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EARG

(adj.)
Grammar
EARG, earh; comp. eargra, earhra; sup. eargost; adj.

inert, weak, timid, cowardly ⬩ iners, ignāvus, segnis, tĭmĭdus ⬩ evil, wretched, vile ⬩ prāvus, imprŏbus

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Tarcuinius hiora eallra eargost wæs Tarquin was the most vile of them all, 2, 2; Bos. 41, 26. Swá fela eargra worda so many evil words, Cd. 27; Th. 36, 32; Gen. 580: Exon. 26 b; Th. 79, 29; Cri. 1298

mann-líca

(n.)
Grammar
mann-líca, an; m.

A human form ⬩ image of a man ⬩ statue

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Eall Adames cynn ðe módor gebær tó manlícan all the race of Adam that mother gave the form of man to at birth, Wulfst. 137, 26: Dóm. L. 131.

metgian

(v.)
Grammar
metgian, metegian, metian; p. ode.

to assign due measure ⬩ to moderate ⬩ regulate ⬩ to measure in the mind ⬩ consider ⬩ meditate upon

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Se ilca God se ðæt eall metgaþ the same God who regulates all that, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: metegian ge-metgian

be-standan

(v.)
Grammar
be-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen

To stand by or near, to stand around, surround, to stand on or upon, occupy, detain ⬩ adstare, circumstare, circumdare, detinere

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Alf. P. 48; Th. ii. 384, 35. Abraham híg bestód on ða ealdan wísan Abraham stood by her after the old custom, Gen. 23, 2. Fæderas and móddru bestandaþ heora bearna líc fathers and mothers stand around the corpses of their children, Homl.

Linked entry: be-stód

ge-mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽrsian, ic -mǽrsige; p. ode; pp. od

To magnify, glorify, celebrate ⬩ magnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre

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He wæs gemǽrsod ofer ealle óðre cyningas he was celebrated above all other kings, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 41

Linked entry: ge-mérsian

-hám

(suffix)
Grammar
-hám, es; m.

the abode of the elves

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In this sense it is the general assemblage of the dwellings in each particular district, to which the arable land and pasture of the community were appurtenant, the home of all the settlers in a separate and well defined locality, the collection of the

ge-teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teohhian, -teohian, -tiohhian, -tihhian; p. ode, ade; pp. od,ad

To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ assign ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ assignāre

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Eall ðæt yfel, ðæt hí him geteohod hæfdon all the evil that they had determined against him, Ps. Th. 9, argument: 14: 16, 13. Ðæt hí toweorpen ðæt God geteohhad hæfþ to wyrcanne to destroy what God had determined to do, 10, 3

téan

(v.)
Grammar
téan, (?), tégan(?); p. téde

To grow tough or pliant

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Similar entries v. tóan, tóh; see also (?)ge-teágan

hagu-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
hagu-þorn, hago-þorn, es; m.
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., and add Hagudorn, heagoðorn alba spina, Txts. 36, 19

Linked entries: hæg-þorn haga-þorn

scúfan

Grammar
scúfan, Add: <b>III a.</b> fig.
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Aldne monno of scýfende veterem hominem disponentes, Rtl. 32, 32. Add Se micla cræftiga hiertende tó scýfð, and egesiende stiérd, Past. 53, 16

sápe

(n.)
Grammar
sápe, an; f.

Soap, salve

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Þe wreche peoddare more noise he makeð to ȝeien his sope, þen a riche mercer al his deorewurðe ware, A. R. 66, 18. Similar entries (? v. sáp)

Linked entry: sáp

mǽrþu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrþu, mǽrþo; indecl.: mǽrþ, e; f.

greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work

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Ðú hit worhtes eall . . ðeáh ðé nǽnegu nédþearf wǽre ealra ðara mǽrþa thou didst make it all . . though thou didst not need all those mighty works. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 51; Met. 20, 26. Mǽrþa fruma God, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 15; Edg. 41.

bædzere

(n.)
Grammar
bædzere, bæzere, es; m: bezera, an; m.

A baptist ⬩ baptizer ⬩ baptista

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A baptist, baptizer; baptista Hie cwǽdun, sume Iohannes se bædzere illi dixerunt, alii Ioannem Baptistam, Mt. Rush. Stv. 16, 14: 3, 1

pund

(n.)
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See also pyndan

þingung

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From alre néweste gelaáfulra sýn heó ásceádene and ásyndrade nymðe heó hit hér mid þingonge bóte gebéte, C.D. i. 114, 27. Add

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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Alfred the Great was king over all the Anglo-Saxons, but by this complete victory Athelstan becamethe undisputed king over all England [Engla land, q. v.] — The locality of Brunanburh has not yet been determined.

tweó

Grammar
tweó, <b>I b.</b>
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Sume martyra lima geáhniaþ, and an tweón is hwæeðer hý martyras sýn alii membra martyrum — si tamen martyrum — venditant, R. Ben. 135, 26. Add

fild-burne

(n.)
Grammar
fild-burne, (-a?), an; f. (m.?)
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Of ðǽm aldan felde . . .; swá ondlang bróces on ðone gemǽrhagan; ofer fild*-*burnan, C. D. iii. 393, 27

Linked entry: fild

mearca

(n.)
Grammar
mearca, an; m.
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a mark, line. v. mearc; a territory. v. land-mearca (perhaps also Dene-mearca, the nominative of the weak form does not occur)

wód

(adj.)
Grammar
wód, adj.

Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious

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Wóð effera (fluctuum ferocitas,Ald. 42), Hpt. Gl. 478, 60. Sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse, Bt. 37, I; Fox 186, 18 : Met. 25, 41. [Laym. Orm. A. R. Ayenb. wod : Chauc. wood : Prompt. Parv. wood, coen : Goth. wóds: O. H. Ger. wuce: Icel. óðr.]