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ge-hírsumnes

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Hwæðer hé carfull sig tó godcundum weorcum and tó gehýrsumnysse si solicitus est ad opus Dei, ad obedientiam R.

spannan

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S. 9, 106. to join in matrimony Span[n]an adjungere (has sponsi ad prolem generis satagunt adjungere nuptas, Ald. 200, 10), An.

fyll

Grammar
fyll, fyllu(-o).

fill, full supply ⬩ repletion, satiety

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Dó ꝥ wós and þá wyrte on wín, drince þonne . . . symle án ful tó fylles (always one cup as a full dose, v. tó II. 5), Lch. i. 82, 14. with idea of excess, repletion, satiety Fyll and druncennyss saturitas et ebrietas, Scint. 106, 4.

edre

(adv.)
Grammar
edre, adv.

Immediately, at once, forthwith ⬩ stătim, prōtĭnus, illĭco

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Immediately, at once, forthwith; stătim, prōtĭnus, illĭco Edre him ða eorlas agéfon ondsware the earls gave answer to him immediately, Andr. Kmbl. 801; An. 401: 1285; An. 643: 1900b; An. 952: Invent. Crs. Recd. 1300; El. 649

Linked entry: ædre

hettan

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Add: to pursue as an enemy, persecute Hættende insectando (accipitres ingenita edendi necessitas instigat alites et sorices crudeliter insectando grassari, Ald. 77, 23), An. Ox. 8, 388

un-

(prefix)
Grammar
un-, The prefix

expresses negation

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expresses negation; gives a bad sense, as in un-dǽd, un-dóm, un-lagu, un-lǽce reverses an action, as in un-bindan, un-dón is intensive(?)

Linked entries: staþol-fæst tíþe treówness un-earfoþlíce weorþscipe un-gémæn wyn-sum be-sceáwod blis fægernes fǽhþ smóþ

hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
hreów, adj.

fierce ⬩ sævus ⬩ mæstus

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In Andr. Kmbl. 2233; An. 1118 the alliteration seems to require reów. In the compounds blód-, wæl-hreów the second syllable seems to be hreóh [or is it reów, or may hreów be a confusion of the two forms?]

folc-leásung

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uttering false and slanderous statements such as are prejudicial to the public welfare.

heorþ

a hearth ⬩ fire place

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Brǽdingce on heorþum tó móse assaturam (alimentorum) in focularibus (praeparatam) ad edulium, An. Ox. 376: Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 30. as typical of the household or home Án mylen . . . and .vii. heorðas bútan ðon, and þreó cyrcan, C. D. v 316, 2

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Nánne ðara twá and twéntigra monna, Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 256, 1. with ordinals Se twá and feówertigeða sealm, R. Ben. 37, 14. Ðane twá and syxtigeþan, 36, 16. On ðære twá and twéntugoðan wucan, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 14, rubric.

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

burg-waru

(n.)
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the inhabitants of a city as in a body, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096

on-cunness

(n.)
Grammar
on-cunness, e; f.

An accusation(?), excuse(?)

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An accusation(?), excuse(?) Tó ácunnenne on-cunnisse ad excusandas excusationes, Ps. Surt. 140, 4

Linked entry: cunness

holm-weard

(n.)
Grammar
holm-weard, es; m.

One who keeps guard at sea, ⬩ a sea-warder

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One who keeps guard at sea, a sea-warder, Andr. Kmbl. 718; An. 359

ágnian

(v.)
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Add: to possess Ðá ðe ic áh ł ágnigo quae possidet , Lk. L. 18, 12. Alle ðá ðe ágnegæð ł áh (ǽngað, R.) omnia quae possidet, 12, 44. Ágnigeð (-að, R.), 15. Ágnageð (-igað, R.), II, 21. Ágneges possidete. Mt. L. 25, 34.

fígan

(v.)

become an enemy ⬩ be at enmity ⬩ inĭmīcāri ⬩ inĭmīcĭtias exercēre

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to be or become an enemy, be at enmity; inĭmīcāri, inĭmīcĭtias exercēre, Som. Ben. Lye

scunung

(n.)
Grammar
scunung, e; f.
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An abomination On scunungum in abominationibus, Cant. M. ad fil. 16. v. a-, on-scunung

hof-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hof-lic, adj.
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Pertaining to a court or palace Tó hoflican geseton ad palatinas zetas An. Ox. 2996

weorc-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-cræft, es; m.
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Skill in work, the art of mechanics Weorc-cræft mechanics (ors), An. Ox. 55, 6

in-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
in-weard, adj. Add: , <b>in-wyrd</b>
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Swá hwilc man swá hine lufað mid clǽnre and mid inweardre heortan, Hml. A. 168, 123: 178, 279. Oþ inwyrde swétnesse ad medullam i. ad intima, An. Ox. 175

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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Geseoh seolfes swæðe, swá ðín swát ágeát, blódige stíge, Andr. Kmbl. 2881; An. 1443: 2552; An. 1277: Beo. Th. 5380; B. 2693. Him for swenge swát ǽdrum sprong forð under fexe, 5925; B. 2966. Beswyled mid swátes gange, Rood Kmbl. 45; Kr. 23.

Linked entry: swǽtan

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