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líne

(n.)
Grammar
líne, an; f.

a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon

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a line, rope, a coil of rope Langre línan with a long line, Salm. Kmbl. 589; Sal. 294. Línan spiræ, Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 78, 14; Wrt.

þole-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
þole-mód, adj.
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Of a patient disposition, patient, long-suffering Þþolemód longanimis, Hpt. Gl. 437, 43. Heó wæs þolemód and gestǽðþig on hire gebǽran, and ne geseah hí nán man yrre, Homl. Ass. 127, 367. Þolemód on wiþerweardum þingum patient in adversity, R.

Linked entries: þol-mód þolo-mód

tó-nama

(n.)
Grammar
tó-nama, an; m.

A surname, ⬩ cognomen

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Nu þu iherest of wuche gomen aras þer þe tonome ... tonome ariseð ofte of lutle þing þe long ilasted, Laym. 9383. God gyueth the riche fowl towname (v. Lk. 12, 20-21), Piers P. C-text 13, 211

Linked entry: tó-namian

sige-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-leás, adj.
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without victory, unsuccessful in conflict, defeated Engle nú lange [wǽron] eal sigeleáse the English now for a long time have been deserted by victory, Wulfst. 162, 15. Hý sigeleáse (defeated) ðone grénan wong ofgiefan sceoldan, Exon.

geómrian

(v.)
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. ¶ geómrian tó to sigh for, long for :-- Hí geómriað tó ðám upplican, Hml. Th. i. 520, 23. Add

rásettan

(v.)
Grammar
rásettan, p. te
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To move impetuously, to rage (of fire) Hé ( Nero) wolde fandian, gif ðæt fýr (at the burning of Rome ) meahte swá longe reád rásettan, swá hé secgan gehérde, ðæt Troia burg ofertogen hæfde léga leóhtost, Met. 9, 14.

stæl-here

(n.)
Grammar
stæl-here, g. -her(i)ges; m.

A marauding band ⬩ predatory army

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Drehton ða hergas West-Seaxna lond mid stælhergum, 897; Erl. 95, 9. Ðæt hié ða burga hira módes wið stælherigas behealden, Past. 33; Swt. 229, 5

raxan

(v.)
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to stretch oneself after sleep Hé þá se ylca man, swá hé of hefegum slǽpe raxende áwóce, and hé eft tó his hǽlo féng ipse velut qui de aestuantis gurgitis fluctibus ad portum deducitur, longa suspiria imo de pectore trahens ad pristinam salutis valetudinem

Linked entry: racsan

Eást-Engle

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Ofer Norðhymbra lond and Eást-Engla, Chr. 895; P. 88, 20. Ðǽr wærð Eást-Engla folces seó yld ofslagen, 1004; P. 135, 36. Hé búde on Eást-Englum, and þæt lond ǽrest gesæt, 890; P. 82, 10.

ealdung

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For translation of passage substitute: Nostri causantur, si Romanae reipublicae moles imbecillitate propriae senectutis contremiscant, and add Þá getimbru þissere burge wé geseóð mid langre ealdunge gewácode hujus urbis aedificia longo senio lassata

ge-sárgian

(v.)
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Wǽron hié ( the Danes ) tó þǽm gesárgode, þæt hié ne mehton Súð-Seaxna lond útan berówan, Chr. 897; P. 91, 14. of spiritual injury Synnum gesárgod. Seel. 67

ofer-grówan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-grówan, to overgrow, occupy with (its)
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Ðonne ofergréwð se fiicbeám ðæt lond, ðonne . . . ficulnea, quae fructum non habuit, contra hanc districtus agricola queritur, quod etiam terram occupat. Terram ficulnea sine fructu occupat, quando . . . Past. 337, 8

bisceop-scír

(n.)

a diocese

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Wæs tódǽled in tuá bisc̃scíra West-Seaxna lond; ǽr hit wæs án, Chr. 709; P. 40, 26. Add

leód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
leód-scipe, es; m.

A people ⬩ nation

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A people, nation, country occupied by a people Ðe ðes leódscype longe bieode whom this people have long worshipped, Exon. 68 b; Th. 255, 2; Jul. 208. Of ðam leódscipe ðe is Siria geháten from the country that is called Syria, Homl.

ealdian

(v.)
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Þá cyricsangas ðe mid langre gýmeleásnesse ealdian (-igan, v.l.) ongunnon carmina ecclesiastica, quae longo usu vel negligentia inueterare coeperunt, Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 675, 9. Sele sceal stondan, sylf ealdian, Gn. Ex. 158

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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Him man sælle án half swulung ... and mon selle him tó ðem londe .iiii. oxan, and .ii. cý, and l. scǽpa, 470, 8-14. Ðisses londes aran thrié sulong æt hægethe thorne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 235, 7.

Linked entry: swulung

feorrane

(adv.)
Grammar
feorrane, adv.
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I. 29, 13) intellexisti cogitationes meas a longe, R. Ben. 24, 16. Feorrane (-one, v. l.) ðú meaht geseón, gif se wáh bið ðyrel, Past. 157, 17. Gehýrde ic feorran (feorranne, v. l.) áne stefne clypigende, Hml. S. 23 b, 483

Linked entry: feorran

míl

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Þ lond is on lenge and on brǽde þæs miclan mílgetæles . cxxxiii. and án half míl (. cxxxiii. et dimidium miliarium) Nar. 33, 24. Wæs se mere mid wudu beweaxen míle brǽdo erat circumdatum silua mille passus tum patens, 12, 8.

Brondingas

(n.)
Grammar
Brondingas, nom. acc ; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The Brondings ⬩ populi nomen

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The Brondings, supposed to be the inhabitants of the island Brännö, lying off the coast of West Gothland in the Cattegat; populi nomen Breca gesóhte swǽsne éðel, lond Brondinga Breca sought his own country, the land of the Brondings, Beo.

íg-land

(n.)
Grammar
íg-land, es ; n.

An island

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And hér sind on ðis íglande fíf geþeóde the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred broad. And at present there are five languages in this island, Chr. pref; Erl. 3, 1.

Linked entries: eá-land ég-land

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