twégen
Two ⬩ absolutely ⬩ distributively
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Hé sende hí twám and twám, Homl. Th. ii. 528, 27: 530, 1. Ða wuniaþ twám and þrím ætgædere bini aut terni R. Ben. 9, 15.
sceadu
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Add On scadue fiðera þínra, Ps. L. 56, 1. <b>IV a.</b> [that which takes place in a shady place. v. An. Ox. 2885, note], a scene: — Gereónedes gyltes sceade geypte concinnati sceleris scenam prodidit, An.
á-fundennes
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as a gloss to adinventio, Ps. L. 27, 4: 76, 13: experimentum. An. Ox. 82 : 3896 ; R. Ben. I. 100, 3. Ic áfandige manna heortan, and ǽlcum sylle æfter his . . ágenre áfundennysse. Hml. Th. i. 114, 17. v- on-fundenness. Add
be-hádian
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To deprive of holy orders Gif mæssepreóst oððe diácon wífige, þoligon hyra hádes; and gif hig æfter þám hǽmedþing begáð, ná ꝥ án ꝥ hig behádod synt (ordine priventur), ac eác swylce fæston .vii. geár, Ll. Th. ii. 196, 14
Linked entry: hádianv
bóc-stæf
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Bócstæf hoc gramma, An. Ox. 18 b, 45. Ne cúþe hé nǽnige bócstafas (nequaquam litteras noverat), ac swáþeáh hé gebohte him sylfum þá béc þæs hálgan gewrites, and bæd ꝥ man rǽdde þá béc beforan him. Gr. D. 281, 22. Add:
burg-gemet
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Measure used in a town Ne sceall bisceop geþafian wóh gemet, ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽlc burhgemet (cf. gange án gemet swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, i. 270, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20
wealh-stod
An interpreter ⬩ one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages ⬩ an interpreter of written language ⬩ a translator ⬩ an interpreter of a subject, ⬩ an expounder ⬩ a mediator ⬩ the word occurs as a proper name
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Hié hié ( books ) wendon ðurh wíse wealhstodas on hiora ágen geðióde, Past. pref.; Swt. 7, 4. an interpreter of a subject, an expounder Wealhstod interpres (divinae legis, Ald. 64) Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 79: 47, 2. Lífes wealhstod, Cd.
Linked entry: -stod
eógoþ
Youth ⬩ jŭventus
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Youth; jŭventus Duguþe and eógoþe with old and young. Andr. Kmbl. 2245; An. 1124
heáh-geréfa
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Add: as an English title Ósulf ad bebƀ héhgr [ = ad Bebbanburh héhgeréfa], C. D. ii. 292, 34. rendering foreign titles Olibrius se heáhgeréfa ( praefectus, 209, 41), Hml. A. 171, 51. Ǽghwilc heáhgeréfa on Iúdéum, Bl. H. 177, 14.
tácn-circul
A circle or cycle which marks the date. ⬩ the indiction, a cycle of fifteen years. ⬩ the lunar cycle of nineteen years; the place which any year occupies in the cycle is marked by the golden number of the year
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A circle or cycle which marks the date. the indiction, a cycle of fifteen years. v. ge-ban Ðæm gǽre ðe wæs ágán fram Cristes ácennednesse eahta hand wintra and feówer and sixtig, and in ðam tácencircole ðæt twelfte geár ( the year of the indiction is
ge-sylhþ
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Here (unless ánre might be read for án?) sylhðe seems to be neuter (an iþja- stem, v. Kl. Nom. Stam. &sect;&nbsp;70), and to be similar in form and meaning to M. H.
scorfed
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and add Scurfede hors, An. Ox. 46, 1
hremming
A hindering ⬩ hindrance ⬩ obstruction ⬩ obstacle ⬩ impediment
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A hindering, hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, impediment Nú is ðære eorþan sinewealtnys and ðære sunnan ymgang hremming ðæt se dæg ne byþ on ǽlcum earde gelíce lang now the roundness of the earth and the course of the sun is an obstacle to the day being
ge-teorian
To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari
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Sume sceufon sume tugon and swíðe swǽtton óþ ðæt hig geteorode wǽron some shoved, some pulled and sweated exceedingly until they were exhausted, Shrn. 154, 27
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wirp
A throw ⬩ a blow with a missile
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A throw, a blow with a missile Ðá wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe (wyrpe, v. l.) an ribb forod, ðæt hió siþþan mægen ne hæfde hié tó gescildanne, ac raðe ðæs hió wearð ofslagen hic serpens ad unius saxi ictum cessit, ac mox facile oppressus est, Ors. 4,
háwere
An observer, a spectator ⬩ spies
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An observer, a spectator Ðýlæs hie síen tó óðerra monna gefeohte holde háweras, and dón him selfe náwuht lest they be friendly spectators of other men's struggle, and themselves do nothing; ne, si in hoc præsentis vitæ stadio ad certamen alienum devoti
here-gang
An irruption ⬩ attack by an army
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An irruption, attack by an army Tó wiðscúfanne swá réþum heregange ad repellendas tam feras inruptiones, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 37, MS. B
wuldor-þrymm
Glorious majesty
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Glorious majesty Wealdend and wyrhta wuldorþrymmes, éce God, Andr. Kmbl. 650; An. 325 : 1404; An. 702. Godes wuldorþrymmas mannum cýþan, Blickl. Homl. 111, 17
tácn
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Add Þá þá tácna on sǽlicum strandum mearcode cum (patibuli) signacula in glarigeris sulcaret litoribus, An. Ox. 2490. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Táncna (prophetica) signa, An. Ox. 2618. <b>III b.
swín
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