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scip-hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
scip-hlæst, es; m.
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the body of (fighting) men on a ship Claudius se consul fór an Púnice and him Hannibal út on sǽ ongeán com and ealle ofslóg búton .xxx. sciphlæsta ða óþflugon tó Libeum ðæm íglande Claudius consul contra hostem profectus superatus est.

Linked entry: hlæst

slaga

(n.)
Grammar
slaga, an; m.
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Stud. ix. 40, col. 1. Se Hǽlend miltsian wolde his ágenum slagum, H. R. 107, 5

ticcen

(n.)
Grammar
ticcen, es; n.
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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 342

Linked entry: tyccen

twelfta

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelfta, ord. num.
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Eádweard kingc com tó Westmynstre tó ðam middan wintre . . . And hé forðférde on twelftan ǽfen, and hyne man bebyrigde on twelftan dæig on ðam ylcan mynstre, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 14-19

Linked entry: epiphania

un-forworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forworht, adj.

Not criminalinnocent

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charters: Si quid praefatorum delicti praeuaricantis causa defuerit jurum, praevaricationis delictum secundum quod praesulis jus est emendet, aut illo quo antea potitus est dono et terra careat, vi. 125; and see Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 311), Cod

Linked entries: for-wyrcan fór-wyrcan

flota

a shipa fleeta sailor

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Ðæt man sceolde Swegen underfón dá hé ǽrest mid flotan cóm, C. D. Hi. 315, 3. Wæs se cyning mid þám flotan þe on Temese læg (wǽron, v.l.) . . .

ge-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-liþian, ge-leoþian; p. ode
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Hé swá swýðe gebunden geare ongeat and georwénde ꝥ him nǽfre ofer ꝥ ne mihte beón geleoðad con-strictus nimis relaxari sejam posse desperabat, 326, 12

Linked entries: on-liþian ge-leoþian

sceáwung

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Ꝥ folc cóm tó sceáwunge þæs biscopes deáðes populus ad spectaculum mortis venerat, 195, 8. Scǽwugcge spectaculo (theatrali), An. Ox. 11, 11. v. dúst-, ge-, in-, weorold-, wlite-, ymb-sceáwung

fyrmest

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adj.

excellent

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In l. 5 for Cot. 153 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 7, and add: marking order in time Hé tó fulluhte heora fyrmest beáh, Hml. S. 10, 150. Seó bóc ys geháten Genesis, . . . for þám þe heó ys firmest bóca, Ælfc. Gen.

ge-anlícian

(v.)

to make liketo act towards

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Ic com yslum and axum geanlícod (I am become like dust and ashes, Job 30, 19), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 13. Is sǽd ꝥ hyre wyrttruma sý geanlícud þǽre nǽdran heáfde, Lch. i. 318, 9.

ofer-brǽdan

(v.)

to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering overto overspread, put a covering over

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Heofonlíc leóht com ofer hí ealle and hí swá swá mycel scýte hí ealle oferbrǽdde, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 7. Wolcen oferbrǽdde hiǽ pubis obumbrans eos, Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 7: Lk. Skt. Rush. 9, 34.

Linked entries: of-brǽded fore-brǽdan

frettan

(v.)
Grammar
frettan, p. te; pp. ed

To feed uponeat upconsumedepasci

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Hie ðæt corn forbærndon, and mid hira horsum fretton on ǽlcere efenéhþe they burned the corn, and with their horses ate it up on every plain, Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 12. Fretton comederunt, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 4

sige-hréðig

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-hréðig, adj.
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Hig ne wéndon ðæt hé sigehréðig sécean cóme þeóden they did not expect that Beowulf would come triumphant (from his fight with Grendel's mother) and visit Hrothgar, Beo.

strewung

(n.)
Grammar
strewung, e; f.
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What is spread to lie on, a couch On bedde mínre strewunge in lectum strati mei, Ps. Lamb. 131, 3

Linked entries: streáwung streówung

swíþ-swíge

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-swíge, adj.
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Taciturn, too silent Ða suíðsuígean (swíðe swígean, Cott. MSS.) ða felaídelsprǽcæn nimis taciti, multiloquio vacantes, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 24

Linked entry: swíge

cásering

(n.)
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a coin of the empire Cásering ł cáseres gæfel didrachma, Mt. L. 17, 24. Cǽsering dragma, Lk. p. 8, 16

ge-hopp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hopp, es; n.
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Cf. codd Gehopp folliculum Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 40

un-scennan

(v.)
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þá oxan arator disjungit boves, Coll. M. 20, 27. (?)

Linked entry: un-spannan

ofer-wintran

(v.)

to winter, pass the winter

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Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 1

Linked entry: -wintran

stíg

(n.)
Grammar
stíg, e; f.
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Be westan róde óó sticelan stíg; ðonne be ðære stíge óð ða ealdan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 29. Of ðam stáne tó ðære grénan stíge, 38, 23.

Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg