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ge-wunelic

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Becómon ðicce ðeóstru ofer Egypta lande, swá þæt heora nán binnon ðrím dagum óðerne ne geseah, and on Israhéla ðeóde wǽron gewunelice dagas, 194, 6. customary, in accordance with fixed custom.

clǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
clǽnsian, clénsian, to clǽnsianne; clǽnsiende; ode, ade; od, ad [clǽne clean, pure]

To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself ⬩ mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare

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To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself; mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare Gif man eard wille clǽnsian if a man wishes to cleanse the land, L. Eth. ix. 40; Th. i. 348, 25: L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 7.

el-þeódig

foreign ⬩ stranger ⬩ foreign

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Hé lǽdde þá elðeódgan (æll-, v. l.) ǽrendracan on his máðmhús venientibus ad se alienigenis aromatum cellas ostendit, Past. 39, 3. of local relation, living in another land than one's own Hé wende tó Scottum, þæt hé ælþeódig on lǽre geðuge, Hml.

sár

(adj.)
Grammar
sár, adj.

Sore, painful, grievous, distressing

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Uncúðne eard cunnian, sáre síþas to make trial of a land unknown, of travails sore, Exon. Th. 87, 2; Cri. 1419 . Cwæð ðæt him wǽre weorce on móde, sorga sárost, Cd. Th. 122, 19; Gen. 2029

toft

(n.)

a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.

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In the following passages it may mean the enclosed ground in which the house stood Healf ðæt land æt Súðhám, innur and úttur, on tofte and on crofte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 317, 7. Nǽfre myntan ne plot ne plóh, ne turf ne toft, L.

stingan

(v.)
Grammar
stingan, p. stang, pl. stungon, pp. stungen

to thrust something into ⬩ to thrust one's self into the affairs of another ⬩ to prick with something, to sting, stab, pierce

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Crist hét stingan sweord in scǽðe Charter quoted by Lye. fig. to thrust one's self into the affairs of another Similar entries v. in-, on-sting:-- Ná stinge nán mann on ðæt land, búton se hýred æt Xp̃es cyrcean. to exercise authority. Chart.

stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
stranglíce, adj.

Strongly ⬩ with power, with energy, strenuously, vigorously ⬩ with violence, fiercely, vehemently ⬩ boldly, bravely, hardily ⬩ firmly ⬩ severely, sternly

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Ðæt se wind swá stronglíce hrure on ða circan, ðæt ðǽr ne mihte nǽnig mon gestandan oððe gesittan, 81, 22. boldly, bravely, hardily Hí heora land stronglíce geeodan and freódóm onféngon. Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 46.

óþ-lǽdan

(v.)
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Ic þence ðis feóh tó lufianne, næs tó óþlǽdanne . . . hé nǽfre nabbe landes ðæt hé hit óþlǽde. Lchdm. i. 384, 4-9. Ic com óþlǽded gódum excussus sum. Ps. Th. 108, 23.

deóp

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On manegum landum gebyreð deópre ( more onerous ) swánriht, Ll. Th. i. 436, 15. Be þám deópestan áðe by the most solemn oath, 324, 19

greátnes

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Ben. 89, 15. bigness, thickness Ðeós wyrt hafað elne lange stelan on fingres greátnesse, Lch. i. 270, 20: 278, 17. <b>II a.

hnipian

(v.)
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Hí hnappodon and swá lange hí hnipedon (they drooped their heads so long) ꝥ hí ealle on slǽpe wurdon, 23, 248. Sete þú þíne hand on þín heáfod foran and hwón hnipa (printed hniwa) swilce þú þé forgyfenesse bidde, Tech. ii. 122, 5.

ofer-fyll

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Þeáh hwá on dæg gefæste ful lange, gyf hé syððan hine sylfne gedweleð mid gedrynce and mid oferfylle, eal him bið þæt fæsten ídel geworden, 103, 12. Þá þe hér on unrihttídum on oferfyllo bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30.

under-fón

(v.)
Grammar
under-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen.

to receive ⬩ to have given ⬩ to get ⬩ to receive ⬩ submit to ⬩ a rite ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouring ⬩ to receive for safe conduct, custody ⬩ to receive as a servant or dependent ⬩ to receive, admit into a society ⬩ to receive as a master ⬩ to submit to ⬩ to receive ⬩ admit the claims of ⬩ to receive, admit the force of a person's words ⬩ accept testimony ⬩ to receive what is offered ⬩ to accept ⬩ to receive ⬩ serve as a receptacle for ⬩ to receive or accept an office, a duty, etc. ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to undertake a labour, task, etc. ⬩ to receive what is burdensome ⬩ undergo ⬩ bear ⬩ to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal

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On ðam lande ðe ðú underféhst in the land which the Lord giveth thee (A.V.); in terra quam acceperis, Deut. 28, 8.

Linked entry: under-niman

LECGAN

(v.)
Grammar
LECGAN, p. legde, lægde, léde

to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay

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Ða land ðe hig ðiderin lecgeaþ beón ða ðám gebróðran ðe ðǽr binnan beóþ tó fódnoþe and tó scrúde let the lands, that they assign thereto, be for the feeding and clothing of the brethren there, Chart. Th. 370, 25.

ge-winnan

(v.)
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Hí ꝥ land hæfdon gewunnen, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 9. to take a town, castle, &amp;c. Hé þá burg gewann urbem expugnavit et cepit, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 16: 3, 9; S. 136, 2. Hér Regnold cyng gewan Eoferwíc, Chr. 923; P. 105, 1.

sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, sǽ, sǽwe, seó; ǽs, sǽ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea . ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ a sea ⬩ a sea, lake

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Monigra ceápstów of lande and of sǽ cumendra, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 19. Bát on sǽwe, Exon. Th. 458, 12; Hy. 4, 99 : Andr. Kmbl. 1029; An. 515. Æt fulre seó, Lchdm, iii. 178, 18. On siewe (? sǽwe), Cant. Moys. Thw. 29, 4.

fundian

(v.)

to go with the object of reaching a person or place ⬩ direct one's course to ⬩ giving purpose ⬩ to move so as to reach a point ⬩ to strive to attain an end or object

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Þurh þone eorl þe mid unfriðe hider tó lande fundode 1101; P. 237, 4. Gegaderade Phtolomeus micle fird ongeán him þá hwíle þe hié tógædere*-*weard fundedon . . ., Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 5.

lǽswian

(v.)
Grammar
lǽswian, lǽsian: p. ode, ede, trans. and intrans.

To pasture ⬩ feed ⬩ graze

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Hig man lǽswode on mórium lande pascebantur in locis palustribus, Gen. 41, 2. Ðá lǽswode heó hire féstermódor sceápum then she fed her foster-mother's sheep, Shrn. 101, 14. Ðá lǽswede hé mid his fæder sceápum, 108, 31.

Linked entry: lǽsian

denn

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Belimpað tó ðám lande fíf denn, án on útwalda, brocces hám ðæs dennes nama, and þæs óðres dennes nama sængethryc . . . þonne twá denn an glæppan felda, iii. 227, 31-4.

ge-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teorian, -teorigan, -teorigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud, ad; v. intrans.

To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari

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Ðá se mete geteorude ðe hig of Egipta lande brohton when the food was consumed that they brought from Egypt, Gen. 43, 2: 47, 15: Jn. Bos. 2, 3. Hí geteorodon defecerunt, Ps. Spl. 72, 19. Úre dagas ealle geteorudun omnes dies nostri defecerunt, Ps.

Linked entries: ge-tiorian ge-tyrian