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wéþe

(adj.)
Grammar
wéþe, adj.
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O. T.) sanges sonum cantilenae dulcis Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 23. Ðone scýnan wlite, wéðne mid willum, Exon. Th. 57, 9 ; Cri. 916. Wegas wéþe pleasant paths 102, 15; Cri. 1673

strangian

(v.)
Grammar
strangian, p. ode.
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to grow strong, be strong, prevail, flourish Ic strangige oððe geðeó uigeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2 ; Zup. 154, 14. Strongaþ praevaluít, Ps. Surt. 51, 9. Ic strongade wið him praevalui adversus eum, 12, 5.

sǽta

(n.)

a resident, inhabitant.

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Other instances of the suffix are given in Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 34, where Hrypensis ecclesia is translated Hrypsǽttna cyrice: Hiisétena munecas Hiienses monachi, 5, 22; S. 644, 24: and in Cod. Dip. B. i. 414.

Linked entry: séta

þurh-gangan

(v.)

to go over or throughperambulateto pierce

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to go over or through, perambulate Þurh-gangende perambulante, Ps. Spl. 90, 6. to pierce Ne forhtast ðú ðé on dæge flán on lyfte, ðæt ðé þuruhgangan gáras on ðeóstrum, Ps. Th. 90, 6. [Goth. þairh-gaggan: O. H. Ger. durh-gangan.]

word-gecwide

(n.)
Grammar
word-gecwide, es; n.

An expressed agreementa formal contract

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An expressed agreement, a formal contract Eal ic him gelǽste ðæt ic him scolde swá forð swá uncre wordgecwydu fyrmest wǽron, L. O. ii; Th. i. 182, n. Gif hit heó gehaldeþ mid ðare clǽnnisse ðe uncer wordgecwædu seondan, Chart. Th. 481, 8

Linked entry: ge-cwide

ge-fangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fangian, p. ode
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To fasten together with joints or clamps, join together Ic ongeat ðæt ðes middangeard wæs of swíðe manegum and mistlicum ðingum gegaderod, and swíþe fæste tósomne gelímed and gefangod, Bt. 35, 2; F. 156, 35. [Cf. O. H. Ger.

Linked entry: fangian

midder-niht

(n.)
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midnight On éfentíd ł on middernæht (midder [ = midre ?] næht; middum næht, L. ) sero an media nocte, Mk. R. 13, 35. Æd middernæht, Lk. p. 7, 3 : Lk. L. R. 11, 5. [Cf. Ger. mitter-nacht from O. H. Ger. zi mittern naht.] (?)

ofer-sceáwian

(v.)
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Ep̃s is . . . on Englisc sceáwere, for þám þe is geset þám ofersceáwian sceole mid hys gýmene þá lǽwedan, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 22. Biscop sceal. . . beón his leóda hyrde . . . ealle ofersceáwigende, Hml. Th. ii. 320, 6. Add

stræc

(n.)
Grammar
stræc, n.
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Add bið him swá mihtleás on his módes strece, his underþeóddan egesian ne dearr, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 6. Add Micel strec bið þæt mennisce menn mid eádmódum geearnungum ðá heofenlican myrhðe begytan, Hml. Th. i. 360, 26

þúsend-ealdor

(n.)
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a captain of a thousand men Þúsendealdor̃m̃ (the o and r are on erasures, and between them a letter has been scratched out. Cf. þúsendealdremen, Hpt. Gl. 515, 76. Perhaps the gloss stands for þúsendealdre, þúsendmen (v. þúsend-mann) chiliarcho, An.

stæl-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
stæl-tihtle, an; f.
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A charge of theft Be stæltyhtlan (staltihtlan, MS. B.). Ðonne mon monnan betýhþ ðæt ceáp forstele, L. In. 46; Th. i. 130, 11: L. O. D. 4; Th. i. 354, 14. Gif hwá þurh stæltihtlan freót forwyrce, L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 10

Linked entry: stal-tihtle

ár-leás

(adj.)
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Add: dishonourable, shameful swealt mid árleáse deáðe, Shrn. 120, 14. wicked Árleás impius, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 68. Fordón þá rihtwísan mid þám árleásan ( impio ), Gen. 18, 23. Ic and mín folc sind árleáse ( injusti ), Ex. 9, 27. [O. H.

georstu

(int.)
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Oh Georstu Dryhten gefreá sáwle míne O Domini libera amimam meam, Ps. Srt. 114, 4: 115, 16: 117, 25. [From (?) gehéres þú. Cf. gehéresthú heus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 26; and for a similar interjectional use cf. sehðe ecce, Ps. Srt. 32, 18; 38, 6.]

lorh

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sceal fela towtóla habban: flexlínan, spinle, reól, stodlan, lorgas, Angl. ix. 263, 11. In this passage the word seems to belong to the a-stem masculine declension, but in the Epinal-Erfurt glossaries to the i-stem feminine, with i-umlaut of o.

Rómáne

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Wearð Rómáne consul ofslagen, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 5. Þá gesáwon hié Rómáne scipa on ðǽm sǽ irnan, 4, 1; S. 154, 4. Rómáno scipa, S. 3, 23. Rómáno (o altered to e) æfterre gewinn and Punica wearð geendod, 4, 35. Add

scín

(v.)
Grammar
scín, scýn; p. scíde, scídde (cf. týn, þýn
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for conjugation) To sky, be afraid Martinus rád gescrýd mid sweartum cláþum; þá scýddon (scýhdon, v. l.) þá múlas þe cræt tugon ðurh his tócyme áfyrhte, Hml. S. 31, 971. [v. N. E. D. shy; vb. O. H. Ger. sciuhen perhorrescere.] Cf. sceóh

tó-ceówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ceówan, p. -ceaw, pl. -cuwon; pp. -cowen

To chew to pieces,break up by chewingmasticate

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To chew to pieces, break up by chewing, masticate Ðæt húsel biþ betwux tóðum tócowen, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 33. Deoflen torendeð ham ant tocheoweð ham euch greot, O. E. Homl. i. 251, 12. Hit tocheoweð ant touret Godes milce, A. R. 202, 16

á-íþan

(v.)
Grammar
á-íþan, p. de
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To lay waste, destroy, devastate Áiéþan abolere, Wrt.Voc. ii. 5, 7. wolde for wera synnum eall áǽðan þæt on eorðan wæs, Gen. 1280. Áiéðende exterminans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 53: 31, 27. Áíþende demolitus, 25, 41. [O. H.

bótian

(v.)
Grammar
bótian, p. ode
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Gefélde ic bótiende (e before o erased in one MS.) and wyrpende me melius habere sentiebam, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 581, 5

Linked entry: beótian

efen-éhþ

Grammar
efen-éhþ, -néhþ.
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Add: Three of the four MSS. have efennehþe, and this form points to connexion with efen-neáh, and to the idea of neighbourhood. For this sense cf. the later efen-nexta neighbour Gif þú agultest wið þine efennexta, O. E. Hml. i. 17, 32