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ǽfr-ǽlc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽfr-ǽlc, [ǽfr-ǽlic

every

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every On ǽfrice styde in omnibus omnino locis, C. D. iv. 209, 20. Ǽuric ríce man, Chr. 1137; P. 264, 1. ]

Linked entry: ǽfric

ofer-férness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-férness, e; f.

Possibility of being crossed

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Possibility of being crossed On twám stówum is oferférnes duobus tantum in locis est transmeabilis, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 21

cnæpling

(n.)
Grammar
cnæpling, es; m.

A stripling, ⬩ youth ⬩ boy ⬩ adolescens, ⬩ puer

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A stripling, youth, boy; adolescens, puer Eom ic cnæpling I am a boy Homl. Th. ii. 576, 14: Mone B. 2514

wín-getred

(n.)
Grammar
wín-getred, es; n.

A place inhere the juice is trodden out of the grapes

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A place inhere the juice is trodden out of the grapes Wíngetred forus, ubi uva calcatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 66

Linked entry: ge-tred

git

(adv.)
Grammar
git, giet, get, gyt; adv.

Still ⬩ yet

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Á ic ðæt heóld nú giet I have ever held that until now, Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 21; Hö. 73. Ic wille mid giddum get gecýðan hú I will further make known in songs how..., Bt. Met. Fox 13, 2; Met. 13, 1.

Linked entries: geot þá giet

be-fæstan

to fix, ⬩ to place in security ⬩ to fix in the mind ⬩ implant ⬩ to fix by promise or agreement ⬩ to pledge ⬩ to commit ⬩ to commit to a person's charge ⬩ to commit to a place ⬩ to set ⬩ betake to an occupation ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend, ⬩ to make acceptable ⬩ to trust

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Bið se þridda dǽl in þæs wylmes grund líge befæsted, árleásra sceolu in gléda gripe, El. 1300. of burial. v. II. Líchaman on eorðan befæstan, Hml.

cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm, cwélm , es; m. n. [cwelan to die]

Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium

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In the following example cwealm is neuter Sume ic þurh mislíc cwealm mínum hondum slóg some I slew by my hands through various deaths, Exon. 73a;Th. 272, 2; Jul. 493

Linked entries: cwælm cwelm cwylm

for-habban

(v.)

To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop

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Gif mon innan forhæfd sié if a man be costive, Lch. ii. 276, 4

ge-mǽnnes

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Add joint tenancy of property Duobus carris dabo licentiam silfam ad illas secundum antiquam consuetudinem et constitutionem in aestate perferendam in commune silfa quod nos Saxonicae in geménnisse dicimus, C. D. ii.

BIL

(n.)
Grammar
BIL, bill, es; n.

a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus

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Whatever its shape, it must have had two edges; as, in the earliest poem, an envoy is attacked, billes ecgum, with the edges of a bill; falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus.

Linked entry: bill

ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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Voc. i. 288, 32. Gebýr, ii. 17, 6. used of others than English Ic wæs gebúr on þám lande þe [hátte] Nisibim, Shrn. 36, 21. Hit gelamp in Samni ꝥ sumes ríces mannes tún wæs, in ðám his gebúr ( colonus ) hæfde sunu, Gr. D. 11, 4.

Linked entry: ge-býr

hwónlíce

(adv.)
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Th. ii. 172, 2

mód

Grammar
mód, <b>. I a.</b>
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Th. i. 612, 11-14. Se wísdóm is hálig and hine sylfne ætbrét fram módes híwunge and mynd-leásum geðóhtum, ii. 326, 3.

wiþ

Grammar
wiþ, <b>. I</b> I a.
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add: where the motion is in a direction opposite to that in which another object moves Se líg dreów wið þæi windes, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 9. Add Þeáh him mon sleá mid sweorde wiþ þæs heáfdes, Bl. H. 47, 14. 2.

hlyt

(n.)
Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.

A lot, ⬩ portion

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Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle do not seek by casting of lots what thy fate is to be, Prov. Kmbl. 32. Gif hwá hlytas begá si quis sortilegia exerceat, L. Ecg. P. iv. 19; Th. ii. 210, 11

willian

(v.)
Grammar
willian, p. ode.

to will ⬩ to desire, ⬩ with a genitive ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with gerundial infin. ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute

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Ic willio and wille ðæt hió sión getrymed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 121, 23. absolute. Wer se ðe in bibodum his willaþ (cupiet), Ps. Surt. II, i

líðan

(v.)
Grammar
líðan, p. láð

To go ⬩ sail

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To go [generally by sea], sail Ic tólíðe, ic líðe applicabo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 54. Monnum biþ gewunelíc ðæt hí líðaþ ðonne [ǽrra Líða, June] on sǽs bryme, Shrn. 88. 1. Ða ðe sǽ séceaþ mid scipe líðaþ qui descendunt mare in navibus, Ps. Th. 106, 22.

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.

to intercede ⬩ ask favour ⬩ supplicate ⬩ plead ⬩ intervene, ⬩ to intercede for a person ⬩ to ask for (for with acc.) a person that some favour may be granted (clause) ⬩ to intercede ⬩ plead before a person ⬩ to intercede for a person (dat. or for with dat. or acc.) to or with another (tó, mid, wið ) ⬩ to make intercession to (tó) a person that something may be granted (clause) ⬩ referring to intercession to the Deity. ⬩ to make terms ⬩ settle, ⬩ to settle a dispute ⬩ to settle the terms of an agreement, ⬩ to agree that ... ⬩ to settle with (wið) a person, ⬩ to come to terms, ⬩ be reconciled. ⬩ to make terms for ⬩ to make terms for a person (dat. or for) with (wið) another, ⬩ to reconcile. ⬩ to settle to do something, ⬩ to determine. ⬩ to speak ⬩ discourse ⬩ to address ⬩ accost.

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In. 50; Th. i. 134, 2. Þinga þé wið God concilia tibi Deum, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 17.

Linked entries: þingere þing-rǽden

hlǽfdige

a queen ⬩ Our Lady ⬩ lady

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Cueð hir tó se Hǽlend, 'Maria' (in the margin ꝥ is on Englis, hláfdia), Jn. L. 20, 16

weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
weorþung, e ; f.
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Hé bið on gódre weorþunge he will be highly respected, Lchdm. iii. 158, 10. <b>Ia.</b> in religious matters, worship of a god, divine worship, religious service Tídsangas canonica, weorþung canor Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 27.