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eahta-teóða

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Se eahtateóða octavus decimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 283, 5. On þone eahtategþan dæg, Shrn. 71, 5: 92, 7. Eahtateogðan, 85, 23. Eahtategeþan, 105, 22. Add

gicþa

Grammar
gicþa, itch.
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Se giecða bið suíðe unsár, Past. 71, 18. Wiþ wambe gicþan, Lch. ii. 240, 5. Wið wambe gicþum, 166, 7. Gihðum, i. 374, 2. Add

mann-þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
mann-þrymm, es; m.
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Array of men, retinue, troop Se cásere férde mid ealle his manþrymme (cf. mid ealle his werede, 15), Verc. Först. 97, 11. Cf. here-þrymm

Linked entry: here-þrym

mundbyrdan

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Add: to defend, protect Hit gelamp ꝥ se hálga wer mundbyrde his ágene þegnas (bewerede his gingran, v. l. discipulos defendit ), Gr. D. 43, 13

tó-cnáwness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwness, e; f.
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Knowledge In þǽre tócnáwnesse (on-, v.l.) ǽgðres gedáles weaxeþ se éca þæs edleánes in qua cognitione utriusque partis cumulus retributionis excrescit, Gr. D. 311, 11

un-geǽsce

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geǽsce, adj.
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That cannot be found out by enquiry, indescribable Se leóma geteáh mid ungeǽscre fyrhtu (inaestimabili pavore ) þá heortan þǽra ætstandendra wífa, Gr. D. 284, 20

riht-scilling

(n.)
Grammar
riht-scilling, es; m.

A lawful shilling

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A lawful shilling Se rihtscylling byþ á be .xii. penegum legitimus solidus semper est .xii. denariorum, L. Ecg. P. iv. 60 ; Th. ii. 222, 7

ge-smeáh

(n.)
Grammar
ge-smeáh, gen. -smeáges[?]; n.

Intrigue

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Intrigue Ðǽr wearþ se cyng of France þurh gesmeáh gecyrred there the king of France was turned back by intrigue, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 23

CÍÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CÍÞ, cýþ, es; m.

a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, motegermen, festucaseedcrementum

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Se snáw bewríhþ wyrta cíþ the snow covers the germ of herbs, Salm. Kmbl. 605; Sal. 302. Seó eorþe cýþ mid hire cíþum, ðæt se tíma is geáres anginn the earth makes known by her plants, that the time is the beginning of the year, Homl. Th. i. 100, 16.

Linked entries: cýþ corcíþ

on-drǽdan

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sceolde lytel sáwan, ðe him ðone wind ondréde; and eft lytel rípan, ðe him ðá wolcn ondréde, P. 285, 24. Nis ðæt ná tó andrǽdanne (ondrǽdonne, v. l.) ðǽm hirde, 105, 25. Him Rómáne þæt swíðe ondrǽdende wǽron, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 1. with gen.

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, p. ode

To hiehastenstrive

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Se ðonne se ðe suá higaþ tó andweardnesse his scippendes qui igitur sic ad auctoris speciem anhelat, 14, 6; Swt. 87, 10. Se ðe æfter ðæm higaþ ðaet hé eádig síe on ðisse woralde qui festinat ditari, Past. 44, 9; Swt. 331, 14.

Linked entries: hígþ tó-higung

be-ginnan

(v.)
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Æfter ðám beginne se abbod, R. Ben. 35, 22. Þæt Assiria ríce æt Ninuse begunne, Ors. 2, I; S. 60, 25. to attempt, undertake, with acc. Se apostel, swá swá þá biscopas bǽdon, began þá feórðan bóc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 43.

ge-æmtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æmtian, l. ge-ǽmtian,

to empty, remove the material contained in somethingto freegive leisure toto free oneselfto be disengaged to makeget timedevote oneself

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and add: to empty, remove the material contained in something Þá eágan wǽron út ádýde of þám eáhhringum, and se óðer æppel wæs geémtigod and se óðer hangode gehál, Hml.

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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Eneas mid his firde fór in Italiam, Ors. ii; S. 50, 24. Mid lytelre firde, 3, 7; S. 118, Hé mid firde wæs farende þǽr Constantinus wæs mid óþerre fierde, 6, 31; S. 284, 32. Philippus gelǽdde fird on Læcedemonie, 3, 7; S. 118, 24.

gingra

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Aspasius se undergeréfa, 216) tógeánes þǽre ceáste, Hml. S. 7, 212. Gif þises hwæt beforan cyninges ealdormonnes gingran gelimpe, Ll. Th. i. 86, 18. Ne derige se scírman his gingran, ne se hláford his l mannum, ii. 314, 2.

sín

(n.)
Grammar
sín, seón, sién, sýn, e ; f.
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power of seeing, sight, vision Smire on ða eágan, sió sýn biþ ðý scearpre, Lchdm. ii. 30, 21. Se hwæl se ðe gársecges grund bihealdeþ sweartan sýne the whale that beholds the depths of ocean with darkened sight, Exon. Th. 427, 20 ; Rä. 41, 94.

Linked entries: seón sién sýn

þúma

(n.)
Grammar
þúma, an; m.

The thumb

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Swá greáte swá ðín þúma, Lchdm. iii. 18, 25. Ic com mid handa on ðone stán drífan, and se ðúma gebrocen wæs, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 24. Gif se þúma biþ of áslægen, ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte.

un-forboden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forboden, adj.

Unforbiddennot prohibitedfree from any moral or legal hindrance

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Skt. ii. 25, 91. Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unforboden ( no one had a right to forbid the entering into possession of the property ), L. O. 13; Th. i. 184, 5. Unforboden and unbesacan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 234, 20.

Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan

dǽd-béta

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Se dǽdbéta ( poenitens ) æfter his dǽdbóte hreównysse ne sceal gecyrran tó þysse worulde, Ll. Th. ii. 170, 13, 11, 15, 20. ' Wylt þú búgan eft tó Chríste?' Se wyþersaca cwæð: 'Ic wylle georne' . . . Cwæð se dǽdbéta: 'Þá deóflu cumað tó mé,' Hml.

hreówsung

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. ðe áðwihð mid hreówsunga his unclǽnnesse ipsam, quam flendo potuit impetrare, veniam contemnit . . . dum fletibus suis vitae munditiam subtrahit . . . post fletum committere, quod rursum necesse sit flere . . . quisquis post lacrymis vitae innocentiam