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gærs-tún

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Forð tó Ósmundæs garstúnæs hyrnan; ðonan forð on bican gerstúnes hyrnan, i. 540, 2-3. On lyngærstún eástewerdne, iii. 55, 16. Add

eorneste

(adv.)
Grammar
eorneste, in earnest, earnestly, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 56; Met. 13, 28: 16, 44; Met. 16, 22. v. eornoste; adv.

fiðrum

(n.)
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fiðrum, to or with wings,
  • Bt. Met. Fox 31, 15
  • ;
  • Met. 31, 8: Elen. Kmbl. 1482
  • ;
  • El. 743
; pl. dat.
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and inst. of fiðere

un-wemness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wemness, e; f.

Purity

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Purity Ðæt ða clǽnan and ða unwemman hira clǽnnysse and hiora unwemnysse forð gehióldan, Homl. Ass. 207, 422

á-líman

(v.)
Grammar
á-líman, p. de.
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Voc. ii. 143, 27.) to bring forth, shew forth Dægrima rynas up álýmþ aurora cursus provehit , Hy. Srt. 16, 33

Linked entries: á-mylþ líman

riht-hláfordhyldu

(n.)
Grammar
riht-hláfordhyldu, indecl. -hyld, e; f.

Fidelity justly due to a lord

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Fidelity justly due to a lord Uton beón á úrum hláforde holde and getreówe ... forðam eall ðæt wé ǽfre for rihthláfordhelde dóþ, eal wé hit dóþ ús sylfum tó mycelre þearfe, Wulfst. 119, 15 : 299, 27

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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Sceldes fordas boec and ðeara wíca on byrg, Txts. 443, 10. Londbóc mínra wíca, 458, 8. Hé gewát hám faran, wíca neósan, Beo. Th. 251; B. 125: 2255; B. 1125.

swǽr

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Þis mé tó bóte þǽre swǽran swærtbyrde, Lch. iii. 66, 22. add: — Fore fyrhte þǽre swǽran onsýne þǽra áwyrgedra gásta pavore tetrae eorum imaginis, Gr. D. 326, 7. add: — Þá swǽran synna ne beóð nǽfre áfeormode for nánes fýres ǽlincge, Hml.

renc

(n.)
Grammar
renc, e; f.

Pride, pomp, vanity, bravery, display

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For oferméttan, hé cwæð, and ídelan rencan eówra leóda, Wulfst.45, 21-23. [We ne beoð iboren for to habbene nane prudu ne forðe nane oðre rencas, O. E. Homl. i. 7, 27.]

Linked entry: rænc

ceáp-strǽt

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Ceápstrǽte foro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 75. Wið ðá cépstrǽt (cýp-, ceáp-) circa forum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 269, 9. Þæs hagan gemǽre ... æt Wintanceastre líð ... norð on þá ceápstrǽt, þonne eást andlanges þǽre ceápstrǽte, C. D.

éhtere

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Se Hǽlend for his éhterum gebæd, 47, 567. Fore oehterum ( persecutoribus ) gibidda, Rtl. 44, 30. Add

ram-hund

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Liebermann suggests that the correct form would be hrán-hund, a reindeer-hound, but as in the same passage the payment for a slain greyhound is lxxx d. it seems hardly likely that any kind of deerhound could be compensated for by so small a sum as xii

here-geatu

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here-geatu, [The word occurs very rarely in the singular; indeed be hergeate,
    Ll. Th. i. 412, 26,
seems the only instance that number. Plural forms are n. ac. -geatwei,(-a), -geata(-u, -e); dat -geat-wum, -geatum.]
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. ¶ For instances of heriots see C. D. ii. 380, 27: iii. 127 22: 304, 30: 360, 19: iv. 299, 19 (of a woman): vi. 147, 5: Cht. Th. 573, 3: 292, 5 (of a bishop): Cht. Crw. 23, 5. See Ll. Lbmn. ii. 500

heorr

a hinge

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For þám wé cweþaþ ꝥ ꝥ héhste gód sié se lhéhsta hróf eallra góda, and seó hior ðe eall gód on hwearfaþ, and eác ꝥ þing ðe mon eall gód fore déþ quo fit uti summa cardo, atque caussa exfetendorum omnium, bonitas esse jure credatur, Bt. 34, 7; F. 143, 35

Linked entry: heorra

sceaþan

(v.)
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The strong and weak forms are given separately

tengan

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Betwux þǽre tihtinge hí tengdon forð, Hml. S. 34, 234. Add

un-gehíwod

(adj.)
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un-gehíwod, adj.

not formedwithout formnot feignedunfeigned

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not formed, without form On ðam ungehíwodum antimbre ðe hé ða gesceafta of gesceóp in materia informi creavit omnia, Btwk. Scrd. 18, 15.

Linked entry: ge-hiwian

sticung

(n.)
Grammar
sticung, e; f.
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a pricking, piercing Hié ( the elephants ) fóran wédende ǽgðer ge for ðæs flexes bryne ge for ðara nægla sticunge, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 8. sticking (pigs), killing; cf. stician, <b>I a </b>On manegum stent ðæt se gafolswán sylle ǽlce geáre

stapol-weg

(n.)
Grammar
stapol-weg, es; m.
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From túnweges ende ford be efise tó stapolwege ufeweardan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 281, 23

ge-swætan

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Add: to forge together (?), weld (cf. O. H. Ger. ge-sweizen frigere: Ger. schweissen to forge together) Gisuétit ferru*-*minatus. Goetz ii. 579, 58. ( See Angl. xx. 395. ) to cause to labour (?). v. swǽtan; <b>I a.