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sendan

(v.)
Grammar
sendan, p. sende ; pp. sended, send
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Ǽrendgewrit suelce hit from ús send sié, Past. 32 ; Swt. 213, 18. to send, move to a place of rest, put, lay Ic sende míne hond on ðás fǽmnan I will lay my hand on this woman, Shrn. 130, 27. Ðú sáwle sendest intó ðam flǽsce, Hy. 7, 4.

þweorh

(adj.)
Grammar
þweorh, þwerh, þwyrh; adj.

crooked ⬩ cross ⬩ adverse ⬩ opposed ⬩ cross ⬩ angry ⬩ bitter ⬩ perverse ⬩ wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ depraved ⬩ froward ⬩ wrongly ⬩ evilly

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.: þweorr, Lamb.) cor pravum, Ps. Surt. 100, 4. Cyn ðuerh (þweor, Spl. Lamb.) genus pravum, 77, 8. Þwyr geþanc praua mens, Scint. 68, 3. Mann þwyr homo peruersus, 134, 11. Þwyr mód proteruus animus, 19. Hé wæs þwyr on dǽdum, Homl. Th. i. 534, 2.

Linked entries: hwarum þweora þweorian þweor-líc þweorlíce þweorness þweor-tíme þwer

tó-slúpan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slúpan, p. -sleáp, pl. -slupon; pp. -slopen

To slip apart or away ⬩ be relaxed ⬩ dissolved ⬩ to have the connection between several objects ⬩ that between the parts of the same object relaxed ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ destroyed ⬩ to be loosed ⬩ undone ⬩ to get relaxed, ⬩ to be relaxed, ⬩ get remiss ⬩ to get paralysed, ⬩ get powerless,

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Sum mǽden langlíce læg on legerbedde seóc, tóslopen on limum, sámcucu geðúht, ii. 510, 25. Se læg seofon geár toslopenum limum. Homl.

Linked entry: tó-swífan

be-swápan

to sweep ⬩ to wrap up ⬩ cover up

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Gif hwylc sý ꝥ Rǽdwolde on mód beswápe, ꝥ hé þé náwiht lá þes ne dó si qui sit, qui Redualdo suadeat, ut nec ipse tibi aliquid male faciat, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 156, 21. to wrap up, cover up Heó hié mid scytari besweóp caput linteo cooperuit, Bd. 3, 9 ; Sch

ge-teón

(v.)
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Críst þá apostolas mid sóðre láre geteáh, and eallum ðeódum tó láreówum gésette, i. 542, 6. Ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him tó leorning-cnihtum, and hí swá geteáh þæt heora lár oferstáh ealne woruldwísdóm, 576, 30. Hé (St.

drípan

(v.)
Grammar
drípan, p. te
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Lǽt reócan þone steám on ꝥ eáre and fordytte mid þǽre wyrte, 44, 3.] Lǽt drýpan wearm on ꝥ eáre, 310, 12. [v. N. E. D. dripe. O. H. Ger. troufen distillare: Icel. dreypa.]

Linked entry: dryppan

ge-bisnung

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Láre gibisnunga doctrinae documenta, 72, 30. Þ á á

ge-hremmed

(v.)
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Th. ii. 488, 5. ꝥ se bróðor ðe hine synderlíce gebiddan wyle tó Gode, ꝥ hé ne beó gehremmed oððe gelett ( impediatur) þurh (mid, v. l. ) ǽniges óðres onhrópe . . . þe lǽs ðe þá gehremmede beón (impedimentnm patiantur ) þe ðá gebedu lufiað, R.

wæterian

(v.)
Grammar
wæterian, p. ode

To water, supply with water, ⬩ give drink to living creatures ⬩ to water plants ⬩ to irrigate

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Sumu treówu hé watrode, Past. 40;Swt. 293, 4. to water land, to irrigate Hé land wæteraþ arua rigat, Scint. 118, 14. Ða feówer eán ealne ðisne embhwyrft wæteriaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 177.

