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Ii

(n.)
Grammar
Ii, Hii,

Iona

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Iona Heora cyng him gesealde ðæt ígland ðe man Ii nemnaþ ...

ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster, cæster, cester; ceastre; ceastre, ceaster, ceastra; f. The names of places ending in caster and -chester were probably sites of a castrum

a fortress ⬩ A city, fort, castle, town ⬩ urbs, civitas, castellum ⬩ the city ⬩ hæc civitas

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On ðære heán ceastre in the high city, Bt. 39, 5; Fox. 218, 18. Ðá cómon ða weardas on ða ceastre then the keepers came into the city, Mt. Bos. 28, 11. Ðú in ða ceastre gong go thou into the city, Andr. Kmbl. 1878; An. 941.

Linked entries: Exan ceaster cester cæster

ÍS

(n.)
Grammar
ÍS, es; n.
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ICE Ís glacies, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 103; Wrt. Voc. 52, 53. Hwí ne wundriaþ hí hwí ðæt ís weorþe why do not they wonder why ice comes? Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 35. Ofer eástreámas ís brycgade the ice formed a bridge over the streams, Andr.

ie

(n.)
Grammar
ie, ié.
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For words beginning with these combinations look under i, í, and see the preliminary remarks under the letter I

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [
  • Halliwell
gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In
  • Jamieson's Dictionary
the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]

unwilling ⬩ dull, heavy, ⬩ lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.] ⬩ heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive ⬩ heavy, grievous, painful, unpleasant ⬩ heavy, sad, feeling or expressing grief ⬩ of sin or evil, grave, grievous ⬩ of physical or mental inactivity, heavy, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolent ⬩ inactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak ⬩ of sleep, heavy ⬩ grave, honoured ⬩ grievous (sin, sickness) ⬩ gravis, onerosus ⬩ (a poetic word) heavy, grave.

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.), oppressive Swǽr is seó byrðen ðe Godes bydel beran sceall, gif hé nele georne unriht forbeódan, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 35: Wulfst. 178, 8. Hé bið deófles tempel, and byrð swíðe swǽre byrðene on his bæce, Homl. Th. i. 212, 4.

Linked entries: swǽrlíce swǽr-mód swár swár-

is

Grammar
is, is.

Similar entry: eom

ing

(adv.)
Grammar
ing, v. inn; adv.

This might be a link to, a part of or a variant of another entry.

íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, [Besides íg there seems to be a form íge; m. e. g. on Meldaníge eástewerdne, C. D. v. 303, 2. Of eallum Lindesíge (v. Lindes), Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 237, 10. In insula quae dicitur Seolesíge, C. D. v. 41, 27: 52, 10. Moreover there are instances of íg in the accusative, e. g. Wið-westan hunddes-íg (cf. tó hu[u]ddes-íge, 5), C. D. v. 298, 7. On swannes-íg, vi. 108, I : such forms seem to belong neither to íg; f. nor to íge; m., jó-, ja- stems respectively.]
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B. i. 544, 1. Add:

ǽht

Grammar
ǽht, In Ll. Th. i. 6, 3 the weak form, ealle ða ǽhtan, occurs, and a form not feminine, mínes ágenes ǽhtes,
  • 194, 16
    • .

what is owned, a possession ⬩ possession

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Ic hit ágnian wille tó ágenre ǽhte, 184, 5. of movables as opposed to land Hwǽm ic mines landes geunnen hæbbe and ealre mínre ǽhte C. D. iv. 55, 5. Fóe tó londe and tó ælre ǽhte, i. 234, 29. Hwílum be áre, hwílum be ǽhte, Ll. Th. i. 328, 12.

tó-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd, -brǽd, pl. -brugdon, -brúdon (-brudon ?); pp. -brogden, -bróden (-broden ? in O. and N. tobrode rimes with unsode).

to separate (trans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to pull to pieces (lit. and fig. ) ⬩ to pull apart ⬩ to separate (intrans.) by a quick movement, ⬩ to break off, ⬩ start from sleep, ⬩ to awake ⬩ to separate by making a quick movement with something

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He tobraide his clothes, Gow. ii. 53, 11

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, e ; f.

A meadow ⬩ an ing

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A meadow, an ing [in dialects of north and east, see E. D. S. Reprinted Glossaries, Nos. 2, 15, 16, 17]. The word occurs in local names, e. g. Ing-ham, Ing-thorpe, Ink-set, Ink-pen ; see Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 306

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, adv.
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Nán mann ne mihte ne inn (ing, v. l. ) ne út, Chr. 1016; P. 149, 6. Se ingang is eástan in, Shrn. 69, 3. Be cumbe ing on holan bróc; ꝥ andlang streámes ing on hlósmoc, C. D. iii. 412, 24. Ing tó ealdan mynstre, Che. E. 185, 7.

be-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-týnan, -tiénan, bi-týnan; p. -týnde, pl. -týndon; impert. -týn, -tiéne; pp. -týned, -tiéned, -týnd; v. a. [be, týnan to hedge in].

to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut up ⬩ sepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludere ⬩ to end, finish, conclude ⬩ finire

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In. 40; Th. i. 126, 13. Hí hine betýndon in án nearo fæsten they inclosed him in a narrow fastness, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, note 19. Háteþ heáhcyning helle betýnan the mighty king shall command to close hell, Salm. Kmbl. 348; Sal. 173.

Linked entries: be-tiénan bi-týnan

íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, e; f.

An island

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An island Wulf is on iége ic on óðerre fæst is ðæt églond fenne biworpen sindon wælreówe weras ðǽr on íge the wolf is on one island, I on another; closely is that island surrounded with fen, fierce men are there on the island, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 6

Linked entries: ǽg- éh- eíg eíg-land

inc

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Add: alone Ne fornime incer nóðer óðer ofer will, ... ac geǽmtigeað inc tó gebedum, Past. 399, 34-36. 'Fæder, wé ábidon ꝥ þú cóme' ... 'Cweþað git ꝥ ic ne ætýwde inc (inc bám, v.l. ) slǽpendum?', Gr. D. 149, 11. Lǽt inc geséman.

-ig

(suffix)
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a suffix connoting possession of an object denoted by the stem, used in the formation of adjectives, and represented in modern English by y

íw

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<b>eów</b>) in Dict., and add Íuu taxus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 76. Eów ornus, 65, 8. Tó íwes heáfdan ... on íwdene, C. D. iii. 444, 4-6. On Íwwcumb, of Íwwa cumbe, 218, 34. Cf. Tó íwígað, v. 240, 25

-ing

(suffix)
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L. 67, 28. v. god-ing, wǽdl-ing(?), Wóden-ing. . Add

inn

Grammar
inn, a lodging, &amp; c.
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Leóht on ðǽm selfum inne (cella) byrne, R. Ben. 47, 7. Se Gota gewennde tó his inne (húse, v.l.) Gothus ad hospitium reversus, Gr. D. 81, 15. Án lang gealga stænt æt Amanes inne lignum stat in domo Aman, Hml. A. 100, 280.

ié

Grammar
ié, gen. dat.
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of eá, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 8, 10, 11, 14

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