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snid

(n.)
Grammar
snid, snide, es; m.

A saw

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Hié wǽron snidene mid snide secti sunt Past. 30; Swt. 205, 13

ge-wis

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Nis nánwuht wynsumre ne gewisre ðonne ꝥ þing ꝥ þis spell ymbe is, Bt. 34, 5; F. 140, 12. sure, unfailing Gewiss rata (recompensatio ), An. Ox. 4, 93. On wege þǽr is gewis mægen in via virtutis suae, Ps. Th. 101, 21.

fremede

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spiritus, qui a coelestis sunt patriae sorte separati?

tó-dál

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dál, -dǽl, es; n.

Division.a dividing into parts,partitionseparationa part of a whole,separate portion,sectiona mark which divides,dividing-pointdistinction,differencedistributionscattering,dispersingdissension,want of union or peace,discretion

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Sume naman synd dividua, ða getácniaþ tódál, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 13, 12. a part of a whole, separate portion, section Stæfcræft hæfþ þrítig tódál (cf. sum ðæra dǽla is geháten nota, 291, 9). Ðæt forme tódál is vox stemn . . .

Linked entry: tó-dǽl

ÉÐEL

(n.)
Grammar
ÉÐEL, æðel, ǽðel; gen. éðles; dat. éðle, éðele; m. n.

property, inheritance, country, realm, land, dwelling, home prædium ăvītum, fundus heredĭtārius, patria, terra, sēdes, domĭcĭlium, tabernācŭlum

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He wolde eft ðæt éðel sécan his hwílendlícan ríces tempŏrālis sui regni sēdem repĕtiit, 3, 22; S. 552, 33.

Linked entries: ǽðel éðyl óðel

sittan

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Þæt folc sum hé þǽr sittan lét, sum þonan ádræfde some of the people he left where they were, some he expelled, 3, 9 ; S. 126, 15. (a 1) :-- His here . . . sum ymb þá burg sæt, Ors. 3, 7; S. 116, 16.

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, p. ode

To watchwaketo remain awakenot to sleepto be freed from obstructionto opento be alertto watchbe on the watchbe on guardto watchbe on the watch to injure

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Surt.) ad te vigilo, Ps. Th. 62, 1. In ídelnisse weciaþ ða haldaþ hié in vanum vigilant qui custodiunt eam, Ps. Surt. 126, 1. Gif hé wiste hwænne se þeáf cuman wolde, witodlíce hé wacude (uigilaret), Lk. Skt. 12, 39.

Linked entries: a-wacian wæcian

feorran

(adv.)
Grammar
feorran, adv.
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Fela wítegan bodedon Drihten tóweardne, sume feorran, sume neán, 358, 7. Hé fela þing feorran wiste ǽr þan þe hit gewurde, Hml. S. 31, 1009

ár-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ár-fæst, ǽr-fæst; adj. [ár honour, fæst fast]

Honourablehonestuprightvirtuousgoodpiousdutifulgraciouskindmercifulhonestusprobusbonuspiuspropitiusclemensmisericors

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Drihten biþ árfæst his folces lande Dominus propitius erit terræ populi sui, Deut. 32, 43: Exon. 11 b; Th. 15, 32; Cri. 245. Ðæt Drihten him árfæst and milde wǽre that the Lord might be to him merciful and mild, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 31

Linked entries: ǽr-fæst ár-fest

a-sceacan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceacan, -scacan, -scæcan; he -sceaceþ, -sceacþ, -scæceþ, -scaceþ; p. -sceóc, -scóc, pl. -sceócon, -scócon; pp. -sceacen, -scacen.

to shake offremoveexcutereto be removedforsakedesertfleeexcutifugereaufugeredeserereto shakebrandishto be shakenvibrarequatereconcutilabefieriinfirmari

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Bos. 6, 11. to be removed, forsake, desert, flee; excuti, fugere, aufugere, deserere Asceacen [Lamb. ofascacen] ic eom excussus sum, Ps. Spl. C. 108, 22. Ðæt Iacob wæs asceacen quod fugeret Jacob, Gen. 31, 22.

