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ǽngan-cundes

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽngan-cundes, adv.

In a way that is unique

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In a way that is unique (?) Críst stód ofer ádle (alde, MS.) ǽngancundes as none other did Lch. iii. 36, 25

riht-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-heort, adj.

Upright in heart

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Upright in heart Mid rihtheortum qui recto sunt corde, Ps. Th. 93, 14. Ðǽm rihtheortum rectis corde, Ps. Surt. 111, 4

orleg-from

(adj.)
Grammar
orleg-from, adj.

Stout in battle

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Stout in battle Oft ic gǽstberend cwelle compwǽpmim; cyning mec . . . hwílum lǽteþ sceacan orlegfromne, Exon. Th. 401, 21; Rii. 21, 15

ge-spittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spittan, pp. ed

To spit upon;conspuere

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Gispittendum on mec conspuentibus in me, Rtl. 19, 17

Linked entry: spyttan

ge-syd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-syd, es; n.

A place in which to wallowmud

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A place in which to wallow, mud Sol vel gesyd volutabrum, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 32; Wrt. Voc. 37, 22

ge-teldung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-teldung, e; f.

A tenttabernacletabernācŭlum

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A tent, tabernacle; tabernācŭlum On sunnan gesette geteldunge his in sōle pŏsuit tabernācŭlum suum, Ps. Spl. T. 18, 5: 26, 9

Linked entry: -teldung

ast

(n.)
Grammar
ast, l. ást, e; f.
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See in D. D

a-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew or cut out or offhew downprepare by cuttingmate smoothplaneexcidereresecaresucciderelevigare

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To hew or cut out or off, hew down, prepare by cutting, mate smooth, plane; excidere, resecare, succidere, levigare On hys niwan byrgene, ða he aheów on stáne in monumento suo novo, quod exciderat in petra. Mt. Bos. 27, 60.

Dægsan stán

(n.)
Grammar
Dægsan stán, Degsa-stán, Dæg-stán,es; m. [Flor. Hunt. Degsastan: the stone of Degsa]

DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberlandagro Cumbriæ

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DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberland; loci nomen in agro Cumbriæ Hér Ægþan Scotta cyng feaht wið Dælreoda, and wið Æðelferþe, Norþhymbra cynge, æt Dægstáne [Dægsan stáne, Th. 37, 26], and man ofslóh mǽst ealne his here in this year [A.

Fornétes folm

(n.)
Grammar
Fornétes folm, e; f.

Fornet's palmFornēti palma

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In the Gl. Cleop. folm is glossed mănus, the hand or palm. As this refers to the palm only, it leaves us in difficulty what variety is intended by Fornet's palm.

forþ-gang

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-gang, es; m.

a going forthprogressadvanceprocessusprogressusa passagedrainprivymeātussecessuslatrīna

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Eall ðæt on ðone múþ gǽþ, gǽþ on ða wambe, and byþ on forþgang asend quod in os intrat, in ventrem vādit, et in secessum emittĭtur, Mt. Bos. 15, 17: Mk. Bos. 7, 19. [vorðgong progress, A.R.]

Linked entry: forþ-geong

hwearftlian

(v.)
Grammar
hwearftlian, p. ode

To turn roundroll roundrevolvemove aboutrove

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errors and takes no firm step in the way of God, 514, 21.

Linked entry: hwyrftlian

nídþearfness

(n.)
Grammar
nídþearfness, e; f.

necessitycompulsionnecessityneedneedtroubledistress

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On neádþearfnessum in opportunitatibus, Ps. Lamb. second 9, 1. Nýdþearfnyssum, Ps. Spl. C. 106, 6. Ymb heora nédþearfnesse in necessitatibus suis, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 1

ge-trahtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trahtian, -trahtnian; p. ode; pp. od

To treatexplainexpoundconsidertractāreexpōnĕre

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To treat, explain, expound, consider; tractāre, expōnĕre, consīdĕrāre Sume ðas race we habbaþ getrahtnod on óðre stówe some of this narrative we have expounded in another place, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 23.

Linked entry: trahtian

GNÆT

(n.)
Grammar
GNÆT, gnætt; gen. gnættes; m.

GNATculex

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; omnis pulvis terræ versus est in sciniphes per totam terram Ægypti, Ex. 8, 17, 16: Ps.

wune-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wune-ness, (wunu-), e; f.

a dwellinghabitationcontinuanceperseverance

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In wununise in habitaculo, Rtl. 58, 5: habitatione, 68, 20. Ðá geworhte hé him nearo wíc and wunenesse (mansionem angustam), Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 23. Ðá sealde se cyning him wununesse and stówe (mansionem) in Cantwarabyrig, 1, 25; S. 487, 18.

Linked entry: wununess

bin

(n.)
Grammar
bin, binn.

a basketcofinusa cribmangera stall

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M. 19, 35. a stall Ne bið nýten on binnum non erit armentum in praesepibus. Cant. Ab. 17

eóred-mann

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(In the gloss to the same passage in An. Ox. the renderings are transposed) Hleáperes, rǽdehere Cerethi, eóredmen, féþeheres Felethi, An. Ox. 776. Tuu and ðrittih eórodmonna xxxii equites, Jn. 18, 12 margin.

Deorwente

(n.)
Grammar
Deorwente, an; f. [deor = Celt. dwr water; went turned, bent; v. wendan]

The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durhamquatuor fluviōrum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi

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The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durham; quatuor fluviōrum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi Be Deorwentan ðære eá by the river Derwent [Yorkshire], Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 18: 2, 13; S. 517, 16.

efen-fela

(n.; num.)
Grammar
efen-fela, -feola; indecl.

So many, as many tŏtĭdem, tot

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Hilde abbudisse efen-feola wintra in munuclífe Drihtne gehálgode Hild abbatissa tŏtĭdem annos in Monastĭca vīta Dŏmĭno consecrāvit, Bd. 4, 23; S. 592, 42

Linked entries: æfen-fela em-fela