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wil

(n.)
Grammar
wil, will, es; n.

will, pleasurea pleasant or desirable thing

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Be ðínum ágenum wille ð ú férdest tó ðínes fæder híwrǽdene ad tuos ire cupiebas et desiderio erat tibi domus patris tui Gen. 31, 30. Hí móston ðes cynges wille folgian, Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 222, 33.

on-bryrdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bryrdan, p. de.

to instigate, stimulate, incite, inspire, animateto excite to a feeling of compunction

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Hit nis git se tíma ðæt ic þé heálícor mǽge onbryrdan firmioribus remediis nondum tempus est, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 14. Onbryrdendum instigante feónde ealra goda, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 14. Onbryrd compunctus mid lufan ðæs upplícan ríces, 4, 12; S. 580, 36.

spinnan

(v.)
Grammar
spinnan, p. spann, pl. spunnon; pp. spunnen.

to spinto writhetwist

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Ða of his leáfum and of his flýse ðæs treówes spunnon and swá eác tó godewebbe wǽfon and worhtan foliis arborum ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt, Nar. 6, 18. of the action of the tide on the sand Sand sǽcir span (Grein would read spán) the ebb hath

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be-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-weorpan, -wyrpan; ic -weorpe, ðú -wyrpst, he -weorpeþ, -wyrpþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

to cast, cast down, throwprojicere, dejicereto cast about or over, cover over, surroundconjicere, supertegere, cingere

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innocent into a dungeon, Gen. 40, 15. to cast about or over, cover over, surround; conjicere, supertegere, cingere Hláford, lǽt hine [fíctreów] gyt ðis geár, óþ ic hine bedelfe, and ic hine beweorpe mid meoxe Lord, suffer it [the fig-tree] yet this year, till

eall-swá

(adv.)
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Ic wylle þysum ýtemestan syllan eallswá mycel swá þé volo huic novissimo dare sicut et tibi, Mt. 20, 14. Eallswá mihtig swá hé nú is, Swt. A. S.

forane

(adv.)
Grammar
forane, forne; adv.

beforehandOppositein front ofagainst

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Ic ꝥ hæbbe mid Godes fultume forene forfangen, ꝥ eów nǽfre heonforð þanon nán unfrið tó ne cymð I have with God's help taken measures to prevent hostility ever from this time forth coming to you from Denmark, Cht.

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ge-gearcian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 84, 15. to furnish, provide, supply Hé þé líf gegearcað uitam tibi prestet, Hml. S. 24, 123. Gegearcode prebuit, Germ. 400, 508. Þæt seó sǽ seofon dagas drígne grund þám folce gegearcige, þæt hí his líchaman gesécan magon.

ge-myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myndgian, ge-myndigian.
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IV. to preserve the memory of, commemorate :-- Hió ǽlce gére gemyndgien ðá tíde mínes forðsíðes, C. D. v. 186, 8. V. to make mention of. with gen.

ge-timbru

(n.)
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.: ge-timbru (-o); f. g. pl. ge-timbrema (cf. ge-tíme). a building, fabric Ꝥ æteówde ꝥ eall ꝥ getimbre þǽre cycenan ( omne coquinae aedificium ) sceolde beón forburnen, Gr. D. 123, 29.

gryre

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Ne mæg nǽnig gryre máre geweorðan nor can any terrible time exceed this, Dóm. 43. Hié of þám grimman gryre (the fiery furnace) glade treddedon, Dan. 439.Gyllende gryre (with the roaring waves of the Red Sea), Exod. 489.

leán

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Hé him lóh ðæt hé hæfde his bróðor wíf (cf. dicebat illi, 'Non licet tibi habere eam,' Mt. 14, 4), Shrn. 123, 1.

wiln

(n.)
Grammar
wiln, e; f.

A maid-servanta hand-maid

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Oft on ánre tíde. ácenð seó cwén and seó wyln... and ðære wylne sunu wunaþ eal his líf on ðeówte, Homl. Th. i. no, 27: Gen. 21, 13. Ne wilna ðú ðínes néhstan wylne, Ex. 20, 17. Gif wíffæst man hine forlícge be his ágenre wylne, L. C.

gearo

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; eówer tíd is symble gearu (gearua, L., georo, R.), Jn. 7, 6.

ge-gán

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Ox. 48, 4. of time, to get to a specified point Oð ðæt wintra rím gegǽð in þá geoguðe, Gú. 470. (3 a) to come, arrive :-- Oð þæt seó tíd cymeð, gegǽð geárrímum, þæt þá leomu geloden weorðað, Vy. 5. to get to a stage, come to a specified point Gif hit

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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Nis mé tíd mín líf tó onwendenne non est mihi tempus vitam mutandi, Bd. 5, 14, S. 634, 32. Onwended ne biþ ǽfre tó ealdre, Exon. Th. 203, 11; Ph. 82. Nán gewuna ne mæg nánum men beón onwended, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 23.

geond

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Th. ii. 30, 28. of time, through Geond þá ( = þám; or? þane) ylcan tíman per idem tempus, An. Ox. 397

fæst

constantfirmsteadfastfixedunchangeablefirmsecurestubbornunyieldingfirmsolidcompactstrongfirmstrongfortifiedunbrokenundisturbedstandard

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Ceólas æt sǽfearoðe oncrum fæste, El. 252. of a band, tie, &c., not easily loosed: Ðeáh seó leó fæste racentan hæbbe, Bt. 25; F. 88, 9. Þǽm fæstestum tenacissimis (vinculis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 2. of alliance, agreement, &c.

ge-frignan

(v.)
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L. 7, 17. (4 b) to ask of a person :-- Gefrægn ðá tíd from ðǽm, Jn. 4, 53. to learn by inquiry, (i) with acc. Ic þæt wundor gefrægn, Rä. 48, 2. Hié wuldor gesáwon, swá hæleð gefrúnon, Exod. 388.

Sunnan-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-dæg, es; m.
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The time that had to be so observed was according to Wihtræd's Laws from sunset on Saturday to sunset on Sunday Gif esne wyrce an Sunnanǽfen efter hire setlgange óð Mónanǽfenes setlgang, 9; Th. i. 38, 19; but later the time seems to have been extended

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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</b> — demonstrative, then. of time, then, at that time Fóron hié bí swá hwaþerre efes swá hit þonne (at the time of their going, whenever it was) fierdleás wæs, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 13. Ðæt geweorþeþ on dómes dæge ...

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