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hwearf

Grammar
hwearf, [The word is neuter in the two instances given in the (late) charter]
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Add: Nó man ne worðe suuá dirsty ðat ðis ilk wharf ( commutationem ) and ðis ilk forward breke, C. D. iv. 242, 29

Eorman-ríc

(n.)
Grammar
Eorman-ríc, Eormen-ríc, es; m. The celebrated king of the Ostrogoths or East Goths, the Alexander of the Goths; Eormanrīcus, v. Gota III, Alríca, and þeód-ríc
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Eormanríc áhte wíde folc Gotena ríces Ermanric possessed the wide nations of the kingdom of the Goths, Exon. 100a; Th. 378, 25; Deór. 21. Weóld Eormanríc Gotum Ermanric ruled the Goths, Scóp. Th. 38; Wíd. 18.

Linked entries: Eormen-ríc Ermanríc

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.

penn

(n.)
Grammar
penn, a fold (? the meaning is uncertain; perhaps the two names
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D. iii. 448, 19, Strétfold, 119, 30 may suggest that the word has the later sense). Add: On ætden pæn . . . on ðone ealdan uuíðig on Ættan pennes læce, C. D. vi. 48, 12-14. On hacan penne, v. 238, 30.

Dornwara ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dornwara ceaster, gen. ceastre; f. [the city of the inhabitants of Dorsetshire ]

DORCHESTER, the chief town of Dorsetshire ⬩ Dorcestria, agri Dorsetensi caput

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DORCHESTER, the chief town of Dorsetshire; Dorcestria, agri Dorsetensi caput Ðis wæs gedón in ðam cynelícan setle on ðære stówe ðe is genæmned Dornwara ceaster this was done in the royal residence in the place which is named Dorchester, Th. Diplm.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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the, vide Þ, þ. The indigenous Pagan alphabet of our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, called Runes, it must be particularly observed, not only represents our letters, but the names of the letters are significant.

þio-

(prefix)

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þió-

(prefix)

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þis

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)

Similar entry: þes

þiú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þiú, (Mt. 24, 15).

Similar entry: se

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, p. þeóde
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To do, perform, effect Wé ðæt ǽbylgð nyton, ðæt wé gefremedon, þeódon bealwa wið ðec ǽfre, Elen. Kmbl. 805; El. 403

þeón

(v.)
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to press

þeox

(n.)
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a spear Ísenum bársperum ł þioxum ferratis venabulis, Hpt. Gl. 423, 68

þon

Similar entry: þan

þreá

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Dele þreás (?), and in l. 50 for þreás l. dreámas. v. Bl. N. p. 2. Add:

rúme

(adv.)
Grammar
rúme, adv.

widely, far and wide, ⬩ liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree ⬩ plainly, clearly ⬩ without contraction, in full

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Th. 82, 35; Gen. 1372 : 75, 20; Gen. 1243. Ðú meaht his rúme rǽd geþencan for this in ample measure may'st thou devise means, 35, 27; Gen. 561. Ne willaþ rúmor unc landriht heora, 114, 27; Gen. 1910.

Linked entry: rúm-heort

bróc

(n.)
Grammar
bróc, a covering for the leg.
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Brécena tácen is þæt þú stríce mid þínum twám handum up on þín þeóh, Tech. ii. 127, 8. Ðá þe on ýtinge farað níman him bréc (femoralia) of hrægelhúse, R. Ben. 90, 8. Dele ' acc. bréc, ' and add

þegan

(v.)
Grammar
þegan, (this seems the regular strong form for the verb which usually has weak forms in the present, þicgan, q. v.)
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to take, accept Him wæs Godes egsa mára in gemyndum ðonne hé menniscum þrymme þegan wolde there was too great fear of God in his thoughts for him to wish to get human glory, Exon. Th. 112, 8; Gú. 140

geán-talu

(n.)
Grammar
geán-talu, (? the word in the passage is not feminine), e; f.
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Gain-saying, contradiction, dispute, objection Gá þá oþræ v. hída forð mið . . . mid eallum þingum swá hit þonnæ stænt bútan ǽlcon geántalæ, Cht. Th. 587, 24. Búten alken géntale, 594, 11. Cf. . . . in vita mea.

eó

(n.)
Grammar
eó, the Runic character for these letters is
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RUNE. v. eóh=íw a yew-tree

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