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níw-cumen

(adj.)

newly come (to a particular belief)a neophyte

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Tǽce him mon siððan tó nígcumenra manna húse, 97, 11

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Hist. i. 86, n. 2, but in the earlier time it seems to be personal, v. teóðung-ealdor, -mann Ðæt man funde ǽnne man ðǽr máre folc sig swá of ánre teóðunge ðǽr læsse folc sý that one man should be provided alike where the population was large, as where

Linked entry: tegðung

ge-þyncþ

Grammar
ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Swá man bið mihtigra for worulde, oþþon þurh geþingða heárra on háde, 328, 14.

hláford-swice

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-swice, es; m.
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Treachery to a lord, treason Ealra mǽst hláfordswice se biþ on worulde ðæt man his hláfordes sáwle beswíce and full mycel hláfordswice eác biþ ðæt man his hláford of lífe forrǽde oððe of lande lifigendne drífe the greatest treachery in the world against

hræding

(n.)
Grammar
hræding, e; f.

Hurryhaste

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Hurry, haste Be ðisum þeófum ðe man on hrædinge fúle geáxian ne mæg and man eft geáxaþ ðe hé fúl biþ concerning the thieves that are not at once found out to be guilty, and afterwards it is found on enquiry that he is guilty, L.

hundred-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-gemót, hundredes gemót, es; n.
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Séce man hundredes gemót be wíte let the hundredmoot be attended under penalty of a fine, L. C. S. 17; Th. i. 386, 1

ge-fá

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fá, [ = ge-faa], án; m. [fáh a foe]

A foean enemyinimicusadversarius

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A foe, an enemy; inimicus, adversarius Gif se man [MS. mon] his gefán wite if the man know his foe, L. Alf. pol, 42; Th. i. 90, 2, 4, 14.

Linked entry: -fá

láþettan

Grammar
láþettan, [In the last two passages láþettan translates infestare, which however is for infestari. The original Latin of the two translations is: Canes latrantes uiderit vel eis infestare, and: Camelos uidere et ab eis se uiderit infestare.]
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Man tó forð láþet þæt man scolde lufian, Wlfst. 165, 3 [: 168, 13: Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 8 : Shrn. 39, 22, in Dict.].

Linked entry: lǽþettan

eofor-cumbol

(n.)
Grammar
eofor-cumbol, eofur-curnbol, -cumbul, es; n. [cumbol a banner]

A boar-banner signum ad apri similĭtūdinem fabrĭcātum

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A boar-banner; signum ad apri similĭtūdinem fabrĭcātum Ðǽr wæs on eorle ǽnlíc eoforcumbul there was on the man a beauteous boar-shaped ensign, Elen. Kmbl. 517; El. 259

Linked entry: cumbol

gealg-treów

(n.)
Grammar
gealg-treów, es; n.

A gallows-treecrosscrux

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A gallows-tree, cross; crux Dryhten þrówode on ðam gealgtreówe for guman synnum the Lord suffered on the cross for the sins of man, Rood Kmbl. 289; Kr. 146

lungen

(n.)
Grammar
lungen, e; f.

A lung

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Ðone man ðe biþ lungenne wund, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 92, 21

petersilige

(n.)
Grammar
petersilige, an; f.
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Ðás wyrte man petroselinum nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 240, 6. Petresilige, iii. 24, 9. Petorsilian sǽd, ii. 314, 29 : 228, 26. Ða wyrt petersilian, 206, 27 : 234, 8

ge-wiglung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wiglung, e; f.

Soothsayingdivinationspell

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Soothsaying, divination, spell Ða gemearr ðe man drífþ on mislícum gewiglungum the erroneous practices that are carried on with various spells, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 4

ge-swæðrung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swæðrung, e; f.
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A failing, a want; delĭquium Se mon geswógunga þrówaþ and módes geswæðrunga the man suffers swoonings and failings of the mind, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 206, 9

Linked entry: swæðrung

scyrting

(n.)
Grammar
scyrting, e; f.
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A shortening, an abridgement Gif hwilc gelǽred man ðás race ( the homily on Job ) oferrǽde, ðonne bidde ic ðæt hé ðás scyrtinge ne tǽle, Homl. Th. ii. 460, 6

under-folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
under-folgoþ, es; m.

An office under a superior

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An office under a superior Hé ( Julian ) sǽde ðæt nán cristen man ne móste habban nǽnne his underfolgoþa (sunder-folgeþa, Swt. 286, 5), Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 24

fatian

(v.)
Grammar
fatian, p. ode

To fetch

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Ðæt nán man wyrte in léhtúne ne fatige, Wlfst. 227, 8

Linked entry: fetian

ge-merian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-merian, p. ed
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To purify Man nime áne cuppan gemeredes huniges and healfe cuppan clǽnes gemyltes spices, Lch. iii. 76, 4. Wring þurh cláð on gemered hunig, 12, 16. Cf. á-merian

Linked entry: merian

healf-cwic

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For þæm slege hé feóll ádúne, and hine man healfcwicne (-cwicc-, v. l.) upp áhóf (semivivus levatus est), Gr. D. 63, 1. Healfcwice seminecem, An. Ox. 17, 46. Add

in-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
in-weard, adj. Add: , <b>in-wyrd</b>
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Swá hwilc man swá hine lufað mid clǽnre and mid inweardre heortan, Hml. A. 168, 123: 178, 279. Oþ inwyrde swétnesse ad medullam i. ad intima, An. Ox. 175