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swimman

(v.)
Grammar
swimman, p. swamm, pl. swummon ; pp. swummen
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Teón ða wæteru forð swimmende cynn, Gen. 1, 20. of a vessel moving on water Secga geseldan swimmaþ on weg, Exon. Th. 289, 25; Wand. 53. Hine ( a vehicle) oxa ne teáh, ne [hé] on flóde swom, 404, 28 ; Rä. 23, 14. Se swymmenda arc (Noah's ark ).

Linked entry: swymman

wísung

(n.)
Grammar
wísung, e; f.

Directionguidance

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Dathan and Abiron mycelne teónan Móyse gedydon and forsáwon his wísunge, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 224

mis-weorþan

(v.)

to turn out badly

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Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4

of-dúne

(adv.)
Grammar
of-dúne, adv.

Down

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Ðeáh ðú teó hwelcne bóh ofdúne tó ðære eorþan, 25; Fox 88, 22. Hié léton hiera hrægl ofdúne tó fótum, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 19. ' Wendaþ mín heáfod ofdúne, forðon ðe mín Drihten of heofenum ádúne tó eorþan ástág.'

Linked entry: á-dún

or-wirþu

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Add: contumely, insult Hé sǽde hú manigne teónan and orwyrðu (-wyrdu, v. l.) þára nunnena fracoðwyrda hé geþrowode quantas pateretur verborum contumeliis enarravit, Gr. D. 152, 6.

Linked entry: wirþu

un-fremu

(n.)
Grammar
un-fremu, e; f.

Hurtlossdamagedetriment

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Ðú blǽda náme on treówes telgum, and mé on teónan ǽte ða unfreme, Cd. Th. 55, 12; Gen. 893

wirp

(n.)
Grammar
wirp, e; f.

A change for the betterrecoveryimprovement

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Lege on lǽcedómas ða ðe út teón ða yfelan wǽtan, ðonne biþ ðǽr wyrpe wén hope of recovery, Lchdm. ii. 46, 27. Gé frófre ne wénaþ, ðæt gé wræcsíða wyrpe gebíden ye look not for comfort, that ye may live to see redemption from exile, Exon.

be-faran

to come uponsurprisecatch

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Gif man hwilcne man teó ꝥ hé þone man féde þe úres hláfordes grið tóbrocen habbe . . . and gif hine (the man so accused) man mid him (the breaker of the peace) befare, beón hig bégen ánes rihtes weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 298, 2.

flýman fyrmþ

(n.)
Grammar
flýman fyrmþ, fliéman feorm, e;

A fugitive's food or supportthe offence of harbouring a fugitivethe penalty for such an offencefŭgïtīvi susceptio

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Gif mon cierliscne monnan fliéman feorme teó if a man accuse a churlish man of harbouring a fugitive, L. In. 30; Th. i. 120, 16

Linked entries: fliéman feorm feorm

Augustínus

(n.)
Grammar
Augustínus, i ; m; Lat. [Augustinus is correct in the quotations from the titles of the two following chapters of Bede, but in the A. Sax. text it is Agustínus]

St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597, and died May 26, 605Augustínus

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St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597, and died May 26, 605; Augustínus Ðæt se hálga Papa Gregorius Augustínum sende Angel-þeóde to bodiganne Godes word ut sanctus Papa Gregorius Augustinum ad prædicandum genti Anglorum

Linked entry: Agustin

tǽlness

(n.)
Grammar
tǽlness, e: f.

Reproach, slander, calumny, detraction

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Ða ðe mé tǽlnysse teónan ætfæstan qui detrahunt mihi, Ps. Th. 108, 28. Télnysse, 108, 3. Uton beorgan ús wið tǽlnysse ( vituperatione ), L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 31: Wulfst. 233, 19. Tó niomanne télnisse ( opprobrium ) míne, Lk. Skt.

Linked entry: télnis

rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn, e; f.
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, when its force is much the same as that of the suffixes -ship, -hood, -red, denoting a state, condition. v. bed-, bróðor-, burh-, camp-, feónd-, folc-, freónd-, gafol-, gebed-, gecwid-, gefér-, heord-, híw-, hús-, land-, mǽg-, mann-, meodo-, nám-, teón

bégan

(v.)
Grammar
bégan, he bégþ; p. de; pp. ed.

to bowbendturnflectereinflecteredeprimereto bow toto settleinflectereinsistere

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to bow, bend, turn; flectere inflectere, deprimere Ðeáh ðú teó hwelcne bóh of dúne to ðære eorþan, swelce ðú bégan mǽge though thou pull any bough down to the earth, such as thou mayest bend Bt. 25; Fox 88, 23.

Linked entries: a-bégan bígan bégean

ceáp-gyld

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-gyld, es; n.

bargain moneyjustum rei venditæ pretiumrei furto ablate pretium

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Ath. i. 24; Wilk. 61, 25; Th. i. 212, 16, note 33. price or market-price of what is stolen; rei furto ablate pretium Gilde man ðam teónde his ceápgyld let a man pay to the accuser the market-price [pretium], L. C. S. 25; Th. i. 390, 23

topp

(n.)
Grammar
topp, es; m.

a top,summita lock of hair, tufta collection of rays of lighta top to play withthe hair at the top of the head that which has a similarity with it

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Hongin bi þe toppe (teon bi þe top up, Bodl. MS.), Jul. 28, 6: Piers P. 3, 139. Top ouer tail, Will. 2776. En vostre chef vus avet toup (a top of heer).Wrt. Voc. i. 144, 21 (13th cent.).

dwolma

(n.)
Grammar
dwolma, dwolema, an; m.

Chaos, a chasm, gulph chaos, n.= χάos, τό, hiātus

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Ða twegen tregan teóþ to-somne wið ðæt mód fóran mistes dwoleman the two vexations draw together before the mind a chaos of darkness, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 86; Met. 5, 43

Linked entries: dwolema for-dwilman

on-tendness

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Læ̂t hine on ûrum anwealde, þæt wê magon ðînne teónan wrecan and ûre ontendnysse, 416, 20. Add Hê oferswŷðde þâ synne, for þâm þe hê swâ onwende þâ ontendnysse (þâ hæ̂te and þone synlust, v. l.) vicit peccatum, quia mutavit incendium, Gr. D. 101, 28

ge-lendan

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Ðæt scip . . . búton ðá rówend hit teón, sceal fleótan mid ðý streáme: ne mæg hit nó stille gestandan, búton . . . mon mid róðrum ongeán tió; elles hit gelent mid ðý streáme, Past. 445, 13. non-material Ic wolde witan hwæðer ( = hwider?)

týn

(v.)
Grammar
týn, p. týde, tydde (týdde?); pp. týd
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Hé scole gesette in ðære cneohtas tydde and lǽrde wǽron instituit scholam in qua pueri literis erudirentur, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 45. v. ge-týan, -týdan ( in each case read -týn), and teón, III. 1

hól

(n.)
Grammar
hól, es; n.

Vain speech, evil speaking without cause, calumny, slander

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Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle [MS. H. héle] ne for unrihtre feohgyrnesse I do not accuse N. from hate or with the intention of slandering him or from an unjust desire for money, L. O. 4; Th. i. 180, 11.

Linked entries: hel hoelan hólian