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ge-flít

(n.)
Grammar
ge-flít, -flýt, es; n.

Contentionstrifecontestdisputediscussioncontentioliscertāmenconcertātiorixa

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Lamb. 107, 40 : Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 30. Ðis geflít hæc lis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 29; Som. 11, 62. Sume ic to geflýte fremede I have urged some to strife, Exon. 72 b; Th. 271, 18; Jul. 484; Bd. 5, 6 : S. 619, 4. On geflít in contest, Beo. Th. 1734; B. 865.

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reócan

(v.)
Grammar
reócan, p.reác

To reek, send forth smoke or steam

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Wel on wætere, lǽt reócan on ða eágan ðonne hit hát síe, Lchdm. ii. 18, 24 : 32, 7. Reócan fumare, Germ. 395, 70. Reócende anhelans, 400, 92. Récende fumigans, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 20. Heó ðæra máðma ne róhte ðe má ðe reócendes meoxes, Homl.

Linked entries: récan hreócan

sín-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
sín-lǽca, -láca, an; m.
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H.) and wiccan, ne lǽt ðú ða libban, L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 50, 10. v. two following words

scipe

(n.)
Grammar
scipe, es; m.
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Ne mihte ic of þan kinge habben scipinge; ich spende mine ahte þa wile þa heo ilaste, Laym. 13656.] state, condition, dignity, office Hæbbe ic mínes cynescipes gerihta swá mín fæder hæfde, and míne þegnas hæbben heora scipe (cf. se déma ðe óðrum wóh

twi-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of a rank for which the wergild was two hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twihynde man was a
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Cf. too: Ceorles wergild is. . . ii hund sciłł. be Myrcna lage, L. Wg. 6; Th. i. 186, 11), L.E.G. 12; Th. i. 174, 14. Ǽnig mǽgð . . . xii-hynde oððe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 11. Be twyhyndum were.

þegnest

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest, (? related to þegnian as O. Sax. thionost,
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: where it occurs as the first part of a compound the form is þeónest; in the same passage, which is late, eó is written where é is the more regular form, as heót for hét; perhaps, however, the Scandinavian form has influenced the English) Service Þæs

un-nyt

(n.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nytt, es; n.

a vain thingvanityfrivolityan evil thinginiquity

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Lamb. ii. 3. an evil thing, iniquity Hí unnyt sæcgeaþ loqueutur iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 93, 4

Dryhten-lic

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Lǽran mid ðǽre drihtenlican láre, Hml. A. 12, 298. Dón æfter þǽre drihtenlican bisene, 160, 198. 'Þú eart Críst, þæs lifigendon Godes suna.' On ðǽre drihtenlican andetnysse ( in that confession of the Lord ), 156, 118.

fore-mǽre

Grammar
fore-mǽre, , for-mǽre.
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Þus heálices and ðus foremǽres úres mundboran láre folgian, 169, 17. Ꝥ mycele and ꝥ foremǽre bearn, Lch. iii. 428, 21. Wítgan myccle and foremǽre, Bl. H. 161, 13.

for-swelgan

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Þe lǽs wulfas forswelgen ( devorent ) míne sceáp, Coll. M. 20, 15. Forswelgan lurcare, An. Ox. 3573. fig. Forswelð devorat (os impiorum iniquitatem ), Kent.

ge-bærnan

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Gebærnd lím calcis viva, ii. 127, 49. of a lamp, to cause to give light Ne ǽnig ðæcele giberneð (-að, L. ) nemo lucernam accendit, Lk. R. 11, 33. Ge-bernes, Lk. L. 8, 16. Léht in ús gibern lucem in nobis accende, Rtl. 38, 3. <b>II a.

ge-belgan

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Ðá sǽde heó ꝥ heó nán land hæfde þe him áht tó gebyrede, and gebealh heó (acc, or nom. ? Cf. III in Dict.)swíðe eorlíce wið hire sunu, Cht. Th. 337, 24.

yfel

(n.)
Grammar
yfel, es; n.
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Ðý lǽs hié hit mid ðǽm óðrum yfle (yfele, v. l. ) geiéce, 312, 11. Mid ðǽm ánum yfle, 358, 20. Ðá diéglan yfel habbað écne gewutan, 449, 1. In him wunnon þá yfel his líchaman wið þám weorce his ælmesdǽda, Gr. D. 320, 18.

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m.

local, room, space temporal, space of timeopportunity

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Þerh alle tído rúmo per omnium horarum spatia, 171, 41. time which allows unhindered or unhurried action, opportunity Rúm wæs tó nimanne londbúendum on hyra ealdfeóndum herereáf the men of the land had ample opportunity of taking the spoil from their

Linked entry: rúmian

wearg

(n.; prep.)
Grammar
wearg, wearh, es; m.

a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminalof other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit

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Ich wulle hine anhon haxst alre warien, Laym. 28215

-hám

(suffix)
Grammar
-hám, es; m.

the abode of the elves

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In this sense it is the general assemblage of the dwellings in each particular district, to which the arable land and pasture of the community were appurtenant, the home of all the settlers in a separate and well defined locality, the collection of the

Bryttas

(n.)
Grammar
Bryttas, Brittas, Brettas, Breotas, Brytas, Britas; pl. m.

BritonsBritonesBretonsArmoricani

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Britons; Britones -Ǽrest wǽron búend ðyses landes Bryttas the first inhabitants of this land [England] were the Britons, Chr. Th. 3, 8, col. 1, 3.

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BUCCA

(n.)
Grammar
BUCCA, an; m.

a buckA he-goat, BUCKcaper, hircus

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Lamb. 49, 13. Ic ne underfó of eowedum ðínum buccan non accipiam de gregibus tuis hircos, 49, 9: Deut. 32, 14.

Linked entry: buc-heort

wígbed-bót

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-bót, e; f.

A fine paid to the bishop for the injury done to the church by doing wrong to one in holy orders

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In the laws of Henry I it is called emendacio altaris, II, 8; Th. i. 521, 7: 66, 3; Th. i. 569, 13

HOL

(n.)
Grammar
HOL, es; n.

A HOLE, hollow, cavern, den

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Lamb. 103, 22. Foxas habbaþ holu vulpes foveas habent, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 20: Lk. Skt. 9, 58. Hola, Homl. Th. i. 160, 33

Linked entries: holh holl