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up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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Hió cymþ swá up swá hire yfemest gecynde bið, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 27. marking separation, as in to cut up, break up Up áliðode evulsum, abscisum, Hpt. Gl. 474, 36.

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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Hire wliti westum, vultus ipsius claritas Kath. 310. westme fæir, Laym. 15698

þæt

(con.)
Grammar
þæt, conj.
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Swelc wæs þeáw hira þæt hié ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra dydon him tó móse, Andr. Kmbl. 51; An. 26. Swá is þære menigo þeáw, þæt . . . 355; An. 178.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Wæs hira Matheus sum, Andr. Kmbl. 22 ; An. 11. Ðæt mon mæg gesión ðæt hí gió men wǽron, Bt. 37, 3 ; Fox 192, 3. Wes ús freónd, Cd. Th. 165, 1; Gen. 2725. Ic mæg wesan god, 18, 35; Gen. 283.

teóna

(n.)
Grammar
teóna, an; m.
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Þohton ðæt hié sceoldon gewrecan hira teónan they thought they would avenge the harm that had been done them, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 17.

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libban

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Wé úres flǽsces lustum ne libben, 43, Ðæt hié scylen be hira rǽdum libban, 319, 22. V. with cognate object Lifde hé his líf f on micelre eáðmódnesse duxit uitam in magna humilitatis perfectione, Bd. 3, 275 Sch. 322, 3. Diácon þe regollíf libbe, Ll.

wǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wǽta, an; m.:wǽte, an; f.

wet, moisturea liquid a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drinkmoisture in an animal body, humourwater, urinemoisture of plants, juice, sap

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Ǽgru sint tó forgánne, for ðon ðe hira wǽte bið fǽt and máran hǽto wyrcð, 210, 23. Geðicge ðæs wǽtan ( hot water and wine ) þreó full fulle, i. 76, 25. Þeáh hý him wǽtan bǽdan, drynces gedreahte, Exon. Th. 92, 14; Cri. 1508.

Linked entries: wǽt wǽte

lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
lǽran, p. de

To teachinstructeducateto preachto exhortadmonishadvisepersuadesuggest

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Lǽrende and strangende hira heortan, 249, 17. Lǽrendum Athamnano instante Adamnano, Bd. 5, 15; S. 635, 10. Cneohtas and geonge men týdde and lǽrde wǽron pueri erudirentur, 3, 18; S. 546, 1: Elen. Kmbl. 345: El. 173

spéd

(n.)
Grammar
spéd, e; f.

Speedsuccessmeansspeedquicknessspeedilyquicklyspeedsuccessprosperous issue meanssubstanceabundancewealthpowerfacultyopportunitymeans of doing anything progenyceleritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia

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Mid eallum hira spédum ðe hig hæfdon cum universa substantia eorum quam habebant, Deut. 11, 6. 'Redemptio animae propriae divitiae' ... wé sceoldon mid úrum spédum úrum sáulum ða écan gesǽlinesse begitan, Chart. Th. 124, 27.

ge-métan

(v.)
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on londe león geméte, wynsume wiht wel átemede, (þe) hire mágister miclum lufige, Met. 13, 18. Hwæt is þæt, bróþor? hú eart þú hér gemét? how come you to be found here ?, Bl. H. 237, 26.

hám

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Ic hire beád gymmas . . . and mǽre gebytlu, hámas and hýred, Hml. S. 8, 37. a place that used to be a person's home Gif man mægð gebigeð . . . gif hit fácne is, eft æt hám gebrenge, Ll. Th. i. 22, 2: 10, 8. in connexion with marriage, v. VII.

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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Mid hire ðære yfelan sceónesse beswác ðone ǽrestan wífmon, 5, l. Ðone yfelan fæsðrǽdan willan fulneáh nán wind ne mæg áwecgan, Past. 33; Swt. 225, 6.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Be ðám sceabbe sió hreófe getácnað ðæt wóhhǽmed, 71, 4. by way of, in the form of:-- Gif hé secge ꝥ hé hæbbe hire freóndscipe, ꝥ ys be (amatorie,) lufe Ll.

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>, mǽgeþ,</b> e; f.

A collection of mǽgasa familystockraceas a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied descendants of a common ancestor living at the same timea generationa tribesubdivision of a peoplea peoplenationprovincecountry

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Ða hwíle ðe ǽnig man wǽre on hira mǽgþe ðe godcundes hádes beón walde as long as there was any man of their stock that was willing to take orders, Chart.

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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Ðá óðre ne begáð furðum hira ǽgne endebyrdnesse, 409, 31: 403, 27: Bt. 15; F. 48, 16. Hé furðon orsorh ne brícð his genihtsumnysse even his abundance he does not enjoy without anxiety, Hml. Th. i. 64, 34.

treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, trýw, e; f.

truth to a promise or engagement,faith good or bad faithto keep faith with a persontrothtruth to a person,fidelityfealtyloyaltythe truth of the stronger to the weaker,gracefavourhelpan assurance of faith or truthword (in to give or pledge one's word)a promisean engagementa covenantleaguefaith in somethingbelieftrustconfidence

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Ða beraþ Godes fatu ða ðe óðerra monna sáula underfooþ tó lǽdanne on ða treówa hira ágenra gearnunga Domini vasa ferunt, qui proximorum animas perducendas in suae conversionis fide suscipiunt, 13; Swt. 77, 4.

æt

(prep.)
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Seó cyrice sceal fédan þá þe æt hire eardiaþ. Bl. H. 41, 28. in various cases marking object with which one is occupied Hí æt láre wǽron, Hml. S. 29, 10. Ic stande æt gebede, Ps. Th. 5, 3. Hé sæt æt þǽm ǽfengereordum, Bl.

ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a rowseriesa rankgradedegreerankpositiondegreean orderorderorderordermethodregulationorderingan injunctionordinance

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Nú is geméted þæt Maria hæfð níwe endebyrdnysse ongunnon Gode mid tó gecwémanne, cweð þæt heó wile hire mægðhád bringan, Hml. A. 129, 442-130, 449. a stated form of a rite, order of service: Þá gefullode hine mon on ðǽre ciricean endebyrdnesse, Bl.

hád

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Hé nolde ꝥ ǽnigóðer man sceolde hire hád on sættan he would not have her take the veil from any one else, Hml.

sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Sendon hira béne fore bearn Godes, 2055; An. 1030. Þinga gehwylces ðara ðe ðú mé sendan wylle tó cunnunge, Exon. Th. 453, 32 ; Hy. 4, 23.