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wícing

(n.)
Grammar
wícing, es; m.
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Metellus fór on Belearis ðæt lond, and oferwan ða wícingas ðe on ðæt land hergedon Metellus Baleares insulas bello pervagatus edomuit, et piraticam infestationem compressit, 5, 5; Swt. 226, 23. ¶ in passages dealing with English affairs the word refers

wód

(adj.)
Grammar
wód, adj.

Madravingblasphemousmadragingfurious

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Skt. ii. 26, 206. of things, mad, raging, furious Heom on becom swiðe hreóh weder, and seó wóde sǽ and se stranga wind hí on ðæt land áwearp, Chr. 1075; Erl. 212, 23. Wóð effera (fluctuum ferocitas,Ald. 42), Hpt. Gl. 478, 60.

Linked entries: wódlíce wódness

gár

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Cf. spere Habbað heó on ǽfyn fýr edneówe; þonne cymðon úhtan forst fyrnum cald, symble fýr oððe gár, Gen. 316. a wedge-shaped piece of land. v. gára Tó ðes góres súðende, C. D. v. 40, 13. v. nafo-, tóþ-, wíg-gár

ge-licgan

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D. ii. 121, 26. of land, to pertain, appertain to Mid eallum ðám túnum ðe him tó gelicgað cum uillulis omnibus ad se rite pertinentibus, C.

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, to be fitting. [In line 11 2. gerise bet.]
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Gá ꝥ land . . . swá gegódod swá heom bám gerísan mage, C. D. ir. 86, 15. Ill a. where a clause follows the verb Suelcum ingeðonce gerist (congruens) ðæt hé . . . wið dá scire ne winne, Past. 61, lo.. Wel þé geríseð þæt þú sié heáfod, Cri. 3. .

hár

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, the enemy of the holt, because the wood has to be cleared away from the land which is to be brought under cultivation ), Rä. 22, 3.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Hé gemenigfylde his spéda ǽgðer ge on túnum ge on landum ( tam in aedibus quam in agris), Gen. 39, 5. Hí nemnaþ hiora land and hiora túnas be heora naman invocabunt nomina eorum in terris eorum, Ps.

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ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
ǽht, e; f. [ǽhte = áhte had; p. of ágan to own, possess]

possessionspropertylandsgoodsrichescattleopessubstantiapossessiogregespossessionpowerpossessiopotestas

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possessions, property, lands, goods, riches, cattle; opes, substantia, possessio, greges He hæfde mycele ǽhta erat habens multas possessions, Mk. Bos. 10, 22.

ge-scý

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scý, es; n.
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In Idumea lande ic aþenige gescý mín in Idumæam extendam calceamentum meum, Ps. Spl. 59, 9; Ps. Th. 59, 7 has On Idumea mín gescý sende. Gescý calceamentum, Ps. Spl. 107, 10: Ps. Th. 107, 8.

Linked entries: ge-sceó ge-scóe -scý

rówan

(v.)
Grammar
rówan, p. reów
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Drihten tó ðam lande reów, Homl. Th. ii. 378, 31. 'Utun seglian ofer ðisne mere.' And hig seglydan ðá. Ðá hig reówun ðá slép hé ( navigantibus illis obdormivit ), Lk. Skt. 8, 23, 26. Ða óðre leorningcnihtas reówon navigio venerunt, Jn. Skt. 21, 8.

Linked entry: ge-rówen

ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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Gebýr, ii. 17, 6. used of others than English Ic wæs gebúr on þám lande þe [hátte] Nisibim, Shrn. 36, 21. Hit gelamp in Samni ꝥ sumes ríces mannes tún wæs, in ðám his gebúr ( colonus ) hæfde sunu, Gr. D. 11, 4.

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ge-þyncan

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Se leóma wæs swíðe lang geþúht, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 29: Rún. 21. Þeáh ðá gecorenan Godes cempan sind feáwa geðúhte, Hml.

burg-geat-setl

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R.A. 804) Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, cirican and kycenan, bellhús and burhgeatsetl, Ll. Th. i. 190, 16

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig, Kent. Gl. 207: 475: 772; pl., weogas, 21), es; m.
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III. space to be traversed, a journey :-- Eáðfére weg iter vel itus, lang and stearc weg itiner, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 35, 36. Gif se weg swá lang beó, ðæt ðú ðíne þing bringan ne mage, Deut. 14, 24.

swimman

(v.)
Grammar
swimman, p. swamm, pl. swummon ; pp. swummen
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Com tó lande lidmanna helm swymman, Beo. Th. 3252 ; B. 1624. Swimman hine geseón hearm getácnaþ. Lchdm. iii. 212, 18. Ðá geseah hé swymman scealfran on node. Homl. Th. ii. 516, 6.

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Eást

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
Eást, es; m.
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Swegen gewende eást tó Baldewines lande, 1046; P. 171, 2. Hé is eást irnende ( orientem versus ), Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 26, 22: Lch. iii. 74, 13. of measurement (of a road, boundary, &c.)

fæþm

a bosomlapthe fore-arma cubitarmsbosom a fathomfist

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Seó earc wæs .ccc. fæðmena lang and .1. fæðmena wíd and xxx fǽðmena heáh, Sal. K. 184, 29. an arm which embraces; in pl.

ge-hleótan

(v.)
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B. i. 156, 4. to allot, assign as a person's share, give Hít wæs gehloten tó Jósepes bearna lande fuit in possessionem filiorum Joseph Jos. 24, 32. [Nas hit noht swá iloten, Laym. 7819. Þú art ilote to him, H. M. II. 13.] intrans. To be allotted.

þurh-wunian

(v.)

to continuelastnot to come to an endnot to pass awayto continue in a place, with a personto remain, not to leaveto continue in a conditionnot to changeto perseverepersisthold out

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Ðæt gé þuthwunion lange on ðam lande, Deut. 4, 40.

gafol

(adj.)
Grammar
gafol, tribute.
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Se middangeard ús ( devils ) wæs lange ǽr underþeóded, and ús deáþ mycel gafol geald, Bl. H. 85, 12. payment exacted by the state, a tax Æt gæflæs monunge in teloneo, Mt. R. 9, 9.