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æfter-fylian

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-fylian, -filian; p. de; pp. ed

To follow or come after ⬩ to succeed ⬩ sequi ⬩ prosequi ⬩ subsequi

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Ðæs æfterfiliendan tácnes sigui sequentis, Ex. 4, 8

weorþ-mynd

Grammar
weorþ-mynd, <b>. I.</b>
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Se apostol mid manegum tácnum gerehte hwylcne weorþmynd hé be him haefde ut apostolus signis ostenderet quam de illo haberet aestimationem, Or. D. 228, 8. v. sundor-, synder-weorþmynd. Add

láð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
láð-líc, adj.

Hateful ⬩ loathsome ⬩ disgusting ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ detestable ⬩ abominable ⬩ horrible

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Hér æfter sint lungenádla láðlícu tácn here follow the unpleasant symptoms of lung disease, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 9. Ða láðlecan obscena, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 12

wíd-mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-mǽre, adj.
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Wídmǽre cynn, 158, 16 ; Gen. 2618. of things Án wundorlíc tácn gelamp, swá wídmǽre ðæt feáwa wǽron on ðære neáwiste ðe ðæt ne gesáwe, oððe ne gehýrde, Homl. Th. ii. 28, 35.

hand-brǽd

(n.)
Grammar
hand-brǽd, hand-bréd. Perhaps hand-bred should be read and the quotation be taken to the next word. But in support of hand-brǽd may be noted the form breð ( = brǽð) odor, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 58, and the phrase gód hande brád. v. hand;
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Wicklif has handibreede v. N. E. D. handbrede

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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</b> to mark a place so as to know it again :-- Hé þǽr tácen ásette and þá stówe gemearcode posito ibi signo, Bd. 3, 9 ; Sch. 231, 6. <b>II b.</b> to mark an object so that it may serve as an index.

un-pleólíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-pleólíc, adj.

Not dangerous ⬩ without risk

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Ðás tácna sind dígle and unpleólíce, i. 306, 30

be-irnan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to run over, traverse Seó sunne beyrnð ðá twelf tácna, Lch. iii. 262, 23.

of-spring

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Tácnu wurðað on eów and on eówrum ofspringum (in semine tuo), Deut. 28, 46. Ofsprincgum (ofsprincge, Hpt. Gl. 416, 62) femoribus (non auferetur sceptrum de Iuda, et dux de femoribus ejus (Gen. 49, 10).

Tír

(n.)
Grammar
Tír, es; n.
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One form of the name of the Runic T; it is also the name of the god corresponding to the Latin Mars, and apparently used also of the planet bearing his name; as Grimm notices, the Runic symbol ᛏ resembles that used for the planet ♂ Tír byþ tácna sum,

Linked entries: T Tíw

deáþlicness

(n.)
Grammar
deáþlicness, e; f.
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Substitute: Mortality. liability to death Þonne se móna wanað, þonne tácnað hé úre deáþlicnesse, Bl. H. 17, 24. mortal life, this world Tó þínre mildheortnesse becuman of þisse deáðlicnesse, Angl. xii. 509, 19

nebb

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Ðá hé ætsacan wolde, ðá sǽde him mon ðæt tó tácne, C. D. ii. 134, 28. Þú gesceáwast ðæs mannes neb, and God sceáwað his heortan, Hml. Th. i. 288, 6.

on-þwægenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-þwægenness, e; f.
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Cleansing by washing, ablution Seó onðwægennyss þǽra fóta gástlíce tácnað gehwæðer ge líchaman clǽnnysse ge eác sáwle, Hml. A. 157, 138. Þá gástlican onþwægennysse, . . ꝥ is ꝥ hálige fulwihtes bæð and synna forlǽtennysse, 158, 154

Linked entry: -þwægenness

peorð

(n.)
Grammar
peorð, the name of the Runic p. Its meaning is doubtful. Grimm notices the name for f in the old Sclavonic alphabet, fert, and the Persian name for one of the figures on the chess-board, ferz. Kemble seems to take the latter, translating the word by
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chess-man; but it is doubtful whether the knowledge of chess was early enough among the Teutons to allow of this interpretation. v. Zacher Das Runenalphabet, pp. 7-9. The verse which accompanies the Rune in the Runic poem is the following Peorð byþ symble

twengan

(v.)
Grammar
twengan, p. de
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Cyrsena tác[n] is ðæt ðú sette ðínne winstran þúman on ðínes lytlan fingres lið and twenge hine siððan mid ðara swíþran hande, 124, 23. Twenge ðú mid ðínre swíðran neoþe*-*wearde þíne wynstran, 125, 1

Linked entry: twingan

festnian

(v.)

to confirm ⬩ confirmāre

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to confirm; confirmāre Ic Ceólréd abbud ðas úre selene mid Cristes róde tácue trymme and festnie I Ceolred abbot ratify and confirm this our gift with the sign of Christ's cross, Th. Diplm. A. D. 852; 106, 10-12

segnian

(v.)
Grammar
segnian, sénian ; p. ode.
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Ðeáh ðe man wafige wundorlíce mid handa, ne biþ hit ðeáh bletsung, búta hé wyrce tácn ðære hálgan róde . . . Mid þrým fingrum man sceall sénian and bletsian, H. R. 105, 22.

Linked entries: sénian sægnian

fóre-beácen

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-beácen, -beácn, es; n.

A fore-token ⬩ prodigy ⬩ wonder ⬩ prodĭgium ⬩ portentum ⬩ ostentum

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Búton gé tácna and fórebeácnu geseón, ne gelýfe gé except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. Jn. Bos. 4, 48: Nar. 50, 21: -beácno. Blickl. Hom. 117, 30

bledu

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Blede tácen is þæt þú árǽre úp þíne swýþran hand, Tech. ii. 125, 9. Man bær þám cásere wín on ánre blede. Hml. S. 31, 631. Hrer on blede, Lch. ii. 314, 3 : 308, 29. Drince hé góde blede fulle, 118, 24. Hæbbe hé blede fulle hwéges, Ll.

tír-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
tír-fæst, adj.

Of assured glory, ⬩ glorious

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Ongietan tírfæst tácen ðæt se torhta fugel þurh bryne beácnaþ, 236, 14; Ph. 574. Fyrd, tírfæstra getrum, Menol. Fox 523; Gn. C. 32

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