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settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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leác sette he set vegetables. Shrn. 61, 20. Hé wíngeard sette, seów sǽda fela, Cd. Th. 94, 8; Gen. 1558: 172, 7; Gen. 2840. Settan pastinare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 6. Settende pastinantem, 66, 18. Settum beámum anlíce sicut novellae plantations, Ps.

Linked entry: on-settan

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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(β 1) hwæðer ( pronoun ) ... þe ... þe :-- Ðæt ic wite hwæðer hit sig, þe sóð þe leás, ðæt gé secgaþ, Gen. 42, 16. Hwæþer ðincþ ðé ðonne, ðæt ða ðing sién, þe ðara sóþena gesǽlþa limu, ðe sió gesǽlþ self? Bt. 34, 6; Fox 142, 10.

Linked entry: þý

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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phrases with prepositions. æt heortan in (one's) inmost thoughts Heó wuldorcyning herede æt heortan, Jul. 239. in (on) heortan in (one's) inmost thoughts Gyf se yfela þeówa þencð on his heortan and cwyð, 'Mín hlafurd uferað his cyme,' Mt. 24, 48: Leás

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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Gif hwá bútan leáfe of fyrde gewende þe se cyning sylf on sý, plihte him sylfum . . . and sé þe elles of fyrde gewende, beo sé, cxx. scill. scyldig, 310, 28-30 (cf. 420, 7). Gif hwá on fyrde griðbryce fulwyrce, þolige lifes, 408, 22.

gang

going, walking, moving on foot, step.the sole of the foot (?)the being habitually in a specified conditionpower of walkingof moving aboutmode of walking, walk, gait a walk, journeygo, time, occasion of goinga way, road, path, passage a trackcourse a streama narrative space traversedexpanse coveredan ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate.legal processlegal procedure, processa company of people (?), a gang.a step, staira privy

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D. 319, 17. a walk, journey Tó leáne his ganges, Gr. D. 143, 6. Woerig of gonge (geong, L.) fatigatus ex itinere Jn. R. 4, 6. Gong (geong, L.) dón iter facere Lk. R. 13, 22. Geong ł fær iter Lk. L. 10, 33: Rtl. 176, 23.

FÆÐM

(n.)
Grammar
FÆÐM, es; m: also in prose fæðm, e; f.

the embracing armsbrachia amplexa, circumdăta A lap, bosom, breast quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectusFATHOM = six feet spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentumAn embrace, protection amplexus, complexus, protectioGrasp, powerpŏtestas, dĭtio An expanse, abyss, deep expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum

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In fæðm fýres into the bosom of the fire, Cd. 184; Th. 230, 16; Dan. 234, Astág mægna gold-hord in fǽmnan fæðm the treasury of might [Christ] descended into a virgin's womb, Exon. 19 b; Th. 49, 19; Cri. 788. that part of the arm on which one leans

Linked entries: fæðem feðm

ge-mót

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Th. 39, ii. a judicial assembly, a court Hé eóde in þæt dómern ðǽr ðǽr Caluisianus wæs in miclum gemóte . . . þá yrsode se déma, Shrn. 116, 32. ' Habbað eów gemót, and tómiddes settað Naboð, biddað leáse gewitan ꝥ hí hine forsecgan . . . þá heáfodmenn

mann

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Ic cwæð þæt wǽron ealle menn ungemete leáse (omnis homo mendax), Ps.

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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Hí fundon leáse gewitan þe forlugon Naboð, 18, 196. He biddende wæs þ æt hé móste wið Scipian sprecan, and wilniende wæs ꝥ hé frið betwux þǽm folcum findan sceolde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, II. Wið swylcan sceatte swylce hé hit þá findæ mihte, C. D.

wénan

(v.)
Grammar
wénan, p. de.

to weensupposethinkimagineopinebelieveto hopeexpectlook for

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Ne þurfan wé ná ðæs wénan, ðæt hé ús nolde ðæra leána gemánian Wulfst. 261, 18. with a clause introduced by ðæt Ic wéne, ðæt nán mon ne sié neminem esse hominum arbitror Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 58, 13. Hwam wéne (woeno, Lind.) ic ðæt hit beó gelíc?

Linked entries: for-wénan wǽnan

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Seó hæfþ sume dǽle (cf. som del in Chaucer) læssan leáf, Lchdm. i. 144, 13. Æt sumum cyrre once, on one occasion, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 7: Cd. Th. 298, 25; Sat. 538. Sume síþe, Exon. Th. 20, 16; Cri. 318.

Linked entry: ÁN

licgan

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Þý lǽs se hwǽte cíþa leás licge on þǽm lande, Met. 12, 6. of the wind, the tongue, to be still, be at rest Ðonne wind ligeð tum ventos claudit Aeolus antris, Ph. 182.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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The peculiar force which this particle imparts to different verbs may correspond to the Latin ex out, as á-gangan to go out; exire: to the English up, as á-hleápan to leap up; exsilire: á-fyllan to fill up; implere: it expresses the idea of an origin

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Hafa ðás ( Leah) tó gemæccan, and ic gife ðé ða óðre (Rachel ), Gen. 29, 27. Hé sette his ǽnne sunu tó ealdormen, and óðerne tó cyninge, Homl. Th. ii. 480, 21. when óðer is applied to each of two Ðara óðer bewiste his byrlas, óðer his bæcestran.

ende

(v.; adj.; part.)

a regionquartersidequarterpartproportiondeathendfinishedissueeventgoalultimatelyalwaysultimatelycontinuouslyconsecutivelykindsort

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Srt. 144, 3. the part of a surface near the boundary: Hæcgwerde gebyreð ꝥ man his geswinces leán gecnáwe on þám endum ðe tó etenlǽse licgan (in eam partem segetis que pascuis adjacet), Ll.

Linked entry: ende-dæg

gearo

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Sé þe þæt gelǽsteð, him bið leán gearo, Gen. 435. Þǽr is help gearu, milts æt mǽrum manna gehwylcum, An. 909. Næs him dóm gearu tó ásecganne swefen, Dan. 128. Þet hit him georo wǽre swá hwilce dæge swá hí hit habban woldon, Chr. 874; P. 73, 26.

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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He nó ðǽr áht cwices lǽfan wolde he would leave naught alive there, Beo. Th. 4618; B. 2314. Ǽlc wuht cwices [cwuces Cot.] biþ innanweard hnescost everything alive is inwardly softest, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 5.

healdan

(v.)
Grammar
healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, containto hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabitto rule, governto behave, conductto guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heedto hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold withto hold, keep, keep sheepservare, custodire

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Wé sceolan eall úre líf on eáðmódnesse healdan we should lead all our life in humility, Blickl. Homl. 13, 1. Heó hit heóld ǽr tó fæste wið hine she had before dealt too hardly with him, Chr. 1043; Erl. 168, 10.

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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In wíta forwyrd, An. 1620: El. 765: Leás, 10. In þeóde þrym gestígan, Crä. 19. In líf onwæcnan. Ph. 640. He ácenned wearð in cildes hád, El. 776.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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So, in other compounds, from bindan to bind, as bonde-land bond or leased land, land let on binding conditions. Bunda then is a pure Anglo-Saxon word derived from bindan to bind.

Linked entry: bonda