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cælþ

(v.)
Grammar
cælþ, is cold. Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 22;
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3rd pres. of calan

híw-rǽden

Grammar
híw-rǽden, In
  • Ps. L.
the word is neuter

a familya housea housefamilytribenation

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Add: Híwrǽden oððe híred familia, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 28: ii. 147, 30. Híwhrǽdenne domui, 141, 75. a family, household of a private person 'Ic hálsige ðé þæt eal mín híwrǽden gefullod wurðe.' Hé nigontýne wera and wífa his híwisces gefullode, Hml. Th.

eom

(v.)
Grammar
eom, [eam, am], ðú eart [earþ, art, arþ], he is, ys;

I am, thou art, he is sum, es, est

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, and unge-endod on him sylfum, and þurh hine sylfne wunigende 'Sum,' I am, is the substantive verb, and belongs exclusively to God alone, because God is ever without beginning, and without end in himself, and existing by himself, Ælfc.

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, uponjuxta, prope, apud, inOf, aboutde, quoadBy, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison withper, secundum, pro, ex

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Ðisses fugles gecynd fela gelíces bí ðám gecornum Cristes þegnum the nature of this bird is much like to the chosen servants of Christ, 61 b; Th. 225, 12; Ph. 388. sometimes bí is separated from its case Bí wædes ófre by the shore of the sea, Exon. 96

(n.)
Grammar
eó, the Runic character for these letters is
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RUNE. v. eóh=íw a yew-tree

mapul-treów

(n.)
Grammar
mapul-treów, (it is made masc. in the following)
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In ðonne mapultré .. from ðam mapoltré, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 381, 1-2

Linked entry: mapulder

nabban

(v.)
Grammar
nabban, ( = ne habban, the verb is conjugated throughout)

not to haveto be without

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not to have, to be without Næbbe ic synne gefremed, Cd. Th. 160, 15; Gen. 2650, Næbbe ic welan, Andr. Kmbl. 601; An. 301. Nafast hláfes wiste, 621; An. 311. Ðú næfst nán þing, Jn. Skt. 4, 11. Næft ðú, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 71; Met. 20, 36. Hé nǽnige mehte

Linked entries: næfde nafa ne

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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, for ðam þe on rihtwísum mannum is Godes wunung, Hml.

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seemappearto seem fit

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Grammar þyncan, where the subject of the verb is expressed Ðynceþ him swíðe leoht sió byrðen ðæs láreówdómes pondus magisterii levius aestimant, Past. proem.; Swt. 24, 9. Mé ðeós (ród) heardra þynceþ, Exon.

Linked entries: þincan ge-þyncan

æf-ést

(n.)
Grammar
æf-ést, l. æf-est(-æst, -ist), æfst, æfstu; m. f.

zeal

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Be ðám is áwriten ðætte ðis fiǽsclice líf sié ǽfesð invidia 235, 13. For ðæs æfstes scylde per livoris vitium 237, i. Æfestes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 12. Mid ðǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7. Mid ðám þyccylum ðǽre æfæste invidiae Gr. D. 117, 28: 118, 2.

þurh-wunian

(v.)

to continuelastnot to come to an endnot to pass awayto continue in a place, with a personto remain, not to leaveto continue in a conditionnot to changeto perseverepersisthold out

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Is rihtost ðæt hé ðananforð wydewa þurhwunige, L. I. P. 22; Th. ii. 332, 32. Grammar þurh-wunian, where the condition is given in a phrase On góde on ðam hé ongan óþ ende hé þurhwunaþ in bono quo coepit usque in finem perdurat, Scint. 227, 55.

wirnan

(v.)
Grammar
wirnan, p. de.

to refuserefrain from grantingto preventprohibitkeep from

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Grammar wirnan, with gen. of what is prohibited, and dat. of that to which the prohibition is given Se líchoma getácnaþ ðone engel ðe him tógénes stent, and him wiernð his unnyttan færelta, Past. 36; Swt. 257, 9.

Linked entries: wyrnan wernan

limb-stefning

(n.)
Grammar
limb-stefning, The gloss at Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 46 is:
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Peripetasma limb-stefning. Comparison with 26, 6, limbus stemning vel hem, suggests (?) that the gloss should read, peripetasma, limbus stefning

wóp-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wóp-líc, adj.

Mournfuldolefullamentable

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Mid wóplícum siccitungum lacrimosis singultibus, 504, 62. of that which occasions grief Se dæg is heora sóðe ácennednys; ná wóplíc, swá swá seó ǽrre, ac blissigendlíc tó ðam écum lífe. Homl. Th. i. 354, 10

bæcestre

(n.)
Grammar
bæcestre, bæcistre, bæcystre, an; f ? m. [bacan to bake, heó bæc-eþ; estre, v. -isse]

A woman who bakespistrixa bakerpistor

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A woman who bakes; pistrix: but because afýrde men performed that work which was originally done by females, this occupation is here denoted by a feminine termination; hence, a baker; pistor Ðá gelamp hit ðæt twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hláford

Linked entry: bæcystre

geópan

(v.)
Grammar
geópan, The subject of the riddle is a bow, the poison it first takes in, then spits out, is the arrow.

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leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; pl. [which is more frequent] leóde; m.

A manpoeta princemenpeoplecountry

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Gif cyning his leóde tó him gehlteþ and heom mon ðǽr yfel gedó if a king summon his people to him and evil is done to them there, L. Ethb. 2; Th. i. 2, 8. Ceadwealla slóh ða Norþhymbran leóde æfter heora hláfordes fylle, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 95, 9.

Linked entries: leóde leód-geld

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Add: v. lác-lic Se mǽgðhád sceal God beón geoffrod be his ágenum cyre, ꝥ seó lác beo leófre þám Hǽlende, Hml. A. 33, 234. Nolde Drihten ásendan þone ðe hé sylf gehǽlde tó þám sácerde mid ǽnigre láce, Hml. Th. i. 124, 19. Gán mid láce tó Godes húse, and

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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Grammar word, a verb Verbum is word, and word getácnaþ weorc oððe þrowunge oððe geþafunge . . . Adverbum is wordes geféra, Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Zup. 9, 2-8. On ðisum eahta dǽlum synd ða mǽstan and ða mihtigostan nomen et verbum, ðæt is nama and word.

FRAM

(prep.)
Grammar
FRAM, from; prep. dat.

FROMaabConcerningaboutofcum verbis lŏquendide

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Grammar FRAM, fram is sometimes placed after its case He hine forwræc mancynne fram he banished him from mankind, Beo. Th. 221; B. 110

Linked entries: from fra freme from