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ríht

(adj.)
Grammar
ríht, adj.
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<b>IV a.</b> of persons, upright, righteous :-- Ðá ðe ryhtre (rihtre, Ps. L.) synt heortan qui recto sunt corde, Ps. Vos. 93, 15. Wuldriað ealle rehte ( recti ) on heortan, 31, 11. Þá ryhte synt of heortan, Ps. Rdr. 93, 15.

be-drífan

to drive gameto follow up a track

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Wíteþeówne monnan mon sceal bedrífan tó swingum (swinglum, v. l.), 138, 3. to follow up a track Gif mon trode bedrífð forstolenes yrfes of stæðe on óðer, Ll. Th. i. 352, 4. Gyf him hundred bedrífe trod on óðer hundred, 260, 3

hwá

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Ðá ðegnas sægdun him ðá ðe swá hwæt (huæd, L.) hiæ dydun narrauerunt illi quaecumque fecerunt, Lk. R. 9, 10. Sé ł swá hwá (hwæt) Ðá ł suæ huæt (chuæt) quaecumque, Mt. L. 18, 18. (6a) Sé þe ł swá (hwæt).

be-tweoh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Hǽðe stent betuh Winedum and Seaxum and Angle Haddeby stands in the midst of the Winedi, Saxons and Angles, Ors. 1, 19; Bos. 21, 30. acc Swá lamb betweox wulfas sicut agnos inter lupos, Lk. Bos. 10, 3.

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.
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a seam, a load, burden [a seam of corn is a quarter, eight bushels; a seam of wood is a horse-load; a seam of dung 3 cwts. (Devon), v. E. D. S. Pub. Reprinted Glossaries, and Farming Words 1, 3, 7..] Seám vel berþen sarcina, Wrt.

séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
séfte, adj. Soft
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<b>IVa.

Linked entry: sófte

scír-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scír-mann, (scíre-, scíres-), es; m.
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Wæs scíremonn (Pontius Pilatus) procurante Pontio Pilato, Lk. Skt. Lind. 3, 1. Scíremon (sgiiremonn, Lind. ) dispensator, Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 42.

swefan

(v.)
Grammar
swefan, p. swæf, pl. swǽfon; pp. swefen
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To sleep. of natural sleep Se ne slǽpeþ ne swefeþ (or <b>III a</b>) swýðe non dormitavit neque obdormiet, Ps. Th. 120, 4. Hé swifeþ slǽpe gebiesgad. Exon. Th. 358, 1 ; Pa. 39. Hé sófte swæf. Cd. Th. 12, 2 ; Gen. 179: 94, 19 ; Gen. 1564.

Linked entry: sweofot

tunece

(n.)
Grammar
tunece, an;
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Rush. ), 21, 7: Lk. Skt. 6, 29. Ðam ðe wylle niman ðíne tunecan (cyrtel ł hrægl. Lind. : ðínne tonica. Rush. ), lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 40.

Linked entry: tunice

ymb-fón

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-fón, p. -féng.
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<b>II a.</b> to comprehend, conceive :-- Embféhþ concipit, i. intelligit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 21. to put something round an object, surround, envelope Genim foxes gecynd, ymbfóh (ym-, v. l. ) ðæt heáfod útan, Lchdm. i. 340, 19.

ymbren

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren, es; pl. ymbrenu (the reading ymbren fæstena, L. Eth. vi. 23; Th. i. 320, 20, should rather be ymbrenfæstena, as in Wulfst. 272, 16) ; n.
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Tó ðam ymbrene innan hærfaste on Frigedæg, Lk. Skt. 7, 36 rubc. Tó ðam ymbrene innan hærefeste on Sæterndæg, 13, 6 rubc.

Linked entry: riht-ymbren

an-weald

(n.)
Grammar
an-weald, m. f. n.
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God hí hǽþenum leódum lét tó anwealde. Jud. pref. Anwald monarchiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 45. Hé hæfþ his fóta anweald, Bt. 36, 4; F. 178, 11. Gynd ealne mínne anweald. Ll. Th. i. 246, 23. Ofer ealne þæs cynges anweald, 270, 1.

á-mearcian

(v.)
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<b>III a.

Linked entry: mearcian

brýce

(n.)
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<b></b> usufruct :-- Habban hí þone bryce (ðæs landes) healfne, and healfne þá munecas, Cht.

ge-hirtan

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Take here <b>ge-hyrtan</b> in Dict., and add Gehyrt vel gehlýwþ focilat, i. reficit Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 82.

Linked entry: ge-hyrtan

ge-leáfful

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<b>II a.</b> used substantively in pl., believers, Christians, the faithful :-- On þǽre gesihðe wesað ealle geleáffulle, Bl. H. 13, 28: 81, 16. Mid geleáffullum hé gefylde þysne middangeard, 11, 8.

genge

(n.)
Grammar
genge, f.
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Substitute: <b>genge,</b> es; n. A band, company, troops Heora ágene menn wolden hergon þone mynstre, ꝥ wæs Hereward and his genge, Chr. 1070; P. 205, 11. Hé sende æfter Leófríce eorle and æfter Síwarde eorle and bæd heora gencges.

gearcian

(v.)
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<b>I a.</b> to dress food, skins, &c. :-- Ic bicge hýda and fell and gearkie (praeparo ) hig mid cræfte, Coll. M. 27, 29. Gearca ús gereord-unge, Hml. Th. i. 60, 18.

gebed-rǽden

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Gebedrǽdene árǽran to promote the practice of praying, Ll. Th. i. 314, 9

Linked entry: béd-rǽden

ge-forþian

(v.)
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Hml. 43, ll.] to forward, prosper, promote the well-being of Hé hí geforðode on fægerum þeáwum, Hml. A. 94, 83. His engel geforðige ðé and þíne fare gewissige, Hml. S. 22, 29.