ge-reccan
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Bt. 27, 3; F. 98, 17. to direct the actions, & c. of a person Weorc handa úrra gerece (gehræce, Ps. L. ) opera manuum nostrarum dirige, Ps. Rdr. 89, 17. Ic wilnode andweorces þone anweald mid tó gereccenne, Bt. 17; F. 60, 8.
ge-cýþan
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Th. i. 212, 23. an object, to give notice of the place or condition of an object Gif þé becume óðres monnes giémeleás fioh on hand, gecýð (-cýðe, v.l. ) hit him, Ll. Th. i. 54, 10.
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sweord
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Their forging is in many legends said to be the work of other than human hands; so the sword which Beowulf seizes in Grendel's nome is 'eald sweord eotenisc (cf. eald sweord eácen, 3330; B. 1663), ecgum dyhtig, . . . giganta geweorc,' Beo.
Linked entry: swyrd
dón
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Hine dón niédenga tó cyninge eum rapere et regem facere, Past. 33, 14. to put, bring, take. literal Suá oft suá wé úre hand dóð tó úrum múðe, Past. 313, 14. Hyne man dyde úp eductum decarcere Joseph, Gen. 41, 14.
fore
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ at the head of ⬩ before ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in place of ⬩ instead of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ to the honour of ⬩ of ⬩ about ⬩ before ⬩ into the presence of
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Take here fóre (l. fore), and add: with dat. or uncertain. local, before, in front of Gif him wan fore wolcen hangað (cf. þonne sweartan wolcnu him beforan gáþ, Bt. 6: F. 14, 22), Met. 5, 4.
Linked entries: fóre-beón fóre-bétan fóre-gilpan
friþ
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I. 10; S. 46, 8. abstinence or freedom from attack God lýfde þæt hý him mid hondum hrínan mósten and þæt frið wið hý gefreoðad wǽre God allowed them to lay hands on him and no attack was made on them in return, Gú. 382.
on
expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)
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Hine Abraham on his ágene hand sette, 167, 17; Gen. 2767. Rǽsdon on sóna. Andr. Kmbl. 2670; An. 1336.
Linked entries: an un-reordian
þencan
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., to think of doing something, intend to do Ic his swíðran hand settan þence ponam manum ejus, Ps. Th. 88, 22: 107, 8: 118, 109. Ic mé be healfe mínum hláforde licgan þence I mean to lie by the side of my lord, Byrht. Th. 141, 9; By. 319.
æt
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Gyf hit man æt ðeófes hands áhret, Ll. Th. i. 226, 4. Hí áhreddon þæt cild æt þám wulfe, Hml. S. 30, 186. (i) marking object of which one is deprived :-- Gif hwylc man reáfige óðerne æt his dehter si homo quis alterum filia sua spoliaverit, Ll.
þanc
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Lordschipe wol not his thonkes han no felaweschipe, Chauc. Kn.
ge-seón
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Gewiton him þá wígend wíca neósian, Frysland geseón, B. 1126. to see with the mind's eye Gif hwelc mon mæge gesión ðá birhtu þæs heofonlican leóhtes mid hlúttrum eágum his Módes hanc quisquis poterit notare lucem, Bt. 34, 8; F. 146, 2. to see, observe
hwá
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R. 2, 5. hwá (hwæt) swá Hwæt swá þin hand mæge wyrcan, Gr. D. 327, 26. Swá hwá (hwæt) sé And suá chuæt ðá quamcumque, Mt. L. 18, 19. (4 a) Swá hwá (hwæt) sé þe :-- Suá huá sé ðe wælle quicumque uoluerit. Mk. L. 10, 43.
wesan
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Wríðende sceal mǽgðe ðínre monrím wesan, 105, 33; Gen. 1763. with past participles, of transitive verbs forming the passive Ðonne wesaþ ðíne handa sóna geedneówode, and beóþ swá hié ǽr wǽron, Blickl. Homl. 153, 11. Wǽr ðú gewurðod, Cd.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
ge-settan
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In endebrednise forðmest geseted is Mattheus in ordine primus ponitur, Mt. p. 12, 8. fig. to put in a certain relation, subject to a condition Ealle heé hí oððe wið feó gesealde, oððe on his ágenre hand heóld and tó gafle gesette, Chr. noo ; P. 235,
þegen
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Þegn, se ðe on handa bær ealowǽge, Beo. Th. 993; B. 494. Þegn Hróðgáres, égweard, 475; B. 235. Eádwold cynges ðegen, Chr. 905; Erl. 98, 28. Gif mon cyninges þegn beteó, gif hé hine ládian dyrre, dó hé ðæt mid .xii. cininges þegnum.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegin þén
swá
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Se ealdor dyde hand swá gelíce similiter fecit, Th. An. 74, 4. See eal-swá. of degree or extent, where a high degree is implied, so (exceedingly) Ne gemétte ic swá mycelne geleáfan, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 10. Nán fullere ne mæg swá hwíte gedón, Mk.
weorþan
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Gif nægl of honda weorðe if a nail come off the hand, Lchdm. iii. 58, 7. Ðú mihtest ðé féran betwyx ðám tunglum, and ðonne weorþan on ðam rodore, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 11.
þeów
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The fortune of war might put life and liberty at the disposal of another, as in the case of the Northumbrian, Imma, who, falling into the hands of a hostile Mercian, was by him sold to a Frisian, Bd. 4, 22.
þanne
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Ðæt wǽron men fyrdhwate, þonne rond and hand helm ealgodon, Andr. Kmbl. 18; An. 9. Symle ic gehýrde, þonne heofones gim west onhylde, Exon. Th. 174, 30; Gú. 1185: 122, 11; Gú. 304: Cd. Th. 33, 21; Gen. 523.
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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Ic wille secgon be hwǽm ic hit ǽrest ongeat, 35, 2; F. 156, 33. marking means or material used, by, by means of, by the use of:-- Hangað sweord be smalan þrǽde, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 27. Ic hæfde sweotole gereht be manegum tácnum, 11, 2; F. 34, 32.