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secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es ; m.
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Ðǽr læg secg mænig, guma norþerna, Chr. 937 ; Erl. 112, 17. Secgas and gesíþas fóron tó gefeohte, Judth. Thw. 24, 22 ; Jud. 201. Seccas, Cd. Th. 124, 23 ; Gen. 2067. Wǽron æscwýgan, secggas ymb sigecwén síðes gefýsde. Elen. Kmbl. 519 ; El. 260.

þurh-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-þeówan, -þían, -þýgan, -þýn

to thrust throughpierce throughtransfix

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Lamb. 21, 17) míne handa foderunt manus meas, ii, 16, 23. Dauides þegnas hine ( Absalom ) þurhðýdon, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 223. Ðá wolde hé þurhþýn hí mid swurde, 12, 225. Þurhþíende transverberans, transfigens, Hpt. Gl. 411, 66.

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þýfel

(n.)
Grammar
þýfel, es; m.

A busha thicketa leafy plant

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Lamb. 79, 11. Þýfela vel boxa belsarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 44. Genim ðysse wyrte, ðe wé león fót nemdon, fíf ðýfelas bútan wyrttruman, Lchdm. i. 98, 16

wer-nægel

(n.)
Grammar
wer-nægel, es; m.
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Halliwell explains wornil as 'the larva of the gadfly growing under the skin of the back of cattle.'] Án æþelboren wíf wearð micclum geswenct mid langsumere untrumnysse, and hire ne mihte nán lǽcecræft fremian.

and-sǽte

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Ox. 1897. of that which is good Beóð láðe and tó andsǽte þá þe God lufiað, Wlfst. 89, 17

ang-sumnes

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Þæs weges ongin þe tó Críste lǽt ne mæg beón begunnen bútan sumre ancsumnysse (ang-, v. l. ) via salutis non est nisi angusto initio incipienda, R. Ben. 5, 17. Mid hyra anxsumnysse anxietate sua, Scint. 3, 5: Lch. iii. 200, 4.

be-windan

girdleencirclesurround

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He forðférde, and his lie bewunden læg, Hml. Th. ii. 24, 22. þé God hæfde wære bewunden God had kept thee on every side, An. 535.

butsa-carlas

(n.)
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['The " butsecarls" stand in the same relation to the "scip-fyrd" that the housecarls occupy towards the " land-fyrd "; i. e. they are the king's standing force, as opposed to the national levies.

byden

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Site on bydene . . . geót on þá bydene, lǽt reócan on, Lch. ii. 76, 22-24: 78, 20. Eleberigan dón on bydene (praelo), Gr. D. 50, 30. Bydno hydriae, Jn. L. 2, 6. Bydena cuparum, An. Ox. 4, 60. Bydenum cupis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 62. Bydena cupas, An.

eahta

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Eahta (ehta, v. l. ) hund míla lang, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 8, 2. Ehta (æhto, L., æhtowe, R.) dagas, Lk. 2, 21. Æfter eahta (æhtuo. L., dæge æhtowum, R.) dagum, Jn. 20, 26. Æfter dagum æhtuu, p. 8, 6. Æhtu óra seulfres, p. 188, 9.

freó-man

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For last passage substitute Hwæt gifest þú me, gásta Waldend, freómanna tó frófre ... ne sealdest þú mé sunu ... Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum what freeborn children wilt thou give me, Ruler of spirits, for my comfort? ...

ge-heápod

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 133, 13. to accumulate, get a large amount of Geheápað coacervat (divitias usuris), Kent, Gl. 1045, Gihappia ( = ?giheápie) accumulet Rtl. 85, 29.

ge-leahtrian

(v.)
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Th. 34, 4. to vitiate, corrupt Gif hine mon leahtorfulne ongit . . . him mon secge þæt hé þanon gewíte, þe lǽs þe hé mid his yrmðe óþre geleahtrige ( ne eius miseria alii vitientur ), R. Ben. 109, 20.

inca

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Ne gedyrstlǽce heora nán ... þæt hé Godes áre gewanige oþþe ǽnigne incan séce, hú heó gewanod weorþe, Lch. iii. 442, 17. a cause of complaint Hyra nán ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé ... ǽnig ðing áhsige ... þe lǽs þe ǽnig inca (incca, v.l.) geseald sý (ne detur

morgen-gifu

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(The Latin version is of much later date than the English.)

áþ

Grammar
áþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Se arcebiscop mid his selfes áþe geáhnode God . . . þá land . . . , and þæne áð nam se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa, and þǽr wæs gód eáca tén hundan mannan þe þane áð sealdan, Cht. Th. 273, 22-31.

up-áhefedness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhefedness, e; f.

Elevationexaltationexultationarrogance, pride

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Lamb. 31, 7. arrogance, pride Ðisses mannes (Dives') uncyst and upáhefednys, Homl. Th. i. 328, 22: ii. 560, 20: Homl. Skt. i. 16, 163. Aman wearð gehýnd for his upáhefednysse, Homl. Ass. 101, 322.

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gader-tang

Grammar
gader-tang, gæder-teng. l. -tenge,

Contiguous, conjoint, in contact or connexioncontinuous

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Voc. ii. 136, 33. of material things Ðá landgemǽro ðæsse búrlandes tó Abbendúne, ðæt is gadertang on þreó genamod, ðæt is Hengestes íg and Seofocanwyrð and Wihthám (i. e. the land lies altogether but it is divided into three parts, each with its own

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, hom; gen. hammes; m.

A dwelling, fold, or enclosed possession.

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'It is so frequently coupled with words implying the presence of water as to render it probable that, like the Friesic hemmen, it denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against the stream, which would otherwise

Bryten

(n.)
Grammar
Bryten, Bryton, Briten, Breoten, Breoton, Broten, Brittan, Britten, Brytten; gen. dat. acc. e; f. acc. also as nom.

BRITAINBritannia, Cambria

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BRITAIN; Britannia, Cambria Brytene ígland is ehta hund míla lang the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long, Chr. Th. 3, l, col. l: 3, 10, col. I. 3.