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ge-sellan

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Hé þǽm folce feorg gesealde, Ap. 58. where the object denotes action regarded as given by the agene and received by the person affected, to give help, protection, &c. Ic þé míne wǽre gesylle, Gen. 1329.

sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
sprǽc, spǽc, spréc, e; f.

Speech. ⬩ speech, talking ⬩ speech, the faculty of speaking ⬩ skilful speech, speaking with art, eloquence ⬩ what is said, a speech, saying, collection of words ⬩ speech, language, talk, discourse, words ⬩ a speech, language ⬩ speech, e.g. to have speech of or with a person, conversation, consultation, conference, discussion ⬩ a question, case that requires explanation ⬩ a sentence, decision, agreement, terms ⬩ a case, cause, suit, claim ⬩ talk about a person or thing, report, fame ⬩ words denoting places where there is speaking ⬩ lingua, loquela ⬩ colloquium, eloquium, ratio, judicium, consilium, senatus

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Ðu him hel sóðan sprǽce conceal the truth from him, Cd. Th. 110, 12; Gen. 1837. Ic on ðisse byrig (Sodom ) gehýre yfele sprǽce werod habban, 145, 20; Gen. 2408. Hí habbaþ on múðe milde sprǽce, Ps. Th. 58, 7.

Linked entries: spǽc spéc spréc sprecan

ge-witnes

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Gecýþe seó gewitnysse ꝥ on Godes helde, ꝥ heó him on sóðre gewitnysse sý inueritent hoc ipsi testes in fide Domini, quod ei in uero testimonio sint, 388, 22. Mid gewitnysse cum testibus, 290, 10: 489, 11.

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Homl. 65, 8. to give help, pain, peace, victory, etc. Ic ðé míne sylle sibbe, Andr. Kmbl. 194; An. 97. Ðú sylest úrum leomum ræste, Blickl. Homl. 141, 11. Se ðe sigor seleþ, Cd. Th. 170, 5 ; Gen. 2808. Sile ðíne áre ðínum earminge, Hy. 2, 3.

Linked entries: seald sillan syllan a-sellan feoh

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

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, children ⬩ bringing forth children, child-bearing ⬩ a line of animals harnessed together, a team

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On the case being brought into court (which was to be held in cynges sele, L. H. E. 7; Th. i. 30, 18: 16; Th. i. 34, 7, or kyninges burh: Ǽlc teám beó on ðæs kyninges byrig; L.

Linked entries: teám-byrst tém wróht-getíme ge-teáma -tíme -tíme

wunian

(v.)
Grammar
wunian, p. ode

To dwell ⬩ remain ⬩ to dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ stay ⬩ remain ⬩ live ⬩ to inhabit a place, live in or on ⬩ to live, be in certain conditions or circumstances, ⬩ to abide ⬩ be present with a person to comfort or help ⬩ to be ⬩ rest ⬩ reside ⬩ remain ⬩ occupy a position ⬩ to consist of or in, ⬩ subsist, exist ⬩ to remain ⬩ last ⬩ continue ⬩ endure ⬩ to be wont

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Ex. 174. to abide, be present with a person to comfort or help Ic ðé mid wunige, Andr. Kmbl. 198; An. 99: Exon. Th. 30, 12; Cri. 478.

Linked entries: wunung wynian

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Mé ne lyst mid glase geworhtra wága non requiro comptos vitro parietes Bt. 5, l ; F. 10, 16. to make, (i) the subject a person, to form an object out of material Hé gewyrceð helm oððe hupseax, Crä. 63. Gewyrcean wígbord, B. 2337.

ge-métan

(v.)
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Hí æt him helpe gemétton, Gú. 894. Ðæt hé geméte forgiefnesse, Past. 165, 22. Reste gemétan, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 17. something disadvantageous Hine bismriende hié cwǽdon : 'Hwæt is þæt þú hér gemétest?' what luck have you had here?, Bl. H. 243, 8.

hand

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(For examples see Dict.). tó. within reach, so that a thing may be held or touched Seó culufre bróhte elebeámes twig án tó handa ( columba venit portans ramum olivae ), Gen. 1473.

lǽtan

(v.)
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:-- Him ne bið lǽten gold ne seolfor neither gold nor silver is held precious by them Verc. Först. 106, 15. the object a clause, to consider that Swá ic lǽte on mínum geþance ꝥ mé tó nánre byrig swá rihte ne gebyrige swá tó þissere byrig, Hml.

for-lǽtan

to let ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ suffer ⬩ to suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ grant ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ consuming ⬩ to leave alone ⬩ leave undone ⬩ abstain from ⬩ neglect ⬩ to leave out ⬩ omit ⬩ to spare ⬩ leave to ⬩ to leave ⬩ quit ⬩ to abandon ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave ⬩ die ⬩ to defend ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to abandon ⬩ to leave ⬩ to leave of ⬩ give up ⬩ to abandon ⬩ abandon ⬩ to let go ⬩ to restrain ⬩ to release ⬩ restore ⬩ to give up ⬩ relinquish ⬩ to remit ⬩ forgive ⬩ to lose ⬩ to put away ⬩ dismiss ⬩ lay aside ⬩ to send

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Ne forlǽt þú míne sáule mid hell*-*warum, Bl. H. 87, 32. Hé nolde þone cwealmcuman cwicne forlǽtan, B. 792. Búton méde forlǽten (-an, MS.) left unrewarded, Hml.

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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Him ðá gegiredon Geáta leóde ád unwáclícne, helm-behongen, hilde bordum, and beorhtum byrnum the people of the Goths then raised for him a mighty funeral pile, hung with helmets, shields, and bright breast-plates, 6265-6271; B. 3137-3140.

Linked entries: burgen byrgels byrigen birgen

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Him þúhte ðæt ðanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla, Cd. Th. 310, 7; Sat. 722. denoting presence, stay of longer or shorter duration, to be, stand, have place, dwell On ðære gesihðe wesaþ ealle geleáffulle, Blickl. Homl. 13, 28.

Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan

ge-dón

(v.)
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Gif ic on helle gedó hwyrft ǽnigne si descendero in infernum, Ps. Th. 138, 6. Hí nǽnige láde gedón ne magon, Bl.

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Frs. on tha helda slein) :-- Hió sceolde ða men weorpan an wildedeóra líc and siððan sleán on ða raccentan and on copsas. Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 32. to move by a stroke, to strike off a limb, etc. Hí slógon him of ðæt heáfod, Th. An. 122, 23.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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., An. 1437. of a formal statement, to declare Gecýþe seó gewitnysse ꝥ on Godes helde, ꝥ heó him on sóðre gewitnysse sý, Ll. Th. i. 388, 22. Gif mon þæs ofslægenan weres bidde, hé mót gecýðan ꝥ hé hine for þeóf ofslóge, ... Gif hé hit dierneð, Ll.

Linked entry: cýþan

for

before ⬩ in front of ⬩ before ⬩ since ⬩ ago ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ instead of ⬩ in place of ⬩ in exchange for ⬩ in return for ⬩ in expiation of ⬩ in redemption for ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ in support of ⬩ in respect to ⬩ in relation to ⬩ as regards ⬩ against ⬩ from ⬩ in spite of ⬩ notwithstanding ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ according to ⬩ as representative of ⬩ for ⬩ to take ⬩ in compensation for ⬩ as punishment for ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ for the benefit of ⬩ As representative of

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S. 33, 270. marking length of a period, for, in the course of' Ic ne árás of þysum bedde ána nú for nigon geárum I have not risen from this bed without help for the last nine years, Hml. S. 21, 345.

findan

to come across ⬩ to obtain ⬩ find ⬩ to meet with ⬩ experience ⬩ be exposed to ⬩ find difficulty ⬩ procure ⬩ to visit ⬩ learn ⬩ arrange ⬩ settle ⬩ to determine ⬩ to supply ⬩ provide ⬩ furnish

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Hió þǽr helpe findað, godcunde gife, El. 1032. Ic fultum fand venit auxilium mihi, Ps. Th. 120, Wǽre hié þǽr fundon, Exod. 387. Hí æt þám bisceope bóte fundon, El. 1217.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Ðæt wǽron men fyrdhwate, þonne rond and hand helm ealgodon, Andr. Kmbl. 18; An. 9. Symle ic gehýrde, þonne heofones gim west onhylde, Exon. Th. 174, 30; Gú. 1185: 122, 11; Gú. 304: Cd. Th. 33, 21; Gen. 523.

Linked entries: þænne þonne

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