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clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, <b>; II.</b>
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Ðis wæs úre ealra seht. Wulfstán and his sunu sealdon þæt and clǽne Leófríce, arid Leófríc and Wulfstán and Wulfríc þám bisceope, clǽne land and unbesacan, 377, 12-18. [Ælfred hauet yseld his land sacleás and clǽne (pacifice ei quiete), C. D. iv.

ge-ceósan

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Ofer ealle óþre ic þá stówe geceás, Bl. H. 201, 7. Geceás hé him þone deáþ, ꝥ him mon ofléte blódes on þám earme, Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 22. Geceós dé nú fultum. Hml. S. 25, 399.

a-drigan

(v.)
Grammar
a-drigan, -drygan, -drygean, -drugian, -druwian; p. de, ode; pp. ed, od

To dry ⬩ dry up ⬩ rub dry ⬩ wither ⬩ abstergere ⬩ siccare ⬩ exsiccare

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To dry, dry up, rub dry, wither; abstergere, siccare, exsiccare Hlúde streámas on Æthane ealle ðú adrigdest tu exsiccasti fluvios Ethan, Ps. Th. 73, 15

Linked entries: a-drugian a-druwian a-drygan

emn-æðele

(adj.)
Grammar
emn-æðele, adj.

Equally noble ⬩ æque nōbĭlis

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Equally noble; æque nōbĭlis Ealle sintemn-æðele all are equally noble. Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 17: Bt. Met. Fox 17, 27; Met. 17, 14

Linked entry: efen-æðele

emn-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
emn-líce, adv.

Equally, evenly ⬩ æquālĭter, æque

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Equally, evenly; æquālĭter, æque Ðæt hine ealle emnlíce hérian that all praise him equally, Ps. Th. 32, 1: Bt. 13 ; Fox 38, 34, MS. Cot

níd-hús

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hús, es; n.
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A necessary room Sýn eác binnan claustre slǽpern, beódern, hǽdern, and ealle þá neódhús þe bróðra beþurfon (cetere habitationes usibus fratrum necessariae), Chrd. 21, 18

norþ-ende

(adj.)
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Man beád þá folce þider út ofer ealne þisne norðende, Chr. 1052 ; P. 175. 29. Add

sam-tinges

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Hé ne wandode þá hǽþenan tó crístnigenne þá þá hí on Críst gelýfdon, ac hé hí ealle sóna samtingas gecrístnode, Hml. S. 31, 1037. Add

þurh-wacian

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-wacian, p. ode
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To continue watching, maintain a vigil Hé nǽfre gódes weorces ne áblon. ah hé hwílum ealle niht þurhwacode on hálgum gebedum, Bl. H. 227, 7

Linked entry: þurh-wæccan

winter-steall

(n.)
Grammar
winter-steall, es; m.

A yearling foal

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., and wintersteal ealswá, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 3

Linked entry: -steall

cot-stów

(n.)
Grammar
cot-stów, e; f. [stów a place]

A place of cottages ⬩ casarum situs

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A place of cottages; casarum situs On ða ealdan cotstówa to the old cot-places Cod. Dipl. 578; A. D. 973; Kmbl. iii. 97, 30

GÁN

(v.)
Grammar
GÁN, to gánne; ic gá, ðú gǽst, he gǽþ; pl. gáþ; p. ic he eóde, ðú eódest; pl. eódon; imp. gá, pl. gáþ; pp. gán; v. n. [the conjugation is formed from two roots, the past tense being from root i; cf. Gothic iddja];

To go ⬩ come ⬩ walk ⬩ happen ⬩ īre ⬩ grădi ⬩ evĕnīre

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He sǽde unc eall swá hit siððan á eóde [or a-eode?] he told us all as it always afterwards happened; audīvĭmus quidquid postearei prŏbāvit eventus, Gen. 41, 13. Eóde eall seó ceasterwaru togeánes ðam Hǽlende tōta cīvĭtas exiit obviam Jesu, Mt.

níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
níwe, neówe; adj.

new ⬩ not yet used ⬩ new ⬩ recent ⬩ not of long standing ⬩ not long made ⬩ new (to anything) ⬩ inexperienced ⬩ new ⬩ novel ⬩ different from what has gone before

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new, not yet used Ne ásend nán scyp of níwum reáfe on eald reáf; elles ðæt níwe slít, and se níwa scyp ne hylp ðam ealdan, Lk. Skt. 5, 36. Smyre mid níre (MS. B. ánre) feþere, Lchdm. i. 234, 13. Hé léde hyne on hys níwan byrgene, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 60.

Linked entry: níwung

hangra

(n.)
Grammar
hangra, an; m.

A meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of a road; the village green,

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Ealle ða hangran betweónan ðam wege and ðam ðe tó Stánleáge ligþ gebyriaþ ealle tó Fearnebeorgan all the meadows between the road and that which goes to Stanley all belong to Farnborough, iii. 409, 17

Linked entries: æsp-hangra sealh-hangra

ge-writ

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Wilhelm cyng grét ealla þá þe þys gewrit tó cymð ofer eall Engla-land, 489, 2. Beháten gewrit pollicita rescripsio, An. Ox. 5455. Hér geswutelað on þison gewrite hú Æðelréd kyning geúðe ꝥ Æðeríces cwyde standan móste, Cht. Th. 539, 31: Ll.

æt-samne

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-samne, adv.

In a sum ⬩ together

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Ealle ætsamne all together, Ps. Th. 148, 18

Linked entry: -samne

full-georne

(adv.)
Grammar
full-georne, adv.

Full earnestly ⬩ very diligently ⬩ diligentissĭme

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Full earnestly, very diligently; diligentissĭme Ic míne earfeðu ealle fullgeorne fóre him sæcge I tell all my troubles very diligently before him, Ps. Th. 141, 2

ge-bild

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bild, adj.

Bold ⬩ brave ⬩ confident ⬩ audax ⬩ fortis ⬩ fīdens

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Bold, brave, confident; audax, fortis, fīdens He mid gebildum móde hine ealne gedranc he drank it all with a bold mind, Homl. Th. i. 72, 25

Linked entry: ge-byld

andet-nes

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Mid andetnessum eallra þǽra mǽrða, Hml. S. 25, 505. Add

rún

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Add Adames sagu wearð of gemynde æfter ðám flóde, and Iobales rúna ealle unnytte, and Nóes and Abrahames and mæniges óðres word ofergytene, Wlfst; 3, 38

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