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BIL

(n.)
Grammar
BIL, bill, es; n.

a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchionfalx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus

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Whatever its shape, it must have had two edges; as, in the earliest poem, an envoy is attacked, billes ecgum, with the edges of a bill; falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus.

Linked entry: bill

ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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Voc. i. 288, 32. Gebýr, ii. 17, 6. used of others than English Ic wæs gebúr on þám lande þe [hátte] Nisibim, Shrn. 36, 21. Hit gelamp in Samni ꝥ sumes ríces mannes tún wæs, in ðám his gebúr ( colonus ) hæfde sunu, Gr. D. 11, 4.

Linked entry: ge-býr

hwónlíce

(adv.)
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Th. ii. 172, 2

mód

Grammar
mód, <b>. I a.</b>
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Th. i. 612, 11-14. Se wísdóm is hálig and hine sylfne ætbrét fram módes híwunge and mynd-leásum geðóhtum, ii. 326, 3.

wiþ

Grammar
wiþ, <b>. I</b> I a.
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add: where the motion is in a direction opposite to that in which another object moves Se líg dreów wið þæi windes, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 9. Add Þeáh him mon sleá mid sweorde wiþ þæs heáfdes, Bl. H. 47, 14. 2.

willian

(v.)
Grammar
willian, p. ode.

to willto desire,with a genitivewith infinitivewith gerundial infin.with a clauseabsolute

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Ic willio and wille ðæt hió sión getrymed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 121, 23. absolute. Wer se ðe in bibodum his willaþ (cupiet), Ps. Surt. II, i

ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw, ǽwe, es; n. [ǽ law] .

lawwhat is established by lawwedlockmarriagea marriage vowlexmatrimoniuma female bound by the law of marriagea wifeconjux legitimauxor justa

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law, what is established by law, hence wedlock, marriage, a marriage vow; lex, matrimonium Ðætte ryht ǽw gefæstnod wǽre that just law might be settled, L. In. pref; Th. i. 102, 9: 1; Th. i. 102, 16.

stæl-wirðe

(adj.)
Grammar
stæl-wirðe, adj.
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[In later English the word seems used more in the sense of the modern stalwart = strong :-- Ic em hal and fere and strong and stelewurðe, ȝet ic mei longe libben, O. E. Homl. i. 25, 12.

forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, frohtian.

To fear

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Swíðe forhtigende þæt hí his fandian dorston in great fear because they had dared to try him, Hml. Th. ii. 168, 19. Frohtende timens, Mt. R. 25, 25: metuens, Mk. p. 2, 11. Ondo frohtendes (pauescentis) Petres, Lk. p. 4, 18.

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
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in vestitu deaurato circumamicta varietate, Ps.

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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inch and 1/12 of an 8th, δάκτυλος a finger's breadth = about 75/100 of an inch, that is 3/4 of an inch and 1/12 of an 8th = 3/4 + 1/96 = 72/96 + 1/96 = .76] .76 = 20-50/100 [ = 20-1/2 inches, and 2/100 or 1/50 of an inch] Se weall Babilónes is fíftig

Linked entry: eln-gemet

wíd-gil

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gil, wíd-gill, -giel, -gel, and-gille; adj.
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Tó gódum lande and wídgillum in terram bonam et spatiosam, Ex. 3, 8. Hwider arn ðæt wæter of ðam wídgillan flód . . . ? Wén is ðæt ðæt wæter gewende tó ðære wídgillan niwe lnysse, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 13-14. Tó ánre wídgyllan byrig, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 82.

Linked entries: -gill -gal

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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When the word stands at the beginning of a clause and may be translated by then, the verb generally precedes its subject; if it is to be translated by when the subject generally precedes the verb. then, at that time Ic ofstikode hyne.

swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.
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Amen, Lchdm. ii. 334, 2. Gyf hit cild sý oððe cniht, swinge hine man (vapulet), L. Ecg. P. iv. 52 ; Th. ii. 218, 31. Swingon vapulare, Lchdm. iii. 212, 2. He ða fǽmnan hét nacode mid sweopum swingan, Exon. Th. 253, 30; Jul. 188: 251, 8; Jul. 142.

ge-hýþþu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hýþþu, ge-hýþþo, indecl. f.
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Commodity, suitable provision Ic mé þrý hláfas gebohte: ic mé hæfde genóh gehýððo tó mínes síðfætes geblǽdfæstnysse, Hml. S. 23 b, 492. (v. ge-blǽdfæstness.)

hám-sócn

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Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe, and griðbryces and hámsócne, Cht. E. 233, 3. Add

sweora

Grammar
sweora, l. sweóra,
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and add Ic wát cúðlíce þæt ic be gewyrhtum on mínum sweúran (sweóran, v.l. Cf. swúran, swíran, 18) byrne, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 449, 22

wiþ-weorpan

(v.)
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In El. 293 a suggested emendation is ealle for þǽre which is in keeping with the Latin text repellentes omnem sapientiam. See Beiblatt 21, 174

hærfest

(n.)
Grammar
hærfest, es; m.

Harvest, autumnautumpnusautumnautumnusautumn

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Autumnus is hærfeste, Lchdm. iii. 250, 11. Se hærfest welig on wæstmum the autumn rich in fruits, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 27 : 21; Fox 74, 22; Bt. Met. Fox 29, 123; Met. 29, 62. Hærfest æstatem, Ps. Spl. 73, 18.

Linked entry: herfest

of

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Th. ii. 294, 10