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cnídan

(v.)
Grammar
cnídan, p. cnád, pl. cnidon; pp. cniden

To beatcædere

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To beat; cædere Ða sume cnidon [MS. cnidun] they beat some; alium ceciderunt Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 35

HUND

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
HUND, n.

A HUNDREDcentum

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Sum hund scipa some hundred ships, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 5. Ðæt flód stód ðá swá án hund daga and fíftig daga obtinuerunt aquæ terram centum quinquaginta diebus, Gen. 7, 24. Æfter óðer healf hund daga post centum quinquaginta dies, 8, 3.

Linked entry: hundes beó

rǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
rǽdels, es; m.: e; f.: rǽdelse, rǽdelle (?), an; f.
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Eall ðis ðú gerehtest tó sóðe swíðe gesceádwíslíce búton ǽlcre leásre rǽdelsan haec nullis extrinsecus sumtis, sed altero ex altero fidem trahente, insitis domesticisque probationibus explicabas, 35, 5; Fox 164, 31.

a-bláwan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bláwan, p. -bleów; pp. -bláwen

To blowbreatheflareefflare

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Nǽfre mon ðæs hlúde býman abláweþ never does a man blow the trumpet so loudly, Exon. 117b; Th. 451, 27; Dóm. 110.

Linked entry: a-bleów

in-here

(n.)
Grammar
in-here, es ; m.

A native armyhome-force

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country, home-force Se here férde swá hé sylf wolde and se fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm ðet him náðor ne dohte ne innhere ne úthere the Danes went as they liked, and the English levy did every kind of harm to the people of the country, so

græfa

(n.)
Grammar
græfa, græfe[?], an
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The word may be of Celtic origin, and so may be compared with Old French grave, of which gravel is a diminutive. Celtic forms are Bret. grouan gravel: Corn. grow gravel, sand: W. gro pebbles

heorcnung

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Th. ii. 564, 4, the faculty of heartening, power of hearing: Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlic on hlyste, swá micel swá on ðǽre heorcnunge is voice is stricken air perceptible by the sense of hearing so much as is within the capacity of a person to

tó-fleótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-fleótan, p. -fleát; pp. -floten

To float in different directions,be dispersed by water,be carried away by water

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Mid te fleotinde word tofleoteð þe heorte, so ꝥ longe þer efter ne mei heo beon ariht igedered togederes, A. R. 74, 29. Forstoppeð ouwer þouhtes, ase ȝe wulled ꝥ heo nout ne touleoten ȝeond te world, 72, 22

Linked entry: fleótan

Lǽden

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden, es; n.

Latinspeechlanguage

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Gr. 6; Som. 5, 37-40. On léden latine and latialiter, 38; Som. 41, 32. Gelǽrede on léden and on grécisc, Homl. Skt. 2, 44: Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 11.

Linked entries: Léden lýden

burg-lond

(n.)
Grammar
burg-lond, es; n.
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City-land; urbis solum Eálá sancta Hierusalem, Cristes burglond O holy Jerusalem, city-land of Christ! Exon. 8b; Th. 4, 12; Cri. 51

Linked entry: burh-land

leóþ-sang

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-sang, es; m.

A songpoem

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A song, poem In swinsunge leóþsanges in modulationem carminis, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 35. For his leóþsongum cujus carminibus, S. 596, 36

ragu-finc

(n.)
Grammar
ragu-finc, es; m.
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The name of some bird Ragofinc scutatis, scutatus, Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 44 : 281, 15 : barrulus, ii. 10, 79. Reagufinc bariulus, 101, 62

ypping-íren

(n.)
Grammar
ypping-íren, es; n.
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The name of some tool, a crowbar (?) Hé sceal fela andlómena habban . . . mattuc, ippingíren, scear, culter and eác gádíren, Anglia ix. 263, 3

bell-tácn

(n.)
Grammar
bell-tácn, bell-tácen, es; n.
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A signal given by a bell Sóna swá hý ꝥ belltácen gehýrað þǽre nigoðan tíde, ꝥ is seó nóntíd, Hml. A. 140, 65

sund-ampre

(n.)
Grammar
sund-ampre, an; f.
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Some kind of dock; rumex maritimus Sundompran (cf. ompran þá þe swimman wile, 322, 16, and see sund) ymbdelf, Lch. ii. 116, 13

un-álífedlic

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Þæt þú forseó weorlde ára, and húru ungemetlice and uná lífedlice, Solil. H. 46, 9. Add

Linked entry: á-lífedlic

set-þorn

(n.)
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some kind of tree Andlang fura on sctþorn; of setþorne on fúlan ríþig, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 436, 14

swingere

(n.)
Grammar
swingere, es; m.
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One who scourges Nú ic (mead) eom bindere and swingere, sóna weorpere, Exon. Th. 409, 26 ; Rä. 28, 7

on-galness

(n.)
Grammar
on-galness, e; f.
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A constant singing or song Ongalnis ł sang mín symle [tu es] decantatio mea semper, Ps. Rdr. 70, 6

Linked entry: galness

wift

(n.)
Grammar
wift, e; f.

Some implement used in weaving

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Some implement used in weaving Hé sceal habban fela towtóla . . . pihten, timplean, wifte, wefle, wulcamb, Anglia ix. 263, 12