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ENDE

(n.)
Grammar
ENDE, es; m. I.

END ⬩ fīnis, termĭnus

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II. a corner, part, sort; angŭlus, pars, spĕcies :-- Ðæt sylfe wæter ðæt hí ða bán mid þwógan, gutan in ǽnne ende ðære cyricean the selfsame water that they washed the bones with, they poured into one corner of the church [in angŭlo sacrārii], Bd. 3,

Linked entry: eonde

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.

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.

Engla feld

(n.)
Grammar
Engla feld, gen. feldes; dat. felda, felde; m. [Hovd. Englefeld: Brom. Englefelde: Matt. West. Anglefeld: Angles' field, the field of the English]

ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi

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nam in this year [A.

Middel-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Middel-Seaxe, <b>Middel-Seaxan;</b> pl.

The Middle-Saxons

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The Middle-Saxons, Saxons who settled in the district west of London, and whose name is preserved in the present Middlesex: they appear to have been an offshoot of the East Saxons. v.

Linked entry: Seaxe

neowolness

(n.)
Grammar
neowolness, e; f.

A deep place ⬩ an abyss

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In neólnesse, in súsla grund, Elen. Kmbl. 1882; El. 943 Ealle neowelnessa omnes abyssi, Ps. Th. 148, 7. Neowelnyssa, Cant. Moys. 5. Neólnessa, Blickl. Homl. 93, 12. On þa neowólnesse ðæs seáþes in profunda, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 21.

ge-neát

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát, es; m.

A companion, associate, vassal

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In. 19; th. i. 114, 9: Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 3. Be ðon ðe monnes geneát stalige in case a man's 'geneát' steal, L. In. 22, Th. i. 116, 9

un-þinged

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þinged, adj.

Uninvited ⬩ sudden ⬩ unexpected

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Tamquam laqueus superveniet in omnes, qui sedent super faciem omnis terrae, Past. 43; Swt. 316, 12. Hí ofer cume unþinged deáð, ástígon heó on belle lifigende veniat mors super eos, et descendant in infernum viventes, Ps. Th. 54, 14.

Linked entry: un-geþinged

weorþfullíce

(adv.)
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Shrn. 168, 26. in a way that shews respect, with honour Ðá onféng Dioclitianus Galerius weorðfullíce a Diocletiano plurimo honore susceptus est Galerius, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 19. in a fitting manner, worthily, properly Wyrðfullíce hé gebéte Gode digne

wrigels

(n.)
Grammar
wrigels, es; m. n.

a covering ⬩ a garment ⬩ veil

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a covering In wrigelse fiðra ðínra in velamento alarum tuarum. Ps. Surt. 60, 5 : 62, 8. Wæs him wrigils fui/ illis in velamento, Rtl. 92, 26.

Linked entry: wyrgels

byt

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On bitte in utre, Ps. Spl. 77, 16. Swilce man siwige áne bytte, Hml. S. 34, 317. Trinnu (= tríwenu?) byttæ flasce, eadem et flascones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 78. In byttum aldum in utres veteres, Mk. L. 2, 22

ge-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wrítan, to write together the names of things to be granted
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Ðis earon þára manna noman þe gewritene earon from Bynsingtúne in ꝥ bisceopríce tó Uueogornacestre mid heora teáme and mid þý túdre þe from him cume á on éce yrfewardnesse (cf. sex homines, qui prius pertinebant ad villam regiam in Beonsincgtune, cum

heóf

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Þǽr (in hell) is wánung and gránung and aa singal heóf, Wlfst. 94, 3. Se hlúda heóf, 186, 19. Nán þincg gehýred næs búton seó geómerung þæs heófes, Hml. S. 23 b, 203. In þám heófe þæs feóndes deáðes in luctu mortis inimici, Gr. D. 120, 17.

heáp-mǽlum

in troops ⬩ in crowds

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Add: in troops, in crowds Heápmǽlum gregatim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 17: catervatim, gregatim, multipliciter, 129, 51 : manipulatim (legiones, quae manipulatim testudinem balista quatere non cessant, Ald. 11, 18), 76, 42: 54, 50.

India

(n.)
Grammar
India, Indea; f.
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Wé cwómon in Indie lond in India peruenimus, 4, 2. On óþer þeódlond India (or under Indéas ?) in alias Indie regiones, 22, 2. Þá wilnode ic Indéum innanwearde tó geseónne interiorem Indiam perspicere cupiens, 5, 17. On Indea, Chr. 883; P. 79, 7

hyrst

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But in some others itt

wringan

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Add Hit gelamp in sume tíd þá þá Langbærdisce mæn wrungon elebergan on þǽre treddan . . . þá cóm Sanctulus tó heom and bróhte ǽmtige cyllan tó þǽre wringan quodam tempore cum in prelo Langobardi olivas premerent . . . utrem vacuum ad prelum detulit,

wédenheortness

(n.)
Grammar
wédenheortness, e ; f.

Madness, frenzy, fury

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Hié wealwiaþ on ða wédenheortnesse in mentis vesaniam devolvuntur, Past. 40; Swt. 289, 6. Wédenheortnessum furiis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 50. In woedenheortnisse leáse in insanias falsas, Ps. Surt. 39. 5

Linked entry: wéden-heort

orpedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
orpedlíce, adv.

Boldly, in full force

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Gaw. 2232. penne orppedly in to his hous he hyȝed to Sare, Allit. Pms. 56, 623.]

Linked entry: orped

sweót

(n.)
Grammar
sweót, es; n.

A troop, band, squadron

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Sweótum in crowds, in shoals, Beo. Th. 1138; B. 567. Sunu Simeonis sweótum cómon (came in bands), Cd. Th. 199, 20; Exod. 341. Fífe fóran folc cyningas sweótum (marched with their squadrons), 119, 5; Gen. 1975.