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þennan

(v.)
Grammar
þennan, þenian; p. þenede.

to stretch, ⬩ spread out, ⬩ extend, ⬩ bend (a bow) ⬩ to prostrate, ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to strain, ⬩ make an effort ⬩ exert one's self ⬩ press on

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to stretch, spread out, extend, bend (a bow) Ic míne handa tó ðé hebbe and ðenige expandi manus meas ad te, Ps. Th. 87, 9. Bogan his ðeneþ arcum swum tetendit, Ps. Surt. 7, 13. Ic míne handa tó ðé þenede expandi manus meas ad te, Ps. Th. 142, 6.

Linked entries: þænnan þenian

á-ferian

(v.)
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Take the last two passages under next word, and add On weg áferide, an uoeg áueridæ avehit , Txts. 43, 246. Siððon þú forð ofer þone bist áferod. Bt. 36, 3; S. 105, 14. ꝥ ne sý áfered ut non auferetur , An. Ox. II, 56

weorod

Grammar
weorod, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Se eádmóda heáp geearnode æt Gode þæt iú ǽr þæt módige werod forleás the humble company (the apostles at Pentecost) obtained by their merit from God what long before the proud host (the people at the tower of Babel) lost, Hml.

dún-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
dún-sǽte, gen. -sǽta; dat. -sǽtum,sǽtan ; pl. m. [dún a mountain, -sǽte dwellers, inhabitants]

Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales ⬩ montĭcŏlæ Walliæ

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Hwílon Wentsǽte hýrdon into Dúnsǽtan, ac hit gebýreþ rihtor into West-Sexan: ðyder hý scylan gafol and gislas syllan.

drohtaþ

(n.)
Grammar
drohtaþ, drohtoþ,es ; m. [dreógan to do, suffer, pass life, live]

Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society ⬩ condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio

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Kmbl. 626; An. 313: 2770; An. 1387: Exon. 20 a; Th. 53, 28; Cri. 857. Duguþ and drohtaþ virtue and converse, Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 4; Gú. 656.

Linked entry: droht

lim-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
lim-rǽden, The passage where this word is given as a gloss to chlamide is: Pro chlamide, quam angelicae puritatis liniamento . &#39;. . adsciscebat, Ald. 35, 10. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 47, which refers to the same passage, liniamento is glossed by lim-gelecg : it is probable, then, that lim-rǽden is a gloss to liniamento rather than to chlamide, and has the same meaning as lim-gelecg (q. v.

mis-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
mis-micel, adj.

Wanting in greatness or quantity(?) ⬩ few

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ðonne men cunnon to preserve the life of all that lives on earth Noah had an everlasting remnant (one from which an endless line of descendants would come), an original pair, father and mother, of every one of the offspring-producers, few in number, (

un-becweden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-becweden, adj.

Unbequeathed ⬩ not left by will

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Unbequeathed, not left by will On ǽlcum þingum ðe ðær unbecweden bið, on bócum and an swilcum lytlum, Chart. Th. 538, 24. Ðæt land æt Sendan and æt Sunnanbyrg unbecwedene and unforbodene wið ǽlcne man, 208, 38

hilde-wóma

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-wóma, an; m.

The crash and rush of battle.

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The crash and rush of battle. Andr. Kmbl. 436; An. 218: Exon. 75 b; Th. 282,15; Jul. 663: 67 b; Th. 250, 32; Jul. 136. v. Grmm. And. u. El. xxx

Linked entry: wóma

dǽdbót-líhting

(n.)
Grammar
dǽdbót-líhting, e; f.
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Mitigation of penance Ðis is mihtiges mannes dǽdbótlíhtingc, ac án unmaga ne mæg swilc geforðian, ac ꝥ hé mót on hine sylfne hit sécan þe geornor, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 21

Linked entry: líhting

eced-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
eced-drenc, es; m.
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A potion in which vinegar is an ingredient Oxumelle, súðerne eceddrenc, ecedes and huniges and wæteres gemang, Lch. ii. 284, 32: 250, 8: 254, 17. Þæs eceddrences swá geworhtes, 286, 8

næftig

(adj.)
Grammar
næftig, adj.
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N[æ]fti[ge] inopes An. Ox. 56, 227. N[æ]f[tige] egenos 231

nearu-þanc

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Feóndlices nearaþances ł hinderscypes spiritalis nequitiae, An. Ox. 378. Feóndlicra nearaþanca, bíswica spiritalium nequitiarum, i. fraudium, 763. Forlǽten wé . . . tǽlnessa and twy-sprǽcnessa, nlðas and nearoþancas, Verc. Först. 94, 3. Add

wǽg

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg, es; m.

movement ⬩ a wave ⬩ water ⬩ the wave ⬩ sea

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Windas weóxon, wǽgas grundon, Andr. Kmbl. 746; An. 373: 911; An. 456: 3088; An. 1547. Hreó wǽgas, salte sǽstreámas, 1496; An. 749. Wonne wǽgas, Cd. Th. 8, 4; Gen. 119. Wið ýðfare gehealden hreóra wǽga, Exon. Th. 200, 24; Ph. 45.

ge-sibsumian

(v.)
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Add: to become gesibsum, come to an agreement, be reconciled Gang ǽr and gesybsuma wið þínne bróðer vade prius reconciliari fratri tuo, Mt. 5, 24.

Linked entry: friþsumian

ágniend

(n.)
Grammar
ágniend, áhniend, es; m.

An owner ⬩ a possessor ⬩ possessor

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An owner, a possessor; possessor Se ðe ys áhniend eorþan and heofenan qui est possessor cœli et terræ, Gen. 14, 22

Linked entry: áhniend

blunne

(v.)
Grammar
blunne, pl. blunnon; pp. blunnen

hast been deprived, ceased, rested

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hast been deprived, ceased, rested, Andr. Kmbl. 2760; An. 1382: Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 13; p. and pp. of blinnan

þwǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
þwǽre, adj.

Gentle ⬩ agreeable

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Gentle, agreeable Scs Arculfus sǽde ðæt ðǽr hangade úþmǽte leóhtfæt and ðwǽre ( a lamp giving an agreeable light? ), Shrn. 81, 17

fiþer-ríca

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Fiþerríca tetrarca, An. Ox. 1799. Philippus se fyðerríca, Hml. Th. i. 364, 30. Take here fyþper-ríca in Dict. and add

heáfod-slæge

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Add: -slege a cross-beam resting on columns, an architrave (?); and for 'Cot. 50; Lye' substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 58

Linked entry: slege