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word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a worda single part of speechwordsa written worda worda group of wordsa sayingsentencewordsa sayingmaxima talestorya reporttidingsfamename(good) word,(good) reporta commandan orderordinancea messagean announcementwordsolemn statementpromiseoathan (expressed) intentionopinionspeechlanguagewordslanguagestylewordword of God

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Homl. 243, 31. an (expressed) intention or opinion Ðara ǽlces ðe ðæs wordes wǽre ðæt from Rómebyrg þóhte of every one that talked of leaving Rome, Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 190, 25.

IN

(prep.)
Grammar
IN, prep. cum dat. inst. acc.

InonintointoIn

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On sumre stówe hé wæs ðæt man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte in sumre eáðelíce mid heáfde gebrínan in one place the roof was so that it could hardly be reached with the hand, in another it could easily be touched with the head, 207, 22.

Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern

hefig

ponderousdenseweightyimportantgravesevereseriousdeepprofoundmistfogcloudslowdulltroublesomeoppressiveonerousburdensomeoppressivegrievousdifficultlaborioustoilsomeoverpoweringweariness

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Add: of great weight, ponderous Mid róde tácne gewǽpnod, ná mid reádum scylde, oððe mid hefegum helme, oþþe heardre byrnan, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 12. Wiht hafað hefigne steort, Rä. 59, 7. a. fig.

Linked entry: hefe-lic

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Ðá hé wæs on fíf and twéntigum geára, þá férde hé tó Róme, Shrn. 50, 24: 59, 28. Nóht feor úrum mynstre, ꝥ is, húhugu on twégra mila fæce non longe a monasterio nostro, id est, duum ferme milium spatio separata, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 11.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 111, 38 ; 48, 82. to move a material object to a position of rest Geseton him ꝥ ród imposuerunt illi crucem, Lk. L. 23, 26. Þ hond him gesette hé (imponeret), Mt. L. 19, 13. Þ te hiá gesetta (ponerent) before hiá, Mk. L. R. 6, 41.

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
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Reste hé ðǽr mǽte weorode, Rood Kmbl. 138; Kr. 124. Ðá gesamnodan hié ( Peter and Paul ) heora weorod wiþ Simone, Blickl. Homl. 173, 9. Ðá gesamnode hé mycel weorod his manna, 199, 12.

ge-standan

(v.)
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Rome was very prosperous for twelve years, Ors. 6, I; S. 254, 6. Þá him wyrrest on feóndscipe gestódon qui oderunt eos, 105, 30. Ðonne gé gestondan on éhtnessum, Bl. H. 171, 17.

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &amp;c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto 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, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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To roll, turn Hine on lyfte lífgetwinnan sweopum seolfrenum swíðe weallaþ, óð ðæt him bán blícaþ, blédaþ ǽdran, Salm. Kmbl. 288; Salm. 143. [O. Sax. wallan to well; to boil, burn (fig.): O. Frs. walla: O. H.

Linked entry: for-weallen

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

Within conjunction within company with, along withamongapudpenesbythroughwithatwhensinceseeing thatcum

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With; at the root of the various meanings lies the idea of association, of being together. having very nearly the same force as and, Grammar MID, with dat. or inst.

Linked entry: mið

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred the Great

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then, A.D. 871, Alfred, son of Ethelwulf, succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons...And this year nine great battles were fought against the army in the kingdom south of the Thames; besides which, Alfred... and aldormen, and king's thanes, often rode

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compounda church, the material structure ecclesiaa heathen temple templum paganum

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Peter's church [at Rome ], Chr. 688; Erl. 43, 7. Hí on cyrican in Eoferwícceastre bebyrigde wǽron they were buried in the church at York, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 2.

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

LICGAN

(v.; adv.)
Grammar
LICGAN, p. læg: pl. lǽgon; pp. legen.

To LIEfailto liegorun

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A. pp. 491 sqq. to lie, be situated [of a place], go or run [of a road or stream] On ðam wege ðe líþ tó Euphfrate in via, quæ ducit Euphratam, Gen. 35, 19. Swá swá se weg líþ, wé faraþ, Num. 21, 22.

Linked entry: for-lǽge

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Ða swilcan gifa hí ne þurfon forlǽtan, Shrn. 192, 3. predicatively Hió nǽfre siþþan swelc wæs it (Rome) was never the same afterwards, Ors. 6, 1: Swt. 252, 24. Gif hé suelc (swelc, Cott. MSS.) wǽre, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 10.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

wíte

(n.)

punishmentpain that is inflicted as punishmenttormenta meansimplementa fine.tormentplaguediseaseevilpain

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Hié áhófon hine of ðam hefian wíte (crucifixion), Rood Kmbl. 121 ; Kr. 61. Licgeþ lonnum fæst . . . wylleþ hine on ðam wíte, Salm. Kmbl. 537; Sal. 268. Hé wíte wealdeþ he is the disposer of punishment, Cd. Th. 248, 33; Dan. 523.

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Gif yfel þeáh bión scyle, and hé hit geþafian wile, Bt. 36, 1 ; F. 172, 6. with acc. of pronoun representing a clause or phrase Þá hí (Rome) hiere ágen ealdormonn and Gotona cyning hiere anwaldes beniman woldon, hit God ne geþafode, Ors. 2, 1; S. 62,

ge-wunian

(v.)
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C. 18. to remain, not to be removed, be left Ꝥte ne geuunadon ( remanerent ) on róda ðá líchomo, Jn. L. R. 19, 31.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Búgan tó eorðan, Rood Kmbl. 84, Kr. 43. Nú sceal hé faran tó incre andsware, Cd.

Linked entry: -anne

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Sume wyhta licgaþ mid eallon líchaman on eorþan, and swá snícende faraþ, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 26. with accusative of road Hió fór flódwegas, Rä. 37, 9.

Linked entry: farnian

fela

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Bregowearda fela rófe árísaþ, Gen. 2333. other cases than nom. Mid wíta fela, Cri. 1548. Feala, Ps. Th. 77, 43. Hié fela wucena sǽton, Chr. 894; P. 87, 22. Fela geára, Bd. 5, 15; Sch. 652, 15. Hé bræ-acute;d hine on feala bleóna, Bl. H. 175, 5.

Linked entry: feald

geond

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(cc) a room, hall, &amp;c. :-- Ealle geond windsele, Sat. 386. Geond þæt síde sel throughout the spacious hall, An. 763. Hringdene geond þæt sæld swǽfon they slept all about the hall, B. 1280.