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lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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Culufre gewát fleógan eft mid lácum hire ( the olive branch ), Cd. 72; Th. 88, 28; Gen. 1472.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian ne sceall hé hit nó settan up on ðone héhstan cnol ( must not take the top of a hill as a site for his house ) . . . and eft se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian, ne sette hé hit on sondbeorhas. Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 7-11.

Linked entry: on-settan

síþ

(n.)
Grammar
síþ, es ; m.
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I. 3. a time (cf. colloquial go, and Dan. gang), with ordinals Eft óðre síþe hé férde iterum secundo abiit, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 42 : Gen. 27, 36. Ðæt deófol hine genam þriddan síþe, Blickl.

Linked entries: síþemest síþmæst

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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Gif hé monna dreám of ðam orlege eft ne wolde gesécan, . . . lǽtan wræce stille, 114, 10 ; Gú. 170.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Hé wæs eft swá ǽr lof lǽdende, An. 1479. to pass, go through life Líf lǽdan on gefeán, Bt. 12; F. 36, 24.

gíman

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Ðæt hié geornlíce giémen ðæt hié eft ðá synne ne gefremmen ut sollicite custodire studeant, ne . . . 327, 13. Ufone sceal ðæt heáfod gíman ðæt ðá fét ne áslíden caput debet ex alto providere, ne pedes torpeant 131, 25.

hád

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Th. ii. 170, 5), oððe máran underfó þonne þú nú hæfst; sóðlíce on swá hwilcum dæge swá þí geþrístlǽcst ꝥ þú underféhst þone hálgan sácerdhád, sóna þú bist eft mid deófles anweald gehæftned ad sacrum ordinem nunquam accedere praesumas; quacumque die sacrum

here

(n.)

an armyan armya hosta division of an armyarmy corpslegioncohorttroopinfantrycavalryan armyan armymultitudehostcrowdmultitudeharryingdevastationplunderingravaging

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Se cyning sende his here tó missis exercitibus suis, Mt. 22, 7. in an epithet of the Deity, the Lord of hosts: God sylfne, herga fruman, El. 210: Cri. 845. a division of an army, army corps, legion, cohort, troop Wæs eft here hider onsended rursus mittitur

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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Ðú eart eorþe, and þú scealt eft tó eorþan weorðan, Blickl. Homl. 123, 9. Gyt scyl (sceal, MS. A.) beón gefylled ðæt be mé áwriten is, Lk. 22, 37.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

for

beforein front ofbeforesinceagoforfromthroughon account offorfromthroughinstead of in place ofin exchange forin return forin expiation ofin redemption foron behalf ofin support ofin respect toin relation toas regardsagainstfromin spite ofnotwithstandingin accordance withaccording toas representative offorto takein compensation foras punishment forfor the sake ofon behalf of for the benefit ofAs representative of

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I. 2 Ðǽr ðú gemunan woldest hwylcra burgwara þú wǽre for worulde, oþþe eft gástlíce hwilces geférscipes ðú wǽre, Bt. 5, I; F. lo, 4: 10; F. 30, 15.

for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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R. 12, 21, 22. to leave property at death to successors, bequeath Úrum cildum . . . ðe wé eft tiochiað úre ierfe tó te forlǽtanne, Past. 391, 29. figurative: Ic forlǽte míne sibbe tó eów, Bl. H. 157, 28. Forléto (-létto, L.), Jn.

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Ðeáh swín beswemde weorþon, ðonne sleáþ hé eft on ða solu. Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 28. Hé on scip ástáh and slóh út on ða sǽ put to sea, Ap. Th. 6, 6. Se lég slóh tó leofonum, Shrn. 73, 36. Ðá slóh ðǽr micel mist a great mist came on suddenly.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Ðá sende hé his þeów ... hé sende óðerne ... eft hé sumne sende, Mk. Skt. 12, 2-5.

Linked entry: ÁN

fram

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Lyt eft becwóm fram þám hildfrecan hámes niósan few escaped from him and saw home again, B. 2366. indicating an object from which another turns aside or away Sceoldon Crístenra folca hyrdas hí from eallum unrihtwísum áhweorfan, Bl. H. 45, 26.

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Efne hú glædlic bið and gód swylce ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum, Ps. Th. 132, 1: Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 3.

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Mid allra óðerra priósta bútan ðissum mæsseprióstum efen .lx., Cht. Th. 72, 3. Hé ofslóh má þonne .xxx. gódera þegena bútan óðrum folce, Chr. 1052; P. 178, 19. Syx hund manna bútan þǽm þe hié mid heora wǽpnum ácwealdon. Bl.

ge-híran

(v.)
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Áhyld ðín eáre tó ðæs wǽdlan béne, þæt God eft ðíne stemne gehýre, Hml. Th. ii. 102, 19. Heora béna wǽron æt Gode gehýrede, Bl.

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Hú his gesceafta weaxaþ and eft waniaþ, ðonne ðæs tíma cymþ, Bt. 34, 10 ; Fox 150, 13. Heora æfterfyligendas wǽron deófolgylde folgiende, for ðam Mellitus and Iustus of Breotene gewiton, Bd. 2, 5 ; S. 506, 3.

ge-weorþan

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Cf. (2 c) with clause Þá gewearð þá senates þæt mon eft sceolde getimbran Cartainam Carthago restitui jussa est, Ors. 5, 5; S. 226, 16: Sat. 256.

þes

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þes, þæs; m.: þeós, þiós, þiús; f.: þis, þiss, þys; n. demons. pron. This
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oððe eft ðæt ða steorran scínaþ beforan ðam mónan and ne scínaþ beforan ðære sunnan? Ðisses hí wundriaþ, Bt. 89, 3; Fox 214, 31. Þisses, Exon. Th. 15, 18; Cri. 238. Hwanun wát ic þis ? Lk. Skt. 1, 18. Swá lange swá ge ðis dydon, Blickl.

Linked entries: þás þis