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nytweorþlíce

(adv.)
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Ðæt hí ðæs ðe nytweorþlícor gehiérden ðá hálgan láre, ðe hí ǽr wilnodon ðæt hí gehíran mósten ut quanto anxie quaererent, tanto utiliter audirent, Past. 443, 12. Add

ge-namian

(v.)
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Ðæt land is on þreó genamod, ðæt is Hengest-esíg and Seofocanwyrð and Wihthám the land is divided into three parts named respectively . . . C. D. v. 401, 25.

dægþern

(n.)
Grammar
dægþern, e; f.

A day's spacediei spatium

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A day's space;diei spatium Lǽt simle dægþerne betweonum leave always a day's space between, L. M. 2, 39; Lchdm. ii. 248, 20: 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 268, 1

wiþer-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-tíme, (-týme); adj.

Troublesomegrievous

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Lamb. 34, 13

ár-fæt

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Dó on árfæt, lǽt standan on þám árfate, ii. 34, 5. Meng on árfæt, 124, 25. Add

fore-wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
fore-wyrcend, es; m.

a servantslave

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One who works for another, a servant, slave Hyre wer lǽfde unlytle ǽhta on lande and on feó and on forewyrcendum (wyrcendum mannum, v. l.), Hml. S. 2, 156

míddel-ǽdr

(n.)
Grammar
míddel-ǽdr, e; f.
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A middle vein, median vein Lǽt him blód of innanearme of þǽre miclan ǽdre þǽre middelǽdre, Lch. ii. 234, 6. Sceal mon on þǽre middelǽdre blód lǽtan, 210, 11

bráde

(adv.)
Grammar
bráde, adv.

Broadly, widely

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Broadly, widely late Físon bráde bebúgeþ Pison widely encompasses it, Cd. 12;Th. 14, 23;Gen. 223: Exon. 13 a;Th. 24, 5;Cri. 380: Ps. Th. 106, 37

compian

(v.)

to fightcontend against militarepugnare

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Lamb. fol. 183b, 18

ge-sundfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sundfullian, p. ode; pp. od

To be made prosperousto be successfulprosperari

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Lamb. 1, 3. Gesundfulla prosperare, Ps. Spl. C. 117, 24

Linked entry: -sundfullian

swic-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
swic-dóm, es; m.
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Wæs ðis land swíðe ástirad and mid mycele swicdóme áfylled the land was much disturbed and filled with treason, 1087; Erl. 224, 2.

hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽw, hláw, hláu, hléw, es; m.

a lowlaw a rising ground, an artificial as well as a natural mound, a funeral mound;tumulusthe interior of a mound, a cave

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Kmbl. iii. xxxi], and exists still in the forms -low, as Ludlow, Hounslow; and -law, frequently applied to hills in Scotland. [Cf.

Linked entry: hláw

tǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽlan, p. de.

to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse.to blame a person for what is wrongto blame what is wrong in a personto speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbiteto treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at

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Hig tǽldon ðæt land mid heora teónwordum they brought up an evil report of the land ((A. V.), Num. 13, 33. Forðan ðe hig ðæt land tǽldon by bringing up a slander upon the land (A.V.), 14, 36.

Linked entries: télan be-tilldon

Æðelflǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelflǽd, e; f. [æðele, flǽd]

ÆthelfledÆthelfleda

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D. 912, Æthelfled, the lady of the Mercians, came to Scergeat [Sarrat ?]

Linked entry: Æðelrǽd

BÓSUM

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSUM, bósm, es; m.

The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior partssinus, gremium, pectus, internasinus

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The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts; sinus, gremium, pectus, interna Ðæt ic híg bǽre on mínum bósume, swá fóstormódor déþ cyld ut portarem eos in sinu meo, sicut portare solet nutrix infantulum, Num.

ge-nyhtsumian

(v.)
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Him mæg heora ágen lár genihtsumian, Hml. Th. ii. 594, 18. <b>III a.</b> used impersonally :-- Þí lǽs ðe hit ne genihtsumige ús and eów ne forte non sufficiat nobis et vobis, Hml.

ríht

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Add Méda beeástan ee swé ðér mid riahte tó ðém lande limpað, C. D. ii. 75, 20. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Gif ꝥ riht tó hefig sý, séce þá líhtinge tó þám cynge, Ll.

beód-wist

(n.)
Grammar
beód-wist, beód-wyst, e ; f. [beód a table, wist food]

Food placed on a tableboarda tablemensa

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Lamb. 22, 5

dæg-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-tíma, an; m. [tíma time]

DAY-TIME, daydiurnum tempus, dies

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Lamb. 120, 6

edwít-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
edwít-spræc, e; f.

Contemptuous speech, scornopprobrium, imprŏpĕrium, cavillātio

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Contemptuous speech, scorn; opprobrium, imprŏpĕrium, cavillātio Ðý-læs ic scyle þrówian edwítspræce lest I shall suffer contemptuous speech. Andr. Kmbl. 161; An. 81: Ps. Th. 88, 43: 101, 6