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ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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Weax melteð gif hit byð neáh fýre gefæstnad, Ps. Th. 57, 7. to fasten on or to something (lit. or fig.) Fram eallum þám wítum þe ðú on mínum líce gefæstnodest ( hast inflicted ), Hml. S. 8, 160. Hé gefæstnode heora fét tó eorðan, Hml.

tíma

(n.)
Grammar
tíma, an; m.

Timehourtempus horatime when,time at which an event takes place a time when a thing can or ought to be done,a proper time,opportunity in time in good timebe-timesproper timean appointed timea period of time time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. a season of the yearan age of the world time of pronouncing a syllable, quantity time, condition of things

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Þonne hyt tíma byþ, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 5. Se wísa hit ieldcaþ and bítt tíman, Past. 33; Swt. 220, 10. Nis hit nán wundur, ðeáh se wísa bíde his tíman, 38; Swt. 275, 13.

Linked entries: týma tíme

gíman

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Hí gúðe ne gýmdon they had no stomach for the fight By. 192. Þæt sélre geceós, oferhýda ne gým, B. 1760. Heó mé sagað, þæt heó mǽglufan mínre ne gýme, Jul. 70. to take interest in, be noc-cerned about, be affected by a matter, with gen.

hád

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In cildes hád cenned, El. 336 : 776. by an adj. Þurh horscne hád, Cri. 49. Þurh clǽnne hád, 444. Þurh leóhtne hád.

on-fón

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Heáh hlioðo horde onféngon ( the ark rested on Ararat ), Gen. 1439. to be endowed by nature with something, material or non-material Beorgas onfóð blǽdum and wæstmum, Ps. Th. 103, 12.

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Ábeód eft ongeán, sege ðínum leódum miccle láþre spell, Byrht. Th. 133, 14 ; By. 50. Náne gewitnesse æfter him ne saga ðú, L. Alf. 40 ; Th. i. 54, 5. His naman secgeaþ mid sealmum. Ps. Th. 65, 1.

(pronoun.)
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hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Th. i. 390, 10. an inanimate object Se wǽta . . . gyf hit sealt sý . . . hit byð . . . tó ferscum wæterum áwend, Lch. iii. 278, 10.

mæsse-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-preóst, es; m.

A priest not of the Christian churcha priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass

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For the books necessary for the mæssepreóst and for rules to be observed by him in celebrating mass see passages given under mæsse-bóc, mæssian respectively. Æt ðám giftan sceal mæssepreóst beón mid rihte, L. Edm. B. 8; Th. i. 256, 6.

ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to bebe madebecomehappenfiĕriTo happencome to passbefallcome togetheragreebe agreeablecontingĕreevĕnīreconvĕnīreplăcēre

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Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle seek not by lots how it is to happen to thee, rov. Kmbl. 32. Hú geweorþeþ ðæt how happeneth that? Salm. Kmbl. 684; Sal, 341: Andr. Kmbl. 2872; An. 1439.

swingel

(n.)
Grammar
swingel, swingell, e; and swingel[l]e, an ; f.
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Halliwell gives swingel as a name in several dialects for the part of the flail that strikes the corn, and batillus is translated by a belle clapere vel swyngell, Wülck. 567, 39] Ic ða swingle (but spinle, MS.

Linked entry: swincgel

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, (þrówian?), þreowian (þreówian?); p. ode

To sufferto suffer as opposed to to actto suffer what is painfulto suffer martyrdomto make to sufferto crucifyto suffer for somethingpay foratone for

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Grammar þrowian, with gen. of instrument inflicting death : -- Hé sceolde deófolgeldum geldan, oððe sweordes þrowian suffer death by the sword, Shrn. 129, 3. to suffer for something, pay for, atone for Ic ðrounio persolvio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 16.

Linked entry: a-þrówian

worþ

(n.)
Grammar
worþ, weorþ, wurþ, wierþ, wyrþ, e; f; es; m. : wyrþe, wirþe
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(v. wyrþe-land, and first extract under I),
es; m.

a closean enclosed placean enclosed homesteada habitation with surrounding landlanda place enclosed by buildingsa courthalla placestreet

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On Wulfrgdeswyrð; of Wulfrédeswyrðe, iv. 103, 13. a place enclosed by buildings, a court or hall of a house, a place or street of a town Hé sæt úta in worðe sedebat foris in atrio, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 69: Mk. Skt.

Linked entries: ryge weorþ

dǽlan

(v.)
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Betere þonne wé hilde dǽlon better than our fighting with one another, By. 33

dóm

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Gebeád hé him hiera ágenne dóm feós and londes, Chr. 755; P. 48, 17: By. 38. Þá teóþan sceattas wǽron on úrum ágnum dómum, Bl. H. 51, 7. Wese hit be eówrum dómum, 157, 7. authority Dóme auctoritate, An. Ox. 5149.

ge-rád

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Lch. iii. 444, 10. condition settled between persons, understanding arrived at by persons stipulation Eádmund lét eal Cumbraland tó Malculme on ꝥ gerád ꝥ hé wǽre his midwyrhta, Chr. 945 ; P. 110, 34 : 1091; P. 226, 4.

hwæþer

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(ββ) where the alternatives are expressed in a dependent clause introduced by the conjunction hwæþer :-- Gesege mé hwæþer þé betere ðince ..., hwæþer ... þe ..., Bt. 8; F. 26, 10. with genitive, which of the two. the alternatives not expressed On ðǽm

wealh

(n.)
Grammar
wealh, gen. weales; m.

a foreigner properly a Celt a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., the British the WelshWales a Romana slave servanta shameless person

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a foreigner, properly a Celt (cf. the name Volcae, a Celtic tribe mentioned by Caesar) Walch barbarus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 75. Ic (an axle-tree) síþade wíddor, mearcpaþas wala (walas, MS.) træd, móras pæðde, Exon. Th. 485, 7; Rä. 71, 10. [Icel.

cniht

(n.)
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</b> a man engaged in military service, a soldier :-- Byrð se cniht his swurd portat miles gladium, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 26. Þú sylst árleásum cnihte ( militi ) þæt þú nelt syllan sácerde, Scint. 109, 10.

hlóþ

(n.)
Grammar
hlóþ, e; f.

spoil, bootya band, troop, company, gang, crew, body of robbersthe crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ

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Hé ðá his here on tú tódǽlde sum ymb ða burg sætt and hé mid sumum hlóþum fór and monega byrg bereáfode on Cheranisse inde propter agendam prædam et curandam obsidionem divisit exercitum.

lǽn

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn, lán [v. under lǽn-land], e; f.

a loangrantgiftleasefeefief

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tilian óþ ðone fyrst ðe hé bócland and ǽce yrfe geearnige every man, after he has built any cottage on land granted him by his lord, desires that he may rest himself therein at times, and in some fashion provide for himself from the grant [?]

Linked entries: lǽne lǽn-land