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fremu

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Eádsige hine wel lǽrde tó ealles folces freme docuit eum ea quae facienda erant ad utilitatem sibi subjecti populi, Chr. 1042; P. 162, note 6.

stæf

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.), for ðan hé ne cúðe dón his gerihte swá wel swá hé sceolde fere perdidit baculum suum, quia nescivit ministerium suum, Chr. 1047; P. 171, 13. Hé þám ƀ his stæf benam, 1094; P. 229, 4.

wergild-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
wergild-þeóf, es; m.
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Gif þeóf sié gefongen, swelte hé deáðe, oþþe his líf be his were man áliése, L. In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8] Be wergeldþeófes forefonge.

brycg

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magon swýþe micele þearfe and ælmessan ús sylfum gedón, gif willað bricge macian and þá symle bótettan, 303, 8. Add

weorþscipe

(n.)
Grammar
weorþscipe, es; m.
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Welan and weorþscipes hí willniaþ opes, honores ambiant, 32, 3; Fox 118, 29: Met. 19, 44. Hwæt mæg ic ðé máre secgan be ðam weorþscipe and be ðam anwealde ðisse worulde . . .

Eowland

(n.)
Grammar
Eowland, es; n.

Oeland, an island on the coast of Sweden Oelandia

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Oeland, an island on the coast of Sweden; Oelandia Wǽron us ðás land, ða synd hátene Blecinga ég, and Meore, and Eowland, and Gotland, on bæcbord we had, on our left, those lands which are called Blekingey, and Meore, and Oeland, and Gothland, Ors. 1

ranclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ranclíce, adv.
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C. 35; Th. ii. 358, 6. boldly (v. ranc, III) Ymbe ða feówer tíman wyllaþ cýðan iungum preóstum má þinga ðæt hig mágon ðé ranclícor ðás þing heora clericum geswutelian, Anglia viii. 312, 18

ge-deorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-deorfan, p. -dearf, pl. -durfon; pp. -dorfen

To labour

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In Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3, Heora scipa gedurfon L and C perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf], and Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24, Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon

Linked entry: dorfen

tungol-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tungol-cræft, es; m.
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rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte, ðæt seó sunne biþ hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áðýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 31

coc

Grammar
coc, cocc.
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Se kok ðe ymb sprǽcon, 12. Coca pullorum, An. Ox. 4891. Cocca, 2, 398. Add

geond-líhtan

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Þǽr becóm seó beorhtnys . . . ꝥ ealle eondlýhte wǽron . . . þǽr wæs fǽringa geworden on ansýne swylce þǽr gylden sunna onǽled wǽre, and ofer ús ealle eondlýhte, Nic. 12, 20-23. Add

talian

(v.)
Grammar
talian, <b>. I a.</b>
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taliað ducimus (nec legitimum connubium spernendum ducimus, Ald. 7, 27), An. Ox. 419. Tó for náht taliende parui pendendam, 504. <b>I c.

ælmes-georn

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Sýn rummóde þearfendum mannum and earmum ælmesgeorne, Bl. H. 109, 15. Ælmesgeorne and árdǽde wið earme men, 131, 2. Mildheorte and ælmesgeorne, 95, 26: Wlfst. 109, 12. Add

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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Godes is ðæt yrfe ðe big leofiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 51, 18. Ðǽm mannum ðe be his lárum lifiaþ, 61, 13. On hwylcum geswince hié lifiaþ, 59, 25. Gif ða dagas fulfremedlíce for Gode lifgeaþ, 35, 25. Ða hwíle ðe lifgaþ hér on worlde, 35, 35.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

þweores

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

across as opposed to alongathwarttransverselycrosswise as opposed to lengthwayson the flankperverselywrongly

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Hé hét ǽnne weall þwyres ofer eall ðæt lond ásettan from sǽ óþ sǽ, Ors. 6, 15; Swt. 270, 13.

Linked entries: þwires þwyre

drinca

(n.)
Grammar
drinca, an; m: drince, an; f. [drinc drink]

Drink potus

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Drink; potus Eáðe we mágon geseón hwǽr se drinca is we can easily see where the drink is, Ors. 5, 8; Bos. 107, 30. He wolde beran drincan his gebróðrum he would bear drink to his brethren, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 5.

HEG

(n.)
Grammar
HEG, hig, es; n.

Haygrassfœnum

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gesáwon oft in cyrcean ǽgðer ge corn ge hig beón gehealdene we have often seen both corn and hay kept in the church, L. E. I. 8; Th. ii. 406, 30

Linked entries: hig hoeg

ge-brócod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brócod, -brócad, -bróced, -brócud [or -brocod ?]; part. p. [ge-, brðcod; pp. of brócian to oppress, vex]

Afflictedbroken upinjuredafflictusconfractus

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We ealle on hǽðenum folce gebrócude wǽron we were all afflicted by the heathen folk, Cod. Dipl. 314; A. D. 880-885; Kmbl. ii. 113, 16

ge-grétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grétan, he -grét, pl. -grétaþ; p. -grétte, pl. -grétton; pp. -gréted

To approachcome toaddressgreetwelcomeadirealloquisalutare

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Ðæt we mágon úre frýnd geseón and úre siblingas gegrétan that we may see our friends and greet our kinsmen, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 33. Man tǽleþ and mid yfle gegréteþ ða ðe riht lufiaþ men blame and insult those that love right, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 164

steóp-cild

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-cild, es; n.
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Steápcildo pupillos, Rtl. 29, 13. fig. one deprived of protection wǽron steópcild gewordene, forðan ðe wǽron ástýpede ðæs heofenlícan ríces, Wulfst. 252, 10. Ne lǽte ic eów steópcild, Jn. Skt. 14, 18