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ge-ícan

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God hæfð geéced mínne ege, Bt. 39, 2; F. 212, 33. Gehíhte macta, An. Ox. 4, 64. to furnish, endow. Cf. I. 4, and see eácen Þonne bið geýced and geedníwad moncyn þurh Meotud (cf.

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top

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Hæfdon hí Dryhtnes leóht ufan ( above, in heaven ) forléten, Cd. Th. 269, 7; Sat. 69. Hér is fýr micel ufan and neoðone, 24, 9; Gen. 375.

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

ge-gangan

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Hié tó húsle gegangen hæfdon, Bl.

ge-grípan

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Gl. 192. (1 a) to seize with an implement :-- Fýrene tangan him on handa hié hæfdon, and . . . hié mé mid þǽm gegrípan woldon, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 621, 15. a non-material object Hié gegrípað ( arripiunt ) ðone cwide ðæs apostoles hiora gítsunge tó fultome

ge-bǽru

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Wé wéndon þæt þú wǽre godfyrht and hæfdest gástlice gebǽru, 240, 27. Placidus þágyt heóld his cnihtþeáwas and gebǽru (-o, v.l.) Placidus puerilis adhuc indolis gerebat annos, Gr. D. 111, 9.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.

need ⬩ needful things, ⬩ what is needful ⬩ what is required of a person, ⬩ duty ⬩ use, ⬩ service, ⬩ behoof, ⬩ good, ⬩ advantage, ⬩ profit ⬩ a useful thing, ⬩ profitable employment ⬩ need, ⬩ distress, ⬩ straits, ⬩ difficulty

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Nalas þý þe úre Drihten ðæs wolcnes fultomes þearfe hæfde, 121, 13. Náhte ic ðínre miltse þon máran þearfe, Judth. Thw. 22, 35; Jud. 92. Drihten ðæs (the ass)áh þearfe, Blickl.

mǽrþu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrþu, mǽrþo; indecl.: mǽrþ, e; f.

greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work

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Hǽfdon neowne gefeán mǽrþum (wondrously, miraculously) geméted, Elen. Kmbl. 1738; El. 871

Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Ic áscige ðé, ðú Boetius, hwí þú swá manigfeald yfel hæfdest? Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 12. Eá lá þú mín Drihten God, hwæt gifst þú mé? Ger. 15, 2. Westú gearo, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 44. Scealtú ceól gestígan, Andr. Kmbl. 439; An. 220.

Linked entries: tú þec þeh þistel

an-gin

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Mid þǽm þe þá burgware swá geómorlic angin hæfdon while the citizens were engaged in such melancholy proceedings, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 15. [O. H. Ger. ana-ginn(i) initium.] See also ongin in Dict

ge-cýþan

(v.)

to make known by words, ⬩ to give information of, tell, give notice of, report ⬩ (1 a) of official notice, to report, ⬩ a matter ⬩ an object, to give notice of the place or condition of an object ⬩ to bear witness, testify, ⬩ of a formal statement, to declare ⬩ (3 a) of a statement by one in authority, to announce, proclaim, declare, ⬩ to make an object known, tell its character ⬩ to describe, relate, give an account of ⬩ to make known what is asked about, tell in answer to a question ⬩ to confess ⬩ to make known by action, shew kindness, c., display. ⬩ to perform an action ⬩ to shew kindness, favour, display power, c. ⬩ to make to know a feeling, cause a feeling ⬩ to shew, prove ⬩ to establish practically the truth of a. statement, ⬩ to prove a point by performing the prescribed formalities :-- ⬩ to prove the existence of something experimentally ⬩ to prove by argument, by speech ⬩ to make known the position of an object, enable to find, shew ⬩ to make known the character of something , enable to understand :-- ⬩ to reveal, disclose ⬩ to make known, famous, to celebrate

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Hé þæt gecýðde, þæt hé cræft hæfde. Sae. 200.

Linked entry: cýþan

wlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
wlanc, adj.

proud ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ bold ⬩ proud ⬩ bold ⬩ arrogant ⬩ haughty ⬩ insolent ⬩ proud ⬩ elate ⬩ exultant ⬩ splendid ⬩ great ⬩ high ⬩ august ⬩ magnificent ⬩ rich

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Hé hæfde Higeláces hilde gefrunen, wlonces wígcræft, Beo. Th. 5898; B. 2953. Wlance þegenas, unearge men, Byrht. Th. 137, 53; By. 205: Cd. Th. 188, 19; Exod. 170. Wlance wígsmiðas, eorlas árhwate, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 21. Men módum wlonce, Exon.

