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lytel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
lytel, adj., and neut. of adj. Add:: , lýtel (?). A. adj.
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H. 26, 15. lytlum a little at a time Geót þriwa lytlum on háte þá ahsan, Lch. ii. 32, 13 : 176, 22 : 230, 21. lytlum and lytlum little by little, gradually Hé sceal lytlum and lytlum stígan neár and near stæpmǽlum swilce hé on sume hlǽdre stíge, Solil

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
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Faraþ geond ealue yrmenne grund, weoredum bodiaþ, 30, 22; Cri. 482. where numbers are associated for a special purpose or arranged in regular order, in military matters, a host, army, troop, band. v. weorod-líst Werod oððe here exercitus, Ælfc.

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Th. 208, 30; Exod. 491. implying abundance, to swarm, exist in large numbers Him weóllon maðan geond ealne ðone líchaman, Homl.

Linked entry: for-weallen

rǽdan

(v.)
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Módor ne rǽdoþ (-aþ, MS.) ðonne heó magan cenneþ, hú him weorðe geond woruld sceapen a mother cannot read a boy's fate at his birth, Salm. Kmbl. 741; Sal. 370. Rǽde se ðe wille hú wunda cwǽden, Exon. Th. 441, 11; Rä. 60, 16.

ge-hátan

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H. 143, 29. to promise a person, to betroth Sió geháten wæs geong suna Fródan, B. 2024. absolute, to make a promise or vow Hí gehátað holdlíce, swá hyra hyht ne gǽð, Leás. 14. Gehéht spopondit, Lk. L. R. 22, 6. Þæt man gylde and geháte, Ps.

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Þá þrý cómon tó þeódne foran hearde and higeþancle, Dan. 94. of word or thought, bold, resolute: Á scyle geong mon wesan geómormód, heard heortan geþóht swylce habban sceal, blíðe gebǽro, Kl. 43.

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Manig wyht is mistlíce férende geond corþan quam variis terras animalia permeant figuris 41, 6; Fox 254, 23. Æle uht, ðæs ðe hió ( an asp ) ábítt, scel his líf on slǽpe geendian, Ors. 5, 13 ; Swt. 246, 27.

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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Suns geong ðæs cyninges ðegin de militia ejus juvenis, 4, 22; S. 590, 33.

setl

(n.)
Grammar
setl, sedl, seðl, seotl, sotl, seatl, sitl (-el, -ol, -ul), es; pl. setl, setlu, sotelas, setlas (
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Geát geóng sóna setles neósan, swá se snottra héht, Beo. Th. 3576; B. 1786. Se wæs setles yldest (onsetle yldost, MS. B.) he had the chief seat , Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 4. Sæt Agustinus on sotole, 2, 2 ; S. 503, 15.

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Þú færsð wórigende and bist flýma geond ealle eorðan uagus et profugus eris super terram, Gen. 4, 12. Wind wédende færeð, El. 1274. Hí (clouds) farað feohtende . . . winnende fareð atol eóredþreát, Rä. 4, 46, 48.

Linked entry: farnian

irnan

(v.)
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Lbmn. 269, 16. of a plant, to grow rapidly Þ þæs wæstmes yrð þǽr má upp yrnende wǽre . . . þá georn (arn, v. l.) sóna úp genihtsumlic yrð ut illius frugis ibi potius seges oriretur . . . mox copiosa seges exorta, Bd. 4, 28 ; Sch. 521, 14-22.

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Th. 143, 14. to set, fix, implant Hé módes snyttru seów and sette geond sefan monna, Exon. Th. 41, 29; Cri. 663. Settaþ on eówerum heortum, ðæt gé ne þurfon ásmeágan, hú gé andwyrdan sceolon. Homl. Th. ii. 542, 3.

Linked entry: on-settan

síþ

(n.)
Grammar
síþ, es ; m.
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</b> going from this world :-- Is nú fús ðider gǽst síþes georn, Exon. Th. 164, 27 ; Gú. 1018. Ic eom síþes fús, 166, 30 ; Gú. 1050 : 212, 10 ; Ph. 208. Líf biþ on síþe, 213, 6 ; Ph. 220 : 328, 32 ; Vy. 26.

Linked entries: síþemest síþmæst

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Nǽre hit þe geliccre ðære écean myrhðe, þonne biþ ðam menn þe sitt on cwearterne wið ðam menn þe færþ frig geond land, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 107. Gif hwylc gód man from góde gewíte, ðonne ne biþ hé þe (þon, Cott. MS.) má fullíce god (cf.

Linked entry: þý

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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. ; geond þeóde in populis . . . ; inter gentes, Ps. Th. 56, II. On landa gehwám folcum fracoðe An. 409: GO. 792. On þissum folcum (the peoples of Sodom and Gomorrah), Gen. 2499.

æt

(prep.)
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Geond ealle eorþan gǽþ heora swég, æt þá ýtmestan gemǽro heora lár and heoraword, 133, 35. Andlanges ðǽre díc æt ðæne ellenstyb, C. D. iii. 24, 3.

gíman

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Gémendum correctis 17, to reprove, v. gím-ness ; 2 Gife synngiga in ðec bróðer, geong and gém ( corripe ) hine; gif ðec gehéres boetend ðú bist bróðeres ðínes, Mt.

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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Geóte man ðone wǽtan út liquor effundatur, L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 7. Hwæthugu of cyricean ðurh stale út ábregdan, Bd. 1, 27 S. 490, 5. Deófolseócnessa út tó ádrífanne, Mk. Skt. 3, 15. Ða landbigengan út ámǽran, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 7.

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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Fýrleóma stód geond ðæt atole scræf, Cd. Th. 272, 32; Sat. 128. Ic wille ðat se freóls stonde intó ðat minstre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 219, 19

Linked entries: stondan for-stent

ge-hwilc

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Geond gehwylce weras uiritim, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 232, 17. Gehwylce wǽpenleáse inermes quosque, i. universos An. Ox. 724. (aa) as antecedent Ðás leásan spell lǽraþ gehwelcne man þára þe wilnaþ helle þióstra tó fliónne, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 16.