Linked entry: wætrian

for-gýman

(v.)
Grammar
for-gýman, -gíman; p. de; pp. ed [for, gýman to take care]

To neglect ⬩ pass by ⬩ transgress ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ transgrĕdi

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Hwí forgýmáþ ðíne leorningcnihtas úre yldrena lage quāre discĭpūli tui transgrĕdiuntur tradĭtiōnem sĕniōrum? Mt. Bos. 15, 2. Hwí forgýme gé Godes bebod for eówre lage quāre vos transgrĕdĭmĭni mandātum Dei propter tradĭtiōnem vestram? 15, 3.

Linked entry: for-gíman

hid

(n.)
Grammar
hid, e; f.

A hide of land.

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A hide of land. The form híged, which occurs Cod. Dipl.

ge-útian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-útian, p. ode; pp. od

To eject ⬩ banish ⬩ alienate ⬩ ejĭcĕre ⬩ expellĕre

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He beád ðæt náðer ne ðære stówe bisceop ne nánes bisceopes æftergenga ðæt land nǽfre of ðære stówe geútode he ordered that neither the bishop of the place nor any bishop's successor should ever alienate that land from the place, Cod. Dipl.

Linked entry: útian

ge-sáwan

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Th. ii. 312, 27. to sow land Gesáwen æcer vel land seges, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 55

sacu

(n.)
Grammar
sacu, e; f.

strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action

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Lǽt sace restan, láð leódgewin, Exon. Th. 254, 21; Jul. 200. Saca lites, Kent. Gl. 575. Of sacum rixis, 635. Ne mæg ic ána ácuman eówre saca ( jurgia ), Deut. 1, 12.

Linked entries: ge-sacu sac sæc

sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
sprecan, specan; spræc, spæc; sprǽcon, spǽcon; sprecen, specen

To speak. ⬩ to exercise the faculty of speech ⬩ to use words in conversation, discourse, etc. ⬩ to mention ⬩ to say ⬩ to speak ⬩ to sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to

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Ðone áð syllan, ðæt hé mid folcrihte on ðæt land sprece, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 13

Linked entries: on-spreca æfter æfter-spræc æfter-sprecan on-spreca on-swætende specan

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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המָּאַ [amma] a cubit: the Lat. cŭbĭtus a cubit, ulna an ell.

Linked entry: eln-gemet

hlǽfdige

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽfdige, hlǽfdie, an; f.

A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,

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Hlǽfdige mín O lady mine! Elen. Kmbl. 1309; El. 656. Ðá com seó hlǽfdige hider tó lande then came the lady [Ethelred's wife] to this country, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 30: 1013; Erl. 149, 29. Æþelflæd Myrcena hlǽfdige, 918; Erl. 103, 1 [cf.

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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sulling Aliquam terrae partiunculam, hoc est duarum manentium ... ritu Cantiae án sulung dictum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 249, 19. Terrae particula duarum manentium, id est, án sulung, 250, 8. Yc gean intó Cristes cyrican on Cantwarabyrig ðæs landes æt Holungaburnan

Linked entry: swulung

éfstan

(v.)
Grammar
éfstan, éfestan; p. éfstte, éfste, pl. éfston, éfstun; impert. éfst, éfste, pl. éfstaþ; pp. éfsted, éfst; v. intrans. [ófest, ófost, ófst haste]

To hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quick ⬩ festīnāre, propĕrāre, concurrĕre, appropinquāre, accelĕrāre

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Lamb. 15, 4. Éfst ardlíce ðyder festīna ĭbi, Gen. 19, 22: Lk. Bos. 19, 5. Éfst [Th. éfste] oððe neálǽce ðæt ðú generige me accĕlĕra ut ēruas me, Ps. Spl. 30, 2. Éfstaþ and lǽdaþ hine to me festīnāte et addūcĭte eum ad me, Gen. 45, 13: Boutr.

Linked entries: ǽfstian éfestan

lǽððu

(n.)
Grammar
lǽððu, e; lǽððo; indecl.; f.

An injury ⬩ offence ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ malice

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Seðe unlage rǽre oððe undóm gedéme heononforþ for lǽððe oððe for feohfange he that from this time forth shall set up unjust law, or judge unjust judgement on account of malice or of bribery, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 9.

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