 342, 15.

Linked entry: innian

helpan

to succourto be serviceableto profitavail

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Hwæðer þú on ǽngum gcþeahte swá twiorǽde sié ꝥ ðé helpe hwæþer hit gewyrþe þe hit nó ne gewyrþe, Bt. 41, 3; F. 25O. 9. reflex, to put forth needed effort on one's own behalf Þ heora hǽþenan gild náwðer ne him sylfum helpan ne mihton, ne nánum ðára ðe

sorgian

(v.)
Grammar
sorgian, sorhgian (and sorgan, v. pres. part. sorgende); p. ode,

to carebe anxiousfeel anxiety or careabsoluteto sorrowgrievebe sorry for, on absoluteto be anxious; to sorrow

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to care, be anxious, feel anxiety or care, with a clause Hé nalles sorgode hwæðer siððan á Drihten ámetan wolde wrece be gewyrhtum he felt no anxiety as to whether the Lord would ever mete out vengeance according to deserts, Met. 9, 34.

ge-gán

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H. 121, 9. to acquire by peaceful action Eádnóð gebeád þæt land ealre ðǽre mǽgðe hwæðer hit ǽnig swá ( by taking orders ) gegán wolde, Cht.

ge-setnes

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Hwæne þú forsáwe and hwæs (God's) gesetnysse (of the Mosaic law ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 15. Þ ealle gebugon tó his hǽðenscipe and tó his gesetnyssum, Hml. S. 25, 17 : Ii, 24. Tó Godes gesetnyssum, Hml. A. 6, 131.

æt

(prep.)
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Hwæt tó bóte mihte æt þǽm fǽrcwealme, 270, 9: Cht. Th. 265, 10. Ðæt se mæssepreóst æt þám þingum ( in illis rebus ) þone bisceop áspelian móte, Ll.

of

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Add Hwæðer him ðæt geðóht cume of fǽrlicum luste ðe of wilnunga, Past. 417, 5. Þú tída gehwane of sylfum þé symle inlíhtest, Cri. 108. <b>III a.

ge-métan

(v.)
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Hwæt is þæt, bróþor? hú eart þú hér gemét? how come you to be found here ?, Bl. H. 237, 26. (a α) to find that to which one is directed :-- Gang tó ðæs sǽs waroðe, and þú þǽr gemétst scip, Bl. H. 231, 30.

gifu

(n.)
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Hwæt hæfst ðú æt þám gifum þe ðú cwist ꝥ seó wyrd eów gife, Bt. 13; F. 38, 4. ¶ the giver a personification :-- Þú miht þæs habban þanc ꝥ þú mínra ( Wisdom's ) gifa wel brúce . . . Hæbbe ic þé benumen þínra gifena þára þe þé from mé cómon?

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Hwæt synd ðá lytlan ðe hé wolde habban úp tó his ríce ?, Hml. Th. i. 138, 6 : Bt. 41, 5; F. 254, 15: Met. 31, 20. (2 a) to get to take part in action :-- Seó swuster hí wolde habban tó hire bysegan. Hml.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Hwæðer ǽfre wurde þus gerád þing si facta est aliquando hujuseemodi res, Deut. 4, 32. Eálá ðæt hit wurde, ðæt . . ., Met. 8, 39. Sceal se dæg weorþan, Exon. Th. 447, 5; Dóm. 34. Þurh hwæt his worulde gedál weorðan sceolde, Beo. Th. 6129; B. 3068.

lǽn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn, lán [v. under lǽn-land], e; f.

a loangrantgiftleasefeefief

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Se ðe æt his néhstan hwæt tó lǽne ábit qui a proximo suo quidquid mutuo postulaverit, Ex. 22, 14. Ðé biddaþ manega þeóda ðínes þinges tó lǽne and ðú ne bitst nánne fænerabis multis gentibus, et ipse a nullo fænus accipiens, Deut. 28, 12.

Linked entries: lǽne lǽn-land

láf

(n.)
Grammar
láf, e; f.

remnantremainsrelicremainderrestlavelegacyheirlooma relictwidow

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Seoððan se écea dǽl of biþ ðæt is seó sáwl hwæt biþ elles seó láf búton wyrma mete when the eternal part, that is the soul, is gone, what else is the rest but food for worms? Blickl. Homl. iii. 32. Ic beó tó láfe resto, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 62.

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wann

(adj.)
Grammar
wann, adj.
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Da wonnan lividas, 53, 1. blue-black, livid Ðonne se dǽl ðæs líchoman, sié gewended blæc oþþe won oþþe swilces hwæt, Lchdm. ii. 82, 12. Gif ðæt blód swíðe reád sié oþþe won, 254, 10.

Linked entries: wan wanniht

wyn-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
wyn-sum, adj.

winsomeagreeablepleasantpleasantjoyous

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Hwæt þincþ ðé on ðam welan and on ðam anwealde wynsumes quid est, quod in se pulcritudinis habeant? Bt. 27, 4; Fox 100, 20. Mid wynsume wíne, Ps. Th. 59, 3. Tó wynsumum stence in suavem odorem, Lev. 1, 9. Hunig, wynsume wist, Fragm.

brúcan

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Swá hwæt swá ús God sylle máre þonne wé néde brúcan sceolan, Bl. H. 53, 15. Ne mihte nánwuht libbendes ðǽre eorþan brúcan, ne þæs wæteres, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 9. Úre æfter his bebodum tó brúcanne, 7, 5 ; F. 24, 9.

folgian

(v.)

to pursueto accompany be attendant uponto followbe guided byfollowto followpractise

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, 36, 6; F. 180, 29. used absolutely, to follow the monastic profession Þis land wæs swíðe áfylled mid munecan, and þá leofodan heora líf æfter sc̃s Benedictus regule; and se Xp̃endóm waes swilc on his dæge ꝥ ǽlc man, hwæt his háde tó belumpe, folgade