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twéntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twéntig, twégentig; num.
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Kmbl. v. 331, 1. with other numbers, the inflection may be omitted if the noun does not immediately follow twébrig Nánne ðara twá and twéntigra monna, Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 256, 2. Ðæt mæsten is gemǽne tó ðám án and twéntigum hídum, Cod. Dip.

wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
wlítan, p. wlát, pl. wliton

To lookgaze

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Fleóhnet, ðæt hé mihte wlítan ðurh on ǽghwylcne, and on hyne nǽnig monna cynnes, Judth. Thw. 22, 5; Jud. 49. Grammar wlítan, amplified by the addition of eágum Hé ofer ealle þeóde eágum wlíteþ oculi ejus super gentes respiciunt, Ps. Th. 65, 6.

ge-bann

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Tó ðǽm gebanne ðæs tóhopan nán monn mæg cuman ad unam vocationis spem nequaquam pertingitur, Past. 345, 19. a proclamation, manifesto Se cyningc gesette þis geban, þus cweðende 'Swá hwilc man swá mé Apollonium lifigende tó gebringð, ic him gife fífti

geond-geótan

(v.)
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.), infuse Monna inngeðonc giendgeótan (gind-, v. l.) and gewæterian interiora infundere, Past. 137, 10. Ꝥ of þám ilcan wíne wǽron gesewene uneáðe ealle þá fatu geondgotene ut ex eodem vino omnia vascula vix infusa viderentur, Gr. D. 58, 27.

hycgan

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</b> where a pronoun representing the thought is object :-- Ne meahte monna ǽnig bedeáglian hwæt hé dearninga on hyge hogde heortan geþoncum, Gú. 1227. <b>I c.

hweogol

(n.)
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H. 127, 5-8), Shrn. 81, 11-14. a circle or cycle used in computation Gým þisses hweóles, hyt þé ætýwþ genóh openlíce þæs mónan ryne, Angl. viii. 328, 33. v. hlæd-hweogol, mylen-hweogol, sceard-hweogol (?)

Linked entries: sceard-hweogol hwegl

bryne

(n.)
Grammar
bryne, byrne, es; m.

to burnA burning, fire, flame, heatustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor

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Beóþ amerede monna gǽstas þurh bryne fýres the souls of men will be proved through the fire's heat, 63b; Th. 234, 25; Ph. 545: Salm. Kmbl. 124; Sal. 61

Linked entry: byrne

magan

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Add Mid scipun þe mon dulmunus hǽtt, þe mon sægð þæt on án scip mæge án þúsend manna it is said that a thousand men can be put into one ship, Ors. 1. 10; S. 46, 33.

micel

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S. 23, 695. add Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorþe geteórad, Lch. i. 76, 4. Ðonne hé ús seleð micel siolfor, ðonne hé ús selð micle getyngnesse, Past. 369, 13. Æt mǽstra hwelcre misdǽde, Ll.

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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Th. i. 8, 10. to state in writing Swá holde ꝥ hié on monegum templum áwriten, ꝥ ǽlc crísten mon hæfde frið . . . and Antonius hét forbærnan ꝥ gewrit þe hit on áwriten wæs hwæt mon on geáre ágiefan sceolde, Ors. 6, 13;S. 268, 18-23.

Linked entry: wrítan

leóht

(n.)
Grammar
leóht, a light.
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Se móna mid his blácan leóhte, Bt. 4; F. 6, 35. Se móna hys leóht (lęht, L. ) ne sylð, Mt. 24, 29.

(adv.)
Grammar
ná, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Nonotnon

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Monast. Th. 24, 31 : L. Ecg. P. iii. 1; Th. ii. 196, 13. Ná ðá git non dum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 55. Ná swá numquam ita, Wülck. Gl. 248, 9. Ná lancge non diu, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 31. Ná elles haud secus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 3.

Linked entries: ne

cyne-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-ríce, cyne-rýce, es; n.

A royal region or possession, a kingdom, realm regnum

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A royal region or possession, a kingdom, realm; regnum Secg monig wyscte ðæt ðæs cyneríces ofercumen wǽre many a warrior wished that there was an end of that kingdom, Exon. 100b; Th. 378, 34; Deór. 26.

Linked entry: cyning-ríce

for-wandian

(v.)
Grammar
for-wandian, -wandigan; p. ode; pp. od [wandian to fear] .

To reverencehave in honourvĕrĕrirevĕrĕriTo be afraidbe confoundedhesitateconfundicuntāri

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To be afraid, be confounded, hesitate; confundi, cuntāri Nellaþ forwandian ðæt hí ne syllon sóþfæstnysse wið sceattum they are not afraid to betray truth for money, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 23.

hwæl

(n.)
Grammar
hwæl, es; m.

A whale

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Monast. Th. 24, 15-22. Hé gesceóp ða micclan hwalas, Lchdm. iii. 234, 12

hyge-leást

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-leást, e; f.

Thoughtlessnessfoolishnessfollyheedlessness

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Monast. Th. 36, 9. Ne ús ne gedafenaþ ðæt wé úrne líchaman ðe Gode is gehálgod mid unþæslícum plegan and higleáste gescyndan it doth not beseem us to put our body, that is sanctified to God, to shame with indecent play and folly, Homl.

lyre

(n.)
Grammar
lyre, es; m.

Lossdamagedestructiondetriment

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Monast. Th. 27,1. On lyre in perditione, Ps. Lamb. 87, 12. Lyre jacturam, damnum, Hpt. Gl. 480, 43. Ná beóþ ða eádige ðe for hýnþum oððe lirum hwílwendlícra hyðða heófiaþ, Homl. Th. i. 550, 28

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f: es; n.
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Monast. Th. 25, 13

Linked entries: giren ge-grin

á-lúcan

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Of ðám munte álúcan ꝥ hreósende clif ruituram rupem ex monte evellere, Gr. D. 213, 16. Biþ út álocan excluditur, i. ejicitur, extra ponitur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 23. Út álocena evellantur, 32, 71. Up álocene eruta, 144, 10. Út álocene euulsum, An.

Linked entry: lúcan

ge-mǽte

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[He wes of his speche sciene monne imete, Laym. 6584