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þeóf-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóf-scyldig, adj.
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Guilty of theft Stent ðonne þeáfscyldig se ðe hit on handa hæfp, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 16

þeóf-wracu

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf-wracu, e; f.
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Punishment for theft Gif hé eft ofer ðæt stalie ... sleá man hine on ða þeófwrace, L. Ath. v. 1, 4; Th. i. 230, 4

þeóf-scip

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf-scip, es; n.
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A pirate-vessel Ðeófscip (théb-) mimopora ( = myoparo), Txts. 79, 1316: Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 67

regol-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
regol-þeáw, es; m.
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A custom of ecclesiastical rule Ꝥ hí þá gesettan þeódscipas and regolþeáwas heóldon, Angl. x. 144, 125

fíf-tene

(n.; num.; adj.)

fifteen ⬩ quindĕcim

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Th. 420; B. 207: Cd. 69; Th. 84, 14; Gen. 1397

þeóf-stolen

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóf-stolen, adj.
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O. 2; Th. i. 178, 14: L. O. D. 8; Th. i. 356, 12. Æt ǽlcon ðeófstolenan orfe, L. Ff.; Th. i. 226, 2

þeáw-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-fæst, adj.
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Th. 116, 26; Gen. 1942: ( Abraham ), 161, 8; Gen. 2662. Wunige hé mid þeáwfæstumm mannum maneat cum bene moratis hominibus, L. Ecg. P. i. 10; Th. ii. 176, 23. gentle Sumum hé syleþ monna nlilde heortan, þeáwfæstne geþóht, Exon. Th. 299, 28; Crä. 109

átor-tán

(n.)
Grammar
átor-tán, es; m.

A poisonous rod ⬩ ramus venenosus

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Th. 2923; B. 5459

gold-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
gold-þeóf, es; m.
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Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 5

stód-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
stód-þeóf, es ; m.
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Alf. pol. 9 ; Th. i. 68, 5

mete-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
mete-þegn, es; m.

An officer whose duty it is to see after food ⬩ a sewer

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An officer whose duty it is to see after food, a sewer, Cd. 148; Th. 185, 31; Exod. 131

þeáw-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-leás, adj.
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Th. ii. 380, 11

þeód-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-gestreón, es; n.
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Th. 2440; B. 1218. Nalæs hí hine læssan lácum teódan, þeódgestreónum, 87; B. 44

þǽr-binnan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-binnan, adv.
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Th. i. 450, 25

Linked entry: binnan

þǽr-tóeácan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tóeácan, adv.
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Th. ii. 84, 8. On ðæt gerád ðæt se eorl him tó handan lét Uescam, and þǽrtóeácan ðes cynges men sacleás beón móston, Chr. 1091; Erl. 227, 9

Linked entry: tó-eácan

sǽ-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-þeóf, es; m.

A sea-thief, a pirate

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A sea-thief, a pirate Heáh sǽþeóf archipiratta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 28

þeáw-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-líc, adj.
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Th. i. 116, 33: ii. 110, 26: 210, 27: Wulfst. 234, 10

ofer-tæl

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-tæl, adj.
Entry preview:

That estimates too highly (?), superstitious Warna symle ofertæle andgyt caue semper superstitiosam intelligentiam, Scint. 218, 10

þǽr-ábútan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-ábútan, adv.
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Thereabout, about that place On Antiochian byrig and ðǽrábútan gehwǽr, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 595. Tó ðám ðe ðárábútan (-onbútan, MS. A.) stódon circumstantibus, Mk. Skt. 14, 69

Linked entry: á-bútan

tæl-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tæl-cræft, es; m.

Arithmetic

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Arithmetic Mæg geseón ǽlc man ðe telcræftas ǽnig gesceád can ( that knows anything of arithmetic ), ðæt hit máre is ðonne þreó hund geára syððan ðyllíc feoh wæs farende on eorðan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 699

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