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FYRD

(n.)
Grammar
FYRD, fyrdung, e; f.

an armythe military array of the whole countryexercĭtusexpĕdītioan armyagmenexercĭtusan expeditionexpĕdītioa campcastrum

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The naval armament was denominated the scip-fyrd. Similar entries v. folc-land I [c] Be ðon ðe gesíþcund man fyrde forsitte.

beón

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Tóstrogden biáð scíp dispargentur oves, Mt. L. 26, 31. Rím wintra hine hæbbende beón se numerum annorum fuisse habiturum.

Róm-feoh

(n.)
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Róm-feoh, gen. -feós; n.
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Rómfeoh gelǽste man ǽghwilce geáre be Petres mæssan; and se ðe ðæt nelle gelǽstan, sylle ðártóeácan .xxx. peninga, and gilde ðam cyninge .cxx. sciłł., L. Eth. ix. 10; Th. i. 342, 24.

healf

(adj.)
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healf, adj.

a half

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Gesette hé .cxx. scitt . Dǽle hé ꝥ healf (half of it) in þá scíre þe hé ǽr folgode, healf in þá þe hé on cymð, 86, 6. Asmeáge hwæt his biglifen sý, and dǽle ꝥ healf on ælmyssan (dimidium in eleemosynas distribuat), ii. 134, 31.

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pening

(n.)
Grammar
pening, penning, pending, penig, pennig, es; m.
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Gif mon men eáge of ásleá, geselle him mon .lx. sciłł. and .vi. sciłł. and .vi. pæningas and þriddan ðǽl pæningas (peniges, MS. H.) tó bóte, 47; Th. i. 94. 3-5. Hire mægþhádes wurð, ðæt synd twelf scillingas be twelf penigon (cf.

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freó-dóm

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. 229, 11. freedom to do, liberty of action On þyssum lífe for án hreówsunge geopenað freóhdóm in hoc vita tantum penitentie patet libertas, Scint. 48, 15. freedom in expenditure, liberality Freódóme oððe cystignesse liberalitate Wrt.

múþ

(n.)
Grammar
múþ, es; m.

The mouththe mouth as an instrument of speechthe faceA mouthopeningorifice

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C. 37, Gif mon biþ on hrif wund. ... gif hé þurhwund biþ, æt gehweðerum múþe twentig sciłł. L. Alf. pol. 61; Th. i. 96. 12. Beleác heofonríces weard merehúses múþ ( the door of the ark ), Cd. 69; Th. 82, 18; Gen. 1364

tunece

(n.)
Grammar
tunece, an;
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Tunice, Scint. 144, 7. Tunicæ tunica, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 71. Hit ys mínes suna tunecan Gen. 37, 33 : Exon. Th. 357, 1 ; Pa. 22. Hí námon his tunecan (tunicam; cyrtel. Lind. Rush. ); seó tunece wæs unásiwod, Jn. Skt. 19, 23.

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wecg

(n.)
Grammar
wecg, es; m.
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Treówes on óste nægel oððe wecg on tó fæstnigenne ys arboris nodo clauus aut cuneus infigendus est, Scint. 103, 10. a mass of metal Ǽlces cynnes wecg vel óra oððe clyna metallum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 67. Wecg metallum, massa, Hpt. Gl. 417, 20.

eáþ-mód

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Eádmódne on gáste humilem spiritu, Scint. 82, 16. Ðá eáðmodan humiles, Past. 299, 1. Uton beón eáþmóde and mildheorte, Bl. H. 95, 26. Þú eádmódra ealra lócast Dominus humilia respicit, Ps. Th. 137, 6. Þám eádmódum mediocribus, An. Ox. 4121.

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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Þá besæt Scipia hié on hiera fæstenne, and hié tó þon gebrocode (Numantini fame trucidati), Ors. 5, 3; S. 220, 26.

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ge-dréfednes

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Be gedréfednysse de tribulatione, Scint. 160, 13. Syle ús fultum on úre gedréfednisse (tribulatione), Ælfc. T. Grn. 11. 40. 'Þú mé hæfst áirétne on ðám tweón and on þǽre gedréfednesse þe ic ǽr on wæs be þám freódóme.

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hefe

importancea burdena weight

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Th. i. 286, 12-15. weight in a high degree: Hefe wæstma brycð bóh pondus fructuum frangit ramum, Scint. 85, 4. figuratively. oppressive effect or influence Þonne gehwylce synfulle menn óðre geólǽcað, and mid gegaderodun hefe þǽre wyrstan lyffetunge

reáfian

(v.)
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Ne scírð hé nó hwæðer hié reáfoden, oððe hwelc óðer yfel fremeden, Past. 329, 8. Giétsian and reáfian for hiera wǽdle, 341, 4. Swá swá leó hreáfiende ł grípende sicut leo rapiens, Ps. L. 21, 14. with acc.

rihte

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Is Þearf ꝥ þú rihte háwie mid módes æágum tó Gode swá rihte swá swá scipes ancerstræng byð áþenæd on gerihte fram þám scype tó þǽm ancre, Solil. H. 22. 3-5.

stíþness

(n.)
Grammar
stíþness, e ; f.
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Skt. i. 17, 40. severity, strictness, hardness, rigour Mid micelre car*-*fulnysse stíðnyss seó sý gemetegud magna sollicitudine districtio ipsa moderetur, Scint. 123, 9.

cwic

(adj.)
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Cwucu vivus, Scint. 37, 16. Ðeós wyrt is swylce heó symle cwicu (cwice, cuca, v. ll. ) sý, Lch. i. 270, 19. Hé wunade on þám wundum cucu, Hml. S. 2, 306.

ge-gódian

(v.)
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Gegódigende mænige locupletantes multos, Scint. 178, 7. to endow with non-material objects Getincnesse gegódod facundia fretus, An. Ox. 126. Gegódedum praedito, i. ditato (facundia dictandi ), 911. Galdre gegódedum necromantia freto, 4133.

ge-healdsumnes

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Add: moral restraint, modesty, sobriety, v. ge-healdsum ; Gehealdsumnyss inpuderatio, Scint. 225, 16. <b>I a.

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hǽs

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S. 29, 63. an invitation from a superior Sc̃s Paulinus þǽre cyricean scíre onféng mid þæs arcebisceopes hǽse and Eádboldes þæs cyninges (innitatione Honorii amistitis et Eadbaldi regis).