slæc
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Tó swilcum sleacum cweð se hírédes ealdor: ' Tó hwí stande gé hér ealne dæg ýdele?' Homl.
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sinc
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Treasure, gold, silver, jewels Gold geríseþ on guman sweorde, sinc on cwéne, Exon. Th. 341, 17 ; Gn. Ex. 127. Sinc, gold on grunde, Beo. Th. 5522 ; B. 2764. Ða ðe seolfres beóþ since gecoste qui probati sunt argento, Ps. 67, 27.
ge-búgan
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Seó cwén and Decius dohtor to Crístes geleáfan and tó ðám hálwendum fulluhte gebogene wǽron, Hml. Th. i. 434, 25. of abandonment, defection Ðá Wylisce men syððon hí fram þám cynge gebugon, heom manege ealdras of heom sylfan gecuron.
Norþ-mann
A man belonging to a northern country ⬩ a Norseman ⬩ Norwegian ⬩ Dane
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Ða Cwénas hergiaþ hwílum on ða Norþmen ( Norwegians ) ofer ðone mór, hwílumda Norþmen on hý, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 3-5 : 16, 36. Ða Normen áhton sige, Chr. 1066; Erl. 199, 40 : 200, 26.
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ge-hwylc
Each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ whoever ⬩ whatever ⬩ quisque ⬩ unusquisque
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Ongan ánra gehwylc cweðan cœperunt singuli dicere, Mt. Bos. 26, 22 : Deut. 24, 16. Lifigendra gehwylc every one living, Cd. 219; Th. 282, 12; Sat. 285.
hwilc-hwega
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Cweð bwylchugu (sum, v. l) word dicito aliquod uerbum, 5, 2 ; Sch. 558, 16. ꝥ hé Angelþeóde onsende hwylce-hugu (sume, v. l aliquos ) láreówas, 2, I ; Sch. 111, 15.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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Ðá forlét se cyng ða hlǽfdian seó wæs gehálgod him tó cwéne [of Eward putting away his wife, Godwin's daughter], Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 20.
grétan
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Cwén grétte guman on healle the queen greeted the men in the hall, Beo. Th. 1232; B. 614. Wulfas hilde grétton the wolves hailed the battle, Cd. 151; Th. 189, 8; Exod. 181.
sél
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Hwǽr ic sélast wisse cwén giefe bryttian, Exon. Th. 324, 28 ; Víd. 101. denoting advantage or profit Hwæt byþ ús tó méde (ús ðý soel, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 19, 27. Tó hwan hió ða næglas sélost and deórlícost gedón meahte, Elen.
áscian
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Gif þeós cwén þises áxian wylle, H. R. 9, 7. Ꝥ ic móte ánes þinges áxian, Hml. S. 23, 721, 723. (1 a) and with acc. of person asked Ic áhsige eów ánre sprǽce, Mt. 21, 24. God ácsað eów þises, Wlfst. 49, 5.
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ge-bycgan
To buy ⬩ procure ⬩ purchase ⬩ redeem ⬩ emere ⬩ redimere
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Cyning sceal mid ceápe cwéne gebicgan a king shall buy a queen with goods Exon. 90a; Th.338, 22; Gn. Ex. 82. [For this use of the verb see Grimm R.A. pp. 421 sqq. where similar phrases in other dialects are given.]
ge-wislíce
Certainly ⬩ exactly ⬩ truly ⬩ especially ⬩ besides ⬩ videlicet ⬩ scilicet ⬩ sane ⬩ utique ⬩ porro
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Ic cweðe nú gewislícor I say now more exactly, 8, 23; Lchdm. iii. 250, 4: Th. Ap. 15, 24. Ðæs ðe hie gewislícost gewitan meahton to the best of their knowledge. Beo. Th. 2704; B. 1350
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hearpe
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Hú ic þé mid hearpan hlyste cwéman, Ps. Th. 91, 3. Mid his hearpan (Bt. F. 168, 14 has hearepan), Bt. 35, 6; S. 102, 11.
stæf
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Se biscop hine hét (steafa, v. l. ) naman cweðan, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 558, 22. Ꝥ getæl þǽra stafena, Angl. viii. 335, 40. Stricum, stafum apicibus, i. litteris, An. Ox. 2009.
sittan
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Godwine eorl and Harold and seó cwén sǽton on heora áre, Chr. 1052; P. 182, 7. Bútan hié þá burg forléten, and ꝥ nán ne sǽte hiere x mílum neáh. Ors. 4, 13; S. 210, 22.
ge-swígan
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Geswígdon eall þá deófolgyld, Shrn. 151, 33. (2b) to be (almost) incapable of speech, be greatly astonished :-- Gestylton ł gesuígdon (stupebant) alle ðá menigo and cwédon, Mt.
á-feallan
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Efne Aman niþer áfeallen tó þǽre cwéne fótum, 100, 272. of that which has been fixed, to fall off, out, away Hym of þám andwlytan nyðer áfeóll se cancer, Hml. A. 183, 70. Him ðá hǽr áfeóllon, Gr. D. 157, 8.
rídan
to ride on horseback ⬩ equitare ⬩ to ride ⬩ to ride ⬩ to swing ⬩ rock
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Ofer ðý cræte curran, ofer ðý cwéne reodan, Lchdm. iii. 32, 10. Ymbe hlǽw riodan hildedeóre, Beo. Th. 6319; B. 3170. Rídan ða yldestan men tó ðære byrig, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 29.
tó-foran
Before. ⬩ in front of, ⬩ in presence of, ⬩ previous to ⬩ above, ⬩ in a greater degree than ⬩ superior to ⬩ over and above, ⬩ beside, ⬩ beyond
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Salomon forgeaf ðære cwéne swá hwæs swá heó gyrnde æt him, tóforan (over and above) ðære cynelícan láce ðe hé hire geaf, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 31.
næs
Not
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Heó wæs ful cweden, næs æmetugu, Blickl. Homl. 5, 5. Ic cýðe mid dǽdum, næs mid wordum ánum, 181, 25 : Ps. Th. 48, 12. Næs hié ðære fylle gefeán hæfdon, Beo. Th. 1128; B. 562 : 6140; B. 3074.