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land-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
land-scearu, e; f.

land ⬩ country

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It is not a wise thing if water so pure disperses itself along the fields, until it becomes a marsh, Past. 65; Swt. 469, 5.

CLǼNE

(adj.)
Grammar
CLǼNE, cléne; se clǽna, seó, ðæt clǽne; m. clǽnra, f. n. clǽnre; clǽnest; adj.

CLEAN, pure, clear ⬩ mundus, purus, merus, serenus ⬩ chaste, innocent ⬩ castus, innoxius

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Gif heó clǽne sý if she be innocent, L. Ath. V. § 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 17: L. Eth. iii. 7; Th. i. 296, 9. On háligra clǽnre cyricean in ecclesia sanctorum, Ps. Th. 149, 1.

Linked entries: cláne cléne

frig

(adj.)
Grammar
frig, def. se frigea; adj.

Free ⬩ noble ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ nōbĭlis

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Gif se frigea ðý dæge wyrce if a freeman work on that day, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 5: 74; Th. i. 150, 1. Eal swá ǽlcan frigean men gebýreþ sīcut omnis līber făcĕre dēbet, L. R. S. 3; Th. i. 432, 23: L. In. 74; Th. i. 150, 3

á-gán

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<b>II a.</b> to run out (of a lease). v. un-ágán in Dict. to pass off, lose strength Ágǽþ evanuerit (v. Mt. 5, 13), Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 62.

Linked entry: á-gangan

dǽd-bana

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-bana, an; m. [dǽd a deed, bana a killer]

An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder ⬩ homicida

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An evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder; homicida Gif man gehádodne mid fǽhþe belecge, and secge ðæt he wǽre dǽdbana if any one charge one in holy orders with enmity, and say that he was a perpetrator of homicide, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26

mót-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
mót-geréfa, an; m.

The geréfa who presides at a court or mót

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Kmbl. iv. 200, 9. v. Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 181, 155, note 2

un-gilda

(n.)
Grammar
un-gilda, an; m.

One who is not a full member of a guild

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One who is not a full member of a guild Æt ǽlcon rihtgegyldan áne byrðene wudes and twá æt ðam ungyldan (cf. (?)for a difference between those in the same gild, Hæbbe ǽlc gegilda .ii. sesteras mealtes, and ǽlc cniht ánne, 613, 32), Chart.

Linked entry: gilda

lyffetere

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Voc. i. 49, 14. Ólecceþ fauet ii. 147, 19) fautoris (strophosi fautoris instinctu, Aid. 66, 19. Cf. instinctu strophosi hostis, 37, 3, in both passages the devil is meant), An. Ox. 4674. Lyffeterum parasitis, An. Ox. 11. 183. Add: —

ge-mang

Grammar
ge-mang, among.
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Add: of the relation of a thing (or things) to surrounding objects with which it is grouped Gif hé his ǽhta bere geman[g] þára unfriðmanna ǽhta intó húse, Ll.

líf-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
líf-dæg, es; m.
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A day of life, any portion of the time that a person lives Ðín geleáfa in lífdæge úrum móde þurhwunige may belief in thee while we live continue in our hearts, Hy. 6, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 8. Swá his lífdagas lǽne syndon, Ps. Th. 102, 14.

middel

(adj.)
Grammar
middel, superl. midlest; adj.

Middle

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Middle Be midelen streáme in mid stream, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 385, 15. Se midlesta finger the middle finger, L. Alf. pol. 58; Th. i. 96, 3. Be ðam midlæstan ( the third in a list of five names ) is nú tó secgenne, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 15.

land-riht

(n.)
Grammar
land-riht, es; n.
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Mid rihtum landrihte swá hit on lande stonde in accordance with the regular law of the land, as it stands in the land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 435, 35.

sceacan

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Voc. ii. 66, 80 is: Coronam inextricabili plectra plumemus, Ald. 54, 7

a-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon ; pp. -writen ; v. a. [a, wrítan to engrave, write] .

to write out or down ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ describe ⬩ compose ⬩ transcribere ⬩ describere ⬩ conscribere ⬩ contexere ⬩ to inscribe ⬩ inscribere ⬩ inscriptione ornare ⬩ to carve ⬩ delineate ⬩ draw ⬩ sculpere ⬩ delineare

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Cuthbert, first in heroic metre, and after a space in prose, Bd. 5, 23 ; S. 648, 27. Eall þurh endebyrdnesse ic awrát cuncta per ordinem transcribere curavi, 5, 23; S. 648, 11.

Linked entry: a-wrát

leoþu-wácung

(n.)
Grammar
leoþu-wácung, e; f.

compeditorum

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In Ps. Spl. T. 78, 11 compeditorum is glossed by liþewácunga

Linked entry: wácung

wrǽd-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
wrǽd-mǽlum, adv.

In bands

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In bands Heápmǽlum oððe wrǽdmǽlum gregatim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 18

Linked entry: wrǽd

díc-sceard

(n.)
Grammar
díc-sceard, es; n.
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A gap in a ditch Dícsceard bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 20

Linked entry: sceard

dirn-hǽmende

(adj.)
Grammar
dirn-hǽmende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Fornicating, adulterous Dyrn*-*hǽmendra [in]cestarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 61

heolorung

(n.)
Grammar
heolorung, e; f.
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Weighing in a balance Helerunge momentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 7

Linked entries: helerung helerung

hwast

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In l. 2 for 'Som.' substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 72