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fram

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Lócað fram þám unlǽdan ǽngan hláford the lord turns his look from the luckless solitary, Sal. 382. denoting distance, absence, away from, apart from, absent from Of wealle áhleóp fród fyrngeweorc, þæt hé on foldan stód, stán fram stáne. An. 739.

heáfod

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., weána wyrtwela, wópes heáfod, Sal. 444. Of edwittes ýða heáfdum, 29. the beginning of a period of time Heáfdes fæstenes capitis ieiunii, Angl. xiii. 404, 566. Fram heáfde fæstenes, 563.

friþ

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Beornas forhte friðes wilneden, miltsa tó mǽrum (Domine, salva nos, perimus, Mt. 8, 25), An. 448. Beþurfon hí ꝥ hí óleccan þǽm æfter friðe þe máre habbað alieno praesidio indigentes, Bt. 26, 2 ; F. 92, 29.

gód

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Hé ne bið him lǽce gód, Sal. 102. reliable, trustworthy Hæbbe hé in áðe óðirne ǽwdan gódne, Ll. Th. i. 42, 8. Mid gódum ǽwdum, 28, 2, 8. Beforan gódum weotum geceápod, 118, 14.

fela

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salde swá feolo swá (quantum) hiǽ waldun, Jn. R. 6, 11. Huu feolo áht ðú tó geldanne quantum debes?, Lk. L. 16, 7. Huu feolo (feolu. R.) éghuelc geceópad wére, 19, 15. Similar entries v. I. 1b Suá feolo (quotquot) hiá hæfdon uncúð áðlo, Mk.

Linked entry: feald

wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.:e; f.

Growth, increasegrowth, produceplant, fruitoffspring, progenyresultfruit, that which may be enjoyedproduce of money, usury.growth, growing,increasegrowth, thrivinggrowth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;

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Eorðe salde westem his terra dedit fructum suum, Ps. Surt. 66, 7. Ðæt fíctreów, on ðæm hé nánne wæstm ne funde; ðæt getácnaþ ða synfullan ðe nabbaþ nánne wæstm gódra weorca, Blickl. Homl. 71, 35. Wæstm frumentationem, Blickl. Gl.

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Crístes gecyndo; hit þæt gecýðeð ful oft, Sal. 409. Þú eart milde . . . ; þæt þú gecýðdest, þá þú . . . Hö. 79 : Hy. 9, 16.

Linked entry: cýþan

hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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Seó hǽlo his ðære swýðran handa salus dextera ejus, Ps. Th. 19, 6. Gif hé heáhre handa dyntes onféhþ if he receives a right[?] hand blow [cf. Icel. hægri hönd the right hand, and see note on the passage for other translations.

fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

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Wé moniges féngon, Sal. 432. with dat. Hé þám frætwum féng, B. 2989. to get, suffer, experience, with acc. Hé féng swá stíð weðer ꝥ hé uneáðe áwæig cóm, Chr. 1052; P. 176, 15. with gen.

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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where the prominent notion is that of destination or direction. of self-originated motion or action, to take one's way, proceed to a place or person, go into a place, move in a specified direction Dol bið si þe gǽð on deóp wæter, sé þe sund nafað, Sal

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan,  sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Ðonne hé æt hilde sceall lífes tiligan, Salm. Kmbl. 320; Sal. 159. Eart ðú ðe tó cumenne eart, hwæðer ðe wé óðres scylon (sceolon, MS. A.: sculon, MSS. B. C.) onbýdan ( expectamus ), Lk. Skt. 7, 19, 20. Sceolon, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 3.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

findan

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

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Wígan ǽghwilcne þe hé on þám fyrste findan mihte, Exod. 189: Sal. 8. Hordweard sóhte æfter grunde, wolde guman findan, B. 2294.

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Homl. 35, 14. (1 a) of particular classes of objects, a thing of value, property, a thing for sale; generally in pl., things, goods Him eallum wæs gemǽne heora ðing, Homl. Th. i. 316, 9.

heáh

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., héhsta, hýhsta, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 361, 21) salde stefne his, Ps. Srt. 17, 14. Ðú héhsta (heáxta, Ps. L. ), 9, 3. Þæs héhstan (héiste, L., hésta, R., héxtan, Hml. Th. i. 198, 14) sunu, Lk. 1. 32: 76. ꝥæs heáhstan, Ps. Th., Ps. L. 106, 10.

Linked entry: dynt

lǽtan

(v.)
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Hé lǽteð foreweard hleór on strangne stán, Sal. 113. 'Tódǽlnessa ðára wætera út léton mín eágan.' Tódǽldu wæteru wé lǽtað út of úrum eágum 'Divisiones aquarum deduxit oculus meus.' Divisas ex oculis aquas deducimus, Past. 413, 27.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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For eówre þearfe mé sende God pro salute vestra misit me Deus, Gen. 45, 5. On ða gerád ðæt ðú ða eorþan sécan wille for gódra manna þearfe, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 8.

Linked entries: þærf þarf

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Se regn ðæt deófol on ufan wyrðeþ, Salm. Kmbl. p. 148, 5. Swá swá wé of ðisse weorulde weorðaþ, Shrn. 202, 4. Gif hí on ðam wuda weorþaþ if they get in the wood, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 16. Gif hí on treówum weorþaþ, Met. 13, 36.

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willingwill, purpose, design, commandwill, determination, resolutionintention, purpose, desire to actwill, desire, wishpleasure, delightwill, dispositionwill, accord, consent, pleasureGer. meinetwillenwill, one's own way

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Salm. Kmbl. p. 204, 44. Ic hí lifian hét æfter hiora willum ibunt in voluntatibus suis Ps. Th. 80, 12. v. hyht-, im-, weorold-willa; wil[l]

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Wlfst. 181, 17. the master of a wife, a wife's lord and master, the husband Ðis is geðinge Eádwaldes and Cyneðrýðe, Eðelmódes láfe ymbe ðet lond ðe hire Eðelmód hire hlábard salde, C.D. i. 295, 34. Æfter Byrhtwara (cf.

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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C. 143. of occupation Hé leofað in leahtrum, Mód. 76: Sal. 316. Hé in gylpe wæs, Dan. 636. In lofe, Wal. 88. Gé in gestalun stondað, Gú. 481. (3 a) in the act or process of :-- Hine synnigne man gefó in ceápe oþþe elles æt openre scylde, Ll.