Linked entries: a-scacan a-scæcan

Cantwara burg

(n.)
Grammar
Cantwara burg, Cantware-burg, Cantwar-burg, -burh; gen. burge; f; Cantwara byrig, e; f. [Cant-wara, gen. pl. of Cant-ware Kentish men, burh a city]
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Ða sealde Æðelbyrht him wununesse and stówe on Cantwara byrig, seó wæs ealles his ríces ealdorburh dedit ergo Ædilberctus eis mansionem in civitate Durovernensi [Canterbury] quæ imperii sui totius erat metropolis, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 18: 4, 5; S. 572,

Linked entry: Contwara burg

deópnes

(n.)
Grammar
deópnes, diópnes,deóp-ness, deóp-nys, deóp-nyss,deóp-niss,e ; f.

DEEPNESS, depth, an abyss prŏfundum, altitūdo, ăbyssus = άβυσσos, vŏrāgo

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DEEPNESS, depth, an abyss; prŏfundum, altitūdo, ăbyssus = άβυσσos, vŏrāgo Onafæstnod ic eom on líme deópnesse ... ic com on deópnysse sǽ infixus sum in līmo profundi ... vēni in altitudĭnem măris, Ps. Lamb. 68, 3.

Linked entry: diópnys

fácen-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
fácen-ful, fácn-ful, -full; def. se -fulla, seó, ðæt -fulle; adj.

Deceitful, crafty fraudŭlentus, dŏlōsus

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Weras [MS. weres] bloda and fácnfulle ne dǽlaþ [MS. dæla] on emtwá heora dagas vĭri sanguĭnum et dŏlōsi non dimĭdiābunt dies suos, Ps. Lamb. 54, 24

Linked entries: fácn-ful fácyn-full

hunta

(n.)
Grammar
hunta, an; m.

A hunter

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Venator sum, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 1-6: 22, 27. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóst ne beó hunta ne hafecere we enjoin that a priest be not a hunter nor a hawker [cf.

micel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
micel-ness, e; f.

greatnessbignesssizegreatnessmultitudeabundancegreatnessmagnificence

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Surt. 28, 4. On mycelnysse earmes ðínes in magnitudine brachii tui, Cant. Moys. 16: Ps. Spl. 78, 12. Ús weorþ þuruh ðíne mycelnesse milde and blíðe, Ps. Th. 66, 1. Sancte Johannes mycelnesse se Hǽlend sylfa tácn sægde, Blickl. Homl. 167, 17

mitta

(n.)
Grammar
mitta, an; m.

A measure, both dry and liquid, as for corn, meal, ale, honey

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A measure, both dry and liquid, as for corn, meal, ale, honey; according to one passage it seems equal to two 'ambers' Under mittan sub modio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 9: Hpt. Gl. 505, 4. Under mitte (mytte, Rush), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 15. Mitta, Mk.

Linked entry: an-mitta

wynsumian

(v.)
Grammar
wynsumian, p. ode

To rejoiceexultbe joyful

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Surt. 65, 1. Gefeáþ and wynnsumiaþ gaudete et exultate, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 12. Wynsumiaþ, Ps. Th. 31, 13: Blickl. Homl. 191, 35. Gedó ðæt mín gást wynsumige on ðínre hǽlo, 159, 2. Wynsumian jocundari, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 16: Blickl. Homl. 91, 8.

Linked entry: wyn-sum

flǽsc-lic

humanmortalanimalnaturalcarnalworldlycarnalsensualsexual

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H. 16, 8. connected by, or based upon, ties of flesh and blood, natural Þám filigde sum flǽsclic bróðor tó mynstre, ná for gecnyrdnysse góddre drohtnunge, ac for flǽsclicere lufe. Se gástlica brðdor . . . and his flǽsclica bróðor, Hml.

hand-gewrit

(n.)
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D. hand-writ) Sóðne geleáfan hé wæs andettende and mid his handgewrite ( cum subscriptione sua ) getrymede, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 667, 9. a document in a person's own handwriting ' Þá deóflu habbað him on hande mín ágen handgewryt'

hergian

(v.)

to harryplunderto harrass

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Sum his folc hé sende gind þæt lond tó bærnanne and tó hergenne, 4, 8; S. 188, Þá unrihtwísan déman beóð wyrsan þonne herigende here, Ll.