weorpan
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Hét twelf weras nyman twelf stánas. . . and habban forð mid eów tó eówere wícstówe and wurpan hig ðǽr praecipe eis, ut tollant . . . duodecim lapides, ouos ponetis in loco castrorum, Jos. 4, 3.
BRÁD
BROAD open, large, spacious, copious ⬩ latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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BROAD open, large, spacious, copious; latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus Ðæt eálond on Wiht is twelf míla brád the isle of Wight is twelve miles broad, Bd. 1, 3;S. 475, 19: Ors. 1, 1;Bos. 21, 4, 5,6 Wæs his ríce brád his kingdom was broad,
wer
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And riht is ðæt se slaga, siþþan hé weres beweddod hæbbe, finde ðǽrtó wærborh . . . be ðam ðe ðǽrto gebyrige; ðæt is æt twelfhyndum were gebyriaþ twelf men tó werborge, .viii. fæderemmǽgðe, and .iiii. médrenmǽgðe.
stæpe
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Be ðám twelf stæpum eáðmódnesse. Ðære forman eáðmódnysse stæpe is, R. Ben. 23, 16. Seofon stapas sindon háligra háda ... Ðone forman stæpe béte man mid áne punde ... Æt ðam ódrum stæpe twá pund tó bóte ... Æt ðam þriddan stæpe, etc., L. E.
ryne
A course, run, running, ⬩ an orbit ⬩ course, uninterrupted progress ⬩ a course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood ⬩ course, cycle, lustre ⬩ course of life
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Hí námon twelf stánas on ðæs streámes ryne de medio Iordanis alveo, 4, 8. Plantud néh ryne (rynum, Ps. Th.) wetæra secus decursus aquarum, Ps. Spl. 1, 3. Wæter ða nú under roderum heora ryne healdaþ, Cd. Th. 10, 20; Gen. 159. Wið rynas wætera, Ps.
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Æðelflǽd
Æthelfled ⬩ Æthelfleda
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Ðá gerád he ða burg æt Tameworþige; and him cierde to eall se þeódscype on Myrcna lande, ðe Æðelflǽde ǽr underþeóded wæs then, while king Edward was tarrying there [at Stamford], Æthelfled his sister died at Tamworth, twelve nights before midsummer.
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for-standan
to stand up for ⬩ to defend ⬩ aid ⬩ help ⬩ benefit ⬩ avail ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ prodesse ⬩ to understand ⬩ intelligĕre
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Twelfhyndes mannes áþ forstent vi ceorla áþ a twelve hundred man's oath stands for the oath of six churls, L. O. 13; Th. i. 182, 19. Ðæt his gewitnes eft náht ne forstande that his witness avail again nothing, L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 24.
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HRING
A RING ⬩ circle ⬩ circuit ⬩ cycle ⬩ orb ⬩ globe ⬩ festoon
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Ǽr sunne twelf mónþa hringc útan ymbgán hæbbe, Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 5. Ofer holmes hrincg over the ocean's circuit, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 5; Gen. 1393. Hrincg ðæs heán landes, 137; Th. 172, 34; Gen. 2854. Wíngearda hringa[s] corimbi, Ælfc.
LIBBAN
To LIVE
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Wé lybbaþ mislíce on twelf mónþum; nú sceole wé lybban Gode, wé ðe óðrum tíman ús sylfum leofodon, Homl. Th. i. 180, 17. Godes þeówas ðe be gódra manna ælmessan libbaþ God's servants who live by the alms of good men, Wulfst. 120, 4.
þrág
a time ⬩ season ⬩ time
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Wæter wynsumu mónþa gehwam bearo geondfaraþ þrágum ( at appointed times ), is ðæt þeódnes gebod, ðætte twelf síþum ðæt tírfæste lond geondláce lagufloda wynn, Exon. Th. 202, 11; Ph. 68: Ps. Th. 138, 11
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heall
a residence ⬩ palace ⬩ a temple ⬩ a court of law
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Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wolde wyrcan þá healle . . . and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle . . . twelf hús tógædere, Hml.
ge-setnes
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Twelf wítegan ( the minor prophets) . . . twelf béc áwriton be sumum dǽle lǽssan on gesetnysse, micele on andgitte, 10, 9. arrangement, scheme, figure of speech Gesetnisse dispositionis, Lk. p. 2, 8.
weorod
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Gif se getihtloda man máran werude beó ðonne twelfa sum, ðonne beó ðæt ordál forad, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 8. Ðá geáscode hé ðone cyning lytle werode (wyrede, v.l. ) æt Merantúne, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 29.
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ám-ber
a dry measure of four bushels ⬩ mensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellos ⬩ a liquid measure ⬩ batus ⬩ cadus ⬩ a vessel with one handle ⬩ a tankard ⬩ pitcher ⬩ pail ⬩ lagena ⬩ urceus ⬩ amphora ⬩ situla ⬩ hydria
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XII ámbra Wilisces ealaþ, ámber fulne buteran twelve ambers of Welsh ale, an amber full of butter, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 17, 19.
tawian
to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.
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.), and see Halliwell Oft týne oððe twelfe (flotmen) ǽlc æfter óðrum scendaþ and tawiaþ tó bysmore ðæs þegnes cwenan and hwílum his dohtor oððe nýdmágan, ðær hé on lócaþ ðe lǽt hine sylfne rancne and rícne, ǽr ðæt gewurde, Wulfst. 162, 20.
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ge-ceósan
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.) :-- Þá twelf apostolas þám écean Gode gecorene wǽron (Deo electi fuerant ), Ll. Lbmn. 413, 13.
syndrig
separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each
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Lind. 16, 32. separate, several, sundry, each separately Moyses gebletsode ða twelf mǽgða ǽlce mid sindrigre bletsunge, Deut. 33, 5. Hé syndrigne ácsode hwylces geleáfan hí wǽron cujus essent fidei singuli, inquirebat, Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 13.
EORL
an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis
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introduced by the Jutes of Kent, occurs frequently in the laws of the kings of that district, the first mention of it being Gif on eorles túne man mannan ofslæhþ xii scillinga gebéte if a man slay a man in an earl's town, let him make compensation with twelve
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sum
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Hý gán .xii. sume (twelfa sum, MS. B.), L.
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déman
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Ic démde twelf þeódum, 155, 29.