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port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es; m. n.
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a port, haven Wið ðone gársecg is se port ðe mon hǽt Caligardamana, and be súþaneástan ðæm porte is ðæt ígland Deprobane, and be norþan ðæm Gandes múþan ... is se port Samera.

Linked entry: Portes-múþa

þiclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þiclíce, adv.
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Steorran of heofenan feóllan, náht be ánan oððe twám, ac swá þiclíce ðæt hit nán mane áteallan ne mihte, Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 21

Linked entry: þicce

wering

(n.)
Grammar
wering, e; f.
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A dam Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit bið gepynd, hit fundaþ wið ðæs ðe hit ǽr from com . . . Ac gif sió pynding wierð onpennad, oððe sió wering wirð tóbrocen, ðonne tófléwð hit eall, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 8. v. werian, <b>I a</b>; be-werung

Linked entry: werung

wiþ-gangan

(v.)

to go againstto go offwithdrawfail

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to go against Ic ne meahte mægnes cræfte gúðe wiðgongan (I could not go and meet the foe in fight ), ac ic sceal sécan cempan sǽmran, Exon. Th. 266, 4; Jul. 393. to go off, withdraw, fail Byð mé eágon wiðgangen defecerunt oculi mei, Ps. Th. 68, 3

bisceop-híred

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-híred, es; m.
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The clergy subject to a bishop Biscophírede cleri (ad calumniam pontificis et infamiam cleri, Ald. 41, 2: cf. gloss on the passage. An. Ox. 3006 :-- Cleri, i. familię, i. populi preósthíredes), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 28: 18, 28.

Linked entries: bisceop-hyrde híréd

deád-líce

(adv.)
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Substitute: So as to cause death, mortally. v. deád*-*lic, Deádlíce loetaliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 38. Dǽdlíce letaliter, i. mortaliter, An. Ox. 379.

ge-hwearfness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwearfness, ge-hwerfness, e; f.
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Sé ðe nú giet on synnum is, næfð hé nó forlǽten ðone trúwan his gehwearfnesse ( conversions); ac sé sé ðe æfter his gehwerfnesse (post conversionem ) tó lange wlæc bið, ðonne lytlað him se tóhopa, Past. 447, 12-15

ge-bédian

(v.)
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Substitute: ge-bedi(g)an to worship, pray Hé þóhte þæt hé wolde Róme gesécan, and ðá hálgan stówe ðára eádigra apostola . . . geseón and him þǽr bodigan (gebedigan, gebiddan, gebodian, v. ll.)

lác-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
lác-fæsten, a
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fast considered as an offering Ne gelýfe þæs nǽnig mon ꝥ him ne genihtsumige ꝥ fasten tó écere hǽlo, búton hé mid óþrum gódum hit geéce, and sé þe wille Drihtne bringan gecwéme lácfæsten, þonne sceal hé ꝥ mid ælmessan and mid mildheortum weorcum fullian

Linked entry: fæsten

syn-bryne

(n.)
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The Latin is: Spiritus qui ad peccandum succendit, and the English version is imperfect. As bryne is masculine, þǽre synbryne is certainly incorrect, and needs some emendation like that suggested), Verc. Först. 143, 18. (?)

ofer-fæðman

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-fæðman, p. de

To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope

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To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope Swilce hé oferfæðmed ealne middangeard as if it (the tree of Nebuchadnezzar s vision) would cover with embracing boughs all the world, Cd. Th. 247, 24; Dan. 502.

copped

(v.)
Grammar
copped, part. [cop a top]

Having the top cut offtoppedpolledcapite recisusdecacuminatus

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Dipl. 1121; A. D. 939; Kmbl. v. 240, 28, 29. Andlang weges on ða coppedan ác along the way to the polled oak Th. Diplm. A. D. 900; 145, 29

tó-gínan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gínan, p. -gán; pp. -ginen

To yawngapeopen

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To yawn, gape, open as the mouth does Eorðe tógaan and eall forswealh Dathanes weorod aperta est terra, et deglutivit Dathan, Ps. Th. 105, 15. Se stán tógán, stream út áweóll. Andr. Kmbl. 3044; An. 1525.

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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S. 31, 1323. a place where there is fishing, a fishing-ground Wǽron twégen gebróþra . . . and hæfdon ǽnne fixnoþ on ánum brádum mere . . . ac þǽr wurdon eft æt þám wæterscipe micele gefeoht for þám fixnoþe.

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Nánne ðara twá and twéntigra monna, Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 256, 1. with ordinals Se twá and feówertigeða sealm, R. Ben. 37, 14. Ðane twá and syxtigeþan, 36, 16. On ðære twá and twéntugoðan wucan, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 14, rubric.

Linked entries: tuu twá

ymb-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton ; pp. -seten.
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Th. 12 arg

Linked entry: emb-sittan

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Th. i. 180, 2. (2 c) an age :-- Þreó tída sind on ðysre worulde; án is seó ðe wæs bútan ǽ, óðer is seó ðe wæs under ǽ, seó ðridde is nú æfter Cristes tócyme, Homl.

Linked entry: týd

gífer-nes

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Ic andette gífernesse ǽtes and drences, ge ǽr tíde ge ofer tíde. Ic andette ǽlce gítsunga and æfest, Ll.

gingra

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Th. i. 152, 5. denoting inferiority of position. in a general sense, an inferior, a low (as opposed to a high) person Eallum folce, ge yldrum ge gingrum, Ll.

ána

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
ána, m.

Onesolesinglesolitaryunusunicussolussolitarius

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One, sole, single, solitary; unus, unicus, solus, solitarius: Ðæt [treów, a.] se ána is ealra beáma beorhtast geblówen that is the oae of all the trees most brightly flourishing, Exon. 58b; Th. 209, 27; Ph. 177. God ána on écnysse ríxaþ