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eówan

(v.)
Grammar
eówan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To shew, manifest, confer ostendĕre, manifestāre, conferre

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To shew, manifest, confer; ostendĕre, manifestāre, conferre Ne gesacu óhwǽr ecghete eóweþ nor strife anywhere shews hostility, Beo. Th. 3480; B. 1738. Da gén Abrahame eówde selfa hálige spræce then he himself shewed again to Abraham a holy speech, Cd

Linked entry: geówian

sýring

(n.)
Grammar
sýring, e; f.

Butter-milk

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Butter-milk Hwæg serum, sýring raptura, rynning coagulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 68-70. Sýring baptua, ii. 12, 64. Sceáp-hyrdes riht is ðæt hé hæbbe bléde fulle hweges oððe sýringe ealne sumor, L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 25. Cýswyrhtan gebyreþ ðæt heó of wring-hwæge

stániht

(adj.)
Grammar
stániht, stǽniht, adj.
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Stony, rocky Wæs seó eorþe tó ðæs heard and tó ðæs stánihte erat tellus durissima et saxosa, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 27. Tó ðære stánehtan dæne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 179, 24. On stánehtan ford, iii. 389, 1. On ðone stánihtan ford, 168, 31. On ðone stánihtan

Linked entries: stǽniht ǽniht

dóm-ern

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-ern, es; n.

A judgment-place, a court-houseforum judiciāle, trĭbūnal, prætōrium

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A judgment-place, a court-house; forum judiciāle, trĭbūnal, prætōrium Dómern trĭbūnal, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 143, 70. Ðá underféngon ðæs déman cempan ðone Hǽlend on ðam dómerne, and gegaderodon ealne ðone þreát to heom tunc mīlĭtes præsĭdis suscĭpientes

em-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
em-líce, adv.

Even-like, evenly, equally, patiently æquālĭter, æquanĭmĭter

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Even-like, evenly, equally, patiently; æquālĭter, æquanĭmĭter Hú emlíce hit gelamp how evenly it happened! Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 39, 25: 3, 6; Bos. 57, 41. He ðone eard ealne emlíce dǽlde betwux twelf mægþum he divided all the country equally among the twelve

Æsces dún

(n.)
Grammar
Æsces dún, e; f. [æsc ash-tree, dún a hill]

ASHDOWN

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ASHDOWN, the hill of the ash-tree, on the Ridgeway in Berkshire, where Alfred and his elder brother, king Ethelred, first routed the Danes; 'dicitur Latine mons fraxini,' Asser Hér gefeaht Æðeréd cyning and Ælfréd, his bróðor, wið ealne ðone here, on

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heals

(n.)
Grammar
heals, hals, es; m.

The neck, the prow of a shipcollum, amplexatoriumneck, part of the bow of a ship

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The neck, the prow of a ship Se hals the neck, Exon. 60 a; Th, 218, 22; Ph. 298. Gehæfted be ðdam healse fastened by the neck, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 29; Gen. 385. Heals ealne ymbeféng he clasped all the neck, Beo. Th. 5376; B. 2691. Lét his francan wadan þurh

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ceole

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Add: a throat Gif ðé þynce ðæt ðú tó wrǽne sý, wít ðaét ðínre ceolan for ðám unnyttum lustum, Prov. K. 54. Ceolan gurgustio (cf. gurgustio ceolor ( omitted after Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 34; v. Angl. viii. 451), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 49. a channel, gorge (?)

pæll

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Add Hí gesáwon ꝥ án scínende weg wæs ástreht mid godwebbenum pællum (pellum, v. l.) (strata palliis via), Gr. D. 176, 1. Hé hét dæftan his búr mid pallum and mid wáhryftum, Hml. S. 35, 50. Mǽrða . . . on pellum and purpuran, Hml. A. 92, 18. On pællon

ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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Substitute: in due measure or amount Ðæt hé him tó tíde gemetlíce gedæle ðone hwǽte ut det illis in tempore tritici mensuram, Past. 459, 12. (l a) in time, early :-- Sí gedón [nón] gemet-lícor agatur nona temperius, R. Ben. 1. 81, 18. in a fitting manner

ymb-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.
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to go round, revolve round Se roder ǽlce dæg úton ymbhwyrfð ealne ðisne middaneard, Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 16. Ymbhwyrfeþ, Met. 20, 137. Ymbhwerfeþ, 28, 4. Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ, MS. ) ðone norðende, 28, 13. to go about, in the neighbourhood

munt-geóf

(n.)
Grammar
munt-geóf, -ióf, -gióp, es; m.

The Alps

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The Alps Muntiófes clifu Alpes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 41. From muntgióp óð ðone mǽran wearoþ (cf. betwux ðám muntum and Sicilia, Bt. l; Fox 2, 4), Bt. Met. Fox l, 27; Met. 1, 14. Ðá wæs ofer muntgióp monig átyhted, 1, 15; Met. 1, 8. Hé com tó Alpis ðǽm muntum

be-bod

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Bebod decretum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 46: imperium, An. Ox. 1247. Man mót wífian æt þám þriddan cneó æfter þǽre ealdan ǽ bebode (secundum veteris legis sanctionem), Ll. Th. ii. 216, 21. Hét hé beódan þæt hié fóron ealle út ætsomne. Þá ætsǽton ða Centiscan

middel

(adj.)
Grammar
middel, adj.
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Foreweard fót planta, middel fót (middel-fót?) subtel, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 3. Andlang eá on middel gewæd (middel-gewæd?) . . . andlang fleótes tóemnes middelbyrum, C. D. B. ii. 519, 14. Gif gé slápað betwih midle (middele, Ps. Spl. ) þreátas si dormiatis

á-bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Dele first passage and add: prep. dat. acc. marking position Stódon him ábútan swearte gástas, Hml. Th. i. 414, 9. Ðú tǽcst folce gemǽro ábútan ðone munt constitues terminos populo per circuitum Ex. 19, 12. motion outside His scipu wendon út ábúton

full-fremednes

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Add: completeness Sé þe fulfremednesse háligre drohtnunge habban wile, þæt þá synd gesette tó lífes bysene hálegra fædera lára, þára gémen gelǽt mannan tó fulþungenre fulfremednesse, R. Ben. 132, 18-133, 1. Tó ðǽre fremminge on fulfremednysse to the

hán

(n.)
Grammar
hán, e; f.
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A projecting stone that forms part of a boundary Þis synt þá gemǽro . . . tó þǽre háne; þonan norþ on gerihte andlang hrycges, C. D. ii. 215, 31. Ǽrest on þane hwítan weg; ðonon on ðá reádan háne; of ðǽre háne on ðone herpað, iii. 415, 30: v. 297, 32

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wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, es; m.

A well, spring, fountain

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A well, spring, fountain Se wylle fluvius, Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29 note. Hé is se libbenda wylle (-a ?) fons vivus Ps. Th. 41, 2. An tuddeles þorn, and an hróces wylle; . . . þonne an lawernwylle . . . On hróces wylle, þanne up on ðæne weg . . . ; þanon

Linked entries: welle willa

a-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
a-feormian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [a intensive, feormian to cleanse]

To cleanseclean thoroughlypurgewash awaymundareemundarepermundarediluere

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To cleanse, clean thoroughly, purge, wash away; mundare, emundare, permundare, diluere Mid besmum afeormod scopis mundatus, Lk. Bos. 11, 25. He afeormaþ his þyrscelflóre permundabit aream suam. Mt. Bos 3, 12. Hyt ðone magan ealne afeormaþ it purges the

wíd-wegas

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-wegas, pl. m.
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Distant regions, regions lying far and wide Ús gesamna of wídwegum congrega nos de nationibus, Ps. Th. 105, 36, Hé synfulle tðdrífeþ geond wídwegas omnes peccatores disperdet, 144, 20. Faraþ geond ealne yrrnenne grund, geond wídwegas, bodiaþ geleáfan