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á-spanan

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Wæs ásponen (-sponnen, -spannen, v. ll.) of Kent fram Willferðe invitatus de Cantia a Wilfrido, Bd. 4, 2; Sch. 346, 1. ¶ without object út gewende and him þá tó áspeón þet heafde .xx. scipa, Chr. 1009;P. 138, 18. Add

dóm-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
dóm-bóc, f. [bóc a book, q. v.]

DOOM-BOOK, a book of decrees or laws lĭber judĭciālis

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Ne þearf he nánra dómbóca óðerra cépan he need not heed any other doom books, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 30.

Linked entry: bóc-tǽcing

hreóf-lig

Grammar
hreóf-lig, (l. hreóflig).
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hreóflig wunode oð ðæt weard deád ( fuit rex leprosus usque ad diem mortis suae, 2 Chr. 26, 21), Hml. A. 59, 187. His líchama wæs geþúht swylce hreófli wǽre in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videreiur, Gr. D. 159, 2.

hwítel

(n.)
Grammar
hwítel, es; m.

A WHITTLEa cloakmantleblanket

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Ðá eode ðes bróðor sume dæge ðæt wolde his reówan and hwítlas ða ðe on cumena búre brúcende wæs on sǽ wacsan and feormian hic cum quadam die lenas sive saga quibus in hospitale utebatur in mari lavasset, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 10

Linked entries: hwida hwien

þǽr

Grammar
þǽr, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Rufinus wolde habban him self þone anwold þǽr eást, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 6. (1 a) used indefinitely :-- getǽhte þá syndrigan stówe hwæt hí þǽr and þǽr timbrian sceoldon, Gr.

á-wár

(adv.)
Grammar
á-wár, adv. [ = á-wǽr = á-hwǽr]

Anywherealicubi

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Anywhere; alicubi Swilce he áwár wǽre, ǽrðan ðe he geboren wǽre as if he were anywhere, before he was born, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 19

déman

Grammar
déman, <b>; I 6.</b>
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nánum men ne déme ꝥ nolde ꝥ him démde, gif þone dóm ofer hine sóhte, Ll. Th. i. 56, 31. Add

fyrd-getrum

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-getrum, es; n. [getrum a band]

A martial bandcompany of soldiersagmencŏhors

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Héht his herecist healdan georne, fæst fyrdgetrum he bade his warlike band, the firm company, bear them boldly, 151; Th. 189, 1; Exod. 178

Linked entry: fird-getrum

un-nytwirðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-nytwirðlíce, adv.

Uselesslyvainlyto no purposeunprofitably

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Se forlýst ða gife ðe unnytwurðlíce underféng, 556, 16

hellewíte-bróga

(n.)
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terror of hell Þæt man ús foresegð embe hellewíte-brógan (or ? helle wíte-brógan. Similar entries v. wíte-bróga.

Linked entry: helle-wíte

torfian

(v.)
Grammar
torfian, <b>II a.</b>
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Þá geseah án scip út on þǽre sǽ, swá swíðe torfigende fram þan wealcendum sǽs ýðum ꝥ ealle þá men wéndon ꝥ heora scip tóbrocen wǽre, Nap. 62

á-wendedness

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Gif hwá rǽde ic bidde ꝥ þás áwændednesse (translation) ne tǽle, Ap. Th. 28, 18. On áwændednyssum heora, (commutationibus) Ps. L. 43, 13. Add

Linked entry: -wend(ed)ness

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.
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wæs swá stíð, ðæt ne róhte heora eallra níð, ac hí móston ðes cynges wille folgian, gif hí woldon libban, Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 222, 31.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

LIBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIBBAN, p. lifde

To LIVE

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Eal his líf lifde búton synnum, 33, 16. on wynsumnesse lifde, 113, 7: Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 27. on ællþeódignesse lifde exulabat, S. 559, 30. hér on eorþan engelíce lífe lifde, Blickl. Homl. 167, 33: 213, 11.

Linked entries: lifian be-libban

ann

Grammar
ann, = an; pres. of unnan.

he gives

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he gives Ðé he ann he gives thee, Ps. Th. 74, 7

ge-setnes

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hæfð heora mearce gesette . . . Mid þám ilcan gerece is gereaht swíðe anlíc gewrixle þæs flódes and þæs ebban.

west

(adv.)
Grammar
west, adv.
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wið ðone here ðǽr wæst ábisgod wæs, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 9. Súð, eást and west, Met. 9, 42: 14, 7. Ðæt west and norð trymede getimbro, Cd. Th. 18, 18; Gen. 275. Ðæt is ðrittiges míla lang east and west, Bd. 1, 3 ; S. 475, 19.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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With this use of lád may be compared the later English lif-lode which, besides the meaning conduct, has that sustenance: Heo tilede here lyflode... heo fonden hem sustynance ynow, R. Glouc. 41, 22: Prompt.

for-wyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrnan, -weornan, -wiernan, -wirnan, -wernan; p. de; pp. ed

To prohibitdenyrefuserestrainpreventhinderprohĭbērerecūsāredenĕgārerenuĕre

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He ne forwyrnde woroldrǽdenne he refused not worldly converse, Beo. Th. 2288; B. 1142. Forwyrnde beón afréfrod sáwle mín renuit consōlāri anĭma mea, Ps. Spl. 76, 3.

ende-dæg

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Æfre him gehende endedæges wéne let him ever think his last day at hand, Wlfst. 75, 9. Hit nú swíþe neálǽceþ úrum endedæge, Bl. H. 51, 35. Heó becóm tó hire ændedæge (ende-, v. l.) ad diem pervenit extremum, Gr. D. 286, 17.