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á-cwilman

(v.)
Grammar
á-cwilman, p. de
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Sélre ús ys ðæt wé ús sylfe ofsleán, ðonne hig ús yfelum deáðe ácwylmon, Hml. A. 185, 138. Hé hét Pilatum ðám fúlestan deáðe ácwylman, 190, 257. Titus and Vespasianus hig habbað yfelum deáðe ácwylmede, 191, 293

Linked entry: cwilman

ENDE

(n.)
Grammar
ENDE, es; m. I.

END fīnis, termĭnus

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11; S. 535, 33, Harold of-slóh ðǽr mycelne ende ðæs folces Harold slew there a great part of the people, Chr. 1052 ; Gib. 166, 22; Th. 319, 14, col. 1.

Linked entry: eonde

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.
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Ðæt is tó wundrianne, ðæt hí swá lytle þoncunge wiston Iósepe ðæs ðe hé hí æt hungre áhredde it is wonderful that they felt so little gratitude to Joseph for saving them from famine; hunc Ioseph, quem constituit Deus Aegyptiis conservatae salutis auctorem

rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd, es; m.
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Biþ nú micel rǽd, ðæt hé him gebycge ðæt éce líf, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 122. Ðonne biþ hire rǽd ðæt frýnd ða forword habban, L. Edm. B. 7; Th. i. 256, 2.

Linked entry: rád

hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæðer, pron.

eitherboth

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which of two Hwæðer ðara twegra dyde ðæs fæder willan whether of them twain did the will of his father? Mt. Kmbl. 21, 31.

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ná-hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðor; conj.

Neither

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Náwðer ne ða wóhhǽmendan, ne ða ðe diófulgieldum þiówiaþ, ne ða unfæsðrádan, ne ða þiófas, ne ða giétseras, ne ða reáferas Godes ríce ne gesittaþ, 51; Swt. 401, 26. Nǽron náwðer ne on Fresisc gescæpene, ne on Denisc, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 15 : Blickl.

eorþ-bifung

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-bifung, -beofung, e; f. [bifung a trembling, shaking]

An earthquaketerræ mōtus

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An earthquake; terræ mōtus Ðǽr wearþ geworden micel eorþbifung terræ mōtus factus est magnus, Mt. Bos. 28, 2. Híg gesáwon ða eorþbifunge vīdērunt terræ mōtum, 27, 54

Linked entry: eorþ-beofung

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode

To belongpertain

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To belong, pertain Alle ða land ðe longen intó ðare hálagen stówe all the lands that belong to the holy place, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 215, 4

weorold-wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wǽpen, es; n.
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A weapon used in this world's warfare Ðá wæs feówer geár ǽr his fulwihte, ðæt hé woroldwǽpno Wæg ( he bore this world's arms ), Blickl. Homl. 213, 4

ge-scearian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scearian, p. ode
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To grant, allot, assign: Ðýs twéntigum hídum, ðá ic rúmódlíce gescarode . . . Gyf hwá genyrwe ðæt ic Gode on éce yrfe geseald hæbbe, C. D. v. 331, 2. —

Linked entry: scearian

sweflen

(adj.)
Grammar
sweflen, adj.
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Sulphurous, of brimstone Him stód swæflen líg of ðam múðe. Homl. Th. i. 466, 26. Eðna ðæt sweflene fýr, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 30.

ceole

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Add: a throat Gif ðé þynce ðæt ðú tó wrǽne sý, wít ðaét ðínre ceolan for ðám unnyttum lustum, Prov. K. 54. Ceolan gurgustio (cf. gurgustio ceolor ( omitted after Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 34; v. Angl. viii. 451), Wrt.

un-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelíc, adj.

Unlikedifferentdissimilardiverse

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Hé cwæþ ðæt hé gesáwe ungelíce béc him berende beón ðurh ða gódan gástas oþþe ðurh ða gálan quod codices diversos per bonos sive malos spiritus sibi vidit offerri, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 24.

for-grówan

(v.)
Grammar
for-grówan, p. -greów, pl. -greówon; pp. -grówen [for-, grówan to grow]

To grow upgrow intoincrescĕre

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To grow up, grow into; increscĕre Se ǽr in dæge wæs dýre, scríðeþ nú deóp feor, brondhord geblówen, breóstum in forgrówen copper was dear in [that] day, now it circulates wide and far, an ardent treasure flourishing, grown up in the hearts, Exon. 94

mígan

(v.)
Grammar
mígan, p. máh, pl. migon

To make water

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Ðæt hé mýhþ ( mingit ), byþ sweart, Lchdm. iii. 140, 22. Ðám ðe under hý mígaþ, L. Med. ex Quad. 8, 12; Lchdm. i. 360, 8

glig

(n.)
Grammar
glig, gligg, es; n.

Gleemusicminstrelsyjestingsportgaudiummusicafacetiæludibrium

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Glee, music, minstrelsy, jesting, sport; gaudium, musica, facetiæ, ludibrium Mid ðæm glige [MS. Cot. ðam gligge] with the music, Past. 26, 2; Swt. 183, 25; Hat. MS. 35 b; 8.

ge-neát-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát-riht, es; n.

The conditions regulating the tenure of the 'geneát-land :'

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In quibusdam terris debet dare land-gablum ..., LL. Th. i. 115, note

þǽr-big

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-big, adv.
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., by the wife ) gestriéne, ðonne cenne hé ðæt ðam gefarenan bréðer ðe hié ǽr ǽhte, Past. 5; Swt. 43, 14

Linked entry: be

bere-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
bere-wíc, (and? -wíce; f. cf. Lot. berewica)
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Mid allen ðám bere-wícan ðe ic habbe intó ðáre hálagen stówe gegifen, C. D. iv. 211, 27: 192, 7. Medeshámstede and tá berewícan þa þár tó héren, and Anláf-estún and þá(m) berewícan þár tó . . . Undelum and tó berewícum þár tó gebyreð, C. D.

læt-ness

(n.)
Grammar
læt-ness, e; f.
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slowness in movement Þǽre sunnan lætnys binnan feówer geára fæce gewyrcð ǽnne dæg, Angl. viii. 308, 30. Hé þá lætnysse ðæs geáres rynes geanbidode, Hml.