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an-gin

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Mid þǽm þe þá burgware swá geómorlic angin hæfdon while the citizens were engaged in such melancholy proceedings, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 15. [O. H. Ger. ana-ginn(i) initium.] See also ongin in Dict

ge-wuna

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, an; m.

A customwontmanneruseriteconsuetudo

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Swá hit gewuna is ut adsolet Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 20. [Or do the two last belong to ge-wuna, adj.? (cf. ge-wunelíc.)]

Linked entries: -wuna ge-wun

ymb-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-gang, es; m.
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Voc. ii. 139, 82. of extent traversed or measured, circuit, circumference His ymbgong ( ambitus ) is hundseofontig míla and seofeða dǽl ánre mile, . . . and bufan ðæm máran wealle ofer ealne ðone ymbgong hé is mid stǽnenum wíghúsum beworht, Ors. 2, 4

á-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lísan, (-lýsan, q. v.
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Ðæt lond æt him álésan, Ors. l, 10; S. 44, 9. Bióð álésede of liberabuntur, Kent. Gl. 355. <b>IIIb.</b> to make free in respect to a person or thing (wiþ, for) :-- Nú álýse ic mé sylfne wið God I will free myself in relation to God, Hml.

Linked entry: á-lýsan

ge-líca

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Þæt hié ( the Romans) swá heáne hié geþóhten þæt hí (the Carthaginians) heora (the Romans ) gelícan wurden, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 18. Ládige hé hine mid .xi. his gelícena, Ll. Th. i. 154, 8.

ge-méting

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(l a) a hostile meeting :-- Heora gemétting wæs æt Trefia, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 31. Geméti[n]g, 5, 7; S. 228, 24. Somnite æt óþran gefeohte mid máran fullume tó Rómána gemétinge cóman, 3, 8 ; S. 120, 25.

tó-teran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-teran, p. -tær, pl. -tǽron; pp. -toren

To tear to piecesto tear to pieces a material to tear to piecesto harassdistractdestroy

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His æfterfolgeras feówertiéne geár ðisne middangeard tótugon and tótǽron (dilaniaverunt), Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 24.

staca

(n.)
Grammar
staca, an; m.

A stake

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Mon hæfde ða burg mid stacum gemearcod, wulfas átugan ða stacan up, Ors. 5, 5; Swt. 226, 17-19. Álege ðone man upweard, dríf .ii. stacan æt ðám eaxlum, Lchdm. ii. 342, 5.

Linked entry: stacung

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Daniel sægde him wíslíce wereda gesceafte, ꝥte sóna ongeat cyning ord and ende ðæs ðe him ýwed wæs, Cd. Th. 225, 28; Dan. 161.

ge-bídan

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Ors. 4, 2 ; S. 160, 31. Gebíd ðú mid ðǽre andsware, oð ðú wite ðæt ðín sprǽc hæbbe ǽgðer ge ord ge ende, Past. 385, 12. Hwæþer ðú þínes ágenes þonces hí forléte, þe þú gebide hwonne hí þé forlétan, Bt. 8 ; F. 26, 13. Gebídan, oþ þæt. . .

mid

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Hé þæt heáfod hét Iuliuse onsendan and his hring mid, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 18 : 6, 17; S. 270, 23. Cwóman mysce manige, mid wǽrun gnættas, Ps. Th. 104, 27.

friþ-gild

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-gild, es; n.

A peace-guilda society for the maintenance of peace and securityfœderātōrum sodālicium

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This name was given to certain guilds or clubs established during, or before, the reign of king Athelstan, for the repression of theft, the tracing of stolen cattle, and the indemnification of persons robbed, by means of a common fund raised by subscription

Linked entries: freó-gyld frý-gyld

ídel

(n.)
Grammar
ídel, es; n.

Idlenessvanityfutilityfrivolity

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Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóstas ðǽr ne geþafian ne ídele spǽce ne ídele dǽde ne ǽnig ídel we enjoin that priests do not permit there [in the church] idle talk or action or any frivolity, L. Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 27.

gréting

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A. 1, 2. term applied to a person or thing, appellation Heofenlicere grétincge synderlic gifu cęlestis eulogię (the name Benedict) pręrogatiua, An. Ox. 2571.

here-beácen

a war-signala beaconan ensigna lighthouse

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Substitute: a war-signal (lit. or fig.) Herebaecon, -bécon, -bénc simbulum, Txts. 96, 919. Herebǽcun, 101, 1971.

wearr

(n.)
Grammar
wearr, es; m.

A piece of hard skin (particularly on the hands or feet), callosity

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Wearras and weartan on weg tó ðonne, 362, 17: ii. 150, 1, [Warre or knobbe of a tre vertex, Prompt. Parv. 516, and see note.]

Linked entries: weorras wear wearriht

cýs-lyb

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-lyb, cýs-lybb, es ; pl. nom. acc. -lybbu ; n. [cýse cheese, lyb, lib a drug]

Cheese-drug, rennet or runnetcasei coagulum

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Cheese-drug, rennet or runnet; casei coagulum Haran cýslybb syle drincan ðam wífe give the woman a hare's runnet to drink, Med. ex Quadr. 4, 14; Lchdm. i. 346, 4. Ða meolc geren mid cýslybbe turn the milk with rennet, Lchdm. iii. 18, 11.

Linked entries: cése-lib lybb

eorþ-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-fæt, es; n.

An earthen vessel, the body vas terrâ factum, corpus

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An earthen vessel, the body; vas terrâ factum, corpus Se gǽst nimeþ swá wíte swá wuldor, swá him in worulde ðæt eorþfæt ǽr geworhte the spirit receives either punishment or glory, as the body has worked for him before in the world, Exon. 98 a; Th. 367

éðel-riht

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-riht, -rieht, es ; n.

A land or country's right patrium jus

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A land or country's right; patrium jus Wǽron orwénan éðelrihtes they were hopeless of country's right, Cd. 154; Th. 191, 8; Exod. 211.

fúl

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fúl, es; m.

A convicted offenderreus, qui scĕlĕris damnātus est

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A convicted offender; reus, qui scĕlĕris damnātus est Ðæt hý ne fúl náwár friðian ne feormian nor that they anywhere protect or harbour a convicted offender, L. Ed. 7; Th. i. 162, 25.