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Lid-wiccas

(n.)
Grammar
Lid-wiccas, Lid-wícingas; pl.
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Two other MSS. have Lidwícingum, Th. 154, 155, and this form occurs in the Scop's Tale:-- Ic wæs mid Lidwícingum, Exon. 86 a; Th. 323, 17; Víd. 80. Micel sciphere com súþan of Lidwicum, Chr. 910; Erl. 101, 32. Lidwiccum, 918; Erl. 102, 22.

mis-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-beódan, p. -beád, pl. -budon; pp. -boden

To do wrong toto offendabuseill-use

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Ðé læs ǽnig man óðrum misbeóde lest any do wrong to other, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 22: Chart. Th. 320, 13: 416, 13.

stunian

(v.)
Grammar
stunian, p. ode.
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Ðá wearð stearc storma gelác; stunede sió brúne ýð wið óðre one dark wave dashed against the other, Met. 26, 29

Linked entry: stinan

Thráceas

(n.)
Grammar
Thráceas, þrácie (?); pl.
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In other passages Latin forms occur, Traci, Thraci :-- Be westan ðære byrig sindon Traci, 1, 1; Swt. 22, 8. Hé wæs farende on Thraci and hié tó him gebígde Thracas domuit, 3, 9; Swt. 124, 9: 4, 11; Swt. 204, 16.

wiþer-mál

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-mál, es; m.

A case againstin reply toby way of accusationdefenceprosecution

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Ðá ne onhagode him tó cumenne to wiðermále ongeán ðone cyng, and ágeán ðone here ðe him mid wæs his (Godwin's) other son, Swegen, was outlawed.

bet

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Hwæt bið þǽm gítsere on his móde þe bet (cf. hwelc fremu byþ þám gítsere, Bt. 26, 3; F. 94, 12) þeáh hé micel áge, Met. 14, 2. with other verbs Búton hé hine geládige ꝥ hé ná bet ne cúðe, Ll.

flís

fleecewooldown

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Uullan fliásum, Txts. 150, 3. used of other animals Twégen seólas mid heora flýse his fét drýgdon, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 12. wool, down Flýse lanugine, Wrt.

ǽg-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwæðer, pron. [á + ge + hwæðer].

eithereachbothuterqueevery oneeachunusquisque

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of two, either, each, both; uterque Ǽghwæðer óðerne earme beþehte they embraced each other, Andr. Kmbl. 2029; An. 1017.

ge-bígednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bígednys, -nyss, e; f.

A bendinginflectiondecliningdeclensioncasedeclīnātiocāsus

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Ða pronōmĭna ðe habbaþ vŏcātīvum, ða habbaþ six casus, and ða óðre ealle nabbaþ búton fíf gebígednyssa the pronouns which have a vocative have six cases, and all the other have but five cases, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 20, 55.

Linked entries: cásus ge-býgednys

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, adv.
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ingang where other MSS. have innan, Chr. 1016; P. 147, 19]. Of motion or direction, inwards Inn introrsum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 18. Móyses oft eóde inn (in, v. l. ) and út on ðæt templ. Past. 101, 24.

strídan

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Sete forth thyn other fot, stryd over sty, 111, 2. Love is stalewarde and strong for to striden on stede, An. Lit. 96, 9.]

ymb-hygd

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Add: care, anxiety about one's self Gif him mǽte ꝥ hé sé mid ǽniges cynnes írene slægen, ymbhýdu ꝥ beóð, and sorge ꝥ tácnað cf. mid ísene geslégene gesihð carfulnysse (sollicitudinem ) getác-nað, cxxv. 54, 248, Archiv cxx. 302, 2. care for others

swæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swæðer, swaðer (= swá hwæðer, cf.
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Beón swæðer hig beón, swá (þe, other MSS. ) sacerdhádes swá clerichádes, 110, 7. Gewylde man hine swaðor man mǽge, swá cucenne swá deádne, L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 17.

Linked entry: swaðor

heáh-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geréfa, an; m.

A high reeve, reeve of high rank

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only a reeve of high rank, I believe always a royal officer; but it is impossible to say whether the rank is personal or official; whether there existed an office called heáhgeréfscipe having certain duties; or whether the circumstance of the shire or other

ge-lóme

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lóme, adv.

Often, frequently, continually, repeatedlysæpe, frĕquenter, contĭnuo, crebrofrequenter

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Often, frequently, continually, repeatedly; sæpe, frĕquenter, contĭnuo, crebro Fregn gelóme freca óðerne one warrior often asked the other, Andr. Kmbl. 2327; An. 1165 : Beo. Th. 1122; B. 559 : Ps. Th. 54, 13 : 62, 4.

Linked entry: -lóme

for-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
for-irþ, e; f.

A headland

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A headland (heáfod-land, q. v.) in the case of land whose furrows are at right angles to those of the adjacent land [cf. forera (other Latin forms are forertha, -erda, -erdum, v. Philol.

Linked entry: for-yrþ

ge-scrépe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scrépe, es; n.
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Fela óþerra gescrépa (-screópa, v.l.) hé ongeat heofonlíce him forgyfen wesan alia commoda caelilas sibi fuisse donata intellexit, Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 461, 17

em-niht

(n.)
Grammar
em-niht, es; n. [em, emn equal; niht night]

Equal day and night, equinoxæquĭnoctium

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Autumnus is hærfest, ðe hæfþ óðre emnihte Autumn is harvest, which hath the other equinox, 9, 1; Lchdm. iii. 250, ii. On ðæs hærfestlícan emnihtes ryne in the course of the harvest [autumnal] equinox, Lchdm. iii. 238, 27.

Linked entry: efen-niht

land-leód

(n.)
Grammar
land-leód, es; m.[?]: e; f.
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The people of a country Se wer gebiraþ mágum, and seó cynebót ðám leódum; other reading:-- Ðam were habbaþ ða mǽgas and ðam cynebót se [seó?] landleód, L. Wg; Th. i. 190, 9, and note 14.

ster-melda

(n.)
Grammar
ster-melda, an; m.
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In the note on this passage stermelda is taken as steórmelda = delator fiscalis; Schmid. on the other hand, gives the meaning 'delator qui rem, factum (stær) prodit.'

Linked entry: melda