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Alamanne

(n.)
Grammar
Alamanne, pl.
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The Alamanni Gratianus gefeaht wið Alomonne (Alamanne, v. l.) þǽm folce and heora fela M ofslóg (plus quam triginta millia Alamannorum interfecta ), Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 16

eofot

(n.)
Grammar
eofot, eofut, eofet, es; n.

A debt, crimedēbĭtum, culpa

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If a man declare a debt at a folk-mote, L. Alf. pol. 22 ; Th. i. 76, 6. Reht oððe eofut oððe scyld dēbĭtum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 25.

Linked entries: eofet ge-eofot

dwol-líce

(adv.)
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Þá deóflu oncneówon Críst, and þæt Iudéisce folc hine dwollíce wiðsóc, 380, 2. Woruldmen ðus dwollíce ( so erroneously ) mé oncnáwað, i. 366, 13. Ðú lufast druncennysse and dwollíce leofast ... ðá ðe wódlíce (dwollíce, v. l. ) drincað, Hml.

mearcung

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Wæs þæt Godes folc áhredd fram ðám fǽrlican deáðe þurh ðæs lambes offrunge and his blódes mearcunge, Hml. Th. ii. 264, 14. cf. mearcian; Gif ic ásceáde mid mearcunge ( praenotatione ) þára namena, Gr.

wilcumian

(v.)
Grammar
wilcumian, p. ode

To welcomebid welcomegreetsalute

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Ðæt folc . . . wellcumiaþ Fénix, Engl. Stud. viii. 478, 45. Basilius sende him tógeánes, and hine wylcumode, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 507. Hine wylcumede se cásere, and cwæð him to mid blysse, 7, 339. Wil-cumiga (wilcymogie (wilcymo gié ?

Linked entry: wellcumian

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, p. ode; pp. od

To place, lodge, dispose, regulateponere, disponere, reponere, collocare

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Ða geleáfullan folc híg sylfe gelogiaþ and heora líf for Gode the faithful folk dispose themselves and their life for God, Ælfc. T. Lisle 28, 13. Gelogaþ his ágen líf regulates his own life, Tract. de Spir. Septif : Homl. Th. i. 168, 11.

Linked entry: lógian

ge-þingþu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþu, -þingcþu, -þincþ, -þyncþ, e; f.

honourdignityrankhonordignitas

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Eal folc ðone eádigan Gregorius to ðære geþincþe geceás all folk chose the blessed Gregory to that dignity, ii. 122, 22. Hú micelre geþincþe sý ðæt hálige mǽden Maria of how great dignity is the holy maiden Mary, 22, 21.

Linked entries: þyncþ ge-þincð

á-búrod

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
á-búrod, pp. (adj.)
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Deprived of peasants (gebúras) Ðá wæs hit ierfælæás and mið ǽðnum folce ábúrod omni peccunia caruit et pauperibus hominibus erat destitutum Cht. Th. 162, 29

Linked entry: -búrod

nídwræclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nídwræclíce, adv.
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As if acting under compulsion, as if forcibly driven Þá ongan ic nýdwræclíce gemang þám folce wið þæs folces þringan, Hml. S. 23 b, 404

þeów

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Hé cwæð þæt hit ná geweorþan sceolde þæt sé wǽre leóda cyning, sé þe ǽr wæs folce þeów, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 21. Add

freó-wine

(n.)
Grammar
freó-wine, es; m.

A noble friendnōbĭlis vel princeps ămīcus

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A noble friend; nōbĭlis vel princeps ămīcus Ðæt ðú me ne forwyrne, freówine folca that thou deny me not, noble friend of people, Beo. Th. 864, note; B. 430

on-mang

(prep.)
Grammar
on-mang, prep. with dat.

Among

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Among Onmang folce, Lev. 24, 10: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 92. Onmang óðrum mannum, 23, 478. Onmang ðam ðe hí on wópe wǽron whilst they were weeping, 23, 246

Linked entry: a-mang

a-breóðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-breóðan, p. -breáþ, pl. -bruðon; pp. -broðen

To unsettleruinfrustratedegeneratedeteriorateperderedegenerare

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Eálá ðú abroðene folc degener O populus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 8,10. Hic et hæc et hoc nugas ðæt is abroðen on Englisc Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Som. ii, 2

Linked entry: a-bruðon

streccan

(v.)
Grammar
streccan, p. strehte, streahte; pp. streht, streaht, streced (v. strecedness)
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Th. i. 252, 7. to spread out; — Ðæt folc strehton (straverunt) hyra reáf on ðone weg, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 8: Mk. Skt. 11, 8 : Lk. Skt. 19, 36.

Linked entry: ge-streccan

sund-búend

(n.)
Grammar
sund-búend, es; m.
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A sea-dweller, but the word, which occurs only in the plural, is used for men, mankind; cf. fold-búend Saturnus ðone sundbúende héton, hæleþa bearn, Met. 26, 48.

un-gestæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gestæððig, adj.

Inconstantunstable

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Inconstant, unstable Ðæt ungestæððige folc mobile vulgus, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 2. Ðam ungestæþþegan and ðam gálan ðú miht secgan ðæt hí biþ gelícra unstillum fugelum ðonne gemetfæstum monnum levis atque inconstans studia permutat?

on-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
on-bútan, prep. (adv.)

About

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Ðæt folc him sáh eall onbútan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 651. of time Onbútan Martines mæssan and gyt lator, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226, 19. with ðǽr Æt Hocneratúne and ðǽr onbútan, 917; Erl. 102, 14. Ofer eall ðǽr onbútan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 490, 660

Linked entries: bútan á-bútan

andettan

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Ondettigen ðé ( tibi ) folc, ondettien ðé folc, Ps. Srt. 66, 4. Ondette (-ie), 6.

geár-torht

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v. geár; III.6) Hé seów sǽda fela, sóhte georne þæt him ... bróhte geártorhte gife gréne folde, Gen. 1561. Substitute:

heardness

(n.)
Grammar
heardness, e; f.

Hardness

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Ðú æteówdest ðínum folce heardnyssa ostendisti populo tuo dura, Ps. Lamb. 59, 5