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teóðung-mann

(n.)
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teóðung-mann, es; m.
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one set over ten persons, a ruler of ten Ic sette hig tó teóðingmannum constitui eos decanos, Deut. 1, 15. Geceós wise men and sóðfæste ... and gesete of him ... teóðingmen ( decanos ), Ex. 18, 21. as a technical English term, the head of a tithing,

tealt

(adj.)
Grammar
tealt, adj.

in a physical sense, unsteadyin a figurative sense, unstable, not to be relied on, untrustworthy, precarious

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in a physical sense, unsteady Gif hí sculun néðan on nacan tealtum, and se brimhengest brídles ne gýmeþ (cf. The floating vessel ... Rode tilting o'er the waves, Milton, P. L. xi. 747), Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 22; Rún. 21. in a figurative sense, unstable

Linked entry: un-tealt

twigilde

(adv.)
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twigilde, adv.
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With a double payment Gif ðeós lád teorie, gylde twygylde (cf. gylde ángyldes, 1. 15), L.O.D. 6; Th. i. 354, 31. Gif þeów steleþ, ii-gelde gebéte, L. Ethb. 90; Th. i. 24, 17. Béte hé ðam teónde twygylde, and ðam hláforde his were, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i

un-geleáful

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáful, un-geleáfull; adj.

Unbelievingincredulous

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Unbelieving, incredulous Ne beó ðú ungeleáfful (-full, MS. C.) noli esse incredulus, Jn. Skt. 20, 27. Eálá ungeleáffulle cneórys, Mk. Skt. 9, 19. Eálá gé ungeleáffulle cneóres, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 17. Hé ungeleáfful wæs Cristes ǽristes, Homl. Th. i. 234, 20

un-áræfnedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áræfnedlíc, adj.

Intolerableimpossible to bear

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Intolerable, impossible to bear Búton hit unáræfnedlíc sý tó ofercumenne ða þing ðe ús synd fram ðe forestihtode unless it be beyond our powers of endurance to overcome the things that are fore-ordained for us by thee, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 133. Seó unáræfnedlíce

wésten-setla

(n.)
Grammar
wésten-setla, an; m.
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A dweller in a wilderness, a hermit, an anchorite Wéstensetla eremita Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 28: 72, 2. Wéstensetla (printed -seda) eremita, anachoreta Hpt. Gl. 465, 24. Sum wéstensettla on ðæm eálande ðe Liparus is nemned, Shrn. 85, 27. Wé willaþ wrítan be

weorold-sceamu

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sceamu, e; f.
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Worldly shame, disgrace among men Wála ðære woruldscame, ðe nú habbaþ Engle. . . . Oft twégen sǽmen oððe þrý drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽ tó sǽ. . . ús eallum tó woruldscame, Wulfst. 163, 3-7. Ða ðe for ege oððe lufe oððe ǽnigre worldscame

wrigels

(n.)
Grammar
wrigels, es; m. n.

a coveringa garmentveil

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a covering In wrigelse fiðra ðínra in velamento alarum tuarum. Ps. Surt. 60, 5 : 62, 8. Wæs him wrigils fui/ illis in velamento, Rtl. 92, 26. God áfyrde hym ðone unrihtan wrigels of heora heortan, Wulfst. 252, 4. a garment, veil Hí mon midðæm hálgan

Linked entry: wyrgels

cemban

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Add: to comb hair Genim þone camb þe heó ána hyre heáfod mid cemde (cæmde, v. l.), and nǽnig man ǽr mid cemde ne æfter cembe. Under ðám treówe cembe hyre feax ... ꝥ bið lǽcedóm þǽre ðe hyre heáfod þǽr cembeþ (cæmbeð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 332, 11-18. Stríc

deáw

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Seofoðe pund wæs deáwes pund, ðanon him ( Adam ) becóm swát, Sal. K. 180, 14: Rtl. 192, 17. Of deáuwe rore, Kent. Gl. 46. Roscido deáwe (wǽtum?; the immediately preceding gloss is roscida, rore madida (v. Corp. Gl. H.), and deáwe seems to be due to rore

deóp

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Add: literal Dióp seáð fovea profunda, Kent. Gl. 829. metaph. Þes pistol is . . . eów swíðe deóp tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 448, 8. His deópe rihtwísnys his infinite righteousness, 112, 3. Deópum ceápe at a high price, Ll. Th. i. 370, 10. Ꝥ hé swá deópe

fere

Grammar
fere, l. fére,

ableseaworthy

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and add: of persons, able, fit for service Þá beád man fyrde be fullum wíte, þæt ǽlc man þe fére wǽre forð wende, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 26. Sóna þæs hí fére wǽron, hí worhton castel æt Hæstinga port, 1066; P. 199, 25. Hé sylf and his férestan menn férdon

fleótan

to floatto swimto flow

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Add: to float, to be supported on the surface of a liquid Heó fleát áweg ofer ꝥ wæter tó lande. Shrn. 31, 21. Eahta daga fulla ꝥ ilce scip fleát (enatavit) wætres full, Gr. D. 249, ll. Nim eádoccan moran þá þe fleótan wille, Lch. iii. 6, 28. Fleótende

fiþere

a winga wing

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Take here fypera in Dict., and add: a wing of a living creature Cumað egeslíce mycele deór . . . heora fyðera swégað swá swá wæteres dyne; hí fleód swiftlíce, Wlfst. 200, 15. Fiðerum alis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 55. Se kok, ǽr ðǽm ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð

ge-anwyrde

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Substitute: <b>ge-anwyrde</b> in the phrase ge-anwyrde beón. to profess, declare oneself to be Ic eom geanwyrde monuc pro-fessus sum monachum Coll. M. 18, 28. to make confession of Him man wearp on ꝥ hé wæs þes cynges swica and ealra landleóda

ge-fyrht

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-fyrhtan, ge-fyrhtian;</b> p. te, ode; ge-fyrht, ge-fyrhted, ge-fyrhtod. to make afraid. Take here instances under <b>ge-fyrhtian</b> in Dict., and add Ic wæs swíðe gefyrhted and gebréged ( perterritus ), Bd.

ofer-fyll

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Se syxta heáfodgylt ys ventris ingluvies, þæt ys oferfyll, Angl. viii. 337, 4. Oferfyl elogia, conuiuium, Hpt. 31, 5, 24. Be oferfylle. Ve, qui consurgitis mane ad bibendum, et reliqua, Wlfst. 46, 12. Þeáh hwá on dæg gefæste ful lange, gyf hé syððan hine

oxan-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
oxan-hirde, es; m.
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An oxherd Eálá, oxanhvrde, hwæt wyrcst þú? Micel ic gedeorfe; þænne se yrþlingc unscenþ þá oxan, ic lǽde hig tó lǽse, and ealle niht ic stande ofer hig waciende for þeófan, and eft on ǽrnemergen ic betǽce hig þám yrþlincge wel gefylde and gewæterode,

spannan

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add: to harness or yoke oxen to that which has to be drawn Ðá þá him náht ne speów, þá hét hé spannan oxan tó, ac hí ne mihton áwecgan ꝥ mǽden swá, Hml. S. 9, 106. to join in matrimony Span[n]an adjungere (has sponsi ad prolem generis satagunt adjungere

tilung

Grammar
tilung, <b>.
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III.</b> add Þá nearonessa his ágenre costunge hine gedydon þý geornfulra tó þáre teolunge (gímene, v.l. ) godcundra beboda, Gr. D. 26, 20. Ðá cynn beóð langswýrede ðe lybbað be gærse ... and ǽlc byð gelimplic tó his lífes tilunge ( each is adapted