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feórþling

(n.)
Grammar
feórþling, es; m: feórþung, e; f. in Anglo-Saxon; but m. in Northumb. v.

A fourth part of a thing ⬩ FARTHING ⬩ quadrans

Entry preview:

Lind. 12, 42. Feórþungas, acc. pl. Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 21, 2

Linked entries: feórþung fyðerling fýrþling

mixen

(n.)
Grammar
mixen, [n]e; f.

A mixen ⬩ dung-heap ⬩ dung

Entry preview:

Lind. 13, 8

Linked entries: meoxen myxen

ge-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wegan, p. -wæg, pl. -wǽgon; pp. -wegen.

to bear ⬩ carry ⬩ move ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ vehere ⬩ ire ⬩ procedere ⬩ to weigh ⬩ measure

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Lind. 7, 2: Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 24. [Cf. a-wegan.]

Linked entries: ge-wæge wegan

ge-un-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-un-rótsian, -un-rótsigean; p. ode; pp. od.

to make sorrowful ⬩ to offend ⬩ contristare ⬩ contribulare ⬩ scandalizare ⬩ to become troubled, discontented

Entry preview:

Geunrótsade swíðe contristati valde, Lind. 26, 22: Mk. Skt.

ge-smyrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smyrian, -smirian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [smyrian to smear]

To smear ⬩ anoint ⬩ ungĕre

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Lind. 4, 18. Ðætte gesmiredon hire ut ungerent eum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 1. Ðæt híg sín gesmirode on ðam and hira handa gehálgode ut ungantur in ea et consecrentur mănus eōrum, Ex. 29, 29.

Linked entry: ge-smirian

ge-grindan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grindan, p. -grand, pl. -grundon; pp. -grunden

To grind together ⬩ sharpen ⬩ grind to powder ⬩ commolere ⬩ pertricare

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Lind. 20, 18. Gegrunden [MS. gegrunde] commolitus, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Wrt. Voc. 28, 78. Gegrundene gáras the sharpened arrows, Byrht. Th. 134, 64; By. l09

Linked entry: ge-grundon

wrǽþan

(v.)
Grammar
wrǽþan, p. de

To be angry ⬩ get angry

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Lind. 5, 22. Wraeðde hláford iratus dominus, 18, 34. Se cynig wrǽðde rex iratus est, Rtl. 107, 29. Urǽðde fremuit, 197, 31

syndrian

(v.)
Grammar
syndrian, ode

To sunder, separate

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Lind. 19, 6

tó-lísing

(n.)
Grammar
tó-lísing, e; f.

dissolution, ⬩ destruction ⬩ release, ⬩ redemption

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Lind. 10, 45

bión

(v.)
Grammar
bión, ic bió, bióm, he bióþ, pl. bióþ, bieþ, biaþ; subj. bió, bie

to be ⬩ esse, existere, fieri

Entry preview:

Lind. War. 10, 43: Mt. Lind. Stv. 26, 31

Linked entries: biaþ bieþ bió bióm bióþ

bý

(n.)
Grammar
bý, es; n?
Entry preview:

Lind. 5, 3. Hence, by and bye in the termination of the names of places

Linked entry: býing

wæter-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wæter-leás, adj.

Without water, dry

Entry preview:

Lind. 11, 24

mé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
mé, dat.: mé, mec, meh, mech; acc. of pronoun of first person.

Me

Entry preview:

Lind. 6, 35. Ne hæfes ðú dǽl mech (mec, Rush.) mið non habes partem mecum, 13, 8. Hé mé habban wile dreóres fáhne, gif mec deáþ nimeþ, Beo. Th. 897, 899; B. 446, 447

Linked entries: mec meh

sǽtnung

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtnung, e; f.

plot, snare ⬩ seditio

Entry preview:

Lind. Rush. 11, 54. Similar entries v. sǽtung in the following passages the word glosses seditio. On setnuncge (setnong, Lind. ) in seditione, Mk. Skt. Rush. 15, 7. Fore sétnunge propter seditionem. Lk. Skt. Rush. 23, 19, 25.

Linked entries: sétnung sǽtnere

úhtan-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
úhtan-tíd, e; f.

The time of early morning

Entry preview:

On úhtu-tíd (úhte-, Lind.) galli cantu, Mk. Skt. Rush. 13, 35

Linked entry: úht-tíd

wisnian

(v.)
Grammar
wisnian, weosnian; p. ode

To wizen ⬩ dry up

Entry preview:

To wizen, dry up Wisnaþ (-eþ, Lind.) aruit, Jn. Skt. Rush. 15, 6. Ðá wisnode hé on Cristes háligra heortum, and is nú on úrum heortum blówende, Blickl. Homl. 115, 13. Weosniendre arida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 53

Linked entries: a-wisnian weosnian

wyrt-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-cyn, wyrt-cynn, es; n.
Entry preview:

Lind. 12, 3: aloes, 19, 39: unguentum, Ps. Th. 132, 2

ymb-standend

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-standend, es; m.
Entry preview:

Lind. 14, 47

sǽ-burh

(n.)

a maritime town

Entry preview:

Lind. 4, 13

Linked entry: sǽ-ceaster

spildan

(v.)
Grammar
spildan, p. de

To waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ make away with ⬩ effundere, expendere

Entry preview:

Lind. 10, 10. Seðe lufaþ sáuel his spildeþ (perdet) hiá, 12, 25. Ðú wilnast, ðæt ðú ðíne feore spilde, Andr. Kmbl. 568; An. 284

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