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munuc

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Nú wille úre sprǽce áwendan tó þám iungum munecum þe heora cildhád habbað ábisgod on cræftigum bócum, Angl. viii. 321, 26. Add

tela

Grammar
tela, <b>.
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</b> add Getímige ús tela on líchaman, getímige ús untela, symle sceolon þæs Gode ðancian, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 15. Oft getímað yfelum teala for lífe, 332, 15. <b>III a.

ehta-tyne

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
ehta-tyne, adj.

Eighteen octō-dĕcim

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Eighteen; octō-dĕcim Wéne gé ðæt ða ehtatyne wǽron scyldige pŭtātis quia illi dĕcent et octo dēbĭtōres fuĕrint? Lk. Bos. 13, 4, 16

ell-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
ell-þeód, ell-þiéd, e; f.

A strange people, foreign nation pĕregrīna gens

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A strange people, foreign nation; pĕregrīna gens Hý fóron on ellþiéde they went into a foreign land, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 6

emb-feran

(v.)
Grammar
emb-feran, p. -ferde; pp, -fered

To go round, surroundcircuīre

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To go round, surround; circuīre Híg geond feówertig daga embferdon ðone eard they went round the country for forty days, Num. 13, 26

ge-nom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-nom, pl. -nómon
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took Weard genom the guardian took, Exon. 11 a; Th. 14, 22; Cri. 223: Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 14; p. of ge-niman

on-weorpness

(n.)
Grammar
on-weorpness, e; f.
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A throwing on Ðæt lég swíðe weóx and him nǽnig mon mid wætra onweorpnesse ( injectu ) wiðstondan meahte, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 20

Linked entry: weorpness

á-wannian

(v.)

to become livid

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Add:to become livid: Hé gedyde ꝥ eall his andwlita áwannode (wearð áwannod, v. l.) totum illius vultum lividum reddidit, Gr, D. 20, 32

Linked entry: wannian

geómore

(adv.)
Grammar
geómore, geómre; adv.
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Sadly, mournfully Wearð undyrne cúð, gyddum geómore, þætte Grendel wan wið Hróðgár, B. 151. Þǽr wæs tóða geheáw hlúde and geómre, Sat. 340

Linked entry: geómre

nytlicness

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Add: profit, advantage Swá ꝥ hit sí for micelre nyttlicnesse (magnae utilitatis) ꝥ hyra weorc forholen beón ne magon, Gr. D. 61, 10

bríþel

(adj.)
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fragile, weak, perishable Eall hé weornige swá sýre (? syer, MS.) wudu weornie, swa bréðel seó (þeo, MS.) swá þystel, Lch. i. 384, 14

Linked entries: breáþ bréþel

ge-brengan

Grammar
ge-brengan, <b>; II.</b>
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add: where the action is given by a clause Sé wearð on gebróht ꝥ hé ofsleán wolde þá Iúdéi, Hml. S. 25, 549

Crécas

(n.)
Grammar
Crécas, gen. Créca; pl. m.

The Greeks Græci

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The Greeks; Græci Fór on Crécas he went against the Greeks Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 15, 31.

Linked entries: Grécas Créce

ge-wépan

(v.)
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To weep Hé giweóp (-weǽp, L. ) ofer ðá cæstre flevit super ciuitatem, Lk. R. 19, 41. Gewǽp, Lk. p. 10, 4: Jn. L. 20, 11. Gewaepon flebant, Lk. L. 8, 52. trans.

á-sceacan

(v.)
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sceolon ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp ús fram, Hml. Th. i. 602, 15. His geoc of heora swuran ásceacan, 212, 10: R. Ben. 98, 14. Hé of þám slǽpe ásceacen wearð, Hml. 8. 31, 891. to shake (trans.)

Scottas

(n.)
Grammar
Scottas, pl.
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Bede's statement of the cures worked on those who were bitten by snakes through the application of water in which scrapings from the leaves of Irish books were put, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 36-39), Lchdm. ii. 110, 15.

Linked entries: Sceottas Scot-land

stæppan

(v.)
Grammar
stæppan, steppan; p. stóp; pp. stapen
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Ðonne stæpþ se sacerd tǽlleáslíce on ðone weg tunc sacerdos irreprehensibiliter graditur, Past. 13, 1; Swt. 77, 18: Homl. Th. i. 374, 21. Hé stæpþ beforan ðison folce praecedet populum istum, Deut. 3, 28. Stepeþ, Exon. Th. 264, 34; Jul. 374.

á-blycgan

(v.)
Grammar
á-blycgan, p. de; pp. -blyged, -blycged.
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wearð swíðe þearle áblycged vehementer territus Gr. D. 133, 3. Ic eom áblicged consternor Ælfc. Gr. 222, 9. Hé wearð áblicged . . . and forhtmód wafode . . . hé sæt áblicged, Ælfc. T. 17, 40-4.

mid

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Se wer þe mid his ágene (-on, v. l. ) wíf bið slǽpende, Bd. 1, 27 ; Sch. 86, 1. Ána mid him sylfum alone by himself, Gr. D. 105, 29 : 32 : 106. 24. <b>II a.

Róm-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-feoh, gen. -feós; n.
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bebeódaþ ǽlcum cristenum men ... Rómfeoh ... Gif hit hwá dón nelle, sý he ámánsumod, L. Edm. E. 2; Th. i. 244, 17.