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ge-earnian

(v.)
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Nis nán tweó ꝥ hé forgifnesse syllan nelle þám þe hié geearnian willaþ, 65, 9. with clause Ic þé lǽre þæt þú hospcwide ne fremme . . . þonne þú geearnest ꝥ þé bið éce líf seald, El. 526.

widuwe

(n.)
Grammar
widuwe, widewe, weoduwe, weodewe, wuduwe, wudewe, wydewe, widwe, an; f. A widow, v. wíf, <b>III a</b>
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Hig ne móston wífian on nánre wuduwan, L. Ælfc. P. 39 ; Th. ii. 380, 16. Búton earmre wudewan, L. Ath. v. 2; Th. i. 230, 19. Gif man widuwan unágne genimeþ, L. Ethb. 76; Th. i. 20, 13. Gif hwá wydewan nýdnǽme, gebéte ðæt deópe, L.

Linked entries: weodewe weoduwe

ge-cígan

(v.)
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Hé óðran naman wæs gecíged Godwine, Chr. 984; P. 124, 4. to call a name Hiá geceiges noma his ... vocabunt women ejus Emmanuhel, Mt. L. 1. 23. Ðú gicég noma his Ióhannes, Lk. R. 1. 13

ÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÞ, es; m.

an OATHa swearingjuramentum

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must be verified by oath : the accused and his witness then replied also upon oath; thus, Ðæs áþ ðe his ǽhte bryideþ, ðæt he ne dǽþ ne for hete ne for hóle: - On ðone Drihten, ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle ne for unrihtre feohgynesse; ne ic nán

Linked entries: aaþ ánfeald áþ

weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
weorþung, e ; f.
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Næs riht on ðære stówe ǽnigne tó ácwellanne for ðære stówe weorþunge, Nar. 30, 3. Apostola ðínra worðunge folc ðín giwynsumia apostolorum tuorum Petri et Pauli honore plebs tua exultet Rtl. 59, 33.

wítega

(n.)
Grammar
wítega, an; m.

a wise manone who has knowledgeone who has knowledge from a superhuman sourceprophetwise mandivinersoothsayera presage

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Heáhfædera nán, ne wítgena, 273, 12; Jul. 515. Siteþ Waldend mid wítegum, Cd. Th. 301, 25 ; Sat. 587. Né wé sweotul tácen ús geseóð ǽnig, ne wé wítegan habbaþ, ðæt ús andgytes má secgen, Ps.

Linked entry: wítiga

rest

(n.)
Grammar
rest, e; ;f.;

rest, quiet, freedom from toilrest, repose, sleepa place of rest, resting-placea bed, couch

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Nis nán gesceaft gesceapen ðara ðe ne wilnige ðæt hit ðider cuman mǽge ðonan ðe hit, ǽr com, ðæt is tó ræste and tó orsorgnesse. Seó ræst is mid Gode, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 29-32 ; Met. 13, 71.

Linked entries: ræst reste

wudu-docce

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-docce, an; f.

Sorrel

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Genim ðás wyrte ðe man lapatium, and óðrum naman wududocce nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 132, 215

snúd

(n.)

swiftness, quickness

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swiftness, quickness Ús bær naca, snellíc sǽmearh, snúde bewunden (possessed by swiftness) Andr. Kmbl. 534; An. 267

þætte

(con.)
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þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Th. 210, 2; Exod. 509. where there is a demonstrative form as antecedent Hé beóþ swá geþwǽra, þætte nó ꝥ án ꝥ hí magon geféran beón, ac ðý furþor ꝥ heora nán búton óþrum beón ne mæg, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 17.

ende-byrdlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ende-byrdlíc, adj.

Belonging to order, ordinalordĭnālis

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Belonging to order, ordinal; ordĭnālis Ende-byrdlíce naman ordĭnālia nōmĭna, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 49, 53

Mæð-hild

(n.)
Grammar
Mæð-hild, e; f.

A woman's nameMatilda

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A woman's name, Matilda Wé ðæt Mæðhilde gefrugnon, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 10; Deór. 14

secg-gescére

(n.)
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, a name of the grasshopper Secg-gescére vel háman cicad[ae ], Txts. 51, 464. (?)

Linked entries: ge-scére sceár

ága

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Sum mycel ága þæs nama wæs Characterius possessor quidam Carlerius nomine , Gr. D. 230, 11. Add

þurh-wunol

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-wunol, adj.
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Continual, perpetual Þám leófestan biscope an Crístes naman ic sende þurwunule (perpetuam) grétinge, Chrd. 92, 17

un-feor

Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr. I.
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Ðá wæs þǽr unfeorr (náht feorr, v.l. non longe ] sum mynster, Gr. D. 103, 23. Add

Rug-ern

(n.)

rye-harvest

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rye-harvest, the name of a month Sextan dæge Rugernes, L. Wih. proem. ; Th, i. 36,6

GÁD

(n.)
Grammar
GÁD, e; f.

A point of a weaponspear or arrow-headstingprickGOADcuspisacŭleusstĭmŭlus

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Se yrþling gáde hæfþ, búton of cræfte mínum ărātor nec stĭmŭlum hăbet, nĭsi ex arte mea, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 31. Hafaþ gúþmecga gyrde lange, gyldene gáde the warrior has a long rod, a golden goad, Salm. Kmbl. 183; Sal. 91

Linked entries: gaad gǽd

pistol-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
pistol-bóc, f.
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Hé ne funde on ðam mynstre ðá hé tó féng bóca má búton ... .i. pistelbóc ... Chart. Th. 430, 8-29

un-deór

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deór, (-deóre?); adj.

Not dearcheapcommon

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Ðæt hié mon undeórran weorðe móste lésan ðonne hié mon be ðam were geeahtige, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 1.