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úte

(adv.)
Grammar
úte, adv.

Outsidewithout.outfrom one's positionon the outsideoutsideon the outer sideoutout of doorsin the open airoutawayat a distanceoutaway from habitationsin open countryoutfrom home on serviceoutnot in one's own countryabroadoutaway from land

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Th. 426, 35; Rä. 41, 84. out, away from habitations, in open country Hé ne mihte on ða ceastre gán, ac beón úte (foris) on wéstum stówum, Mk. Skt. 1, 45. On burgum beóþ blóstmum fægere, swá on eorðan hég úte on lande, Ps. Th. 71, 16.

Linked entry: út

ge-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þencan, -þencean, ic -þence, ðú -þencest, -þencst, he -þenceþ, -þencþ, pl. -þencaþ, -þenceaþ; p. ic, he -þohte, ðú -þohtest, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht.

to thinkconceiveperceivereflect uponweighmeditariconsiderarepensareto think aboutrememberconsider maturelyto take to heartrecogitareiterum cogitarereminiscito think ofbear in mindrememberrecordaricogitarememor esseto excogitatedeviseinventconceiveexcogitarestruereinvenireto resolveintendwishintenderevelle

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Hý grófon ǽghwylcne stán swá se cásere geþohte they carved every stone as the emperor devised, Shrn. 146, 17. to resolve, intend, wish; intendere, velle Uton geþencan Hǽlende héran let us resolve to obey the Saviour, Cd. 227; Th. 305, 9; Sat. 644.

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Ðone storm he gesette and gestilde tempestatem sedaverit, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 8. Ðæt he ðæt yrre gesette to allay their anger, Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 98, 2: Beo. Th. 4062; B. 2029.

worþig

(n.)
Grammar
worþig, weorþig, wurþig, wyrþig [P s. Surt. has forms as from worðign; one such form is found in Ps. Spl. C. , and a dative worðine occurs in Bd. S. 539, 42], es; m.

enclosed homesteada place surrounded by buildingsplacestreetplatea

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Stoke, iii. 155, 27. .viii. mansas agelluli, ibidem ubi uulgares prisco more uocitant æt Worðige, v. 240, 9. Worðig, vi. 244, 13, is agellus in the body of the Charter, iv. 150, 26.

Linked entries: weorþig worþ

ge-endian

(v.)
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A. 71, 160, Ðiós rédo geendad bið ( finitur ) on stóue ðér cuuoeð. Lk. p. 11, 16. Ðæt is tó tácne ðæt mon endebyrðllce ðone biscepdóm healde, ðæt hé hine on gódum weorcum geendige, Past. 53, 23. Geendedre transacto (officio), An.

EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indeclwithout substantive, and sometimes governing the genitiveare sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Sió his rices wæs ealles éðel-stól it was the metropolis of his whole empire. Bt. Met. Fox 9, 21; Met. 9, 11. Hie ðá ánmóde ealle cwǽdon they all said then unanimously, Andr. Kmbl. 3201; An. 1603.

Linked entries: al all eall

rǽdan

(v.)
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Acðeáh man hwæt rǽdde, ðæt ne stód furðon ǽnne mónaþ, Chr. 1010; Erl. 144, 9. Hí rǽddon ðæt hí woldon ðone cyng gesettan út of Englalandes cynedóme, 1075; Erl. 213, 10. Hí ealle ánmódlíce rǽddon ðæt ealle his gesetnyssa áýdlode wǽron, Homl.

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Ðæt hé ðone hláf on swilcere stówe áwurpe, ðǽr hine nán man findan ne mihte, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 25. Wé swylc ne gefrugnan gelimpan, ðæt ðú befénge, Exon. Th. 6, 3; Cri. 78. Ymb swelc tó sprecanne hwelc hit ðá wæs, Ors. 10; Swt. 48, 4.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

ge-sécan

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Mec gesoeca me sequatur, 12, 26. to go to a place, for residence, doing business, intercourse Þǽr wunian mót sé þá stówe geséceþ, Bl. H. 105, 2. Þone innoþ geceás and gesóhte úre Drihten, II. 21.