Linked entry: wlencu

ge-bídan

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Hé hæfde his ende gebidenne on eorðan unswǽslicne, Jud. 64. to obtain Hí bǽdon þone híréd ꝥ Ælfstán móste beón þæs þriddan peniges wurðe of þǽre tolne . . . ac hý forwyrndon heom ealle tógædere endemes, ꝥ hé hit ná sceolde nǽfre gebídan (that he should

ofer

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Eall ꝥ heó ofer gǽr habban scolde tó bygleofan (eallne þe heó hæfde hire begiten tó ealles geáres andlyfene, v. l.) omne quod in stipendio totius anni paraverat, Gr. D. 68, 26.

on-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To know ⬩ noscere, cognoscere, agnoscere ⬩ to know, recognise, ⬩ to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguish ⬩ to recognise a fact ⬩ to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of ⬩ to know, learn by observation, observe, perceive ⬩ to acknowledge ⬩ make acknowledgment of a fault ⬩ to acknowledge a greeting ⬩ to acknowledge the power of another

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Ic his word oncneów, ðéh hé his mǽgwlite bemiðen hæfde, Andr. Kmbl. 1710; An. 857: Beo. Th. 5102; B. 2554. Se assa oncneów his hláfordes binne, Homl. Th. i. 42, 25. Ðæt ðú oncnáwe cognoscas ðara worda sóðfæstnesse, Lk. Skt. 1, 4.

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.

Then ⬩ when ⬩ then ⬩ at that time ⬩ marking sequence ⬩ then ⬩ after that ⬩ thereupon ⬩ of time ⬩ when ⬩ of cause or reason ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ as ⬩ marking time ⬩ when ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ as ⬩ when ⬩ if ⬩ then ... when ⬩ when ... then

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Ðá se wísdóm ðá þis spell áreht hæfde, ðá ongan hé giddian, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 19. Þá þe ... þá sóna, Blickl. Homl. 163, 15. Þá geseah Abraham Drihtnes dæg, þá þá hé ðás gerýnu tócneów, Homl. Th. ii. 234, 22.

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.

That ⬩ that, in order that ⬩ that, ⬩ so that

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Homl. 53,27. where þæt or hit stands as subject in the main clause Hit is áwriten ðætte Dauid, ðá hé ðone læppan forcorfedne hæfde, ðæt hé slóge on his heortan Past. 28; Swt. 198, 16. Is þæt þeódnes gebod, ꝥte . . . Exon. Th. 202, 13; Ph. 69.

ealdor-man

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-man, -mann, -mon, ealdur-, aldor-, eldor-, es; m. [eald old, not only in age, but in knowledge, v. eald, hence ealdor an elder; man hŏmo] .

ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves

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Arbatus his ealdorman, ðe he geset hæfde ofer Méðas ðæt land Arbaces, his chief officer, whom he had set over the country of the Medes, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 17: 2, 1; Bos. 38, 35: Bd. 4, 12; S. 580, 34: 1, 13; S. 481, 40.

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mind ⬩ heart ⬩ soul

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Hæfde hyge strangne he had a strong heart, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 9; Gen. 447. Heardrǽdne hyge, 107; Th. 141, 21; Gen. 2348. Ic geornlíce gode þegnode þurh holdne hyge diligently I served God with loyal heart, 28; Th. 37, 7; Gen. 586: Beo. Th. 539; B. 267.

mund

(n.)
Grammar
mund, e; f.

a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund

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Se ærcebiscop spsec tó mé ymbe Xp̃es circean freóls, ðæt heó hæfþ nú læsse munde ðonne hió hwílan ǽr hæfde. Chart. Th. 308, 20. [lch wille ðat hié habben alsuá hiere rigte ðane tún mid alsuá muchele munde alsuá on méseluen stant. Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: mundian

ná-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
ná-wiht, nó-wiht, ná-uht, náwht, náht, nóht.

nothing ⬩ naught ⬩ a thing of no value ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ not

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Næfdon heó nóht on hire, búton ðæt án ðæt heó hæfde mennisce onlícnesse, 147, 15.