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wang-tóþ

(n.)
Grammar
wang-tóþ, es; m.
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Alf. pol. 49 ; Th. i. 94, II. Wangtéð molares vel gemini, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 32. Wongtoeð (-téþ, Ps. Spl. C. ) molas, Ps. Surt. 57, 7:

reówe

(n.)
Grammar
reówe, an ;f.;

A rug, mantle, covering;

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Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 27. Reówan and hwítlas wacsan ;lenas sive saga lavare,; Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, ii

Linked entries: reó rúwa rýhe

ofer-hleápan

(v.)

to overleap, pass by jumping

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All eorþlíc þing wæs oferhleápende transiliens 2, 7; S. 509, 14. Similar entries v. next word

cnódan

(v.)
Grammar
cnódan, cneódan; ic cnóde, ðú cnódest, he cnódeþ, cneódeþ, pl. cnódaþ; p. cneád, pl. cnudon; pp. cnoden, gecnoden

To giveassigncallcarry outexalt tribuĕreattribuĕreefferre

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Gif hwæt welgedónes biþ, ðonne cnódaþ him ealle mid hérenesse if anything be well done, then all exalt him with praise; si qua bene gesta sunt, omnes laudibus efferunt Past. 17, 3;Hat. MS. 22b, 3

Linked entries: ge-cnoden cneódan

hold-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hold-scipe, es; m.

Loyalty, fealty, allegiance

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Loyalty, fealty, allegiance Eallra ðæra manna land hí fordydon ðe wǽron innan ðæs cynges holdscipe they destroyed the lands of all those men that were in allegiance to the king, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 15.

tó-rípan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-rípan, p. te

To pluck in twotear to pieces

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Ðá hé ætsacan wolde ðá sǽde him mon ðæt tó tácne when he fled, a bramble scratched him all over the face. When he wanted to deny (the charge brought against him), they told him this as a token, Chart. Th. 172, 27

Linked entry: tó-rýpan

ceáp-land

(n.)
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Ic an mín wíf al ðat ceáplond and dat óðer ðat ic mid hire nam, C. D. iv. 294, 18

gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gelíce, adv.

Likewisealsoaspariter

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Nis ðæt nó be eallum démum gelíce to secgenne that is not to be said of all judges alike, 63, 16. Ne wǽron ðás ealle gelíce lange these were not all alike long, 119, 3.

wrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽd, wrǽð, es; m.

a bandagebandfilletwhat is bound togethera bundlea bandcompanyflock

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Wrǽda manipulorum (innumeris manipulorum milibus equitatu et peditatu, Ald. 76), 525, 24

fore-mǽre

Grammar
fore-mǽre, , for-mǽre.
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ob potiorem (virginitatis gloriam, Ald. 58, 24. Cf. potiorem mǽran, An. Ox. 4153), Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 7

stycce

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Ald. 4, 36: Grammaticorum regulas et orthographorum disciplinas . . . pedibus poeticis compactas per cola (per cola, i. membra þurh lim, An. Ox. 201)], Wrt. Voc. ii. 69, 8. <b>II a.

híwisc

(n.)
Grammar
híwisc, hígwisc, es; n.

A family, household, house; also a hide of land

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A family, household, house; also a hide of land Fæder hiogwuisc, hiowisc, hiuwisc paterfamilias, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 39: 13, 25: 14, 21. Gif hé hæbbe híwisc landes if he have a hide of land, L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 13 [cf. l. 23].

Linked entries: -isc híw-scipe

þurh-sécan

(v.)

to make search forseek outto search throughexamine

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, as in later English He þurhsecheð al þe soule, O. E. Homl. ii. 191, 28. Twa Goddspelless uss birrþ þurrhsekenn, Orm. 242. He hefde al ꝥ lond ouergan and þurhsoht peragratis provincie finibus, Kath. 519. Þe poyson þe veynes so þorwsouȝte, R.

Linked entry: sécan

EORL

(n.)
Grammar
EORL, es; m. I. an Anglo-Saxon nobleman of high rank, the yarl of the Danes, about the same as an ealdorman. He who was in early times styled ealdorman, was afterwards denominated

an earl cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis

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we ordain for all degrees, whether to churl or earl, L.

Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, ge-cind, acc. ge-cynd, ge-cynde; f. also ge-cynd, ge-cynde, nom. acc; gen. -cyndes; dat. -cynde; pl. nom. acc. -cyndu, -cyndo, -cynd; gen. -cynda; dat. -cyndum; n.

naturekindmannerconditiongendernaturaindolesingeniumproprietasmodusqualitasconditiogenusgenerationnakednessgenerationatalespartesgenitalesverendaoffspringproles

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nature, kind, manner, condition, gender; natura, indoles, ingenium, proprietas, modus, qualitas, conditio, genus For his ágenre gecynde from its own nature, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 7. On swíðe lytlon hæfþ seó gecynd genóg with very little nature has enough,

Cumber-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cumber-land, Cumbra-land, Cumer-land , es; n. [Sim. Dun. Cumbreland: Hunt. Hovd. Brom. Cumberland]

CUMBERLAND; Cumbria

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D. 945] king Edmund overran all Cumberland, Chr. 945 ; Th. 212, 10 ; 213, 10, col. 1, 2: Cumberland, 213, 10, col. 3 .

Linked entries: Cumbra-land Cumer-land

deáþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-líc, adj.

Deadly, mortal, good and bad angelsmortālis

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Deadly, mortal, good and bad angels;mortālis Ðis is bísen ðara sóþena gesǽlþa, ðara wilniaþ ealle deáþlíce men to begitanne this is an example of the true goods, which all mortal men desire to obtain, Bt. 24, 2; Fox 80, 30.

folc-leásung

(n.)
Grammar
folc-leásung, e; f.

Folk-leasingpublic lyingslanderpublĭcum mendäciumcălumnia

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Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 80, 19-82, 1

Linked entries: leásung folc-lǽsung

for-wisnian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wisnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To wither or wizen awaydry updecaymarcescĕrearescĕretābescĕreputrescĕre

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To hwan drehtest ðú me eal forwisnad wherefore didst than torture me all decayed? Soul Kmbl. 36; Seel. 18

Linked entry: for-weosnian

Fresisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Fresisc, adj.

Of or belonging to FrieslandFrisianFrīsĭcus

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Ðǽr wearþ ofslægen Lucumon, and ealra monna, Fresiscra and Engliscra, lxii there was slain Lucumon, and of all the men, Frisian and English, sixty-two, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 4