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sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.
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Icel.] of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least Ofer swira sǽs (cf. ofer ðære sǽs múðan, W. S.) trans fretum maris, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 1. On púles sweran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 97, 5

Linked entries: swira swyra

hwæþere

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Th. i. 100, 6: Sal. 438: Cri. 1378: El. 719. Þæt wundra sum monnum þúhte ..., and þæt hwæþre gelomp, Gú. 491. (1 a) and þá (þonne) hwæþere :-- Ðá ne dorstan hí nó him geneálǽcan, and þá hwæþre férde hé mid him, Shrn. 76, 29.

ge-wríþan

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Sió wund bið ðæs ðe wierse, gif hió bið unwærlíce gewriðen, and bið ðæt sár ðé gefrédre gif sió wund bið tó fæste gewriðen.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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Hí geridan West-Seaxna land . . . and mycel þæs folces ofer ádrǽfdon, Chr. 878; P. 75, 27. Ealles folces weg the high-way, C. D. B. i. 586, 15. Þǽm of-þynceþ V hiÉ synd Judéa folces, Bl. H. 175, 20: 187, 14. Folces Sodoma, Gen. 2489.

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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'an sorhfulne, Sal. 377. the seat of love or affection Þǽr þín goldhord is, þǽr is þín heorte (hearta, L., eorta, R.), Mt. 6, 21. Utan God lufian innewerdre heortan, Ll. Th. i. 350, 9.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Hwæþer gé eówer hundas and eówer net út on lǽdon ðonne gé huntian willaþ?, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 14. Tíd is ꝥ þú fére and þá æ-acute;rendu lǽde, Gú. 1271. Ne miht ðú náht lǽdan of þysum lífe mid þé, Hml. S. 9, 47.

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, to greet.
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weoþobán, and eft ymb lytel þá gesculdru ꝥ sár grét, Lch. ii. 258, 6.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Heó sæt hire feorran she sat her down a good way off, 21, 16. Hí eodon heom they went, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 17: 21. Hí fleóþ him floccmǽlum they fly in flocks, Homl. Th. i. 142, 9. Ondréd hé him timuit, Jn. Skt. 19, 8.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

ge-tæl

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On getales ríme, Sal. 38. Of getele calculo, An. Ox. 3229. Ne magon wé þá tíde be getale healdan dagena rímes, Men. 63. þ á stafas þe preóstas on heora getæle habbað, Angl. viii. 335, 39.

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a womana female persona being in the form of a womana married womana wife

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Seó ǽrest wífa (feminarum) ís sǽd in Norþanhymbra mǽgþe ðæt heó munucháde onfénge, Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 593, 22. a being in the form of a woman Wíf unhýre (Grendel's mother), Beo. Th. 4247; B. 2120.

Linked entry: BRÝD

líf

(adv.)
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E. 230, 29. (3 b) in adjuration, asseveration, &c. :-- Se þeóden mec þíne lífe heálsode, B. 2131. the cause or source of living; the vivifying or animating principle þæs líchoman líf is seó sáwl, and þǽre sáwle lif is God, Hml.

á-cumba

(n.)
Grammar
á-cumba, an; m: ǽ-cumbe, an; n ? [cemban to comb] .

oakumthat which is combedthe coarse part of hemp,—Hards, flax, towstuppathe thing pruned or trimmed, properly of treesPruningsclippingstrimmingsputamenreduced to ashesWood ashes

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putamina, 3703, p. 407. reduced to ashes, it was used as a substitute for σπόδιον = σποδός Wood ashes; spodium Græcorum nihil aliud est, quam radix Alcannæ combusta, officinæ ustum ebur ejus loco substituunt To sealfe, ním. ácumban, cneówholen for a salve

Linked entries: á-cuma ǽcumbe

Dorn-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Dorn-sǽte, Dor-sǽte; gen. -sǽta ; dat. > -sǽtum, -sǽton, -sǽtan; pl. m. [dor = Celt. dwr, dur water; -sǽte dwellers, inhabitants: dwellers by water]

Inhabitants or men of Dorsetshire, people of Dorsetshire in a body, DORSETSHIREDorsetenses, Dorsetia

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or men of Dorsetshire, people of Dorsetshire in a body, DORSETSHIRE; Dorsetenses, Dorsetia Ðý ilcan geáre gefeaht Æðelhelm wið Deniscne here mid Dornsǽtum [Dorsǽtan, Th. 118, 17, col. 2; Dorsǽton, 119, 17, col. 1; Dorsǽtum, 119, 16, col. 2] in the same

Linked entry: sǽta

irþ

(n.)
Grammar
irþ, e; f.

ploughingtillinga cropploughed land

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Ðá him ðá ðæt sǽd broht wæs ofer ealle tíd tó sáwenne and ofer eallne hiht wæstm tó beranne ðe hé on ðam ylcan land seów ðá georn ðǽr sóna upp genihtsumlíc yrþ and wæstm ut illius frugis ibi potius seges oriretur.

Linked entries: earþ ernþ

mǽg-wlite

Grammar
mǽg-wlite, <b>még-wlite,</b> es; m.

Appearanceformspeciesspeciesformaaspectus

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Mon ne mǽge ða lástas on óðerne mǽgwlite oncyrran; ah hié á beóþ on ðære ilcan onsýne the footsteps cannot be changed into another form; but they always appear the same, Blickl. Homl. 127, 19. Ǽlc hafaþ mágwlite metodes and engla.

Linked entry: scír

rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, p. ráp, pl. ripon
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Gif wé eów ða gástlícan sǽd sáwaþ, hwónlíc biþ ðæt wé eówere flǽslícan þing rípon, Homl. Th. ii. 534, 27. On ðám man ne mæg náðer ne erian ne rípan, Gen. 45, 6

Linked entry: rýpan

un-gerisene

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerisene, es; n., or un-gerisenu; indecl. f.

inconveniencedisagreeablenessunseemlinessindignitydisgrace

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Bið ðæt sǽd ágoten tó unclǽnnesse and tó ungerisnum ad immunditiam semen effundit, 15; Swt. 97, 11

wíc-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
wíc-geréfa, an; m.
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From the Latin words which are translated by wícgeréfa, it seems that the official so denominated was concerned in collecting taxes, and from a passage in the laws that it was one of his duties to act as witness at sales.

ymb-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-settan, p. te.
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Giarn án and gifylde copp mid æcede ymbsette and tó róde ða drinca salde him currens unus et implens spongiam aceto circumponensque calamo potum dabat ei Mk. Skt. Rush. Lind. 15, 36. Ymbsetton (ymsettun, Rush.) ł ymbuundun circumponentes Jn. Skt.

brengan

Grammar
brengan, brengean.
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Him ꝥ sǽd bróht wæs. Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 39. Add