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a-cwellan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cwellan, p. -cwealde; pp. -cweald

To killdestroyinterficerenecare

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To kill, destroy; interficere, necare Freá wolde on ðære to-weardan tíde acwellan the Lord would destroy them in the coming time, Gd. 64; Th. 77, 31; Gen. 1283.

Linked entries: a-cwalde a-cwealde

a-wéstan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wéstan, p. -wéste; pp. -wésted [-wéstd], -wést [a intensive, wéstan to waste]

To wastelay wastedepopulateravagedestroyvastaredevastaredesertum faceredesolare

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His stede oððe stówe híg awéston locum ejus desolaverunt, Ps. Lamb. 78, 7

cýpa

(n.)
Grammar
cýpa, cépa,an ; m. [ceáp

a factor, merchant, trader negotiator, mercator

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Drihten adrǽfde ðillíce cýpan of ðam hálgan temple the Lord drove such chapmen from the holy temple, 406, 24. what a merchant has his goods in, — A basket; cofĭnus = κόφινος Man nam ða gebrotu ðe ðár belifon, twelf cýpan fulle sublatum est quod superfuit

Linked entry: cépa

fóre-seón

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-seón, to -seónne; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; pp. -sewen

To see beforeFORESEEprovideprævĭdēreprovĭdēre

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Ðæt he him on his biscopscíre gerisene stówe fóresǽge and sealde, on ðære ðe he mid his geferum wunian mihte ut in diœcēsi sua provĭdēret et dăret ei lŏcum, in quo cum suis apte dēgĕre pŏtuisset, 4, 1; S. 565, 8

ful-neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-neáh, full-neáh, ful-néh; adv.

Full nearlyvery nearlyalmostprŏpefĕre

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Fulneáh [fullneáh, Th. 175, 39, col. 1] tú swá lange very nearly twice as long, Chr. 897; Th. 174, 42; 175, 39, col. 2.

gafol-swán

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-swán, es; m.

A tribute-swaina swine-herd, paying a tribute or part of his stock, for permission to feed his pigs on the landporcārius ad censum

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In multis lŏcis stat, ut det singŭlis annis xv porcos ad occīsiōnem, x vĕtĕres, et v juvĕnes; ipse autem hăbeat superaugmentum, L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436. 11-14

Sciððeas

(n.)
Grammar
Sciððeas, Sciððie, Sciððige, a; pl.
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Eall Sciððia lond, 1, 1; Swt. 14, 22. Hé wæs mid firde farende on Sciððie on ða norþdǽlas, 1, 10; Swt. 44, 7 : 2, 4; Swt. 76, 4. On Sciððie (Sciððige, Bos. 43, 42), Swt. 72, 24

ge-bócian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bócian, p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bócian to give by charter] ,

to give or grant by book or charterto charterlibro vel charta dōnāreto furnish with bookslibris instruĕre

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Aðel-wulf ] cing teóðan dǽl his landes, ofer ealle his ríce, Gode to lofe king Æthelwulf chartered the tenth part of his land over all his kingdom for the glory of God, Chr. 856; Th. 124, 22, col. 3: Text.

ge-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feallan, p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. feallen

To fallcaderedecidere

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Ðá gefeól hire mód on his lufe then she fell in love with him, Th. Apol. 17, 18 : 1, 13. Sóðlíce ðín dóhtor gefeól on swégcræft, ac heó næfþ hine ná wel geleornod thy daughter indeed has attempted [?] music, but she has not learnt it well, 16, 23

ge-grétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grétan, he -grét, pl. -grétaþ; p. -grétte, pl. -grétton; pp. -gréted

To approachcome toaddressgreetwelcomeadirealloquisalutare

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Man tǽleþ and mid yfle gegréteþ ða ðe riht lufiaþ men blame and insult those that love right, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 164

sige-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
sige-dryhten, es ; m.
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A victorious lord, as a complimentary epithet of an earthly chief Sigedrihten mín, aldor Eást-Dena, Beo. Th. 788 ; B. 391. Sigedryhten mín ( the departed Guthlac ), Exon. Th. 184, 24 ; Gú. 1349.

steóp-cild

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-cild, es; n.
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an orphan, one who has lost a parent Steópcild privignus, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 47: pupillus, 285, 1. Steópcilde orphano, Ps. Spl. 9 second, 17. Eówer bearn beóþ steópcild (pupilli), Ex. 22, 24. Steópcild orphani, Ps. Th. 108, 9.

fóþer

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; the amount contained in a waggon, a waggon-load Fóþer altitudo, wǽngehrado tabula plaustri (in a list 'de plaustris et de partibus ejus'), Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 52. Fóder altitudo (? alitudo, v. I), ii. 8, 13.

Linked entry: ge-féþrian

hyrne

Grammar
hyrne, in l. 6 for norð hyrnan l. norðhyrnan,
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. ¶ in a local name :-- Oð Doddinghyrnan, C. D. i. l, 16. [In the following perhaps þyrnan should be read for hyrnan :-- On ðá brémbelhyrnan; of ðǽre hyrnan, C. D. v. 112, 30.]

irþling

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Se yrðlincg ámyrð his furuh gif hé lócað tó lange underbæc, Hml. S. 16, 178-180. Nú swincð se yrdlincg embe úrne bigleofan, and se wornldcempa sceall winnan wið úre fýnd, 25, 819.

lufiend

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H. 28, 16. of love between the sexes. Cf. lufian ; I. 2 Ic hæbbe óðerne lufiend . . . sé ðe his geleáfan bring mé lét tó wedde, Hml. S. 7, 27. a protector, cherisher. Cf. lufian ; I. 4 Hé wæs þearfena lufiend cultor pauperum, Gr.

wearp

(n.)
Grammar
wearp, es; n.

the warp, thread stretched lengthwise in a looma pliant twig that may be used in basket-making.

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the warp, thread stretched lengthwise in a loom Wearp stamen. Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 34: i. 59, 32: 66, 21: 282, 4. Línen wearp linostema, 40, 8. Be cembum wearpe de stuppe stamineo (de stuppae stamine, Ald. 51 and v. Hpt.

hám-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
hám-weard, adv.

Homeward, in the direction of homedomum versus, retro

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Se esne hig hámweard lǽdde tó his hláforde the servant brought her home to his lord, Gen. 24, 61

a-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lecgan, -lecgean; he -legeþ, -legþ, -lehþ, pl. -lecgaþ; p. -legde, -léde , pl. -legdon, -lédon; pp. -legd, -léd; v. trans. [a from, lecgan to lay] .

to placelay downthrow downsuppresslay asidecease fromponerecollocareprosterneredeponereabjicererelinquereomittereto imposeinflict uponimponereimmittereto diminishtake awayrefuseimminueredeprimerereprimere

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Gr. 19; Som. 22, 54-57. to impose, inflict upon; imponere, immittere Ðú woldest on me wrohte alecgean thou wouldest inflict calamity upon me, Cd. 127; Th. 162, 21; Gen. 2684. to diminish, take away, refuse; imminuere, deprimere, reprimere Godes lof

á-meldian

(v.)
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Hé wearð ámeldod ( the lot fell upon him ), Jos. 7, 18. Heó wolde geneálǽcan on wærlicum híwe, ꝥ heó ne wurde ámeldod, Hml. S. 2, 53. Se bróðor þe giltig ámeldod bið ðám abbode þurh óðerne man and nó þurh hine selfne, R. Ben. 71, 13.