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Tenet

(n.)
Grammar
Tenet, Tænet[t]; also Tenet-land
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Is on eásteweardre Cent mycel eálond Tenet (Tanatos insula ), ðæt is syx hund hída micel ... Ðæt eálond tósceádeþ Wantsumo streám fram ðam tógeþeódden lande, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 10-20.

wirgþu

(n.)
Grammar
wirgþu, (-o); indecl.: wirgþ, e; f.

condemnationcursepunishmentevilwickednesscursingmaledictio

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Wergðu wyrcean to afflict, hurt, Ps. Th. 108, 17. Ne sceolon gé on míne wítegan wergðe settan in prophetis meis nolite malignari, 104, 13. Ic hine wergðo on míne sette my curse shall be upon him, Cd. Th. 105, 19; Gen. 1755.

for-settan

to stop upblockobstructto press downoppressrepress

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Ic eom forseted and forðryced mid þám scyllum þisses dracan squamis hujus draconis premor, 325, 5

Agustin

(n.)
Grammar
Agustin, es; m: Agustīnus, Augustīnus, i; m:

St. AugustineAugustinus

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Scriptum vero est in tumba ejusdem Augustīni epitaphium hujusmodi :-- Hic requiescit domnus Augustīnus Doruvernensis [Canterbury] archiepiscopus primus, qui olim huc a beato Gregorio Romanæ urbis pontifice directus, et a Deo operatione miraculorum suffultus

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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Gif hwá gefeohte on cyninges húse síe hé scyldig ealles his ierfes . . . Gif hwá on mynstre gefeohte, hundtwelftig sciłł. gebéte, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 4. Gif hwá gefeohteþ on mynstre bútan circean gebéte . . . be mynstres mǽðe, L.

yfelian

(v.)
Grammar
yfelian, p. ode.
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Hí ðara nánne yflian noldan ðe tó ðæm Godes húse óðflugon, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 94, 8: Nar. 25, 27. Ða ðe willaþ Godes cyricean yfelian and strúdan, Blickl.

ge-feoht

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Gif hwá gefeohte on cyninges húse ... Gif hwá on mynstre gefeohte ...

hearde

firmlytightly

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Martin) cóm tó húse hearde gedréfed (cf. Martinus cóm micclum dreórig, Hml. S. 31, 213), Hml. Th. ii. 504, 25. Ne wé cunnun þurh hwæt þú þus hearde ús eorre wurde, El. 400.

hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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Þwyrlíce færð æt ðám húse þǽr seó wyln bið þǽre hlǽfdigan wissigend, and seó hlǽfdige bið þǽre wylne underðeódd. Hml. S. 17, 8-12. Þǽre hláfdian matrone, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 65. Swé swé égan menenes hondum hláfdian hire (dominae suae), Ps.

sculan

(v.)
Grammar
sculan,  sceolan; ic, hé sceal, scal, ðú scealt, pl. wé sculon, sceolon ; p. sceolde, scolde, scealde, scalde; subj.
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Se þeówa gemétte hys efenþeówan, se him sceolde (sculde, Rush.) án hund penega, and hé cwæð; 'Ágyf ðæt ðú mé scealt,' Mt. Kmbl. 18, 24. 28. mycel scealt ðú (áht ðú tó geldanne. Lind. ) mínum hláforde? Lk. Skt. 16, 5, 7.

Linked entries: ge-scola sceal

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Hér sægþ be ðisse tíde árwyrþnesse, Drihten hine selfne geeaþmédde, 65, 29.

fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
fricgan, fricgean, fricggan; part. fricgende; ic fricge, ðú frigest, frigst, frihst, he frigeþ, frigþ, frihþ, pl. fricgaþ; p. ic, he fræg, ðú frǽge, pl. frǽgon; impert. frige; subj. pres. fricge, pl. fricgen; pp. ge-frigen, -fregen, -frægen

To askinquirequestionfind outseek afterlearnget information ofinterrŏgāresciscĭtāripĕtĕrefando accĭpĕrecompĕrīre

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Hí fricgaþ, . . . they ask, how . . . Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 30; Crl. 92. Frige mee fródum wordum question me in prudent words, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 8; Gn. Ex. 1. Frige hwæt ic hátte find out what I am called.

inca

(n.)
Grammar
inca, an; m.

Doubtquestionoffenceill-willfear

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Ðeáh ðe ic nó [MS. on] ingcan wiste ic míne heortan heólde mid sóðe though I did not know any cause of complaint, as to the manner in which I had kept my heart truly; ergo sine causa justificavi cor meum, 72, 11.

metod

(n.)
Grammar
metod, metud, meotud, meotod, es; m.

fatedestinydeath

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Gemyndig on móde se metoda drihten cwæþ on his godspelle be his godcundan tócyme, 512, 27. -- Metod engla, lífes brytta, Cd. 6; Th. 8, 9; Gen. 136. Blíðheort cyning, metod alwihta monna cynnes, 10; Th. 12, 29; Gen. 193.

ge-þingþu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþu, -þingcþu, -þincþ, -þyncþ, e; f.
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micelre geþincþe sý ðæt hálige mǽden Maria of how great dignity is the holy maiden Mary, 22, 21.

Linked entries: ge-þincð þyncþ

ge-sceád

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceád, -scád, es; n.

separation, distinction, differencepower of distinguishing, reason, discretion, discrimination, an account, a reckoning, argumentdistinctio, discretio, distantia

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Eálá mid micle gesceáde God todǽlde betwih leóht and ðýstru O quam grandi distantia divisit deus inter lucem et tenebras, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 37.

Linked entries: -sceád ge-scád

bismer

(n.)
Grammar
bismer, n.

infamyshamedisgraceignominyhumiliationscorncontumelyinsult blasphemy

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Hí wrohten ǽlc þǽra harme and bismere þæs cynges, mannan ... hí mihton þæs cynges bismer áwrecan and ealles þeódscipes, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 1-8. Hé sǽde þá sár and ðá bysmra þe hé ádreógan wolde, Bl.

Linked entry: bismer-sprecan

ge-sib

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Be gebróþrum, gesibbe wíf hig habban móton de fratribus, quam prope cognatas uxores habere possint, Ll. Th. ii. 130, 8. applied to a condition Ðǽre gesibban cognate (propinquitatis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 27.

gremian

(v.)
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hí God gremion, Hml. Th. i. 588, 11. the object an animal Wyrmgalere galdra sangum gremede Marsus (virulentos matrices) incantationum carminibus irritabat, prouocabat, An. Ox. 4942. Gremede irritat (torvam carmine gypsam ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 13.

þæt

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Ábreóðe his anginn, þæt hé hér swá manigne mann áflýmde, By. 243. 2. add: cf. ; III 2 a a