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selfe

(adv.)
Grammar
selfe, adv.
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In the same way, in combination with swá: cf. gelíce, same Hé forlǽt lífes frumsceaft and his ágene æðelo swá selfe. Met. 17, 25. Hæfþ ða wilnunga welhwilc néten and ða yrsunga eác swá selfe, 20, 192, 199

Linked entry: self

wǽg-faru

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-faru, e; f.

A sea-passagepassage through the sea

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A sea-passage, passage through the sea (the passage through the Red Sea) Nú se ágend up árǽrde reáde streámas in randgebeorh, syndon ðá foreweallas fægre gestépte, wrætlícu wǽgfaru, óð wolcna hróf, Cd. Th. 196, 27; Exon. 298

eofot

(n.)
Grammar
eofot, eofut, eofet, es; n.

A debt, crimedēbĭtum, culpa

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Godes ágen bearn, unscyldigne eofota gehwylces, héngon on heáne beám fæderas usse our fathers hung up God's own son on a high tree, guiltless of every crime, Elen. Kmbl. 846; El. 423

Linked entries: eofet ge-eofot

for-ildu

(n.)
Grammar
for-ildu, (-o); indecl.: -ild, e; f.
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Great age Samuhel and Danihel cildgeonge forealdedum mæssepreóstum démdon. For þig . . . ǽlc, forylde (oferylde, v. l.) and iugoðe, healde his endebyrdnysse, R. Ben. 114, 11

fennig

(adj.)
Grammar
fennig, fenneg; adj.

FENNYmarshymuddydirtypălustrisulīgĭnōsuslŭtōsus

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FENNY, marshy, muddy, dirty; pălustris, ulīgĭnōsus, lŭtōsus Fennig æcer ulīgĭnōsus ăger, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 70; Wrt. Voc. 37, 56. Gif sió hond bip fennegu if the hand is dirty, Past. 13, 1; Hat. MS. 16 b, 8

æt-fón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fón, [æt to, fón to seize]

To claimlay claimattachdeprehenderecapere

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To claim, lay claim, attach; deprehendere, capere Gif se ágend hit eft ætfó if the owner afterwards lay claim to it, L. H. E. 7; Th. i. 30, 8: 16; Th. i. 34, 6: L. Ed. l; Th. i. 160, 8

ge-sidian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sidian, p. ode
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To arrange, determine Ðonne þú setrægel habban wille, þonne plice þú ðíne ágene gewéda mid twám fingrum, tðspréd þíne twá handa and wege hí swylce þú setl gesydian wille, Tech. ii. 122, 19. See other examples under sydung in Dict

Linked entry: ge-sydian

ǽr-deáþ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-deáþ, es; m.

Early deathmors immatura

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Early death; mors immatura Regnþeófas dǽlaþ yldo, oððe ǽr-deáþ the great thieves find age, or early death, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 14; Exod. 539

ge-wyrht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrht, es; n.

Workdeedmeritdesert

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Rǽctþ ǽghwilcum men ágen gewyrhta give to every man his deserts, Hy. Grn. 7, 16. Be heora gewyrhturn secundum opera eorum Ps. Th. 27, 5: 102, l0. Be gewirhton we þoliaþ ðás þing deservedly do we suffer these things, Gen. 42, 21.

Linked entries: ge-weorht ge-wriht

æt-fón

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Substitute: To arrest, apprehend, attach stolen or lost property Gif man óðrum mæn feoh forstele, and se ágend hit eft ætfó. Ll. Th. i. 30, 8. Gif feoh man eft æt þám mæn in Cent ætfó, 34, 6. Cf. 160, 8

ge-bǽtan

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Substitute: to bridle and saddle a horse [v. bǽtan] Þá wæs Hróðgáre hors gebǽted, B. 1399. fig. to bridle, curb, restrain Þonne se ælmihtiga þá gewealdleþeru wile onlǽtan þára brídla þe hé gebǽtte mid his ágen weorc (cf.

eten-lǽs

(n.)
Grammar
eten-lǽs, (w)e; f.
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The common pasture land Þæt landstycce sceal beón nýhst etenlǽse (vicina compascuis, Latin version; cf. compascuus ager gemǽne lǽs, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 54), Ll. Th. i. 440, 15. Ofer wudu ofer feld ofer ecen lǽse (etenlǽse ?), C. D. v. 262, 18

Linked entry: lǽs

regnian

(v.)
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Sé þe yldeð, ꝥ hé tó Gode ne gecyrre, hé rénað pleoh his ágene sáwle, Archiv cxxii. 257, 4. Gé timbras ł hrínas byrgenno wítgena and gé hrínas byrgenna sódfæstra aedificatis sepulchra prophetarum et ornatis monumenta justorum, Mt. L. 23, 29. Add

ǽr-ildo

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-ildo, (?); f.

Former age

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Former age Ǽryeldo antisitus (but the Latin in Ald. 152, 31 is ante situm ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 19. Ǽreldo anteritus (has the glosser read anteritas?), 5, 52

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a fieldlandwhat is sownsown landagerseges

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a field, land, what is sown, sown land; ager, seges For ðam is se æcer geháten Acheldemah propter hoc vocatus est ager ille Haceldama, Mt. Bos. 27, 8.

eorl-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
eorl-cund, adj.

Earl kind, noble nobĭlis

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Earl kind, noble; nobĭlis Gif mannes esne eorl-cundne mannan ofslæhþ þreóm hundum scillinga gylde se ágend if a man's servant slay a man of an earl's degree, let the owner pay three hundred shillings, L. H. E. 1; Th. i. 26, 8

Linked entry: -cund

ge-dwolsum

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Substitute: Misleading Æfre sé þe áwent of Ledene on Englisc, ǽfre hé sceal gefadian hit swá ꝥ ꝥ Englisc hæbbe his ágene wísan; elles hit biþ swíþe gedwolsum tó rǽdenne þám þe þæs Ledenes wísan ne can, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 4, 10

hárung

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Z. 82, 14. a growing grey-haired, old age Oð ylde and hárunga usque in senectam et senium, Ps. L. 70, 18

set-hrægl

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Ðonne þú setrægel habban wille, þonne plice þu ðíne ágene gewéda mid twám fingrum, tóspréd þíne twá handa and wege hí swylce þú setl gesydian wille, Tech. ii. 122, 17. Kénwolde helm and byrnan . . . and Eádgyfe his swyster . . . . i. sethrægl, Cht.

tóweard-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tóweard-líc, adj.

Future

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Future Me þincþ ic stande and his ágene stefne gehýre swá swá hit tóweardlíc is tó gehýranne, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 831. Ðæt tácnaþ tóweardlíce firhto and brógan, Lchdm. iii. 156, 10.