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hwópan

(v.)
Grammar
hwópan, p. hweóp

To threaten

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Ongan ðá þurh swefn sprecan tó ðam æþelinge and him yrre hweóp then did God speak in a dream to the prince and in anger threatened him, 125; Th. 159, 18; Gen. 2636. Ðonne hý him yrre hweópan frécne fýres wylme, Exon. 35 a; Th. 113, 22; Gú. 161.

mearc-land

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

a border-landwaste land lying outside the cultivateda districtcountryterritory

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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 189, 11. v. Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 50. Mearclonde ( the sea coast ) neáh, Exon. 101 b; Th. 384, 6; Rä. 4, 23. Him ðe feára sum mearclond gesæt (of Guthlac when he retired to his hermitage.

ge-tíðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tíðian, -týðian, -tigðian; p. ode; pp. od

To grantallow

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Ðú bǽde me and ic ðé ne getíðode you asked me and I did not grant thee, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 57, 16; Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 30. Gif he eów ðises ne getíðode if he has not granted you this, Homl. Th. ii, 144, 17.

Linked entries: ge-tigþian tíþian

ge-séðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-séðan, p. de; pp. ed [séðan to affirm]

To state as true, declare, prove, show, affirmeffāri, testĭfĭcāri, vērĭfĭcāre, contestāri, prŏbāre

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To state as true, declare, prove, show, affirm; effāri, testĭfĭcāri, vērĭfĭcāre, contestāri, prŏbāre Nis ǽnig ðæs horsc, ðe ðín fromcyn mǽge fira bearnum sweotule geséðan none is so wise who may manifestly declare thy origin to the children of men, Exon

ge-mynan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mynan, p. de

To remember, remind

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Gemyne ðis remember this, 113, 23, 24: 225, 21: Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 25; Fä. 93: Beo. Th. 1322; B. 659. God gemyne ðú Eádfriþ O God, remember Eadfrith, Mk. Skt. p. 1, 4. Gemynas gie mementote, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 20

stapol

(n.)
Grammar
stapol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Dip. Kmbl. iii. 14, 11: 378, 15. Tó ðam stǽnenan stapole; ðonne andlang ðæs weges óð ðone stǽnan stapol; of ðam stapole, 418, 28. Æt sténan steaple, Txts. 436, no. 25. Stapul ǽrenne, Andr. Kmbl. 2126; An. 1064.

syngian

(v.)
Grammar
syngian, ode

To sin

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Gyf ðín bróðor syngaþ wið ðé si peccaverit in te frater tuus, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 15, 21. Ic ánum ðé syngode tibi soli peccavi, Ps. C. 47. Ðá sǽde him Plenius ðæt hé wóh bude, and miclum on ðǽm syngade, Ors. 6, 10; Swt. 264, 28.

Linked entry: singian

templ

(n.)
Grammar
templ, tempel, es; n.
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'Tóworpne sint ða stánas ðæs temples,' Past. 18; Swt. 133, 10. ' Ðis tenrpel wæs getimbrod on six and feówertigon wintron' ... Hé hyt cwæð be hys líchaman temple, Jn. Skt. 2, 20, 21. Ðæt templ ealre clǽnnesse ( the Virgin's womb ), Blickl.

þingere

(n.)
Grammar
þingere, es; m.
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Dip. Kmbl. i. 114, 18: Wulfst. 240, 10. a priest, who in his office intercedes for the people. v. þingian, 1 a Preóst vel þingere clericus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 24

Linked entry: cyrc-þingere

un-ǽmetta

(n.)
Grammar
un-ǽmetta, -ǽmta, an; m.

Want of leisure for doing, something, occupation, business

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Gif hit sié se ðe ðæt land hæbbe ðæt hé ðis forgýmeleásie búton hit hæres unǽmetta sié, ðonne ... if it happen that he who has the land neglect this arrangement, unless occupation in connection with the Danes be the cause of the neglect, then ..., Chart

Linked entry: ǽmetta

West-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
West-Seaxe, -Seaxan (Wes-); pl. m.
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Dip. B. i. 415, 1. On Wes-Seaxum (Weast-, v. l. ), Chr. 560; Erl. 16, 24. Hér Birinus biscop bodude West-Seaxum (Weast-, v. l. ) fulwuht, 634 ; Erl. 24, 9. Hér cuom se here tó Reádingum on West-Seaxe, 871 ; Erl. 74, 5

wíc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-stów, e ; f.
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a dwelling-place Ðis ða wyrta sind, ða se wilda fugel somnaþ tó his wícstówe, dǽr hé nest gewyrceþ, Exon. Th. 230, 6; Ph. 468. Ðá hé geseah ða wícstówa ðara ryhtwísena Israhéla justorum tabernacula respiciens.

wóhness

(n.)
Grammar
wóhness, e; f.

crookednesswrongdoinginiquilyperversitydepravitywickedness

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Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 23. On wðnyssum in iniquitatibus, Bd. l, 27; S. 495, 25. Gif hie on ǽnigum dǽle wólíce libban heora líf, sýn hié from heora wónessum onwende, and fram heora unrihtum oncyrran. Blickl. Homl. 109, 20

Linked entry: wóness

fæsten

(n.)
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: Þæs fæsten dreáh fela missera Egypta folc, þæs þe hié wyrnan þóhton Móyses mágum síðes for many a year the Egyptians did penance (?), suffered scarcity (?), because they thought to refuse the Israelites leave to depart, Exod. 49

húru-þinga

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Sé ðe on óðrum dagum sleac wǽre tó gódnysse, hé sceal húruðinga on ðisum dagum ácucian on gódum bígengum. Hml. Th. ii. 100, 23 : Hml. A. 141, 87. v. húru; 3 Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man ǽfre húruðinga ꝥ dón ?, Ll. Th. i. 334, 28

metgian

(v.)
Grammar
metgian, metegian, metian; p. ode.

to assign due measureto moderateregulateto measure in the mindconsidermeditate upon

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Ðæt ic ǽ ðíne metige lex tua meditatio mea est, 118, 174. Ic ǽ ðíne on móde metegade, 118, 97, 143: 142, 5. Ic on ðínre sóðfæstnesse symble meteode ( meditabor ), 118, 16.

Linked entries: metegian ge-metgian

Æðel-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Æðel-wulf, es; m. [æðele noble, wulf a wolf]

ÆthelwulfÆthelwulfus

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D. 837, king Ecgbryht died, and Æthelwulf his son succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons, Chr. 836; Th. 117, 34, col. 1. A. D. 855, her, Æðelwulf cyning gefór here, A. D. 855, king Æthelwulf died. Chr. 855; Erl. 68, 24

Apulder

(n.)
Grammar
Apulder, es; m. [in paludibus]

APPLEDORE, a village in Kent, near Tenterden

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Diplm. A.D. 1032; 328, 23

lang-twidig

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-twidig, adj.
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Granted for a long time Ðú scealt tó frófre weorþan eal langtwidig leódum ðínum thou, granted for long to them, shall prove a comfort to thy people, Beo. Th. 3420; B. 1708

Linked entry: twidig

ge-tæl

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tæl, adj.
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Take here what is given in Dict. under ge-tal, and add : Having mastery of Getælne competem (l. compotem. v. dialec-ticae artis compotem, Aid. 46, 8), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 27