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firding

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firding, (-ung).

military servicefightingmarchingan expeditionmilitiatroopsarmamentmilitary forces

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Geceás man þá twégen cnihtas . . . tó þǽre fyrdunga, Hml.

cwic

(adj.)
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Ac . . . hié mid hiera cucum onguldon þæt hié ungyltige cwealdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 6-10

Eást-Engle

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Fór se here on Eást-Engle and gesæt þæt lond and gedǽlde, 870; P. 76, 26. Sende Ælfréd cyng sciphere of Cænt on Eást-Engle, 885; P. 79, 18. Eást-Englan, 1017; P. 154, 4

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
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kyninges wíc and his fæstenu gesceáwod, Nar. 19, 14. to consider a subject, circumstance, condition of things Gesceáwa þonne þú þá strangan lǽcedómas dó hwilc ꝥ mægen sié and sió gecynd þæs líchoman, Lch. ii. 84, 10, 23.

ginian

(v.)
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Þǽr geonode (gynude, v. l.) inþǽre hracan swylce þǽr hwylc seáð wǽre quasi quoddam barathrum patebat in gutture, 241, 12. Hú Marcus Curtius besceát on þá genigendan (gyniendan, v. l. ) eorþan, Ors. 3, 3, tit.; S. 2, 32

hand

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se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa ( ad opus regis ), Cht.

neáh-lǽcan

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Þǽre tíde neálǽhte fire álésnesse, Bl. H. 77, 14. Mid þý hit ǽfenne neáléhte uespertino tempore, Nar. 23, 9. Þá þá hit neálǽhte þǽre tíde his deáþes appropinquante mortis ejus tempore, Gr. D. 301, 33.

gyden

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On Ueneris híwe þǽre fúlan gyden, Hml. S. 31, 716. Ꝥ heó þǽre gydenan Diane godes wurffmynt gebude, 2, 385. Hé hyre anícnysse wurðode swá swá hálige gydenan, 115. Hǽþene godas and hǽþene gydena, Wlfst, 107, 19 : Hml. S. 4, 134 : Hml. Th. i. 426, 7.

hyrne

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hyrne, in l. 6 for norð hyrnan l. norðhyrnan,
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and add Andlang þǽre díc ; of þǽre díce hyrnan, C. D. B. ii. 434, 37. Anlang weges on ðǽre díce hyrnan, C. D. iii. 411, 13. Hirnan, ii. 205, 16. Tó herpaðe; ðonan tó dǽre dícan hyrnan; ðonan andlang díc, v. 78, 30: vi. 170, 34.

eln

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Hé geseah hí úp áhefene swá swá mannes elne fram þǽre eorðan, Hml. S. 23 b, 274. Add

gilm

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., and add: a wk. pl. occurs Genim þǽre ilcan wyrte gódne gelm, Lch. ii. 30, 23 : 60, 5. Gylma manipu-lorum An. Ox. 5252. Gilmum fasciculi's 7, 270. Gylmas manipulos, i. fasces 3431. Gilman, 2366

samod-gang

(adj.)
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samod-gang, adj.
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Continuous In þǽre stówe fram þám nyþeran dǽle intó þám uferan wæs samodgang (somedtoncg, v. l.) þurh gewisne úpstige quo in loco inferiora superioribus pervius continuabat ascensus, Gr. D. 170, 23.

Linked entry: samod-tang

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.
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Sió wiþerweardnes biþ . . . wæru . . . mid þǽre styringe hire ágenre frécennesse adversam fortunam videos ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem, Bt. 20; F. 72, 6. Se wara weard his ágenre þearfednesse ille sollicitus suae paupertatis custos.

wæter-stoppa

(n.)
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wæter-stoppa, an ; m.
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Þá arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene tó þǽre wyllan, and sóna swá hit ꝥ wæter hlód, þá becóm án fisc in þone wæterstoppan ( situlam ), II, 22

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cyne-dóm

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</b> the fine paid for the offence to the royal dignity where a king is slain :-- Norðleóda cynges gild is .xxx. þúsend þrymsa, fífténe þúsend þrymsa bið þæs wergildes, .xv. þúsend þæs cynedómes.

be-wǽfan

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Voc. ii. 65, 41. ꝥ treów biþ úton gescyrped and bewǽfed mid þǽre rinde, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 7. ꝥám scyccelse þe hé mid bewǽfed wæs, Hml. S. 23 b, 218. Add

ge-gearwung

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For gegearwunge þǽre sóðan lufe pro caritatis exhibitione, Gr. D. 39, 22

hám-weardes

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Þá hé hámwerdes wæs, Chr. 1046; P. 164, 28. cf. hám-weard; Hú hý sceoldon beón álǽd of Babilonia þeówdóme, and Gode þancian þǽra ára þe hí be wege hædon hámweardes, Ps. Th. 22, arg

lifer

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Wiþ þǽre lifre swile, Lch. ii. 200, 1 (and often). His lifere iecor eius, Kent. Gl. 218. Swát ýðum weóll þurh báncofan, blód lifrum swealg (the blood streaming out brought with it parts of the inside of the body ? C f.. Add: —

fón

Grammar
fón, <b>;
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</b> add: to lay hold of :-- Þá féng se portgeréfa tó þǽre tége, Hml. S. 23, 764. Fóh tó þínum hóde, Tech. ii. 127, 17