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eá-líðend

(n.)
Grammar
eá-líðend, es; m.

A wave-sailor, sailor qui æequor navĭgat

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A wave-sailor, sailor; qui æequor navĭgat Wǽron eorlas onlíce eálíðendum the men were like sailors-over-the-wave, Andr. Kmbl. 502; An. 251

ge-lútan

(v.)
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ge-lútan, p. -leát

To bow

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To bow Se bisceop eádmódlíce to ðam Godes were geleát the bishop humbly bowed to the man of God, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 72, 17

Linked entries: ofer-nón ge-loten

secg-róf

(n.)
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Cwóman wóldagas swylt eall fornom secgróf wera death carried off the host of men, Exon. Th. 477, 20 ; Ruin. 27

Linked entry: -róf

wáriht

(adj.)
Grammar
wáriht, adj.
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Full of sea-weed Wárihtum árena tíum algosis remo-rum tractibus (Ald. 3), Hpt. Gl. 406, 68: Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 14: 4, 63

rǽdend

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Add: a diviner On gelícnysse wigleres and rǽdendes hé wénð þæt hé nát in similitudine arioli et coniectoris aestimat quod ignorat, Scint. 75, 12

HERE

(n.)
Grammar
HERE, gen. heres, heriges, herges; m.

An army a hostmultitudea large predatory band

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Þeófas hátaþ óð vii men from vii. hlóþ óð xxxv siððan biþ here up to seven men we call thieves, from seven to thirty-five a gang, after that it is an army, L. In. 13; Th. i. 110, 14. [Cf. L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 1, be herige; and L.

Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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Ealle cumaþ tó ánre ylde on ðam gemǽnelícum ǽriste ðeáh ðe nú on myslícere ylde of ðyssere worulde gewíton we shall all come at one age at the general resurrection, though now we depart from this world at different ages, 23-5.

Linked entries: yld eld

wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
wrítan, p. wrát, pl. writon; pp. writen

To write.to cutto drawto form lettersto writeto writeto compose,be the author ofto writeto writewriteto writestateto writeget a thing writtento convey by charter

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wrítaþ him ðone croft, 258, 27

Linked entries: wrítere wrítian

midd

(adj.)
Grammar
midd, adj. with superl. midemest, midmest

Midmiddle

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Gif hí ðone midmestan weg áredian willaþ, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 23. Ða sélestan men ... ða midmestan ... swá bióþ ða midmestan men, 39, 7; Fox 222, 1-10, 15. of time Tó middes dæges Crist wæs on róde áþened, Btwk. 216, 14.

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, ge-trýgian.
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nytan nánum óðrum þingum tó getrúwianne. Ll. Th. i. 220, 16. <b>II a.</b> to trust something to a person :-- Ðe Hǽlend ne gitrýgade hine solfne him non credebat semetipsum eis, Jn. R. 2, 24. <b>II b.

hangian

(v.)
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Hangode, Met. 20, 266. to have the top bending beyond the lower part, to lean over: — Ofer þǽm mere hongiað bearwas, wudu wæter oferhelmað, B. 1363. to hang on, cling to, be unwilling to abandon Hangaþ úre mód ealne weg on þǽm þe æfter spyriaþ, Bt

hwæþere

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Add: in a principal clause with which is connected a dependent clause introduced by þeáh. þeáh ... hwaeþere Þeáh hé hié mannum missenlíce dǽle, hwæþere hé bebeád ꝥ ... gedǽlan ... þone teóþan dǽl, Bl. H. 39, 18.

áscian

(v.)
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S. 36, 35. to learn, find out by enquiry Hí sóna, þá hí þǽr þohe hálgan wer ácsodon, þóhton þæt hí woldon þǽr þone man gebringan, Guth. 58, 15

Linked entry: áhsian

æwul

(n.)

A wicker-basket with a narrow neck for catching fisha WEELnassa

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A wicker-basket with a narrow neck for catching fish, a WEEL; nassa, Ælfc. Gl. 102 ; Som. 77, 85; Wrt. Voc. 56, 9

Beada ford-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Beada ford-scír, e; f.

Bedfordshire

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Bedfordshire: Cnut wende him út þurh Buccingahámscíre into Beadafordscíre Canute went out through Buckinghamshire into Bedfordshire, Chr. 1016; Th. 279, 16, col. 1

for-cinnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-cinnan, ic -cinne, ðú -cinnest, he -cinneþ, pl. -cinnaþ; p. ic, he -can, ðú -cunne, pl. -cunnon; pp. -cunnen [for, cinnan gĕnĕrāre]

To repudiaterejĭcĕre

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To repudiate; rejĭcĕre Hine forcinnaþ ða cyrican ge tunas the churches as well as houses shall repudiate him, Salm. Kmbl. 215; Sal. 107

for-gnidennys

(n.)
Grammar
for-gnidennys, -nyss, e; f.

Contritionsorrowcontrītio

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Contrition, sorrow; contrītio Tobrytednys oððe forgnidennys and ungesǽlignys [syndon] on wegum heora contrītio et infēlĭcĭtas [sunt] in viis eōrum. Ps. Lamb. 13, 3

Linked entry: gnidennys

lata

(n.)
Grammar
lata, an; m.
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One who is late or slow Ðeáh heó ðæs bearnes lata wǽre though she were late in bearing the child, Blickl. Hom1.163, 8

hearm-plega

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Oft wǽron teónan wǽrfæstra wera weredum gemǽne, heardum hearmplega (cf. Facta est rixa inter pastores gregum Abram et Lot, Gen. 13, 7). Add:

mearca

(n.)
Grammar
mearca, an; m.
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a mark, line. v. mearc; a territory. v. land-mearca (perhaps also Dene-mearca, the nominative of the weak form does not occur)