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swǽsende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
swǽsende, es; but occurring almost always in pl. swǽsendu (-a, -o); n.
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Swǽsende, swǽsenda þicgan to take food :-- Sæt hé and swǽsende ðeah and dranc (sæt hé on swǽsendum and æt and dranc, MS. B.) residebat, vescebatur, bibebat Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 18.

Linked entries: swésende swoese

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEADconducttakecarrybringbring forthproduce

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Ða ilcan ðe ǽr landgemǽre lǽddon the same that before had marked the boundaries of the land, Chart. Th. 376, 19. Hettend lǽddon út mid ǽhtum abrahames mǽg of Sodoma byrig, Cd. 94; Th. 121, 17; Gen. 2011.

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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Þonne þæs monnes sául út of his líchoman gangeþ, Bl. H. 195, 9. Ic beó gangende of mínum líchoman, 139, 19. Gást gangende spiritus vadens, et non rediens Ps.

wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.:e; f.

Growth, increasegrowth, produceplant, fruitoffspring, progenyresultfruit, that which may be enjoyedproduce of money, usury.growth, growing,increasegrowth, thrivinggrowth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;

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Th. 277, 34; Sat. 214. Bearwas wurdon tó axan, eorðan wæstma, 154, 10; Gen. 2553. Cumaþ (-eþ?) eádilíc wæstm on wangas, weorðlíc on hwǽtum convalles abundabunt frumento, Ps. Th. 64, 14. Of ðam twige ludon láðwende, réðe wæstme, Cd.

þingian

(v.)
Grammar
þingian, p. ode.
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Th. 292, 28; Sat. 447. to intercede for a person (dat. or for with dat. or acc. ) Ic for mínes Godes húse þingie, Ps. Th. 121, 9.

cymen

(n.)
Grammar
cymen, es; m. n. The herb cummin; cŭmīnum = κύμινον , cŭmīnum, cyminum, Lin
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Cymenes sǽd. seed of cummin, L. M. 3, 12; Lchdm. ii. 314, 21. Cymenes dust dust of cummin, 3, 23; Lchdm. ii. 322, 3

Linked entry: cumin

EAX

(n.)
Grammar
EAX, , ex, æx , e; f.

An axis, axle-tree axis

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On ðære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ eall rúma ródor all the spacious sky turns on the same axis, 28, 30; Met. 28, 15. Ymb ða eaxe about the axis, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 23.

-en

(suffix)
Grammar
-en, <b>. I.</b> m. forms only a few masculine terminations of nouns; as, Þeóden; gen. þeódnes; m. a king, from þeód people: dryhten; gen. dryhtnes; m. a lord, from dryht

people, subjects

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-inde; as, Þínen, e; f. a maid-servant [Ger. dienerin], from þén [Ger. diener]; þeówen, e; f. a female slave, from þeów: wylen; gen. wylne; f. the same, from weal a slave: mennen, e; f. a maid-servant, from manna: gyden, e; f. a goddess, from god: munecen

Linked entry: -ælfen

INN

(n.)
Grammar
INN, es; n.

A dwellinghousechamberlodging

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Ðá lǽdde heó hine on ða cyrcan . . . and on ðam ylcan inne hé oncneów hwæt ðǽr inne wæs then she led him into the church . . . and in the same house he recognized what was therein, 22; Gdwin. 96, 23-98. 5.

Linked entry: in

rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn, e; f.
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The word occurs as the second part of many nouns, when its force is much the same as that of the suffixes -ship, -hood, -red, denoting a state, condition. v. bed-, bróðor-, burh-, camp-, feónd-, folc-, freónd-, gafol-, gebed-, gecwid-, gefér-, heord-,

waroþ

(n.)
Grammar
waroþ, (-uþ, -aþ, -eþ), wearoþ, weroþ, warþ, es; m.
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On ðæs sǽs waroþe, Bd. I, 12 ; S. 481, II. Feówer swulung ond án læs on waruðe gebyreð inn tó Raculfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 16. On waruðe, Andr. Kmbl. 479; An. 240. Hé geseah scip on ðæm warþe, Blickl. Homl. 233, I.

Linked entry: wearoþ

ende-dæg

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Him wearð bám samod án endedæg they died together the same day, Ap. 79. Æfre hé him gehende endedæges wéne let him ever think his last day at hand, Wlfst. 75, 9. Hit nú swíþe neálǽceþ úrum endedæge, Bl. H. 51, 35.

in-tinga

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Se hlísa him hǽlo intingan ðénade ad quos rumor occasionem salutis ministrauit, 4, 23; Sch. 472, 18. sake; gratia Uuordes intinga uerbi gratia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 46.

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Hé on scip ástáh and slóh út on ða put to sea, Ap. Th. 6, 6. Se lég slóh tó leofonum, Shrn. 73, 36. Ðá slóh ðǽr micel mist a great mist came on suddenly. Gen. 15, 17. Seó slóh tógædere occurrerunt aquae, Ex. 14, 27.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

ge-mǽne

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Beó eallum crístenum mannum sibb and sóm gemǽne, and ǽlc sacu tótwǽmed, Ll. Th. i. 320, 28: 370, 10. Unriht is tó wíde mannum gemǽne, Wlfst. 159, 23. Túddor bið gemǽne incrum orlegníð, Gen. 914.

ge-feoht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feoht, -fioht, -feht, es; n.

A fightbattlecontestwarpreparation for warpræliumpugnacongressiobellumprocinctus

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Gé gehýraþ gefeoht and sace ye shall hear of battle and strife, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 2, 13 : Bt. 15; Fox 48, 15. Ðonne gé geseóþ gefeoht and twýrǽdnessa cum audiĕritis prælia et sedĭtiōnes, Lk. Bos. 21, 9 : Mt. Bos. 24, 6 : Ps. Lamb. 139, 3.

un-gemetlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetlíc, adj.

immoderateinordinateexcessivetoo greatimmensevery greatnot of the same measurediverse

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Ðá com se ungemetlíca unfriðhere, 1009; Erl. 142, 16. not of the same measure, diverse Ungemetlícra diversarum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 5

eall-swá

(adv.)
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Rdr. 57, 39. with verb, likewise, in just the same way Hí geféngon ðone feórþan and eallswá getintregedon, Hml. S. 25, 143. Se wítega wæs ealswá genumen tó ðám óðrum lífe, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 61, 140. adverbial conjunction. as Ealswá ut, An. Ox. 316.

ge-cwéme

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Ðeós wyrt nafað gecwéme sǽd tó lǽcedðme, 292, 21. fit for the use of a person (dat. ) Is seó geoluwe swíþost lǽceon gecwéme, Lch. i. 294, 11. ¶ in the following the translation seems inexact :-- Mid gecwémre dugeþgyfe cum gratuita (i. gratis data) munificentia

ge-tweógan

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L. 11, 23. to hesitate to act Críst ne getuíeda hondum ꝥ woere sald scyldigra Christus non dubitavit manibus tradi nocentium, Rtl. 24, 9.