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ge-sigefæstan

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cóm hám symle gesund and gesyge-fæsted, 96, 25. Add

ge-wǽpnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpnung, e; f.
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Armour, arms. military, v. ge-wǽpnian; i Cóm Mercurius mid his gewǽpnunge and wearð ásend tó þæs cáseres slæge, Hml. S. 3, 251. Hé férde mid þám cempum búton gewǽpnunge, 31, 41.

Linked entry: wǽpnung

ofer-lǽfan

(v.)
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[There ouerlafte not con non superfuit ne una quidem, Wick. Ex. 8, 31.]

dæg

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dæg, <b>. I a.</b> add: ¶ in pl.
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days, denoting a period of undefined extent On þám dagum cóm Ióhannes, Mt. 3, 1: Lk. 1, 39. Add Geloten dæg suprema (dies ), Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 14. ¶ Add Þú sealdest him langsumnyssa dagena, Ps.

or-þanc

(adj.)
Grammar
or-þanc, adj.

Cunning, skilful

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Hwǽr com heora snyttro and seó orþonce gláunes, and se ðe gebregdnan dómas démde ? Blickl. Homl. 99, 31

in-land

(n.)
Grammar
in-land, es ; n.

terra tenementalisterra dominicalis

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Sex æceras innlondes ǽgðer ge mǽdlondes ge eyrþlondes, Cod. Dipl.

Linked entries: ge-neát-land út-land

ofer-féran

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L. 12, 37. of time relations, to pass through life Tó þisse andweardan woruld cóm Críst and oferférde; þæt is, hé cóm tó ðisse worulde on menniscnysse, and ðis líf oferférde, Hml. Th. i. 182, 27-28

Úse

(n.)
Grammar
Úse, Wúse, an; Ús (or Úse; indecl.?), e; f.

Ouse

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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii, 454, 14-25. Landgemǽre æt Ollanége ... In on Úse;andlang Úse, 170, 22-31. Tó Úse stæðe (cf. uulgare prisco usu nomen imposuerunt Use, l. 2), v. 226, 14. Up on Úsan óð Wætlinga-strǽt, L. A. G. i; Th. i. 152, 10.

Linked entry: Wúse

Wil-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Wil-tún, es; m.

Wilton in Wiltshire

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Hió becwið án pund tó Wiltúne ðám híwum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 131, 1. ¶the name occurs in several Latin charters In uilla regali qui appellatur Uuiltún, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 320, 15. In uico regio æt Wiltúne. iii. 278, 32.

DOL

(adj.)
Grammar
DOL, def. se dola, seó, ðæt dole; adj.
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Ða dolan rǽdas stŏlĭda consulta, Cot. 189. Ic dole hwette I excite the dull, Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 1; Rä. 12, 3: 107 b; Th. 410, 16; Rä. 28, 17: Ps. Th. 118, 126

in-segel

(n.)
Grammar
in-segel, es; n.

A sealsignet

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Ðá com Sparhafoc tó him mid ðæs cynges gewrite and insegle, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 20. Swá hwæðer swá heó beó fúl swá clǽne binnan ðam insegle whether it [the hand] be foul or clean within the seal, L. Æðelst iv. 7 ; Th. i. 226, 32.

Linked entries: -segel in-sigle

nón

(n.)
Grammar
nón, es; n.

the ninth hourhora nonathe service held at the ninth hournones

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Sele drincan on undern, on middæg, on nón, Lchdm. ii. 140, 2. the service held at the ninth hour, nones Wé sungon nón cantavimus nonam, Coll. Monast. Tb. 33, 35

mid-lifiend

(n.)
Grammar
mid-lifiend, es; m.

One co-existent with another

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One co-existent with another Uppstige ðæs midlifiendes [ðæs lifigendan, MS. Ca.], Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 24, note. v. next word

Linked entry: -lifiend

wóh

(adj.)
Grammar
wóh, adj.

not straightbentcrookedtwistedobliquenot rightperversefrowardwrongunfair

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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 73, 22. Tó ðære wóhgan apeldran, iii. 389, 32. Tó wóhan (wógan, v. l.) ǽc, Cod. Dip. B. i. 417, 16. Ðá oncierde ðæt scip on wónne síþfæt þurh deófles beswicennesse, Shrn. 60, 8.

þweores

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
þweores, þwires, þwyres.

across as opposed to alongathwarttransverselycrosswise as opposed to lengthwayson the flankperverselywrongly

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Ðonon þweores ofér ðone beorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 353, 16. Adam wæs on lenge fíf and hundnigontiges fingra lenge ofer þweoras ða fingras (i.e. taking the breadth, not the length, of the fingers ), Anglia xi. 2, 28.

Linked entries: þwires þwyre

ÁR

(n.)
Grammar
ÁR, e; f.

An OARremus

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Sume hæfdon lx ára some had sixty oars, Chr, 897; Th. 174, 43, col. 1. Sǽrófe árum bregdaþ ýþbord [MS. yþborde] neáh brave seamen draw the vessel near with oars, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 26; Crä. 57

Candel-mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
Candel-mæsse, an; f.
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D. 1014, Sweyn ended his days at Candlemas, Chr. 1014; Th. 272, 25, col. 1

cwealm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
cwealm-bǽre, cwylm-bǽre; adj. [-bǽre, an adj. termination; producing, bearing]

Death-bearing, deadly mortifĕrus

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Catal. 164, 48, col. 1 . Drenc mid ðam cwealmbǽrum áttre gemenged a drink mingled with deadly poison, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 17: 260, 11. Cwealmbǽrne mortifĕrum, Mone B. 4905 .

Linked entry: cwylm-bǽre

Ecg-bryht

(n.)
Grammar
Ecg-bryht, -briht, -berht, -byrht, es; m. [ecg edge, sword; bryht bright, excellent] Egbert; Ecgbryhtus; king of Wessex for thirty-seven years and seven months, from A.D. 800-837. Egbert chose Swithun [v. Swíþhún] for the preceptor to his son Æðelwulf, the heir to the throne of Wessex
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Hér, A.D. 837 [MS. 836], Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, se rícsode xxxvii wintra and vii mónþas here, A.D. 837, king Egbert died, who reigned thirty-seven years and seven months, Chr. 836; Th. 117, 25, col. 1

freom

(adj.)
Grammar
freom, adj.

Firmstrongpowerfulfirmusstrēnuusfortis

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Firm, strong, powerful; firmus, strēnuus, fortis Ðá com Metod freom on fultum then came the powerful Lord to his aid, Cd. 134; Th. 169, 1; Gen. 2793: 143; Th. 178, 19; Exod. 14.