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HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.
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Heó wæs ǽror ðam cynge hire suna swíðe heard she had been before very hard to the king her son, Chr.1043; Erl. 168, 36: Cd. 103; Th. 136, 20; Gen. 2261.

in-gehygd

(n.)
Grammar
in-gehygd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thoughtmindintentsenseknowledgeunderstandingconscienceintentionpurpose

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Thought, mind, intent, sense, knowledge, understanding, conscience, intention, purpose Hwæt fremaþ ðé ðæt ðín cyst stande ful mid gódum and ðín ingehýd beó æmtig ǽlces gódes what doth it profit thee that thy chest stand full of good things, and thy mind

tweó

(n.)
Grammar
tweó, twý; gen. tweón, twýn; m.
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Ðǽr seó wíse on tweón cyme ubi res perveniret in dubium, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 21. <b>I a.

Linked entries: tuá tweón twý

eald

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Þá cyld ... and eác ðá ealdan ceorlas, Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 7. Wín nys drenc cilda, ac ealdra ( senum ), Coll. M. 35, 21. Ealdra cwéna spell anilis fabula, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 24. Ic lǽre ge geonge ge ealde, Bl.

ge-irnan

(v.)
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Snáw cymð of ðám þynnum wǽtan þe . . . byð gefroren ǽr þan hé tó dropum geurnen sý, iii. 278, 25. of action, to run into, fall into Hé in nǽnigre leásunge synne ne georn nec falsitatis incurrebat peccatum, Gr.

Linked entries: ge-urnen ge-yrnan

gilp

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Hé monna cynne gielpes stýreð, Crä. 105. Hé in gylpe wæs, Dan. 636. Se áwiergda gǽst hit lǽrð ðone gielp, Past. 463, 30. Hé ágeát gylp wera, Exod. 514. Gylp forbégan, An. 1335. Hæfdon hié gielp micel, Gen. 25.

hyht

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</b> what is expected :-- Nabbað hié tó hyhte nymðe cyle and fýr, Sat. 335 : 176. ground of hope, promise, v. hyht-full; <b>II,</b> hyht-lic; v. ge-hyht

hwanne

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Bewitigan hwonne úp cyme æðelast tungla, Ph. 93: 102: 114. Gé nyton hwænne seó tíd ys, Mk. 13, 33. Hwonne, Bl. H. 117, 27: Gen. 2601. Sege ús hwænne (hoenne, L., hwænne, R.) þás þing gewurðan, Mt. 24, 3: Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 24: An. 136.

slítan

(v.)
Grammar
slítan, p. slát, pl. sliton; pp. sliten.

To slittearrendto tearrendto tearsplitrendcleavedivideto tearrendto tearbiteirritateto tearto destroy, waste, consumeto carp atback-biteto tear

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Godwebba cyst(the veil of the temple) eall forbærst . . . ðæs temples segl . . sylf slát on tú, swylce hit seaxes ecg þurhwóde Exon. Th. 70, 19; Cri. 1141. [Prompt. Paru. slytyh attero; O. Sax. slítan to tear, split; O.

un-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-þanc, es; m.

disfavourdispleasureangerill-willan unpleasing acta displeasurean offenceannoyancenot thanksdispleasure expressed in wordsunwillinglywithout consenton compulsioningratiswithout (a person's) consentnot of (one's own) accordagainst (one's) will

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Se mægðhád sceal beón geoffrod be his ágenum cyre, ðæt seó lác beó leófre ðonne hé wǽre, gif hé unðances wǽre, Homl. Ass. 33, 237. Gewilde man hí tó rihte þances oððe unþances, L. Eth. ix. 40; Th. i. 348, 38.

Linked entry: un-þances

wísian

(v.)
Grammar
wísian, p. ode.

shewguidedirectto shewshewpoint putguidedirectindicate

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Grammar wísian, figurative, Grammar wísian, absolute, to shew the course to be followed, guide, direct, indicate Ic Werferð cýðe, swá mé Alchún sægde, and eác míne gewrytu wísodon, Chart. Th. 166, 6. Eorðcyningas ðe folcum fore wísien, Ps.

Linked entry: riht-wísian

bót

mendingrepairremedyimprovementhelpamendmentamendsreparationrepentancepenance

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Him tó laman limseóce cwómon ... symle hǽlo þǽr æt þám bisceope, bóte fundon, El. 1217 : 299. rescue from evil or peril, amendment of condition help Hý tó anlic-nessum hý gebǽdon, and wéndon þæt heom of ðám cóme bót ... ǽlc yfel cymð of deófle and ǽlc

efne

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Ðú góda cyngc, efne þes man þe þú swá wel wið gedést, hé is æfestful for ðínum góde, Ap. Th. 14, 23. Heó hæfde efne and heóld þæs líchaman lustes forhæfdnesse, ac hwæðre . . . carnis quidem continentiam habuit, sed . . ., Gr. D. 340, 15.

ge-læccan

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Grn. 7, 24. to lay hold of a person who struggles Hé feóll tó þǽre eorðan mid egeslicum anginne, and hine gelæhton ðe ðár néh wǽron, Chr. 1042; P. 162, 14. of an animal, to take, seize Cymð se yfela and gelæhð ( rapit ) hit, Hml. Th. ii. 90, 24.

hrægl

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Hí scínaþ on manegra cynna hræglum (cf. wǽdum, Met. 25, 4) purpura claros nitente, Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 3. 'Bring mé þá hrægl (vestimenta )' . . . þá hí þás hrægl gesáwon . . . hí onféngon heora ágenu hrægl, Gr. D. 202, 23-203, 2. Hrægla, Mt.

hwanan

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Frægn heó ... hwonan his cyme wǽre ... 'Ic eom ... tó þé sended of heáhðu,' Jul. 259.

DÓN

(v.)
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DÓN, to dónne; part. dóende, dónde; ic dó, ðú dést, he déþ, pl. dóþ; p. ic, he dyde, ðú dydest, pl.dydon ; impert., pl. dóþ; subj. , pl. dón, dó; p. dyde, pl. dyden; pp. dón, dén

To DO, make, cause agĕre, facĕre

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He ne cúðe hwæt ða cynn dydon he knew not what the people did, Cd. 92; Th. 116, 31; Gen. 1944: Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 10; Az. 17. Híg dydon swá hwæt swá híg woldon fecērunt quæcumque voluērunt, Mt. Bos. 17, 12: Chr. l001; Erl. 137, 9.

healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.
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Hí ne dorstan nán gefeoht healdan wið Willelm cynge they dared not have any battle with king William, Chr. 1075; Erl. 214, 8.

ge-cirran

(v.)
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Ðǽr wearð se cyng of France þurh gesmeáh gecyrred, and seó fyrding tóhwearf, 1094; P. 229, 29. a thing Seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred, and þone mon, þe heó ǽr from sended wæs, sceát. Bl.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Him com swá hrædlíc sár and wracu swá ðam cennendan wífe cymð fǽrlíc sir ibi dolores sicut parturientis, Ps. Th. 47, 6.