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timpana

(n.)
Grammar
timpana, an; m.

A tabret ⬩ timbrel

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A tabret, timbrel Hergaþ hine in timpanan laudate eum in tympano, Ps. Surt. 150, 4. Sellaþ timpanan, 80, 3. Plægiendra timpanan tympanistriarum, 67, 26. Ic filigde ðé mid timpanum and mid hearpum, Gen. 31, 27

Sweordoras

(n.)
Grammar
Sweordoras, (?); pl. m.

A people of Mercia occupying a district of three hundred hides

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A people of Mercia occupying a district of three hundred hides Sweordora þryú hund hýda (the name occurs in a list of districts in the land of the Mercians), Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 21

súþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ-weard, adv.
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Southward, in a southerly direction, towards the south Wilþ seó eá súþweard Eufrates fluvius Euphrates tendens in meridiem, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 14, 10. Heó ( the sun ) cyrþ eft súðweard, Lchdm. iii. 250, 22: 258, 13: 252, 1

Linked entry: súþe-weard

ge-leóf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leóf, adj.
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On þǽre fíftan cneórysse geleófe men hig móton gesamnigan in quinto propinquitatis gradu licet caris hominibus in matrimonium ire, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 23

mæsten

(n.)
Grammar
mæsten, n. (not m.).
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In 1. 5 for L. M. read L. In. and add Seó lǽs and ðæt mæsten is gemǽne tó ðám án and twéntigum hídum, C. D. v. 319, 28. Æceren oððe bóc oððe óðer mæsten, Chrd. 15, 10

hand-cops

(n.)
Grammar
hand-cops, es; m.

A handcuf, manacle

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Tó gewrídenne cyningas heora on fótcopsum and æðele heora on handcopsum ísynum ad alligandos reges eorum in compedibus et nobiles eorum in manicis ferreis, Ps. Spl. C. 149, 8

heáfod-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-cwide, es; m.

a saying of especial importance ⬩ a chapter

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a saying of especial importance Ða iiii heáfodcwidas in Actibus Apostolorum ðus bebeódaþ quattuor dicta præcipua in Actibus Apostolorum sic præcipiunt, L. Ecg. C. 38; Th. ii. 162, 33. a chapter Onginnaþ heáfudcuido incipiunt capitulæ, Rtl. 166, 17

ge-stalu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stalu, e; f. [stalu theft]

Theft; ⬩ furtum

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Oft gé in gestalum stondaþ oft ye are engaged in thefts [or gestalum from gestala?], Exon. 40 a; Th. 132, 31; Gú. 481

Linked entry: stalu

worþ

(n.)
Grammar
worþ, weorþ, wurþ, wierþ, wyrþ, e; f; es; m. : wyrþe, wirþe
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(v. wyrþe-land, and first extract under I),
es; m.

a close ⬩ an enclosed place ⬩ an enclosed homestead ⬩ a habitation with surrounding land ⬩ land ⬩ a place enclosed by buildings ⬩ a court ⬩ hall ⬩ a place ⬩ street

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In hwommum worþana (huommum ðara plæcena ł worðum, Lind.) in angulis platearum. Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 5. On worðum in plateis eorum. Ps. Th. 143, 18 : Mt. Kmbl. Rush. Lind. 12, 19. Cf. In plægiword ł on plæcum in plateis, Rtl. 36, 7

Linked entries: ryge weorþ wyrþe-land

ge-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lícnes, -ness, e; f.

a likeness ⬩ image ⬩ resemblance ⬩ similitudo ⬩ imago ⬩ a parable ⬩ proverb ⬩ parabola ⬩ proverbium

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In which part has man the likeness of God in him? In the soul, not in the body, Homl. Th. i. 288, 11-17. He worhte of seolfre ǽnne heáhne stýpel on stánweorces gelícnysse he wrought a high tower of silver in the form of stone-work, H. R. 99, 23.

cyne-wíse

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Substitute for translation of first passage 'nihil omnino in re militari ausus est,' and add Sum eorðlic ǽ is in þǽre Rómániscan cynewísan (cynne-, v. l.) quaedam terrena lex in Romana republica, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 68, 24.

stæl

(n.)
Grammar
stæl, Under stalworth (N.
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D.) it is said that the quantity of the vowel is certain from the three occurrences in poetry. But in two of these, Reb. 11: Gen. 1113, the word is a 'final lift', of which Sweet remarks 'the quantity is indifferent,' A. S.

spyrd

(n.)
Grammar
spyrd, es; m.

stadium ⬩ a course ⬩ a measure of distance ⬩ a course ⬩ a distance ⬩ stadium

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In all these passages the West-Saxon uses furlang

eásta

(n.)
Grammar
eásta, an; m.

The east ⬩ ŏriens

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Be eástan in the east. Bt. Met. Fox 29, 65; Met. 29, 33: Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 9: 894; Erl. 92, 19

éd

(n.)
Grammar
éd, [eád happiness]

Safety, security, happiness ⬩ sălus, asȳlum

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Grn. corrected ed monne into edniowne renewed :-- Ða he hine [égor-here] upp forlét edniowne [acc. referring to hine = égor-here] streámum stígan when he allowed it [the water-flood-'host'] renewed to mount up in streams, Gen. 1405

ge-sígan

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Add: to sink or fall back Gesáh relabitur, Germ. 401, 12. of the depression of a surface, to sink Þý lǽs þider in yfel pohha gesige, Lch. ii. 208, 18. of the movement of a fluid, to run into or out of Gyf wæter on eáran swýþe gesigen (-siged, v.l.

dys-líce

(adv.)
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Þá férdon his men dyslíce æfter inne, Chr. 1052; P. 173, 24. Nú dóð menn dyslíce, ꝥ hí willað wacian and wodlíce drincan, Hml. S. 13, 75. Sume menn dyslíce fæstað ofer heora mihte, 93. Add

éce

(adv.)
Grammar
éce, adv.

Ever, evermore, eternally, perpetually ⬩ in æternum, semper, contĭnuo, perpĕtuo

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Wunaþ symble éce mănet in sēcŭlum sēcŭli, Ps. Th. 110, 2. Wunaþéce forþ mănet in sēcŭlum sēcŭli, Ps. Th. 118, 90

dropa

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Add: a drop In ꝥ ilce scip nán regnes dropa ne gefeóll in navem eamdem una pluviae gutta non cecidit, Gr. D. 196, 6. Ꝥ nǽfre in þǽm londum regnes dropa ne cwóme nunquam in his locis pluuiam adire, Nar. 28, 5.

H

hail

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IN Anglo-Saxon the letter h represents the guttural aspirate and the pure spirant. In later English the guttural h is generally represented by gh, e. g. leóht light, heáh high.