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tún-gebúr

(n.)
Grammar
tún-gebúr, es; m.
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A tenant in villenage, villein Túngebúr inquilinus (cf. genaeot inquilinis, Txts. 71, 1117; geneát, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 57; bigenga tilia, inbúend colonus, i. incola, cultor, inquilinus, 134, 24), Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 56: i. 18, 50

Linked entry: ge-búr

recen

(adj.)
Grammar
recen, adj.
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cf. fǽr and its compounds) God ðe on Ægyptum æðele wundur worhte and recene wundar on ðam Reádan Sǽ Deus qui fecit magnalia in Ægypto, terribilia in Mari Rubro, Ps. Th. 105, 18

Linked entries: recene recenlíce

medu-wæge

(n.)
Grammar
medu-wæge, an: -wæg, e; f.

The Medway

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Kmbl. ii. 86, 24. Óþ Miodowegan, 17. In flumen Medewiæge, iii. 386, 26. Óþ ða eá Medewegan, 400, 31

hón

(n.)

tendrils of a vine [?]

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Ðá geseah ic gyldenne wíngeard trumlícne and fæstlícne and ða twígo his hongodon geond ða columnan. ða wundrode ic ðæs swíðe. wǽron in ðæm wíngearde gyldenu leáf and his hón and his wæstmas wǽron cristallum and smaragdus eác ðæt gimcyn mid ðæm cristallum

áþum

a son-in-lawa brother-in-law

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Th. i. 478, 26: ii. 24, 30. a brother-in-law, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 22. uncertain: Þǽr wæs of-slægen Æðelstán þes cynges áðum (Fl. Wig. says gener, Hen. Hunt. sororius), v. P. ii. 188), Chr. 1010; P. 140, 10

fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
fǽhþ, ( = fǽgþ? cf. fǽge)

feyness

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feyness Dol seldon drýmeð sorgful ymbe his forðgesceaft, nefne hé fǽhðe wite a fool in his life of pleasure is seldom anxious about his future, unless he knows that death is at hand, Fä. 56

ge-swinc

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Ic nát hú nyt ic beó, bútan þæt ic mín geswinc ámirre, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 26. ꝥ is sió án ræst eallra firra geswinca haec requies laborum, Bt. 34, 8; F. 144, 27.

a-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
a-þencan, -þencean ; p. -þohte ; pp. -þoht.

to think outdeviseinventexcogitareto thinkintendcogitareintenderevelle

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to think out, devise, invent; excogitare Gif we hit mǽgen wihte aþencan if we may devise it in any way, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 2; Gen. 400 : 179; Th. 224, 35; Dan. 146 : Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 28. to think, intend; cogitare, intendere, velle He ðis ellenweorc

Linked entries: a-þohte a-þoht

líf-leást

(n.)
Grammar
líf-leást, -lǽst, e; f.

death

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Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 27

sweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
sweorfan, p. swearf, pl. swurfon; pp. sworfen
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Mín heáfod is homere geþuren sworfen feóle, 497, 18; Rä. 87, 2. Cpds. with for, omitted in their place, are added here:?-Forsweorfeþ elimat, i. mundat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 1. Biþ forsworfen vel forgniden demolitur, exterminatur, 138, 63

Linked entries: a-sweorfan ge-sweorfan

trog-scip

(n.)
Grammar
trog-scip, es; n.
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Voc. i. 56, 29: littoraria, 48, 2 : 64, 4

dærst

(n.)
Grammar
dærst, dærstan.
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Nim wínes dræstan, Lch. ii. 102, 7: 296, 8. Ecedes dræstan, iii. 42, 22

fird-tiber

(n.)
Grammar
fird-tiber, (?), es; n.
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Voc. ii. 43, 48

Linked entry: fyrd-tiber

lettan

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Voc. ii. 88, 36. Let, An. Ox. 8b, 6. the action from which one is hindered given in genitive Wé þé þæs nú nellað lettan þæs þú ǽr geþóht hæfdest propositi tui ortnonomias dirumpere nolumus, Guth. Gr. 123, 20

ge-þancol

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þancol, -þancul, -þoncol; adj. [þanc the mind, thought]

Mindfulthoughtfulconsideratesuppliantmĕmorcōgĭtābundussupplex

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Mindful, thoughtful, considerate, suppliant; mĕmor, cōgĭtābundus, supplex Ic wæs gemyndig mǽrra dóma ðínra geþancol, þeóden Dryhten mĕmor fui judĭciōrum tuōrum a sēcŭlo, Dŏmĭne, Ps. Th. 118, 52: Ps. C. 50, 6; Ps. Grn. ii. 276, 6.

stæf-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-cyst, e; f.

Excellence in letters or learningbook-learning

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'I never learned anything from books, nor have I listened to any of those men that have studied and read them,' Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 593

neoþera

(adj.)
Grammar
neoþera, niþera; adj. (without a positive form)

Lower

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Voc. ii. 7, 79: i. 282, 71. Niþera lippe labrum, 43, 25. Ðú generedest míne sáule of ðære neoþeran helle, Blickl. Homl. 89, 28. Neoþran, Ps. Spl. 85, 12. On seáðe ðam neoþeran in lacu inferiori, 87, 6.

Linked entries: niþemest niþera

mixen

(n.)
Grammar
mixen, [n]e; f.

A mixendung-heapdung

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Th. ii. 452, 28. Nis hyt nyt ne on eorþan ne on myxene (mixen, Lind.: mixenne, Rush.) neque in terram neque in sterculinium utile est, Lk. Skt. 14, 35. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on ealdum myxenum (myxennum, MS. H.), Herb. 14, 1; Lchdm. i. 106, 12.

Linked entries: meoxen myxen

hand-gang

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Voc. ii. 25, 23. Handgang deditio, i. traditio, 139, 66. Freódóm emancipatio, handgang manus impositio (cf. (?)

mæsse-sang

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Hé him swíðlíce ondréd in þám mæssesange ( in illa missarum celebritate), Gr. D. 309, 4.