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Mónan-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
Mónan-ǽfen, es; m.

Monday-evethe evening of Sunday

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Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 19

Linked entry: Mónan-niht

Sabíne

(n.)
Grammar
Sabíne, a; pl.
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Tó ánwíge gangan wið swá fela Sabína, 2, 4; Swt. 72, 16

swítan

(v.)
Grammar
swítan, (?); p. swát in for-swítan
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Ðe lond æt Moran ic mid míne wífe bigat, and ic it siðen náwer ne forswát (-swác?) ne forspilde, Chart. Th. 584, 5

for-legniss

(n.)
Grammar
for-legniss, e; f.

A harlot

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Eówer nebb sint suá scamleás suá ðára wífa forelegnissa frons mulieris meretricis facta est tibi, Past. 207, 9

Linked entry: for-legis

hát

Grammar
hát, heat.
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Wið wunda hátum, Lch. i. 84, 20. Add:

mynster-land

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-land, es; n.
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Land belonging to a monastery Ædelwold sealde mé tó gehwerfe ðone hám Heartingas on sixtigum hídum wið ðám mynsterlande ðe líð intó Élíg, C. D. iii. 60, 32

samlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
samlíce, adv.
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In unison, all together Ðeáh ðe ealle eorðan wæter sýn gemenged wið ðám heofonlicum wætrum uppe on áne ǽdran, and hit samlíce rínan onginne, Sal. K. 148, 18

un-geþwǽrlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrlic, adj.
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Discordant, at variance Gif þú gemune ꝥ þín bróðer áht ungeþwǽrlices wið þé gemǽne [hæbbe] si recordatus fueris quiafrater tuus habet aliquid adversunt te, Gr. D. 349, 24

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrlic

ge-munan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-munan, ic, he -man, -mon, pl. -munon; also ic -mune, he -monþ, pl. -munaþ; p. -munde; pp. -munen [a verb whose present tense is the past tense of a lost strong verb, cf. Lat. memini]
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Gif he ne wile mid inneweardre heortan gemunan and geþencean if he will not with sincere heart bear in mind and consider, Blickl. Homl. 55, 11. Hie nellaþ gemunan ðone dæg heora forþfóre they will not remember the day of their departure, 61, 4.

sǽd

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Þǽr nǽnig láreów ǽr cóm þá sǽd sáwan þæs hálgan geleáfan, Bd. 3, 7; Sch. 212, 8. add: semen Wið swíðlicne fléwsan sǽdes, Lch. i. 220, 3. Wíf. . . ymbe .xl. níhta þæs ðe heó þám sǽde (semen) onfó, Ll. Th. 154, 16.

ælf-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
ælf-cynn, es; n.

The elf-kindthe race of elveselfin raceephialtum genus

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Lye Wyrc sealfe wið ælfcynne work a salve against the elfin race, L. M. 3, 61; Lchdm, ii. 344, 7

Baddan-burh

(n.)
Grammar
Baddan-burh, g. -burge; d. -byrig; f.

BADBURY, DorsetshireBaddanburgus in quo castra metatus est Eadweardus Ælfredi fil

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BADBURY, Dorsetshire, formerly Baddanburgum; Baddanburgus in quo castra metatus est Eadweardus Ælfredi fil, An. 901; He gewícode æt Baddanbyrig wið Winburnan he encamped at Badbury near Winburn, Chr. 901; Th. 178, 26. ;

dǽd-leán

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-leán, es; n.

A deed-loan or reward, a recompencefactorum præmium

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A deed-loan or reward, a recompence; factorum præmium Him eallum wile mihtig Drihten dǽdleán gyfan the mighty Lord will give them all a recompence, Cd. 156; Th. 194, 20; Exod. 263

cwic-seolfor

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-seolfor, gen.-seolfres ; dat. -seolfre ; n.

QUICKSILVER vivum argentum

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QUICKSILVER ; vivum argentum Wið magan wærce; rudan sǽd and cwicseolfor for pain of stomach; seed of rue and quicksilver, L. M. 3, 69; Lchdm. ii. 356, 19. Cwicseolfor argentum vivum, Cot. 16

Linked entry: seolfor

for-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hewcut downcut in piecesslaughterconcīdĕreoccīdĕre

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Th. 99; Wíd. 49: Byrht. Th. 135, 9; By. 115

heáfod-wærc

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Wið heáfodwræce (-wærce, l. 8), iii. 2, 4

mán-áþ

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Ǽlcum geleáffullum men is tó warnigenne wið mánáðas (-áða, máne áðas, v. ll. ). . . Manega men tellað tó lytlum gylte, ꝥ hí óðre men mid mánáðum beswicen, Hml. A. 147, 89-93. Add

Súþ-Dene

(n.)
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Ic þé bæd þæt þú léte Súð-Dene sylfe geweorþan gúðe wið Grendel, B. 1996

willung

Grammar
willung, desire.
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For ðon wer bið wífe gemenged þonne unálýfedre willunge (inlicitae concupiscentiae) monnes mód in geþóhte þurh lustfulnesse bið geþeóded . . . þæt fýr þǽre unrihtan willunge, Bd. I. 27; Sch. 86, 14-20. Add

ge-þweorod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þweorod, (<b>ge-þweórod ?</b>
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according to the metre the syllable is long) Þeáh ánra hwilc sié gebunden gesiblíce tógædre, ꝥte heora ǽnig óðres ne dorste mearce ofergangan, ac geþweorod sint ðegnas tógædre, cele wið hǽto, hǽt wið drýgum; winnað hwæðre tu numeris elementa ligas, ut

Linked entry: -þweorod