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neádung

(n.)
Grammar
neádung, e; f.

Force or violence used against any onecompulsionnecessity

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nolde geniman ús neádunge of deófles anwealde, i. 26, 30. Hine betellan swilce neádunge gefremode ðæt fácn to excuse himself, as if he committed that crime of necessity, H. R. 105, 26. Neádunge vim, Hpt. Gl. 435, 70

Linked entry: níding

burg-geat

Grammar
burg-geat, (burh-).
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[He wende to þan burhȝate þer þe king on bure lai, Laym. 17670.] a town-gate (v. burg, II) férde on ðá burg Ambinensus ... þá sæt þǽr sum þearfa æt ðǽm burggeate, Bl. H. 213, 33

fæsting

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wilnode ꝥ befæste þám biscope his óðerne sunu . . . Þá gefylledre þæ-acute;re fæstinge wæs forðféred episcopo filium suum commendare curavit . . . Qua commendatione expleta defunctus est, Gr.

gilpen

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Ðǽm gielpnan (gilpnan, v. l.) bið leófre ðæt secge on hine selfne gif hwæt gódes wát eligit arrogans bona de se jactari 217, 14

sǽl-wang

(n.)
Grammar
sǽl-wang, es; m.

A fertile plainplain

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A fertile plain, plain be wealle geseah wundrum fæste under sǽlwange sweras unlytle by the wall he saw huge pillars with their bases wondrous fast underground. Andr. Kmbl. 2984; An. 1495.

Linked entry: sál-wang

hám-sittende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hám-sittende, part.

Sitting, dwelling at home, resident

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Sitting, dwelling at home, resident Wé beódaþ se mon se ðe his gefán hámsittendne wite ðæt ne feohte ǽrðam ðe him ryhtes bidde we command that the man who knows his foe to be dwelling at his home fight not before he demand justice, L.

ge-tengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tengan, p. de; pp. ed [tengan to hasten, rush upon]

To hastenjoindevote one's self toinjungĕredēdĕre

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To hasten, join, devote one's self to; injungĕre, dēdĕre Hine sylfne getengde in Godes þeówdóm he devoted himself to God's service, Elen. Kmbl. 400; El. 200.

Linked entries: tengan ge-tenge

hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
hleótan, p. hleát, pl. hluton.

to cast lotsto obtain by lot, get a share, share in, participate, obtain

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Ðonne seó tíd gewinnes and gefeohtes com ðonne hluton mid tánum tó ðám ealdormannum and swá hwylc heora swá him se tán ætýwde ðonne gecuron ðone him tó heretogan Satrapæ, ingruente belli articulo mittunt æqualtier sortes, et quemcumque sors ostenderit

Linked entry: ge-hleótan

starian

(v.)
Grammar
starian, p. ode
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Ðe gé hér on stariaþ, 33, 6; Cri. 521: 36, 3; Cri. 570. Him ðæt tácen wearð, ðǽr tó starude, Cd. Th. 260, 32; Dan. 718. Ðe hire an eágum starede, Beo. Th. 3875; B. 1935. on mere staredon, 3211; B. 1603.

bóc-lic

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cwæð on his bóclican láre (the advice contained in his book), Hex. 32, 19. Underþeódd þǽre bóclican láre, Hml. A. 41, 419. Þeáh wé hi æfter bóclicum andgyte áwríton if we describe them scientifically, Lch. iii. 244, 8.

for-brecan

to crushoppressto breakdestroyto break

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ðá feoturo forbræc ł tóscænde (tóbræc, W. S. ) compedes comminuisset, Mk. R. L. 5, 4. Ic wille ꝥ palmtwig gegrípan, . . . and forseáredum him bégen dǽlas forbrecan and forbærnan, Bl. H. 151, 16.

or-sorg

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Hml, i. 302, 8

æt-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted; f. trans, [æt, fæstan to fasten]

To fixfastendrive intoafflict withinflict onimpingereinfigere

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Ne mágon we him láþ ætfæstan we cannot afflict him with pain, Andr. Kmbl. 2694; An. 1349

Linked entry: æ-fæstan

Lunden-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Lunden-ceaster, e; f.

London

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Ðá hét Æþelbyrht on Lundenceastre cyricean getimbrian and ða gehálgian Sce. Paule, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 17-23. Se wæs Lundenceastre biscop, 2, 7; S. 509, 8. Eác swylce Eást-Seaxum gesette Ercenwold biscop in Lundenceastre, 4, 6; S. 573, 43

Norþan-hymbre

(n.)
Grammar
Norþan-hymbre, pl.

The NorthumbriansNorthumbriathe people or province north of the Humber

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Hér fór se here of EástEnglum on Norþanhymbre, Chr. 867; Erl. 73, 7

Linked entries: Norþ-hymbre Hymbre

scirdan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
scirdan, p. de
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H. Ger. giscartit uuerd dolet.]

un-gesǽligness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesǽligness, e; f.

Unhappinesscalamitymisery

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Seó ungesǽlignys becom on ðæt folc, ðæt hig ðone Hǽlend geféngon and on róde áhéngon, Nicod. 1; Thw. 1, 12. Wæs se dóm oncyrred Euan ungesǽlignesse, ðæt heó cende on sáre and on unrótnesse, Blickl. Homl. 3, 8.

Linked entry: ge-sǽlignes

west-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
west-sǽ, f. m.
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A west sea, sea on the west coast of a country ( a Norwegian ) búde on ðæm lande norþweardum wiþ ða westsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 3.

wyn-lust

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-lust, es; m.

Sensual pleasure

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Gif hwam hwæt yfeles gedón bið, ðæt ne mæge hys wynlusta brúcan, Lchdm. i. 330, 13

cugele

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Þæt hæbbe cugelan (cúlan, v. l.) . . . sý on wintra seó cuhle (cúle, v. l. ) of þiccurn hrægle, R. Ben. 89, 11. Heó hire heáfod behylede mid hire cúlan, Hml. S. 33, 237: Angl. xiii. 443, 1115. Ofer þá cúlan super cucullam, 1116.