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un-tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíce, adv.

without feeling doubtcertainlyunhesitatinglyso as not to cause doubtunequivocallyindubitably

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Þéh hý gelýfdan be his segene, ðe hit ǽr geseah, untweógendlícor (-átweógendlícor, MS.

of-faran

(v.)

to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack

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Ðá offóron hié ðone here hindan æt Buttingtúne and hine ðǽr bésǽton they pursued and came up with the Danes at Buttington, and there besieged them, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 22.

mǽl

(n.)
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a measure, & c. add: v. crístel-mǽl. add: v. undern-m ǽl. Add Nýtenu etað swá ǽr swá hí hit habbað, ac se gesceádwísa man sceal cépan his mǽles, Hml. S. 16, 318.

Ciren-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Ciren-ceaster, Cyren-ceaster, Cyrn-ceaster; gen. ceastre; f. [Asser. Cirrenceastre: Hunt. Cirecestere: Brom. Circestre]

CIRENCESTER, Cicester, GloucestershireCirencestria in agro Glocestriensi

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Hér, on Eastron, wæs micel gemót æt Cyrenceastre in this year [A. D. 1020], at Easter, there was a great council at Cirencester, 1020; Th. 286, 12, col. 2.

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, g. leás; m.

A leameadow

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Æt ðam leá ufeweardan, 36. Tó ðam leá ... on eásteweardan ðam leá ... tó fealuwes leá ðæt on fealuwes leá ... fram fealuwes leá, 250, 2, 16, 29, 32. Æt Eardulfes leá ... tó Aþelwoldes leá, Chart. Th. 291, 19, 22.

Linked entries: leáh léh

druncen

(adj.)
Grammar
druncen, adj.
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Þá hié druncne æt heora symble sǽtan, Ors. 3, 9; S. 130, 25: B. 1231. Hǽðene swǽfon dreóre druncne, An. 1005. Hié wlenco anwód æt wínþege, druncne geþóhtas, Dan. 18. Hé drincð mid druncenum (ðruncnum, L., druncennum. R. ebriis ), Mt. 24, 49. Add

ge-ǽrendian

(v.)

to do an erranda businessto obtain by negotiationintercessionto goand obtainapplyand obtain

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Þá sendon hió Filónem tó þon ꝥ hé him sceolde Gaiuses mildse geǽrendian Philonem legatum ad Caesarem miserunt Ors. 6, 3; S. 258, 5. from (æt) a person Ic geǽrndede æt Cnute þæt land, Cht.

ænbręce

(n.)
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ǽn (cf. ǽn-lic), and the meaning be unique (?)

weorþ-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-georn, adj.
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Eálá gé eargan and ídelgeornan . . . hwý gé nellan ácsien æfter ðám wísum monnum and æfter ðám weorþgeornum . . . ðe ǽr eów wǽron . . . hí wunnon æftr wyrþscipe on ðisse worulde, and tiledon gódes hlísan, Bt. 40, 4; Fox 238, 28-240, 5.

ǽrendian

(v.)
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Add: to deliver a message Ic gefrægn for hæleðum, hring [ǽr]endean, Rä. 49, I

grápian

(v.)
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Suá se wítga dyde ... mid his wordum ... hit wæs betre ðæt hé grápude mid ðǽm bíspelle ǽr ðon ðe hé cídde, suá se lǽce grápað and strácað ... ǽr ðon ðe hé stingan wille, Past. 187, 1-5.

gafol-hwitel

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-hwitel, es; m.

A tribute-whittle or blanketa legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of landtribūtāria săga

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A tribute-whittle or blanket, a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land; tribūtāria săga Gafol-hwitel sceal beón æt híwisce vi pæninga weorþ a tribute-whittle from a hide [of land] shall be worth six pence, L.

Linked entry: hwítel

húsel-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-fæt, es; n.
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Subdiaconus is underdiácon se ðe ða fatu byrþ forþ tó ðam diácone and þénaþ under ðam diácone æt ðam hálgan weófode mid ðam huselfatum, L. Ælfc. C. 15; Th. ii. 348, 11.

rǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdness, es; f.
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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. an arrangement, agreement, condition Ðæt ðeós gerǽdnis stondon móte in écnesse, and ðis syndon ðara manna naman ðe æt ðære rédnisse wǽron, Chart. Th. 168, 30. v. ge-rǽdness, rǽde

ge-wittig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wittig, -witig; adj.

Wiseknowingsaneconsciousintelligens

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Sum biþ gewittig æt wínþege beórhyrde gód one is expert at feasting, a good keeper of beer, Exon. 79 b; Th. 297, 26; Crä. 74: Beo. Th. 6179; B. 3094

Linked entry: ge-witig

ge-warnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-warnian, p. ode; pp. od

To warn

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Ðá gewarnode man hí ðæt ðǽr wæs fyrd æt Lundene then they had notice that there was a force at London, Chr. 1009; Erl. 143, 12. Ðá wearþ Godwine gewarnod then was earl Godwin warned, 1052; Erl. 183, 2.

westane

(adv.)
Grammar
westane, adv.
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From the west, in the west Ða beorgas onginnaþ westane fram ðæm Wendelsǽ in Narbonense ðære ðeóde, and endiaþ eást in Dalmatia ðæm lande æt ðæm sǽ Alpes a Gallico mari exsurgentes, primum Narbonensium fines, deinde Galliam Rhetiamque secludunt, donec

be-stǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stǽlan, p. de
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To lay a charge of crime on a person, to convict a person (on with dat. ) of crime þæt mé nǽfre deófel náht on ne mæge bestǽlan æt mínum endedæge, Angl. xi. 101, 53. þæt se deófol eów náge náht on tó bestélenne ungeandettes, Wlfst. 135, 31.

Linked entry: stǽlan

gegaf-sprǽc

Grammar
gegaf-sprǽc, buffoonery.
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Sume menn drincað æt deádra manna líce ofer ealle þá niht and gremiað God mid heora gegafsprǽce, Hml. S. 21, 315. Hí willað wacian and wódlíce drincan binnan Godes húse and mid gegafsprǽcum Godes hús gefýlan, 13, 78.

god-gild

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Se déma stód æt his godgyldum and deóflum onsægdnesse bær judex aris adsistebat, ac daemonibus hostias offerebat, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 21, 1.