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oððe

(con.)
Grammar
oððe, conj. I.
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or Gif seó offrung beó of sceápon oððe of gátum, Lev. 1. 10. Geeácnode ic hig ealle oððe ácende ic hig, Num. 11, 12. Hwá geworhte mannes múþ oððe hwá geworhte dumne oððe deáfne and blindne oððe geseóndne? Ex. 4, 11. Ia. in conjunction with óðóðer :--

Linked entry: eðða

búta

(con.)
Grammar
búta, búte; conj.

Unless ⬩ nisi

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Unless; nisi Ǽnig mon wát ðone sunn búta ðe Fæder nemo novit filium nisi Pater, Mt. Lind. War. 11. 27. Búta ðes útacunda nisi hic alienigena, Lk. Lind. War. 17, 18

cyte

(n.)
Grammar
cyte, cote,an ; f.

A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell ⬩ casa, cubiculurn, cella

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A cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell; casa, cubiculurn, cella Tær ðæt hors ðæt þæc of ðære cytan hrófe the horse tore the thatch off the roof of the cottage, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 17. Hí hine lǽddon út of ðære cytan they led him out of the cottage, Guthl. 5

Linked entry: cote

un-slǽwð

(n.)
Grammar
un-slǽwð, seems an error for un-sǽlð, the reading of the Cott. MSS.
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Past. 45; Swt. 341, 4

Linked entry: slǽwþ

eorþ-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-gemet, es; n. Earth-measure, geometry; geometria = γεωμετρία, Cot. 95.

forþ-becuman

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-becuman, -bicuman; p. -com, -cwom, pl. -cómon, -cwómon; pp. -cumen

To come forth ⬩ proceed ⬩ procēdĕre

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To come forth, proceed; procēdĕre He gesyhþ fram hwylcum wyrttruman seó besmitenes forþbecom vĭdet a qua rādīce inquĭnātio illa processĕrit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 8: Ps. Th. 72, 6

Linked entry: forþ-bicuman

eár-blæd

(n.)
Grammar
eár-blæd, the blade of an ear of corn. v. er-bleadd
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in Dict

Linked entry: blæd

EARG

(adj.)
Grammar
EARG, earh; comp. eargra, earhra; sup. eargost; adj.

inert, weak, timid, cowardly ⬩ iners, ignāvus, segnis, tĭmĭdus ⬩ evil, wretched, vile ⬩ prāvus, imprŏbus

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inert, weak, timid, cowardly; iners, ignāvus, segnis, tĭmĭdus Se earga féðe Brytta ăcies segnis Brittŏnum, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 19. Ful oft mon wearnum tíhþ eargne full oft one urges the inert with threats, Exon. 92 a; Th. 345, 14; Gn. Ex. 188. Ne biþ

Linked entries: arg earh earhra eorg earg-ness irgþ ge-yrgan

ge-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cuman, -cyme; p. -com, pl. -cómon; pp. -cumen

To come ⬩ go ⬩ venire ⬩ ire

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To come, go; venire, ire Seueriana gecom to ðæra hálgena byrgenum Severiana came to the graves of the saints, Homl. Th. ii. 312, 27. Gecum to mínum þeówan Saulum go to my servant Saul, Homl. Th. i. 386, 19. Of nánum óðrum gecumen come from none other

plegan

Grammar
plegan, [In p. 775, col. 2, l. 2 for 361, l. 391.]
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Add Sum cild plegode gýmeleáslíce and bearn under ánum yrnendum hweóle, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 24. Þá mǽdenu beforan þám leornungmannum hæfdon hí sylfe be handa heom betweónum and þá lange hwíle plegdon (diutius ludentes), Gr. D. 119, 14. Hundas blegan gesihð

þrefe

(n.)
Grammar
þrefe, a measure of corn, a throve [v. N. E. D. s. v.]
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Swá man ǽr simle dide tióþunge æt ǽlcere sylh án fóðer cornes þe eahte þreues cornes on wéron, C. D. B. iii. 367, 24. [From Scandinavian. Icel. þrefi.]

hwæðere

(con.)
Grammar
hwæðere, hwæðre [ = hwæðer]; conj.

Whether

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Whether, Exon. 37 b; Th. 123, 15; Gú. 323: Beo. Th. 2632; B. 1314

hol

Grammar
hol, having a cover.
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Dele and see hol; I

óþ

(con.)
Grammar
óþ, conj. l. oþ,
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and add Hé wæs winnende, oð him se mǽsta dǽl wearð underþiéded, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 5. Hé wunode mid hire oð hana sang, Shrn. 30, 29. Séc hyne oð þú hyne finde, Solil. H. 3, 15: 59, 9. Ic þat wilnode oð mé nú áðreáð, 35, 22

nú

(adv.; con.; int.)

Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when

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Grammar nú, adv. Now, at this time Nú nunc vel modo, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 70. Ǽr oððe nú dudum, ii. 27, 56. Nú nunc, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 59. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan, ðe nú ( modo ) hás ys for hreáme, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29. Hú him ðá speów mid wísdóme

eác

(con.)
Grammar
eác, conj. l. adv.
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and add: where there is addition of objects Þǽr wearð Síulf ealdorman ofslægen ... and Eádwold, and manige eác tó him, ... swíðe mænige eác mid him, Chr. 905; P. 95, 16, 20. Þá cinges þegnas ..., ge eác sum dǽl þæs Norð-Wealcynnes, 894; P. 87, 18. Hý

swilce

(adv.)
Grammar
swilce, swelce; adv. conj.

in like manner, also, as well, too ⬩ so, in such manner, in a manner already described ⬩ as, like ⬩ as if ⬩ with words denoting measure, about

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in like manner, also, as well, too Se com swylce tó-dæg tó mé ad me quoque hodie venire dignatus est, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 17. Swylce hé brohte mycel feoh attulit autem et summam pecuniae non parvam, 4, 11; S. 599, 20. Hé wæs sóþ man, ðý hine dorste deófol

Linked entry: swálíce

eárðan

(adv.)
Grammar
eárðan, before that; antĕquam, Chr. 1041; Th. 299, 15, col. 1. v. ǽr; adv.

bere-tún

(n.)
Grammar
bere-tún, es; m. [bere barley, corn; tún an inclosure, a place shut in]

A barley-enclosure ⬩ court-yard ⬩ threshing-floor ⬩ corn-farm ⬩ grange ⬩ corn-village ⬩ BARTON ⬩ hordei area ⬩ villa frumentaria

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A barley-enclosure, court-yard, threshing-floor, corn-farm, grange, corn-village, BARTON; hordei area, villa frumentaria. 'BARTON, Prædium dominicum, vel terræ quas vocant Dominicales, hoc est, quas in distributione manerii dominus non elocavit hæreditarie

Linked entries: Barton bere-wíc

collon-cróh

Grammar
collon-cróh, -cróg. l. -croh, -crog, for Cot. 140 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 41,
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and add Colloncroh achillea, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 35: nimphea, Lch. iii. 304, col. 1

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