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senatus

(n.)
Grammar
senatus, the senate, senators. The treatment of this word in the translation of Orosius is somewhat exceptional. The Latin form senatus occurs in the nom. and acc. , but in the former senatas, senatum, and in the latter senatum, senatos are also used; in the gen. senatuses, senatusa are found, and in the dat. senatum; in every case but one (?) the word is plural. The Latin senator is also used, though the word
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Ðá bæd his fæder ðæt ða senatum ( altered to senatus in other MSS. ) forgeáfen ðæm suna ðone gylt, 3, 10 ; Swt. 140, 14-16. Se consul bæd ðætte senatus him fultum sealdon, 4, 9; Swt. 192, 22. Ða senatus him hæfden ða dǽd forboden . . .

ge-sceppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceppan, -scippan, -scyppan; p. -sceóp, -scóp, pl. -sceópon, -scópon ; pp. -scæpen, -sceapen , -sceopen, -sceapen

To form, createformare, disponere, creare

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Gesceapene híg synt creata sunt, Ps. Lamb. 32, 9: Ps. Th. 148, 5. Gescype scylfan on scipes bósme make shelves in the ship's bosom, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 4; Gen. 1306.

Linked entries: ge-scippan ge-scyppan

GÉN

(adv.)
Grammar
GÉN, gién; adv.

Again, moreover, besides, at length, yet, hithertoiterum, denuo, adhuc, insuper, denique

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Gién ðé sunu weorðeþ yet there shall be a son to thee, Cd. 100; Th. 132, 19; Gen. 2195.

weorþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
weorþ-líce, weorþelíce; adv.
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Hí bráde weóxan weorðlíce wíde greówan multiplicati sunt nimis, Ps. Th. 106, 37. Ðú ymb ðínne esne dydest wel weorðlíce bonitatem fecisti cum servo tuo 118, 65.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Terram cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus rebus necessariis hoc est, in siluis, in campis, in captura etiam piscium quae terrae illi adjacet, ubi sunt scilicet duo quod nostratim dicitur waeres, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 64, 10.

wítegian

(v.)
Grammar
wítegian, wítgian; p. ode

To prophesy

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Grammar wítegian, with constructions of (a) and (b) Heora fæderas ðæt wítgodan, ðæt him God wolde sendan his sunu, Blickl. Homl. 177, 10.

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cweþan

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Cweþe wé is þes Dauides sunu numquid hic est filius David?, Mt. 12, 23. Gé ceastergewaran, cweðe gé ꝥ ic eów dide ǽnigne unþanc?, Ap. Th. 26, 3. v. wearg-, wiþer-, yfel-cweþan; un-cweþende; -cweden

ge-bedda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bedda, . . . an ; f.
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Se cyning and his gebedda and heora sunu, Hml. Th. ii. 476, 4. Abraham and his gebedda, i. 92, 21. Godes ðegen Zacharias, his gebedda (uxor, Lk. 1. 5) Elizabeth, 352, 1. Ðæs cáseres gebedda Libia, and his heáhgeréfan wíf Agrippina, 374, 32.

ge-dwellan

(v.)
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Léton gedwealde men swylce hé Godes sylfes sunu wǽre, Wlfst. 99, 7. with gen. of matter in respect to which there is error Ús se feónd ne gedwelle þæs rihtan geleáfan, Wlfst. 253, 2.

láf

Grammar
láf, <b>. I.</b>
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Add: Þǽr Alexandres láf wæs and his sunu, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 31. Of wífe ł hláfe seofa bróðra de uxore septem fratrum Mt. p. 19, 6. Ꝥte lǽda bróðer his láf tó wíf þæs ut ducat frater ejus uxorem illius Mt. L. 22, 24

hycgan

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Add: p. hygde, hygede (v. for-hycgan). to think, have such and such thoughts Þá þe mid heortan hycgeað rihte qui recto sunt corde, Ps. Th. 72, 1. On fyrenfulra geðancas, þá wiðer-wearde mé wráðe hycgeað cogitaverunt adversum me, 139, 8.

þes

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. ¶ Add Fægere word þis syndon and gehát pulchra sunt uerba et promissa, Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 54, 19

ge-streón

(n.)
Grammar
ge-streón, -strión, es; n.

Gainproductemolumentwealthrichestreasureusurybusinessmercesmercātusquæstuslucrumēmŏlŭmentumŏpesthesaurusūsūranēgōtium

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Sunu gestreónes wæstm innoðes fīlii mercis fructus ventris, Ps. Spl. 126, 4. Fæderes gestreónes patrĭmōnii, Mone B. 3568. Ic hit witodlíce mid gestreóne onfénge cum ūsūtris ŭtĭque exegissem illam, Lk. Bos. 19, 23. Fram gestreóne a nĕgōtio, Ps.

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tó-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cyme, es; m.

A coming to a place,coming,approach,arrival,adventthe coming of Christ to the world,the first or second Adventthe anniversary of Christ's coming,Advent

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Swá byþ mannes Suna tócyme, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 27, 37, 39. Hwílc tácn sí ðínes tócymes, 24, 3. Ðes middangeard ðe hé mid his tócyme fram synnum gehǽlde, Homl. Ass. 47, 561. Ǽr Cristes tócyme, Blickl. Homl. 81, 27. Ða ðe Cristes tócyme wiston, 81, 10.

spor

(n.)
Grammar
spor, es; n.

a trace, track, spoor a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. a woundtracing, tracking

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Hwæt mæg bión dyslícre ðonne hwá lufige hwelcre wuhte spor on ðæm duste and ne lufige ðæt ðætte ðæt spor worhte quid esse dementius potest, quam vestigia in pulvere impressa diligere, sed ipsum, a quo impressa sunt, non amare?

scír

(adj.)
Grammar
scír, adj.
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Th. 996; B. 496. of light and light-giving things, bright, clear, brilliant Heofontorht swegl ( the sun) scír. Exon. Th. 351, 2 ; Sch. 74 : 486, 18; Rä. 72, 17. Sunne scír and beorht, Met. 30, 9. Sió scíre scell ( the firmament), 20, 174.

fægernes

ornamentbeautypleasantness

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Voc. ii. 89, 62. of things Hwæt belimpþ þé heora (sun, moon and stars) fægernesse? hwæþer ðú durre gilpan ꝥ heora fægernes þín sié?, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 22. Fægernes venustas (marmoris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 73.

freoðian

(v.)
Grammar
freoðian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To care formaintaincherishprotectkeepobserveconsŭlĕresustentārefŏvēretuēriobservāre

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Hí ðone heágan dæg healdaþ and freoðiaþ they keep and observe the high day [Sunday ], Hy. 9, 27; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 27

móna

(n.)
Grammar
móna, an; m.: but also móne, an; f.

the moonmoon as in new, full moon

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Sunna and móne (but næs se móna ðágyt uppe, 29, 22), Nar. 28, 20: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 73; Met. 29, 37. Ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oððe ðære mónan, Nar. 28, 10.

leóma

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Seó sunne hæfð ðreó ágennyssa on hire; óðer is se leóma oððe beorhtnys ǽfre of ðǽre sunnan, seó ðe onlíht ealne middangeard, Hml. Th. i. 282, 9. Þonne se móna beó full, and his leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne, Angl. viii. 323, 6.