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ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf. Gothic form] may be the same as

irman

(v.)
Grammar
irman, p. de

to afflictvex

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To make miserable or wretched, to afflict, vex Ðá ongunnan twá þeóda Pyhtas norþan and Scottas westan hí onwinnan and heora ǽhta niman and hergian and hí fela geára yrmdon and hýndon then began two peoples, the Picts from the north, the Scots from the

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midde-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
midde-weard, adj.

Mid-wardmiddle of

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Mid-ward, middle of (the noun with which the word agrees) Middeweard hand vola vel tenar vel ir, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 54. Middewærd lencten vel foreweard lencten ver novum, 53, 26. Middeweard hit mæg bión þrítig míla brád oððe brádre Norway may be thirty

missen-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
missen-, misen-, missend-líc; adj.

Dissimilardifferentdiversevariousdivers

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Dissimilar, different, diverse, various, divers Hwítes hiowes and eác missenlíces candido versicolore, Nar. 16, 1. Draca missenlíces hiwes, 43, 13. For missenlíce heora feaxes hiwe óðer wæs cweden se bleaca Heáwold óðer se hwíta ( pro diversa capillorum

tácn-circul

(n.)
Grammar
tácn-circul, es; m.

A circle or cycle which marks the date.the indiction, a cycle of fifteen years.the lunar cycle of nineteen years; the place which any year occupies in the cycle is marked by the golden number of the year

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A circle or cycle which marks the date. the indiction, a cycle of fifteen years. v. ge-ban Ðæm gǽre ðe wæs ágán fram Cristes ácennednesse eahta hand wintra and feówer and sixtig, and in ðam tácencircole ðæt twelfte geár ( the year of the indiction is

sunn-ganges

(adv.)
Grammar
sunn-ganges, adv.
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In the direction of the sun's movement, with the sun Wende ðé ðonne iii sunganges, Lchdm. i. 400, 10. Bebeóde hé hine Gode geornlíce and hine gesénige, cyrre hine sungonges ymb, ii. 116, 9. To move with the sun was considered lucky, to move in the reverse

þeód-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-sceaþa, an; m.
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A criminal against the community, a spoiler of the community, a great criminal or spoiler Wác biþ se hyrde, ðe nele ða heorde bewerian, gyf ðǽr hwylc þeódsceaða sceaðian onginneþ. Nis nán swá yfel sceaða swá is deófol sylf. Ðonne móton ða hyrdas beón

þeótan

(v.)
Grammar
þeótan, and þútan; p. þeát, pl. þuton.
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to howl like a wolf Wulf ðýtt lupus ululat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Zup. 129, 1. Hwílum hí ðuton eall swá wulfas, Shrn. 52, 29: Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 36. Sume hí tó wulfum wurdon ... hió þióton ongunnon, Met. 26, 80. Ðeótende swá swá wolf, Homl. Th. i. 374, 9. Hwílum

þracu

(n.)
Grammar
þracu, gen. þræce; f.
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not in a bad sense, power, force Þracu (-a, MS.) wæs on óre, heard handplega, hægsteald módige, wígend unforhte, Cd. Th. 198, 22; Exod. 326. Sigores tácn wið þeóda þræce a token of victory against the power of nations, Elen. Kmbl. 369; El. 185. Se cásere

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án-gild

Grammar
án-gild, l. án-gilde,
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and substitute for the passages from the laws the following Á sié ꝥ wíte .LX. sciłł. oð ꝥ ángylde áríse tó .XXX. sciłł.; siþþan hit tó þám áríse, ꝥ ángylde, siþþan sié ꝥ wíte .CXX. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 68, 3-5. Þolie hé his ángyldes (-gildes , v. l. )

fore

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fore, adv.

in frontat the headbefore

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Substitute: local (lit. or fig.), in front, at the head, as chief Fore tó yrnenne prodeundi, Scint. 224, 7. Eorðcyningas þe folcum hér fore wísien kings that, placed at their head, direct the peoples, Ps. Th. 148, 11. temporal, before Fore ic cueð ł

ge-ner

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Add: refuge, safety, asylum Sý þú mé on húse generes esto mihi in domum refugii, Ps. L. 30, 3. Hý sceoldon fægnian, þonne hý on genere wǽron, Ps. Th. 39, arg. Betere wé faran ús intó þám niycclan scræfe . . . and ðǽr wé magon on genere wunian, Hml. S

ge-risenlíce

(adv.)
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Add: - I. suitably, appropriately Hwá mseg þá nú, þe ic beeóde, gerisenlícor tóweorpan bonne ic sylfa yuis ea, quae colui, aptiusquam ipse destruámf, Bd. 2, 13 ; Sch. 168. 3. Hwilc biscop . . gehálgad wǽre, ꝥ we on ðysse æfterfylgendan béc gerisenlícur

ge-findan

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Add: to come upon, meet with. v. findan; : Hée gefand (invenit) énne of efneðegnum, Mt. L. 18, 28. Hí inneádon hús gefundun (invenerunt) ðone cnæht, 2, to find. v. findan; 2 Wecg in múðe fisces gefunden (inventum), Mt. p. 18, 3. to find on trial, v.

gímeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gímeleáslíce, adv.
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Take here <b>gémeleáslíce</b> in Dict., and add: carelessly, without taking pains, negligently Gif heora hwylc fúllíce oðþe gýmeleáslíce mynstres þing behwyrfe si quis sordide aut neglegenter res monasterii tractaverit R. Ben. 56, 11. Ðára

hlid

fencea gatedoor

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Add: that which covers the opening at the top of a vessel or closes the mouth of an aperture Bytte hlid cordias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 80. 'Gange hé him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan úp of ðǽre þrýh' . . . ' Getíða mé ꝥ ic áteó þás hringan úp of

stíþ

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1. Add Stíð sleándre slecge rigida tundentis mallei (durities), An. Ox. 11, 69. On stíþre hǽran licgende, Hml. S. 31, 1351. add: of personal qualities or things personified Stíþ dira (ferocitas ), An. Ox. 2208. Swá swá gód láreów . . . swá ꝥ hálige

wilwan

(v.)
Grammar
wilwan, wilwian, wilian; p. wilwede, wilede.

to rollfig.to joincompoundcompose

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to roll (trans.) Ic áwende oððe wylewige (wylwige, v. l.) uoluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Zup. 177, 9. Hé wylede ðone stán fram ðære byrgenne duru, Blickl. Homl. 157, 8. Hé wylode hine sylfne on ðam þornum and netelum, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 28. Hé hét wilian tó ðam

hæslen

(adj.)
Grammar
hæslen, adj.

Of hazel

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Of hazel Genim æt fruman hæslenne sticcan oððe ellenne wrít ðínne naman on ásleah þrý scearpan on gefylle mid ðý blóde ðone naman weorp ofer eaxle on yrnende wæter and stand ofer ðone man ða scearpan ásleá ðæt eall swíginde gedó take, to begin with,

orsorgness

(n.)
Grammar
orsorgness, e; f.

freedom from care or anxiety, tranquillityprosperity

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freedom from care or anxiety, tranquillity Caru cura, orsorhnys securitas, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 60-61. Sibb and orsorhnes pax et securitas, Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 601, 29. prosperity Dysigra monna orsorgness (prosperitas) hí fordéþ. Past. 50, 2 ; Swt. 387, 34.