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meówle

(n.)
Grammar
meówle, an; f.

A maiddamselvirginwoman

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Meówle, seó hyre bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 5; Vy. 46. Secg oððe meówle man or maid, 102 b; Th. 387, 15; Rä. 5, 5. Ceorles dóhtor, módwlonc meówle, 107 a; Th. 407, 18; Rä. 26, 7.

neáh-gebúr

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
neáh-gebúr, néh-gebúr, néhche-, néhhe-, néche-, néhe-búr, es; m.

A neighbour

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Hyre néhchebúras (néhhebúras, MS. A.: néhebúras, Lind.: néhgibúras, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 1, 58, 65. Néhhebúras, 14, 12 : 15, 6. Neapolite ða heora néhgebúras, Blickl. Homl. 201, 19. Néchebúrena gefeoht intestinum bellum, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 16.

Linked entries: freónd dún

reccend

(n.)
Grammar
reccend, es; m.
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A ruler, governor. applied to the Deity God eálá ðú micele reccend ( rector ), Hymn. Surt. 72, 1 : Exon. Th. 2, 12; Cri. 18. Þeóda reccend, Ps. Th. 101, 1. God is ealra þinga reccend, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 9.

sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
sýferness, e; f.
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Sýfernysse þearf sinceritatis azima, Hymn. Surt. 82, 31: Scint. 42, 16. Ðære sýfernysse ( opposed to drunkenness, v. l. 54) gód bodian, Homl. Ass. 146, 60.

Linked entry: sýfer-ǽte

be-hýdan

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Seó clǽnnys behýt (recondit) hyre swurd on ðám temple, Prud. 16 b. Be-hýdde oppilavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 51. Hí þá goldhord on eorðan behýddan, Chr. 418; P. II, 23. Behéd reconde, Kent. Gl. 176. Ne mæg hine nán man behýdan wið hire hǽto, Ps.

feax

a bush

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Heó hire wætres bæd, and hí þwóhg, and hyre feax gerǽdde (crines composuit), Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 232, 9. Hí habbað beardas oþ cneów and feax oð hélan (comas usque ad talos), Nar. 35, 2.

Linked entries: feaxede feax-gerǽdian

for-lǽdan

destructionbetray

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Hié forlǽddan tó þám lindplegan swǽse gesíðas and hyra sylfra feorh they carried themselves and their comrades to a fight that was fatal to all, B. 2039. Mé þás woruldsǽlða on þis dimme hol forlǽddon, Met. 2, 11.

gleáwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gleáwe, adv.
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R. 11, 9. with prudence Guman . . . gleáwe beþuncan hyra hǽlo, Rä. 49, 7. in the metrical psalter the word occurs with a vaguely favourable meaning. Cf. gleáw; 4 Mé þín se góda gást gleáwe lǽdde, þæt ic on rihtne weg férde, Ps. Th. 142, 11.

hræd-lic

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Add: quick, swift. v. hræd; Hyra hors mid swá hrædlicum ryne ( tanto cursu ) oferférdon þá eá swylce . . ., Gr. D. 15, 28. of time, coming soon to an end.

holt

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Seó eorðe sóna swá swá hyre God bebeád stód mid holtum ágrówen, Hex. 12, 3. ¶ compounds of holt with tree-names are not infrequent in charters, v. ác-, alor-, birc-, bóc-, hæsel-holt. Cf. too beorh-holt, C. D.

þǽr

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þǽr, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Hé stǽleð fǽhðe in firene, þǽr þe hié écne anwaldan oft forgeáton, Sat. 641. add Þǽr þe þis god ne wǽre, nǽnige þinga úra goda on hyra onsýne gefeóllon, Verc. Först. 100, 5. Eálá þǽr hig hogodon utinam saperent, Cant. M. ad fil. 29

wæter-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ǽdre, an; -ǽder, e; f.(in the first passage given the word is made neuter).

A vein of water, a spring

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Seó gýtsung hyre gold betweoh ða wæterǽdran rǽt avaritia aurum inter arenas legit, Gl. Prud. 55

Linked entry: ǽdre

hríðer

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer, hrýðer, es; n.

oxcowheifer

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Hwílum him ráredon on swá hrýðro sometimes they bellowed at him like oxen, Shrn. 141, 10. Gif hrýðera steorfan if cattle are dying, Lchdm. iii. 54, 31. Ðǽron næs orfcynnes nán máre búton vii hruðeru, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 275, 7: Ex. 34, 19.

Linked entries: hruðer hrýðer

for-þencan

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Hé lǽrde þæt þá ðearfan ne forðóhton ne ne wénden þæt God heora ne róhte he taught that the needy should not despair, or suppose that God did not care for them. Ps. Th. 48 arg.

ge-manigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-manigfealdian, p. ode.
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wǽran gemanigfealdode (multiplicati) ofer ǽk gerím, 6 : 14: 24, 17: 37, 19.

Linked entry: ge-mænigfealdian

ge-rím

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Se tíma wæs standende twá þúsend wintra and twá hund and twá and feówertig geára gerímes, Angl. viii. 336, 2. la. in phrases denoting that objects cannot be counted :-- wǽran gemanigfealdode ofer ǽle gerím (super numerum), Ps.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Syle etan ǽr ðære tíde his tócymes, swá on dæge swá on nihte, swæþer hyt sý, Lchdm. i. 364,16.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

ge-tæl

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Fulfremedum þreófealdum getæle perfecto trino numero, Hy. S. 60, 29.

FOLC

(n.)
Grammar
FOLC, es; n. [Folc being a neuter noun, and a monosyllable, has the nom. and acc. pl. the same as the nom. and acc. sing: it is a collective noun in English, and has not the plural form folks but by a modern corruption]

The FOLKpeoplecommon peoplemultitudea peopletribefamilypŏpŭlusgensnātiovulgusplebscīveshŏmĭnesexercĭtusmultĭtūdo

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Micel folc mid hym cum eo turbo multa, Mt. Bos. 26, 47. Hie awerede ðæt folc the people defended it, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 10, 33. Gif folces man syngaþ if a man of the people sin, Lev. 4, 27.

Linked entries: folc-stów ge-folc

GEONG

(adj.)
Grammar
GEONG, giong, geng, ging, giung, iung, gung; def. se geonga, seó, ðæt geonge; comp. geongra, gingra, gyngra; superl. gingest, gingst; adj.

YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, freshjŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcensyoung

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Ioseph gingst wæs hys gebróðra Joseph was the youngest of his brethren, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 7. Se gingsta ys mid úrum fæder mĭnĭmus cum patre nostro est, Gen. 42, 13, 32. Fram ðam yldestan óþ ðone gingestan a mājōre usque ad mĭnĭmum, 42, 12