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cwýst

Grammar
cwýst, sayest, speakest, Homl. Th. i. 424, 9, = cweðst;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

Linked entry: cweðs ðú lá

cwyþ

Grammar
cwyþ, saith, speaks, Jn. Bos. 16, 18: Rood Kmbl. 220; Kr. 111, = cweðeþ;
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3rd pres. sing. of cweðan

cwyðst

Grammar
cwyðst, sayest, speakest, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 62, = cweðst;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

cymþ

(v.)
Grammar
cymþ, cymeþ comes ,
  • Cd. 17
    • ;
  • Th. 20,
    • 26;
  • Gen. 315: Beo. Th. 4123
    • ;
  • B. 2058
;
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3rd sing. pres. of cuman

dearst ðú

(v.; pronoun.)
Grammar
dearst ðú, thou darest, Beo. Th. 1061; B. 527;
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2nd pres. sing. of durran

cweþ

Grammar
cweþ, says, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 45, = cweðeþ;
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3rd pres. sing. of cweðan

cwíst

Grammar
cwíst, sayest, speakest, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 13: Ps. Th. 87, 12, = cweðst;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

cwiþ

Grammar
cwiþ, saith, speaks, Exon. 14a; Th. 28, 28; Cri. 453: 30a; Th. 92, 35; Cri. 1519, = cweðeþ;
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3rd pres. sing, of cweðan

cwiðst

Grammar
cwiðst, sayest, speakest, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 38, = cweðst;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

dryncþ

Grammar
dryncþ, drinks, Ps. Spl. 14, 8;
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3rd pres. sing. of drincan

dríhþ

Grammar
dríhþ, does, performs, commits, L. M. I. P. 28; Th. ii. 272, 22;
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3rd pres. sing. of dreógan

fet

(v.)
Grammar
fet, fetches, brings,
  • Prov. Kmbl. 61
    • ;
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3rd sing. pres. of fetian

fiht

(v.)
Grammar
fiht, fights,
  • Ex. 14, 14
;
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3rd sing. pres. of feohtan

un-dilegod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dilegod, adj.

Not blotted out ⬩ not effaced

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Not blotted out, not effaced Swá se wrítere, gif hé ne dilegaþ ðæt hé ǽr wrát, ðeáh hé nǽfre má náuht ne wríte, ðæt bið ðeáh undilegod, ðæt hé ǽr wrát neque enim scriptor, si a scriptione cessaverit, quia alia non addidit, etiam illa, quae scripserat

weorold-weorþscipe

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-weorþscipe, es; m.
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Tó woruldwurðscipe sí hé þegenlage wyrðe, L. C. E. 6; Th. i. 364, 16: Wulfst. 270, 32

á-fleán

(v.)
Grammar
á-fleán, p. -flóh, pl. -flógon; pp. -flægen
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Hweþer hí findan mihton ǽnig tácen þæs áflægenan þwanges si quod signum de incisione monstrari potuisset , 199, 3

Linked entry: fleán

ge-cídan

(v.)
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Gif hwylcum bréþer for ǽnigum litlum gylte byþ gecíd oþþe gestýred fram his abbode si quis frater pro quavis minima causa ab abbate suo corripitur, R. Ben. 131, 1

mán-swerian

(v.)
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Gif hé on ungehálgedum Crístes mǽle mánswerað si in cruce non consecrata perjuraverit, Ll. Th. ii. 158, 37. Hé swáþeáh mid þám óðrum mánswerige nihilominus cum aliis perjurium facit, 19.

tǽl-wirþe

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Gif hié on ðǽm cúðan gewislíce ongietað hwæt ðǽron tǽlwyrðes bið si de expertis, quidquid disputationis audiunt, veraciter cognoscunt. Past. 441, 16. Hé lýfeð sumum mannum sume tǽlwyrðe wísan quaedam reprehensibila relinquit, Gr. D. 204, 15. Add

freoðo-beácen

(n.)
Grammar
freoðo-beácen, es; n.

A sign of peace ⬩ sign granting safety ⬩ pācis signum ⬩ signum incolumĭtātem præbens

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A sign of peace, sign granting safety; pācis signum, signum incolumĭtātem præbens Hine Waldend on tácen sette, freoðobeácen, ðý-læs hine feónda hwilc mid gúþ-þræce grétan dorste the Lord set a token, a sign of peace, upon him [Cain], lest some enemy

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