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freoðo

(n.)
Grammar
freoðo, frioðo, freoðu, friðo, fryðo, freðo; indecl. f: freoðu, friðu, e; f.

Peacesecurityprotectiona refugepaxsecūrĭtastūtēlaasȳlum

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Ic eów freoðo healde I will hold you in protection, Andr. Kmbl. 672; An. 336. Ne mihte earmsceapen findan freoðe the poor wretch could not find protection, 2261; An. 1132.

ǽ-gewrítere

(n.)
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In Kent. Gl. 245 ‘legum conditores’ is rendered by a word which Zupitza reads as scepttenras. This in Junius’ copy of the MS. is given by ægewriteras.

blind

(adj.)

darkdimblind

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Add: physical Ic wæs blind bám eágum, Hml. Th. i. 422, 7: Bt. 38, 5; F. 206, 26. Palpo ic grápige; hic palpo ðes blinda mann, hujus palponis ðyses blindan, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 216, 10.

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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His is mycel sǽ, ðǽr is unrim cwycra his is the great sea, where is a countless number of things alive, Ps. Th. 103, 24.

mín-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
mín-líce, adv.

In my wayin my manner

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In my way, in my manner Mínlíce meatim ( = meo more, Wülck. 32, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 46

þri-fingre

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-fingre, adj.

Three fingers thick

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Three fingers thick Æt þryfingrum (spic is added in MS. B. ), L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 18

ge-helmian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 21, II. [O. H. Ger. ge-helmót (-it) galeatus.] Cf. ge-hilmed

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.

Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation

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O. 7; Th. i. 180, 22 : 9; Th. i. 182, 4. Hé hyne hálne onféng he hath received him safe and sound, Lk. Skt. 15, 27. Ic geaf hit on mínon hálan lífe intó Cristes cyrcean I gave it while of sound body to Christ's church, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 305, 12.

Linked entry: hǽl

leór-ness

(n.)
Grammar
leór-ness, e; f.

Goingdeparturewithdrawal

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Surt. ii. 191, 3. In leórnisse in secessu [cf. gang II.], Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15, 17

tæflan

(v.)
Grammar
tæflan, ; p. [e]de, ode

To gamble, game

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To gamble, game Ic tæfle tæflum cotizo tesseris, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 31. Ic tæfle cotizo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 63. Tebliþ, tebleþ cotizat, Txts. 46, 178. Tæflaþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 36

un-ádwæscedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ádwæscedlíc, adj.

That is not quenched or extinguished

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That is not quenched or extinguished On ðæt unádwescedlíce fýr into the fire that is not quenched, L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 394, 17. Of ðǽm unádwæscedlícum lígum, Th. ii. 396, 5

swín

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Ic ann ꝥ ðridde treów and ꝥ ðridde swiin ( printed swun) of æuesan ðæs wudes (the Latin version is: Dono tertiam quamque arborem et tertiam quamque sarcinam iumentariam fructuum qui nascuntur in sylua), iv. 202, 11.

ge-dál

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Th. ii. 394, 29.

ge-réþru

(n.)
Grammar
ge-réþru, pl. n.

Rudder, helm

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Rudder, helm [the steering was done by means of an oar] Ða men ða ðe beóþ winnende in sciplícum gewinne híg ðonne begáþ ǽrost ða geréþru in ðære hýþe qui in nauali prælio demicaturi sunt ante in portu inflectant gubernacula, Shrn. 35, 8: 9.

CÉPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÉPAN, to cépanne; cépte, cépton; céped, cépt; v. a. gen. acc.

To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bearobservare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare

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He dysigra manna hérunga cépþ he desires the praises of foolish men, i. 412, 7. Ðæt hí cépaþ ðæs ydelan hlýsan that they desire vain renown, ii. 566, 2. Swá hwilcne swá ic cysse, cépaþ his sóna whomsoever I kiss, take him forthwith, ii. 246, 11.

Linked entry: ge-cépan

middel

(n.)
Grammar
middel, es; middela(?), an; m.

The middlecentre

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The middle, centre In midle in centro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 13, On middele (Ps. Lamb. midle) innoþes mín in medio ventris mei, Ps. Spl. 21, 13, 21. Hé ánne cnapan gesette on hyra middele ( in medio eorum ), Mk. 9, 36.

Linked entry: midlest

metod

(n.)
Grammar
metod, metud, meotud, meotod, es; m.

fatedestinydeath

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with the meaning of prince); in this sense it seems to be used in its compounds, and in the Icelandic mjötuðr weird, bane, death (Cl. and Vig. mjötuðr, II).

for-hwǽga

(adv.)
Grammar
for-hwǽga, for-hwega (-hwæga); adv.

somewhere

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Where position is only vaguely determined, somewhere Him geþúht ꝥ hí behýddon ꝥ heáfod on þám holte forhwega (-hwæga, v. l.) it seemed to hiim that they hid the head in the wood somewhere, Hml. S. 32, 141.

þeóte

(n.)
Grammar
þeóte, an; f.
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Voc. i. 38, 17: fistula, 39, 56. Of þeótan (þeóte, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 4, the passage glossed is the same) tubo, Hpt. G1. 418, 61. Þeótan organa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 51: 97, 24. Þeótan, wæterþrúh cataractae, 13, 15.

ge-nesan

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Add: to escape from an evil in which one is involved. absolute Þæt ealde wundor þǽra þreóra cnihta þe áworpene wǽron in þone byrnende ofen, and swá þeáh ungederede genǽson antiquum trium puerorum miraculum, qui projecti in ignibus laesi non sunt, Gr.