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morþor-leán

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-leán, es; n.

Recompense of sina terrible recompense

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Recompense of sin or a terrible recompense Ðǽr ( in hell ) sceolan þeófas and þeódsceaþan, leáse and forlegene, lífes ne wénan, and mánsworan morþorleán seón, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 24; Cri. 1612

big-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
big-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten

To sit by or nearadsidere

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To sit by or near; adsidere Se bisceop ðæt geseah ðe him bigsæt the bishop who sat by him saw it; quo viso pontifex qui adsidebat, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 22

bismær-word

(n.)
Grammar
bismær-word, es; n.

A disgraceful or abusive word, reproach, insultignominiosum vel contumeliosum verbum, opprobrium, insultatio

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[ = bismer-word: bismer opprobrium, contumelia; word verbum] A disgraceful or abusive word, reproach, insult; ignominiosum vel contumeliosum verbum, opprobrium, insultatio Mid bismærwordum with insults, L. H. E. 11; Th. i. 32, 5

Linked entry: bismer-word

ge-cearfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cearfan, -ceorfan; p. earf

To killcut off or upinterficeredecollare

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To kill, cut off or up; interficere, decollare Gie soecas mec gecearfa quaeritis me interficere, Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 37; 40. Ðone ic gecearf quem ego decollavi, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 16

ge-cundelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cundelíc, adj.

Naturalnatūrālis

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Natural; natūrālis Gé wénaþ ðæt gé nán gecundelíce gód ne gesǽlþa in eów selfum nabbaþ ye think ye have no natural good or happiness within yourselves, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 16

ge-neát-land

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát-land, es; n.

Land granted for services or rent

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Land granted for services or rent Ǽgðer ge of ðegnes inlande ge of geneát-lande both from a thane's inland and from 'geneát-land,' L. Eádg. 1, 1; Th. i. 262, 8

turf-hacce

(n.)
Grammar
turf-hacce, (?), an; f.
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N.E.D. hack an implement for breaking or chopping up, mattock, hoe, &c. ), Txts. 112, 43

brýten-wong

(n.)
Grammar
brýten-wong, es; m.

a plain, fieldA spacious plain or fieldthe worldspatiosus campus, mundus

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[brýten, wang, wong a plain, field] A spacious plain or field, in pl. the world; spatiosus campus, mundus Geond brýtenwongas throughout the spacious world, Exon. 13 a; Th. 24, 6; Cri. 380

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Hit mæg bión syxtig míla brád, oððe hwene brǽdre; and middeweard þrítig oððe brádre it may be sixty [of] miles broad, or a little broader; and midway thirty or broader, Ors. 1, 1;Bos. 21, 1, 2.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Th. 395, 30; Rä. 15, 15. where two members or two classes of the same group, or two parts of the same whole, are contrasted, one ... another, some ... some Ðonne lufaþ sum ðæt sum elles hwæt one loves that, another something else, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122,

Linked entry: ÁN

georne

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Geóca ús georne, Az. 12. where a duty or business has to be done, diligently Ic offylgde from fruma alle georne ( diligenter ), Lk. L. R. 1, 3. Diófolgield georne begán, Ors. 6, 36; S. 294, 15.

feówer

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Féuoer dǽlo, 19, 23. with pronoun or indef. numeral adj.: Sume feówer cyninges þegnas, Chr. 896; P. 89, 7. Þá feówer onwealdas þára feówer heáfedríca, Ors. 6, l; S. 252, 3. Ðá feówer hringas on ðám feówer hyrnum, Past. 171, 3.

ge-mittan

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II. to find after search or effort :-- Hé cuóm gif huæt gemitte on ðǽm, Mk. L. R. 11, 13. Soecað gié mið ðý gimitta mæge, Rtl. 10, 26. Soeca . . . gimitta, 14, 16

a-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gangan, pp. -gangen; -gongen

To go or pass by or overto happenbefalpræterireevenire

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To go or pass by or over, to happen, befal; præterire, evenire Ðá wæs agangen, geára hwyrftum, tú hund and þreó there were passed, in the circuits of years, two hundred and three, Elen. Kmbl. 1; El. 1: Chr. 974; Th. 224, 33; Edg. 10.

Linked entry: a-gongen

burh-loca

(n.)
Grammar
burh-loca, burg-loca, an; m.
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A cily-inclosure, city-barrier or defence, as — a wall, mound or moat; urbis septum, arcis claustrum vel clausura He gelǽdde brýd mid bearnum under burhlocan, in Sǽgor he led his wife with the children within the city-inclosure, into Zoar, Cd. 118; Th

Linked entry: burg-loca

drince-leán

(n.)
Grammar
drince-leán, es; n.

Tributary drink, scot-ale, the contribution of tenants to purchase ale for the entertainment of their lord or his steward on the fee, Glos. to Th. Laws, vol. ii. Or, perhaps, the ale given by the seller to the buyer on concluding a bargainretrĭbūtio potus vel præmium bibendi

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Tributary drink, scot-ale, the contribution of tenants to purchase ale for the entertainment of their lord or his steward on the fee, Glos. to Th. Laws, vol. ii.

BE

(prep.)
Grammar
BE, [abbreviated from big = bí, q. v.]; prep. dat. and instr.

BYnear totoatinonuponaboutwithjuxtapropeadsecusincumoffromabouttouchingconcerningdequoadforbecause ofafterbythroughaccording topropropterersecundumbesideout ofeex

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Be ðam strande upon the strand or shore, Mt. Bos. 13, 48. Ne leofaþ se man be hláfe ánum, ac be ǽlcon worde, ðe of Godes múþe gǽþ non in solo pane vivit homo, sed in omni verbo, quod procedit de ore Dei, Mt. Bos. 4, 4.

ǽfen-glóm

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-glóm, es; m.

The evening gloom or twilightcrepusculum

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The evening gloom or twilight; crepusculum From ǽfenglóme óþ ðæt eástan cwom dægrédwóma from evening twilight there came the rush of dawn from the east, Exon. 51b; Th. 179, 21; Gú. 1265

a-mánsod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-mánsod, part.

Excommunicated

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B. amánsumodne] oððe útlahne hæbbe and healde if any one have and hold an excommunicated person, or an outlaw, L. C. S. 67; Th. i. 410, 17

be-hýpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hýpan, p. -hýpte; pp. -hýped [hýpe a heap]

To heap or cover oversurroundencompasscontegerecircumsepirecircumdare

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To heap or cover over, surround, encompass; contegere, circumsepire, circumdare He wæs mid wǽpnum and mid feóndum eall útan behýped cum armis et hostibus circumseptus erat Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 28