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mancus

(n.)
Grammar
mancus, es; m.

A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence

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Cf. for an instance of the manner in which this might be paid the will of an ealdorman where the heriot included feówer beágas twegen on hundtwelftigum mancosum and twegen on hundeahtatigum, Chart. Th. 500, 3.

dreám

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dreám, drém, drím.
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Se ǽfensang sý geendod mid feówer sealma dreáme vespera quattuor psalmorum modulatione canatur, R. Ben. 43, 8. Swinsunge, dreám (swinsunge ł dreám, Hpt. Gl. 438, 8) melodiam, An. Ox. 1342.

for-faran

(v.)

To perish ⬩ To destroy ⬩ to blockade

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Cóm strang wind tó swá ꝥ hí wǽron ealle forfarene búton feówer, Chr. 1050; P. 169, 27. the object a thing Timbrunge forfarene muri consumti, An.

Linked entry: fór-faran

ge-sceaft

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Ðeós lyft ys án ðǽra feówer gesceafta, þe ǽlc líchamlic ðing on wunað. Feówer gesceafta synd . . . aer, ignis, terra, aqua, Lch. iii. 272, 11-15 : Bt. 33, 43 F. 130, 20. Swylce ðá gesceafta (se lég and se wind) him betweónan gefeohtan sceoldan, Bl.

helm

a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering

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Th. ii. 502. 12: hwít, B. 1448: scír, Jud. 193. where the helm has a technical significance: Eorles heregeata syndon . . . feówer helmas and feówer byrnan . . . Cyninges þegenes . . . helm mid byrnan, Ll. Th. i. 414, 4-11.

pund

(n.)
Grammar
pund, es; n.
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A Pound. as a weight without reference to money Án uncia stent on feówer and twentig penegum ; twelf síðon twelf penegas beóþ on ánum punde, Anglia viii. 335. 18. Libra is pund on Englisc, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 30; Som. 52, 8.

Linked entries: mund-bryce borh-leás

seonoþ

(n.)
Grammar
seonoþ, sionoþ, senoþ, sinoþ, synoþ (-aþ, -od), es; m.

A synod ⬩ council ⬩ meeting

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Ðás feówer sinoþas (the councils of Nice, Ephesus, Constantinople, and Chalcedon), Wulfst. 270, 15. in other senses Bǽdon ðæt eft óðer seonaþ wǽre (of the meeting between Augustine and the British Christians), Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 36.

Linked entries: synoþ seuoþ sinoþ

þúsend

(n.; num.; adj.)

a thousand

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Feówer þúsend wintra and feówer hand and twá and hundeahtatig, Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 58, 9. Wǽron ágán .v. þúsend wintra and .cc. wintra, Chr. 11; Erl. 7, 2. v. þúsend wintra and cc. and xxvi, 33; Erl. 7, 10.

wicu

(n.)
Grammar
wicu, wucu, an ; f.
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Seó wucu on Grécisc hátte ebdomada and on Lýden septimana; seofon daga ryne ys seó wucu, and feówer wucan wyrcaþ ánne mónð, 319, 3. Án wucu ðæs fæstenes una quadrigesimae septimana, Bd. 5, 3 ; S. 615, 3. Ðeós wucu is geteald tó ánum dæge, Homl.

ge-sceádwísness

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Th. ii. 132, 29. a reckoning Hér æfter synt ámearkode þá feówer gesceádwýsnyssa ymbe þæne forman mónoð, and ymbe þæne termen, and ymbe þæne Eásterdæg and þæs dæges mónan, Angl. viii. 324, 28. reason, the reasoning faculty Ús segð ǽlc gesceádwísnes ꝥ

Linked entry: sceádwísness

and

(prep.)
Grammar
and, prep. dat. acc.

