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efne

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Efne nú is ðeós gifu eów ætbróden, Hml. Th. i. 64, 23

hwanan

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Dauid sylf nemde hine drihten and hwanon is hé his sunu?, Mk. 12, 37. the cause or reason for a result Hwanun is mé ðis ꝥ mínes drihtnes móder tó mé cume?, Lk. 1, 43. Hwanon is þes þus strang?, Bl. H. 85, 10.

innan

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Ufan hit is enge and hit is innan hát, Dóm. 22 : 6. 2412. Heó is innan mid éce mægene geweorþod. Bl. H. 197, ii: Gen. 1366. in reference to a person, within the body Þá smalan wyrmas ðone man ge innan ge útan werdaþ, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 12.

CWIC

(adj.)
Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.

Alive, QUICK vivus, vivax

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His is mycel sǽ, ðǽr is unrim cwycra his is the great sea, where is a countless number of things alive, Ps. Th. 103, 24.

CÝÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CÝÞ, cýþþ,e; f.

knowledge notitia, cognitio, scientia relation, relationship, KITHfamiliaritas, munusa known land, native country, region, situs naturalis, natale solum, patria regio

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S. 72; Th. i. 414, 17. a known land, native country, region, place; situs naturalis, natale solum, patria regio Ðis is mín ágen cýþ this is my own country, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 98; Met. 24, 49.

Linked entry: cýððu

DOCCE

(n.)
Grammar
DOCCE, an; f.
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DOCK, sorrel; lăpăthum = λάπαθoν, rumex Ðeós wyrt ðe man lăpăthum, and óðrum naman docce nemneþ, biþ cenned on sandigum stówum, and on ealdum myxenum this herb which is called lăpăthum, and by another name dock, is produced in sandy places, and on old

lor

(n.)
Grammar
lor, es; n. (v. ðæt forlor, Past. Swt. 403, 13).

Lossdestruction

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Ðonne hié him ǽr tíde tó tióþ ðæt hí ne mágon, ðonne is him tó ondrǽdenne ðæt him weorþe tó lore ðæt hié tó ryhtre tíde gefolgian meahton, ðæt is se wisdóm, ðe hié ǽr tíde wilniaþ and eówiaþ, ac hé him wyrþ ðonne swíðe ryhtlíce tó lore admonendi ne, cum

Linked entries: los lyre

sealt

(adj.)
Grammar
sealt, salt; adj.
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Salt, of that which is naturally salt For hwam wæs seó sǽ sealt geworden? Moises áwearp ða .x. word in ða sǽ, and his teáras ágeát in ða sǽ; for ðam wearð seó sǽ sealt, Salm. Kmbl. 188, 15-19. Sealt wæter the sea, Ps. Th. 68, 2: Cd.

ge-regnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-regnian, -rénian; p. ode; pp. od, ad

To put, dispose, adorn

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Ne ðæt ne beoþ on ðý fægerre ðæt mid elles hwam gerénod biþ ðeáh ða gerénu fægeru síen ðe hit mid gerénod biþ nor will that be the fairer which is adorned with something else though the ornaments be fair with which it is adorned, Bt. 74, 3; Fox 46, 14

ge-scildan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scildan, -scyldan; p. de; pp. ed

To shield, cover, protect, defendprotegere, tueri

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Heó is gescyld she is protected, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 3. Gescylded protected, Exon. 58 b; Th. 210, 4; Ph. 180: Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 35

Linked entries: scildan ge-scyldan

sín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sín, possess, pron.
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This pronoun, which is regularly used in the cognate dialects, rarely occurs in English prose, where its place seems to have been early taken by the genitive of hé, heó, hit. referring to a sing. masc.

ge-hefigian

(v.)
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Behealdað eów ðæt gé ne gehefegien eówre heortan mid oferǽte and oferdrynce, 129, 19. to make oppressive Gehefegad is ofer mé hond ðín gravata est super me manus tua Ps.

ge-tweógan

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Add: to doubt. where there is imperfect knowledge. impersonal construction Swá hwylc swá hine sylfne getweóge be his fulluhte quicunque dubitat de baptismo suo, Ll. Th. ii. 236, 37. with subject Geségon hine worðadun.

hóh

Grammar
hóh, (applied to land).
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Æt Cǽgeshó, i. 197, 23. ꝥ is fingringahó, iii. 274, 8: 272, II. Hwítincghó, 275, 8. On lindhóh; of lindhó, 76, 34. De Poddenhó, 376, 32. In Strengeshó, 375, 24. Þurh Wippan hóh, vi. 234, 3

magister

Grammar
magister, l. mágister, and
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(one's) master, he whose disciple one is Be þǽre hæfegan gémenne bearna cwæþ mín mægister Euripides in quo Euripidis mei sententiam probo, Bt. 31, 1 : F. 112, 20

ríht

(adj.)
Grammar
ríht, adj.
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Rihtum (rectis) he is mildheort, 4. Þám gódum and rihtum on heortan, 124, 4. Add Se hýra, sé ðe nis riht hyrde, Hml. Th. i. 238, 14. v. folc-, þǽr-, úp-, wiþer-riht

sǽd

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add: what is sown: in pl. kinds of seeds .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽda gesáwan, C. D. iv. 306, 28.

wefl

(n.)
Grammar
wefl, e; wefle (-a ; m.?), an; f.

weft, woof, thread which crosses the warpan implement for weavinga shuttle (?)

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Weflan penniculae (the passage is: Nisi panniculae diversis colorum varietatibus fucatae inter densa filorum stamina ultro citroque decurrant, Ald. 15), Hpt. Gl. 430, 69. Wefla panucla (this is a gloss to the same passage as the preceding), Wrt.

Linked entry: wefta

wiln

(n.)
Grammar
wiln, e; f.

A maid-servanta hand-maid

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Seó sáwl is ðæs flǽsces hlǽfdige, and hire gedafnaþ ðæt heó simle gewylde ða wylne, ðæt is ðæt flǽsc, tó hyre hǽsum. Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðǽr seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend, and seó hlæfdige bið ðære wylne underðeódd, Homl.

CLYPPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPPAN, p. clypte; pp. clypt

To embraceclaspCLIPcherishcomplectiamplexari

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Náwuht ðes woruldgielp is ðe hie clyppaþ and lufiaþ this worldly glory is worthless which they embrace and love Past. 41, 1; Hat. MS. 563, 3.

Linked entry: be-clyppan