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hand

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Ongan heó þerscan heó sylfe mid hire fýste ge eác mid hire brádum handum ( alapis pugnisque ), 68, 29.

ge-hátan

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Gehátend wæs hir ꝥ sealla walde pollicitus est ei dare, Mt. L. 14, 7. Hæfdon hí hire geháten ꝥ hí on hyre rǽdenne beón woldon, Chr. 918; P. 105, 24. combining and Ic þæt geháte þæt ic heonon nelle fleón, By. 246.

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Hié wǽron an wíg gearwe . . . efne swylce mǽla swylce hira mandryhtne þearf gesǽlde ; wæs seó þeód tilu, 2505; B. 1250. Wǽron men tile, Cd. Th. 99, 11; Gen. 1644. Dióre gecépte drihten Créca Tróia burh tilum gesíðum, Met. 26, 20. [Cf.

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

un-riht

(n.)
Grammar
un-riht, es; n.

wrongeviliniquityinjusticea defect

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Hira unriht ( iniquitas ) wearð untýned, Ps. Th. 72, 5: Blickl. Homl. 175, 9. Hwylc unryht mæg bión máre quae potest iniquior esse confusio? Bt. 39, 9; Fox 224, 28. Unrihtes feala iniquitates, Ps. Th. 54, 3.

ge-wilnung

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Mid hira ágenre gewilnunge onbærnede sua cupidine accensi, 27, 18.

helpan

to succourto be serviceableto profitavail

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Th. i. 172, 18. to be serviceable, to profit, avail. the subject a person Ne helpað hí mid óðrum hira niéhstum, mid óðrum hí him deriað in uno proximorum vitam minus adjuvant, in alters multum gravant, Past. 449, 28. the subject a thing, given by a noun

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, p. ode.

to exercise or have powerto rulegovernreignto domineerdominatetyrannizeexercise violenceto prevail

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MS.) hí rícsiaþ of hira ágnum dóme ipsi regnaverunt, et non ex me'... Ex se regnant, qui ..., Past. 1, 2; Swt. 26, 14-16. On ðám dagum ríxode Æþelbyrht cyning on Cantwarebyrig, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 17. Circe rícsode on ðam íglonde, Met. 26, 57.

rýman

(v.)
Grammar
rýman, de.

to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplifyto clear a wayyield, give place

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Hira mearce tó rýmanne ad dilatandum terminum suum, Past. 48,2 ; Swt. 367, 15. Heora hús tó rýmende, Chart. Th. 436, 18. to make clear by removing obstructions, to clear a way (lit. and metaph.) Hé sáwlumrýmeþ lífwegas, Exon.

Linked entry: rúmaþ

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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And geeáþmédaþ hira hearga et adoraverint simulacra eorum, Ex. 34, 15. Ne wirc gé eów hearga ne ágrafene godas ... eówre hearga ic tóbrece ye shall make you no idols rear graven image ... I will cut down your images, Lev. 26, 1, 30

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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Hé hét hire þénian of his éstmetum, Homl. Ass. 110, 268. to serve an office, administer, perform the duties of an office Ðá hé ðá monig geár biscophád ðegnade qui cum annis multis episcopatum administraret, Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 7.

Linked entry: þénian

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es ; m.
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Ǽfæstnia untrymnisse hire mægne ðeátscip[es] muniat infirmitatem suam robore discipline, Rtl. 110, 3. On reogollícne ðeódscipe observatione disciplinae regularis, Bd. 3, 3; S. 526, 9.

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seemappearto seem fit

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Hire þúhte hwítre heofon and eorðe, Cd. Th. 38, 7; Gen. 603: 111, 4; Gen. 1850: Beo. Th. 1688; B. 842: Met. 12, 15. Tó lang hit him þúhte, hwænnne hí tógædere gáras béron, Byrht. Th. 133. 47; By. 66. Him ðæt wræclíc þúhte, Cd. Th. 233, 4; Dan. 270.

Linked entries: þincan ge-þyncan

unnan

(v.)
Grammar
unnan, prs. ic, hé an[n], pl. wé unnon; p. úðe.

to grant a person (dat.) somethingto giveallowto wish something (gen.) to a person (dat. )to wish something (gen.) for a person (dat.)to like a person to have somethingto like a condition of thingsto be pleased

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Hé ða bóc unnendre handa hire tó lét librum bona voluntate dimisit, Chart. Th. 202, 36. Bóc and land betǽcan unnendere heortan, 376, 5. Unnende móde, 126, 22.

Linked entries: an ann

hwæt-hwega

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Swá ꝥ hé hire hwæthwegu nabbe on his Móde, Bt. 35, 1; F. 154, 31. both preceding and following Lytles hwæthwegu underfón þæs þe ic hider bróhte, Hml.

hweorfan

(v.)
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Wæs Maria eft hweorfende tó hire húse, Bl. H. 139, 3. where the space through which or into which, or the line along which, motion is directed is given Mægen monna cynnes hweorfað on wídne lég, Cri. 958 : Gú. 784. Hwearf heo bí bence, B. 1188.

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Wildwildnot domesticnot tamednot broken inwildnot cultivatedwilduncultivateduninhabitedwildturbulentungoverned

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Seó leó ge-monð ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana. Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 12. Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian, Exon. Th. 332, 14; Vy. 85 : 222, 3; Ph. 343. Hálig feoh and wilde deór, Cd. Th. 13, 13 ; Gen. 202.

Linked entries: ge-wilde wild-cyrfet

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Hig habbaþ andan tó hym, Nic. 4, 19. ꝥ Hé sceal habban andan tó hira yfele, Past. 75, 13.

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp. swicen.
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Ne nim ðú náne sibbe wið ðæs landes menn, ðe læs ðe hira ǽnig ðé swíce, Ex. 34, 15. to fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert Hwider hweorfaþ wé (St. Andrew's followers) hláfordleáse . . . gif wé swícaþ ðé if we desert thee, Andr.

Linked entry: be-swicenness

wiþ-standan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-standan, p. -stód, pl. stódon; p. -standen.

to withstandresistto stand againstsucceed in opposingbe a match forrefuteto stand in the waybe a hindranceobstructpreventbe a preventiveto stand offkeep away,be absentto be hostile

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In swá micclum heápe ðæra ðe ðǽr wǽron út gongende, hira nǽnig ðám in gangendum ne wiðstód, Shrn. 41, 10. Ða þióstro ðínre heortan willaþ mínre láre wiðstondan, Met. 5, 22.

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Geleornigen ðá bearn ðæt hí hiéren hira ieldrum, 191, 1, 4. intrans. To acquire knowledge of a subject, receive instruction Éghuelc sé ðe gehérde from feder and geliornade, Jn. L. R. 6, 45. Huu ðes stafas wát, mid ðý ne geliornade, 7, 15.