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teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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Similar entries v. feoþer-tíme, iuc-tíma, ge-týme. The old pictures represent the plough as drawn by two pairs of oxen one behind the other. Cf. My plowman ... a teme (teome, MS. C.) shal he haue. Grace gaue Piers a teme, foure gret oxen, Piers P.

HÝRAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝRAN, heran, hiéran; p. de [with acc., with infin., and with acc. and infin.]

to HEARhear ofto listen tofollowserveobeybe subject tobelong to

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Eal ðæt folc ðe ðé híran sceal omnis populus qui subjectus est tibi, Ex. 11, 8. Ne mæg nán mon twám hláfordum hiéran nemo potest duobus dominis servire, Past. 18, 2; Swt. 129, 24. Héra, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 24. Gif hé Gode wile rihtlíce hýran, L. Edg.

MǼG

(n.)
Grammar
MǼG, es; m.

A relativekinsman

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Hwylc þyncþ ðé ðæt sý ðæs mǽg ðe on ða sceaðan befeóll quis videtur tibi proximus fuisse illi qui incidet in latrones? Lk. Skt. 10, 36. Meig contribulius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 26. Meeg, Ep. Gl. 6 f, 17.

Linked entries: még méi ge-mǽg

wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
wlitig, adj.

Beautifulcomelyfairbeauteousglorious

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Wlitige and unclǽne, tile and yfle, Cd. Th. 303, 8; Sae. 609. Wlitegran formosiore(venustate formosiore fretus virginitate, Aid. 71), Hpt. Gl. 520, 24

wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
wrítan, p. wrát, pl. writon; pp. writen

To write.to cutto drawto form lettersto writeto writeto compose,be the author ofto writeto writewriteto writestateto writeget a thing writtento convey by charter

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Kmbl. 3018; An. 1512. to draw a figure, Similar entries v. writere, 1 Nim sume tigelan, and wrít on hiere ða burg Hierusalem sume tibi laterem, et describes in eo civitatem Jerusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 3, 10.

Linked entries: wrítere wrítian

efne

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., 221, 14. of time, just now, directly Wyrcað dǽdbóte, for ðan þe heofonan ríce efne geneálǽchð, Hml. S. 16, 133.

níd

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L. 2, 25. a condition of affairs placing one in difficulty or distress; a time of difficulty; exigency, emergency Móyses sǽde Drihtne þæs folces neóde, Ex. 15, 25.

welig

(adj.)
Grammar
welig, weleg; adj.

Wealthyrichopulent

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. : Mid ðam gelǽredan biscope hé wunode on weligre láre tó langum fyrste with that learned bishop he continued for a long time, engaged in learning which was rich in results, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 21

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brýten-walda

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
brýten-walda, brýten-wealda, bréten-ánwealda, an; m: brýten-weald, es; m.

A powerful ruler or kingpræpotens rexa rulerthe British aboriginesto bruise, break, to break into small portions, to dispersea ruler, king, an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended.a powerful kingthe wide expanse of eartha spacious realmthe spacious worlda spacious dwellinga war-king

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Sax. bk. iii. ch. 5, vol. i. pp. 318 and 378] was a war-king, elected by the other Anglo-Saxon kings and their nobility, as their leader in the time of war. Lappenberg [Th. Lapbg. i. 125-129] takes the same view; while Kemble [Sax.

Cynewulf

(n.)
Grammar
Cynewulf, es; m.
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Á wæs sæc óþ-ðæt, Ever was contest till then, cnyssed cearwelmum with waves of sorrow tossed ᚳ [cén] drúsende, <b>C</b> [the torch] sinking, ðeáh he, in medohealle though he, in meadhall máþmas, þege treasures, handled æplede gold, appled

wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd, adj.
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Th. 1759; B. 877. of the duration of time, long, lasting long, in phrases equivalent to ever, always. v. wíde-feorh, -ferhþ Gé sceolon ádreógan wíte tó wídan ealdre, Exon. Th. 92, 27; Cri. 1515 : Cd. Th. 62, 16 ; Gen. 1015.

eft

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Wæs culufre eft ( a second time ) of cofan sended, Gen. 1464: B. 1377. Eft . . . níwan stefne, Gen. 1885: An. 1304. Eft . . . óðre síðe, 706: 1677: Sat. 75. Eft swá ǽr, An. 1276: 1343. Eft swá ǽr . . . niówan stefne, B. 1787. <b>I a.

ge-rýman

(v.)
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Hí flugon and þæt igland eallunge gerýmdon ðǽm æðelan cempan, ii. 142, 33. so as to allow access, to clear the way to; — Gife unscynde mægencyning ontýnde, tídum gerymde, El. 1249. so as to allow free action to give free course to He his godcundnesse

heord

keepingcustodycareguard

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Freán and mínes fæder are in apposition, and the insertion of hæfde after fæder completes the else loo short half verse mínes fæder, and at the same time fits in with álǽded, so making the alteration to álǽdde unnecessary.

hring

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Hringum orbibus, 63, 10. in reference to the revolution of time and its computation Ǽr sunne twelf mónða hringe útan ymbgán hæbbe priusquam sol bis senis voluminibus annilem circumvolverit orbem, Guth. Gr. 172, 28

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Nú þéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebroca on becume, þonne gemǽnað gé hit tó þǽm wyrrestan tídum, Ors. 3, 7; S. 120, 5. (h) add :-- Him is leófre ðæt hé leóge ðonne him mon ǽnigra ungerisna tó wéne, Past. 217, 16.

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, es; m.
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Gyf se hírédes ealdor wiste on hwylcere tíde se þeóf (ðeáf, Lind. fur ) tówerd wǽre, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 43. Ealle ða ðe cómun wǽron þeófas (ðeáfas, Lind.) and sceaþan ( fures et latrones) ...

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hád

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Án ælmihtig God is on þrým hádum ǽfre wunigende, Hml, S. 16, l. as a grammatical term Uerbum ys word, án ðǽl ledensprǽce mid tíde and háde bútan case . . . him gelimpð . . . persona hád, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 119, 8-16.

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.
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M. 33, 9. (3 a) of the services of the church :-- Ðættæ mon unce tíde geuueorðiae on godcundum gódum and ǽc on aelmessan, C. D. i. 292, 32: 293, 3.

hǽþen

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Ge sǽdon ꝥ þá hǽðnan tída wǽron beteran þonne þá crístnan, Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 18. Ne swerigen gé nǽfre under hǽðene godas ( per nomen exlernorum deorum non jurabitis. Ex. 23, 13), Ll.