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on-setl

(n.)
Grammar
on-setl, es; n.
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Cf. on-sǽte

firna

(n.)
Grammar
firna, sins, crimes,
  • Cd. 216
    • ;
  • Th. 274, 27
    • ;
  • Sae. 160
; acc. pl.
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of firen

feormung

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., susceptio; cf. sum man hine laðode ꝥ hé sǽte mid him in his húse æt þám glédan, 75, 17) næs ná bútan scylde, Gr. D. 76, 22

bytme

(n.)
Grammar
bytme, (-ne), byþne, an ; f.
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Hí sǽton ufan on þǽm wætre swá swá scipes byðme (bytme déð, v. l. ), þonne hit fleóted on streáme, Mart. H. 118, 20. Hé sæt ofer þǽre bytman þæs scipes, Gr. D. 347, 23. the head of a dale. Cf. Icel. botn On byttman díc, C. D. iv. 39, 7.

Linked entries: byþne bytne botm

sweger

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Sæt Simonis swegr (swér, L., swægre, R.) hriðigende, Mk. 1, 30. Add

scrid-wægn

(n.)
Grammar
scrid-wægn, -wǽn, es; m.
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a chariot Hú seó gesceádwísnes bæd ðæt mód ðæt hit sǽte on hire scridwǽne (cf. on hrædwǽne, 36, 1; Fox 174, 1), Bt. 36, tit.; Fox xviii, 4. sella curulis Sittan on gerénedum scridwǽne in curuli sedere, 27, 1; Fox 96, 1: 27, tit.; Fox xiv, 22

páp-setl

(n.)
Grammar
páp-setl, es; n.
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The papal throne Hé sæt on ðam pápsetle ændlefen geár, Shrn. 49, 17

reótig

(adj.)
Grammar
reótig, ;adj.;

Sad, mournful, tearful;

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; Sad, mournful, tearful; Ðonne hit wæs rénig weder, and ic reótugu sæt, Exon. Th. 380, 19; Rä. 1, 10

winter-set

(n.)
Grammar
winter-set, es; n.

A place to stop in for the winter; ⬩ in pl. winter-quarters

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A place to stop in for the winter; in pl. winter-quarters Se here... ðǽr wintersetu (-sætu, v. l.) námon, Chr. 886; Th. i. 156, cols. 2, 3

wæter-burne

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-burne, an; f.

A stream of water

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A stream of water Ic ána sæt innan bearwe . . . ðǽr ða wæterburnan swégdon and urnon, Dóm. L. 3

eorl-werod

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-werod, es; n. [werod a company, troop]

A band of men, warrior band ⬩ vĭrōrum turma

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A band of men, warrior band; vĭrōrum turma Ðǽr ðæt eorlwerod sæt the warrior band sat there, Beo. Th. 5779; B. 2893

swigiendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swigiendlíce, adv.
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Silently, in silence Sæt ic ána in ðam wéstenne. . . Ðá ongann ic swigiendlíce þencan be manegra munuca lífe, Homl. Ass. 204, 311

scír-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gemót, es; n.
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A shire-mote, a meeting of the duly qualified men of a shire Hér swutelaþ on þissum gewrite ðæt án scírgemót sæt æt Ægelnóþes stáne be Cnutes dæge cinges.

samnung

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Ne sæt ic ná on þǽre samnunge ídelra manna non sedi cum consilio vanitatis, Ps. Th. 25, 4. Add

un-gereordod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gereordod, adj.

Unfed ⬩ not having had a meal

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Unfed, not having had a meal Se déma ungereordod sæt bútan ǽlcere ðénunge unþances fæstende, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 91

á-hwilfan

(v.)
Grammar
á-hwilfan, p. de
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Hé sǽde swá oft swá þæt scip wǽre ofdúne áhwylfed, ꝥ hé sǽte ofer þǽre bytman quoties carabo a superiori parte deorsum verso ipse carinae ejus supersederat, Gr. D. 347, 23

Linked entries: á-hwylfan hwilfan

mód-geómor

(adj.)
Grammar
mód-geómor, adj.

Sad at heart ⬩ of mournful mind

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Sad at heart, of mournful mind Ðæt eorlwerod módgiómor sæt, Beo. Th. 5779; B. 2894. Þeód wæs módgeómre, Andr. Kmbl. 2227; An. 1115: 3412; An. 1710

hell-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
hell-cniht, es; m.
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An infernal servant, a devil as servant Stód se earming ætforan þám árleásan deofle þǽr hé heálíce sæt mid his hel-cnihtum, Hml. S. 3, 372

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Add Þú gesége crevisti, geseah crevit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 54, 55. to have the faculty of vision, to exercise that faculty. literal Ne gesyhþ sé nǽfre he will remain blind for ever. Bl. H. 153, 22. Hé sóna geseh he at once recovered his sight, 15, 27.

hús-carl

(n.)
Grammar
hús-carl, es; m. [A word apparently taken from the Scandinavians, as the English form would be hús-ceorl.]
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Man gerǽdde ðæt Ælfgifu Hardacnutes módor sǽte on Winceastre mid ðæs cynges húscarlum hyra suna, 1036; Erl. 165, 5

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