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hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.

Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria

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R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 7: Shrn. 187, 7, 22.

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEAD ⬩ conduct ⬩ take ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bring forth ⬩ produce

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Rdr. 109, 137. Hí Crist heriaþ and him lof lǽdaþ Crist they laud and to him bring praise, Hy. 7, 25; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 25.

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

CRÆFT

(n.)
Grammar
CRÆFT, es; m.

power ⬩ might ⬩ strength as of body or externals ⬩ vis ⬩ robur ⬩ potentia ⬩ an art ⬩ skill ⬩ CRAFT ⬩ trade ⬩ work ⬩ ars ⬩ peritia ⬩ artificium ⬩ occupatio ⬩ opus ⬩ craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue ⬩ astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtus ⬩ a CRAFT ⬩ any kind of ship ⬩ navis qualiscunque

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R. 6; Th. i. 192, 10. Ic ǽfre ne geseah on sǽ leódan syllícran cræft I never saw a more wonderful craft sailing on the sea Andr. Recd. 1004; An. 500

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.

A thief

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R. A. 635 sqq.; Schmid, A. S. Gesetz. s. v. Diebstahl

Linked entry: þeáf

on-ginnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-ginnan, p. -gan, -gann; pl. -gunnon; pp. -gunnen.

to begin, set about, set to work ⬩ to attempt, endeavour (with infin.) ⬩ to act strenuously ⬩ to make an attempt upon, to attack

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Raðe ðæs hié óðer ongunnon wið Macedonie cui Macedonicum bellum continuo successit, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 202, 32. Ongin ðæt ðú onginnest, Blickl. Homl. 187, 22.

fela

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R. 3, 10. Hé salde swá feolo swá (quantum) hiǽ waldun, Jn. R. 6, 11. Huu feolo áht ðú tó geldanne quantum debes?, Lk. L. 16, 7. Huu feolo (feolu. R.) éghuelc geceópad wére, 19, 15. Similar entries v.

Linked entry: feald

geond

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Heó wǽðeð geond weallas, Rä. 35, 5. marking the locality to which sight is directed, (to look) through, over Sioh geond þás sídan gesceaft, Cri. 59.

wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.:e; f.

Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;

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Th. i. 102, 27: Anglia viii. 327, 26. growth, thriving Mannum becymð rén ofer eorðan eów tó wæstme ( that you may thrive ), Homl.

ge-sund

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Stópon úp weras of wǽge and hyra wicg gesund, Ru. 23, 21. of things, that escapes danger Gesund salua (reverentia), An. Ox. 5269. that averts danger (?) Mid gesunde cum tuta [v. (?) cum tuta pelta. Ald. II, 28], Wrt.

holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.

A mound, ⬩ hill, ⬩ rising ground ⬩ wave, ⬩ ocean, ⬩ water, ⬩ sea ⬩ land rising from the water, ⬩ an island in a river

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Wíde rád ofer holmes hrincg hof séleste [of the ark], Cd. 69; Th. 84, 5; Gen. 1393.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Th. 421, 17; Rä. 40, 18. Tó blisse, Blickl. Homl. 123, 2. Tó aldorceare, Beo. Th. 1817; B. 905. Hé manegum wearð mannum tó hróðre, werþeódum tó wræce, Elen. Kmbl. 30; El. 15.

cépan

(v.)
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Rád Maurus tó þám lande, and his cépte sum beddryda, Hml. S. 6, 254. (1 a) with idea of hostility :-- Þá cwelleras cépton ðǽra crístenra gehwǽr, Hml. S. 19, 18. Hét Syrian cyning his ( Ahab ) cépan, ꝥ hé ána feólle, 18, 217.

innan

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., into Hér rád se here ofer Mierce innan Eást-Engle, Chr. 870 ; P. 70, 5. Of ðǽre sǽ cymþ ꝥ wæter innon þá eorþan, Bt. 34, 6 ; F. 140, 18. Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þone man bestincð, Angl. vii. 28, 259

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine

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Ger. the application is generally to music, leih, leich = modus, modulus, carmen versus, but in rang-leih = wrestling the meaning is similar to the Icelandic (see Grff. ii. 152-3.)

Linked entries: lácan lǽc freó-lác

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge

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Th. 381, I; Rä. 2, 4. Gif hé monna dreám of ðam orlege eft ne wolde gesécan, . . . lǽtan wræce stille, 114, 10 ; Gú. 170.

heorte

breast ⬩ bosom ⬩ will ⬩ intellect ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ intent ⬩ will ⬩ desire ⬩ inclination ⬩ disposition ⬩ temperament ⬩ character

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Anhyld þínre heortan eáre, R. Ben. I. 3. the seat of one's inmost thoughts, one's inmost being, soul Of þǽre heortan willan se muð spicð, Mt. 12, 34.

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t]

to set ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ cause to take a certain position ⬩ to set to work ⬩ set before one a choice ⬩ set a mark, a name, one's mind ⬩ lay a charge, a curse, etc. , upon one ⬩ put one in a position ⬩ put into one's power ⬩ of travelling ⬩ to set ⬩ plant ⬩ to set ⬩ fix ⬩ implant ⬩ to set ⬩ fix ⬩ appoint a limit, time, place ⬩ to set a task, ordain ⬩ establish a law, regulation ⬩ appoint a condition ⬩ to build ⬩ erect ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ found ⬩ establish ⬩ to set ⬩ base ⬩ found ⬩ to appoint an officer or a person to an office or duty ⬩ to appoint something for a purpose ⬩ to settle a quarrel ⬩ allay animosity ⬩ compose a difference ⬩ To settle ⬩ abate ⬩ subside ⬩ to compose a book

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Ðá hé ðisne ymbhwyrft ǽrest sette, 422, 17; Rä. 41, 7: Cd. Th. 265, 29; Sat. 15. Ðá ðú wǽre settende ðás sídan gesceaft, Exon.

Linked entry: on-settan

willa

(n.)
Grammar
willa, an; m.

will, the faculty of willing ⬩ will, purpose, design, command ⬩ will, determination, resolution ⬩ intention, purpose, desire to act ⬩ will, desire, wish ⬩ pleasure, delight ⬩ will, disposition ⬩ will, accord, consent, pleasure ⬩ Ger. meinetwillen ⬩ will, one's own way

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Th. 412, 6; Rä. 30, 10. Him nánwuht wið his willan ne sié. Bt. II, l ; Fox 30, 25. Hé mid ðara wietena willum ðæm cynedóme ne mehte tó cuman, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 26. Ic gestág willum mínum. Exon. Th. 91, 16; Cri. 1493.

ge-réfa

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Cuómon . iii. scipu, and se geréfa þǽr tó rád, and hié wolde drífan tó þæs cyninges túne, Chr. 787; P. 54, 4. He ne róhte hú swíðe synlíce þá geréfan hit begeáton of earme mannon, ne hú manige unlaga hí dydon, 1086: P. 218, 17.

hád

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</b> in a personal sense, those belonging to an order or rank :-- Cwæð ǽlc hád ciricean þǽre mǽgðe ánmódlíce (cf. cum consilio omnium ecclesiasticorum graduum, C. D. i. 45, 12), Ll. Th. i. 36, 10.