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þencan

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Þá þæt þá óþre geáscedon ꝥ hé hié ealle beswícan þóhte ceteri, cum deciptise ab Antigonu singillatim viderent, Ors. 3, 11; S. 150, 12: 5, 12; S. 242, 6: 6, 34; S. 292, 3.

on-wealh

(adj.)
Grammar
on-wealh, -walh; adj.

Whole, entire ⬩ sound, uninjured, uncorrupted ⬩ whole, entire

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Gl. 525, 61. literal, sound, uninjured, uncorrupted Ealne his líchoman gemétton onwealhne and gesundne ( integrum ), Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 37.

Linked entries: an-wealh -wealg

ge-rýman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rýman, p. de; pp. ed [rýman to make room]

To extend, enlarge, make room, open, manifest, expand ⬩ dīlātāre, amplĭfĭcāre, lŏcum dāre, apĕrīre, expandĕre

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On ðam rýmette ðe se cing hét gerýmen into ealdan mynstre in the space that the king ordered to cede to the old monastery, Ch. Th. 231, 26

Linked entry: rýman

híw-rǽden

Grammar
híw-rǽden, In
  • Ps. L.
the word is neuter

a family ⬩ a house ⬩ a house ⬩ family ⬩ tribe ⬩ nation

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Ealle hýwrǽdena þeóda universae familiae gentium, Ps. L. 21, 28

eorþe

the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust

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H. 243, 35. one of the four elements Ðeáh þú ealle gesceafta áne naman genemde, ealle þú nemdest tógædere and héte woruld; and þeáh ðone ánne noman ðú tódǽldest on feówer gesceafta; án þǽra is eorþe, oþer wæter, þridde lyft, feówrþe fýr, Bt. 33, 4; F

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

wé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wé, pron.

We. ⬩ used of more than one person, ⬩ dual ⬩ plural ⬩ used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors ⬩ used of one person, ⬩ by a writer or speaker ⬩ by a prince

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Wé ealle wǽron ðé fylgende, and ðú eart úre ealra fultum ða ðe on ðé gelýfaþ, Blickl. Homl. 229, 20.

Linked entry: ús

ést

favour ⬩ luxuries

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Eal þæt wé sceoldan on Godes ést gelǽstan all that according to the will of God we ought to do, 92, 12: 103, 5: 172, 7: 181, 11. Dunn hafað ðás bóc gesald his wífe an Godes ést, C.

óþ

(prep.; con.)
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Hié ðæt gild gefyldan eal óþ grund, 221, 33. Ðæt hí óþ forwyrd fordiligade ne wǽron, Bd. l, 16; S. 484, 17. Se Ægipta slóh frumbearn ǽghwylc ealra óþ ða nýtenu ( down to the very beasts ), Ps. Th. 134, 8.

Linked entries: ót- se

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return

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Hié ealle ða worold on hiora ágen gewill onwendende ( evertendo ) wǽron, 1, 10; Swt. 48, 10. Eall heofona mægen biþ onwended and onhréred, Blickl. Homl. 91, 27: 93, 13.

ge-writ

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Wilhelm cyng grét ealla þá þe þys gewrit tó cymð ofer eall Engla-land, 489, 2. Beháten gewrit pollicita rescripsio, An. Ox. 5455. Hér geswutelað on þison gewrite hú Æðelréd kyning geúðe ꝥ Æðeríces cwyde standan móste, Cht. Th. 539, 31: Ll.

eorl-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-dóm, es; m.

EARLDOM, the province or dignity of an earl, the same as ealdor-dóm, v. Turner's Hist. b. viii. c. 7 ⬩ cŏmĭtis mūnus

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An EARLDOM, the province or dignity of an earl, the same as ealdor-dóm, v.

Linked entry: eorl

for-glendran

(v.)
Grammar
for-glendran, p. ade, ede; pp. ad, ed [glendran to devour]

To eat greedily ⬩ devour voraciously ⬩ lurcāri ⬩ devŏrāre

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Ealle heora snytru beóþ yfele forglendred omnis săpientia eōrum devŏrāta est, Ps. Th. 106, 26; Blickl. Horn. 99, 9. Forglendred serviunculus? Wrt. Voc. 290, 49. Forglendrad conglūtĭnātus? = glūtĭtus devoured, vel glūtĭnātus glued together, Ps.

Linked entries: forgend glendran

gærsama

(n.)
Grammar
gærsama, gersuma, an; m.

Treasure ⬩ ŏpes

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Treasure; ŏpes He lét nyman of hire ealle ða betstan gærsaman he caused all the best treasures to be taken from her, Chr. 1035; Th. 292, 22, col. 2. Gif he ne sealde ðe máre gersuman if he had not given the greater treasures, Chr. 1047; Erl. 177, 7

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; m.
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A. 652] In xl nihta ealne leód forgelde let him pay the whole fine within forty days, L. Ethb. 22; Th. i. 8, 6. Healfne leód, 23; Th. i. 8, 7

ge-deorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-deorfan, p. -dearf, pl. -durfon; pp. -dorfen

To labour

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In Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3, Heora scipa gedurfon L and C perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf], and Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24, Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon

Linked entry: dorfen

tígan

(v.)
Grammar
tígan, p. de
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To tie, literal Valerianus hét beheáfdian on Ypolitus gesihðe ealle his híwan, and hine sylfne hét tígan be dám fótum tó ungetemedra horsa swuran, Homl.

un-áþrotenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áþrotenlíce, adv.

Unweariedly ⬩ unceasingly

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Ealne ðisne andweardan welan hí swíþe unaþrotenlíce sécáþ, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 21: 39, 13; Fox 234, 7

Linked entry: á-þrotenlíce

ymb-snidenness

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-snidenness, e; f.
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Ða ealdan ymbsnidenysse, Shrn. 47, 18

Linked entry: sniden-ness

bisceop-híred

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-híred, es; m.
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Se biscop þrowade martyrdóm mid ealle his biscophírede, Shrn. 105, 18

Linked entries: bisceop-hyrde híréd

cin

(n.)
Grammar
cin, cinn, es; n. (not f.).
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Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Cinn menta, An. Ox. 46, 4. Add