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forþ-gang

Grammar
forþ-gang, (-geong).

a going forth of a place ⬩ a going forth to a place ⬩ a going on ⬩ course ⬩ progress ⬩ successful progress ⬩ success ⬩ an exit ⬩ a passage ⬩ a privy

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Add: a going forth of a place Forðgang egressio, Ps. L. 18, 7. a going forth to a place Hire forbeád þone forðgang (-gong, v. l.) seó sceomu tó þǽre cyrichálgunge cum processionem imperaret verecundia, Gr.

wég

(n.)

a

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a

hund-teóntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-teóntig, num.

A hundred

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A hundred Hundteóntig centum, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 49, 44. Hundteóntig geára wæs Abraham Abraham was a hundred years old, Homl. Th. i. 92, 20. Joseph leofode hundteóntig geára and tín tó eácan Joseph lived a hundred and ten years, Swt. A. S.

Linked entry: teóntig

strica

(n.)
Grammar
strica, an; m.
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a stroke of a pen, a tittle, a mark, line Ánatrica oððe án stæf ðære ealdan ǽ ne biþ forgǽged iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit (Mt. 5, 18), Homl. Th. ii. 200, 1: Jud. 15. Strican ł mærcunge characteres Hpt. Gl. 473, 13.

clýfa

Grammar
clýfa, clífa, an; m, [cleófa, cleófan to cleave, divide, separate] .

A chamber ⬩ cubiculum, cubile ⬩ A cave, den ⬩ antrum, caverna, cubile

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a separate place for man, — A chamber; cubiculum, cubile Ne máge we hreppan ǽnne wyrm binnon ðlnum clýfan we may not touch a worm in thy chamber, Homl. Th. ii. 416, 23. On díglum oððe on incófan, oððe on clýfum in cubīlibus, Ps. Lamb. 4, 5.

Linked entries: cleófa clífa

HREÓD

(n.)
Grammar
HREÓD, es; n.

A REED

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Th. ii. 252, 27. Hreódes spír a spike of a reed, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 266, 10. Grównys hreódes and ricsa viror calami et junci, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 23. Synd ðǽr manige eáland and hreód there are there many islands and reeds, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 6

Linked entry: hreódeum

wyrpel

(n.)
Grammar
wyrpel, es; m.
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A vervel, a ring put on a falcon's leg.

ge-scrýdan

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Dele last passage for which see <b>ge-scirdan,</b> and add: To clothe a person with (mid) a garment Hé hine gescrýdde mid his byrnan, Hml. S. 25, 279: Hml. A. 130, 479. Hí mid hǽran hí gescrýddon tó líce, Hml. S. 12, 36.

ge-titelian

(v.)
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Add: to assign, a person to an office, nominate Ymbe náne worldbysgunge ábysgode, búton mid þǽre þe hig tó getitolode beóð ( nisi illos cuinominati sunt ), Ll. Th. ii. 198, 22. something to a person, ascribe, v.

BYRNE

(n.)
Grammar
BYRNE, an; f.

A corslet, coat of mail ⬩ lorica, thorax

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A corslet, coat of mail; lorica, thorax Mót he gesellan monnan and byrnan and sweord he may give a man a corslet and a sword, L. In. 54; Th. i. 138, 1. Ðǽr wæs on eorle brogden byrne there was on the man the twisted coat of mail, Elen.

CÚ

(n.)
Grammar
CÚ, nom. acc; gen. cúe, cú, cuus, cús; dat. cý; pl. nom. acc. cý; gen. cúa, cúna; dat. cuum, cúm; f.

A cow ⬩ vacca ⬩ bucula

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A cow; vacca, bucula Cú vacca Wrt. Voc. 287, 56. Cú vacca vel bucula Ælfc. Gl. 21; Som. 59, 82; Wrt. Voc. 23, 40; 78, 42. Iung cú a young cow juvenca Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59, 89; Wrt. Voc. 23, 46.

Linked entries: cuu folc-cú

ceorl-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
ceorl-strang, adj.

manlike ⬩ fortis, virilis

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Strong as a man, manlike; fortis, virilis Ceorl-strang fǽmne a manlike woman; virago, Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 10; Wrt.Voc. 17, 18

driht-né

(n.)
Grammar
driht-né, pl. nom. acc. -néas; m.

A dead body of a host ⬩ cadāver agmĭnis

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A dead body of a host; cadāver agmĭnis Ofer drihtnéum over the bodies of the slain, Cd. 150; Th. 188, 5; Exod. 163

Linked entry: dryht-né

fierdleás

(adj.)
Grammar
fierdleás, adj.

Without a force or army ⬩ unprotected ⬩ exercĭtu cărens

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Without a force or army, unprotected; exercĭtu cărens Hit ðonne fierdleás wæs it was then without a force, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 13

níþ-wundor

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-wundor, es; n.

A wonder that bodes evil ⬩ a portent

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A wonder that bodes evil, a portent Ðǽr mæg nihta gehwæm níþwundor (niþ-, Grein) seón, fýr on flóde, Beo. Th. 2735; B. 1365

eard-stapa

(n.)
Grammar
eard-stapa, an; m.

A land-stepper, wanderer ⬩ terras peragrans, peregrīnātor

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A land-stepper, wanderer; terras peragrans, peregrīnātor Swá cwæþ eard-stapa so said a wanderer, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 25; Wand. 6

earfoþ-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþ-hwíl, e; f.

A time of hardship ⬩ mŏlestum tempus

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A time of hardship; mŏlestum tempus Ic earfoþhwíle þrówade I suffered a time of hardship, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 5; Seef. 3

bóc-cest

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-cest, e; f.

A book-chest, book-shop, tavern ⬩ taberna

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[cest, cyst a chest] A book-chest, book-shop, tavern; taberna Bóccest taberna, Ælfc. Gl. 17; Som. 58, 89; Wrt. Voc. 22, 7

ge-fégincg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fégincg, -fégung, e; f.

A joining ⬩ composing ⬩ conjunction ⬩ compositio ⬩ conjunctio

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A joining, composing, conjunction; compositio, conjunctio Seó geþeódnys oððe gefegincg is conjunctio the joining is a conjunction, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 47

geoloca

(n.)
Grammar
geoloca, an; m.

A yolk ⬩ ovi vitellus

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A yolk; ovi vitellus Genim hænne æges geolocan take the yolk of a hen's egg, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 7