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weorod

Grammar
weorod, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Se eádmóda heáp geearnode æt Gode þæt iú ǽr þæt módige werod forleás the humble company (the apostles at Pentecost) obtained by their merit from God what long before the proud host (the people at the tower of Babel) lost, Hml.

a-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lǽdan, p. de; pp. ed [a from, lǽdan to lead]

to leadlead outwithdrawtake awayducereproducereeducereto be producedbrought forthto growproduci

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Swylce he of ægerum út alǽde as it from an egg had been brought forth, Exon. 593; Th. 214, 3; Ph. 233: 59b; Th. 215, 11; Ph. 251

hrægel-talu

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Substitute: The clothes to which the brethren of a monastery had a claim, which had to be furnished by the abbot, as no brother had a right to separate property. Cf.

tún

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ac feminarum, desolata ab hominibus praedia, Gr.

HÓC

(n.)
Grammar
HÓC, es; m.

A HOOK

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A HOOK Hooc arpago vel palum, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 71; Wrt. Voc. 16, 43. Ic eom swá swá fisc on hóce I am as the fish on the hook, Nar. 40, 33.

Linked entries: hóced hóc-ísern

lecg

(n.)
Grammar
lecg, e; f.
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Leo takes lecg = gift, legacy, and then a dish of three pounds and a cup of equal amount would go to make up the amount of eighty mancusses. As regards the value of a handseax, Chart.

mós

(n.)
Grammar
mós, es; n.

Foodnourishment

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Exon. 30 a; Th. 92, 11; Cri. 1507. Tó móse ł ǽte ad edulium, Hpt. Gl. 494, 66. ÐÚ his heáfod sealdest tó móse ( in escam ), Ps. Th. 73, 14. Tó móse manducare, 77, 25: Andr. Kmbl. 53; An. 27: 271; An. 136: Salm. Kmbl. 576; Sal. 287.

Linked entry: mésan

sundor-geréfland

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-geréfland, es; n.
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Æylmer habbe þat lond at Stonham þe ic hym er to hande let to reflande. And ic an Godric mine reue at Waldingfeld þa þritti acre ðe ic hym er to hande let, Chart. Th. 570, 34. See also geréf-mǽd

Linked entries: réf-land geréf-land

gnagan

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Dele bracket at end, and add Gnæhð, cíwþ sulcat (corpora vermis ), An. Ox. 23, 49. Wyrmas heora bán gnagað byrnendum tóðum vermes lacerant ignitis dentibus ossa, Wlfst. 139, 10: Dóm. L. 211.

be-bod

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Voc. ii. 25, 46: imperium, An. Ox. 1247. Man mót wífian æt þám þriddan cneó æfter þǽre ealdan ǽ bebode (secundum veteris legis sanctionem), Ll. Th. ii. 216, 21. Hét hé beódan þæt hié fóron ealle út ætsomne.

þreodian

(v.)
Grammar
þreodian, þridian; p. ode.

to deliberatetake thoughtto deliberatehesitate

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Ne þreodode hé fore þrymme ðeódcyninges ǽniges on eorðan, ac him éce geceás líf he did not hesitate before the glory of any king on earth, but (at once) chose life eternal, Apstls. Kmbl. 35; Ap. 18

æþelborenness

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Hláford, úre ceaster is þearfende and ne mæg þíne æðelborennesse ácuman, Ap. Th. 9, 8: 15, 22. inborn nature Æþelbornesse indolem, An. Ox. 4518. v. preceding word

þrág

(n.)
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þrág, þráh, e; f.

a timeseasontime

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Onwæcnap sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse and gedréfþ hiora mód libido versat avidis corda venenis, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 18: Met. 25, 41. Ic mé þyslícre ǽr þráge ne gewénde I did not expect such a time as I have had, Exon. Th. 269, 21; Jul. 453.

Linked entry: wód-þrág

ge-wil

(adj.)
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Add Hí fyligeað heora luste and ídelum gewille, Wlfst. 52, 15. Hí ongunnon godspel tó wrítenne bútan þæs Hǽlendes wissunge, and be heora gewille ( according to their own will ) sǽdon swá swá him geþúhte, Hml. S. 15, 114.

borh-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
borh-bryce, borg-bryce, es; m. [borh a pledge, bryce a breaking]

A pledge-breaking, violation of a bailfidejussionis violatio

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A pledge-breaking, violation of a bail; fidejussionis violatio Be borh-bryce concerning a pledge-breaking, L. AIf. pol. 3; Th. i. 62, 7, note 10. Borh-bryce, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, note 20. Borg-bryce, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 19

Linked entry: borges bryce

swegel-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
swegel-dreám, es; m.
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Cheruphim and Seraphim on swegeldreámum, Andr. Kmbl. 1439; An. 720. Swáse swegl-dreámas gé ( the good at the day of judgment ) geseón mósten, Exon. Th. 82, 35; Cri. 1349. Cf. heofon-dreám

ge-brycgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brycgian, p. ode; pp. od.
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to bridge a road, cover with planks, stones, &amp;amp;c. so as to make it passable Wearð æteówod . . . án weg fram ðám húse þe hé on gewát . . . ástreht oð heofonan. Se weg wæs mid pællum gebricgod, Hml. Th. ii. 186, 34. to bridge a stream

Linked entry: brycgian

hálig-ern

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Add: — Háligern archanum, Germ. 395, 42. Ðæt háliern wearð geopenod and þá lác wǽron in gebróhte, Ap. Th. 24, 6. On hálierne sacello, An. Ox. 3237. Oð ic ingá on háligern donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 17.

ge-spówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spówan, p. -speów, pl. -speówon; pp. -spówen [spówan to succeed]

To succeedprospersuccēdĕreprospĕrāre

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To succeed, prosper; succēdĕre, prospĕrāre Hú hyre æt beaduwe gespeów how she prospered in battle, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 7; Jud. 175: Andr. Kmbl. 2688; An. 1346. Him æt ðære byrig ne gespeów he did not succeed at the city, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 82, 8

stagan

(v.)
Grammar
stagan, stǽcan ?.(Cf.
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stagan wyle the sign for an eel is to waggle the right hand, and then to put it over the left arm, and then, the left hand being extended, to make strokes with the right hand across the arm as if cutting it in bits as is done with an eel, when it is

Linked entry: stǽcan