With ⬩ cum ⬩ Against ⬩ before ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ contra ⬩ apud ⬩ in

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with the dative; cum dativo With; cum Emb eahta niht and feówerum after eight nights with four [twelve nights ], Menol. Fox 419; Men. 211.

tó-berstan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-berstan, p. -bærst, pl. -burston; pp. -borsten.

to burst asunder, ⬩ to break (intrans) in two, or in pieces, ⬩ be rent asunder ⬩ to break out in sores, ⬩ to break out

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Hé gefeól on ðone stocc and tóbærst on feówer dǽlas, Blickl. Homl. 189, 13. Án hridder tóbærst on emtwá, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 16. Stánas tóburston petrae scissae sunt, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 51. Ða scittélsas tóburston, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 348.

þeód-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-cyning, es; m.

the king of a whole nation ⬩ a monarch, ⬩ an independent sovereign. ⬩ the king of all nations, ⬩ the monarch of the world ⬩ the Deity

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Gewiton hié feówer þeódcyningas (cf. Thadal rex gentium, Gen. 14, 1) þrymme micle, Cd. Th. 118, 14; Gen. 1965. Ðǽr beóþ þearfan and þeódcyningas (paupers and monarchs); (pauperque potensque), Dóm. L. 161.

Linked entry: þeód-cwén

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, wielle, welle, wylle, an ; f.

A well, spring, stream, fountain

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Hé him forlét feówer wellan sceótan ( the reference is to the milk from a cow's udder' ), Exon. Th. 419, 26; Rä. 39, 3. [The word is also found in place-names.]

sceát

(n.)
Grammar
sceát, es; m.

a corner, an angle ⬩ corner, quarter ⬩ a projection, promontory ⬩ a nook, corner, region ⬩ a lap, bosom ⬩ the bosom ⬩ a bay ⬩ sinus ⬩ a garment ⬩ a cloth, napkin ⬩ cloak,fold

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From feówerum foldan sceátum ðám ýtemestum eorþan ríces englas bláwaþ býman, Exon. Th. 55, 6; Cri. 879. Lege on ða feówer sceáttas ðæs ærnes lay at the four corners of the house, Lchdm. ii. 142,11. Similar entries (v.

Linked entry: sceáta

hlot

on allotted portion ⬩ a share ⬩ lot ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune

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Similar entries v. mans-lot On Fearnes felda gebyrað twéga manna hlot landes . . . and þreóra manna hlot on Normantone . . . and feówer manna hlot, C. D. B. iii. 230, 31-231, 2.

ymbren

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren, es; pl. ymbrenu (the reading ymbren ⁊ fæstena,
  • L. Eth. vi. 23
  • ;
  • Th. i. 320, 20
, should rather be ymbrenfæstena, as in
  • Wulfst. 272, 16
) ; n.

Ember (in Ember-day), Embring

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Fæstaþ ða feówer ymbrenu on twelf mónðum, ðe eów rihtlíce ásette synd, Wulfst. 136, 17. the form occurs also with riht prefixed :-- Áðas and wífunga ǽfre sindan tócwedene heáhfreólsdagum and rihtymbrenum, L.

Linked entry: riht-ymbren

staþol

(n.)
Grammar
staþol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Genim feówer tyrf on feówer healfa ðæs landes ... Nim ele etc., and dó háligwæter ðǽron, and drýpe on ðone staðol ðara turfa (the lower side of the sods), Lchdm. i. 398, 11. <b>I b.

Linked entry: scaþel

hring

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Wyrc feówer hringas ( circulos ), and áhóh hié on ðá feówer hyrnan ðǽre earce; and hát wyrcean twégen stengas . . . and sting út ðurh ðá hringas, Past. 169, 20-24.

cempa

(n.)
Grammar
cempa, an; m. [camp war, battle, -a, q. v.]

A soldier, warrior, CHAMPION ⬩ miles, bellator, athleta = ἀθλητής

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Ðá ða cempan hine ahéngon, hí námon his reáf, and worhton feówer dǽlas, ǽlcum cempan ánne dǽl milites cum crucifixissent eum, acceperunt vestimenta ejus, et fecerunt quatuor partes, unicuique militi partem, Jn. Bos. 19, 23.

Linked entry: cæmpa