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self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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On selfe wísan in the same fashion, Lchdm. ii. 72, 17

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

FYRHTO

(n.)
Grammar
FYRHTO, indecl. in sing, fyrhtu, e; f.

FearFRIGHTdreadterrortremblingtĭmorpăvorformīdoterrortrĕmor

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Hí mycle fyrhto onstyredon ðám monnum ðe hí sceáwodon and gesáwon they stirred up much fear in the men who beheld and saw them, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 23: Exon. 119 a; Th. 457, 21; Hy. 4, 87. Ne him Godes fyrhtu georne ondrǽdaþ non tĭmuērunt Deum, Ps.

Linked entry: ferht

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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Gothic form] may be the same as that found in a genealogy in the Chronicle a. 547 :-- Esa wæs Inguing Ingui Angenwitting, Erl. 16, 11. As a proper name or as part of a proper name Ingi occurs in Icelandic, e.g.

loppe

(n.)
Grammar
loppe, an; f.

A flea a spidera silk-worm

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Spl. 38, 15, 'loppe' would be rather a spider than a flea, and the same word might be used for the silk worm, as both insects are spinners. And in Wrt.

teter

(n.)
Grammar
teter, tetr, es; m.
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Bútan tweón se teter bútan sáre hé ofergǽþ ðone líchoman, and suá ðeáh ðæt lim geunwlitegaþ, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 15-17: Scint. 99, 10, On tetere inpetigine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 27. Wið sceb and wið teter, Lchdm. i. 150, 5: 234, 10.

þeód-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-sceaþa, an; m.
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Sax. thiod-skaðo (the devil).] Cf. folc-, leód-sceaþa

ge-lecgan

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Add: with a material object. to lay, place Gyf þysse wyrte sǽd man ofer þá scorpiones gelegð, Lch. i. 248, 23. Noldon hí þæt feoh gelecgan on heora fǽtelsum, Hml. Th. ii. 250, 17. Hé wæs on ðissere beðunge geléd, i. 86, 24.

ge-þæf

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gerest ðæt mód hit orsorglíce on ðǽre fortrúwunga, 463, 10 : both passages refer to the same subject) how he will recognize his own faults, and yet wish for no change in them (?

háte

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Gewyrme mid háte glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 236, 31. of the effect produced by fire, sun, &amp;c. cf. hát; 3 Geond helle háte onǽled, Sat. 341. of intense feeling, fervently, passionately.

ge-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-healdan, -haldan, to -healdenne; ic -healde, ðú -healdest, -hiltst, he -healdeþ, -healt, -helt, -hylt, pl. -healdaþ; p. -heóld, -hióld, ðú -heólde, pl. -heóldon, -hióldon; impert. -heald, pl. -healdaþ; subj. pres. -healde, pl. -healden; p. -heólde, pl. -heólden; pp. -healden.

to keepholdobservekeep inretainreservepreservesavedefendprotectcustodīreservāreobservārecontĭnērereservāresalvāredefendĕreto holdoccupypossesstĕnērepossĭdēre

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to keep, hold, observe, keep in, retain, reserve, preserve, save, defend, protect; custodīre, servāre, observāre, contĭnēre, reservāre, salvāre, defendĕre Ðæt ic ðíne word mihte wel gehealdan ut custōdiam verbum tuum, Ps. Th. 118, 101 : Andr.

wund

(n.)
Grammar
wund, e; f.

A woundvulnusa woundan injury caused by a blowa sore caused by disease

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Mínra wunda sár dolorem vulnerum meorum, Ps. Th. 68, 27. Synna wundum, Exon. Th. 263, 25; Jul. 355. Geseón on ussum sáwlum synna wunde, 80, 30; Cri. 1314

geond

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. :-- Ealle geond windsele, Sat. 386. Geond þæt síde sel throughout the spacious hall, An. 763. Hringdene geond þæt sæld swǽfon they slept all about the hall, B. 1280.

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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On sumne sǽl gewyld þé sylfne fram unrihtwisnysse aliquando ab iniquitate compescere, Gr. D. 132, 28.

hider-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
hider-weard, adv.

Hitherward

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Hitherward On ðisum geáré menn sǽdon ðæt Cnut cyng fundade hiderward in this year men said that king Cnut was making for this country, Chr. 1085; Erl. 217, 40

stæððan

(v.)
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to make staid, to stay Saga hwá mec rǽre, ðonne ic restan ne mót, oþþe hwá mec stæðþe, ðonne ic stille beóm, Exon. Th. 387, 4; Rä. 4, 74

under-folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
under-folgoþ, es; m.

An office under a superior

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An office under a superior Hé ( Julian ) sǽde ðæt nán cristen man ne móste habban nǽnne his underfolgoþa (sunder-folgeþa, Swt. 286, 5), Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 24

líc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
líc-stów, e ; f.
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A place of burial Hé mé sǽde ꝥ se biscop him forgǽfe lícstówe in his cyrcan episcopus locum in ecclesia praebuit, in quo sepeliri debuisset, Gr. D. 340, 35

un-gearu

Grammar
un-gearu, <b>.
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</b> add Hé him sǽde ꝥ hé hiene mehte lǽdan þurh þæt wésten, ꝥ hé on Perse on ungearwe becóme, Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 17

næss

(n.)
Grammar
næss, ness, es; m.

a nessland running out into waterheadlandpromontory

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Th. 266, 32 : Sat. 31 : 270, 15; Sat. 91. Ingong in ðæt atule hús ( hell ) niðer under næssas, neole grundas, Exon. Th. 136, 2; Gú. 535

Linked entries: næsse ness

gild

(n.)
Grammar
gild, geld, gield, gyld. es; n.

a payment of moneya tributecompensationretributionsubstitutesolutiotributumcompensatioremuneratioretributioGUILDsocietyclub, to which payments were made for mutual protection and support, more extensive than our friendly societiessocietasfraternitasa payment to Godworshipservicesacrificeofferingcultussacrificiuma heathen deitynumena visible object of worshipan idolidolum

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Sax. guild were answerable for each other's conduct, and thus character was made of the very greatest importance. v. Kmbl. Sax. Eng. i. 252-253; Th. Chart. p. xvi; pp. 605-17: Stubbs' Const. Hist. s. v.