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weorod

Grammar
weorod, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Án út ásceát of Latina weorode, and ánwíges bæd, Ors. 3, 6 ; S. 108, 10. v. bisceop-, camp-, elen-, cored-, hám-, in-, síþ-weorod

Harþacnut

(n.)
Grammar
Harþacnut, Hardacnut, es; m.

Hardacnut, son of Cnut

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And hé wæs sóna underfangen ge fram Anglum ge fram Denum in this same year king Hardacnut came to Sandwich seven days before midsummer. And he was at once received by both English and Danes, Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 17.

-hád

(suffix)
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</b> with abstract nouns of condition, fulwiht-, geoguþ-, mǽgb-hád. of action, camp-, níd-had. with adjs. cyne-hád, untrum-hád, wǽpned-hád

gistian

(v.)
Grammar
gistian, p. ode
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Cam. 62, 8. Líf mánfull tó gystigenne of húse on hús uita nequam hospitandi de domo in domum (it is a miserable life to go from house to house, Ecclus. 29, 24), Scint. 153, 15

BRIDEL

(n.)
Grammar
BRIDEL, gen. bridles; m.

A BRIDLEfrenum

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Bridles midl a bridle's middle, a bit; camus, 21; Som. 59, 61; Wrt. Voc. 23, 22 : Runic pm. 21; Kmbl. 343, 26; Hick. Thes. i. 135. On hælftre and bridle ceácan heora gewríþ in camo et freno maxillas eorum constringe, Ps. Lamb. 31, 9.

Linked entries: bridels brydel

feld-swop

(n.)
Grammar
feld-swop, feld-wóp, es; m.

A peewit

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Feldwóp bradigatio, ploratio campi, 127, 16. Substitute:

ge-sceón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceón, p. de

To happen, come uponaccidere, contingere

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To happen, come upon; accidere, contingere Him níþ godes gesceóde God's enmity came upon him, Cd. 206; Th. 255, 7; Dan. 620. [Cf. Cod. Ex. Th. 226, 4; Ph. 400.]

Linked entry: sceón

síþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
síþlíce, adv.
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, after some time, at last, in the end, lately Eft ðá siððan óðre twegen swearte hremmas síþlíce cómon and his hú tǽron mid heardum bile again afterwards two other black ravens came after some time, and tore his house with hard bill, Homl.

tilia

(n.)
Grammar
tilia, tiliga, an; m.
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Se merigenlica tilia the labourer who came in the morning. Homl. Th. ii. 74, 30. Ðá sende hé to ðam tiligum (tilium, MS. A. ad agricolas) his þeów . . . Ðá cwǽdon ða tilian (coloni) . . . Ðæs wíngeardes hláford fordéþ ða tiligean (tylian, MS.

Linked entry: tiliga

á-hwanon

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwanon, adv.
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from anywhere Ic nolde ꝥ ðú wéndest ꝥ him áhwonan útane cóme his gódnes I would not have you suppose that his goodness came to him from anywhere without, Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 23.

Linked entry: á-hwonan

ge-tímian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tímian, -týmian; p. ode; pp. od [tíma time]

To happenbefallaccĭdĕre

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Getímode hit ðæt he becom to heora byrig ðe wæs Gaza geháten it befell that he came to their city which was called Gaza, Homl. Th. i. 226, 24: 318, 15. Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce it happened very justly to them, 88, 29: ii. 160, 14; 304, 24.

Linked entries: ge-tíman tímian

gengan

(v.)
Grammar
gengan, p. de, pl. don; pp. ed

To go, passire, meare, currere, ferri, converti

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Beornas cómon wicgum gengan the men came riding on horses, Andr. Kmbl. 2192; An. 1097

grytt

(n.)
Grammar
grytt, es; n.
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Voc. ii. 91, 22 where grues is written for the cams of Ald. 153, 28), Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 25. Gryttes polline (cf. mealewes poling, i. farine, An. Ox. 3872, boen glosses of Ald. 53, 28), ii. 83, 66

Linked entry: gryt

hætera

(n.)
Grammar
hætera, hæteru, pl.

Garmentsrent clothescrutum, pannuciapannis, mastrugisrag, clout

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Gá hé út mid his hætron swyclon hé in com let him go out with his garments such as he came in with, Ex. 21, 4

a-fýran

(v.)
Grammar
a-fýran, p. de; pp. ed, yd [a, fýran castrare]

To castratecastrare

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To castrate; castrare Afýred olfend a dromedary, a kind of swift camel; dromeda MS. Twegen afýryde men duo eunuchi, Gen. 40, 1

Linked entries: afýrida be-lisnian

wiga

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Tó wigan campe, C. D. vi. 67, 9. Add

ymb-hípan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hípan, pp. ed
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Ðá wæs hé sóna ǽghwanon mid wǽpnum ymbhýped cam max ubique gladiis impeterelur, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 25. Mid wǽpnum and mid feóndum eall útan ymbhéped cum armis et hostibus circumseptus, 3, 12 ; S. 537, 28 note. Embhéped faltum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 75

Linked entry: ymb-heápian

ge-swætan

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Cam. 93, 5

hæle

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Þá cám in gán ealdor þegna (Beowulf), dǽdcéne mon, hæle hildedeór, B. 1646: (Wígláf), 3111. Se æðeling ( St. Andrew ) . . . Crístes cempa . . . þǽr in eóde elnes gemyndig hæle hildedeór, An. 1004.

Dofere

(n.)
Grammar
Dofere, Dofre, an; f. [Hunt. Douere, Doure: Sim. Dun. Kni. Dovere: Houd. Dowere: Brom. Dover: Thorn. Dovore: Wel. dwfr water]
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DOVER; Dubris, Dofris, is; f His men cóman to Doferan his men came to Dover, Chr. 1050; Th. 313, 20, col. 2: 1051; Th. 317, 25, col. 2.