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swég

(n.)
Grammar
swég, es; m.
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Ne wind ne wætres swég, Blickl. Homl. 65, 19. Swég on windes onlícnesse, 133, 15. Swég innan ðan heáfedan. Lchdm. iii. 92, 25. Wæs ðeód on sǽlum sigefolca swég, Beo. Th. 1292; B. 644: Cd. Th. 289, 26; Sat. 403.

Linked entries: swég-cræft swóg

fandian

(v.)

to tryto temptto tryto trytastefeelto tryto visittemptprovokeattempt

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Th. 33, 8. with gen. Se lǽcecræft þé tirþ on þá þrotan þonne ðú his ǽrest fandast degustata mordent, Bt. 22, 1; F. 76, 30.

fóre-þancolnes

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-þancolnes, -ness, e; f.

Forethoughtprudenceprūdentia

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Forethought, prudence; prūdentia Seó smeáung mínre heortan wile sprecan fóreþancolnesse medĭtātio cordis mei lŏquētur prūdentiam. Ps. Th. 48, 3

ge-mendful

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mendful, -full; adj. [ge-mend = ge-mynd the mind, memory]

Of good memory, mindfulmĕmor

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Of good memory, mindful; mĕmor Cild biþ gemendful a child will be of good memory, Lchdm. iii. 186, 24

fannian

(v.)
Grammar
fannian, p. ode
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To winnow corn Ná fanna þú þé on ǽlcum winde non uentiles te in omni uento, Scint. 186, 17

rihtæþel-cwén

(n.)
Grammar
rihtæþel-cwén, e; f.

A legitimate wife

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A legitimate wife Ðæt syndon Godes wiðersacan . . . unrihthǽmeras ... and ða ðe habbaþ má ðonne heora rihtæþelcwéne, Wulfst. 298, 18

lang-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-sum, adj.

Longprolixlong-enduringlong-suffering

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Ða þrý cyningas hæfdon langsume sprǽce wið ðone gedrehtan Job, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 24. Langsume longanimem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 52. Tó langsumum wýtum, Homl. Skt. 4, 120.

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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Add: , end Aend suilcae, end suilce atqueve, Txts. 42, 98. introductory to a clause which is not preceded by one with which it can be connected Ðá cwæð Eustachius: 'And ne sǽde ic ꝥ wilde deór hí gelǽhton?', Hml.

HORS

(n.)
Grammar
HORS, es; n.
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Ðá wæs Hróðgáre hors gebæted wicg wundenfeax then for Hrothgar was a horse bitted, a steed with plaited mane, Beo. Th. 2803; B. 1399.

CEÓSAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEÓSAN, ciósan, ic ceóse, ðú ceósest, cýst, he ceóseþ, cýst, císt, ceósaþ; ic, he ceás, cés, ðú cure,curon; ceós, ceósaþ; coren; v. a.

to CHOOSE, select, electlegere, seligere, eligereto acceptoblatum accipere, accipere

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He héht him wine ceósan he commanded him to choose friends, Cd. 90; Th. 112, 8; Gen. 1867: Runic pm. 29; Kmbl. 345, 15 ; Hick. Thes. i. 135. Drihten ðé císt the lord will choose thee, Deut. 28, 9.

heals-fang

(n.)
Grammar
heals-fang, es; n.

'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.'embracingto embrace

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Wih. 12, 11, 14; Th. i. 40, 5, 2, 10. Gylde man cxx scill. tó healsfange æt twelfhyndum were. Healsfang gebyreþ bearnum bróðrum and fæderan ne gebyreþ nánum mǽge ðæt feoh búte ðam ðe sý binnan cneówe. Of ðam dæge ðe ðæt healsfang ágolden sý..., L.

Linked entries: and-fang fang

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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Wiþ þon þe wífum sié forstanden hira mónaþgecynd, 330, 13. trans. with the idea of hindrance, to stop the advance of, hinder, resist, withstand Breóstnet wið ord and wið ecge ingang forstód, B. 1549.

Linked entry: for-licgan

CÉNE

(adj.)
Grammar
CÉNE, cýne; adj.

KEEN, fierce, bold, brave, warlikeacer, audax, animosus, bellicosus

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Eofore eom ǽghwǽr cénra than a wild boar I am everywhere bolder, Exon. 110b; Th. 423, 9; Rä. 41, 18. Cende cneow-sibbe cénra manna he begat a race of brave men, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 14; Exod. 356.

cýþ-ness

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Ben. 33, 19: 34, 12. knowledge, acquaintance Þæs hálignysse hlýsa hine sylfne gemǽrsode feor and wíde and hine gelǽdde tó manigra manna cýþnesse cujus sanctitatis opinio sese ad notitiam hominum longe lateque tetenderat, Gr. D. 44, 5.

ge-drífan

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L. 8, 12. to impel matter by physical force, to carry along (of wind or water) Þ scipp gedrifen wæs (jactabatur) from ýðum, Mt. 14, 24. Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe . . . gyf hit undrifen bið.

húsel-hálgung

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Add:: holy communion, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper :-- Húselhálgung næs ǽr þám se Hǽlend gehálgode hláf and win tó húsle, Hml. A. 71, 155.

up-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
up-lendisc, adj.

Uplandishcountry (as opposed to town)ruralrustic

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Ic hit gehýrde secgan, ðæt ðás uplendiscan wíf wyllaþ oft drincan, Engl. Stud. viii. 62, 12. Wé witon ðæt ðás þing þincaþ clericum and uplendiscum preóstum genóh mænigfealde, Anglia viii. 321, 25

Linked entry: uppe-land

spǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
spǽtan, p. te.

to spitto syringesquirt

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Spǽte ðæt wíf on his nebb, Deut. 25, 9. Suelce hié him on ðæt nebb spǽten, Past. 5; Swt. 45, 4. Sume águnnon him on spǽtan (conspuere eum), Mk. Skt. 14, 65. Hé spǽtende (expuens) his tungan onhrán, 7, 33. Spátende expuentes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 30.

ge-sinhíwan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sinhíwan, -hígan; pl. m.

Married persons;conjugesconjugaticonjugia

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Wit sýn swá swá gesinhína[?] we be as married people, 40, 20. For gesinhíwum pro conjugiis, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 14

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Gif hwilc wið úre bige habban wille, oþþe wé wið heora, Ll. Th. i. 156, 3. Hé wolde his hǽbengild habban he would have his idolatrous worship, Hml. S. 28, 26.