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Englisc

Grammar
Englisc, <b>; II 2.</b> add: (2 b)
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a passage written in English Ðis Englisc ætýwð hwæt seó forsette rǽding mǽnð, Angl. viii. 298, 9. Mé ys neód ꝥ ic menge ꝥ Lýden ámang þyssum Englisce, 317, 17

sceádwísness

(n.)
Grammar
sceádwísness, e; f.

Reason

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Reason Ðá cwæþ seó Gesceádwísnes (Sceádwísnes,Cott. MS.), Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 1. Ic wéne ðæt hyt mínsceádwísnes (reason) wére, Shrn. 164, 29. Sceádwísnyssum ratiociniis, R. Ben. Interl. 17,6

ofer-þearfa

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-þearfa, an; m.

One in extreme need

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One in extreme need Is seó bót gelong æt ðé ánum oferþearfum on thee alone depends the remedy f or those in dire need, Exon. Th. 10, 17; Cri. 153

tó-dǽlendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-dǽlendlíce, adv.

Separablydistinctly

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Seó fífte declinatio gebígþ hire genitivum on e and i tódǽlendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Zup. 21, 14 note

Linked entry: tó-dǽledlíce

tow-hús

(n.)
Grammar
tow-hús, es; n.

A spinning-house

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A spinning-house Towhús of wulle genitium (=gynaeceum locus seu aedes ubi mulieres lanificio operam dabant. The women who worked were called geniciariae pensiles, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 7

Linked entry: tow-cræft

bǽr

(n.)
Grammar
bǽr, e; f.

A pasture (?)

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Ðis is seó bǽr ðértó hýrð, C. D. v. 179, 33. Ðis synt ðá gemǽra ðá[ra] bǽra ðe hiérað tó Hwítancirican, Fisces-burnan, and Felghyrste, 173, 25

Cwén-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cwén-land, es; n.

Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land were a Finnish race. They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines. 'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . . Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman

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'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . .

denu

Grammar
denu, [Though a nominative dene occurs weak forms of the oblique cases are not found.]
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See also Txts. 545. v. eorþ-, mór-, wæter-denu. Add

un-tóslegen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tóslegen, adj.

Not beaten to pieces

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Not beaten to pieces Þeáh ðæt scyp sí úte on ðære sǽ on ðám ýðum, hyt byð gesund untóslegen, gyf se streng áþolaþ, for ðam hys byð se óðer ende fæst on ðære eorðan and se óðer on ðam scype, Shrn. 175, 22

Linked entry: tó-sleán

náwiht-lic

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Swá se gesibsuma wer swýdor blissað on góde, swá áswindeð se níðfulla swýðor tó náhtlicum ðingum, Hex. 46, 28. Add

for-hæfedesta

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
for-hæfedesta, m. sup.

Most continentcontĭnentissĭmus

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Most continent; contĭnentissĭmus Se hálgesta wer and se forhæfedesta vir sanctissĭmus et contĭnentissĭmus. Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 41;

not-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
not-georn, adj.
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Busy in useful employment, profitably employed diligent in business ðe wǽre idelgeorn, weorðe notgeorn, Wlfst. 72, 9

sécan

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Add Hé healdeð Meotudes ǽ. . . and gebedu séceð, Ph. 458. Hý fæsten lufiað . and gebedu sécað, Gú. 781. Secge wé . . . ꝥ þá beón fordóne þe ðæne drýcræft sécað, Hml. S. 17, 113. Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest, Vald. 1. 18.

eáþ-mód

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Leófa Hǽlend, þú eart se miccla and se eádmóda, 3, 39

hát-hirtan

(v.)
Grammar
hát-hirtan, -hiertan, -hyrtan; p. te

To make angry

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To make angry Ðonne is micel þearf ðætte se, se ða hátheortnesse ofercuman wille, ðæt hé hiene ongeán ne háthirte necesse est, ut hi, qui furentes conantur reprimere, nequaquam se in furore erigant, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 296, 6

on-bídan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bídan, p. -bád; pl. -bidon; pp. -biden.

to abide, wait, remainto wait for, expect,to wait on, attend upon

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Hér sceolon hí onbídan, Soul Kmbl. 121; Seel. 61. to wait for, expect, with gen. Ic uncres gedáles onbád, 75; Seel. 37. Ic ðín onbád, Ps. Th. 118, 116. Gif wífes wer sig on hæftnýde gelǽded, onbýde expectet heo his .vi. winter, L. Ecg.

forþ

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þe hine sylfne þus forð forscyldigað, Ll. Th. ii. 280, 28. See also the verbs given with forþ as prefix in Dict., and forþmest

stæppan

(v.)
Grammar
stæppan, steppan; p. stóp; pp. stapen
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Stóp forð ( prodiit ) se ðe deád wæs, Jn. Skt. 11, 44. Deáð neálǽcte, stóp stalgongum, sóhte sáwelhús, Exon. Th. 170, 17; Gú. 1113. Se cyning stóp tóforan ðam biscope, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 36.

gleng

(n.)
Grammar
gleng, e; f.
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: þonne bið seó gleng ágoten, and se þrym tóbrocen, Wlfst. 148, 22.

gicel

(n.)
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Þǽr synt tó sorge ætsomne gemenged se þrosma líg and se þrece gicela frigora mista simul ferventibus algida flammis Dóm. L. 191. Se þros-miga líg and se þrece gycela, Wlfst. 138, 26