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leód-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
leód-mǽg, es; m.

tribe ⬩ people

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A kinsman as being one of the same race, tribe or people, a man of the same nation with one's self Hí fundon fíf hund leódmǽga they found five hundred of their race, Elen. Kmbl. 759: El. 380.

streówness

(n.)
Grammar
streówness, e; f.
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Bedding, what is spread to lie on Ðá bǽdon hine his discipulos ðæt hié móstan húru sume streównesse him under gedón for his untrumnesse; ða cwæð hé: ' Bearn, ne bidde gé ðæs; ne gedafenaþ cristenan men ðæt hé elles dó, bútan swá hé efne on axan and on

cís-ness

(n.)
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Wé gelýfað þæt genóh sý twá gesodene sufel for missenlicra manna untrumnesse; gif hwá for hwylcre císnesse þæs ánes brúcan ne mæge, brúce húru þæs óðres ut forte qui ex uno non potuerit edere ex alio reficiatur, R. Ben. 63, 12

hwega

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S. 23 b, 150. as adverb, about, v. hwæt-hwega; Neáh (hugu, húhugn, v. ll.) on twégra míla fæce duum ferme milium spatio separata, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 11

seáþ

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Hé hét ðá gebróðor in ðæs húses flóre hím seáð (foueam) ádelfan, 4, 28; Sch. 520, 9. Danihel wearð áworpen intó ðára leóna seáðum, Hml. S. 16, 81. Add

-estre

(suffix)
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Add: v. baec-estre, bepǽc-estre, bígeng-estre, byrd-estre, cenn-estre, cynn-estre, crenc-estre, forsǽw-estre, fylg-estre, glíwbyden-estre, hearp-estre, hopp-estre, hulf-estre, ic-estre, lǽttéw-estre, lopp-estre, luf-estre, lybb-estre, nídhǽm-estre, tæpp-estre

þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
þeccan, p. þeahte, þehte; pp. þeaht

To cover ⬩ to cover an object with something ⬩ to serve as covering to an object

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þecgan); but, perhaps, the verb may be the same here as in the previous instances, and used with much the same force as wrap in such a phrase as wrapt in flames Byrneþ þurh fýres feng fugel (the phenix) mid neste ... þonne brond þeceþ heoredreórges hús

Linked entry: þacian

eáca

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Hé ofslóh án hund þúsend manna and hundeahtatig ðúsend and sumne eácan ðǽrtó, Hml. S. 18, 404

feówertig

alone

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Þǽr wǽron twá hund and eahta and feówertig wera and nigon and feówertig wífa, Bl. H. 239, 14. the forty days of Lent On þám þrím feówertigum per tres quadragesimas, Ll.

geat

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Gesáwon wé in þǽre byrig and on geaton ( in the doorways ) men . . . ðá hié ús gesáwon hié selfe sóna in heora húsum hié miþan.

un-tígan

(v.)
Grammar
un-tígan, p. de

To untie ⬩ unbind ⬩ loose

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Hú untígdon hí ðone assan? 208, 4-6. Untýgaþ hí, 206, 11. Hwæt dó gyt ðone folan untígende? Mk. Skt. 11, 5. Se ðe gesyhð assan clipiende oððe untíende (-tí[g]edne?) yrnan, Lchdm. iii. 198, 12. Ðonne wé sind gelaðode, ðonne sind wé untígede, Homl.

ge-wídmǽrsian

(v.)
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Lá hú ne gewídmǽrsude nonne percrebruit (Anthonius), 2374 : 2840. Cnæplingc ofer eal gewídmǽrsude (cum) puer late crebresceret, 2585. See preceding word for other examples

grund-leás

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On hú grundleásum seáðe ꝥ mod þringþ quam praecipiti mersa profundo mens hebet, 4, 2; F. 6, 7. of the pit of hell and of its characteristics Grundleás seáð tartarus, An. Ox. 23, 39. Hé helle séceð ... grundleásne wylm, Wal. 46.

sweotolian

(v.)
Grammar
sweotolian, swutelian, swytelian; p. ode

to make clear or manifest, to shew, declare ⬩ to become manifest

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Hér swutelaþ on ðison cwyde hú Ædelréd geúðe ðæt Æðeríces cwyde standan móste, Chart. Th. 539, 20: 320, 24: 312, 8. Swytelaþ, 586, 25. Swetelaþ expremit, Kent. Gl. 1120.

friþian

(v.)

to protect ⬩ to protect ⬩ maintain the sanctity ⬩ to protect an operation ⬩ keep from unfavourable conditions ⬩ to grant immunity to a criminal ⬩ to give asylum to

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Add: to protect a person or institution Hwá is monna on Angelcynne wuniende ꝥ nyte hú hé (Eadgar) Godes ríce, ꝥ is Godes cyricean, fyrþrode and friþode.

ymb-hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, (-hwearft, -hweorft, -hwerft), es; m.
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Stefn in ymbhwyrfte ( in gyro ) ymbsealde ðæt hús, 4, 3 ; S. 567, 44. God him forgeaf sibbe on eallum ymbhwirfte data est a Deo pax in omnes per circuitum nationes, Jos. 21, 42. On eallum ðám ymbhwyrfte, 10, 21.

CEOLE

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

The throat, JOWL ⬩ guttur, 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

un-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæst, adj.

Not firm ⬩ unstable ⬩ unsteady ⬩ weak

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Not firm, unstable, unsteady, weak Hú ne is ðé nú genóh sweotole gesǽd ðæt seó wyrd ðé ne mæg náne gesǽlþa sellan, for ðam ðe ǽgþer is unfæst ge seó wyrd ge seó gesǽlþ manifestum eat, quod ad beatitudinem percipiendam fortunae instabilitas aspirare non

cýþ-ness

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Hú swýðe neáh Godes cýðnysse Dei notitiae quantum propinqui, 56, 10

gesca

(n.)
Grammar
gesca, geocsa, geohsa, geoxa, gihsa, an ; m.
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Hwonan se micla geoxa cume, oþþe hú his mon tilian scule . . . þonne forstent se geohsa, Lch. ii. 60, 17-23 : 25: 28 : 62, l, 9. Þám monnum þe for fylle gihsa slihð for the men that hiccough attacks on account of repletion, 60, 24.