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lytling

(n.)
Grammar
lytling, es; m.

A little onea young personchild

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Gif hwylc gódra wile his lytlingas hiom [priests ] tó láre befæstan, hig sceolon swíðe lustlíce hig onfón, and him tǽcan, L. E. I. 20; Th. ii. 414, 8

murcnian

(v.)
Grammar
murcnian, p. ode

To murmurcomplainrepinegrieve

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Ðonne onginþ hé tó murcnienne, and þincþ him tó lang hwænne hé beó genumen of ðyses lífes earfoþnyssum. Homl. Th. i. 140, 19. Ða Phariséi gehýrdon ða menigeo ðus murcnigende be him, Jn. Skt. 7, 32: Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 27 (v. murcian)

ge-windan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-windan, p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden.

To twistweavebendwindtorquĕreplectereimplĭcāreTo goturnturn aboutrevolverollse vertĕrevolvĕre

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Se líg gewand on láðe men the flame rolled on to the hostile men. Cd. 186; Th. 231, 22; Dan. 251

ge-hyrwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrwan, p. de; pp. ed

To make game ofdespisedisparagetraducevexoppresscavillāricontemnĕredetrăhĕre

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He gehyrweþ fuloft hálge láre he very often traduces holy lore, 117 a;Th. 449, 12; Dóm. 70. Hý ðæs láreowes word ne gehyrwdon they despised not the teacher's words, 14 b; Th. 29, 8; Cri. 459. Beóþ ða gehyrwede they are despised, Ps. 52, 6; Ps.

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secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es ; m.
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Ðǽr læg secg mænig, guma norþerna, Chr. 937 ; Erl. 112, 17. Secgas and gesíþas fóron tó gefeohte, Judth. Thw. 24, 22 ; Jud. 201. Seccas, Cd. Th. 124, 23 ; Gen. 2067. Wǽron æscwýgan, secggas ymb sigecwén síðes gefýsde. Elen. Kmbl. 519 ; El. 260.

and-sǽte

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Ox. 1897. of that which is good Beóð láðe and tó andsǽte þá þe God lufiað, Wlfst. 89, 17

ang-sumnes

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Þæs weges ongin þe tó Críste lǽt ne mæg beón begunnen bútan sumre ancsumnysse (ang-, v. l. ) via salutis non est nisi angusto initio incipienda, R. Ben. 5, 17. Mid hyra anxsumnysse anxietate sua, Scint. 3, 5: Lch. iii. 200, 4.

be-windan

girdleencirclesurround

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He forðférde, and his lie bewunden læg, Hml. Th. ii. 24, 22. þé God hæfde wære bewunden God had kept thee on every side, An. 535.

butsa-carlas

(n.)
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['The " butsecarls" stand in the same relation to the "scip-fyrd" that the housecarls occupy towards the " land-fyrd "; i. e. they are the king's standing force, as opposed to the national levies.

byden

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Site on bydene . . . geót on þá bydene, lǽt reócan on, Lch. ii. 76, 22-24: 78, 20. Eleberigan dón on bydene (praelo), Gr. D. 50, 30. Bydno hydriae, Jn. L. 2, 6. Bydena cuparum, An. Ox. 4, 60. Bydenum cupis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 62. Bydena cupas, An.

eahta

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Eahta (ehta, v. l. ) hund míla lang, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 8, 2. Ehta (æhto, L., æhtowe, R.) dagas, Lk. 2, 21. Æfter eahta (æhtuo. L., dæge æhtowum, R.) dagum, Jn. 20, 26. Æfter dagum æhtuu, p. 8, 6. Æhtu óra seulfres, p. 188, 9.

freó-man

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For last passage substitute Hwæt gifest þú me, gásta Waldend, freómanna tó frófre ... ne sealdest þú mé sunu ... Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum what freeborn children wilt thou give me, Ruler of spirits, for my comfort? ...

ge-hirwan

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gehyrwdon) háliges láre, Exod. 307. On ðá tiid ðe se biscephád swá gehiered (gehéned, v. l. ) suá huelc swá hine underféng, hé underféng martyrdóm. On ðá tiid wæs to herigeanne ðæt mon wilnode biscephádes, Past. 53, 18.

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ge-leahtrian

(v.)
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Th. 34, 4. to vitiate, corrupt Gif hine mon leahtorfulne ongit . . . him mon secge þæt hé þanon gewíte, þe lǽs þe hé mid his yrmðe óþre geleahtrige ( ne eius miseria alii vitientur ), R. Ben. 109, 20.

inca

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Ne gedyrstlǽce heora nán ... þæt hé Godes áre gewanige oþþe ǽnigne incan séce, hú heó gewanod weorþe, Lch. iii. 442, 17. a cause of complaint Hyra nán ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé ... ǽnig ðing áhsige ... þe lǽs þe ǽnig inca (incca, v.l.) geseald sý (ne detur

morgen-gifu

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Ðá hæfde Eádríc láfe and nán bearn. Þá geúþe Ælféh hire hire morgengife (concessit Ælfegus illi viduæ donum dotis suæ tantum quad ei dederat Eadricus, quando eam primum accepit uxorem), Cht. E. 212, 19.

áþ

Grammar
áþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Se arcebiscop mid his selfes áþe geáhnode God . . . þá land . . . , and þæne áð nam se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa, and þǽr wæs gód eáca tén hundan mannan þe þane áð sealdan, Cht. Th. 273, 22-31.

wemman

(v.)
Grammar
wemman, p. de.

to spotmarspoildisfigureto defilepolluteprofane

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Ic háliges láre wordum wemde (I have not given a good account of the saint) Andr. Kmbl. 2958; An. 1482. Wordum wemman to reproach, blame (cf. Goth. ana-wammjan vituperare) Stefn æfter cwom, wordum wemde Andr. Kmbl. 1479; An. 741.

gader-tang

Grammar
gader-tang, gæder-teng. l. -tenge,

Contiguous, conjoint, in contact or connexioncontinuous

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Voc. ii. 136, 33. of material things Ðá landgemǽro ðæsse búrlandes tó Abbendúne, ðæt is gadertang on þreó genamod, ðæt is Hengestes íg and Seofocanwyrð and Wihthám (i. e. the land lies altogether but it is divided into three parts, each with its own

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, hom; gen. hammes; m.

A dwelling, fold, or enclosed possession.

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'It is so frequently coupled with words implying the presence of water as to render it probable that, like the Friesic hemmen, it denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against the stream, which would otherwise