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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H. 207, 6. ó ꝥ gé tó tó þys húsle ne gangen ne tó dæm ordále, Rtl. 114, 21. by a substantive (with on) denoting function in which the subject is to be employed or condition into which he enters Gif bescoren man gange him an gestlíðnesse (go and stop

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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Hwílon stód ðæt man sceolde þrywa týman ðǽr hit ǽrest befangen wǽre, and syþþan fylgean teáme swá hwǽr swá man tó cende.

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Seó stów gewearþ swíþe mǽre, and giet tó dæge is, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 21. Gé giet tó dæge wǽron Somnitum þeówe hodie Romai Samnio servirent, S. 122, 12. Giet tó dæge usque in hodiernum diem, 5, 2; S. 216, 3.

habban

(v.)
Grammar
habban, habbanne, hæbbene; pres. part. hæbbende; pres. indic. ic hæbbe, hafa, ðú hæfst, hafast, he hæfþ, hafaþ, pl. habbaþ, hæbbaþ; p. hæfde; subj. hæbbe, pl. hæbben, habban; imper. hafa, pl. habbaþ; pp. hæfed.

To HAVE, possess, hold, keep

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Is seó stów on micelre árwurþnysse hæfed in magna veneratione habetur locus ille, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 12. Mid ðý hé mid ðone gesíþ hæfed wæs dum apted comitem teneretur, 4, 22; S. 591, 32.

Linked entries: heofon-hæbbende hafa

hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwilc, hwylc, hwelc; pron.

whichwhoany oneanysome

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Gif him þince ðæt hé on hwylcere fægerre stówe sí if it seems to him that he is in some fair place, Lchdm. iii. 174, 26. Æt mǽstra hwelcre misdǽde for almost every misdeed, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 6.

þǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
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There, where. local, with demonstrative force, (i) there, in that place Hig cómon tó ðære stówe, and hé gebæd hine þǽr ( ibi ) tó Gode, Gen. 13, 4 : 18, 24.

Linked entry: þár

forþ

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Ðá stód seó fǽmne forð on hire gebede she went on with her prayers, Shrn. 103, 7. Drince hé forþ þone drenc feówertýne niht, Lch. 118, 22. Gif hine forð nelle forstandan sé þe him ǽr ceáp fore sealde, Ll. Th. i. 142, 6.

ge-weald

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H. 195, 5. power to do. v. wealdan; Ic hæbbe geweald micel tó gyrwanne gódlecran stól, Gen. 280.

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig,
  • Kent. Gl. 207
  • :
  • 475
  • :
  • 772
; pl. , weogas,
  • 21
), es; m.

a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly usedspace to be traversed, a journeymanner, mode, method, plan way, way,

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Gif ðú cymst on ðone weg and tó ðære stówe, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 21. Hé leóde lǽrde on lífes weg, Andr. Kmbl. 340; An. 170: 3357; An. 1682. Sume feóllon wið weg (æt strǽt ł woeg, Lind.: bi wæge, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 4.

under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subjectsubjugaterender subjectto subjectcause to endurerender liableto subjoinaddto support

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Ðá hét se cásere ðone diácon miclum wítum underþeódan, Shrn. 56, 34. to subjoin, add Hé underþeódde and him sǽde ðæt se dæg swíþe neáh stóde his forþfóre subjunxit diem sui obitus jam proxime instare, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 15. to support Underþiód subnixa

ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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On his ymbhwyrfte bið swíðlíc storm, Homl. Th. i. 618, II. Ðá eode Israhéla folc on ymbhwyrfte ðære byrig, ii. 212, 27. On ymbhwyrfte ondrǽdendum hine in circuitu timentium eum, Ps. Spl. 33, 7.