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willan

(v.)
Grammar
willan, prs. ic, hé wille, wile, ðú wilt, pl. wé willaþ ; p. wolde, walde ; part. prs. willende

To will, wishto will, exercise the faculty of willingto will, purpose, think, mean, intendto tendto will, ordain, order, commandto will, wish, want, desireto will, be willing to do somethingto allow, permit, grant, consent toto be disposed, to have such and such a willto will, profess, claimwill, shall, to be about to

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Hié gehéton ðæt hiera kyning fulwiht onfón wolde, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 18. Hé cwæð ðæt hé wolde ðam wífe gemyltsian, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 179. Hé getrúwode ðæt hié his giongorscipe fylgan wolden, Cd. Th. 16, 27; Gen. 249: 46, 15; Gen. 744.

Linked entries: fǽcan walde

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Hié sealdon ánum unwísum þegne Miercna ríce tó haldanne, and hé him gíslas salde, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 26-28. Hié sealdon hiera suna tó gíslum they gave their sons as hostages, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 4. Hí on wedde sealdon, hwæt hý hyre syllan woldon.

stræc

(adj.)
Grammar
stræc, strec ; adj.
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Ðǽm ánfealdan stræcum is tó cýðanne ðæt hié bet [ne] truwien him selfum ðonne hié ðyrfen ðonne hí nyllaþ geðafan beón óðerra monna geðeahtes aliter admonendi sunt pertinaces, atque aliter inconstantes.

Linked entry: strec

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Hié on sund ( the Red Sea ) stigon, Cd. Th. 198, 8; Exod. 319: Beo. Th. 1029; B. 512. Ðone ðe grund and sund, eorðan and hreó wǽgas, salte sǽstreámas ámearcode, Andr. Kmbl. 1494; An. 748.

an-sín

(n.)
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Þá lástas á beóþ on þǽre ilcan onsýne þe hié on þá eorþan bestapene wǽron, 127, 20. Þá ádle mon mæg ongitan be þám úgange, hwilc sé on onsýne sié, Lch. ii. 276

Linked entry: an-sýn

rihtan

(v.)
Grammar
rihtan, p. te

to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct to right a person,replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprivedto make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend to keep right, direct, rule

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Sume déman myccle swíðor rihtaþ Godes folc ðonne hié reáfan earme. Ða déman beóþ ǽghwǽr ge ðæt hié him selfum heora synna bebeorgaþ ge eác óðre syngiende rihtaþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 16-25. Wé boetas ł wé hrihð corrigimus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 2.

on-hagian

(v.)
Grammar
on-hagian, p. ode; v. impers. with dat. or acc. of pers.

To be within a person's power or means, to be in accordance with a person's will or convenience

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Hié hergodon ǽghwǽr be ðam sǽ ðǽr hié onhagode ( wherever it suited them ), Chr. 918; Erl. 102, 25.

tó-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon (-brudon ?); pp. -brogden, -bróden (-broden ? in O. and N. tobrode rimes with unsode).

to separate (trans.) by a quick movement,to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. )to pull apartto separate (intrans.) by a quick movement,to break off,start from sleep,to awaketo separate by making a quick movement with something

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Hié tóbrugdon blódigum ceaflum fira flǽschoman, Andr. Kmbl. 317; An. 159. Þrié wulfas ánes deádes monnes líchoman styccemǽlum tóbrúdon (cadaver sparsum membratim reliquerunt ), Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 21. Ða nicoras tóbrúdon hié, Nar. 11, 11.

máðum-hús

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-hús, es; n.

A treasure-housetreasury

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Ðá fór Julius and ábræc hiera máðmhús ( ærarium ), Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 240, 15

þurh-sceótan

(v.)

to shoot throughtransfixpierce

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Ðǽr wearð Alexander þurhscoten mid ánre flán ... hé þurh ðæt folc geþrang ðæt hé ðone ilcan ofslóg ðe hiene ǽr þurhsceát in eo praelio sagitta trajectus eatenus pugnavit, donec eum, a quo vulneratus esset, occideret, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 22-27.

gyden

(n.)
Grammar
gyden, e; f: gydene, an; f.

A goddessdea

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Seó hæfde geháten heora gydenne Dianan ðæt heó wolde hiere líf on fǽmnháde alibban she had promised their goddess Diana that she would live her life in virginity; virgo vestalis Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 17

tin

(n.)
Grammar
tin, es; n.

Tin

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Ðæt tin, ðonne hit mon mid sumum cræfte gemengþ and tó tine gewyrcþ, ðonne biþ hit swiðe leáslíce on siolufres hiewe. Suá hwá ðonne suá lícet on ðære swingellan, hé biþ ðæm tine gelíc inne on ðæm ofne, Past. 37; Swt. 269, 2-5. Tinnes stagni, Hpt.

ge-þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þicgan, -þicgean; p. -þah

To takeacceptreceivesumereaccipere

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And hiera se æþeling gehwelcum feoh and feorh gebeád and hiera nǽnig hit geþicgean nolde the atheling offered every one of them money and life and none of them would accept it, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 6.

Linked entry: þicgan

duguþ

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Add: The word is sometimes masc. virtue, excellence Sinope tó eácan hiere hwætscipe and hiere monigfealdum duguþum hiere líf geendade on mægðháde Sinope singulorum virtutis gloriam perpetua virginitate cumulavit, Ors. 1, 10; S. 46, 25.

ge-cirran

(v.)
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Hweþer hié gecyrran woldan, oþþe ǽnige dǽdbóte dón þǽs mánes þe hié wið heora Dryhten gedydon. Bl. H. 79, 5

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Wá biþ þǽm mannum þe ne ongytaþ þisse worlde yrmþa, þe hié tó gesceapene beóþ . . . ne hié ongytaþ þæt hí gesceapene wǽron tó þon écan lífe, næs ná tó þon écan deáþe, 6i, 2-8. ¶ of human ordering ?

hátan

Grammar
hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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For þǽm gylte hiene eft hétt his fæder ofsleán, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 12. Hé hiene hétt bebyrgean, 128, 16. Hát wyrcean stengas, Past. 169, 22. <b>I c.

FORD

(n.)
Grammar
FORD, gen. fordes; dat. forde, forda; m.

A FORDvădum

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Hie flugon ofer Temese búton ǽlcum forda they fled over the Thames without any ford, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 28. Neáh ðam forda, ðe man hǽt Welinga ford near the ford which is called Wallingford, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 20.

Linked entry: fyrd

freoðian

(v.)
Grammar
freoðian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To care formaintaincherishprotectkeepobserveconsŭlĕresustentārefŏvēretuēriobservāre

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Hie ælmihtig sigebearn Godes freoðode the almighty victorious Son of God protected her, Elen. Kmbl. 2292; El. 1147: Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 3; Reim. 40: 103 a; Th. 391, 14; Rä. 10, 5.

hwópan

(v.)
Grammar
hwópan, p. hweóp

To threaten

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Bǽlegsan [bell egsan, MS.] hweóp hátan líge ðæt hé on wéstenne werod forbærnde nymðe hie moyses hýrde with terror of fire, with hot flame it [the pillar of fire] threatened that it would consume the host in the wilderness, unless they hearkened to Moses