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týþ-

(prefix)
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týþ-, tíþ-
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forms should be taken here

áþ-swaru

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-swaru, e; f.

An oath-swearinga solemn oathan oathjuramentum

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An oath-swearing, a solemn oath, an oath; juramentum For heora áþsware because of their oath, Jos. 9, 18. Ðæt he lange gehét mid áþsware what he long had promised on oath, Cd. 170; Th. 213, 26; Exod. 558: Ps. Th. 88, 3.

scealc

(n.)
Grammar
scealc, es; m.

a servanta man, soldier, sailor

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Heo wenden bi þen scelden þat hit heore scalkes (men, 2nd MS.)weoren, 4219. Schalk a knight, Gaw. 160

Linked entry: scilcen

swinglung

(n.)
Grammar
swinglung, e; f.
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For the idea of turning round, seen in vertigo, cf. the following: He dude fore of his cnihtes forte turnen þat hweol . . . ant het swingen hit swift-liche abuten ant tidliche turnen. Jul. 58, 5. See also swengan, geswing] Swinglung scottomia, Wrt.

un-weaxen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weaxen, adj.

Not grown upyoung

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hét ealle árísan geonge ... Ðá upp ástódon eaforan unweaxne, Andr. Kmb1. 3252; An. 1629

fant

a founta font

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Se sácerd orðunge on þæt wæter orðað þonne font hálgað, Wlfst. 36, 4

geong-lic

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Take here <b>iung-lic</b> in Dict., and add For geonglices (geonlices, v. l. ) mǽdenes plegan, Mart. H. 156, 18. Iunglices cildhádes nascentis infantie, An. Ox. 966. On iunglicere in tenero, i. iuuenili, 3360.

Linked entry: geon-lic

gyrdels

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hét ádelfan seáþ oþ gyrdyls deópne, and bebeád ꝥ mon þone Godes wer bebyrgde in þám seáðe oþ þone gyrdels, Shrn. 125, 32. Gerdels cingulum, Kent. Gl. 1149. In gyrdelsum in zonis (Mt. lo, 9), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 43. Add

nearulíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nearulíce, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Heó nearolíce (angsumlíce, v.l.) geþreád wæs mid feferádle anxietate febrium urgetur. Gr. D. 29, 21.

MANN

(n.)
Grammar
MANN, man, monn, es; m.

MANa human being of either sexa man who is wnder the authority of anothera servantvassalliege-mana parishioner

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Englas worhte, ða sind gástas, and nabbaþ nǽnne líchaman. Menn gesceóp mid gáste and mid líchaman. Nýtenu gesceóp on flǽsce bútan sáwle. Mannum gesealde uprihtne gang, ða nýtenu lét gán álotene, Homl. Th. i. 276, 1-5.

Linked entry: manna

ge-witnes

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hæfð ðæs gewitnesse ðe cwéman ðencð ðæt hit for Gode dyde, Past. 451, 17. Gif láðleés beó séce swylcne hláford on þá gewitnesse swylcne wille si culpa careat, perquirat sibi dominum in testimonio quem voluerit, Ll. Th. i. 220, 25.

ge-leáfleást

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From þǽm þýstrum heora geleáfleáste genered, Lch. iii. 432, 25. wæs þǽra hǽþen[r]a láreów on heora geleáfleáste, Hml. S. 29, 7, 84. Seó burhwaru ( of Jerusalem ) forférde for hyre geleáfleáste, Hml. A. 46, 549.

fæste

(adv.)
Grammar
fæste, feste; comp. fæstor; adv.

fast, firmly fixe, firme fastly, quickly cĕlĕrĭter

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He heóld hyne fæstor he held him more firmly, Beo. Th. 288; B. 143. fastly, quickly; cĕlĕrĭter Fæste geþúfe cĕlĕrĭter frŭtĭcans, luxŭrians, Cot. 123: 198

Linked entry: feste

lissan

(v.)

to softenweakentamesubdue

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to soften, weaken, tame, subdue Yldo beoþ on eorþan ǽghwæs cræftig ... lisseþ eal ðæt heó wile beám heó ábreóteþ ... friteþ wildne fugol ... heó oferwígeþ wulf on earth age has power over everything ... .she subdues all that she will; the tree she destroys

stíme

(n.)
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Perhaps the alternative reading stune is the better, as it is said of the plant : stunaþ heó wærce . . . wið*-*stunaþ heó áttre. (?)

ǽr

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr, prep.

before a certain time or circumstancebefore the proper timeago

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Hí sweltan woldon, ǽr ðan ðe hí wiðsócon Gode, and heora líf áléton ǽr ðan ðe heora geleáfan, 19, 102-3. with acc. :-- God ǽr ealle worulda, Hml. Th. ii. 280, 13: 596, 28. Wæs beforan ǽr þá þreó geár gecrístnod, Bl. H. 215, 36

Linked entry: ǽr-ǽt

á-settan

(v.)

to setputmove an object to a place To move one's selftransport one's self:-- to set place buildto put inoutof an officeto lay, impose punishment,to set propose a riddle,to oppress

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Gl. 266. to put in, out of an office, Þám preóste þe of his circan ásette, Ll. Th. ii. 290, 13. ásette þá mihtigan of heora setle. Bl. H. 159, n. to lay, impose punishment, ꝥ wíte and ꝥ éce wræc ásette on þone aldor deófla, Bl.

cumin

(n.)

the herb cummin

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the herb cummin Som. Ben. Lye

ge-irfian

(v.)
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Take here example at ge-yrfian

Linked entry: -irfian

fiþer-sceát

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Take here feþer-sceátas in Dict