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teoh

(n.)
Grammar
teoh, teohh, e; f.; but also m. or n.
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Ðá hié gemitton teoche æt torre ( the people who were building the tower of Babel ), Cd. Th. 101, 26; Gen. 1688. Hét tuddorteóndra teohha gehwylcre wæstmas fédan he bade each productive race bring forth fruits, 59, 6; Gen. 959

un-gesewenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesewenlíc, adj.

Invisible

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Invisible Seó eorðe wæs æt fruman eall ungesewenlíc, for ðam ðe heó eall wæs mid ýðum oferðeht, Hexam. 5; Norm. 10, 17. Heora ( angels ) ungesewenlíce gecynd, Homl. Th. i. 538, 28. Se ungesawenlíca feónd, Wulfst. 52, 8.

Linked entry: un-sewenlíc

un-wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wéne, adj.

hopeless ⬩ not having hope or expectation ⬩ not hoped for ⬩ unexpected

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Th. 171, 4; Gú. 1121. not hoped for, unexpected Gyf him þince ðæt hé æt forðgewitenum men áhtes onfó, of unwénum ( ex improvise; v. ungewéned) hym cymeþ gestreón, Lchdm. iii, 170, 7.

wiþer-hycgende

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-hycgende, adj.
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Wéndon and woldon, wiðerhycgende (having evil designs upon the strangers ), ðæt hié on elþeódigum ǽt geworhton, Andr. Kmbl. 2146; An. 1074

Linked entry: wiþ-hycgan

cláþ

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Hé hæfde genumen sumne cláð ( uestimentum, Bd. 3, 19) æt ánum swyltendum men, Hml. Th. ii. 338, 28: i. 286, 24. Hé forðférde under Crístes cláðum ( cum adhuc esset in albis ), Chr. 688; P. 41, 4. Cláðum metallis (?

ge-blówan

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Haswig feðra (the Phenix) grene eorðan áflýhð, foldan geblówene assueti nemoris dulce cubile fugit, 155. fig. flourishing, blooming Hé (the Phenix) bið feþrum gefrætwod, swilc hé æt frymðe wæs, beorht geblówen reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, Ph.

hangra

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Tó ðan þriddan þorne æt wírhangran, C. D. v. 297, 18. On sealhangran (cf. tó sahlbeorge (sealh-?), iii. 451, 17; tó sealhyrstæ, v. 256, 1), vi. 234, 18. Substitute:

hádung

(n.)
Grammar
hádung, e; f.

Ordination

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Bisceopum gebyreþ ðæt hí ne beón tó feohgeorne æt hádunge it is fitting for bishops not to be too eager after money at ordination, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 32.

ár

Grammar
ár, honour.
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Þá áre þe hé áhte, xx hída æt Sendan, x æt Sunnanbyrg, 208, 24. Ic geswutelige on ðisum gewrite hú ic míne áre and míne ǽhta geunnen hæbbe, 557, 14. v. land-, un-, weorold-ár

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fight ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ conflict ⬩ valour ⬩ troops

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Æt wíge cringan, 2679; B. 1337. Æt wíge sigecempa, Ps. C. 9. Æt wígge spéd, sigor æt sæcce, æt gefeohte frið, Elen. Kmbl. 2362; El. 1182. Hé mid wíge ácwealde ðone cyning and ðæt folc percusserunt urbem et omnes habitatores ejus Jos. 10, 30.

ed-wenden

(n.)
Grammar
ed-wenden, e; f.

A reverse, alteration, end ⬩ mūtātio, āversio, cessātio

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Ǽr ðon edwenden worulde geweorþe ere that an end shall be to the world, Exon. 56 b; Th. 200, 14; Ph. 40

Linked entry: -wenden

fyrd-esne

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-esne, es; m.

A warlike youth or man ⬩ warrior ⬩ bellĭcōsus jŭvĕnis ⬩ bellātor

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A warlike youth or man, warrior; bellĭcōsus jŭvĕnis, bellātor In ðam ylcan gefeohte, Ósfriþ his óðer sunu, ǽr him gefeóll, se hwatesta fyrdesne in quo bello, ante illum ūnus fīlius ējus Osfrid, jŭvĕnis bellĭcōsus, cĕcĭdit, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 15

Linked entry: fird-esne

magu-tudor

(n.)
Grammar
magu-tudor, es; n.

Offspring

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Offspring Ǽr ðý magotudre módor wǽre eácen be eorle, Cd. 132; Th. 167, 13; Gen. 2765. Ús ðis se æþeling gefremede . . monnes magutudre for us, the human race, the prince (Christ) did this, Exon. 17 a; Th. 39, 28; Cri. 629

tún-mann

(n.)
Grammar
tún-mann, es; m.
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Furseus oncneów ða sáwle; se wæs his túnman ǽr on lífe ( he had lived on the estate (tún) belonging to Fursey's monastery ), Homl. Th. ii. 344, 18

Linked entry: túnes-mann

þæder

(adv.)
Grammar
þæder, adv.
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Thither, whither Gá ðú and lǽde ðís folc þæder þe ic þé ǽr sǽde tu vade et duc populum istum, quo locutus sum tibi, Ex. 32, 34. On mergen com se biscop þæder, Shrn. 139, 35. Hé þæder ineode, 156, 13

Linked entry: þider

þorfan

(v.)
Grammar
þorfan, p. te
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To need Ne ðorfeþ (-æþ, Lind.) non indiget, Jn. Skt. Rush. 13, 10. Ne ðo[r]feþ ða ðe hálo sint tó léce non egent qui sani sunt medico, Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 31. Cf. þearfan, and see next word

un-gebunden

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Hé tóbræc þone fótcops, and swá þéh æfter þan hé ne stóp mid þý unbundenum fét ofer þá stówe . . . ac hine sylfne beeóde . . . bútan racenteáge in swá mycclun landsticce ungebunden swá hé ǽr gebunden on wunode, Gr. D. 214, 16. Add

úp

Grammar
úp, <b>. V.</b>
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Ðér hit ǽr úp eóde where it started, C. D. v. 40, 17. Þý lǽs hí for longum gesǽlþum hí tó úp áhæbben, and ðonan on ofer-méttum weorðen, Bt. 39, Ii; F. 228, 23: Past. 79, 17 : 461, 28. Add

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, es; m.
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Siþþan Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas wǽron feor ð ǽm fæstenne gesette . . . hé diégellíce gelǽdde his fird betuh þǽm weardum, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 14. v. dor-, hláf-, hrægel-, líf-, ortgeard-, rǽpling-weard

æstel

Grammar
æstel, For the first 14 lines in Dict. substitute: This word is of uncertain meaning. In the two instances of its use in which from the context the character of the object denoted by the word may be to some extent inferred, the meanings seem different. In Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 23 it occurs in a list of words connected with the fabric and furniture of a church, chorus chor, gradus stæpe, indicatorium æstel, scabellum sceamul; in Past. 9, 1-3 it is associated with a book. As the word seems adapted from Low Latin aslella, a chip, plank, board, in each case some kind of board may be intended; in the former a notice-board (?), in the latter a board used in the binding of a book, on which the title of the book was inscribed (cf. Latin index = title of a book). For a description of binding see Rá. 27 and Jn. L. p. 48. From the latter, as throwing light on the value of Alfred's
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æstel, may be quoted the following: 'Hé gesmioðade ðá gehríno ðá ðe útan on sint, and hit gehrínade mið golde and mið gimmum ǽc mið suulfre ofergylded fáconleás feh.' See a paper by E. J. Thomas in Camb. Philol. Trans. 1916

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