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líðend

(n.)
Grammar
líðend, es; m.

A travellersailor

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A traveller, sailor Líðend brohte elebeámes twig án tó handa the traveller (the dove) brought home an olive-branch [Bouterwek takes líðend to be a dative; if it is, the word refers to Noah], Cd. 72; Th. 88, 29; Gen. 1472

oden

(n.)
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oden, e; f.

A threshing-floor

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Beóþ sume on búre, sume on healle, sume on ódene, sume on carcerne, and lybbaþ ðeáh æalle be ánes hláfordes áre, Shrn. 187, 23. On odene cylne macian, Som

god-mægen

(n.)
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god-mægen, es; n.
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A divine power, divinity; numen Ic bæd ða godmægen orabam numina, Nar. 24, 22. Hie ondrédon ðæt hie hiora godmægne sceoldon beón benumene they feared that they should be deprived of their divinity; de numinum suorum statu timentes, 28, 13

bót-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
bót-leás, adj; [bót boot, leás less]

BOOTLESS, unpardonable, what cannot be remedied, recompensed or expiatedinexpiabilis

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BOOTLESS, unpardonable, what cannot be remedied, recompensed or expiated; inexpiabilis Ðonne síg ðæt bótleás then is that unpardonable, L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 24. Húsbryce is bótleás housebreaking is unpardonable, L. C. S. 65; Th. i. 410, 6

Linked entry: bót-wyrþe

sige-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
sige-þeód, e ; f.
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A victorious people, a powerful people Hyne gesóhton on sigeþeóde hearde hildefrecan, Beo. Th. 4415 ; B. 2204 : Exon. 473, 23 ; Bo. 19. Sigeþeóda ( the victorious Goths ), Met. 1, 4. Secgeaþ his wuldor geond sigeþeóde ( inter gentes ), Ps.

stód-fald

(n.)
Grammar
stód-fald, es ; m.
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Be norðan stódfaldan, iv. 66, 8

un-fulfremed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fulfremed, adj.

Imperfect

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Ben. lnterl. 24, 1. Ða ðing ðe hé unfullfremed gemétte ea quae minus perfecta reperit, Bd. 4, 2; S. 566, 2

weorold-déma

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-déma, an; m.
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A secular judge Be eorlum. Eorlas and heretogan and ðás worulddéman ágan nýdþéarfe ðæt hí riht lufian, L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 318, 20. Bisceop sceall saca sehtan mid ðám worulddéman ðe riht lufian, 7 ; Th. ii. 312, 15, 36

wiþ-neoþan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-neoþan, adv.

Beneath

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Duru ðú setst be ðære sídan wiðneoðan ostium pones ex latere deorsum, Gen. 6, 16. Beón hí beworpene mid wuda wiðneoðan, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 106

bóc-tǽcing

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bóc-tǽcing, -talu.
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Teaching or direction contained in books Godcunde bóte séce man georne and symble be bóctǽcinge (bóctale, v. l.) according to the directions contained in books (e. g. Theodore's Liber Poenitentialis) (or as books tell), Ll. Th. i. 398, 22.

burg-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
burg-gemet, es; n.
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Measure used in a town Ne sceall bisceop geþafian wóh gemet, ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽlc burhgemet (cf. gange án gemet swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, i. 270, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20

elnung

encouragementcomfortzeal

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Add: encouragement, comfort Hé æfter þysum geþance teáh him elnunge tó be dǽle after this thought he took comfort to himself in some measure, Hml. S. 23, 524. zeal Hé mid geornfulre elnunge úp árísende wæs, Hml. S. 31, 251

faðu

(n.)
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Be Tassillan mínre faðan de Tharsilla amita mea, Gr. D. 286, 8. Dele e ; f. : and add

ge-snid

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Add: cutting by a surgeon, cutting with a lancet. Cf. sníþan ; Beóð oft ðá wunda mid ele gehǽlda, ðá ðe mon mid gesnide ( incisione ) gebétan ne meahte, Past. 271, 2. killing. Cf. sníþan; Swá swá sceáptð gesnide, R. Ben. 27, 10

meltan

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perhaps some of the forms given here should be taken under miltan, q. v. II. Add Geríst ꝥ him mon lytlum þá mettas selle þá þe late melten, leax, and þá fixas þá þe late meltan, Lch. ii. 176, 22-24

út-lende

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lende, adj.

Foreignstrangenot native

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Hé mǽnde be his feóndum ǽgðer ge inlendum ge útlendum, Ps. Th. 2, arg

Linked entry: út-lenda

út-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
út-scyte, es; n.

An out-shootoutletplace where a stream or road runs into another

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An out-shoot, outlet, place where a stream or road runs into another Be bróce óð Pippelriðiges útscyte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 330, 20. 'Faraþ tó wega útscytum' ... Útscytas ðara wega sind áteorung woruldlícera weorca, Homl. Th. i. 526, 11-14

hand-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
hand-scyldig, adj.

Liable to the penalty of losing the hand

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Liable to the penalty of losing the hand Se ðe gewundaþ man binnan ciricwagum se biþ handscyldig he that wounds a man within church walls shall be liable to lose his hand, L. Eth. vii. 13; Th. i. 332; 9

ge-tǽse

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, adj.

Meetconvenient suitablemildeasyaccommodusplaciduslenis

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Meet, convenient suitable, mild, easy; accommodus, placidus, lenis Gif him wǽre niht getǽse if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2645; B. 1320. Swá hit getǽsost wæs as was most fitting, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 22; Met. 20, 11

hlytm

(n.)

a parting or deciding by lot, an arranging of shares

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a parting or deciding by lot, an arranging of shares Næs ðá on hlytme hwá ðæt hord strude the part of each in despoiling the hoard was not carefully allotted [each took what he could ], Beo. Th. 6243; B. 3126

Linked entry: un-hlytm