níwe
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Ðǽre níua (neówe, R. ) gewitnesse noui testamenti, Mt. L. 26, 28. Nalæs ꝥ an ꝥ hé gýmenne dyde þǽre níwan cyricean þe of Angelcynne gesomnad wæs, ac swylce eác þára yldra bígengena Brytta and Scotta, Bd. 2, 4 ; Sch. 127, 12.
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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Ða gewitnesse wendan to pervert the testimony 147, 21; Gú. 730. Ðær hé hit wendan (-en, MS.) meahte if he could have changed it, 276, 23; Jul. 570: Elen. Kmbl. 1955; El. 979.
ge-cweþan
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Ic ... mid ðisse gewitnesse gecweðe hú ic ymbe mín yrfe wille æfter mínum dæge, C.D. ii. 114, 9-14. (2 b) to settle property, assign to a person :-- Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ðá sperehealfe, C.D. ii. 116, 16.
Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Gif hé stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes, gongen hié ealle on þeówot, L. In. 7 ; Th. i. 106, 15. Gif ceorl ceáp forstelð . . . ðonne bið se his dǽl synnig, bútan ðam wífe, forðon heó sceal hire ealdore hiéran, 57; Th. i. 137, 17.
Linked entry: BRÝD
werian
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Gif se Englisca nele hine werian mid orneste oþþe mid gewitnesse, hé ládige hine mid írene, L. W. ii. 2; Th. i. 489, 13-19. Werige hine se Fræncisca mid unforedan áþe, 3; Th. i. 489, 24.
on
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Gif hé láðleás beó, séce swylcne hláford on þá gewitnesse swylcne hé wille, Ll. Th. i. 220, 24. (11) :--- Horsum mídla synd on tó ásettenne equis frena sunt inponenda, Scint. 55, 12. Saga mé hwǽr is seó eorðe ðe nǽfre sunne on ne sceán, Sal.
ge-standan
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</b> trans. to cause to stand, place, bring Gif hé þurh myngunge gerihtlǽcan nele, sý hé on þæs bisceopes gewitnesse gestanden (hit stande on ðæs bisceopes dóme, v.l. episcopus adhibeatur in testimonium), R.
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Ðín gewitnes is weorcum geleáfsum, Ps. Th. 92, 6. a work, what is wrought Weorc machina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 53. Ðá wæs geforðad ðín fægere weorc Hy. 9, 24. Nánwuht nis fæste stondendes weorces á wuniende Bt. 9; Fox 26, 21 : Met. 6, 17.
ge-lífan
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Hæbbe man gewitnesse ungeligenra manna þe man gelýfan mæge, Ll. Th. i. 158, 12. (1 a) where statement to be believed is given, directly in a clause Gelýf mé ꝥ seó tíd cymð . . ., Jn. 4, 21.
lǽdan
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Sceal ic his word and his weorc in gewitnesse Dryhtne lǽdan, Gú. 693. Godwine hæfð gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár hyne tihte, and ꝥ wæs lǽd æt Licitfelda, Cht.
sprǽc
Speech. ⬩ speech, talking ⬩ speech, the faculty of speaking ⬩ skilful speech, speaking with art, eloquence ⬩ what is said, a speech, saying, collection of words ⬩ speech, language, talk, discourse, words ⬩ a speech, language ⬩ speech, e.g. to have speech of or with a person, conversation, consultation, conference, discussion ⬩ a question, case that requires explanation ⬩ a sentence, decision, agreement, terms ⬩ a case, cause, suit, claim ⬩ talk about a person or thing, report, fame ⬩ words denoting places where there is speaking ⬩ lingua, loquela ⬩ colloquium, eloquium, ratio, judicium, consilium, senatus
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Swá fela manna ... tó gewitnesse gehwylcere sprǽce, L. Ath. iv. i; Th. i. 222, 11. Ǽlcne wítefæstne man ðe ic on sprǽce áhte ( gained at law, as the result of a suit ), Chart. Th. 557, 22. Hé dráf his sprǽce he prosecuted his suit, 376, 11.
þearf
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Forþon nis mé ðæs þearf, cwæð Orosius, tó secgenne, Ors. 1, 11; Swt. 50, 15. by a clause Him næs nán þearf (ðarf, Lind, opus ), ðæt ǽnig man sǽde gewitnesse be men, Jn. Skt. 2, 25: 16, 30.
sécan
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Ic ðíne gewitnesse wylle sécan testimonia tua exquisivi, Ps. Th. 118, 22. Lǽcedóm sǽcan medicamentum explorare, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 18.
ge-reccan
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Þonne setton wé ꝥ hé hit ne móste sellan . . . and ꝥ þonne on cyninges gewitnesse gerecce beforan his mǽgum, Ll. Th. i. 88, 21. Ne wandiað for nánum þingum folcriht tó geregceanne (= segceanne ?
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Gif mon wille of boldgetale in óðer boldgetæl hláford sécan, dó ꝥ mid þæs ealdormonnes gewitnesse þe hé ǽr in his scíre folgode, 86, 3: 134, 3.
þeów
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Gif hwá stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes, gongen hié ealle on þeówot .x.-wintre cniht mæg bión þiéfðe gewita, L. In. 7; Th. i. 107, 16; and cf. Wulfst. 158, 14. Gif se frigea on Sunnandæg wyrce, þolie his freótes, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 6.
secgan
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Náne gewitnesse æfter him ne saga ðú, L. Alf. 40 ; Th. i. 54, 5. His naman secgeaþ mid sealmum. Ps. Th. 65, 1. Secgan spell, Bt. 13 ; Fox 36, 31 : 30, 1 ; Fox 106, 30. Andsware secgan to return answer, Elen. Kmbl. 752 ; El. 376 : 1131 ; El. 567.
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in
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. :-- In gemótes gewitnesse, Ll. Th. i. 82, 16, In gesihðe, Gú. 731. In gewealdum wuldorcyninges, Gú. 568: 666. In his meahtum sind ealle gesceafta, Jul. 182. In Godes dóme, Gú. 82. In dracan fæðme, E.l. 766.
be
rest ⬩ by ⬩ along, ⬩ by, not later than ⬩ by ⬩ during ⬩ by ⬩ with ⬩ conveyance, by (in to send by) ⬩ subject to ⬩ in the case of ⬩ in the matter of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ (to do) by ⬩ or about ⬩ to ⬩ with ⬩ (to become)of ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by the use of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in the form of ⬩ after ⬩ according to ⬩ after ⬩ by the command ⬩ at the request
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Th. i. 48, 10. marking presence Dǽle man be scriftes and be túnes geréfan gewitnesse, Wlfst. 181, 6. subject to Síðþan ic mé hæfde þás þing be gewealdum quibus in potestatem redactis, Nar. 5, 17.
se
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Ðæt is Iohannes gewitnes, Jn. Skt. 1, 19. Godes bearn, ðæt wǽron góde men, Gen. 6, 2. Ða eágan, ðæt beóþ ða láreówas, and se hrycg, ðæt sint ða hiéremenn, Past. 1; Swt. 29, 12 : Nar. 34, 2, 7. Ðæt wǽron eall Finnas, Ors. 1,1; Swt. 17, 26.