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eówer

youryouryours

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heó sylf geceóse hwilcne eówerne heó wille, Ap. Th. 20, 9. ic eówerne sum begeáte, Hml. S. 33, 109. Iówra selfra anwaldes, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 21. Similar entries Cf. úre

esne

a servanta man

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Genóh biþ ꝥte esne sié swá swá láford his, Mt. R. 10, 24, 25: Shrn. 196, 11. Þú esne náwiht, Mt. R. 18, 32. Eádgo biðon esnas (servi) ðá ðá ðe se drihten gemoetað wæccendo, Lk. L. 12, 37. a young man Ðe esne adolescens, Mt. L. 19, 20, 22.

for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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Add: to cut up, cut asunder gelæhte his sex and forcearf his basing ... þá hlógon his geféran þæs forcorfenan basinges, Hml. S. 31, 69-72. Heó wæs forcorfen on middan on twá styccu per medium secabatur, Gr.

fót-ádl

(n.)
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Add: es; n. gout; podagra Ðá geuntrumade mid þǽre mettrymnesse podagre, ðæt is on úre geþeóde fótádl, Shrn. 100, 19. His handa and his fét wǽron swellende and áþundene for þý wǽtan þǽre fótádle ( podagrae ), Gr. D. 302, 8.

ge-hleótan

(v.)
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B. i. 156, 4. to allot, assign as a person's share, give Hít wæs gehloten Jósepes bearna lande fuit in possessionem filiorum Joseph Jos. 24, 32. [Nas hit noht swá iloten, Laym. 7819. Þú art ilote to him, H. M. II. 13.] intrans. To be allotted.

ge-nóg

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adv.
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Hit genóg ǽmettig læg and genóg wéste and ge his náne note ne hæfdon, Ors. 1, 10; S. 48, 24. with adv. genóg raðe þǽm becwóman, Nar. 11, 27. Bebinde genóh wearme, Lch. ii. 270, 9. Ic ongite genóh sweotule . . ., Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 10.

ge-rǽsan

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Substitute: To rush. of impetuous movement, to press, force one's way Mið ðý ðá menigo gerǽsdon (inruerenf) on him, Lk.

híw-cúþ

domesticfamiliar

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Add: of a house or family, domestic. of persons Híwcúþum domesticis (sodalibus), An. Ox. 5132. Se cyngc betwux his híwcúðum mannum blissode, Ap.

hrace

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Vos. 5, 11: Ps. Rdr. Vos. 13, 3. Hraece, Ps. Srt. 5, 11. Hraecae, 13, 3. Hraca, Ps. Cam. 5, 11: 13, 3. Raca ł þrotu, Ps. L. 13, 3. Mín hraca guttur meum, Kent. Gl. 234. Ðínre hraca gutturi tuo, 29: 157. In hreacan his, Ps. Srt. 113, 7.

lyre

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Add: perdition, destruction Lyre, forwyrd perditio, An. Ox. 56, 35. God heóld hine wið his sáwle lyre. Hml. Th. ii. 454, 4. Þæt; ne on lyre forswolgen, R.

on-rǽs

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S. 31, 95. Fram onrǽse ab incursu, Ps. L. 90, 6. Ofslagene wurdon fela þæs folces mid fǽrlicum onrǽsum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 44. an attack, assault on a body of troops On þám forman onrǽse áflígde Ualentinianum, Hml. S. 31, 646

sægen

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cýþde mid his ágenre sægne (segene, v. l.) . . . relatione sua me docent, quod . . . Gr. D. 220, 3. him eall sǽde his síð be ændebyrdnysse, and folc æfter his segene feóllon eorðan, Hml. A. 107, 160.

six

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Add: as adjective with a subst. expressed Siex míla from ðǽre byrig. Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 25. Siex mónað, 2, 8; S. 94, 2. Sex weðras, sex gósfuglas, C. D. i. 312, 8. Fato sexo (sex, L.) hydriae sex, Jn. R. 2, 6. Æfter dagum sex, Mt. L. R. 17, 1.

æf-ést

(n.)
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æf-ést, l. æf-est(-æst, -ist), æfst, æfstu; m. f.

zeal

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Add: in a bad sense Se dierna æfst. Past. 79, 13. Be ðám is áwriten ðætte ðis fiǽsclice líf sié ǽfesð invidia 235, 13. For ðæs æfstes scylde per livoris vitium 237, i. Æfestes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 12. Mid ðǽre biteran æfeste, Bl. H. 25, 7.

galdor

a song, poem. an incantation, a charm.the sound

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Add: a song, poem. Cf. galan, (l a) Sié þæs gemyndig ðe lufige þisses galdres begang, þæt geóce fricle, Hpt. 33, 73, 14. an incantation, a charm. Cf. galan, (1 b) Deóflices galdres necromantiae, i. demonum invocationis An.

á-wecgan

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Add: I. of physical movement Þæt folc mid rápum ðá anlícnysse bewurpon and mid stengum áwegdon ac ne mihton for ðám deófle styrian, (tried to overturn it with poles,) Hml. Th. i. 464, 19.

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bæftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind,after

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Add: prep. local hine scét bæftan his bæce Hml. S. 18, 336. Bæftan þǽre healle, 36, 97. Oft cymð bæftan ús þe ús forestæpð, Hml.

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DÆG

(n.)
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DÆG, gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m.

DAY dies the time of a man's life tempus vitæ humanæ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men

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a DAY; dies Se dæg segþ ðam óðrum dæge Godes wundru one day to another tells of God's wonders, Ps. Th. 18, 2. God hét ðæt leóht, dæg God called the light, day, Gen. 1, 5. Se þridda dæg the third day, Gen. 1, 13.

híwisc

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híwisc, l. híwisce, híwisc. For suffix cf. ídisc(e).

a familyhouse

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After the bracket in the last line but one insert Hml. Th. i. 310, 28. Æt híwisce, and add: a family, house Fader híwisc pater familias, Rtl. 190, 21. Se fæder híuuisc ł hiórodes fæder ł hígna fæder, Lk. L. 13, 25.

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Æðelstán and Eádmund, and Eádgár þe níhst wæs, Ll. Th. i. 350, 7. Be ðám þe ic niéhst ácsode, Solil. H. 65, 3. Add Hié selfe neáh forwurdon, Ors. 2, 6 ; S. 88, 16.