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(n.)
Grammar
EÁ, often indeclinable in the sing, but eás is sometimes found in gen; and é, ǽ, eǽin dat; pl. nom. acc. eá, eán; gen. eá; dat. eáum, eám, eán; f; ǽ

indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua

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Be ðære ófrun by the banks of the river, Gen. 41, 3: Ors. 1, 3; Bos. 27, 28: 2, 4; Bos. 44, 13. Be ðære by the river. Chr. 896; Th. 172, 35, col. 2. Ða oferfaran wolde would go over the river, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 2.

Linked entries: ǽ é

Mirce

(n.)
Grammar
Mirce, Mierce, Myrce; pl.

The MerciansMercia

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Mircena cining, 704; Er1. 43, 30. Mercna land, ríce, cyningcynn, 905; Erl. 98, 14: 655; Erl. 28, 4: Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 8. Myrcna cynn, mǽgþ, þeód, 3, 21; S. 551, 23: 4, 3; S. 566, 24: 2, 12; S, 515, 7.

Linked entry: Myrce

GIM

(n.)
Grammar
GIM, gimm, gym, gymm; gen. gimmes; m.

GEMjewelgemmaused metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.

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a GEM, jewel; gemma Se stán bið blæc gym the stone is a black gem, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 24. Ðæt nebb líxeþ swá glæs oððe gim the beak glitters like glass or gem, Exon. 60 a; Th. 218, 25; Ph. 300.

Linked entries: giem gym

seonu

(n.)
Grammar
seonu, sionu, senu, sinu, synu; gen. seonwe, sine;
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weak forms also occur; f. A sinew, nerve, tendon Sionu nervus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 67. Sinu, i. 71, 42. Gif sin[o] scrince . . . and gif sino clæppette. Lchdm. ii. 6, 13 - 15.

Linked entry: sinu

GE-DÉFE

(adj.)
Grammar
GE-DÉFE, -doefe; comp. -ra; superl. -est, -ust; adj.

Becomingfitproperseemlyconvenientagreeabledecentquietmildmeekgentlekindbenevolentcongruusconvĕniensdĕcensopportūnushŏnestusquiētusmansuētusbĕnignus

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Th. 3345; B. 1670 : Ps. Th. 60, 6 : 117, 13. Ne biþ ðæt gedéfe ðeáþ that is not a seemly death, Exon. 91 a; Th. 340, 26; Gn. Ex. 117. Beóþ gedoefe estote vos perfecta, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 48.

Linked entry: deáf-líc

sumer

(n.)
Grammar
sumer, (-or, -ur), es; dat. a, e; m.
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Beorht sumor, Cd. Th. 239, 23; Dan. 374. Sumer and winter; on sumera hit biþ wearm and on wintra ceald, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23. Swá háttra sumor, swá mára ðunor and líget on geáre, Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. witun ðæt sumor (-er, MSS. A. B. Lind.

Linked entries: sumor sumur

tídlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tídlíce, adv.
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for a time, temporarily Yrsunge tídelíce ( but tíde ne, MSS. O. T.) sceal mon gehealdan iracundie tempus non reseruare, R. Ben. 17, 6. <b>I a.

Linked entry: tímlíce

úht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
úht-sang, es; m.

One of the services of the churchnocturns or matins

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Hiemis tempore premisso in primis versu..., R. Ben. 33, 7. Seofon tídsangas gesetton ... Se forma tídsang is úhtsang mid ðam æftersange ðe ðǽrtó gebiraþ, L. Ælfc. P. 31; Th. ii. 376, 5: L. Ælfc. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 6.

æþeling

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Add: a prince of an English royal house Æþelingc clito (clitones universim filii omnes regnm apud Anglo-Saxones, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 62. Æðeling, 42, 15. Æþeling clyton, ii. 22, 40.

á-leógan

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Add: to fail to perform a promise, pledge, &c., to be false to one's promise hit eall álugon, ge wed ge áþas, Chr. 947; P. 112, 25. Gif hwá geniéd sié hláfordsearwe . . . is ryhtre áleóganne þonne gelǽstanne.

folgoþ

serviceofficeauthority

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(the centurion) forlét his folgos, Hml. S. 37, 192. the district in which office is held: Se biscop ámanige þá oferhýrnesse æt þám geréfan þe hit on his folgoðe , Ll. Th. i. 214, 3.

ge-hwǽde

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Gr. Z. 29, 9: exiguus Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 19. applied to material objects. of size Fram dúne gehwǽdre a monte modico Ps. L. 41, 7. Bát gehwǽdne lembum exiguum Wülck. Gl. 254, 26. Ðeós wyrt hafað gehwǽ;dne wyrttruman, Lch. i. 260, 5.

geond-geótan

(v.)
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Add: Fusi, i. dispersi, confusi vel gendgotene, Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 8. to cover by pouring, overspread with a liquid man ealle þá bydenu mid pice geondgute omnia dolia pice superfusa, Gr. D. 57, 30.

ge-brecan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 33, 9. lit. to break. without sense of injury Mið ðý onféng hláf and gebræcg (fregif), Lk. L. 22, 19: 24, 30. Gebrægc, Mk.

hladan

to loadto loadfreightcargoto loadto drawto drawto drawto drawobtainto scoop out

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Windhladen (q. v.) ventuosus. to put as a burden, freight, or cargo, to load something on a porter or vehicle Ic [on] hrycg hlade, þæt ic habban sceal, . 4, 65, ne móston on bǽl hladan leófne mannan, B. 2126.

hycgan

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<b>I a.</b> where the subject matter of thought is given as object :-- Þá inwit and fácen hycgeað on heortan qui cogitaverunt malitias in corde. Ps. Th. 139, 2. <b>I b.

of-þyncan

(v.)

to cause regret or sorrowto cause displeasure or offence

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with dat. of pers. and gen. of cause, nom. of cause, cause given by a clause to cause regret or sorrow ofþincþ penetet, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 21. ofþincþ ðæt ic hig worhte poenit t me fecisse eos, Gen. 6, 7. Hit ofþincþ, Lk. Skt. 17, 4.

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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In. 53; Th. i. 134, 17: L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 9.

ge-reccan

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Add: to extend Gereceþ extendit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 49. to offer, give. v. reccan ; gereccað lofu úrum Sceppende referamus laudes creatori nostro, R. Ben. I. 46, 11.

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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The price set upon a man according to his degree Twelfhyndes mannes wergyld bið six ceorla wergyld, L. O. 13; Th. i. 182, 21. Ceorles wergild (weregild, 1. 20) is .cc. and .lxvi. þrimsa, ðæt bið .ii. hund sciłł. be Myrcna lage, L.