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níwan

(adv.)
Grammar
níwan, neówan, neón; adv.

Recently ⬩ lately ⬩ newly

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Ðonne man níwan wíf nymþ cum acceperit homo nuper uxorem, Deut. 24, 5. Ðone consul ðe hié ðá níwan geset hæfdon, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 86, 32. Gif hwelc man biþ wíteþeów níwan geþeówad, L. In. 48; Th. i. 132, 7. Ic eom se ðe nú níwan com.

Linked entries: neówan níwane níwe

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, p. de; pp. ed, -rǽdd, -rǽd.

to arrange, dispose, direct, advise, determine, ordain, consult for, provide for ⬩ decernere, statuere, edicere, consulere, providere ⬩ to enjoin ⬩ to arrange ⬩ to read ⬩ legere

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Ðonne gerǽde gé ðás word beforan him ðæt híg gehíron then read these words before them that they may hear, Deut. 31, 11

ágnian

(v.)
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MS.) ðone craft ðæs láreówdómes þe hí ná ne geleornodon, 24, 13. Tó hwon ágnodest þú þé ánum þæt ic inc bám sealde, Wlfst. 259, 15. Ahni[ende] (áhniend. Hpt. 523, 4) usurpans , An. Ox. 5127

reáfian

(v.)
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Tó reáfigeanne, 327, 25. (1 a) to rob aperson of something, with gen, Hé wile reáfian ðone his anwaldes, Past. 371, 25. God reáfian lǽteð eówere dohtra heora oferrancra heáfodgewǽda, Wlfst. 45, 25. with a prep.

sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
sófte, cpve. sóftor, séft; adv.

Softly, gently ⬩ softly, quietly, without disturbance ⬩ calmly, at ease, without trouble ⬩ gently, not harshly ⬩ without discord ⬩ easily, without opposition ⬩ facile

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Ðone sófte langan morosam 32, 6. of sleep, rest, etc., softly, quietly, without disturbance Hé sófte swæf Cd. Th. 12, 2; Gen. 179. Reste hé hine sófte Lchdm. ii. 292, 7: Ps.

Linked entry: sófte

tó-cleófan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cleófan, p. -cleáf, pl. -clufon; pp. -clofen

To cleave asunder

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Ðonne God ðysne middangeard tócleófeþ, Blickl. Homl. 109, 35. Ða nýtenu synd clǽne ðe tócleófaþ heora cláwa, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 55. Tócleáf findit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 32. Se réða kyning hine tócleáf on twá, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 21.

Butting-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Butting-tún, es; m.

BODDINGTON, Gloucestershire

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BODDINGTON, Gloucestershire Offóron hie ðone here hindan æt Buttingtúne on Sæferne staðe they followed after the army to Boddington on the bank of the Severn, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 22. Mr.

leahter

(n.)
Grammar
leahter, es; m.

a crime ⬩ fault ⬩ offence ⬩ sin ⬩ vice ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ reproach ⬩ opprobrium ⬩ blame ⬩ disgrace ⬩ disease ⬩ disorder ⬩ hurt ⬩ malady

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Hyt ealne ðone leahtor genimeþ it takes away all the malady, 13, 3; Lchdm. i. 106, 2. Heó ðone leahtor [cancer] gehǽlan mæg, 32, 3; Lchdm. 1. 130, 14. Leahtras noxas [cf. dare noxam, 64], Wrt. Voc, ii. 61, 41.

Linked entry: lehter

á-lecgan

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Th. ii. 232, 15. fig. to put down, of persons, to cast down, overthrow, deprive of power or life Se cásere áléde þone Godes feónd, Hml. S. 27, 60. Tóbrýt ðás hǽðenan and álege hí mid swurdum, 25, 273. Álege hig depone eos, Ps. Spl. 58, 12.

Linked entry: á-licgan

út-gang

(n.)
Grammar
út-gang, es; m.

A going out ⬩ exit ⬩ egress ⬩ Exitus ⬩ finis ⬩ effectus ⬩ terminus ⬩ egressus ⬩ a going out of a place ⬩ egress, exit ⬩ the right of egress ⬩ a coming out from a position within a body ⬩ evacuation of the body ⬩ the going out of a period ⬩ the conclusion ⬩ end ⬩ an exit ⬩ passage ⬩ a privy ⬩ an evacuation

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Be ðære coþe ðe se mon his útgang þurh ðone múð him fram weorpe, 236, 12. Næs þurh ða micgean áne ac eác þurh óþerne útgang, 250, 11

Linked entries: út-geng forþ-gang

ge-teórian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teórian, l. ge-teórian,
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Bt. 40, 5; F. 240, 23. (2 a) to grow weary of doing, cease from weariness to do :-- Ic þ é bidde ꝥ þú ne geteórige for mé gebiddan, Hml.

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, hwerf, es; m.

A turn ⬩ space ⬩ change ⬩ exchange

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Gif hit hwá dó fó se landhláford tó ðam hwearfe Of exchange. Let no man exchange any property without the witness of the reeve ... If any one do so let the lord take possession of the property exchanged, L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 16-21.

cassuc

(n.)
Grammar
cassuc, cassoc, e; f.

Hassock, hassock-grass, rushes, sedge or coarse grass ⬩ aira cæspitosa carex paniculata, Lin

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Hassock, hassock-grass, rushes, sedge or coarse grass; aira cæspitosa carex paniculata, Lin Dó him ðis to lǽcedóme: eoforþrote, cassuc, etc. give him for this a leechdom: everthroat, hassock, etc. L.

Linked entry: cassoc

magan

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Gyf hit ðonne elles funden sý, ðonne mæg ꝥ forfangfeoh leóhtre beón, 226, 5. Ic hæbbe gecoren and míne witan hwæt seó steór beón mæge, 276, 31. <b>IV 3 c.

hlid-geat

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Ǽrest on díc; ðonne upp wið hliðgeatas; ðonne on brádan hærpað, C. D. v. 109, 8. Andlang weges tó hlidgeate, Cht. E. 290, 24. Beforan hlidgeate ante postes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 5, Add:

wamb-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
wamb-ádl, e; f.

Disease of the stomach

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Ðonne wambádl tóweard sié, ðonne beóþ ða tácn . . . Lchdm. ii. 216, 19

Cerdices óra

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdices óra, Certices óra. an; m.

Cerdic's shore ⬩ Cerdăci lítus

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Hér cwómon Cerdic and Cynríc his sunu on Breteue, mid v scipum, in ðone stede ðe is gecweden Cerdices [Certices,25, 29, col. 1. 2] óra here, A.

Linked entry: Certices óra

cyrc-weard

(n.)
Grammar
cyrc-weard, cyric-weard,cyrc-werd,es ; m.

A churchwarden, sacristan ⬩ ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius

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Se bisceop befran ðone cyrcweard hwǽr ðæs hálgan wǽpnu wǽron the bishop asked the sacristan where the weapons of the saint were, Homl. Th. i. 452, 2. Ðá wæs án cyrce weard Yware wæs geháten there was a sacristan called Yware, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 33

Linked entry: cyric-weard

for-scyldigian

(v.)
Grammar
for-scyldigian, -scyldegian, -scyldgian; p. ode; pp. od [scyldigian accūsāre]

To make guilty ⬩ to criminate ⬩ condemn ⬩ reum făcĕre ⬩ damnāre

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Ne slihþ se déma ðone forscyldgodan sceaðan, ac he hǽt his underþeóddan hine belifian the judge slays not the condemned robber, but he commands his subordinates to deprive him of life, ii. 36, 9

Linked entry: scyldigian

forþ-gang

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-gang, es; m.

a going forth ⬩ progress ⬩ advance ⬩ processus ⬩ progressus ⬩ a passage ⬩ drain ⬩ privy ⬩ meātus ⬩ secessus ⬩ latrīna

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Eall ðæt on ðone múþ gǽþ, gǽþ on ða wambe, and byþ on forþgang asend quod in os intrat, in ventrem vādit, et in secessum emittĭtur, Mt. Bos. 15, 17: Mk. Bos. 7, 19. [vorðgong progress, A.R.]

Linked entry: forþ-geong