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Súþr-íg

(n.)
Grammar
Súþr-íg, the people or
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the district of Surrey Cantwara him tó cyrdon and Súðríg and Súð-Seaxe, Chr. 823; Erl. 63, 20. Hí heafdon ofergán ealle Centingas and Súð-Seaxe and Súðríg and Bearrucscíre, 1011; Erl. 144, 28. v. next word

léf

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
léf, [or lef?]; adj.

Weak ⬩ injured ⬩ infirm

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On féðe líf seonobennum seóc weak for walking, sick with sinew-wounds, 87 b; Th. 328, 16; Vy. 18. Oft him feorran tó laman liomseóce léfe cwómon oft from far to him the paralytic, the cripple, the infirm came, Elen. Kmbl. 2426; El. 1214.

Súþ-Langbeardan

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Langbeardan, the people (or
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country) of Lombardy In þám dǽlum Súþ-Langbeardena (Suð-Langbeardena landes dǽlum, v. l.) in Campaniae partibus, Gr. D. 169, 30. In Suð-Langbeardum (-Longbardum, v. l.) in Italia, 25, 26: in parte Campaniae, 210, 25

ge-býsnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býsnian, [or -bysnian; cf. Goth. busns] ; p. ode; pp. od

To give or set an example ⬩ exemplum dare

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To give or set an example; exemplum dare Se man biþ hérigendlíc, ðe óðrum gebýsnaþ the man is praiseworthy who sets an example to others, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 17

Linked entry: ge-bisnian

rest

Grammar
rest, [In Bl. H. 11, 16, 19 the word seems to be of the weak declension.]
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Ox. 2197. add Þín gást bið on heofonum, and þín rest ne losað nǽfre on worulde, Hml. S. 15, 67. Hé æfter þám gereordum ræste séceð, dýgle stówe under dúnscræfum, Pa. 36. Ðeáh þe þá rícestan hátan him reste gewyrcan of marmanstáne, Wlfst. 263, 2.

eges ful

(adj.)
Grammar
eges ful, ege-ful, -full; adj. [eges ful full of fear = ]

Fearful, terrible, wonderful ⬩ tĭmōre plēnus, terrĭbĭlis, admīrābĭlis

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Bera sceal on hǽþe, eald and egesfull the bear shall be on the heath, old and terrible. Menol. Fox 519; Gn. C. 30: Beo. Th. 5850; B. 2929. Drihten ys mǽre God and mihtig and egefull Dŏmĭnus est Deus magnus et pŏtens et terrĭbĭlis.

Linked entries: ege-full egys full

uppan

(prep.)
Grammar
uppan, (-on); prep. dat. acc.

upon ⬩ on ⬩ above ⬩ upon ⬩ at ⬩ after ⬩ upon ⬩ on to ⬩ upon ⬩ against

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dat. where there is rest or motion on a surface, upon, on Moises wæs lange uppan ðam munte, Ex. 32, 1. Gá uppan Sinai dúne and stand uppan ðære ðúne ufeweardre. Ne cume nán mann uppan ðære dúne, 34, 2-3.

Linked entries: uppon on-uppan

un-gemet

(adj.; adv.; prefix)
Grammar
un-gemet, Where the word seems to be used with an adjective or with an adverbial force, it is given, as in the case of ungemet-hleahtor, as part of a compound:
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Grff. ii. 898-9

spere-hand

(n.)
Grammar
spere-hand, the male side or
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line in speaking of inheritance Ic cýþe mínan leófan hláforde þæt ic on mínan suna þæs landes þe ic tó þé geearnode æfter mínan dæge tó habbanne his dæg, and æfter his dæge tó syllanne þǽm þe him leófast seó, and þæt sió on þá sperehand, C.

wilder

(n.)
Grammar
wilder, (-or ? cf. wildor-líc. v. next word) (and wild ? cf. O. H. Ger. wild; dat. pl. wildiran ; and the declensions of lamb, cild), es; n.

A wild beast

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Weorpan on wildra líc, Met. 26, 76: Exon. Th. 356, lo; Pa. 9: Cd. Th. 257, 25 ; Dan. 663. Spédig man on wildrum, Ors. l, I ; Swt. 18, 9

Linked entry: wildor

Sodoma

(n.)
Grammar
Sodoma, Sodome, an; or indecl.

The town of Sodom

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The town of Sodom Ða cininingas of Sodoman and Gomorran . . . on ðám burgum Sodoma and Gomorra Gen. 14, 10, 11. Hé eardode on ðære byrig Sodoma 13, 12. Hig eodon tó Sodoman weard 18, 22. On dære byrig Sodoman 18, 26. On Sodoman weallsteápe burg Cd.

ge-wridian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wridian, p. ode; pp. od

To flourish

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To flourish Unarímed mengeo on manigfealdum ceápum geweóx and gewridode the innumerable multitude of all sorts of cattle grew and flourished, Blickl. Homl. 199, 2

hættian

(v.)
Grammar
hættian, p. ode; pp. od

To take the hair and skin from a person's head

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of his head pulled off, L.

dǽl-nimend

(n.)
Grammar
dǽl-nimend, -nymend,-neomend ,es; m. [nimende, part. of niman to take] .

a taker of a part, a sharer, partaker, participator ⬩ partĭceps ⬩ A participle ⬩ particĭpium

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a taker of a part, a sharer, partaker, participator; partĭceps Ðæt se Hǽlend dǽlnimend wǽre úre deádlícnysse that the Saviour was a partaker of our mortality, Homl. Th. i. 36, 33.

weorold-gleng

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gleng, es or e; m. or f.
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Heora yldran on worolde ne wurdan welige ne wlance þurh woroldglænge, L. Eth. vii. 4; Th. i. 334, 4. Ðá forlét hé ealle ðás woruldglenga. Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 16, 18

þrýþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þrýþlíce, (?); adv.

Mightily ⬩ deliberately

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Grammar þrýþlíce, [Or, perhaps, þrydlíce = deliberately, might be read

Linked entries: þrydlíce þrýþig

Cwéna land

(n.)
Grammar
Cwéna land, the land or country of the Quaines, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 10. v. Cwénas, Cwén-land.

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for-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
for-sceap, es; n. [from sceapen formed, created; pp. of sceppan to create] What is for- or mis-shapen

a fault ⬩ crime ⬩ mălefactum

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a fault, crime; mălefactum Me nædre to forsceape scyhte the serpent incited me to crime, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 22; Gen. 898

Linked entry: sceap

EORL

(n.)
Grammar
EORL, es; m. I. an Anglo-Saxon nobleman of high rank, the yarl of the Danes, about the same as an ealdorman. He who was in early times styled ealdorman, was afterwards denominated

an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis

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This title, which was introduced by the Jutes of Kent, occurs frequently in the laws of the kings of that district, the first mention of it being Gif on eorles túne man mannan ofslæhþ xii scillinga gebéte if a man slay a man in an earl's town, let him

Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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Se eádiga Andreas wæs togen, 241, 26. where the movement is from within or from without, to draw a sword, blood, etc., to haul a net, draw in or out Ðú scealt, ðonne ðú on ðám sculdrum týhst blód, teón swíðe on ðære sídan, Lchdm. ii. 262, 26.