nefne
Unless ⬩ except ⬩ Except
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Grammar nefne, connecting words in the same case (contracted clauses, the verb of the second clause being the same as that in the first, and not expressed Ne gehýrde nǽnig man on his múþe óht elles nefne Cristes lof and nytte sprǽce, 223, 36: Exon.
fandian
To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search out ⬩ tentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre
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To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search out; tentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre Gif ðé ǽfre geweorþeþ ðæt ðú wilt oððe móst weorolde þióstro eft fandian if it should happen that thou wilt or must again explore the
EARD
land, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home ⬩ sŏlum nātīvum, patria, rĕgio, dŏmĭcĭlium ⬩ on land ⬩ terra, terra firma ⬩ state, station, condition ⬩ sĭtus, condĭtio
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native soil or land, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home; sŏlum nātīvum, patria, rĕgio, dŏmĭcĭlium Sumra wyrta oððe sumes wuda eard biþ on dúnum, sumra on merscum ... on ðære stówe ðe his eard biþ the native soil of some herbs
heáfod-weg
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Of þǽm heáfodlonde eft on þone weg ; of ðǽm wege on hlydan, ondlong hlydan on þon heáfodweg; of þǽm wege on þone hyll, Cht. E. 208, 29
turf-hleów
A shelter built of turf
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A shelter built of turf (?) Æfter furan on rischríðig; of rischríðie on turfhleó; of turfhleó æfter heáfdan on Pydewyllan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 15, 26
ge-lícung
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Substitute: Pleasing, pleasure Ꝥ him mon mettas gife . . . swá swá beóþ æppla . . . and hláf gedón on ceald wæter oþþe on hát be þǽre gelícunge þæs magan ( according as one or other is agreeable to the stomach ), Lch. ii. 176, 19
swátan
- Engl. Stud. viii. 479
Beer
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Áwyl on súrum swátum oþþe on súrum ealað. Lchdm. ii. 34, 15. [Jamieson gives swaits new ale or wort; but also swats new ale; the thin part of flummery.]
meaht
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Ox. 959. as a person or thing, one who, or that which, exercises power or government Stíþnes ungesáwenlicere tóbrocen mihte duritia inuisibili contrita potestate, i. dominio, An. Ox. 3259. Ðá heán mihta hér on worulde hreósað and tó lore weorðað.
mearc-beorh
A hill which forms part of a boundany
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A hill which forms part of a boundany Predicta tellus his terminis circumcincta. Ǽrest on æscwoldes hláw: ðonne on gemótbiorh ... ðonne on mearcbiorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 195, 14. Æt ðæne mearcbeorh, iii. 175, 35. Cf. gemǽr-beorh, iii. 403, 27.
nimþe
Unless ⬩ except
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Grammar nimþe, connecting clauses Ne hine mon on óðre wísan his béne týþigean wolde, nemþe hé Cristes geleáfan onfénge, Bd. 3, 21; S. 550, 43. Ne sceal nǽfre his torn tó rycene beorn ácýðan, nemþe hé ǽr ða bóte cunne, Exon. Th. 293, 9; Wand. 113.
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múþ
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Ox. 100, Ne geunclǽnsað ðæt nó ðone mon ðæt on his múð gǽð, Past. 317, 14. the mouth considered as the receptacle of food or with reference to swallowing, devouring, tasting, &c. Gefriða mé of þæs león múðe, Ps. Th. 21, 19.
ge-ríþre
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Of ilám gáran in on dá ýfre; of ðǽre ýfre, in on ðá garéðru; of ðám geréiran, C. D. iii. 279, 24. Of ðǽm crundele on ðá lytla hwitan gerýðra beneaðan ýfre on dane þorn, 415, 32. ?
æcer-geard
An enclosure of arable land ⬩ or the fence of a field
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An enclosure of arable land (? = Icel. akra-, akr-gerði) or the fence of a field (? v. geard) On ðone æcergeard; á be ðǽm gearde, C. D. iii. 458, 24
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cræftig
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Ox. 56, 208. <b>III a.</b> of books, dealing with art or science :-- Munecas þe heora cildhád habbað ábisgod on cræftigum bócum, Angl. viii. 321, 27
for-hwǽga
At least ⬩ saltem
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At least; saltem Forhwǽga on fíf mílum oððe on syx mílum fram ðæm feó at least within five or six miles from the property, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 35. Forhwága on ánre míle fram ðæm túne at least within one mile from the town, 1, 1; Bos. 22, 30
fercian
to bring ⬩ carry ⬩ conduct ⬩ to support ⬩ To go
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To go, moke one's way On þám forman geáre gǽð seó sunne on ǽrnemergen on ꝥ tácen þe ys aries genemned . . . þý þriddan heó síhð tó þám tácne oð ǽfen, and on þám feórðan geáre heó ferecað on middre nihte tó þám foresprecenan tácne, Angl. viii. 307, 21
byd
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Andlang bróces on Bydincel, of Bydincele . . . of thám forda on thá ealdan byd, andlang byd . . . of thám hamme on Byd, andlang Byd, C. D. B. iii. 44, 24-38. On bydyncel . . . ðæt on byd, C. D. iii. 81, 5-7
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ge-stician
To stick ⬩ pierce ⬩ transfix
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Gebýreþ ðæt ðæt mód wierþ gesticced mid ðære scylde gielpes it happens that the mind is pierced by the sin of boasting, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 217, 6; Hat. MS. 41 b, 1
líne
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Þonne getimað hyt ꝥ hig wrixliað twía on ánum mónðe, and on þám circule fíftýne niht hig onfoð on þǽre néxtan línan, and on þrittig hig geendiað, Angl. viii. 327, 40
undern
The third hour of the day ⬩ nine in the morning
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On ða þriddan tíd dæges, ðæt is on undern, Shrn. 79. 35. Wé étaþ on ðam Sunnandagum on undern and on ǽfen, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 3. Sele drincan on þreó tída, on undern, on middæg, on nón, Lchdm. ii. 140, 1. Fram hancréde óð undern, Homl.