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níhsta

(n.)
Grammar
níhsta, an; m.

A neighbourproximus

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Lufa ðínne néhstan (Lind. nésta), Mt. Kmbl. 19, 19. Hwylc is mín néhsta (neestæ, Lind.)? Lk. Skt. 10, 29. Lufa ðínne néxtan (néste, Lind : néxstan, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 5, 43. Hwá is úre néxta ? Homl. Th. ii. 318, 1.

Linked entry: neáhsta

býrian

(v.)
Grammar
býrian, 3rd s. býreþ; p. ede; pp. ed [býre an event, a favourable time, an opportunity]
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Lind. War. 10, 13: Mk. Lind. War. 4, 38. Ðe ne býrede him to etanne quem non licebat ei edere, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 4

rendan

(v.)
Grammar
rendan, p. de

To rend, tear, cut

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To rend, tear, cut Óðre ða twigu gibégdun ł rendun (rindon, Lind.) ða telge of ðǽm tréum alii frondes caedebant ab arboribus, Mk. Skt. Rush. 11, 8. Ceorfas ł rendas (hrendas, Lind.) succidite, Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 7.

stær

(n.)
Grammar
stær, es; m.
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Lind. 10, 29. Staras (stearas, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 6

þwang

(n.)
Grammar
þwang, es; m.: e; f.

A thongstrip of leather

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Lind. 6, 9. Ðæs ne eom ic wyrðe ðæt ic his sceóna þwanga (ðuongas, Lind.: þwongas, Rush.) búgende uncnytte cujus non sum dignus procumbens soluere corrigiam calciamentorum ejus, Mk. Skt. 1, 7

Linked entry: þweng

spyrd

(n.)
Grammar
spyrd, es; m.

stadiuma coursea measure of distancea coursea distancestadium

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Lind. Rush. 24, 13. In all these passages the West-Saxon uses furlang

ǽniht

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽniht, [ǽn = án one, -iht adj. termination]

Anythingquicquam

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Lind, War. 11, 49. In mec ne hæfeþ ǽniht in me non habet quicquam, Jn. Rush. War. 14, 30

aldor-dóm

(n.)

a principality

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Lind. Rush. War. 20, 20

ell-þeódig

(adj.)
Grammar
ell-þeódig, -þiódig; adj.

Strange, foreign, a stranger, a foreigner

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Lind. War. 17, 18: 24, 18

eá-líðend

(n.)
Grammar
eá-líðend, es; m.

A wave-sailor, sailor qui æequor navĭgat

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A wave-sailor, sailor; qui æequor navĭgat Wǽron eorlas onlíce eálíðendum the men were like sailors-over-the-wave, Andr. Kmbl. 502; An. 251

in-féran

(v.)
Grammar
in-féran, p. de

To enter

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Lind. 1, 21. Gé in giwinne hiora infoerdun vos in laborem eorum introistis, Jn. Skt. Rush. 4, 38

Linked entry: féran

gléd-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
gléd-fæt, es; n.

A fire-vatchafing-dish

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A fire-vat, chafing-dish Dó gléda an glédfæt put live coals in a chafing dish, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 346, 3

gers

(n.)
Grammar
gers, es; n.

Grassherba

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Lind. 4, 28

ge-neán

(v.)

to draw near, cleave, adhere

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Lind. 27, 58

Linked entries: -neán ge-néhwian

un-clǽnu

(n.)
Grammar
un-clǽnu, un-clǽno; f.

Uncleannessimpurity

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Lind. 23, 25. Fulla sint all ł éghuelc unclǽnæ plena sunt omni spurcitia, 27

Linked entry: clǽnu

wóhfulness

(n.)
Grammar
wóhfulness, e ; f.

Wickednessiniquity

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Lind. 22, 18. Wóghfulniso nequitias, Rtl. 122, 16

ge-macian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-macian, p. ode
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To make equal or like (v. ge-mæc, ge-maca), liken, compare. (Cf. ge-lícian ; 2) Gemacade ł gemacað comparat, Lk. p. 5, 13

hundred

(n.)
Grammar
hundred, a territorial division.
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Nis ǽni man on lífe þe ǽfre gehýrde ꝥ man crafode hine on hundræde oþþon áhwár on gemóte, Ll. Th. i. 184, 11. Add

wǽpen-berend

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-berend, es; m.

An armed man

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Lind. 11, 21: p. 7, 5

slihtan

(v.)
Grammar
slihtan, p. te

To smite, slay caedens mactare

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Lind. 4, 9

Linked entries: slæhtan wæl-slihta