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ge-warenian

(v.)
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Hé on ðæt lond faran wolde.

úte-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
úte-weard, adj.

Outwardextremeon the outside ofat the extremity ofthe outward partextremity

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Heó hafaþ langne wyrtruman and ðone úteweardne sweartne it has a long root, and that black on the outside, Lchdm. i. 304, 2. Ðú smítst his blód ofer útewerd Aarones swýðre eáre sanguinem ejus pones super extremum auriculae dextrae Aaron, Ex. 29, 20.

Linked entry: útan-weard

wǽpen-getæc

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-getæc, -tak, es; n.

A wapentake,

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Icel. vápna-tak, though this is used in a different sense), is thus explained in the document above cited: Cum quis accipiebat prefecturam wapentagii, die statuto in loco ubi consueverant congregari, omnes majores natu contra eum conveniebant, et, descendente

COSTIAN

(v.)
Grammar
COSTIAN, costigan, costnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od , ad, ed

To tempt, try, prove probare, tentare.

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Ne costa ðú ðínne Drihten God tempt not the Lord thy God Homl. Blick. 29, 33; Ps. Spl. C.

Linked entries: costigan costnian

trucian

(v.)
Grammar
trucian, p. ode.

to fail in doing somethingto fail a person be wanting in duty to a person to failcome to an end

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an end Trucaþ periclitatur, ic trucige periclitor (the passage is: Propria manu perire non licet, absque eo ubi castitas periclitatur ; but the glosser seems to have taken the word to mean more than is endangered, and to have taken it as meaning is lost

tyslian

(v.)
Grammar
tyslian, p. ode

To dress

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sceandlícan tyslunge búton ðæt ús secgaþ béc ðæt se beó ámánsumod ðe hǽðenra manna þeáwas hylt on his lífe and his ágen cynn unwurþaþ mid ðam I tell you, brother Edward, that you do wrong to forsake the English customs that your fathers held and to love

Linked entry: tyslung

ÆSC

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSC, g. æsces; pl. nom. acc. æscas, ascas; g. æsca, asca; d. æscum, ascum; m;

an ash-treefraxinus excelsiorthe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨan ash-speara spearlancehasta fraxineahastaa small shipa skiffa light vessel to sail or row innavisnavigiumdromo

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Kmbl. 2195; An. 1099. because boats were made of ash, — a small ship, a skiff, a light vessel to sail or row in; navis, navigium, dromo Hét Ælfréd cyng timbrian langscipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long ships against those ships, Chr

Linked entries: æscen asca barþ

FLÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
FLÓWAN, part. flówende; ic flówe, ðu flówest, fléwst, he flóweþ, flewþ, pl. flowaþ; p. fleów, pl. fleówon; pp. flówen

To FLOWissuefluĕrefluctuāreinundāre

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Flówan mót ýþ ofer eall lond the wave may flow over all the land, Salm. Kmbl. 644; Sal. 321: Ps. Th. 77, 21: 104, 36: Menol. Fox 555; Gn. C. 47. Com flówende flód the flood came flowing, Byrht. Th. 133, 44; By. 65. Ic flówe fluo, Ælfc.

Linked entry: geond-flówan

neósian

(v.)
Grammar
neósian, p. ode with gen. acc. or clause.

to search outfind out by enquiry or inspectionto inspectto seekvisitto seek with hostile intentto visit with calamity, disease

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Gewát neósian heán húses hú hit Hring-Dene gebún hæfdon he came and inspected the lofty house, how the Hring-Danes had ordered it, Beo.

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.

Usefulprofitableadvantageousbeneficial

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Nǽron Metode wíd lond ne wegas nytte, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156 : Beo. Th. 1592; B. 794. Nis nǽnig mǽre mægen, ðisse menniscan tydernesse nyttre, Blickl. Homl. 31, 30. Hé cwæþ, ðæt nyttre wǽre ðæt hié man gesealde, 75, 22.

