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hyrne

(n.)
Grammar
hyrne, an; f.

A horncornerangle

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Ðæt wæter ðe man ða bán mid áþwoh binnan ðære cyrcan wearþ ágoten on ánre hyrnan the water that the bones were washed with in the church was poured away in a corner, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 162. Tó ðæs hegges hyrnan to the corner of the hedge, Cod.

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mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
mæcg, mecg, es; m.

A man

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A man Ic meþelcwide mæcges (the angel that visited Guthlac) ongeat, Exon. 50 b; Th. 175, 9; Gú. 1192. Mægþ and mæcgas, 45 a; Th. 153. 29; Gú. 833 : 113 a; Th. 434, 7; Rä. 51, 7. Fréfra ðíne mæcgas ( the disciples of St. Andrew ), Andr.

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morþ-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
morþ-dǽd, e; f.

A deed which causes destructiondeadly sinevil deed

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A deed which causes destruction, of the body Be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum and be morþdǽdum, gif man ðǽr ácweald wǽre (v. last passage under morþ,II., and morþ-weorc), L.

of-áxian

(v.)
Grammar
of-áxian, -ácsian; p. ode

To find out by askingto learn

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Hit wearþ gecweden, ðæt man ofáxode on eallum his ríce, gif ǽnig mǽden mihte beón áfunden swá wlitiges hiwes, Anglia ix. 29, 71. Ic ðé bidde ðæt ðú ofáxie ða næglas, H. R. 15, 23.

rǽpling

(n.)
Grammar
rǽpling, rǽping, es; m.
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On cweartern ðǽr man ðæs cyninges rǽplingas heóld, Gen. 39, 20. Rǽplingas his vinctos suos, Ps. Spl. 68, 32. Rǽplingas unbindan, Dóm. L. 4, 48.

ræps

(n.)
Grammar
ræps, reps, es; m.
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Man þreó rǽdinga rǽde and þrý ræpsas. Æt ðam þriddan repse singe se sangere 'Gloria Patri,' 33, 14-16 : 35, 8-10. On ðisum dagum wé forlǽtaþ on úrum repsum 'Gloria Patri,' Homl. Th. ii. 224, 26.

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sirwung

(n.)
Grammar
sirwung, e ; f.
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If any man plot against king or lord, L. C. S. 58 ; Th. i. 408, 1. Gif hwá ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh syrwunge ( with guile, Exod. 21, 14), L. Alf. 13 ; Th. i. 48, 1, note. Hé cýdde his fácenfulle syrewunge, Homl. Th. i. 82, 18.

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treówe

(adj.)
Grammar
treówe, triéwe, trýwe; adj.
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Búton hé habbe twégra trýwra manna gewitnesse, L. Eth. iii. 9; Th. i. 296, 18. Man namige . ii. trýwe þegnas, L. N. P. L. 57; Th. ii. 298, 31. His freónd se treówesta (getreówesta, Bd. M. 126, 30) fidissimus atnicus illius, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 17.

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un-gedered

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedered, (-od); adj.

Unhurtuninjured

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Án man mihte faran ofer his ríce mid his bósum full goldes ungederad, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 5. Ðære ungederedan inlibatae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 16. Seó leó heóld ðæt cild ungederod, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 183

Linked entry: ge-derian

wiþer-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-tihtle, an; f.

A counter-chargecross-action

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Se ðe on gemóte mid wiðertihtlan hine sylfne oþþe his man werige, hæbbe ðæt eall forspecen, and geandwyrde ðam óðrum swá hundrede riht þynce, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 5. Cf.

weorold-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-hláford, es; m.
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Beó manna gehwylc hold and getrýwe his worldhláforde. Wulfst. 74, 9. Hí ic wille wyrðian swá swá man worldhláford sceal, Shrn. 196, 32. Woruldhláfordas móston ðære fiohbóte onfón, L. Alf. 49 ; Th. i. 58, 7.

be-stingan

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Hire man bestang sweord on ðá hracan, Shrn. 56, 13. Hé bestang þone hláf on þ sealtfæt, Hml. A. 163, 254. Hé bestang fýr in þ corn, Gr. D. 290, 23. Hí bestungon him on múð þone mete, Hml. S. 25, 34, 88. Beren eár bestinge on eáre, Lch. ii. 54, ii.

bóc-land

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. ¶ used figuratively: Gif þú (the wealthy man) wéne, þæt hit þín bóc-land (land exempt from the claims of charity) sý, þæt þu on eardast, and on ágene ǽht geseald, Wlfst. 260, 3. Add

drohtnung

Grammar
drohtnung, Dele 'in great renown' l. 10,
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Hé wæs mǽres lífes man on munuclícre drohtnunge, 26, 54. Ióhannes heóld þá clǽnnysse ... on micelre drohtnung ( living an excellent life ), Hml. A. 14, 23: 16, 64. Hlísful þurh his drohtnunga, 195, 16.

ge-fealdan

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Ne bið gifalden non flectetur, Rtl. 84, 53. (1 a) to involve, implicate :-- Nǽnig man compigende Gode gifalde hine (inplicat se ) gimótum woruldlicum, Rtl. 60, 11. to roll about Hé gefeald hine uolutabatur, Mk. R. 9, 20. [O. H.

ge-windan

(v.)
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Þá hine man on ꝥ fýr wearp, þá álýsde ic hine mid heofonlicon réne, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 10. trans. To roll back, unroll Wyllene wearp of clíwene gewundene lanea stamina ex glomere revoluta, An. Ox. 459

hǽmed-þing

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Gif hwylc geong man hǽmedþing gewyrce bútan rihtum gesinscipe si juvenis quis absque legitimo conjugio fornicatus fuerit, ii. 164, 23. Be hǽmedþingam. Gif mon hǽme ( fornicetur ), i. 68, 8

rinc

(n.)
Grammar
rinc, es; m.

A man (a poetical term)

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Árás ðá se ríca ( Hrothgar ), ymb hine rinc manig, þegna heáp 804; B. 399. Ðá wæs rinc manig, gúðfrec guma, ymb ðæs geongan feorh breóstum onbryrded, Andr. Kmbl. 2234; An. 1118. Ðæt wæs rihtwís rinc ( Boethius ), Met. 1, 49.

be-dǽlan

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Nis nán man swá swíþe bedǽled ryhtwísnesse, ꝥ hé nán ryht andwyrde nyte, 35, 1; F. 156, 7. where what is possessed is taken away Bescyrede vel bedǽlde fraudaverat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 46.

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, adv.
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Hé tihð his fét suá hé inmest mæg, Past. 241, 12. See also verbs where in has been taken as a prefix