tácn
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Add Þá þá tácna on sǽlicum strandum mearcode cum (patibuli) signacula in glarigeris sulcaret litoribus, An. Ox. 2490. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Táncna (prophetica) signa, An. Ox. 2618. <b>III b.
wealwian
To fade, wither ⬩ wallow = to fade away
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Man welewith as flouris of hay, P. R. L. P. 173, 56. Al welwed and wasted þo worþelych leues, Allit. Pms. 106, 475. See also welewed in Halliwell's Dict.]
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Fornétes folm
Fornet's palm ⬩ Fornēti palma
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Fornjóts, the name of an eóten, es; m. a giant. Fornjótr's three sons had control over air, fire, and wind. In the Gl. Cleop. folm is glossed mănus, the hand or palm.
íg-land
An island
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An island Brittene ígland is ehta hund míla lang and twá hund brád. And hér sind on ðis íglande fíf geþeóde the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred broad.
ǽþ-rýt
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Þincð him ǽþryt ꝥ hé embe ꝥ þence, An. Ox. 4582, note. (In any but the first of these passages perhaps ǽþryt is a noun; v. next word, and cf. ǽhþrot is pertesum est, An. Ox. II, 166.)
folc-riht
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ge-winna
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Add of persons, an enemy, opponent Sé bið Godes gewinna sé ðe wilnað ðæt hé hæbbe ða weorðunga ðe God habban sceolde hostis Redemtoris est, qui ejus vice ab ecclesia amari concupiscit, Past. 141, 21. Feónda gewinna ( Guthlac ), Gú. 934.
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inweardlíce
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seld-cúþ
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Add: strange Uppon Sc̃e Michaeles mæssan ætýwde án selcúð steorra on ǽfen scýnende and sóna tó setle gangende, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 27. various, different, not of one kind Hé forgeaf ǽlcum ðǽra wyrhtena seltcúð gereord, and heora nán ne cúðe óðres sprǽce
stæf-gefég
a combination of letters ⬩ a forming of letters in writing
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a combination of letters that forms a syllable Syllaba is stæfgefég on ánre orðunge geendod. A domo fram húse; hér is se a for ánum stæfgefége; ab homine; hér is se ab án stæfgefég.
ge-recedness
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An. Ox. 181. la. a history, story, narrative :-- Her onginneð seó gerecednes be Antioche . . and be Apollonige, Ap. Th. l, l. þǽreǽrran gerecednyssa prioris instrument!; the Old Testament, An. Ox. 1676.
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tawa
an implement, a tool, an article for use in an employment.
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an implement, a tool, an article for use in an employment. (?)
teáh
a tie, band ⬩ a case, coffer, casket, box ⬩ an enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)
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Ðá féng se portgeréfa tó ðære tége and hí sóna unhlidode, 23, 755-765. Búton hit ( the stolen property ) under ðæs wífes cǽglocan gebroht wǽre ... ðæt is hire hordern and hire cyste and hire tége, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 22.
híw-rǽden
- Ps. L.
a family ⬩ a house ⬩ a house ⬩ family ⬩ tribe ⬩ nation
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Híwrǽdene, Hpt. 31, 18, 504. a house, body of people living together with common interests and occupations, a religious house Þæt heó sién þǽm biscope holde and þǽre heórǽdene æt Weogornaceastre, Cht. Th. 168, 24.
æt-bredan
To take away ⬩ withdraw ⬩ set at liberty ⬩ to enlarge ⬩ release ⬩ rescue ⬩ tollere ⬩ eripere
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Ðæt ðe he hæfþ him biþ ætbroden quod habet auferetur ab eo, Mt. Bos. 13, 12: 21, 43: Ex. 22, 10. Ðe hys wealas him ætbrudon quem abstulerant servi ejus, Gen. 21, 25
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a-swebban
To sooth ⬩ appease ⬩ set at rest ⬩ put to death ⬩ destroy ⬩ sopire ⬩ sedare ⬩ necare ⬩ dolere
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To sooth, appease, set at rest, put to death, destroy; sopire, sedare, necare, dolere He ðone storm aswefede and gestilde tempestatem sopivit, Bd. 3, 15; S. 542, 5 : Exon. 58 b ; Th. 210, 15 ; Ph. 186.
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lærest
least
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least Æt ðam lærestan wlitewamme iii scillingas and at ðam máran vi scill. for the smallest disfigurement of the face iii shillings, for the greater vi shillings, L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15.
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Boruchtuari
A people of ancient Germany, conquered by the Old-Saxons ⬩ Boructuari
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A people of ancient Germany, conquered by the Old-Saxons; Boructuari Ðá Swýþbyrht hæfde bisceopháde onfongen, he gewát to ðære þeóde Boruchtuarorum; ... ac ðá æfter noht langre tíde seó ylce þeód wæs oferwunnen fram Eald-Seaxum, and ða wǽron wíde todrifene
sidelíce
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Sed cum tempus subditis ad correptionem quaeritur . . . , Past. 21, 2 ; Swt. 153, 1-6
stíþ-ferhþ
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Standaþ stíðferhðe ( Cherubim and Seraphim ), Andr. Kmbl. 1443 ; An. 722. Stíðferhþe hæleð higegleáwe, Chr. 975 ; Erl. 126, 24. of stern mind Stíðferhð cyning ( the Deity at the time of the deluge ), Cd. Th. 84, 32 ; Gen. 1406.