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leác-tún

Grammar
leác-tún, leáh-, léh-tún, es; m.
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Monn sende in léhtúne his homo misit its hortum suum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 19

Linked entry: leáh-tún

máðum-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-ǽht, e; f.

A costly possession ⬩ valuable ⬩ treasure

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A costly possession, valuable, treasure Ne nom hé máðmǽhta má, ðeáh hé monige geseah, búton ðone hafelan and ða hilt somod since fáge more things of price he took not, though many he saw, than the head and the hilt gay with gold, Beo.

ge-mǽðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽðian, -mǽðegian, -mǽðrian, -méðrian; p. ode; pp. od

To honour, bestow something with honour upon one ⬩ hŏnōrāre, bĕnigne conferre

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B.] unless he will more amply honour any one, L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 15 : 15; Th. i. 384, 4. For ðære micclan mǽrþe ðe he hine gemǽðegode for the great glory which he honourably bestowed upon him, Ælfc. T. 4, 11

Linked entry: ge-méðrian

staþolfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
staþolfæstlíce, adv.
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Ðæt ðiós úre sylene staðolfæstlíce ðurhwunian móte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 186, 12

búr-cote

(n.)
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Hé his módes scearpnesse eft gecierde tó ðám flǽsclican búrcotum ... hé wæs gecierred tó smeáganne hú flǽsclicum monnum gedafonode on hira búrcotum and on hiera beddum tó dónne ad cubile carnalium aciem mentis revocat ... carnalium cubile perscrutatur

feówertyne

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
feówertyne, l. -tíne,
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Gif se móna bið xiiii nihta eald, Lch. iii. 182, 17. xiiii dagum, Chr. 538; P. 16, 11. Hí feówertiéne geár hit tótugon, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 23

fiscian

(v.)
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Ælcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf . . . getimbred hæfð, þæt hé hine móte . . . huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil. H. 2, 10. Ic gǽ fisciga uado piscari, Jn. L. R. 21, 3. Add

lustbǽre

(adv.)
Grammar
lustbǽre, adv.
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Hé efne mode and gladum þá ðénunga lustbǽre gefylle ipso aequo animo impleat officium, R. Ben. 55, 17

un-fyrn

Grammar
un-fyrn, <b>. I.</b>
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Þú wást ꝥ ic sylfa unfyrn sceall beón sweltende scis quia ego modo te (the dying abbot) secuturus sum 226, 4

útan

Grammar
útan, <b>. A. II.</b>
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add: Ne mehton hié nánne monn on ðǽm fæstenne útan geseón cum murum escendisset, vacuam civitatem ratus, Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, II. Add Se petra oleum is gód andfeald tó drincan wið innantiédernesse and útan tó smerwanne.

wilsumness

(n.)
Grammar
wilsumness, e; f.

devotion ⬩ devoutness ⬩ a vow

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devotion, devoutness Byrnende wilsumnes módes ardens devotio mentis Bd. l, 7; S. 478, 11. Hí ánre wilsumnesse wǽron erant unius devotionis, 5, 10; S. 624, 14: 5, 20; S. 642, 14.

Linked entry: wynsumness

gif

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Th. i. 4, 1-2 (v. supra): Gif mon hafað spere ofer eaxle and hine mon on ásnáseð . . . Gif beforan eágum ásnáse, 84, 12-14: here on ásnáse (like gedó) might have been expected.

lǽn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn, lán [v. under lǽn-land], e; f.

a loan ⬩ grant ⬩ gift ⬩ lease ⬩ fee ⬩ fief

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Mon gerehte ðæt yrfe cinge forðon hé wæs cinges mon and Ordláf féng tó his londe forðon hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé onsǽte hé ne meahte ná his forwyrcan the property went to the king because he [Helmstan] was the king's man; and Ordlaf took the land, for the

Linked entries: lǽne lǽn-land

eorþe

the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust

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Seó sǽ ne mót þone þeorscwold oferstæppan þǽre eorþan . . . hié ne mót heore mearce gebrǽdan ofer þá stillan eorþan, Bt. 21; F. 74, 27. Gé befarað sǽ and eorðan (eordu, R.), Mt. 23, 15. Þá neólnessa þá eorþan willaþ forswelgan, Bl.

Linked entry: eorþ-lic

ge-fón

(v.)
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To lay hold Gif mon on cirliscre fǽmnan breóst gefó, LI. Th. i. 68, 14. Gif hwá on nunnan hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútán hire leáfe gefó, 72, 9. <b>II a.

hlísa

fame ⬩ reputation ⬩ repute ⬩ glory ⬩ reputation ⬩ report ⬩ fame ⬩ approbation ⬩ applause

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Beó á getreówra ðonne ðé mon tó wéne, ðý lǽs men wénan ðæt ðú náne næbbe búton wið hlísan (unless you get credit for it) Prov. K. 76.

ge-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þencan, -þencean, ic -þence, ðú -þencest, -þencst, he -þenceþ, -þencþ, pl. -þencaþ, -þenceaþ; p. ic, he -þohte, ðú -þohtest, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht.

to think ⬩ conceive ⬩ perceive ⬩ reflect upon ⬩ weigh ⬩ meditari ⬩ considerare ⬩ pensare ⬩ to think about ⬩ remember ⬩ consider maturely ⬩ to take to heart ⬩ recogitare ⬩ iterum cogitare ⬩ reminisci ⬩ to think of ⬩ bear in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ recordari ⬩ cogitare ⬩ memor esse ⬩ to excogitate ⬩ devise ⬩ invent ⬩ conceive ⬩ excogitare ⬩ struere ⬩ invenire ⬩ to resolve ⬩ intend ⬩ wish ⬩ intendere ⬩ velle

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He worn geþenceþ hinderhóca he devises a number of stratagems, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 19; Mód. 33.

ge-sécan

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Be ðon ðe mon óðerne on ciricean geséce . . . Gif . . . hine man þǽr séce oþþe yflige, Ll. Th. i. 248, 14. Þæt hé hine wolde mid fyrde tó gefeohte gesécan bellum indicens, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 153, 18.

æt-hrínan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-hrínan, p. -hrán, pl. -hrinon; pp. -hrinen

To touch ⬩ take ⬩ move ⬩ tangere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ movere

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To touch, take, move; tangere, apprehendere, movere Ðæt ic æt-hríne ðín ut tangam te, Gen. 27, 21. He æt-hrán hyre hand tetigit manum ejus. Mt. Bos. 8, 15. Se unclǽna gást hine æt-hrínþ spiritus apprehendit eum, Lk. Bos. 9, 39.

Linked entry: et-hrínan

cwealm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
cwealm-bǽre, cwylm-bǽre; adj. [-bǽre, an adj. termination; producing, bearing]

Death-bearing, deadly ⬩ mortifĕrus

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Cwealmbǽrne mortifĕrum, Mone B. 4905 . Cómon ða cempan mid cwylmbǽrum tólum the soldiers came with deadly tools, Homl. Th. ii. 260, 7

Linked entry: cwylm-bǽre