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hleów-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
hleów-dryhten, es; m.

A lord who protects, ⬩ a patron

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A lord who protects, a patron, Exon. 86 a; Th. 324, 13; Wíd. 94

driht-ealdor

(n.)
Grammar
driht-ealdor, drihte ealdor; gen. ealdres; m.

The lord of a feast ⬩ architriclīnus

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The lord of a feast; architriclīnus Se drihtealdor cwæþ to ðam brýdguman the lord of the feast said to the bridegroom, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 25, 28. Se drihte ealdor ðæs wínes onbýrgde gustāvit architriclīnus vinum, Jn. Bos. 2, 9.

heort-lufe

(n.)
Grammar
heort-lufe, an; f.

Love which comes from the heart,

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Love which comes from the heart, Hy. 9, 29; Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 29

langmódlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
langmódlíce, adv.
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Patiently, with long-suffering Bróþerlice yfelu sóð lufu langmódlíce ( longanimiter ) byrð, Scint. 5, 2

bryta

(n.)
Grammar
bryta, an; m.

A lord

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A lord Swegles brytan lords of heaven, Cd. 213; Th. 266, 17; Sat. 23

freó-drihten

(n.)
Grammar
freó-drihten, -dryhten, es; m.

A noble lord or master ⬩ ingĕnuus vel nōbĭlis dŏmĭnus

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A noble lord or master; ingĕnuus vel nōbĭlis dŏmĭnus Onfóh ðissum fulle, freódrihten mín accept this cup, my noble lord. Beo. Th. 2343; B. 1169.

un-fyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fyrn, adv.

not long ago ⬩ before long

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of past time, not long ago Weorþodan wé nú unfyrn for tén nihtum ðone symbeldæg foran tó ðyssum ondweardan dæge not long ago now, ten days from to-day, we celebrated the festival, Blickl.

Linked entry: un-gefyrn

pihten

(n.)
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part of a loom Pihten, Anglia ix. 263, 12. Pihtine pectine, Hpt. Gl. 494, 26

be-þuncan

(v.)

To consider, look out ⬩ consulere, prospicere

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To consider, look out; consulere, prospicere,Exon. 113 a; Th. 432, 29; Rä. 49, 7

Linked entry: -þuncan

þolebyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
þolebyrdness, e; f.
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Patience, long-suffering, endurance Tó þolibyrdnysse þrowunga strange ad tolerantiam passionum fortes, Scint. 3, 8

Linked entry: þolibyrdness

un-neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-neáh, adj.

Distant ⬩ far

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Distant, far In lond unnéh in regionem longinquam, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 13: 19, 12

Linked entries: neáh un-néh

cannon

(v.)
Grammar
cannon, seems to represent Lat. coenum
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in Wæs ꝥ lond ádrígad and cannon palus sicca et ceno habundans, Nar. 20, 23

on-sund

Grammar
on-sund, <b>. I.</b>
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Swâ mid mîne werode onsunde in Patriacen ꝥ lond wê becwôman, Nar. 17, 15. Add

eald-land

(n.)
Grammar
eald-land, es; n.
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Old-land, land that has remained long untilled: (cf. old-land ground that has lain untilled a long time and is now ploughed up; arable land which has been laid down in grass more than two years. D.D.)

hláford-gift

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-gift, hláford-gift, es; m. or n.
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Grant by a lord (? cf. hláford ; II 4 a), appointment by a lord to a command(?)

dýran

(v.)

to hold dear, love

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to hold dear, love Dýran to hold dear, Cd. 14; Th. 17, 9; Gen. 257

un-býing

(n.)

a solitude

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Cf. un-lond) solitudines, Rtl. 1, 17. (?)

Linked entries: býing un-burh

heáh-freá

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-freá, an ; m.
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A high and mighty lord Heofona heáhfreá ( Christ ), Cri. 253: 424. Cf. heáh-cyning ; 2

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

ge-neát

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Þǽr wearð ofslægen Lucumon cynges geréfa . . . and Æðelferð cynges geneát, Chr. 897 ; P. 91, lo. one of a private person's household. Cf. I Gif þín geneát stalie and losie þé, Ll.

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