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þeáw-full

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-full, adj.
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Moral, virtuous Oft hig ( devils ) beswícaþ þeáwfulle weras (ða ðeáwfullan, MS. A.), Wulfst. 250, 4

ác-tán

(n.)
Grammar
ác-tán, es; m.
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An oak-twig Áctánas, Lch. ii. 322, 19

Linked entry: tán

cniht-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
cniht-þeáw, es; m.
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Boyish habit Placidus þágyt heóld his cniht-þeáwas and gebǽru Placidus puerilis adhuc indolis gerebat annos, Gr. D. 111, 9

forþ-tége

Grammar
forþ-tége, v. <b>tíg</b>
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in Dict

heáh-þeód

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Substitute: An illustrious race Sum æþela man on þǽre héhþeóde Myrcna ríce vir de egregia Merciorum stirpe, Guth. Gr. 104, 2: 152, 19

húsel-þegn

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Add: — Accolitus, ꝥ is húsolþegn, Chrd. 97, 21

hof-þela

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Dele, and see þyle

tál-full

(adj.)
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adj, Blameable Þanon ( visiting of women) weorðað preóstas tálfulle (reprehensibiles ), Chrd. 67, 36

tál-lic

Grammar
tál-lic, <b>. II.</b>
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Tállic gewuna reprehensibilis usus, Chrd. 63, 19. Add

tán-hlytere

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Add: -hlítere(?)

þac-sele

Similar entry: þæc-sele

þæc-sele

(n.)
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a building with a thatched roof (?) Of ðon nyrðan gate on þacseleheal; of þacseleheal, C.D. iii. 134, 37. (?)

Linked entry: þac-sele

þǽr-on

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add: with verbs of knowing, in respect to a matter Hig hym eall sǽdon ꝥ dæt hig þǽron wyston, Hml. A. 188, 41

þǽr-tóeácan

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Þártóeácan de cetero, An. Ox. 1350. Cain wiste his fæder forgǽgednysse, and næs þurh ꝥ gewærlǽht, ac þártóeácan his ágenne bróþor ácwealde Cain sciebat damnationem praevaricationis primae, et non timuit originali peccato fratricidii superaddere scelus

þæs-lic

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Ben. 1. 56, 15. such. v. þæslíce, and cf. þys-lic Swylc fæder swylc (ł) þæslic sunu þæslic and hálig gást qualis pater talis filius talis et spiritus sanctus, Angl. ii. 360, 10. Cf. his-lic

æl-þeód

Grammar
æl-þeód, &c.

Similar entry: el-þeód

ǽ-firmþa

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-firmþa, f.

Offscourings, sweepings, dregs, refuse

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Offscourings, sweepings, dregs, refuse Æfyrm[þa] purgamenta (spurca latrinarum) An. Ox. 3918. Add:the quotation in Dict. under æ-fyrrnþa. Cf. á-feormian

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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To illustrate the wider sense in which the word could be used, when the þegen is spoken of in relation to the king, the following passages may be cited.

Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegin þén

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, the share.
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Hé wearð drepen in þá sceare and þý wæs gelǽded tó deáþe percussus in inguine perductus est ad mortem, Gr. D. 324, 14. Add

heáh-sǽ-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sǽ-þeóf, es; m.
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A chief pirate; archi-pirata, Cot. 9, 171

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