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stefn

Grammar
stefn, voice.
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add: of sound proceeding from the mouth of a living creature Swelce sió godcunde stefn (stemn, v. l. ) tó him cwǽde, Past. 122, 7. Sáwla sóðfæste hergað cyninges þrym stefn æfter stefne, Ph. 542. Cyning spræc him stefne tó, Gen. 2848.

HEÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEÁWAN, p. heów, pl. heówon; pp. heáwen

To HEW, cut, strike, smite

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Se seðe unwærlíce ðone wuda hiéwþ is qui incaute ligna percutit, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 16. Wé heáwaþ ðone wudu ligna succidimus, 167, 6. Hé heów oð ðæt hé on hilde gecranc he smote with his sword until in fight he fell, Byrht. Th. 141, 18; By. 324.

winestra

(adj.)
Grammar
winestra, adj.

Left

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Ðæt sió winestre hand ne scyle witan hwæt sió suíðre dó, Past. 44; Swt. 323, 14. Dryhtnes winestre hand is under mínum heáfde. " Sió winestre hand Godes, hé cwæð, wǽre under his heáfde... Eft wæs gecueden ðætte on his winestran handa wǽre wela...

Linked entries: wynstra winstre

wil

(n.)
Grammar
wil, will, es; n.

will, pleasurea pleasant or desirable thing

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Ne fornime incer nóðer óðer ofer will bútan geþafunge nolite fraudare invicem, nisi ex consensu Past. 51; Swt. 399, 34. Hé genam ðæt wíf ofer ðæs cynges wil, Chr. 1015; Th. i. 276, 4, col. 2. a pleasant or desirable thing Willa (wilna? v. willa.

Crúland

(n.)
Grammar
Crúland, Crúwland, es; n. [Interprete Ingulpho crūda et cænosa terra,
  • Gib. Chr. explicatio, p. 22, col. 1
]

CROWLAND or CROYLANDLincolnshire loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi

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Guthlac, hermit of Crowland, passed a great part of his life and died here in A. D. 714. After his death, king Æthelbald of Mercia founded a monastery at Crowland in A.

Linked entries: Gúþ-lác Crúwland

licgan

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</b> to lie under, be subject to disadvantage or obligation :-- Ðonne hé suá suíðe óðre oferhlifað ðætte ealle licggeað under his willan, Past. 111, 2.

á-brecan

(v.)
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Hit ábricð út on ídle ofersprǽce, Past. 277, 11. Erumpunt procedunt up ábrecaþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 7. Hé ábræc intó ðám búre, Ap. Th. 1, 18.

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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Bí ðǽm spræc Dauid swíðe cúðlíce on psalmum, swá hé hit oft ácunnad hæfde, Past. 375, 1.

ge-beorgan

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Th. i. 394, 16: Gen. 1838. in the passive the object of the action is in the dative For ðæs láreówes wísdóm unwísum hiéremonnum bið geborgen, Past. 29, 6. Him swá geborgen sý heora unwilles, heora tó fela ne losien. Ll. Th. i. 274, 4.

ge-bígan

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Ic eom gebíged (-bigged, v. l.) and gehéned incurvatus sum et humiliatus, Past. 67, 18. Ic tó náwihte eom nýde gebíged ego ad nihilum redactus sum, Ps. Th. 72, 17. Burga fífe wǽran under Norðmannum nýde gebégde, Chr. 942; P. 110, 20.

ge-rihtan

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Th. i. 348, 15. to correct. a person, to reform, amend Ðonne ic man geryhtan ne mæg and hine gelǽran quos corrigere nequeo, Past. 153, 11.

óþer

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Hé wénde ðæt hé wǽre ofer ealle óðere menn, Past. 41, 1. Betweoh hire óðer twá sweostor inter duas alias sorores suas, Gr.

rýman

(v.)
Grammar
rýman, de.

to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplifyto clear a wayyield, give place

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Hira mearce tó rýmanne ad dilatandum terminum suum, Past. 48,2 ; Swt. 367, 15. Heora hús tó rýmende, Chart. Th. 436, 18. to make clear by removing obstructions, to clear a way (lit. and metaph.) Hé sáwlumrýmeþ lífwegas, Exon.

Linked entry: rúmaþ

for-lǽtan

to letpermitallowsufferto sufferto letgrantto leaveto leaveto leaveconsumingto leave aloneleave undoneabstain fromneglectto leave outomitto spareleave toto leavequitto abandonforsakedesertabandonto leaveto leaveto leavedieto defendto abandonto leaveto abandonto leaveto leave ofgive upto abandonabandonto let goto restrainto releaserestoreto give uprelinquishto remitforgiveto loseto put awaydismisslay asideto send

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Hé ðæs áliéfdan nánwuht nolde forlǽtan, ac his swíðe ungemetlíce breác, Past. 339, 5.

þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
þeáw, es; m.
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Hé ongiet be sumum ðingum oððe ðeáwum útanne ætiéwdum eall ðæt hié innan ðenceaþ, Past. 21; Swt. 155, 10. Wer gecorene on his ðeáwum virum probum moribus, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 9.

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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Ðá ne wolde se pápa ðæt geþafigean ne ða burhware ðon má etsi pontifex concedere voluit, non tamen cives Romani potuere permittere, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 33.

Linked entries: þanne þon

mǽst

(adv.)
Grammar
mǽst, adv.

mostchieflyespeciallyalmostnearly

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Swá hié mǽst mehten as much as ever they could, 6, 5; Swt. 260, 32: Past. 28; Swt. 190, 9. Ealles mǽst maxime, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 7. Preóst oftor ne mæssige ðonne þríwa mǽst ðara þinga (at the utmost), L. Edg.

sealt

(adj.)
Grammar
sealt, salt; adj.
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MSS.) sǽ, Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 8. Sió onlícnes sendde mycel wæter þurh hiora múþ swá sealt ( very salt ), Blickl. Homl. 245, 25. Eahtoðe wæs sealtes pund, ðanon him wǽron ða teáras sealte, Salm. Kmbl. 180, 16. Sealte ýða, Cd. Th. 205, 26; Exod. 441.

sín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sín, possess, pron.
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Áhealtedon fram stígum sýnum ł fram heora paðum claudicaverunt a semitis suis, Ps. Lamb. 17, 46. [Goth. seins : O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. sín : Icel. sínn (sinn).]

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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. :--- Se ðornðære gítsunga ne wyrð forsearod on ðæem helme gif se wyrttruma ne biþ færcorfen oððe forbærned æt ðæm stemne si radix culpae non exuritur, nunquam per ramos avaritiae spina siccatur, Past. 45, 3; Swt. 341, 11. <b>I b.