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sumer-hús

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-hús, a
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summer-hause cwæð ꝥ wolde wyrcan þá healle ǽrest on eástdǽle and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan and winterhús and sumerhús and wynsume búras twelf hús tógædere, Hml. S. 36, 98

hlutor-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
hlutor-, hluttor-líce; adv.

Clearly, plainly

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Gif him ðæt hluttorlíce gecýðan wolde hwæt wǽre si simpliciter sibi quis fuisset proderet, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 37: 5, 13: S. 634, 2

ǽrend-secg

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend-secg, es; m.

An errand-deliverera messengerlegatusnuntius

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An errand-deliverer, a messenger; legatus, nuntius Ic, on his gearwan, geseó ðæt he is ǽrend-secg uncres Hearran I, by his habit, see that he is the messenger of our Lord, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 17; Gen. 658

hergaþ

(n.)
Grammar
hergaþ, hergoþ, es; m.

Harryingplunderingmaking war

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Harrying, plundering, making war wæs ðá útáfaren on hergaþ he was then gone out a harrying, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 20: 911; Erl. 100, 25: 918; Erl. 102, 30. Faran on hergoþ to wage war. Thw. 162, 37

GEBÚR

(n.)
Grammar
GEBÚR, es; m.

A dwellerhusbandmanfarmercountrymanBOORincŏlaagricŏlacŏlōnus

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A dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, BOOR; incŏla, agricŏla, cŏlōnus Gif he on gebúres húse gefeohte if he fight in a boor's house, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 8. Gebúres gerihte rights of the boor, Th. i. 434, 3

ge-cænnan

(v.)

to declareclearproveadvocarepurgaremanifestare

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to declare, clear, prove; advocare, purgare, manifestare Hine gecænne ðæt he ðane banan begeten ne mihte let him prove that he could not obtain the slayer, L. H. E. 2; Th. i. 28, 2 : 4; Th. i. 28, 8

Linked entry: ge-cennan

ge-fadung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fadung, e; f.

A disposingarrangingdispŏsĭtio

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A disposing, arranging; dispŏsĭtio He nǽre ná ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre he would not be almighty if any arranging were difficult to him, Bd. de net. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 6; Lchdm. iii. 278, 14

on-sittan

Grammar
on-sittan, <b>. II.</b> v. sittan;
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III. add Ic wolde gecyrran tô þyllicre drohtnunga, ac ic onsitte ꝥ ic beó mînum fæder ungehŷrsum, Hml. S. 33, 75. him æfter þæ̂m gefeohte swîðor onsæt þonne æ̂r dyde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 34

rún-cofa

(n.)
Grammar
rún-cofa, an; m.

The chamber of secret counsel, the mind, breast

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The chamber of secret counsel, the mind, breast mæg on his rúncofan rihtwísnesse findan on ferhþe fæste gehýdde (cf. ðonne fint ðær (on his gemynde) ða ryhtwísnesse gehýdde,Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 51), Met. 22, 59

un-wlitigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wlitigness, e; f.

Uglinessdisfigurement

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Ugliness, disfigurement Semninga gehrán his eágan; ðá gemétte hit swá hál swá swá him nǽfre nǽnig swyle oððe unwlitignes on ætýwde (ac si nil unquam in eo deformitatis ac tumoris apparuisset), Bd. 4, 32; S. 612, 7

Linked entry: wlitigness

swigian

(v.)
Grammar
swigian, sweogian, sweowian, swugian, swuwian, sugian, suwian; p. ode.
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ne suigige ðæs ðe nyttwyrðe sié tó sprecanne, ne ðæt ne sprece ðæt suigigean (swigian, Cott. MSS.) scyle ne aut tacenda proferat, aut proferenda reticescat, Past. 15; Swt. 89, 6-7. Hié mon sceal lǽran ðæt hwílum suigien (swugien, Cott.

ge-metgung

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Add: moderation, temperance, v. ge-metgian; I Temperantia, ꝥ is gemetegung . . . witodlíce gemetegung is eallra mægena módor, Hml. S. I. 161 : Wlfst. 247, 15. Sam þyrfon, sam ne þurfon, willaþ þeáh. Hwǽr is ðonne seó gemetgung?

fore

(prep.)
Grammar
fore, = for, q. v; prep. dat. acc.

foron account offor the sake ofpropropterperforon account offor the sake ofpropropterper

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He fore his mondryhtne módsorge wæg he bare mental sorrow for his master, Exon. 48 a; Th. 165, 5; Gú. 1024. Nó mearn fore fǽhþe and fyrene he mourned not on account of his enmity and crime, Beo. Th. 273; B. 136.

beó-ceorl

(n.)
Grammar
beó-ceorl, beó-cere, es; m.

A BEE-CEORLbee farmer or keeperbocherusapum custos

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It behoves a keeper of bees, if he hold a taxable hive [stock of bees], that he then shall pay to the country what shall be agreed.

ná-wiht

Grammar
ná-wiht, <b>. I a.</b>
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hit mid ealle afielð, and tó náuhte wirð, Past. 279, 4. Tó náwuihte, Solil. H. 62, 28. ne mihte on his móde áfindan þæt þone nacodan mid náhte ne gefréfrode, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 25.

twi-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twi-feald, adj.
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Bd. l, 13; 8. 482, l. doubtful, irresolute: v. twifealdness, ða yfelan and ða twyfealdan geþóhtas forlét (cf. hine hider and þyder gelómlíce on his móde cyrde, 28, 8; ðám tweógendum geþóhtum wiðstód, 18), and hine S Bartholomeus fréfrode, and

un-æþele

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþele, adj.

not nobleignoblemeaninfamous

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Sume beóþ swíðe æþele and wídcúþe on heora gebyrdum, ac beóþ mid wædle ofþrycte, ðæt him wǽre leófre ðæt wǽran unæþele ðonne swá earme, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 1. Æþele and unæþele nobiles, ignobiles, Bd. 5, 7; S. 621, 14.

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.
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léton ealles ðeódscipes geswincg forwurðan, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 12: 1048; Erl. 178, 23. An ( king Eadred ) his sáwla tó anliésnesse, and his ðeódscipe tó þearfe sixtýne hund punda, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 75, 1.

Linked entry: leód-scipe

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.
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wæs swá stíð, ðæt ne róhte heora eallra níð, ac móston ðes cynges wille folgian, gif woldon libban, Chr. 1086 ; Erl. 222, 31.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

þeów-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-dóm, es; m.
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Swá hwá swá ðæs wyrþe biþ, ðæt on heora ðeówdóme beón mót, ðonne biþ on ðam héhstan freódóme, Bt. 5, 1; Fox l0, 13. On Godes ðone sóþan þeówdóm, Blickl. Homl. 45, 24: Elen. Kmbl. 402; El. 201. hine sylfne on ðeówdum (-dóm, Bd.