þing
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Hé wearð man geboren tó ðám þingum, ðæt hé mid his ágenum feore mancynn álýsde of deófles gewealde and of helle wíte, 16, 11. Þingum purposely, Exon.
þurh-teón
to carry through ⬩ get a proposal accepted, a request granted ⬩ to carry out a plan, orders, etc. ⬩ give effect to an intention ⬩ to carry through ⬩ carry on to a (successful) end ⬩ to accomplish ⬩ perform ⬩ to perpetrate ⬩ to carry on ⬩ continue ⬩ to bring to a successful issue ⬩ to achieve ⬩ bring about ⬩ bring to pass ⬩ to afford ⬩ to go through ⬩ undergo ⬩ to draw ⬩ drag
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Gif hé ða beþinge þurhteón ne mæge, Lchdm. ii. 340, 10. to draw, drag On wítu helle mann gálnys þurhtýhð in poenas tartari hominem libido pertrahat, Scint. 89, 5. Ða ðe óþre tó unrihtwísnysse lǽrende þurhteóð ( pertrahunt ), 192, 4
scír
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</b> The people of a shire, the community inhabiting a shire :-- Nán scír nolde óðre gelǽstan æt nýxtan at last no shire would help another. Chr. 1010; Erl. 144, 11. Ðá sealde Leófwine ealdorman. . . and eal seó scír his land clǽne, Chart.
Linked entry: scýr
sweord
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. ¶ The high esteem in which good swords were held in old times is marked in many ways.
Linked entry: swyrd
þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
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Hé hié álǽdde of helle grunde on ða heán þrymmas ( the high glories ) heofona ríces, Blickl. Homl. 67, 22. denoting a glorious, magnificent person or object Ealra cyninga þrym ( the Deity ), Hy. 7, 45: Elen. Kmbl. 1629; El. 816.
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weorod
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Weoruda helm, byrnwíggendra, Elen. Kmbl. 446 ; El. 223. Weoruda waldend, Exon. Th. 96, 6; Cri. 1570 : 137, 28; Gú. 566: Andr. Kmbl. 775; An. 388. Sigora waldend, weoruda wilgiefa, Exon. Th. 229, 34; Ph. 465: Andr. Kmbl. 123; An. 62 : 2565; An. 1284.
Linked entries: eóred weored weorod-líst weorud werud
ge-weald
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gewealdes him on getióð, 239, 5. power to determine what another does (where another's action is dependent upon oneself, v. ge-wealdes; ) Ic bidde nú, gif hwá þás bóc áwrítan wylle, ꝥ hé hig gerihte wel be þǽre bysne; for þan þe ic náh geweald ( I cannot help
god
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Áwende hine God Ælmihtig hrædlice of þisan lǽnan lífe intó helle wíte, C. D. iv. 87, 10. where dependence on, or gratitude to, the Deity is expressed Mid Godes gæfe, C. D. i. 292, 21: 299, 12. Gode Ælmihtigum sié ðonc ðætte . . ., Past. 3, 18.
weallan
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 ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to 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, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn
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on helle, L. C. E. 6; Th. i. 364, 13. Him on breóstum weóll áttor, Beo. Th. 5422; B. 2714. Án ðæra dǽla is weallende ( the torrid zone ), Lchdm. iii. 260, 21. Se wallenda lég furens flamma, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 22. Hé hæfþ weallendene lég, Blickl.
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MID
With ⬩ in conjunction with ⬩ in company with, along with ⬩ among ⬩ apud ⬩ penes ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ seeing that ⬩ cum
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Mid ða nóþe niðer gewíteþ, Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 31; Wal. 28. with the idea of an association which affords protection or help For ðan ðe ic beó mid ðé on eallum ðám ðe ðú tó færst, Jos. 1, 9; Mt. Kmbl. 28, 20.
Linked entry: mið
ge-mǽre
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. ¶ In composition with words denoting objects that help to form a boundary :-- On gemǽrbeorg and of gemǽrbeorge, C. D. B. ii. 140, 26. On gemǽrbeorgas, C. D. iii. 403, 29. On ðone gemérhagan, ðanon andlang ðæs hagan, v. 70, 22.
lǽran
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Wígend lǽrde helle deóful . . . and þæt word gecwæð: ' Sleáð synnigne ofer seolfes múð, ' An. 1299. On óðre wísan sint tó lǽranne (cf. manianne, 19) ðá scamleásan, on óðre ðá scamfæstan.
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Hé mé ða bóc ágeaf swá hé mé on ðon wedde ǽr geseald hæfde then I said that I would help him on condition that he would make a grant of the land to me, awd he engaged to do that . .
weorþ
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Ðara monna ðe in ðam here weorþuste wǽron, 878; Erl. 80, 21. honoured, highly thought of, held in esteem, valued, dear Nǽnig wæs weorð, gif mon his willan ongeat yfelne (cf. yfelwillende men nǽnne weorþscipe næfdon, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 17), Met. 8, 37.
ge-þeaht
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Hwæþer þú on ǽngum geþeahte swá twiórǽde sié ꝥ ðé helpe hwæþer hit gewyrþe þe hit nó ne gewyrþe, 41, 3; F. 250, 8. Fróde geþeahte with prudent purpose, Men. 182.
faran
to travel ⬩ journey ⬩ to march ⬩ to go ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ to go ⬩ move ⬩ to go ⬩ fly ⬩ to come ⬩ to pass away ⬩ depart ⬩ to go on ⬩ practise ⬩ happen ⬩ turn out
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Fóron tósomne wráðe wælherigas, Gen. 1982. to go, depart from this life Ic fearu (vadam) tó gete helle, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 184, 24. Hyra waldend fór of líchoman, Cri. 1186. Gást fearende and nó eft cerrende spiritus uadens et non rediens, Ps.
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wandian
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Ne wanda ðú, ðæt ðú ðínum frýnd ne helpe, 15, 10. (β) by the dat. infin. :-- Hí ne wandiaþ tó licgenne on stuntnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 554, 2.
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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Hé staþolfæst ne mæg fore leahtra lufan leng gewunian, Jul. 375. marking end to be attained: Wé sellað ðæt lond ... fore hyhte and fore aedleáne ðaes aecan and ðaes tówardon lífes, and fore uncerra sáula héla, C.
Linked entries: fóre-beón fóre-bétan fóre-gilpan
ge-hátan
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Hié him gehéton þæt hiera kyning fulwihte onfón wolde, Chr. 878; P. 76, 14. combining and Ic hit þé geháte, nó heó on helm losað, B. 1392.
þearf
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Úre Drihten ðe eallum manncynne com tó ðearfe (helpe, MS. E.), 14, 17. Godes hús séce hé gelóme him sylfum tó þearfe, 73, 16. Hit wearð mancynne tó mycelre þearfe, 23, 5: 119, 16. Tó þearfe usefully, profitably, 49, 2: Byrht.