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ceáp-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-strǽt, e; f. [ceáp = saleable commodities, strǽt = a street, public place, market]

a market ⬩ vicus mercatorius, forum, mercatus;

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Ben. Lye

folc-lár

(n.)
Grammar
folc-lár, e; f.

Popular instruction ⬩ a sermon ⬩ pŏpŭlāris institūtio vel instructio ⬩ hŏmīlia ⬩ sermo

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Ben. Lye

forþ-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-rihte, adv.

Distinctly ⬩ plainly ⬩ manifestly ⬩ expresse ⬩ plāne ⬩ directe

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Ben. 29. Forþrihte indeclinabiliter, Hpt. Gl. 406

under-smeágan

(v.)

subrepere ⬩ subripere

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Ben. Interl. 71, 6. Undersmége subrepat, 72, 9

á-cennedlic

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Ben. I. 70, 16. Ácennedlicum nativa Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 75. Add

hófian

(v.)
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Ben. I. 64, 14. (?)

ge-sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sciftan, I. to divide into shares among people.
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. :-- Ne beó ǽnig metegyrd lengre þonne óðer, ac be þæs scriftes gemete ealle gescyfte, and ǽlc gemet and ǽghwilc gewihte beó be his dihte gescyft swíðe rihte, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 5-8

Linked entry: ge-scyftan

deór-fald

(n.)
Grammar
deór-fald, es; m.

A deer-fold, a park, an enclosure for deer ⬩ cervōrum hortus, vivārium, saltus

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Ben. Lye

Linked entry: fald

ébere-morþ

(n.)
Grammar
ébere-morþ, es; n. [ǽber clear, manifest; morþ murder]

Open murder, manslaughter ⬩ homĭcīdium manĭfestum

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Ben. Lye

ful-genihtsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-genihtsum, adj.

Very abundant ⬩ quite sufficient ⬩ sătis abundans ⬩ omnīno amplus

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Ben. 55

ná-hwider

(adv.)
Grammar
ná-hwider, adv.

No-whither ⬩ to no place

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Ben. 137, 10

and-wille

(adj.)
Grammar
and-wille, (?); adj.
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Ben. 121, 13

fore-gesceáwung

(n.)
Grammar
fore-gesceáwung, e; f.

Providence ⬩ forethought

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Ben. 66, 1

Linked entry: ge-sceáwung

ofestan

(v.)
Grammar
ofestan, ofstan ( = efestan, efstan)
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Ben. I. 29, 5. Ofstende festinanda, Angl. xiii. 378, 186

Linked entries: ofstan efestan

carian

(v.)
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Add: to sorrow, be troubled Ne ceara þú, ne ne wép, Bl.

middan-sumor

(n.)
Grammar
middan-sumor, v. under midd, II, where perhaps in the instances in which middan occurs that word is to be taken as the first part of a compound.

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forfang-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
forfang-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

The reward for rescuing stolen cattle or lost property ⬩ merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur

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it may be less, L.

on-timber

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Ben. I. 110, 4. Druncennys is gálnysse antimber, Hml. Th. i. 604, 25. Eáþe is tó understandenne of hwylcum antimbre þeós unþæslicu ásprincð, R. Ben. 124, 13. Ꝥ nán þurh nán antimber ( pro nulla occasione) ne gedyrstlǽce óðerne wergean, Chrd. 46, 12

fór án

(num.; prep.; adv.)

only ⬩ tantum ⬩ tantummŏdo

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Fór án ic beó hál, gyf ic hys reáfes æthríne si tĕtĭgĕro tantum vestĭmentum ejus, salva ĕro, Mt. Bos. 9, 21. Fór án eówre yrfe sceal beón hér ŏves tantum vestræ et armenta remăneant. Ex. 10, 24

tweón

(n.)
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doubt Nis nán twýn, ðæt eów ne beó forgolden there is no doubt, but that you will be requited, Homl. Th. ii. 444, 10. Búton tweónne without doubt, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 9

Linked entry: twýn

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