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teóðung-land

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-land, es; n.
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Ic feng tó mínan londe and sealde hit ðon biscope ða fíf hída wið ðon londe æt Lidgeard wið fíf hídan and biscop and eal híwan forgeáfan mé ða feówer and án wæs teóðinglond I resumed my land and sold it, the five hides to wit, to the bishop (of Winchester

fyll

Grammar
fyll, fyllu(-o).

fill, full supply repletion, satiety

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Dó ꝥ wós and þá wyrte on wín, drince þonne . . . symle án ful tó fylles (always one cup as a full dose, v. tó II. 5), Lch. i. 82, 14. with idea of excess, repletion, satiety Fyll and druncennyss saturitas et ebrietas, Scint. 106, 4.

edre

(adv.)
Grammar
edre, adv.

Immediately, at once, forthwith stătim, prōtĭnus, illĭco

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Immediately, at once, forthwith; stătim, prōtĭnus, illĭco Edre him ða eorlas agéfon ondsware the earls gave answer to him immediately, Andr. Kmbl. 801; An. 401: 1285; An. 643: 1900b; An. 952: Invent. Crs. Recd. 1300; El. 649

Linked entry: ædre

hettan

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Add: to pursue as an enemy, persecute Hættende insectando (accipitres ingenita edendi necessitas instigat alites et sorices crudeliter insectando grassari, Ald. 77, 23), An. Ox. 8, 388

un-

(prefix)
Grammar
un-, The prefix

expresses negation

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expresses negation; gives a bad sense, as in un-dǽd, un-dóm, un-lagu, un-lǽce reverses an action, as in un-bindan, un-dón is intensive(?)

hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
hreów, adj.

fiercesævusmæstus

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However, as Ettmüller, p. 504, observes, perhaps the three forms hreóh, hreów, hreáw are sometimes confounded

folc-leásung

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uttering false and slanderous statements such as are prejudicial to the public welfare.

ge-dræg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dræg, ge-dreag, es; n.

A draggingbandmultitudetumulttractusturmatumultus

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Eác ðon breost-ceare sin-sorgna gedreag sý æt him even when care of breast, multitude of constant sorrows be at him, Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 10; Kl. 45. Ðǽr wæs fordénera gedræg there was a tumult of undone men, Andr. Kmbl. 85; An. 43.

Linked entries: -dræg ge-dreag

ge-scildnes

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heorþ

a hearthfire place

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Brǽdingce on heorþum tó móse assaturam (alimentorum) in focularibus (praeparatam) ad edulium, An. Ox. 376: Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 30. as typical of the household or home Án mylen . . . and .vii. heorðas bútan ðon, and þreó cyrcan, C. D. v 316, 2

bearhtm-hwíl

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Áne berhtmhwíle (bærht-, v. l.) áswygode seó stefn parvo momenta vox siluit, 52, 28. Add

burg-waru

(n.)
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the inhabitants of a city as in a body, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096

secg-plega

(n.)
Grammar
secg-plega, an ; m.
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Sword-play, battle Æt ðam secgplegan, Andr. Kmbl. 2705 ; An. 1355. Cf. sweord-plega

heáh-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-þearf, e; f.

Great need

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Great need Æt heáhþearfe at my greatest need, Ps. Th. 117, 16, 20, 27

on-cunness

(n.)
Grammar
on-cunness, e; f.

An accusation(?), excuse(?)

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An accusation(?), excuse(?) Tó ácunnenne on-cunnisse ad excusandas excusationes, Ps. Surt. 140, 4

Linked entry: cunness

holm-weard

(n.)
Grammar
holm-weard, es; m.

One who keeps guard at sea, a sea-warder

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One who keeps guard at sea, a sea-warder, Andr. Kmbl. 718; An. 359

irgþ

(n.)
Grammar
irgþ, e : irgþu, irgþo ; indecl ; f.

Sluggishnesscowardicetimorousnesspusillanimity

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A. S. Rdr. 111, 202

Linked entry: irhþ

ágnian

(v.)
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Add: to possess Ðá ðe ic áh ł ágnigo quae possidet , Lk. L. 18, 12. Alle ðá ðe ágnegæð ł áh (ǽngað, R.) omnia quae possidet, 12, 44. Ágnigeð (-, R.), 15. Ágnageð (-igað, R.), II, 21. Ágneges possidete. Mt. L. 25, 34.

fígan

(v.)

become an enemybe at enmityinĭmīcāriinĭmīcĭtias exercēre

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to be or become an enemy, be at enmity; inĭmīcāri, inĭmīcĭtias exercēre, Som. Ben. Lye

óþ-spyrning

(n.)
Grammar
óþ-spyrning, e; f.
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An offence, a stumbling-block Búto ótspernince absque offendiculo, Kent. Gl. 528. Cf. æt-spyrning