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mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
mǽran, máran; p. de

To make knowncelebratedeclareproclaim

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To make known, celebrate, declare, proclaim Mín múþ sægeþ ðíne mægenspéde and ðín sóþfæst weorc mǽreþ os meum pronuntiabit justitiam tuam, Ps. Th. 70, 14.

Linked entry: máran

wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
wrenc, es; m.

a trickartificewilestratagema stratagema modulation of the voice

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Ic þurh múþ sprece mongum reordum, wrencum singe (vox mea diversis variatur pulcra figuris), . . . ic búgendre stefne styrme, 390, 15; Rä. 9, 2

Linked entry: wrencan

reordian

(v.)
Grammar
reordian, ;p.; ode.

to speak, say, talkto read

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; to speak, say, talk ; Sleáþ synnigne ofer múþ, tó feala reordaþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2604; An. 1303. Ðus reordiaþ ryhtfremmende, Exon. Th. 240, 1; Ph. 632. Ðá reordade Waldend and worde cwæþ, Cd. Th. 76, 6; Gen. 1253. Reordode, 161, 30; Gen. 2673.

cwyde-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
cwyde-leás, adj.

Speechless, intestate mutus, intestatus

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Speechless, intestate ; mutus, intestatus He læg cwydeleás, bútan andgite he lay speechless, without sense, Homl. Th. i. 86, 26. Gif hwá cwydeleás of ðyssum lífe gewíte if any one depart this life intestate, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 412, 27

Linked entry: cwide-leás

teran

(v.)
Grammar
teran, p. tær, pl. tǽron; pp. toren
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Wyrmas gelíce mid ðǽm scillum gelíce mid ðé múþe ða eorðan sliton and tǽron oribus scamisque suis humum atterentes, Nar. 14, 12. Hæfdon hié téð and hié mid ðǽm ða men wundodon and tǽron habentes dentes quibus artus militum violabant, 15, 9.

fleót

(n.)

an estuary

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On mearcfleótes múþan, . . . tó mylenfleótes múþan, 429, 4, 5. On seolcingfleót; eást andlang fleótes on haggan-fleót; andlang hagganfleótes, C. D. B. ii. 519, 14, 15. Fleótas, fleútas aestuaria, Txts. 42, 107. Fleótas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 36: 144, 24.

ge-hæft

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæft, adj.
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Ðæt dumbe and ðæt gehæfte neát subjugale mutum, Past. 257, 11. Hé mót gehæftne man álýsan, Wlfst. 294, 32. Add

on-týnan

(v.)

to openof places or things,to make an opening into open, allow to burst forthto open so as to admit of ingress or egressto open (a door)to open the mouth, lips, to speakto open the eyes (one's own), to look, (another's), to give sight toto open the ears, to listen to a personto disclose, reveal, display

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T.) on bigspellum múþ mínne, Ps. Spl. 77, 2. Ðá ontýnde Hǽlend his múþ, and wæs sprecende, Blickl. Homl. 159, 25. Ontýn weoloras míne, Ps.

ful-fremman

(v.)
Grammar
ful-fremman, full-fremman, to -fremmanne; he -fremeþ; p. -fremede; pp. -fremed

To fulfilperfectpractiseperfĭcĕre

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Of múþe cildra and súcendra ðú fulfremedest lof ex ōre infantium et lactentium perfēcisti laudem, Ps. Lamb. 8, 3: Ps. Spl. 39, 9. Heáhsetl his [biþ] swá swá móna fulfremed on écnysse thrŏnus ejus [erit] sīcut lūna perfecta in æternum, Ps.

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i

Linked entry: six-hynde

meldian

(v.)
Grammar
meldian, p. ode, ede.

to declareannouncetellto inform againstaccuse

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to declare, announce, tell Múþ habbaþ and ne meldiaþ wiht os habent, et non loquentur, Ps. Th. 134, 16. Hí sprecaþ unnyt sæcgeaþ and wóh meldiaþ pronuntiabunt et loquentur iniquitatem, 93, 4. Ælfréd cræft meldode Alfred displayed his art, Bt. Met.

Linked entry: a-meldian

for-rotodnes

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Wyð þæs múþes and gómena fúlnysse and forrotudnysse, Lch. i. 264, 1. Add

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, p. de

To tell ofrelatedeclare

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Secgas nemnaþ, mǽnaþ mid múþe meodugáles gedrinc, 88 a; Th. 330, 26; Vy. 57.

CEOLE

(n.)
Grammar
CEOLE, ciole, an; f.

The throat, JOWLguttur, fauces

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Hú swéte ceólum mínum spræce ðíne, ofer hunig múþe míne quam dulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua, super mel ori meo, Ps. Spl. 118, 103. Ne cleopigaþ hí, ðeáh ðe hí ceolan habban they [i. e. idols] cry not, though they have throats, Ps. Th. 113, 16

Linked entry: ceoler

útan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
útan-weard, adj.

Outsideexteriorthe outside of

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Fram ðæm múþan útanweardum, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 32. Hlǽw ymbehwearf útanweardne, Beo. Th. 4583; B. 2297. Útaweard fingeres extremum digiti, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 24. Útaword deforis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 25, 26: Lk. Skt. Rush. 11, 89

Linked entry: úte-weard

oððe

(con.)
Grammar
oððe, conj. I.
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Hwá geworhte mannes múþ oððe hwá geworhte dumne oððe deáfne and blindne oððe geseóndne? Ex. 4, 11. Ia. in conjunction with óðóðer :-- Hí woldon óðer twega, líf forlǽtan oððe leófne gewercan, Byrht.

Linked entry: eðða

sealt

(adj.)
Grammar
sealt, salt; adj.
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Sió onlícnes sendde mycel wæter þurh hiora múþ swá sealt ( very salt ), Blickl. Homl. 245, 25. Eahtoðe wæs sealtes pund, ðanon him wǽron ða teáras sealte, Salm. Kmbl. 180, 16. Sealte ýða, Cd. Th. 205, 26; Exod. 441. Sealte sǽwǽgas, 240, 9; Dan. 384.

fricca

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Gif se sácerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdómes . . . hwæt mæg hé bodigean má ðonne se dumba fryccea praeconis officium suscipit quisquis ad sacerdotium accedit . . . sacerdos si praedicationis est nescius, quam clamoris vocem daturas est praeco mutus ?

hird-ness

watchful caretaking chargetaking carea watchguarda watch

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Þá þá hé nam þá hyrdnysse (hiordnisse, v. l.) þæs regollican lifes in þám mynstre cum in monasterio regularis vitae custodiam teneret, 104, 2. a watch, guard to prevent evil Ic gesette mínum múþe heordnesse posui ori meo custodiam R.

Eald-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Eald-Seaxe, Ald-Seaxe; gen. -Seaxa; dat. -Seaxum; pl. m: Eald-Seaxan; pl. m.

The Old-Saxonsantīqui Saxŏnes

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Be norþan Þyringum syndon Eald-Seaxan and be norþan westan him syndon Frysan, and be westan Eald-Seaxum is Ælfe múþa ðære eá and Frysland to the north of the Thuringians are the Old-Saxons, and to the north-west of them are the Friesians, and to the west

Linked entry: Ald-Seaxe