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frymþ

(n.)
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Frymða Waldend, 5. first produce, in pl. first-fruits Be frymþum oþþe offrungum de primitiis siue oblationibus, Scint. 165, 17

hycgan

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Sé þe framian higþ qui proficere studet, Scint. 100, 14. Hí higdon nite-bantur, i. moliebantur (flectere ), An. Ox. 2, 198. Higde, 3375.

ǽfre

ever ⬩ semper, ⬩ at all times, on every occasion ⬩ ever, at any time, in any case ⬩ unquam ⬩ whatever, (as) ever, &c.

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Nǽnig ys sé ðe ǽfre lybbe, Scint. 215, 2. of continuity or continuous recurrence in time, at all times, on every occasion Ǽfri is deinceps, An. Ox. 56, 103. Wearð ǽfre fleám ástiht, and ǽfre hí æt ende sige áhton, Chr. 998; P. 131, 15.

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Less ⬩ lest

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Ðý ilcan sumera forwearþ nó læs ðonne xx scipa that same summer no less than twenty ships were lost, 897; Erl. 96, 14. Ðá wæs ágangen fíf þúsend geára and áne geáre læs ðonne twá hund, Shrn. 29, 34.

Linked entry: læsast

ge-wissian

(v.)
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Hí eóden tó scipe mid him and bǽdon God ꝥ hé his weg gewissode, 15, 19. to appoint a time Tó þám ylcan ándagan þe hé him gewissode, Hml. A. 97, 167. the subject a thing Hú man mæg þone weg gefaran þe gewissað tó Gode, Ælfc. T.

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worse ⬩ worst

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Hí dydan mycelne hearm ábútan Hámtúne . . . swá ðæt seó scír and ða óðra scíra, ðæ ðǽr neáh sindon, wurdon fela wintra ðe wyrsan, Chr. 1065; Erl. 197, 11.

Linked entries: wyrrest yfel weorr wersa wurst

on

Grammar
on, Add: <b>A. I.</b> 5 ¶
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Frægn Scipia hiene an hwý hit gelang wǽre, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 14. v. ge-lang. Se ælmihtiga wyrhta geworhte ealne middangeard on his mycclum cræfte, Hex. 4, 3, Ǽlc man haefð on his ágenre byrðene genóh, Wlfst. 239, 25.

gildan

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Gif mon áfelle on wuda wel monega treówu . . . fogielde .iii. treówu ǽlc mid .xxx. sciłł. . . . Ne þearf hé hiora má geldan, Ll. Th. i. 128, 22. Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiað. Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. sciłł. . . .

mund-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
mund-byrd, e; f. (v. mund, mund-bora).

protection ⬩ patronage ⬩ aid ⬩ the fine paid for a violation of mund

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Ciricean mundbyrd .L. scill. swá cinges, L. Wíh. 2; Th. i. 36, 17. Scyldig (liable to pay) cyninges mundbyrde, L. Alf. pol. 5 Th. i. 64, 11. Forgylde ðem mæn his mundbyrd (the fine for violating the man's mund by fighting in his house), L. H.

ge-feormian

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

to entertain ⬩ harbour ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ feed ⬩ cherish ⬩ support ⬩ suscipere ⬩ hospitio suscipere ⬩ epulare ⬩ fovere ⬩ curare ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ vesci ⬩ comedere ⬩ to cleanse ⬩ farm ⬩ cleanse out ⬩ mundare

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Búton ðæs bisceopes leáfe, ðe hí on his scíre gefeormode [MS. gefeormade] sín without the bishop's leave, in whose diocese they may be entertained, 4, 5; S. 573, 5. We ðé gefeormedon we entertained thee, Cd. 127; Th. 162, 24; Gen. 2686.

stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
stregdan, [There are two verbs of this form, a strong and a weak. The conjugation is further complicated by the frequent loss of g, so that forms of the strong verb are found (?) belonging to two classes (cf. bregdan): while in the Northern Gospels strong and weak inflections are combined in the same word. The two verbs are here put together] ; ic stregde, strigde, stréde, hé stregdeþ, strigdeþ, strét; p. (strong) strægd, pl. strugdon and strǽdon (v. strédun, Mk. 11, 8: but the form may be weak = strægdon) : (weak) stregde, strédde, strugde (North.); pp. (strong) strogden : (weak) stregd, stréded, stréd
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Hí tó scipon stréddon they dispersed to their ships, Chr. 1010; Erl. 144, 3. to lay in order (?) Streide struere (struerem?), strídae, streide struere, Txts. 99, 1910

Linked entries: strédan strégan

swician

(v.)
Grammar
swician, p. ode.
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</b> to give offence by words, speak injuriously :-- Ná murcna ðú ná swica ðú non murmures, non blasphemes, Scint. 164, 16

under-hnígan

(v.)
Grammar
under-hnígan, p. -hnáh; pl. -hnigon; pp. -hnigen.

to descend beneath ⬩ go lower than a place ⬩ to submit to what is laborious or painful ⬩ be subjected to evil ⬩ undergo punishment

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Grammar under-hnígan, case uncertain Hé sáres wite underhníhð doloris poenae succumbit, Scint. 12, 9. Ðú galgan underhnige, Anglia xii. 506, 1. Nyste heora nán on hwæs tíman hé ðrowunge underhnige, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 31

wiþerweard-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþerweard-ness, e; f.

hostility ⬩ contention ⬩ opposition ⬩ perversity ⬩ frowardness ⬩ depravity ⬩ arrogance ⬩ unfavourable condition ⬩ adverse circumstance ⬩ adversity ⬩ contrariety ⬩ diversity

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Geþyld on wiðerwerdnyssum, Scint. 12, 12. On wiþerwerdnyssum in adversitatibus, 62, 2. Ða getreówfullan for Godes ege ealle lífes wiðerweardnesse (universa contraria ) forþyldigian scylun, R. Ben. 27, 7. contrariety, diversity.

be-þurfan

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Add: personal. implying privation Beþur-fendra egentium, Scinr. 108, 15. to need what will supply insufficiency, defect, what is beneficial Nánes þinges máran hé ne beþearf tfonne hé hæfþ, Bt. 31, 1; F. 122, 7.

bryne

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Hí hæfdon ǽlce scíre stíðe gemarcod mid bryne and mid hergunge, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 18. Seó cæster wearð on bryne, Gr. D. 47, 24. On hiere ( Corinth ) bryne. Ors. 5, 2; S. 216, 1. Þæt þá elpendas fóran wédende for þæs flexes bryne, 4, 1; S. 158, 7.

eallunga

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Witodlíce ðæs mónan trendel is symle gehál, þeáh ðe eall endemes eallunga ne scíne certainly the disc of the moon is always complete, though to be sure the whole of it does not continuously shine, Lch. iii. 242, 5.

for-licgan

(v.)

fornicari

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Forlicgean fornicari, Scint. 89, 2. to injure by lying. to lie with a person, defile by illicit intercourse Þú on lǽces híwe hí forlicgan woldest, Hml. S. 2, 203. Forlycgan, 186. Wæs forlegen stupratur, An. Ox. 4307.

ge-mǽnelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnelíce, <b>ge-mǽnlíce.</b>
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Gebiddaþ eów gemǽnelíce orate pro invicem, Scint. 30, 12 : 37, 6 : 64, 16

Linked entries: -mǽne-líce ge-ménelíce

ge-neát

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I a Cyninges geneát, gif his wer bið twelf hund sciłł. . Ll. Th. i. 114, 10. Þǽr wearð ofslægen Lucumon cynges geréfa . . . and Æðelferð cynges geneát, Chr. 897 ; P. 91, lo. one of a private person's household. Cf.

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