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leód-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
leód-biscop, es; m.

a suffragan

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Se hálga Cúðbertus Lindisfarnensiscere gelaþunge leódbiscop [cf. hé wæs tó biscope gecoren ðære cyricean æt Lindisfarena , Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 7], Homl. Th. ii. 148, 22. Gif hwá arcebisceopes oððe æþelinges borh abrece ...

gylt

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Dict. ). state of being guilty, criminality, culpability Hé gecnáwan mæg hwæt tǽlwierðe bið, and suáðeáh . . . forwandaí ðæt hé béte and ðreáge his hiéremenn be ðæs gyltes andefne quae reprehendenda sunt cognoscit, sed tamen . . . digtiis ea increpationibus

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Hí comon úp on Limene múþan mid .ccl. hunde scipa . . . on þá hí tugon úp hiora scipu oþ þone weald .iiii. míla fram þǽm múþan úteweardum, Chr. 893; P. 84, 4-11. Wé on sǽláde scipum brecað ofer bæðweg, An. 512.

streám

(n.)
Grammar
streám, es; m.

A stream, current, flowing water

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Hé wolde ða mid sunde oferfaran, ac hiene se streám fordráf, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 30. Ymbútan ðone weall is se mǽsta díc, on ðæm is iernende se ungefóglecesta streám fossa extrinsecus late patens, vice amnis circumfluit. Swt. 74, 18.

be-witan

watch over

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S. 22, 99: 3, 61. ꝥá góde mæn þe þis land bewiston, Chr. 1091; P. 226, 27. property ꝥá (the senators) wæron simbel binnan Rómebyrg wuniende, tó þon ꝥ hié bewisten eal ꝥ licgende feoh, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 4.

Linked entry: be-witian

fæstnung

stabilityfixityfortifyinga fasteningbinding an exhortationconfirmationratificationa covenantassurance

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Wel bið þám þe him frófre tó fæder on heofonum séceð, þǽr ús eal seó fæstnung stondeð, Wand. 115. confirmation, ratification. Similar entries v. fæstnian, 4 Fæstnung confirmatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 6.

gilpan

(v.)
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Oððe hé for his góda mierringe gielpe ( glorietur ), Past. 149, 20. with clause giving the boast Þá wénde hé þæt hit Godes ágen wǽre; and se deófles man gealp þæt hé eác swá wǽre, Wlfst. 99, 18. Hwæþer ðú durre gilpan ꝥ heora fægernes þín sié?

of

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Add Gif preóst miswurðige circan þe eal his wurðscipe of sceal árísan, Ll. Th. ii. 294, 10

ár-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ár-leás, def. se ár-leása; adj. [ár, leás].

void of honourhonourlessdisgracefulinfamouswickedimpiousinhonestusimpiusinfamispitilessmercilesscruelcrudelis

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Ðú scealt hweorfan árleás of earde ðínum thou shalt depart infamous from thy dwelling, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 24; Gen. 1019: Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 25; Cri. 1430. pitiless, merciless, cruel; crudelis Maximianus, árleás cyning, cwealde cristne men Maximian, the

DRAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRAGAN, ic drage, ðú drægest, drægst, dræhst, he drægeþ, drægþ, dræhþ, pl. dragaþ; p. dróg, dróh, pl.drógon ; pp. dragen.

DRAG, drawtrahĕreTo draw oneself, to draw, gose conferre, ire

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To DRAG, draw; trahĕre Eall ðæt ða beón dragen toward ða dráne dragaþ fraward all that the bees draw towards them the drones draw from them, Chr. 1127; Th. 378, 24, 25. Simon Petrus dróg ðæt nett on eorþe Simon Petrus traxit rete in terram, Jn.

Dene-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
Dene-mearc, Dene-marc,e ; f: -marce, -mearce, -merce, an; f.

DENMARK Dānia

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Weonoþland him wæs on steór-bord, and on bæc-bord him wæs Langa land, and Lǽland, and Falster, and Scon-ég; and ðás land eall hýraþ to Denemearcan Wulfstan said that he went from Haddeby.

Linked entry: Dena mearc

fyrmest

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, formest; def. se fyrmesta, seó, ðæt fyrmeste; sup. adj.

FOREMOSTfirstprīmus

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Se fyrmesta is eásterne wind the first is the east wind, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 17, 22; Lchdm. iii. 274, 13. Ðis ys ðæt mǽste and ðæt fyrmeste bebod hoc est maxĭmum et prīmum mandātum, Mt. Bos. 22, 38.

Linked entry: formesta

hundred

(n.)
Grammar
hundred, es; n.

A hundred

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First, they [the men of the hundred] are to assemble themselves every four weeks; and each man is to do justice to other, L. Edg. H; Th. i. 258, 2-4, and see the whole section.

HÝF

(n.)
Grammar
HÝF, e; f.

A HIVE

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Hé wunede eall riht swá dráne dóþ on híue he lived exactly as drones do in the hive, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 20

Linked entries: híf héf

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, g. leás; m.

A leameadow

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by which the land is protected; on the east side the old road c., Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 71, 20.

Linked entries: leáh léh

grafan

(v.)
Grammar
grafan, ic grafe, græfe, ðú græfest, græfst, he græfeþ, græfþ, pl. grafaþ; p. gróf, pl. grófon; pp. grafen.
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Ac hý grófon ǽghwylcne stán swá se cásere geþohte they carved each stone as the emperor designed, Shrn. 146, 16

set

(n.)
Grammar
set, es; n.
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Cf. set-gang, setl. of men, a place where people remain, of an army, a camp, entrenchment, cf. to sit down before a place Ne com se here oftor eall úte of ðǽm setum ðonne tuwwa, óðre síþe ðá hié ǽrest tó londe cómon . . . óðre síþe ðá hié of ðǽm setum

Linked entries: seotu set-gang siota

scín

(n.)
Grammar
scín, scinn, es; n.
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Ða hǽþenan deófle offrodon . . . and ða brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon upp on ǽlce healfe eall swilc hit mist wǽre . . . ða hǽþenan on swilcon deófolscíne (altered to -scinne) blissedon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 39.

tabule

(n.)
Grammar
tabule, (-ele), an; f.: also tabula; m.

a tablea board which is struck to give a signal

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a table Hæfdon hí mid him gehálgode fato and gehálgode tabulan on wigbedes wrixle habentes secum vascula sacra et tabulam altaris vice dedicatam, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 34. a tablet, table on which to inscribe Ðæra eára getæl hæfþ seó tabule ðe wé mearkian

un-gewit

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewit, un-gewitt, es; n.

madnessinsanityfollystupidity

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Hí mid heora gedwolsprǽce eall folc ámyrdon. And Theodosius, ðá hé swilce ungewitt ǽlce dæge gehýrde, hé wearð sárig, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 370