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streng

(n.)
Grammar
streng, es; m.
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Th. 6226; B. 3117. in a ship, part of the rigging; also a cable. v. ancer-streng and cf.

teáh

(n.)
Grammar
teáh, tǽh, téh, tíh (-g); gen. teáge; f.

a tie, banda case, coffer, casket, boxan enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)

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Similar entries tóh) (alii) lentis viminibus (caedentes), Hpt. Gl. 514, 70. v. a case, coffer, casket, box Cest vel earc cistella, tǽg mozytia vel arcula, Wrt. Voc. i. 16. 38. Taeg mantega ( = mantica? ), Txts. 35, 19: 77, 1300. Tíg, Wrt.

Linked entries: tǽg tágum teág tége

wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt, e; f.
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Gl. 687. a garden herb, herb for food Gé teóþiaþ mintan and ǽlce wyrte (alle wyrte, Rush. omne holus ), Lk. Skt. 11, 42. Wyrta olera, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 31: fordalium (cf. wyrtmete), ii. 150, 20.

Linked entry: blód-wyrt

guma

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Gumena aldor, Dan. 549. Gumena drihten, 613; B. 1824. Gumena weard, Dan. 636. Sigecyning . . . gúðweard gumena, Exod. 174. Hé wæs riht cyning, gúðweard gumena, El. 14.

here-gild

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Add: tax levied to provide money to buy of the Danes (v. here; I. 2 c ¶ l) On þan ylcan geáre áléde Eádweard cyng ꝥ heregyld ꝥ Æþelréd cyng ǽr ástealde, Chr. 1052; P. 173, 18. Ic ðat só fele síðe só men gildeð hire gilde tó heregilde, C.

snell

(adj.)
Grammar
snell, snel; adj.

Quick, active, strongof rapid movement, quick, rapid, swiftactive, prompt, ready, quick in action, bold keen, severe; sharp acute firm, determined bold, active alacer, acer, agilis, strenuus, robustus, pernix valiant, brave; ready of speech, eloquent

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Also in Cumberland it is used of the wind] Se snella sunu Wonrédes Beo. Th. 5934; B. 2971. Mé sendon tó ðé sǽmen snelle Byrht. Th. 132, 41; By. 29: Cd. Th. 191, 26; Exod. 220: Exon. Th. 296, 25; Crä. 56.

staca

(n.)
Grammar
staca, an; m.

A stake

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On this practice, see, inter alia, Brand's Antiquities, ed. Hazlitt, vol. iii. p65, Grmm. D.

Linked entry: stacung

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 8. Hé sette gecamp geleáffullum sáwlum. Homl. Th. i. 64, 18. Se ðe ða ealdan ǽ sette, 94, 4. Sylfa sette, ðæt ðú sunu wǽre efeneardigende, Exon. Th. 15, 14; Cri. 236. Ǽ ðú mé sete, Ps. Th. 118, 33.

Linked entry: on-settan

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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Drauh togedere al þene team under þe moder, A. R. 336, 15. Wurrþenn wiþþ childe, and tæmenn hire tæm, Orm. 2415. Ys foure sones ... Þys was a stalwarde tem, R.

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Fior porro (omnia fabrorum porro molimina vincit, Ald. 142, 25), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 63. as predicate with dat., quite different from Þincþ þám ungelǽredum þæt eall ꝥ andgit beó belocen on þǽre ánfealdan gerecednisse, ac hit is swíþe feor þám, Ælfc.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

ge-faran

(v.)
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Ðá wyrmas scluncon wundorlíce, wǽron him þá breóst úp gewende ... and á swá hié hit gefóran ( all the while they were executing this movement ) mid þǽm scillum ðá eorðan sliton, Nar. 14, 10.

hús

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W.S.) his all, Jn. R. L. 4, 53. Nán hús næs binnan þǽre byrig ꝥ hit næfde þǽre wrace angolden, Ors. 6, 23; S. 274, 12. a family, race Jacobes, Israhéla, Aarones hús, Ps.

bunda

(n.)
Grammar
bunda, bonda, an; m.

a wedded or married man, a husbandmaritus, sponsusthe father or head of a family, a householderpaterfamilias, œconomuswedlock, marriage,lawfully born, born in wedlockwedlock breaker, an adulterermarriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband:to wed, take a wifea wedded man, husband, householderone wedded or bound, a husbandto bindpersonagenta hammera hammererrule, government,a ruler, governorboundone bound, a husband

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Hús-bonda is also used by Ælfric in his version of the Scriptures about 970, Ex. 3, 22.

Linked entry: bonda

tó-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-weorpan, -werpan, -worpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

To throw in different directionsthrow awaythrow downto scatterdispersedestroyoverthrowto scatterdisperseto break in piecesscatter the parts of a connected wholeto overthrowto overturnto throw downdestroy a buildingdemolishto overthrowto destroy the power of a person,to destroyto overthrow an institution, a practice, regulation, law, etc.,to put downput an end todestroymake voidbreakdissolveto throw out

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Hí wolde tóweorpan wuldres Aldor . . . ðæt hé hí ne tówurpe geond werþeóda dixit ut disperderet eos . . . ne disperderet eos, Ps. Th. 105, 19.

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, to drincenne, ic drince, ðú drincst, he drincþ, dryncþ, pl. drincaþ; p. dranc, pl.druncon; pp.druncen [drinc drink] .

DRINK, imbibebibĕre, potāre, imbĭbĕre

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The learned fathers have also put down that bad habit by their wise teaching, and taught that the over drinking surely destroys a man's soul and soundness. Unhealthiness cometh after [over] drinking, Ælfc. T. 43, 6-17

EARN

(n.)
Grammar
EARN, es; m.

An eagleaquĭla

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Swá earn his briddas spænþ to flihte and ofer híg fliceraþ, swá he tobrǽdde his feðeru sīcut aquĭla provŏcans ad vŏlandum pullos suos et super eos vŏlĭtans expandit ālas suas, Deut. 32, 11.

Linked entries: ern here-fugol

ge-winnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-winnan, p. -wan, -won, -wann, pl. -wunnon; pp. -wunnen.

to make warfightcontendpugnarebellum gerereto obtain by fightingto conquergainwinpugna consequiobtineresubjugare

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Ne mágon we ðæt on aldre gewinnan we cannot ever obtain that, Cd. 421; Th. 26, 6; Gen. 402. Ǽnig ne mæg friþ gewinnan no one may gain peace, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 14; Cri. 1001.

under-niman

(v.)
Grammar
under-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take surreptitiouslyto stealto take into the mindreceive what is said, taughtto take upon one's selfto blameresent

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B.) nawt þis ilke word alle ... Hwase hit me underneomen, underneome, H. M. 19, 27) non omnes capiunt verbum istud ... Qui potest capere, capiat, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 11-12.

Linked entry: under-fón

un-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hál, adj.

In bad healthsickweakinfirmunhealthyunsound

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Alle unhále omnes male habentes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 16: Homl. Skt. i. 21, 155. Ealle ða unhálan, Mk. Skt. 1, 32. of animals Gif man áfindeþ his ǽhte, syððan hé hit gebohte hafeþ, unhál, L. O. 7; Th. i. 180, 21.

wráþe

(adv.)
Grammar
wráþe, adv.

angrilywith or in angerwith indignationfiercelycruellygreviouslybitterlyevillyperverselywickedly

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Ondsworade ðæs folches aldor wráðe (wráððe, Lind. ) respondens archesynagogus indignans, Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 14. fiercely, cruelly, greviously, bitterly Woroldlaga syndan innan ðysan earde wráðe forhwyrfde (grievously perverted), Wulfst. 268, 5.