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þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ to seem fit

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Th. 1688; B. 842: Met. 12, 15. Tó lang hit him þúhte, hwænnne hí tógædere gáras béron, Byrht. Th. 133. 47; By. 66. Him ðæt wræclíc þúhte, Cd. Th. 233, 4; Dan. 270. Ðæt wundra sum monnum þúhte, ðæt..., Exon. Th. 133, 13; Gú. 489: 169, 27; Gú. 1101.

Linked entries: þincan ge-þyncan

climan

(v.)
Grammar
climan, ðú climst, he climþ; clomm

to climb

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to climb

fóre-wesan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-wesan, p. ic, he -wæs, ðú -wǽre, pl. -wǽron [fóre before, wesan to be]

To be before ⬩ to preside ⬩ præesse

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To be before, to preside; præesse Ðyssum tídum fórewæs Norþan Hymbra ríce se strangesta cyning his tempŏrĭbus regno Nordanhymbrōrum præfuit rex fortissĭmus, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 18: 5, 18; S. 635, 35

Linked entry: fóre-eom

Dryht'

(n.)
Grammar
Dryht', Driht', or without the apostrophe Dryht, Driht

The Lord ⬩ Dŏmĭnus

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The Lord; Dŏmĭnus; chiefly used in the interlinear Psalms, published by Spelman and by the Surtees' Society, for all the cases of Dryhten, Drihten

Linked entry: Driht'

EORÞE

(n.)
Grammar
EORÞE, an; f; eorþ, e; f. I. the

EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil ⬩ terra, hŭmus, sŏlum

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Se Ælmihtiga eorþan worhte the Almighty made the earth, Beo. Th. 185; B. 92. Drihtnes is eorþe and fulnysse oððe gefyllednes hyre the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof, Ps. Lamb. 23, 1: Ex. 9, 29: Deut. 10, 14.

Linked entries: eord eorþ

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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L. ; Th. i : 190, 2-7. Cyninges horswealh, se ðe him mæge geǽrendian, ðæs wergield bið .cc. sciłł., L. In. 33; Th. i. 122, 14. when a person was wrongfully slain the wergild of the slain man could be claimed from the slayer.

fleá

Grammar
fleá, Strong and weak forms occur of which the former seem the older
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Hwí ne lufast þú flæá (pulices) ?, Solil. H. 16, 7. Take II under fleáh albugo; with I take fleó in Dict., and add;

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from tíhan; but the verb seems to have almost entirely given up the conjugation to which this form would belong and to take that of teón from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tygen
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Alf. pol. 17; Th. i. 72, 6: 11; Th. i. 68, 19: L. In. 30; Th. i. 120, 18. Gif hine man ǽniges þinges teó, L. C. S. 31; Th. i. 394, 28. Gif hine mon tió gewealdes on ðære dǽde, L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 15: 31; Th. i. 80, 16.

wiþ-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-grípan, p. -gráp

To seize on

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Th. 5035; B. 2521

Linked entry: wiþ-fón

þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þeówan, þéwan, þíwan, þýwan, þýgan, þeón, þían, þýn, and þeówian, þíwian, þýwian; pres. ic þý, hé þýþ; p. þeówde, þéwde, þíwde, þýwde, þýgde, þeóde, þýde; ppr. þýwende, þíende; pp. þéd, þýd.
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to press Hwílum mec ( an animal's skin) wonfeax wale wegeþ and þýð, Exon. Th. 393, 31; Rä. 13, 8. [Hé mec (a cup ) fin]grum þýð, 480, 24; Rä. 64, 6. Þýde conpressit (the line in Aldhelm is: Dulcia sed Christi compressit labra labellis), Wrt.

Linked entries: þéde þeóddon þeón þeów-racu þerende þéwan þían þíwan mid-þeówan þurh-þeówan þýan þýgan þýn þýwan

wæter-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ǽdre, an; -ǽder, e; f.(in the first passage given the word is made neuter).

A vein of water, a spring

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Th. 41, 8. Wæterǽddrum cataractis, Hpt. Gl. 418, 63. Seó gýtsung hyre gold betweoh ða wæterǽdran rǽt avaritia aurum inter arenas legit, Gl. Prud. 55

Linked entry: ǽdre

eárðan

(adv.)
Grammar
eárðan, before that; antĕquam, Chr. 1041; Th. 299, 15, col. 1. v. ǽr; adv.

in-geþeode

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþeode, The MS. reading in 1. 2 belongs to the second passage.

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tíþe

Grammar
tíþe, better tygþe, týþe (the form in the Pastoral Care has y).
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Efne swá hé his bæd, swá hé wæs týðe (þǽrrihte hé hit beget, v.l.) ita dum peteret impetravit, Gr. D. 79, 33. Add

-wintre

(suffix)
Grammar
-wintre, The form is combined with the cardinals to make adjectives denoting the age of the object to which the adjective is applied. v. e.g. án-, fíf-, sixtíne-, sixtig-, hundseofontig-, hundtwégentig-wintre.

breóst-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-cófa, an; m. [breóst
the breast, the heart, mind,
cófa
a cave,
chamber
]

the breast, the heart, mind, ⬩ a cave ⬩ chamber ⬩ The breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind; ⬩ pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus

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He wæs ðe blíðra on breóstcófan > he was the blither in his heart, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 64; Met. 9, 32: Cd. 27; Th. 36, 19; Gen. 574: Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 22; Wand. 18

Linked entry: in-cofa

feoh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
feoh-leás, The word in B. 2441 means
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without wergild, where the slayer did not pay for the slain. Cf. 8. 2465

hearga

(n.)
Grammar
hearga, an; m.

a grove ⬩ a temple ⬩ fane ⬩ an idol

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Þæt hé becrupe on þæs Amones anlícnesse þe inne on þǽm hearge (templo) wæs, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 28. Haerga sacellorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 51. Hergana sacellorum (sacellum templum idolorum), Hpt. Gl. 451, 23.

bixen

(adj.)
Grammar
bixen, adj. [box the box-tree]

Belonging to box, BOXEN, made of box-wood ⬩ buxeus

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Belonging to box, BOXEN, made of box-wood; buxeus Bixen box a box made of box-wood; pyxis, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 96; Wrt. Voc. 25, 36

Linked entry: byxen

bogen

(n.)
Grammar
bogen, the name of some plant.
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Bogen and redic and hwíte clǽfran, Lch. ii. 64, 3: 134, 17: 322, 21. [In 310, 17 bogenes is corrected to boþenes.] Add

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