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ge-timbrung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-timbrung, e; f.

an edificea structurebuildingædĭfĭciumædĭfĭcātiostructūraa definition;defīnītio

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Lóca hwylce getimbrunga aspĭce, quāles structūræ, Mk. Bos. 13, 1. a definition; defīnītio Getimbrung defīnītio, Cot. 69

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lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, e; f.

Lawstatutedecreeregulationrulefixed custom

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[v. lög ii.] lög is rendered 'law community, communion, also a law district.' So in L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 172, 3 it is said :-- Gif hláford his þeówan freólsdæge nýde tó weorce gylde lahslitte inne on Deone lage and wíte mid Englum.

Linked entries: laga lah ge-lagu

mǽg-bót

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-bót, e; f.

The 'bót' paid to the kinsman of a slain man for the slaying of the latter

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If he (the slain man) strove against him that slew him, then let there be no 'bót' to the godfather just as there is no 'wite' to the lord, L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 13-20. Ǽgðer ge mǽgbóte ge manbóte fullíce gebéte, L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 360, 7

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon; pp. -sp[r]ecen.
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Th. i. 238, 15. to lose that which is the subject of a suit Cnut cyng lét ðæt land intó Crístes cyrcean ... tó ðám forewearde ðæt Eádsige hit hæbbe his lífes tíman ... and hé hit ne mæg náðer gifan ne syllan, ne forspecan ne forspillan ( lose it by a

lyre

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Hé þolode lyre (jacturam) eallra þára þinga þe on þám scipe wǽron, 141, 13. loss of a living creature by death Hé nolde ábúgan fram Godes lufe for bærna lyre, Hml. S. 16, 48.

tótian

(v.)
Grammar
tótian, p. ode

To peep outlook

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To peep out, look; Halliwell gives toot= to pry inquisitively, as a Northern word Se ceác oferhelede ða oxan ealle búton ða heáfudu tótodon út the basin covered the oxen entirely, except that the heads peeped out; luterem boves portant, qui facie exterius

be-gán

(v.)

passageto go roundto reach by goingcome uponget atto gopass byto gocomegetto pass byTo come byget atto comefall to one's lotto fallget into debtto surroundto confineto occupyto go about a businessto attend toto cultivateto worshipto honourvenerate a placeto exercise, practise an art, mode of life, &c.to practise a religionfollow the dictates of to practisecarry ondo (habitually)to devote one's self to a practiceto exercise a personto behaveto exercise in somethingto exerciseuseemployto professpretend

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Godes lof begán, Bl. H. 43, 5.

hladan

to loadto loadfreightcargoto loadto drawto drawto drawto drawobtainto scoop out

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Add: to load a vessel with a freight Wæs naca hladen herewǽdum, mearum and máðmum, B. 1897. to load, furnish abundantly with something. the object a person. the thing material Goldhladen þegn, Fins. 13. the thing non-material Guma gilphlæden, B. 868

a-swógan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swógan, p. -swég, pl. -swégon ; pp. -swógen [a, swógan to rush]

To rush intoinvadeoverrunchokeirruereinvadereoccuparesuffocare

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To rush into, invade, overrun, choke; irruere, invadere, occupare, suffocare We witon ðæt we lufiaþ ðone æcer ðe ǽr wæs mid þornum aswógen, and æfter ðæm ðe ða þornas beóþ aheáwene and se æcer biþ onered, bringþ gódne wæstm we know that we love the land

Linked entry: swógan

Bederices weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
Bederices weorþ, es ; m. [Bederices Bederic's, weorþ worth, town, or residence]

Bederic's worth or townEádmundes burhSt. Edmund's bury

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D. 958, Ælfgar records, Ic an ðat lond into Beodricheswrþe to Seynt Eádmundes stówe I give the land at Bedericsworth to St. Edmund's place, Th. Diplm. 506, 12

drýman

(v.)
Grammar
drýman, part. drýmende; p. de; pp. ed

To rejoice, be joyful jubĭlāre

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To rejoice, be joyful; jubĭlāre Hí mótun drýman mid Dryhtn they may rejoice with the Lord, Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 27; Cri. 1679. Him gefylgan ne mæg drýmendra gedryht the multitude of the joyful cannot follow him, Exon. 60 b; Th. 222, 13; Ph. 348.

ge-béd-stów

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd-stów, e; f.

A prayer placeplace where prayers have been offeredan oratoryorātiōnis lōcusorātōrium

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A prayer place, place where prayers have been offered, an oratory; orātiōnis lōcus, orātōrium In ðære gebédstówe æfter ðon monige mægen and hǽlo tácen gefremede wǽron in cūjus lŏco orātiōnis innŭmĕræ virtūtes sanĭtātum noscuntur esse patrātæ, Bd. 3,

un-hýðig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hýðig, adj.

Without that which is advantageous or beneficialunhappy

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Gewát beorn unhýðig ( Guthlac's disciple when he had just lost his master ), Exon. Th. 185, 32; Gú. 1302. Hié unhýðige gecyrdon luste belorene láðspell beran, Andr. Kmbl. 2157; An. 1080

ge-dreógan

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Substitute: to do, accomplish Hé wyrs ágylt and máran demm gedríhð (-drígð, v.l.) him selfum mid ðǽm lote, Past. 347, 18.

hnot

croppedpollarded

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Add: of animals, without horns, that has lost a horn Hnot mutilun, hnottum mutilatis Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 16, 17. [Perhaps hnoc (q. v.) should be read hnot, and taken here.] of trees, cropped, pollarded Tó ðám hnottan stocce (cf.

Linked entry: hnoc

án-lípig

(adj.)
Grammar
án-lípig, -lýpig; adj. [án one; hlíp, hlýp]

Going alonesolitaryprivatesingularalonesolitariusprivatussingularissolustantus

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Going alone, solitary, private, singular, alone; solitarius, privatus, singularis, solus, tantus Se ðá ánlýpig [MS. ánlýpi] awunode on syndrige stówe fram ðære cyricean qui tum in remotiore ab ecclesia loco solitarius manebat, Bd. 4, 30; S. 609, 1.

ilfette

(n.)
Grammar
ilfette, an: ilfetu, e ; f.

A swan

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Sume fugelas beóþ langsweorede swá swá ylfettan some birds are long-necked, such as swans, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 17

Linked entries: elfetu aelbitu

ceósan

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Voc. ii. 53, 34. to choose a person as lord Ic eom fyrmdig tó þám híwum ꝥ hý hine ceósan, Cht. Th. 487, 28.

dryhten

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Add: a lord Æþelstán cyning, eorla dryhten, Chr. 937; P. 106, 9. Drihtenna ł hláforda dominorum, Ps. L. 135, 3. the Deity Æt ðǽm uferran ende Dryhten hlinode, Past. 101, 20. Dryhtna Dryhten Deus deorum Dominus, Ps. Th. 49, 1.

neowol-ness

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Add: of a deep place on earen Ofer þá stówe ufon wæs hangiende unmǽte stánclif, and eác beneoðan swíþe deóp neowelnys (niwolnys, niolnes, v.ll.) ginode in loco ingens desuper rupes eminet, et profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18.