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LIM

(n.)
Grammar
LIM, es; n. (but it also occurs with adj. fem.:).

A limbjoint

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Gif wé tó lange sittaþ, slapaþ ða lima, Homl. Th. i. 490, 1. Gé sindon Cristes líchama and leomu (cf. Icel. Guðs, fjándans limir), ii. 276, 19. Unríhtwíse syndon deófles leomo, Blickl. Homl, 33, 8.

Linked entry: leomu

morþor

(n.)
Grammar
morþor, es; n. m.

murdermortal singreat wickednesstormentdeadly injurygreat misery

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lange mánwyrhtan morþre gylpaþ usque quo peccatores gloriabuntur, Ps. Th. 93, 3. Seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoþ habban in morþre and on máne, Wulfst. 187, 18. Morþor (adultery), Exon. 10b; Th. 12, 29; Cri. 193.

Linked entry: morþ

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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Se nama se ðe mid him swá lange sceán and bryhte nomen quod apud eos tam diu claruerat , Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 39: 3, 13; ' S. 538, 39.

slápan

(v.)
Grammar
slápan, p. slép, sleáp; pp. slápen
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I c. of numbness in the limbs, to sleep, be paralyzed: — Gif wé tó lange sittaþ us slápaþ ða lima, i. 490, 1. Gif þeóh slápan . . . lǽt reócan on ðæt lim ðætte slápe. Lchdm. ii. 66, 5-6. Wið slápende (paralyzed) líce, i. 380, 18. Cf.

Linked entry: slápian

un-eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, adv.

with difficultygrievouslyhardlyunwillinglyhardlyhardlyscarcelyonly just

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Ðisse ádle fruman mon mæg ýþelíce gelácnian ... and æfter unéð, gif hió bið unwíslíce tó lange forlǽten, Lchdm. ii. 232, 17.

cniht

(n.)
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Swíðe góde cnihtas, Eustatius þe iunga, and Rógeres eorles þreó sunan, and ealle þá betstboren men þe wǽron innan þisan lande, 1087; P. 224, 28. v. búr-, ceáp-, cípe-, hel-, heorþ-, híréd-, hors-cniht

for-déman

to condemnto condemnsentence to punishmentto confiscatesequestratedecidedetermine

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Mon fordémde ealle þá Bryttas ... sume hí wurdon forblende, and sume wrecen of lande, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 24. Se cásere hine fordémde þyder (to Patmos), Hml. S. 29, 96. Hí hine fordémdon tó deáþe, Hml. A. 75, 70.

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Iiuxa dicitur, Past. 399, 25 Sió sunne þǽr gǽð neár on setl þonne on óðrum lande, Ors. l, I ; S. 24, 18. Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas wǽron feor ðǽm fæstenne gesette, and eác ꝥ þǽr náne óðre neár wǽron, 4, 10; S. 200, 13.

tó-stencan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stencan, p -stencte; pp. -stenced, -stenct.

to scatter the parts of a wholedisperse a number of objects gathered togetherto destroy the integrity of a wholedissipatebring to noughtoverthrow

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Ðínne líchoman geond ðisse ceastre lanan hié tóstenceaþ, Blickl. Homl. 237, 5. Ðú tóstenctest feónd ðíne dispersisti inimicos tuos, Ps. Spl. 88, 11: 43, 13.

port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es; m. n.
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Ðonne is án port on súþeweardum ðæm lande, ðone man hǽt Sciringes heal ... Of Sciringes heale hé seglode on fíf dagan tó ðæm porte ðe mon hǽt æt Hǽþum, Swt. 19, 10-23.

Linked entry: Portes-múþa

ge-niman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom , pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen

To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter intosūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre

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lange démaþ gé unrihtwísnysse, and ansýne synfulra genimaþ usquequo jūdĭcātis inīquĭtātem, et făcies peccātōrum sūmĭtis? Ps. Spl. 81, 2. Heó genam cúðe folme she took the well known hand, Beo. Th. 2609; B. 1302: 4850; B. 2429.

sweltan

(v.)
Grammar
sweltan, swyltan, swiltan; p. swealt, pl. swulton; pp. swollen
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To die a natural or a violent death Swelte ic ( morior ) hér on lande, Deut. 4, 22. Wǽgdeóra gehwylc swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 22; Cri. 988. Swylteþ, 385, 33; Rä. 4, 54: 419, 13; Rä. 38, 5. Ne swylteþ non obierit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 35.

Linked entry: a-sweltan

ge-beran

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Hí cuǽdon þæt hié þæt ríce tó his honda healdan sceoldon, for þǽm hira nán næs on fædrenhealfe tó geboren, Chr. 887 ; P. 80, 22. with reference to nationality, relationship Hé of hiora (the Goths') lande geboren wæs he was a native of their country,

gird

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</b> a straight line drawn as a mark :-- Ymniscus ys seó gyrd þe byð betwyx þám twám pricon ligende, Angl. viii. 333, 44. as a measure of length, a rod, pole. v. passage under weall-stellung and met-gird Ðæs landes . . . .xxiii. gerda on lange,

ge-wǽcan

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Gif wé lange standað, wé beóð gewǽhte, Hml. Th. i. 488, 35. of the effect of disease, age, wounds, famine, &amp;c. Hungre ic gewǽce fame conficiam, An. Ox. 2441. Gif man on huntuþe rán mid fláne gewǽceþ, Lch. i. 166, 25.

hræd

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On manegum landun tilð bið redre ðonne on óðrum, ge yrðe tíma hrædra ge mǽda rædran, Angl. ix. 259, 8-11. that comes without delay, speedy. v. hræd-lic; Hym byþ hræd bót (cf. sóna bið sél, 18), Lch. i. 354, 11. of prompt action. by persons Gemedema

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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&mdash;Camp, lamb, plante, dranc, lang, etc.

strang

(adj.)
Grammar
strang, adj.
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Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on fæstum landum and on strangum, Lchdm. i. 134, 19.

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode
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</b> of f to suffer a person, bear with, tolerate a condition of things, let come to pass Swá lange swá ic mid eów beó, swá lange ic eów þolige (ðola, Lind.: ðolo, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 9, 19. Þolie (ðola, Lind.: ðolo, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 9, 41.

ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Ymb swýðe lang ðæs ðe hine God álýsde, Ps. Th. 17, arg. (b 2) of recurring periods Saturnus ne cymþ ðǽr ǽr ymb þrittig wintra ðǽr hé ǽr wæs, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 25. Ǽlce geáre ymbe twelf mónaþ, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 9.