á-lǽdan

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Grn. 8, 37. of removal from difficulty, danger Loth God álǽdde þanon, 4, 18: Bl. H. 67, 19. Hé álǽdde ( eduxit ) mé fram þám pytte yrmða, Ps. Th. 39, 1. Út álǽdde explicuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 14.

eáster-dæg

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Aprł lóca hwǽr þú finde .xiiii. nihta ealdne mónan, ofer ꝥ se niésta Sunnandæg bið Eástordæg, Lch. iii. 226, 20. Nǽfre ne sý se hálga Eásterdæg gemǽrsod ǽr þám þe seó lenctenlice emniht sý ágán, 256, 11: Angl. viii. 309, 37.

ge-sund

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sund, adj.

Soundhealthyentireunhurtsafefavourableprosperoussanusintegersalvusincolumisprosperfelix

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He cwæþ 'Wel gesund hláford apolloni' he said 'All hail, lord Apollonius,' Th. Apol. 7, 21. Ðá cwæþ he to ánum cnapan 'Swá ðú gesund sý sege me' then said he to a boy 'So be thou in health, tell me,' 6, 19.

leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

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Se wæs fíftiges fótgemearces lang on legere he was fifty feet long in the place where he lay, Beo. Th. 6078; B. 3043. Leger ðis lectum istum, Rtl. 111, 24. On legir in lectum, 181, 7.

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

wilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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D. 3; Th. i. 354, lo. Wylsce menn geslógan mycelne dǽl Englisces folces Chr. 1053; Erl. 188, 9. Ða Wylisce menn hí gegaderodon, and wið ða Frencisce ðe on Walon wǽron gewinn up áhófon, 1094 ; Erl. 230, 32.

tó-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dǽlan, p. de

To divide,separate,distributeto divide a whole into parts, to destroy unity, make dissension into divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different partsto divide one number by anotherto divide one thing from another,part,separateto scatter, disperseto destroyto distribute, give away parts of a whole,to divide into sharesto shareto divide,distinguish,separate,make a difference betweento be different,be distinguished from.to separate with the minddiscern,discriminate,distinguish,to give forth,utter

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Ealle his geféran ðurh óþre stówe tódǽlede wǽron omnes socii per alia essent loca dispersi, Bd. 3, 27: S. 558, 37: Gen. 10, 32. Wǽron tódǽlede dispargerentur. Hpt.

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, l. ge-lógian,
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His bán wurdon gebróhte tó Alexandria, and þǽr gelógode, i. 486, 16. a non-material object Hester . . . hæfð áne bóc . . . for þan þe Godes lof ys gelógod þǽr on, Ælfc. T. Grn. ii. 13.

æðeling

(n.)
Grammar
æðeling, es; m. [æðele, -ing son of, originating from] .

the son of a kingone of royal blooda noblemanthe kingGodChristregia subolesvir nobilismanmenpeoplehomohomines

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Stód æfter man-drihtne eard and éðel, æfter ðam æðelinge [his] land and dwelling-place stood after [waiting for] the man-lord, the chieftain, 207; Th. 256, 10; Dan. 638. man generally, in pl. men, people, used in a good and noble sense, as a derivative

fore

(prep.)
Grammar
fore, = for, q. v; prep. dat. acc.

foron account offor the sake ofpropropterperforon account offor the sake ofpropropterper

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for, on account of, for the sake of; pro, propter, per; with the dative; cum dătīvo Ne syndon to lufianne ða wísan fore stówum, ac for gódum wísum stówe syndon to lufianne non pro lŏcis res, sed pro bŏnis rēbus lŏca amanda sunt, Bd. 1, 27; 8. 489, 41

for-fang

(n.)
Grammar
for-fang, -feng, fore-feng, -fong, es; m.

a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost propertyapprehensiothe reward for rescuing such propertymerces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur

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a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost property; apprehensio Be forstolenes mannes forfenge of seizing a stolen man, L. In. 53; Th. i. 134, 15, note 32.

Linked entries: fore-feng for-feng