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tó-sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sciftan, p. te

To divide for the purpose of distribution,to divide and distribute

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To divide for the purpose of distribution, to divide and distribute Se cyng intó Wealan férde and his fyrde tóscyfte divided the force that the parts of it might take different routes, and ðæt land eall þurhfór, swá ðæt seó fyrd eall tógædere com tó

ge-scendan

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tanto districtius in paupere elationem feriat, quanto eam nec illata paupertas inclinat.

sunn-beám

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-beám, es; m.
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-Ealle ða niht stód swylce beorht sunnbeám tota ea nocte columna lucis stabat, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 24: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 184. Him gǽþ of se leóma swylce óðer sunnbeám, Lchdm. iii. 272, 5. Hwæt fremaþ ðam blindan seó beorhta sunbeám? Homl.

Linked entries: sunne-beám beám

fola

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Lǽdað hý mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan and stédan; þá folan hý gesǽlað ǽr hý ofer þá faran tolleni aput camelos masculos et feminas quae habent foetas; foetas trans flumen alligatas relinquunt, Nar. 35, ll. Add

ful-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-lic, adj.
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Cf. full; Seó Níl is ealdor fullícra Nilus est caput fluuiorum, Nar. 35, 19 note. Cf. full; Fullíc ꝥ God behét hé onféhð he will receive what God promised in full, Scint. 60, 2.

Linked entry: fallic

ge-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wæd, es; n.
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Þis sy[ndon ðá landgemǽro] tó miclan gráfe on Tenet ... andlang on middel gewæd and þonan west on Seolcingfleót, C. D. B. ii. 519, 14. Geuueada vada brevia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 17

Linked entry: wæd

hrine

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D. 87, 24. the touch of an inanimate object Hí þǽre wæteres hrine him ondrédon, Gr. D. 15, 8. the sense of touch Þú þe wé ne magon líchamlíce ongytan . . . ne mid smecce, ne mid hrine quem sensus ignorat, Solil. H. 6, 15

þider-inn

(adv.)
Grammar
þider-inn, -in; adv.
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Homl. 207, 36. of other relations Eal seó sócna ðe ðǽrto héreþ and ðæt land þiderinn the land belonging to it, Chart. Th. 547, 2.

þing-gemearc

(n.)
Grammar
þing-gemearc, es; n.
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geár-gemearc, where the first part determines the character of the measurement, measurement by feet, by years; in the case of almost all such compounds it is an (adverbial) genitive that is found) Ðá wæs ágangen tú hund and þreó geteled rímes swylce þrittig eáe

be-geondan

(prep.; adv.)
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Eal ꝥ his fæder þǽr begeondan hæfde, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 10: 1013; P. 114, note 2

ellen

(v.)
Grammar
ellen, ellern (-aern), elle

elder-tree

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Þá gemearr þe man drífð . . . on ellenum and eác on óðrum mislicum treówum (for the elder as a sacred tree see Grmm. D. M. p. 651 (trans.)), Ll. Th. ii. 248, 5. Add:

freóndscipe

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Hé bæd hié eác ꝥ hié gemunden þæs unárímedlican freóndscipes þe hié hæfdon tó Athéniensum, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 19. 'Wes ús fǽle freónd' ... Abraham onféng freóndscipe be freán hǽse Gen. 2735

ge-fég

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God gesette twégen sunnstedas and hé geendebyrde þá twelf mónðas on twám emnihtum ... hé eác mid his ágenre mihte geglengde ꝥ gér mid feówrum gesceaftum, swá þis gefeig ætýwð eallum þe hyt sceáwiað he adorned the year with four seasons, as this framework

hlóse

(n.)
Grammar
hlóse, an; f.

A pigstyelewzflooze

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Fald weoxian, scipena behweorfan and hlósan eác swá, Angl. ix. 261, 19. hlós- occurs in a number of local names: Oth hlóscumbes heáfud, C. D. B. ii. 392, 32. Ðis synt ðá denbǽra . . . hlósdionu, swánadionu . . . C. D. ii. 195, 16.

Iudéas

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Iudéas, l. Iúdéas, and add: Iúdan, Iúdéan; gen.
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Alle Iúdéas (eal Iúdéa þeód, W. S.) omnis Iudaea, Mt. L. 3, 5. Wǽron Iúdan on miclum geflite, Ors. 6, 10; S. 266, 1. Ðis ys se Hælynd Iúdéa (Iúdéana, L., R.) cyning, Mt. 27, 37: Jn. 2, 13. Manega þára Iúdéa, 11, 19.

hýr

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Add: payment contracted to be made for the temporary use of anything Sume men syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248. <b>Ia.

sam-tinges

(adv.)
Grammar
sam-tinges, (sæm-, sem-); adv.

immediately, forthwith, continuo

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Swá hraðe swá ðæt wolcn styrode, swá síðode samtinges eal seó fyrd after ðám wolcne, Homl. Th. ii. 196, 11. Ðá nolde hé hí sæmtinges ácwellan ac lét him fyrst he would not kill them immediately, but allowed them time, 424, 14.

Linked entries: -tinges sæm-tinges

á-þeóstrian

(v.)
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Seó sunne eall áþeóstrað (á-þystraþ, v. l.), Lch. iii. 242, 21. Ðám láreówum áðístriað ðæs módes eágan, Past. 29, 15. trans. Gif his andgit áðístriað ðá flǽsclican weorc, Past. 67, 25. Hé áðeóstrade hié obscuravit eos, Ps. Srt. 104, 28.

lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽnan, p. de

To lendgrantlease

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Ymb ðæt land ðæ ðú mǽ firmdig tó wǽræ ðæt ic dǽ endæ de terra illa, de qua egisti apud me, ut ego eam tibi commodarem, Chart. Th. 162, 25. Him drihten mihte spéde lǽnan the Lord could grant him success, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 8; Gen. 2059.

Linked entry: ge-léned

weorold-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríce, es; n.
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Hé hét ðæt on worldríce wunian éce fundavit eam in secula, Ps. Th. 77, 68. Ne beó nǽnig man hér on worldríce on his geþóhte tó mó;dig, Blickl. Homl. 109, 27. For hwam winneþ ðis wæter geond woruldríce? Salm.