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druncaþ

Grammar
druncaþ, drink, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373, 23; Seel. 114, = drincaþ; pres. pl.
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of drincan

fǽmnan

(n.)
Grammar
fǽmnan, of a virgin, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 10; Jul, 59; gen.
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of fǽmne

Linked entry: fǽmn-hád

tillíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tillíce, adv. Kindly, graciously, v. til, III, Exon. Th. 352, 28; Reim. 2.

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geó-geára

Grammar
geó-geára, [Perhaps this should be taken as two words. v. An. 1388
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Sé þe þá fǽhðo iú wið God geára grimme gefremede.] Add: :-- Geára oððe geógeára jam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 11. Geógeára (iú-, -ieára, v. ll.) geworht antiquitus facta, Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 57, 20. Geógeára (iú-, v. l.) jamdudum, 4, 4; Sch. 370, 23.

Augustínus

(n.)
Grammar
Augustínus, i ; m; Lat. [Augustinus is correct in the quotations from the titles of the two following chapters of Bede, but in the A. Sax. text it is Agustínus]

St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597, and died May 26, 605 ⬩ Augustínus

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Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A.

Linked entry: Agustin

ge-lýfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lýfan, -lífan, -léfan; to -lýfanne, -lýfenne ; part. -lýfende; ic -lýfe, ðú -lýfest, -lýfst, he -lýfeþ, -lýfþ, pl. -lýfaþ; p- ic, he -lýfde, ðú -lýfdest, pl. -lýfdon; impert. -lýf, pl. -lýfe, -lýfaþ; subj. pres. -lýfe, pl. -lýfon ; pp. -lýfed

To believe, confide, trust, hope ⬩ crēdĕre, confīdĕre, spērāre

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To gelýfanne [-lýfenne, col. 1] to ðan leófan Gode to trust in the beloved God, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 10, col. 2. Of ðyssum lytlingum on me gelýfendum ex his pusillis crēdentĭbus in me, Mk. Bos. 9, 42.

Linked entries: ge-lǽfan ge-léfan ge-léfan ge-leófst ge-lífan

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Th. 30, 27. Ofermétto fastu Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 62. Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worulde: ǽrest is ofermétta arrogantia L. Ecg. P. i. 8; Th. ii. 174, 32. Ne gerísaþ heom príta, ne micele ofermétta, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 32.

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burn ⬩ ardent ⬩ vehement

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Ꝥ wæs gnornung þám þe on breóstum wæg byrnende lufan, Chr. 975; P. 120, 16

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

burste

(v.; part.)
Grammar
burste, hast burst, broken, failed; burston burst, broken, Beo. Th. 1640; B. 818; p.
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of berstan

cwíst

Grammar
cwíst, sayest, speakest, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 13: Ps. Th. 87, 12, = cweðst;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

eárðan

(adv.)
Grammar
eárðan, before that; antĕquam, Chr. 1041; Th. 299, 15, col. 1. v. ǽr; adv.

færcodon

(v.)
Grammar
færcodon, brought, Chr. 1009; Th. 261, 30, = fercodon; p. pl. of fercian, q. v.

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tweó-mann

(n.)
Grammar
tweó-mann, es; m. A creature about which it is doubtful whether it te human
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Homodubii hý syndon hátene, ðæt beóþ twímen, Nar. 35, 3

Linked entry: twí-mann

hél-spure

Grammar
hél-spure, hél-sporu. Ps. Vos. has hélspuran in the two passages quoted.
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hwearf

Grammar
hwearf, [The word is neuter in the two instances given in the (late) charter]
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Add: Nó man ne worðe suuá dirsty ðat ðis ilk wharf ( commutationem ) and ðis ilk forward breke, C. D. iv. 242, 29

fær

(n.)
Grammar
fær, nom. acc: gen. færes; dat. fære; pl. nom. acc. faru; gen. fara; dat. farum, n: fær; gen. dat. acc. fære; pl. nom. gen. acc. fara; dat. farum; f? [from faran to go] .

a going, journey, way, journeying, expedition ⬩ ĭter, expĕdītio bellĭca ⬩ a vehicle, vessel, ship ⬩ vehĭcŭlum, nāvis

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Recd. 1295; El. 646. that in which a journey or voyage is made,- a vehicle, vessel, ship; vehĭcŭlum, nāvis Ðú ðær [Th. Grn. ðæt that]fær gewyrc make thou that vessel, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 6; Gen. 1307 . Fær Noes Noah's ark, Cd. 66; Th. 80, 4; Gen. 1323

Linked entries: færr FARU

Íra-land

(n.)
Grammar
Íra-land, For argument in favour of taking Iceland to be the country intended where this word is used in Ohthere's narrative see Dr. Craigie's note in Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. xii, p. 200.

efne-

(prefix)
Grammar
efne-, This form is used in the Northern specimens to render the prefix con- in many Latin verbs, e. g. efne-árísa con-surgere, efne-ceiga con-vocare, efne-fornioma com-prehendere, efne-senda
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com-mittere. For other compounds

bygest

(v.)
Grammar
bygest, he bygeþ buyest, he buys, Exon. 90b; Th. 340, 14; Gn. Ex. 111;
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2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of bycgan

dryhtnes

(n.)
Grammar
dryhtnes, of a lord, Exon. 114 b; Th. 440, 25; Rä. 60, 8; gen.
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of dryhten

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