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meós

(n.)
Grammar
meós, es; m. n.

Moss

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Cf. meós mór, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 81, 29

ge-wef

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wef, ge-wefe, -wife, es; n.

A webtextura

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M. 387 Gewife fatum, fortuna, Cot. 88; Lye. Him Dryhten forgeaf wígspéda gewiofu the Lord gave him the webs of success in war, i. e. he was successful in war, Beo. Th. 1398; B. 697

Linked entries: ge-wife ge-wifsǽlig

ge-innian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-innian, pp. -innod

To bring inincludeto fillsupplychargepræstareincludere

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He hæfþ geinnod ðat ǽr geútod wæs he has included what before was excluded, Cod. Ex. p. 1

ge-mang

(prep.)
Grammar
ge-mang, prep. [ge-mang a mixture]

AMONGinter, in medio.

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AMONG; inter, in medio. dat Ðeós sprǽc com út gemang bróþrum exiit sermo iste inter fratres, Jn. Bos. 21; 23. Arís gemang him surge in medium, Mk. Bos. 3, 3. Gemang ðám interim, Gen. 43, 1.

Linked entry: on-gemang

scip-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
scip-fæt, es; n.
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Hec acerra a schyp for censse, 230, col. 2. Wright has the following note on this entry: The nef, a vessel in the form of a ship, used in the church from an early period to hold the incense, as well as other articles

þístra

(n.)
Grammar
þístra, þrístra
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Ger. dinsan trahere: 'Bavarian dünsel a twisted withy or other thin branch, used to bind rafts of wood to the shore, ' Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. xlii; and see Du Cange coniuncta.]

un-drifen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-drifen, adj.

Not driven

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For the fate of what was driven, cf. such a grant as the following : -- Ic cíðe eów ðæt Urk habbe his strand ... and eall ðæt tó his strande gedryuen hys, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 221, 5-8), L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 284, 21

wistfullian

(v.)
Grammar
wistfullian, p. ode

To feast

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Se apostol tǽhte ðæt wé sceoldon wistfullian ná on yfelnysse beorman, ac on þeorfnyssum sýfernysse (epulemur, non in fermento malitiae, sed in azymis sinceritatis, 1 Cor. 5, 8), Homl. Th. ii. 278, 24

Linked entry: wist

for-trúwian

(v.)
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Ðæt hié ðencen tó him selfum and ne fortrúwigen hié for óðerra monna weorcum ut ad suum cor redeant, et de alienis actibus non praesumant, 231, 12

hýþ

Grammar
hýþ, a port. (
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Þá þá hé cóm tó Rómána hýþe ( ad Romanum portum ), Gr. D. 347, 16. Of ðǽre hýðe andlang streámes, C. D. vi. 100, 6. Æ[t] hýðum (æt[h]ýðum wǽran gesette, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 30) portunalia (v. hýþ-gild), An. Ox. ll, 186

Linked entries: hýþ-gild Lamb-hýþ

ýþung

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Add: overflowing, inundation Mycel ýðglung (ýðguncg, v. l.) and regnes gyte forð cóm inundatio pluviae erupit. Gr. D. 167, 24.

un-wrǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wrǽst, -wrǽste; adj.

Weakpoorsorrymiserablewretched

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Hé wearð him on ánum unwrǽstum (unwrǽste, Th. 321, 10) scipe (cf. uneáðe ætburstan, p. 320, col. 2) férde ofer sǽ, Chr. 1051; Th. 319, 3. Hí hí selfe léton ǽgþer ge for heáne ge for unwrǽste, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 98, 23

Linked entry: wrǽst

wǽpnung

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpnung, e; f.

Armourarms

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Iudas com mid ðám cwealmbǽrum mid ormǽtere wǽpnunge (with an immense amount of weapons), Homl. Ass. 74, 44: Homl. Th. ii. 302, 4

weardere

(n.)
Grammar
weardere, es; m.

One who holds a country, an inhabitant

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One who holds a country, an inhabitant Columba com tó Pyhtum; ðæt synd wærteras be norðum mórum Columba came to the Picts; they are the people who hold the country to the north of the hills (cf.

Linked entry: wærtere

oftrǽdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
oftrǽdlíce, adv.

Frequently, often, habitually

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Se Hǽlend oftrǽdlíce (frequenter) com ðyder, Jn. Skt. 18, 2. Gif man hine oftrǽdlíce (ex consuetudine) ofer drince, L. Ecg. P. iv. 33; Th. ii. 214, 12. Ǽghwæðer óðerne oftrǽdlíce út drǽfde, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 12.

GYRD

(n.)
Grammar
GYRD, gird, gerd, e; f.

A staffrodtwiga yard the fourth part of a hidevirgavirgata

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Fiórþe half gird three yards and a half, Lchdm. iii. 362, col. 2. Landes sumne dǽl ðæt is án gyrd a certain portion of land, that is the fourth part of a hide, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 260, 32: 263, 7.

Linked entries: gird geard

Acemannes burh

(n.)
Grammar
Acemannes burh, burg; g. burge; d. byrig, beri; f: ceaster, cester; g. ceastre; f. [æce ake, mannes man's, ceaster or burh city or fortress]

Bath, Somersetshire

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D. 972, Edgar took the kingdom at Akeman's burgh, that is at Bath, Chr. 972; Th. 225, 18, col. 3. On ðære ealdan byrig, Acemannes ceastre; ac beornas Baðan nemnaþ in the old burgh, Akeman's Chester; but men call it Bath, Chr. 973; Ing. 158, 26.

cleweða

(n.)
Grammar
cleweða, clæweða, an; m.

A clawing, scratchingscalpturigo, scalpurigo

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Cot.] biþ swíðe unsár, and se cleweða [MS.

Linked entry: clæwetða

CURS

(n.)
Grammar
CURS, es; m.

CURSEmaledictio

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Catal. 81, 5: Cod. Dipl. 310 ; A. D. 871-878 ; Kmbl. ii. 107, 5: 1057 ; Kmbl. v. 114, 25: Chr. 656 ; Erl. 33, 12: 675 ; Erl. 39, 20, 21, 27, 28: 963 ; Erl. 123, 14

Linked entry: cors

fore-þingung

(n.)
Grammar
fore-þingung, e; f.

A pleading for anyoneintercessionintercessio

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Catal. 294, 20, col. 2. Mid gódum foreþingungum with good intercessions, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 21, note, MS. Ca.; Rtl. 49, 34