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rempan

(v.)
Grammar
rempan, to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?), cf. gerumpenu nædre coluber cerastes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 68),
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be precipitate Oft mon biþ suíðe rempende and rǽsþ suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce and ðeáh wénaþ men ðæt hit síe for arodscipe and for hwætscipe saepe praecipitata actio velocitatis efficacia creditur, Past. 20, 1; Swt. 149, 12

sǽdian

(v.)
Grammar
sǽdian, p. ode
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To sow, provide seed for land Folgere gebyreþ ðæt hé on twelf mónþum .ii. æceras geearnige, óðerne gesáwene and óðerne unsáwene; sǽdige sylf ðæne he must provide the seed for the latter himself, L. R. S. 10; Th. i. 438, 5

Linked entry: séde

ceald-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ceald-ness, e; f.
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Coldness, cold Ic mænigfeald earfeðu dreáh, hwílum þǽre ísihtan cealdnysse þæs wintres, hwílum þæs unmǽtan wylmes þǽre sunnan hǽto; ic wæs beswǽled for þám micclan byrne and eft for þǽre micclan forstigan cealdnysse þæs wintres, Hml. S. 23 b, 571-5

efen-þeówa

Grammar
efen-þeówa, -þeów.
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A. 202, 240. weak forms Ic eom eówer efnðeówa (emn-, v. l.) consenior, Past. 136, 16. Hwí wylt þú cweðan ꝥ ðú sý mín þeówa? Ac þú eart mín efenþeówa, for ðan ðe wit syndan ánes Godes þeów, Hml. A. 123, 204: Hml, Th. i. 38, 25.

an-

(prefix)

againstin returncontrare-un-onininto

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is used in composition, for A.

sceorp

(n.)
Grammar
sceorp, es; n.
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Hé hiene ðá for ðæm girelan gebealg . . . and wénde ðæt hé for his forsewennesse swelc sceorp werede, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 33. Somnite áwendan on óðre wísan heora sceorp Samnites novum habitum sumentes, 3, 10; Swt. 138, 30.

Linked entry: á-scirpan

sóþ-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-fæder, the father of truth or
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justice, the Deity Á tó worulde forð in engla dreáme mid sóðfæder symble wunian, Exon. Th. 7, 18; Cri. 103. Cf. sóþ-cyning

mearca

(n.)
Grammar
mearca, an; m.
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a mark, line. v. mearc; a territory. v. land-mearca (perhaps also Dene-mearca, the nominative of the weak form does not occur)

on-sendan

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Add Þâ þe hine forð onsendon ofer ŷðe, B. 45. <b>IIa.</b> of a thing, to have issuing forth: :-- Þæt þû (a stone pillar) on þis folc onsende wæter, An. 1508. <b>IIb.

ge-gador-wist

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gador-wist, e; f.

An assembly for feastingcontubernium

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An assembly for feasting; contubernium, Ælfc. Gl. 93; Som. 75, 87

lár-hús

(n.)
Grammar
lár-hús, es; n.

a schoolgymnasium

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A house for instruction, a school; gymnasium, Hpt. Gl. 405, 11

tawa

(n.)

an implement, a tool, an article for use in an employment.

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an implement, a tool, an article for use in an employment. (?)

weard-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
weard-wíte, es; n.
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A fine for neglecting to keep guard, Chart. Th. 411, 31

á-þrowen

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Similar entries v. á-dreópan in Dict. for a suggested emendation

dǽdbótnys

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For Scint. 9 substitute Be dǽdbótnysse de penitenlia Scint. 41, 4

dafen-lic

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Substitute for citation Þæslicum, dafnlicum congruis i. oportunis, An. Ox. 1331

dryht-ealdor

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For brýdguma l. dryhtguma, and add: v. driht-ealdor in Dict

dwínan

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For Cot. 190 read Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 42, and add:

ele-byt

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For example substitute Ǽrenu elebyt lenticula, Wrt. Voc. Ii. 50, 75

frǽ-ofestlíce

(adv.)
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For Cot. 178 substitute Frǽofestlíce propere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 44

Linked entry: ofostlíce