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hoppian

(v.)
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Sum man gesette his ðeówan man on fetera. Hé sæt lange on ðám bendum oð ꝥ hé bestæl út mid his stafe hoppende (hoppegende, v. l. ). Hml. S. 21, 417. Add

réce-leás

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Bútan geþylde and þeáwfæstnysse wé yrsiað . . . and lythwón þencað hú wé sceolon æt Gode miltsunge begitan nú wé swá réceleáse syndon and swá réþe ús betwýnan, Hml. S. 28, 141. Add

beódan

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1. add : (1 a) to summon Hí budon him tó gemóte, Hml. S. 18, 195. 1. add : (1 a) with infin. Hí him budon drincan wíndrenc, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 16

ge-wuna

(adj.)
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ge-wuna, adj.
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Dele last reference, and add: of persons (or things personified), accustomed, used Ic mé, swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tó middes heora gemengde, Hml. S. 23 b, 372. Hý nán licgende feoh ne métton, swá hý ǽr gewuna (bewuna, v. l., cf. 16, where Thorpe prints

Linked entry: be-wuna

wrecan

Grammar
wrecan, <b>. Ib.</b>
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His ðeng sum þám hé hæfde beboden ꝥ hé sceolde earmra manna ǽrende wrecan (beódan, ábeódan, v.ll.), Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 209, 20. <b>Id.</b> add :-- Þá folc him betweónum ful .x. winter þá gewin wrecende wǽron, Ors. I, II; S. 50, 21. <b>

æfterra

(num.; adj.)

secondsecundus

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second; secundus Se æfterra deáþ the second death, Bt. 19; Fox 70, 18. Sende he eft æfterran síðe ǽrenddracan he sent messengers again a second time, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 10

a-mánsod

(v.; part.)
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a-mánsod, part.

Excommunicated

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Excommunicated Gif hwá amánsodne [MS. B. amánsumodne] oððe útlahne hæbbe and healde if any one have and hold an excommunicated person, or an outlaw, L. C. S. 67; Th. i. 410, 17

be-hýpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hýpan, p. -hýpte; pp. -hýped [hýpe a heap]

To heap or cover oversurroundencompasscontegerecircumsepirecircumdare

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To heap or cover over, surround, encompass; contegere, circumsepire, circumdare He wæs mid wǽpnum and mid feóndum eall útan behýped cum armis et hostibus circumseptus erat Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 28

dícian

(v.)
Grammar
dícian, p. ode ; pp.od

To DIKE, bank, moundaggārāre, cingĕre

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To DIKE, bank, mound; aggārāre, cingĕre : Ðǽr Severus hét dícian and eorþwall gewyrcan there Severus commanded to raise a bank and to make an earth wall, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 9

Linked entry: ge-dícian

Denisses burna

(n.)
Grammar
Denisses burna, an; m.

DENISESBURN, the river Denis Denisi rīvus

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DENISESBURN, the river Denis; Denisi rīvus On ðære stówe ðe Engle nemnaþ Denisses burna in loco qui lingua Anglōrum Denises burna, id est rivus Denisi vocātur, Bd. 3, 1; S. 524, 10

friþlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
friþlíc, adj.

Peaceablegentlemildpacĭfĭcusclēmensmītis

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Peaceable, gentle, mild; pacĭfĭcus, clēmens, mītis Gerǽde man friþlíce steóra let a man decree mild punishments, L. Eth. vi. 10; Th. i. 318, 2: L. C. S. 2; Th. i. 376, 19

ge-monigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-monigfealdian, p. ode
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To increase, multiply; amplificare Ðætte gemonigfaldade ł gewóxe quod abundabat, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 44. Gimonigfalda multiplica, Rtl. 8, 90. Gemonigfealdode multiplied, Blickl. Homl. 107, 25: Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 40

in-gerec

(n.)
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in-gerec, es ; n.

A tumult

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A tumult Hé ðá eác on ðam ingerece óðerne cyninges þeng mid ðý mánfullan wǽpne ácwealde in ipso tumultu etiam alium de militibus sica nefanda peremit, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 26

Linked entry: ge-rec

iung

(adj.)
Grammar
iung, adj.

Young

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Young Sum iung man, Th. Ap. 3, 23 : 4, 7 : Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 27 : Ælfc. Gl. 45 ; Som. 64, 106; Wrt. Voc. 32, 41 : 64, 93 ; Wrt. Voc. 32, 28

mynster-stów

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-stów, e; f.

A place where there is a ministera town

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A place where there is a minister, a town Hé férde geond ealle ge þurh mynsterstówe ge þurh folcstówe per cuncta et urbana et rustica loca, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 27

þǽr-ymbútan

(adv.)
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þǽr-ymbútan, adv.
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Thereabouts Hé ( the Roman name ) com tó Parþum ... hé wæs ðǽrymbútan manegum folce swíþe egefull, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 13. On gehwylce healfe ðǽrymbútan circumquaque, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 26

Linked entry: ymb-útan

winter-sufel

(n.)
Grammar
winter-sufel, es; n.
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Provisions, other than bread, for the winter Ðeówan wífmen .i. sceáp oððe .iii. p̃. tó wintersufle ( the Old Latin version has ad hiemale companagium), L. R. S. 9; Th. i. 436, 31

æfter-hǽtu

(n.)
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Substitute: æfter-hǽþa (-e?), an; m. (f.?) Parching by heat after wet Mid ungemǽtre hærfestwǽtan and æfterhǽþan humor aestatis vel autumni divitis indigesta illecebra, Ors. 3, 3; S. 102. 7. v. hǽþung

bóc-léden

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bóc-léden, l. -leden,
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Se steorra þe mon on bóclǽden (on Læden, v. l. ) hǽt cometa, Chr. 892; P. 82, 31. Seó dún is on bócleden geháten Armenia, E. S. viii. 477, 4. and add: -læden

cweorþ

(n.)
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The name of the RUNE-(cw-)rune Cweorð (RUNE), at the end of the Runic poem Hickes&#39; Thesaurus i. 135: see also Wimmer&#39;s Runen*-*schrift, p. 85