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strand

(n.)
Grammar
strand, es ; n.
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Urk mín húskarl habbe his strand eall forne gén hys ágen land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 221, 6. Stranda litorum, Hpt. Gl. 449, 28. Strandum litoribus, 465, 9

swinsung

(n.)
Grammar
swinsung, e ; f.
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Wið eárena swinsunge and ungehýrnesse for singing in the ears and hardness of hearing, Lchdm. iii. 70, 23

Linked entry: dreám-swinsung

un-álífed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-álífed, adj.

Unallowedillicitunlawful

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Eall ðæt hié unáliéfedes ðenceaþ, 21; Swt. 155, 12. Unálýfedne gesynscipe inlicitum conjugium, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 25. Ðone unálýfedan bryne mínra leahtra, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 331. Wiþsacaþ ðám unálýfdum gestreónum, Blickl. Homl. 53, 23.

Linked entry: á-lífan

be-sorg

Anxiouscareful

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Eall ꝥ deórwyrðoste ðætte þú ðé besorgost hæfdes quod in omnifortunae tuae censu pretiosissimum possidebas, Bt. 10; S. 22, 2. þeóda hláford, ús se besorgesta. Hml. S. 23, 143. substitute cared about, and add

cwalu

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Hwæt bið unáberendlicre tó gesiónne ðonne ðæs bearnes cwalu ( mors ) beforan ðæs fæder eágum?, Past. 34. 3, 11. Mæst*-*að hié hié selfe on hiera niéhstena cwale in proximorum nece grassantur, 335, 15: Bl. H. 193, 1.

efen-micel

(adj.)
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Hé bið geniéd mid ðǽm folgoðe ðæt hé sceal heálíce sprecan . . . him is efnmicel niéd ðæt hé suá doo suá suá hé lǽrð qui loci sui necessitate exigitur summa dicere, hac eadem necessitate compellitur summa monstrare, Past. 81, 7.

for-beornan

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Þá þá seó ceaster swýþlíce barn . . . heom þúhte ꝥ eall seó burh forbyrnan sceolde cum civitas vehementer arderet . . . ut flamma totius urbis interitum minari videretur, Gr. D. 47, 27: Bl. H. 221, 9. Þ hús wearð forburnon buton þám ánum poste, Hml.

fiþer-féte

Grammar
fiþer-féte, -fóte.
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Eall ðæt fiðerfðte byð, Hex. 14, 30. Fiþerféte[s] quadrupedis, An. Ox. 1854. Fiþer-fétum quadripedante, 14. Gyf man forstele feoðerfót (feðerféte, v.l.) neát, Ll. Th. ii. 140, 33. Úre feþerfót niétenu animalia quadrupedia, Nar. 16, 7.

Linked entry: feówer-féte

freót

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Hér geswutelað on ðissere Crístes béc ðæt Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu his dohtor æt Ælfsige abbod tó écum freóte and eall hire ofspring, C.D. vi. 209, 10, 14: 210, 32. a grant of freedom (in this sense the word occurs as feminine), manumission Æilsig þe

ge-gifan

(v.)
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Eall þá woruldgód þá þe him gegyfene (-gyfne, gifene, v. ll.) wǽron cuncta quae sibi donabantur, Bd. 3, 5; Sch. 202, 19. to give in marriage Hé Crísten wíf hæfde him gegyfen (him wæs forgifen, v. l. ), Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 53, 7

Linked entry: gifan

ge-léfed

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., and add Þára ðe gelýfdre yldo (geleófe yldo, v. l.) wǽron earum quae aetate provectae erant, Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 222, 1. Gelýfdre yldo provectioris aetatis, 4, 24; Sch. 482, 12

géna

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Take here geána, geóna in Dict. and add In Ongel-cyricean, on þǽre þú ána nú géna (gyt, gyta, v. ll.) eart bysceop ge-méted in Anglorum ecclesia, in qua adhuc solus tu episcopus inueniris, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 73, 3. Geóna (geáne, L., nú gyt, W.

híred-preóst

(n.)
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Is tó gewitnesse eall se híred on Baðan, 642, 6. Hé hié hét lǽdan hider tó mynstere and hér gefreógian on þæs hírydes gewitnesse, 627, 5. On ealles þæs híredes gewitnesse on Baðon, 641, 27: 642, 2 (and often).

Linked entries: hírd-preost híréd

nosu

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'Ðæt is ðæt wé oft gestincað mid úrum nosum ðæt wé mid úrum eágum gesión ne magon. Mid ðǽm nosum (per nasum) wé tósceádað góde stincas and yfele. Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá nosu ( per nasum) . . . ?, Past. 433, 19-22.

tó-sceád

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Sch. 599, 18. add: of difference in material objects Æteówde seó hand swutole ... and wǽron fægere fingras, smale and lange, and þǽra nægla tósceád ( the nails could be distinguished from the rest of the hand ), and se greáta líra beneoðan þám þúman eall

wealwian

(v.)
Grammar
wealwian, p.ode

To fade, witherwallow = to fade away

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MS.) ubi quantum earum natura queat, cito exarescere atque interire non possint, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 22. [Welewen marcescere, Wick. Is. 19, 6. Man welewith as flouris of hay, P. R. L. P. 173, 56. Al welwed and wasted þo worþelych leues, Allit.

heáfod-man

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-man, -mann, es; m.

A chief man, prince, captain, leadera chief, leadersatrapacaptain

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Ðǽr on wǽron twægen heáfodmen Cnut and Hácun eorl in them were two leaders, Cnut and earl Hakon, 1075; Erl. 214, 7

þridda

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þridda, þirda (in North.)

third

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Ðære þriddan nama, Gen. 2, 14. On nánum heolstrum heofenan, oþþe eorþan, oþþe sǽ þriddan, Homl. Th. ii. 146, 32. Ðý þryddan dæge (ðe ðirda dæg, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 16, 21. On ðære þriddan (ða ðirdda, Lind.: ðirda, Rush.) wæccan, Lk. Skt. 12, 38.

Linked entry: þirda

cneów

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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. Cnéw gebéged (knéu bégende, R.) genu flexu, Mt. L. 27, 29. Cneówa genua, Wrt.

tó-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lie or run in different directionsTo lie between,to lie and part,to divide,separate

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To lie between, to lie and part, to divide, separate Seó tólíþ Witland and Weonodland, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 6. Ǽlc ðæra sprǽca is tódǽled on manega ðeóda, and ða sint tólegena and tódǽlda mid sǽ and mid wudum and mid muntum, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 62, 34