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sceáp

(n.)
Grammar
sceáp, scép, scíp,es; n.

A sheep

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A sheep Scép ovis, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 54. Ðæt dysige scép, Ps. Th. 118, 176. Sceáp sceal gongan mid his fliése óþ midne sumor, L. In. 69 ; Th. i. 146, 10. Emban ceápgild ... sceáp sciłł., L. Ath. v. 6,2 ; Th. i. 234, 2.

Linked entry: scép

wil

(n.)
Grammar
wil, will, es; n.

will, pleasurea pleasant or desirable thing

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Th. ii. 334, 25 : Ap. Th. 4, 5. Wylles, Nicod. 11 ; Thw. 6, 7. Gif hwá hine sylfne besmíte his ágenes willes ( sua sponte ), L. M. P. 36; Th. ii. 274, 20 : Homl. Ass. 62, 255.

Tíw

(n.)
Grammar
Tíw, Tíg, , es; m.

the god Tiw, a Teutonic deity to whom amongst the Latin gods Mars most nearly correspondedin the name of one of the days

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The word is probably to be recognized in the form tyz, which is given as the name of the Gothic T in the Vienna MS. containing a Gothic alphabet, and from it a Gothic Tius may be inferred. O. H. Ger. Ziu(-o) the name of a god (preserved in M. H.

Linked entries: Tíg Tuu

ge-hwilc

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Add: each, every; in pl. all. as noun, alone Gif man in mannes tún ǽrest geirneð, .vi. scillingum gebéte ; þe æfter irneð .iiii. scillingas; sibban gehwylc scilling. Ll. Th. i. 6, 17. Gehwilc, 16, 4.

æt-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-feolan, l. æt-feólan, and add: (from -feolhan); p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon, and -fǽlon (
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as if from -felan). to adhere, cleave (lit. and fig.) Ætfileð adhereat, Ps. Srt. 136, 6. Ætfalh adhesit, 43, 25: 62, 9. Ætfélun (-fulgon), Ps. Spl. C.) adheserunt, 24, 21.

botl

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Add: of any dwelling On middan ðǽre flóre his fægeran botles (Cuthbert's hermitage), Hml. Th. ii. 144, 3. se líg náht þǽre burge botles ne gehrínan ne dorste ut flamma contingere quidquam aedi-ficii non auderet, Gr. D. 48, 11.

cwic

(adj.)
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Mǽnende him cuco (cucan (dat. ), S. 244, 5) ne e Cuce vivus, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 67. Genim cwicenne (cwicne, v. l. ) fox, Lch. i. 340, 25. Þone cásere cwicenne ( altered from cwicne) forbærnan, Bl. H. 191, 12.

cneów

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Add: a knee Mín ádlige cneów, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 32, 23. Þæt þá mehte wífmon be hiere cneówe oferwadan amnem feminis vix genua tingentibus permeabilem, Ors. 2, 4: S. 72, 33. Cnéuo béged genu flexo, Mk. L. 10, 17.

Eást-Engle

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On Lindesse and on Eást-Englum and on Cantwarum wurdon monige men ofslægene, 838; P. 64, 1. Felix bodade Eást-Englum (-Eanglum, v. l. ), 636; P. 26, 5. Se here on Eást-Englum (Ést-, v. l. ), 885; P. 80, 8.

efen

(n.)
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Add Efnum aequatis, Txts. 39, 92. level Ðá ðe ne magon uncwaciende gestondan on emnum felda qui in planis stantes titubant, Past. 41, 7. <b>I a.

forane

(adv.)
Grammar
forane, forne; adv.

beforehandOppositein front ofagainst

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Take here forne, fórne (l. forne) in Dict. and add: alone, denoting anticipation, prevention, beforehand (as in to be beforehand with a person) Forne forféþ anlicipet, An. Ox. 603. forne forfangen preoccupetur, . . . precedat, 1236.

Linked entry: forene

for-cúþ

uncleanworthless

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Add: of human beings Uncystig oððe heamol, fercúþ frugus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 5: 70, 22. Ne bið cristen, ac bið forcúð wiðersaca, Hml. S. 17, 91.

full-fremman

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full-fremman, (-fremian).
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Add: to bring to an end, complete, finish þon sceolde gegearwian and fulfremman þone wáh mid þám óþrum bróþrum ut ipse parietem cum fratribus perficeret, Gr. D. 126, 2. Þá fulfremedan (full-, v. l.) weorc perfecta opera, R.

ge-healdsumnes

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Add: moral restraint, modesty, sobriety, v. ge-healdsum ; Gehealdsumnyss inpuderatio, Scint. 225, 16. <b>I a.

Linked entry: ge-healtsumnys

ge-myndgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myndgian, ge-myndigian.
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V. to make mention of. with gen. ic þyses Alexandras gemyndgade Alexandri istius mentione commonitus, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 110, 9. with acc. Ðió cuoen súðdǽles gemyndgade reginam austri commemorat, Lk. p. 7, 8. Ge-myndged is memoratur, p. 3, 13.

ge-segen

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Add: ge-sewen, ge-sawen, ge-seagon. saying, narrating Gesægene dictu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 47.

ge-cnǽwe

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Add: ge-cnáwe. of persons. acknowledging the accuracy of a statement 'Þis gewrit is gefylled.' And hig ealle wǽron þæs gecnáwe, Lk. 4, 22. acknowledging the justice of a charge that is or may be made, making confession of sin. with gen.

ge-cwéme

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Voc. ii. 125, 32. Gecwéme lác grata munuscula, An. Ox. 4502. Gecwémest hindcealf gratissimus hinnulus, Kent. Gl. 110: 598. <b>I a.</b> with dat., agreeable to :-- Gecwéme is him beneplacitum est ei, Ps. Rdr. 146, 10.

ge-welgian

(v.)
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Gl. 252. God ne hét ús gewelgian þá hæbbendan, Wlfst. 287, 24. to make oneself rich Gif beó gewelegod þám (gif geþeó , v. l. ) áge .v. hýda landes, Ll. Th. i. 188, 19: 186, 18. Ne bið geweolegad non ditabitur, Kent.

hǽs

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Bd. 2, 20 ; Sch. 188, 12. an office, service one is bidden to perform (?) Þénunge. hǽse munia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 8