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nigon

(n.; num.; adj.)

nine

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A : nigona, Lind. : nióne, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 17, 17. Ðá hét se cyng faran mid nigonum ðara níwena scipa, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 20. Grammar nigon, as adj. : Harold wes gewend mid nigon scipon, 1052; Erl. 183, 18.

ge-wintred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wintred, -wintrad; part.

Grown to full agefull-agedagedadultus

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Lind. 21, 18. Ðeáh he gewintred wǽre though he was aged, Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 7. Ðæs gewintredan monnes of a full-aged man, L. Alf. pol. 26; Th. i. 78, 18

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andel-bǽre

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
andel-bǽre, ( = and-hél-bǽre; cf.
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'and-hæli, n. monstrosity; medic. the heels being in the place of the toes, andhælis-ligr absurd.' Cl. & V. Dict.); adj. Reversed, inverted Andelbǽrre tíde tempore prepostero (id est, vernali non autumnali, Ald. 33, 12), An.

ge-dæftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dæftlíce, ge-dæftelíce.
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Hís léchama on ðǽre cyricean norðportice gedæftelíce (-dæft-líce, v. l.) wæs bebyrged in porticu aquilonali decenter sepullum est, Bd. 2, 3; Sch. 124, 16

ge-wítendlic

Grammar
ge-wítendlic, In l. 6 l. gewítendlicum, and add: ge-witenlic perishable.
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v. ge-wítan; 4 Gewítendlicum lífe sole uolubili, presenti uita, Germ. 388, 3. Gewítendlic deciduam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 19. Hohfulnesse be þingum gewítendlicum sollicitudinem de rebus transitoriis, R. Ben. I. 16, 10.

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íg-land

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Add: iég-land, í-land Án íglond ligð út on gársecg . . . þeáh nú ánra hwá wealde þæs íglandes, Met. 16, 12-17. On þám iéglande þe Sicilia hátte, Bt. 15; F. 48, 20. On án íglond út on Wendelsǽ, Bt. 38, l ; F. 194, ll.

seáw

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Add: [seáw is masculine in Lch. ii. 18, 14, though in the preceding line it is neuter Dó ꝥ seáw on neb . . . ꝥ se seáw (perhaps there is confusion owing to the conjunctional ꝥ and the initial letter of seáw ?)

winter-burna

(n.)
Grammar
winter-burna, an; m.

A stream that is full in winter(?)a stream that has the fullness of winter(?)a torrent

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Lind. 18, 1. ¶ the word occurs as a local name, and is found often in the Charters, e. g.: In Winter-burnan... swá on óðerne Winterburnan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 405, 22. See vi. 354, col. 2

willendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
willendlíce, adv.

Diligently

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[In the fallowing passage the better reading is hwílwendlíce Hé cwæþ ðæt hé gehyhte swá swá hé on his ðeóde willendlíce (hwilwend-líce, M. 248, 22) rícsode, ðæt hé swá on tóweardnesse écelíce mid Criste rícsian móste sperans ut sicut in sua gente regnat

(n.)
Grammar
bú, , es; n? [ic búe, he býþ, pres. of búan to dwell]

to dwellA dwelling, habitationhabitatio, habitaculum

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Lind. 5, 3

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tóweardness

(n.)
Grammar
tóweardness, e; f.

the time to comethe futurea future coming

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Swá ðú on ðisum andweardum lífe má earfoða drígast, swá myccle ðú eft on tóweardnysse geféhst, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 32, 13. a future coming Úre Drihten ðæt gefylde, ðæt hé þurh his ða hálgan tóweardnesse gehét, Blickl. Homl. 119, 28

AC

(con.)
Grammar
AC, ach, ah, oc; conj.

butsedforbecausenamenimquiabut alsobut yetsed etiamsed etsed tamen

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Ðú ne þearft onsittan wíge, ac né-fuglas [wig, eácne MS.] blódig sittaþ þicce gefylled thou needest not oppress with war, because carrion birds sit bloody quite satiated (lit. thickly filled ), Cd. 98; Th. 130, 12; Gen. 2158. but also, but yet; sed etiam

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a-settan

(v.)
Grammar
a-settan, p. -sette ; pp. -seted, -sett.

to setputplaceappointlayset uperectbuildto set or taketo plantponerestatuereconstituereinstituerecollocaredeponeredesumereplantareto make a journeyiter facere

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Héht ðá asettan líc on eorþan he then commanded to place the body upon the earth, Elen. Kmbl. 1750; El. 877. Ac heó hire ðǽr wíc asette ibique sibi mansionem instituit, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 26 : Exon. l08 a ; Th. 411, 27 ; Rä. 30, 6.

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boh

(n.)
Grammar
boh, bog, es; m. [bogen bent; pp. of búgan to bow, bend]

Anything curved or bentthe arm, shoulderarmushumerus, lacertusthe arm of a tree, a BOUGH, branchramus, stipes, palmesa branch of a family, offspring, progenypropagothe bow of a shiparmusarmusshoulder, bow of a shipthe shoulder, haunchthe shoulder of an animal

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Eorl sceal on eós boge rídan a chief shall ride on a horse's back [lit. shoulder ], Exon. 90 a; Th. 337, 11; Gn. Ex. 63. Ðú nymst of ðam ramme ðone swýðran boh tolles de ariete armum dextrum, Ex. 29, 22.

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swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
swǽtan, p. te
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Voc. ii. 139, 37. to sweat, send forth like sweat, to exude (of persons or things) Hí fleóþ and blóde hí swǽtaþ, Nar. 35, 33. Fýre swǽtaþ blácan líge they sweat fire and flame. Exon. Th. 385, 12; Rä. 4, 43.

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bí-geng

(n.)
Grammar
bí-geng, (big-).

practiceexercisedoingcultivationtillageobservanceworship

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Ox. 2283 infra.) practice, exercise, doing Líf mid gódra weorca bigenge frætwian, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 5. Bígencge, Hml. Th. ii. 48, 28. Biggenge, R. Ben. 3, 7. For lárlicere bígenge propter gymnicum (philosophiae) stadium, An. Ox. 2283.

ge-metfæst

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Hé wæs líðe and gemetfæst on his worde, and hé wæs geþyldig and eádmód erat colloquio blandus, temperantia modestus, Guth. Gr. in, 82. Hé wæs swiðe geþyldig and eáðmód and gemetfæst on eallum his lífe. Bl.

Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce

heáh-fæder

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Th. i. 396, 9. in Christian times, a father of the church Rǽde him mon líf þǽra heáhfædera ( vitas patrum ), R. Ben. 66, 17. the chief of a religious community, an archimandrite Héhfæder, láreów archimandrita, i. princeps ouium, An.

hwettan

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Z. 167, l. to sharpen the edge of an imple-ment (lit. or fig.) Se lǽce hýt his seax and hwete (hwæt, v. l. ), Past. 166, 6. Þá undeádlican wyrmas hwettað hyra téð tó þon ꝥ hig. . . úrne líchoman slítan, Ll. Th. ii. 396, 6.

hrýman

(v.)
Grammar
hrýman, hréman; p. de

To callcry outto cry outboastexultlamentmurmur

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Lind. 2, 18: plorantem, Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 33. Mid micelre stemne hrýmende crying with a loud voice, Homl. Th. i. 46. 33

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