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timber-land

(n.)
Grammar
timber-land, es; n.
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Land on which to grow timber .x. hýde æt Ercecombe tó tymberlonde, C.D. v. 236, 12. Cf. wudu-land

twi-fingre

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Substitute: Two fingers thick, a term applied to fat on swine Æt twyfingrum spic, Ll. Th. i. 132, 19

æsc-man

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Andlang streámes æt æscmannes yre (yfre?), C. D. vi. 100, 7. Æscmen piratici, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 13. Add:

hand-cweorn

(n.)
Grammar
hand-cweorn, -cwyrn, e; f.

A hand-mill

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A hand-mill Héton hine grindan æt hira handcwyrne ordered him to grind at their mill, Jud. 16, 21

ge-warenian

(v.)
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Ðurh þæt wyrð mǽst manna beswicen þe hý ne beóð swá wel gewarnode ǽr swá hý beðorfton. Lá! hwæt is se man on lífe búton ... hé ǽr gewarnod þe bet sý, þæt hé þonne ðurh deófol beswicen ne wyrðe, Wlfst, 101, 16-21. <b>I a.

áwðer

(adj.)
Grammar
áwðer, = á-hwæðer; adj. pron.

Eithereachone or otheralteralteruter

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Ða tungl áwðer [MS. auðer] óðres rene á ne gehríneþ, ǽr ðam ðæt óðer of gewíteþ the stars never touch each other's course, before the other goes away, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 19 : Met. 29, 10 : 20, 84; Met. 20, 42 : Bt. 6; Fox 16, 3

fæsten-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-tíd, e; f.

Fast-tide or time jējūnii tempus

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Yfel biþ ðæt man riht fæstentíde ǽr mǽle ete it is bad that any one, at a lawful fast-time, eat before the time, 47; Th. i, 402, 23: L. Edg. C. 25; Th. ii. 250, 2

furður

(adv.)
Grammar
furður, adv.

Furthermoreultĕriusultra

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Further, more; ultĕrius, ultra Ǽr gé on land furður feran ere ye proceed further into the land, Beo. Th. 513; B. 254: 1527; B. 761: Exon. 73 b; Th. 274, 30; Jul. 541: Cd. 94; Th. 121, 22; Gen. 2014: Andr. Kmbl. 2976; An. 1491.

mán-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
mán-weorc, es; n.

A wicked workcrime

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Ǽr man áweódige ða unriht and ða mánweorc ðe man wíde sǽwþ, Wulfst. 243, 19

Linked entry: -weorc

be-útan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-útan, prep. dat. [be, útan out]

Withoutextra

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Gif ic míne fiðeru gefó, fleóge ǽr leóhte, óþ ðæt ic be-útan wese eallum sǽwum si sumpsero pennas meas ante lucem, et habitavero in postremo maris, 138, 7.

un-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-síþ, es; m.

an evilill-advised expeditiona mishapmisfortune

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Th. ii. 148, 16. a mishap, misfortune Heó ðurh wódnysse micclum wæs gedreht .. beó ǽr ðon eáwfæst leofode, ðeáh ðe se unsíð hire swá gelumpe, Homl. Th. ii. 142, 12

birgan

(v.)

to taste

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Seó swétnes ðe ic ǽr byrigde (bregde, v. l.) (degustans ), Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 625, 12. Úser Drihten gallan berigde, Angl. xi. 173, 3. Bergað gustate, Ps. Srt. 33, 9. Þæt wæter tó bergenne (byrigenne, v. l.), Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 569, 4.

ge-stincan

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Heó cwæð ꝥ heó nǽfre ǽr náht swilces ne gestunce, S. 4, 349. Add

ilce

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Sume unðeáwas cumað of óðrum suá ilce suá hié cómon ǽr of óðrum quaedam vitia sicut ex semetipsis gignunt alia, ita ex aliis oriuntur, Past. 306, 19. Þá yfelan hyne geseóð swá ylce swá þá gódan. Solil. H. 67, 16.

swefen

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Þa gemunde Iósep þá swefen þe hine ǽr mǽtte recordatus somniorum, quae viderat, Gen. 42, 9

út-hleáp

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Gif hwá fare unáliéfed fram his hláforde . . . and hine mon geáhsige, fare þǽr hé ǽr wæs, and geselle his hláforde . LX. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 126, 9-8. See also 86, 1-10: 210, 20

Harþacnut

(n.)
Grammar
Harþacnut, Hardacnut, es; m.

Hardacnut, son of Cnut

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Hardacnut, son of Cnut On ðís ilcan geáre com Hardacnut cyng tó Sandwíc vii nihtum ǽr middan sumera. And hé wæs sóna underfangen ge fram Anglum ge fram Denum in this same year king Hardacnut came to Sandwich seven days before midsummer.

ge-þeówian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeówian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To make a slaveenslaveservĭtūti subjĭcĕrein servĭtūtem redĭgĕre

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To make a slave, enslave; servĭtūti subjĭcĕre, in servĭtūtem redĭgĕre Ǽr hine mon geþeówode before he was made a slave, L. In. 48; Th. i. 132, 9. Gif hwelc man biþ niwan geþeówad if any man be newly made a slave, 48; Th. i. 132, 7: Th.

Linked entries: þeówian ge-þýwian

efen-eald

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-eald, efn-eald; adj.

Co-eval, of the same, ageco-ævus, co-ætāneus

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Co-eval, of the same, age; co-ævus, co-ætāneus Ic æt efenealdum ǽfre ne métte máran snyttro I never met with greater prudence among those of his age. Andr. Kmbl. 1105; An. 553: Bd. 5. 19; S. 637, 19.

Linked entry: efn-eald

ahse

(n.)
Grammar
ahse, an; f.

Ashes

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Ashes Forðon ahsan swá swá hláf ic æt quia cinerem tanquam panem manducabam, Ps. Spl. 101, 10: 147, 5