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feorran-cumen

(adj.)
Grammar
feorran-cumen, adj.

stranger

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Come from far, stranger Gif feorrancumen man oþþe fræmde búton wege gange, Ll. Th. i. 42, 23. Gif freóndleás man oþþe feorrancuman geswenced weorðe . . . Sé þe freóndleásan and feorrancumenan wyrsan dóm démeð þonne his geféran, 396, 25-29.

Linked entry: feorren

ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
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to be due from, a person Gif mon on folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot (þeófðe, v.l.), and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand ( let him make the charge good upon one who more justly may be charged; pertrahat hoc ad rectiorem manum

cneó-rím

(n.)
Grammar
cneó-rím, cneów-rím, es; n.

The number of kinprogenyfamilycognatorum numerusprogeniesfamilia

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The number of kin, progeny, family; cognatorum numerus, progenies, familia Of ðam wíd folc, cneórím micel, cenned wǽron from whom a wide-spread people, a great progeny, were born Cd. 79; Th. 98, 32; Gen. 1639.

Linked entries: rím cneów-rím

ge-swiðrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swiðrian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To weakendestroyimminueredebilitareconficere

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Ne mót innan geondscínan sunne for ðǽm sweartum mistum ǽr ðæm hí geswiðrad weorþen the sun cannot shine through from within for the black mists before they are dissipated, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 90; Met. 5, 45.

híne

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
híne, [ = (?) hínan as gehúse = gehúsan, hiwæ = híwan in the same verse]

domesticos,

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E. hind, or are these taken from the gen. pl. of híwan, hína, which occurs most frequently in phrases hina fæder, etc., and which may have come to be looked upon as an uninflected word used in such cases as the first part of a compound?

Linked entry: hína

hám

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hám from native sources Þæt fram hám gefrægn Higeláces þegn gód mid Geátum, B. 194. tó hám hweorfan, faran, etc., to return to one's house or neighbourhood Þá hwurfan hí eft tó háme (hám, v. l.) redierunt, Bd. 4, 25 ; Sch. 497, 21.

ge-lǽdan

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Ðá wǽron hié gelǽdde fram his gesyhþe, Bl.

a-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
a-ferian, -igan; p. ede; pp. ed

To take awayremovewithdrawauferreamoveresubducerecum averiis vel curru vehereaveriare

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To take away, remove, withdraw; auferre, amovere, subducere, cum averiis vel curru vehere, averiare Ðæt ðú ðe aferige of ðisse folcsceare that thou withdraw thyself from this people, Cd. 114; Th. 149, 19; Gen. 2477. He aferede he bore away, Andr.

Linked entry: auerian

drygan

(v.)
Grammar
drygan, p. de ; pp. ed

To dry, make dry, rub dry, wipe siccāre, tergĕre, extergĕre

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Cómon twegen seolas of sǽlícum grunde, and hí mid heora flýse his fét drygdon two seals came from the sea-ground, and they dried his feet with their fur, Homl. Th. ii. 138, 12. Hie beóþ oft drygde they are often dried, Past. 11, 4; Hat. MS. 15 a, 19

feorh-bealo

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-bealo, -bealu; gen. -bealowes, -bealuwes; n.

Life-balemortal afflictiondeadly evilvītæ mălumlētāle mălum

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Ic me ðæt feorhbealo feor aswápe I sweep that deadly evil far from me, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 20; Rä. 24, 5: Beo, Th. 314; B. 156. Ðǽr wæs hondsció, feorhbealu fǽgum there was [his] glove, deadly evil to the fated, 4160; B. 2077: 5067; B. 2537

hrif-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
hrif-wund, adj.
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If he be run through let twenty shillings be paid [cf. the passage given in the note from Alamannic Laws, 'si in interiora membra transpunctus fuerit, quod hrefwunt dicunt, cum xii sol. componat. Si transpunctusfuerit cum xxiv sol. componat.'

gif-stól

(n.)
Grammar
gif-stól, gief-stól, es; m.

A gift-seatseat from which gifts are distributedthronethrone of gracedonorum thronussoliumgratiæ thronus

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A gift-seat, seat from which gifts are distributed, throne, throne of grace; donorum thronus, solium, gratiæ thronus Ðone gifstól grétan to greet the throne, Beo. Th. 338; B. 168.

Linked entry: gief-stól

ge-sceapennys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceapennys, -sceapenys, -scapennys, -nyss, e; f.

A creation, creating, formationcreātio

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A creation, creating, formation; creātio God geswác ðære niwan gesceapennysse God ceased from the new creation, Boutr. Scrd. 17, 17. On ðæs mannes gesceapennysse in the creating of man, 19, 7.

Linked entry: ge-scapennys

tættec

(n.)
Grammar
tættec, (-a, -e?)

a rag, tatter

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Cf. the following passages from charters relating to the same land On tættucan stán ( in a later charter it is called mægenstán, 291, 7), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 112, 35. Tættucæn stán, 340, 35. Tættaces stán, 325, 30. Tædduces stán, 253, 4.

tulge

(adv.)
Grammar
tulge, cpve. tylg; spve. tylgest; adv.
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Tylg propensior (-or from -us in Erfurt Gloss. ), Txts. 84, 743. Ic bí me tylgust secge ðis sárspell I make this lament mostly about myself, Exon. Th. 458, 5 ; Hy. 4, 95

Linked entry: tylg

wyrt-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-drenc, es; m.
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A herb-drink, potion made from herbs Wyrtdrenc antidotum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 70: 100, 31. Wyrtdrenc wið átre sityriaca ( = theriaca), 77, 4. Biter wyrtdrenc picra, wyrtdrenc catartica, i. purgatoria, i. 20, 19, 21.

disc

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In passage from Bede for disce l. disc, and add Disc patena(-ina), Txts. 86, 786: ferculum, 63, 852. Þǽr stód micel sylfren disc ( discus ) on, Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 209, 14. Discas (-es?) ferculi, swǽsende fercula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 18.

ened

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æned (perhaps from a misreading of this or a similar gloss comes the larax in the following: Anatis ened, aneta ened, larax ened, 280, 7—9. Ened larax, ii. 51, 58), Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 8, 9.

fǽr-béna

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-béna, fær-béna (-u), an; m.
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Substitute: one that has to ask leave to go (faran) from his lord (? v. fær; I 2), a person of the churl class Gif ǽni man ágiten wurðe ꝥ ǽnige hǽðenscipe dreóge . . . gif hé sí cynges þegn . . . Gif hit sí elles landágende man . . .

fefer

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Hál from februm, Mk. L. 1, 31. Add: