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heáh-fæder

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Lbmn. 413, 10. (1 a) in a special sense, one of the twelve sons of Jacob : — Twelf tída beóð on ðám dæge, and twelf mónðas on geáre; twelf heáhfæderas sind, twelf wítegan, twelf apostoli, Hml.

wyrcan

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(l b) add :-- Fíf hund and feówer and syxtig atomi wyrcað án momentum . . . syx tída wyrcað ánne fýrðling, and feówer fýrðlingas wyrcað ánne dæg, and seofon dagas áne wucan, Angl. viii. 318, 43-319, i.

and-git

(n.; part.)
Grammar
and-git, -giet, -gyt, -get, [ond-, on-], es; n. [and, git = get, p. of gitan to get] .

the understandingthe intellectintellectusunderstandingknowledgecognizanceintellectuscognitioagnitiosensemeaningone of the sensessensus

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Th. 31, 10. understanding, knowledge, cognizance; intellectus, cognitio, agnitio Ic ðé sylle andgit intellectum dabo tibi, Ps. Th. 31, 9: 91, 5. Forðan biþ andgit ǽghwǽr sélest therefore is understanding everywhere best, Beo. Th. 2122; B. 1059.

CEARU

(n.)
Grammar
CEARU, caru, cearo, e; f.

CARE, sorrow, griefcura, dolor, mæror

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Nis ðé nán caru non est tibi curæ, Lk. Bos. 10, 40: Ps. Th. 60, 1. Ðonne biþ þearfendum cwíðende cearo then shall be wailing care to the miserable, Exon. 26b; Th. 79, 5; Cri. 1286: 77a; Th. 289, 29; Wand. 55.

Linked entries: cara care caru cearo

lof

(n.)
Grammar
lof, es; n. m.

Praisegloryhymn

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Lofa ic cwæþe ðé laudem dixi tibi, Ps. Spl. 118, 164. Lofu ł herunga præconia, laudes, favores, Hpt. Gl. 500, 2 : melos, Hymn. Surt. 5, 31

seht

(n.)
Grammar
seht, es ; m. : e ; f.
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., 1140 ; Erl. 265, 30.] peace, friendship Syððan seaht and sib mycelre tíde betwyh ða ylcan cyningas and heora ríce áwunode, Bd. 4, 21 ; S. 590, 25 note. Ðæt ða cyningas seht námon (cf. friþ niman) heom betweónan , Chr. 1016 ; Erl. 159, 1.

ge-metgung

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Sió wyrd dǽlþ eallum gesceaftum andwlitan and stówa and tída and gemetgunga fatum singula digerit in motum, locis, formis, ac temporibus distributa, F. 218, 33. fixing of measure or amount, measuring. v. ge-metgian; IV Hine God gesette tó ðǽm ðæt hé

ge-æmtian

(v.)
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ge-æmtian, l. ge-ǽmtian,
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Th. 22, 12. in order to do something, to make or get time for a purpose, devote oneself to ꝥ hé hine geǽmtogode (-émtigode, -ǽmetgode, v. ll. ) Gode tó þeówianne, Gr. D. 52, 8. Hé hine geǽmtigode tó þám weorce, 329, 12.

gím-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gím-ness, e; f.
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L. 10, 35. care for an object that affects with pleasure, fear, &c. v. gíman; 2 Nis ðé gémnis (gémeniso, L.) be ǽngum non est tibi cura de aliquo Mt. R. 22, 16. Ne is ðé gémnise, ꝥte . . . . Lk. L.

Linked entry: gém-nis

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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Rush.) is eówer tíd haec est hora uestra, Lk. Skt. 22, 53. Þis is landa betst, Cd. Th. 49, 21; Gen. 795. Þiss wǽron ealle Créca leóde, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 100, 13. Þis sint ða ðe sceolon standan hi stabunt, Deut. 27, 12: Jos. 12, 1.

Linked entries: þás þis

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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Sió wyrd dǽlþ eallum gesceaftum andwlitan and stówa and tída and gemetgunga. Ac sió wyrd cymþ of ðam foreþonce Godes, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 21-220, 1. Ðiós wandriende wyrd, ðe wé wyrd hátaþ, færþ æfter his foreþonce....

Linked entry: weord

under

(prep.)
Grammar
under, prep. adv.

Underunderat the foot ofunderwithinamongbelowbeneathdown

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P. i. 13, tit.; Th. ii. 170, 25: interea, 13; Th. ii. 178, 15: Chr. 876; Erl. 78, 12: 1046; Erl. 173, 5.

Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Giet oð þisne dæg, 3, 5; S. 104, 27. in negative sentences, where doing or being has not existed up to, and does not exist at, a time stated or implied, where the time of an action or condition has not been reached (not) as yet. alone Þá þe gyt ne mihton

lád-teów

(n.)
Grammar
lád-teów, es; m.

A leaderguideconductorgeneral

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Ládteáw, Bt. tit. 36; Fox xviii. 4. Láteáu, Kent. Gl. 131. Ládtow dux, Ps. Surt. 30, 4: 54, 14. Mín ládþeów dux mihi, Ps. Th. 30, 4: Ps. Spl. C. 54, 14. Ðú eart ǽgðer ge weg ge ládþeów tu semita, dux, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132. 37. Látteów dux, Ælfc.

síd

(adj.)
Grammar
síd, adj.
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Icel. lokkar siðir til jarðar), Shrn. 120, 25. Hí habbaþ beardas óþ cneów síde and feax óþ helan barbas habentes usque ad genua, comas usque ad talos, Nar. 35, 2 : 38, 8. Wíf habbaþ beardas swá síde óþ heora breóst, 38, 2

Linked entry: síd-folc

swéte

(adj.)
Grammar
swéte, adj.
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Gif hwá biteres hwes onberede, ðæt him þúhte beóbreád ðí swétre, Bt. 23 tit.; Fox xiv, 10. Sweótran ofer hunig, Ps.

Linked entries: swerum swót

weder

(n.)
Grammar
weder, es; n.
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Wedere gelícost . . . on sumeres tíd, Cd. Th. 237, 34; Dan. 347. Ða sǽ ðe wæs smylte wedere glæshlútru, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 24.

on-gitan

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Hé ongæt (oncneów, v. l.) þæt heó wæs gehǽled in þá ylcan tíde ea hora saluti restitutam virginem agnovit, Gr. D. 29, 29.

innan

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Hé hǽðene þeáwas innan þysan lande gebróhte, Chr. 959 ; P. 115, 10. of time, within the limits of a period, in Hí wendon tó Wæringscíre innon (ingang, v. l. ) þǽre middewintres tíde, and hergodon, Chr. 1016; P. 146, 21. within a person. Cf.

uppan

(prep.)
Grammar
uppan, (-on); prep. dat. acc.
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Se ðe fylð uppan ðysne stán, 21, 44. of time. v. I. 3. marking object of attack, upon, against Hé fór uppon heora bróðer and uppon ðone earl wann, Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 8-10.

Linked entries: on-uppan uppon