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gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.
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Þæt icgód æt him begitan móte, Ps. Th. 121, 9: Gen. 2420. Gif wé gód underféngon of Godes handa, hwí ne sceole wé eác yfel underfón ?, Hml.

Húnas

(n.)
Grammar
Húnas, and Húne; pl.

The Huns

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Ætla weóld Húnum, Exon. 85 a; Th. 319, 26; Vid. 18: 85 b; Th. 322, 2; Víd. 57

Linked entry: Húne

in-swán

(n.)
Grammar
in-swán, es, m.
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The herd who had charge of the lord's swine Ǽlc gebúr sylle .vi. hláfas ðam inswáne ðonne hé his heorde tó mæstene drífe omnis geburus det vi. panes porcario curie quando gregem suum minabit in pastinagium, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 21

mannian

(v.)
Grammar
mannian, p. ode

To supply with men ⬩ to garrison

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To supply with men, to garrison Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton every one of them went to his castle and garrisoned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16

cirice

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Ciric is sácerdes ǽwe, Ll. Th. ii. 334, 23. Beforan ðǽre ciricean dura, Past. 105, 13. On ðæs pápan ciericean, Shrn. 51, 21. On eallum cierecum, 54, 1

ge-fýlan

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Ǽlc hine sylfne on líchaman and on sáwle mid þám hǽþengylde earmlíce gefýlde, Hml. S. 23, 31. Ic þé wille biddan ꝥ deóflu . . . mínne clǽn[n]e líchaman ne gefýlan, Hml. A. 172, 65.

ídisc

(n.)
Grammar
ídisc, . . . m. n [?].
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Substitute: <b>ídisce, ídisc</b> (<b>ýdd-</b>), es; n. and add Árís and ágif þyses ceorles ýddisce (ǽhta, v. l.) þe þú underfénge surge et res istius rustici redde quas accepisti, Gr. D. 164, 3

tó-tellan

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Gen. 1, 14); tempus ab aevo ire jubes, Met. 20, 11. Add

níde

(adv.)
Grammar
níde, neáde, neóde, níde, niéde, nýde; adv. ( a case of níd, q. v.).

of necessity ⬩ as a natural ⬩ inevitable consequence ⬩ from force of circumstances ⬩ of necessity ⬩ because a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfied ⬩ from force ⬩ under compulsion ⬩ without free-will

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Sceal néde riht wyrcean se ðe ǽr nolde, L. O. D. 3; Th. i. 354, 9. Néde oððe lustum héran, Met. 9, 44. Niéde sceoldon gombon gieldan, Cd. Th. 119, l0; Gen. 1977. Similar entries v. next word

be-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sittan, to be-sittanne; p. -sæt, -sætt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten, [be by, near, sittan to sit].

to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere

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Ealdormen æht besǽton princes sat in council, Andr. Kmbl. 1216; An. 608 : 1254; An. 627: Elen. Kmbl. 944; Fl. 473. Wálá wá! ðæt is sárlíc, ðæt swá leóhtes andwlitan men sceolan ágan and besittan þýstra ealdor alas!

Linked entry: be-seten

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge

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Hé gesette ða men on ǽnne truman ðe mon hiora mǽgas ǽr slóg, and wiste ðæt hié woldon geornfulran beón ðære wrace (or under III ?

fiðere

(n.)
Grammar
fiðere, es; n.

A wing ⬩ āla ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ

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Nabbaþ hí æt fiðrum fultum they have no help from wings, Bt. Met. Fox 31, 15; Met. 31, 8. Fleáh ofer fiðera [Th. fiðeru: Lamb. fyðru] winda vŏlāvit sŭper pennas ventōrum, Ps. Spl. 17, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 318, 27.

Linked entries: FEÐER fyðera

folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
folgoþ, folgaþ, es; m. [folgoþ = folgaþ; 3rd sing. pres. of folgian to follow.]

that which follows ⬩ A train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ A service ⬩ office ⬩ official dignity ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium ⬩ offĭcium ⬩ præpŏsĭtūra ⬩ condition of life ⬩ condĭtio vltæ

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On Swegenes eorles folgoþe among the train of earl Sweyn, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 16. service of a follower, — A service, office, official dignity; cŏmĭtis servĭtus, ministĕrium, offĭcium, præpŏsĭtūra Se biscop amanige ða oferhýrnesse æt ðam geréfan ðe

Linked entry: folgaþ

med-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
med-micel, adj.

not great ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ not great ⬩ trifling ⬩ venial ⬩ not important ⬩ not great ⬩ lowly ⬩ mean ⬩ poor

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Æt ánum of ðissum medmǽstan unum de pusillis istis, L. Ecg. P. Add. 23; Th. ii. 236, 10

tæfl

(n.)
Grammar
tæfl, e; f.: es ; n.(?): tæfle, an(?); f.

Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd

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Sum biþ hræd tæfle, sum biþ gewittig æt wínþege, 297, 25; Crä. 73. Hý twegen sceolon tæfle ymbsittan ... habban him gomen on borde, 345, 2; Gn. Ex. 182

Linked entry: tebl

þweán

(v.)
Grammar
þweán, p. þwóh, pl. þwógon; pp. þwagen, þwægen, þwegen, þwogen.

to wash ⬩ to anoint.

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Heó wolde hig þweán æt ðam wætere, Ex. 2, 5. Hé underféhð ðæt fenn ðara ðweándra, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 24. Grammar þweán, with object of that which is to be cleansed away Mid hú micle elne ǽghwylc wille synrust þweán, Exon.

ge-rǽdnes

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Seó gerǽdnys þe míne witan æt Andeferan ge-rǽdðon, 272, 2. Ðis is seó gerǽdnes þe Engla cyng and ǽgðer ge gehádode ge lǽwede witan gecuran and gerǽddan, 304, 3. Ðis is seó gerǽdnys þe Cnut cyninge mid his witena geþeahte gerǽdde, 358, 3.

ge-bróþor

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Se bróðor cóm eft hám, þá his gebróðro æt gereorde sǽton, Bd. 3, 2 ; Sch. 197, 6-18. Ic eóde to cyrcean and sang mid gebróþrum, Coll.

geá

etiam, jam

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ǽt ðú tódæg ? etiam feci geá, ic dyde, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 226, 10-13. Hæfst þú ǽnig gedeorf ? Geá, leóf, ic hæbbe (etiam, habeo), Coll. M. 20, 11, 35. Canst þú temian hig? Geá, ic cann, 25, 23. Gelýfst þú þæs. . . ? Geá, ic hys gelífe, Solil.

rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
rihte, adv.

right, due, directly, straight ⬩ directly, straightway ⬩ ⬩ rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly ⬩ correctly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly

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Gif ic on helle gedó hwyrft ǽnigne, ðú mé æt byst efne rihte [v. ðǽr-rihte], Ps. Th. 138, 6. in accordance with justice or equity, justly Hé ymbhwyrft eorþan démeþ sóðe and rihte judicabit orbem terræ in justitia, in aequitate, Ps.