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twigilde

(adv.)
Grammar
twigilde, adv.
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Alf. pol. 66; Th. i. 96, 31. v. two preceding words

un-beweddod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beweddod, adj.

unbetrothed ⬩ unmarried

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Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 5. Unbeweddod mǽden puellam virginem, quae non habet sponsum, Deut. 22, 28. unmarried Unbeweddod innuba, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 35. Mǽden seó ðe unbeweddud ys uirgo quae innupta est (1 Cor. 7, 34), Scint. 69, 3.

Linked entry: be-weddian

á-hwænne

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I. 2, 1: 103, 4. at every time, at all times Þá módigan unrihtlíce dydon áhwonne ( usquequaque ), Ps. L. 118, 51, 43

ge-rinnan

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Goth. ga-rinnan convenire, congregare Ealle weorðaþ Fæder ætsomne . . . and on heofonsetle heán gerinnað his sunu blíðe the Father honours all together . . . and in high heaven his sons assemble glad (the Latin is: Cunctos Deus honorat . . . collocat

sand-hyll

(n.)
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a sand-hill Sondhyllas alga (cf. waar alga, 99, 69, wára sablonum, strand sablo, Hpt. Gl. 502, 76), Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 73

Linked entry: hyll

sǽ-wár

(n.)
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sea-weed Sǽwaar alga, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 35. Cf. waar alga, ii. 99, 29. See E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names. s. v. waur

Linked entry: wár

ælmes-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
ælmes-georn, adj.

Diligent in giving alms ⬩ benevolent ⬩ beneficus ⬩ liberalis

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Diligent in giving alms, benevolent; beneficus, liberalis Sum biþ ár-fæst and ælmesgeorn one is honest and diligent in giving alms, Exon. 79a; Th. 297, 13; Crä. 67.

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
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Gesceáwiað eów selfe considerans te ipsum, Past. 159, Gif hé hæbbe ealle on fóðre tó ágifanne, gesceáwige mon, ágife ealle if he have to pay all in fodder, let the matter be looked into, let him pay all. Ll. Th. i. 140, 9.

hræd

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Ðá hradan perpeti praepeti volatu, Ald. 22, 6), Wt. Voc. ii. 77, 74. Hradum prepedibus (praefectibus catervis, Ald. 136, 27), 88, 78. <b>I a.

hám-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-sócn, e; f.
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Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace.

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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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. 72, 15. Be twelfhyndes monnes wífe forlegenum.

Linked entry: six-hynde

fór-steal

(n.)
Grammar
fór-steal, -steall, -stal, fóre-steall, es; m. [fór, fóre before; steal from stellan to leap, spring; therefore, at least originally, an assault, consisting in one man springing or placing himself before another, so as to obstruct his progress, Thorpe's Glos. to A. Sax. Laws] .

an assault ⬩ assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus ⬩ viæ obstructio ⬩ the fine for an assault ⬩ mulcta pro assultu

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See also Schmid Glos. forsteal

Linked entries: fóre-steall fór-stal

HWÝ

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
HWÝ, hwí; inst.of hwæt.

WHY.

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, should also be called the son of God, 16.

Linked entries: hwí hwig

word-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
word-cwide, es; m.

a saying ⬩ words ⬩ speech ⬩ language

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Ne lengde leóda aldor wítegena wordcwyde, 256, 27; Dan. 647. Ðý ðíne wordcwidas weorðan gefelde (ut jitstificeris in sermonibus tuis), ðæt ðú ne wilnast weora ǽniges deáð, ac ðú synfulle simle lǽrdes ðæt. . . . Ps. C. 53.

wæl-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-reáf, es; n.
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Gen. 49, 27), Ald. 26), 78, 48. Hé under segne sinc ealgode, wælreáf werede, Beo. Th. 2414; B. 1205. Ic sceal langne hám ána gesécan, lǽt mé on láste líc eorðan dǽl wælreáf wunigean weormum tó hróðre. Apstls. Kmbl. 189; Ap. 95.

boga

an arch ⬩ a vault

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Ald. 8, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 3 : 37, 1. bow (as in saddle-bow): Boga antena, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 33: 6, 65. loc jugum, boga antena, iocsticca obicula, i. 16, 32. Boga postena, ii. 117, 52 : canda, 103, 26 : 14, 8.

hríþer

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Án ald hríðr, 312, 7. .i. eald hríðer, 297, 1. Tú hriéðeru, óðer sealt, óðer fersc, v. 164, 29. Hríðero armenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 16. Hríþeru, An. Ox. 2448. Hruþeru, 2, 86. Tú eald hríðeru (.ii. ealde hrýðeru, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 146, 18.

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to succeed. See preceding word: ge-sælge. -For Cot. 89 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 63. (Gesǽlge might be adjective, fauste being faustae. Cf. for the termination (-e = ae) attrite gegiiidenan, 5, 12. v.
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also 5, 3.)

ge-hýþelicness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hýþelicness, (printed ge-lisþelicnis) glosses opportunitas, Ps. Spl. T. 9, 9.
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See also Nap. 81

ge-lǽððe

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Perhaps genéðde should be substituted; the phrase aldre genéðde occurs in ll. 17, 50, and the construction with tó is found in An. 1353 :-- Tó þám ánhagan aldre genéðan

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