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þriwa

(num.; adv.)
Grammar
þriwa, þrywa, þreowa, þriowa, þriuwa, þriga, þrige, þría; adv.

Thricethree times

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. -- Cweð þriwa nigon síþan, Lchdm. i. 202, 11. Þriwa seofon beóð án and twéntig, Anglia viii. 302, 43. Þriwa feówer beóð twelf, 328, 21

Linked entries: þría þriga

collecta

(n.)
Grammar
collecta, an; m. f.
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Cweðe se sácerd þone collectan, and geendige þá mæssan mid ánre collectan, Ll. Th. ii. 360, 1-4. Collectan (gebedu, R. Ben. I. 42, 18) letania, R. Ben. 37, 2. Twá rǽdinga mid twám collectum, Ll. Th. ii. 358, 19.

Fariseisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Fariseisc, def. se Fariseisca; adj.

PhariseanPhărĭsæus

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Ongan se Fariseisca on him smeágan and cweðan Phărĭsæus cæpit intra se repŭtans dīcĕre, 11, 38. Cómon to him ða bóceras and Fariseisce accessērunt ad eum Scrībæ et Phărĭsæi, Mt. Bos. 15, 1.

mǽg-cild

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-cild, es; n.

A young kinsman

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Ðý læs ǽnig man cweðe ðæt ic míne mǽgcild mid wó fordémde lest any man say that I wrongfully decided against my kinsmen (nephews), Chart. Th. 486, 27

undern

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Th. i. 504; 24. the service of the church at the third hour Þysum gesungenum cweðan gebed ꝥ drihtenlice. Þáræfter fylige undern ( tertia ). Þám geendedum . . . Angl. xiii. 404, 554. Underne gedónum tertia peracla, 388, 330

ge-þungen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þungen, part. p.

Grownthrivenadvanced [morallymentallyetc.]excellentpiousnobleperfect

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Cwén móde geþungen the queen excellent of mind, Beo. Th. 1252; B. 624. Þegen geþungen an illustrious minister, Andr. Kmbl. 1055; An. 528: Exon. 69 b; Th. 258, 8; Jul. 262.

Linked entry: ge-þingan

norþe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
norþe-weard, adj.

Northwardnorth

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Ðonne is tóemnes ðæm lande súþeweardum Sweóland, óþ ðæt land norþeweard; and tóemnes ðæm lande norþeweardum Cwéna land alongside the south of the country (Norway), up to its northern part, lies Sweden; and alongside its northern part the country of the

Linked entry: norþ-weard

giddian

(v.)
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Ongan heó of ðám Daviticum sealmum gyddian and þus cweðan, Lch. iii. 428, 17. Se sealmsceop be ðám gyddigende sang, Hml. Th. i. 410, 16

wíf-hand

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hand, a; f.

The female sidefemale line

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The female side, female line Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe; ðonne gif ic gesealde ǽnigre wífhanda ðæt hé gestrýnde, ðonne forgyldan míne mágas . . . for ðon ic cweðe ðæt hí hit gyldan, for ðon hý fóð

cwiddian

(v.)
Grammar
cwiddian, cweddian, cwydian (q. v. in Dict.); p. ode, ede
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Cwedd(iað), cwyddiað ferunt, dicunt, 504, 60. Befrán hé hú woruldmenn be him cwyddedon . . . His apostoli him andwyrdon: 'Sume men cwyddiað (cf. sume men cweðað, 364, 16) þæt ðú sý Jóhannes, Hml.

Linked entry: cweddian

mægþ-hád

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Heó cwæð ꝥ heó hine ne nánne habban wolde, gyf hire seó úplice árfæstnys geunnan wolde ꝥ heó on mægðháde Drihtne on clǽnre forhafednysse cwéman mihte, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 16

Linked entry: mægden-hád

ge-hírsumian

(v.)
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Þá; búrþénas ábudon þǽre cwéne þæs cyninges hǽse, ac heó hit forsóc and nolde gehýrsumian him to his willan, 93, 43: Ll. Th. i. 194, 19. a command, law, &c. Gehýrsumie pareat, i. obediat (praecepto) An. Ox. 296.

sundor

(adv.)
Grammar
sundor, (-er, -ur); adv.
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Seó cwén bebeád cræftum getýde sundor ásécean ða sélestan (to pick out the best workmen), Elen. Kmbl. 2035; El. 1019: 813; El. 407

be-gán

(v.)
Grammar
be-gán, bi-gán, ic -gá, ðú -gǽst, he -gþ, pl.-gáþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán [be, gán to go].

to go overto surroundoccupydwellcultivatetillperambularecircumdareincolerehabitarecolere to go tovisitattendto cherishhonourworshipobirecolereexcolereto commitexercisepractiseobservecommittereperficereobservare

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Ðæt mynster seó ylce cwén swýðe lufode and árwyrþode and be-eóde eadem regina hoc monasterium multum diligebat, venerabatur, excolebat Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 15 : 2, 13; S. 517, 1. to commit, exercise, practise, observe; committere, perficere, observare

be-tweonum

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweonum, be-tweonan, be-twinum, be-twinan, be-twynan, bi-tweon, bi-tweonum; prep. I. dat. II. acc. [be, bi by, with, tweo two; dat. tweonum, twinum, tweon, twin, twyn]

BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Ðá seó cwén ongan lǽran ðæt hie sybbe swá same sylfra betweonum freóndrǽdenne gelǽston then the queen began to teach that they should hold peace also amid their friendly band, Elen.

hádianv

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Bd. 3, 28; Sch. 323, 16. with acc. of person Gif ðú cwest nú : ' Hwá lǽrde ðé ?', þonne cweðe ic, ' Dúnstán'. ' Hwá hádode ðe?' 'Hé mé hádode', Ælfc. Gr. Z. 8, 15. Ne hádige man ǽfre tó hrædlíce, Ll.

brýd-guma

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-guma, brýdi-guma, an; m.

a manA bride-man, bridegroomsponsus

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Cweðe ge sceolun ðæs brýdguman cnihtas wépan, ða hwíle ðe se brýdguma mid him byþ numquid possunt filii sponsi lugere quamdiu cum illis est sponsus? Mt. Bos. 9, 15: 25, l. Se ðe brýde hæfþ, se ys brýdguma qui habet sponsam, sponsus est, Jn.

Linked entries: bréd-guma brýdi-guma

melu

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Orn seó cweorn ðurh godcunde miht. . . and wæs genihtsumnes meluwes, Shrn. 145, 26. Ðeós wyrt mid meoluwe gecnucud, Lch. i. 270, 23. Mid berenum meluwe, 15.

láþ

(n.)
Grammar
láþ, es; n.
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Ne cweðe gé nán láð ðǽm deáfan non maledices surdo Past. 453, 1. Gif hit ꝥ wǽre, swá hit feor þám sý, ꝥ þín dohtor on ǽnig láð ásliden wǽre, Hml. S. 33, 223. Ðá fugelas ús nǽnige láðe ne yfle ne wǽron aues non nobis perniciem ferebant Nar. 16, 18.

þingung

(n.)
Grammar
þingung, e; f.
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Hí on friþe wunedon þurh ðære cwéne þingunge, Homl. Ass. 101, 313. ¶ Especially intercession to the Deity :-- Ðæt ic mid eallum ðone wæstm árfæstre ðingunge geméte ut apud omnes fructum piae intercessionis inveniam, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 39.