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þeówet

(n.)
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þeówet, (-ot, -ut), þeówt, [t]es; m.
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Tódǽlan freót and þeówet to distinguish between freedom and slavery, i.e. between the free and the bond, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 10. On þeówot gangan, L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 17. On þeówot sellan, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 112, 30. Þeówet, L. Ecg.

Linked entries: þeówot þeówt

ágan

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Ne meahton freó ne þeówe heora bregoweardas bearnum ágan neither bond nor free could make their lords possessors of children (the passage refers to the women afflicted with barrenness), 2747

ge-namian

(v.)
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Hé hit mid gewitnysse bohte þára manna þe tó gewitnysse genamode synt, Ll. Th. i. 276, 7

ge-efenlǽcan

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Se abbod geefenlǽce þá bysene þæs árfæstan hyrdes pastoris boni piunt imitetur exemplum, R.

gódnes

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</b> good fortune, prosperous circumstance :-- Þú geseó gódnessa uideas bona (Hierusalem ), Ps. L. 127, 5. a good act or deed Hé þancode Gode eallra his gódnyssa, ꝥ hé hine gescylde ... and him sige forgeaf, Hml. S. 14, 163.

gíme-leás

(adj.)
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gíme-leás, adj.
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Th. 70, 10. of cattle, stray, untended, un-watched Gif þé hecuje óðres giémeleás fioh on hand si occurreris bovi inimici tui aut asino erranti (Ex. 23, 4), Ll. Th. i. 54, 9.

hwearfian

(v.)
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Sió sául sceolde hwearfian on hire selfre, swá swá eall þes rodor hwerfþ, oððe swá swá hweól onhwerfþ, 33, 4; F. 132, 11. to revolve round a centre, move round in an orbit. of a material body Ðá tunglu lengestne ymbhwyrft habbaþ þe ymb þá eaxe middewearde

ǽg-þer

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On ǽgðer þǽra bóca sind feówertig cwyda, Hml. Th. ii. 2, 13. Hwí sceal ic beón bedǽled ǽgðer mínra sunena utroque filio Gen. 27, 45. Ne hafað hió eágena ǽgðer twéga, Rä. 40, 11.

Linked entry: ǽg-hwæþer

heáp

(n.)
Grammar
heáp, es; m. [generally, but ðeós earme heáp occurs,
  • Cd. 215
  • ;
  • Th. 270, 9
  • ;
  • Sat. 87
  • .
]

A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, companya troop, flockstrues, acervus

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A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, company Galað ðæt is gewitnesse heáp Golaad acervus testimonii interpretatur, Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 5.

BREGDAN

(v.)
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BREGDAN, bredan, ic bregde, ðú bregdest, he bregdeþ, pl. bregdaþ ; p. brægd pl. brugdon pp. brogden, bregden.

To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave;vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere to turn into se vertere in aliquid

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Ic gefrægn sunu Wihstánes beran brogdne beadu-sercean I heard that Wihstan's son bore his weaved war-sark, 5503; B. 2755. Ðǽr wæs on eorle brogden byrne there was on the man the woven mail-shirt, Elen.

smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
smylte, adj.

Quiet, tranquil, calm, sereneof physical calmnessgentle, mild, of the wind favourable, prosperousof mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled

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Th. 106, 28. fig. favourable, prosperous Smyltum belimpum successibus Anglia xiii. 32, 132. of mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled Cild ácenned smylte a child born on the ninth day of the moon will be placid Lchdm. iii. 188, 12.

Linked entries: smelte smolt

tó-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-twǽman, p. de

To divideseparatedisjointo dividestand between objectsseparate one object from another to dividepartdissociatebreak the connection betweento dispersescatterto divide with the minddistinguishdiscern

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Ðonne se lichama and seó sánul hí tótwǽmaþ when body and soul part, Wulfst. 151, ll. Wé nellaþ ús nǽfre tótwéman we do not wish to be separated, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 71.

ge-reccan

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Geselle him mon . c. sciłł. tó bóte, búton him witan máre gereccan, 100, 14. Is ciépemonnum gereht . . . 82, 10, Ðonne wille wé cweðan ðæt hé sié genóg ryhtlíce his bróðor deáðes scyldig . . .

M

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following Man byþ on myrgþe Men will be cheerful, his mágan leóf dear to their friends, sceal ðeáh ánra gehwylc shall yet each one óðrum swícan depart from other, forðam dryhten wile for the Lord will dóme sínum by his doom ðæt earme flǽsc the &#39;vile body

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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, ii. 296, 18. used of other moisture that comes from the body, foam Mið swáte cum spuma, Lk. Skt. Rush. 9, 39. blood Saga mé hwæt ðæs lifigendan mannes gleng sý. Ic ðé secge ðæs deádan swát, Salm. Kmbl. 200, 10.

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dynt

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Th. i. 16, 17-18, 5. the sound made by a blow, thud of a body striking the ground Swíþe oft se micla anweald ðára yfelena gehríst swíþe fǽrlíce, swá swá greát beám on wyda wyrcþ hlúdne dynt ( strikes the ground with a loud thud ), ðonne men lǽst wénaþ

for-drífan

to drive awayoffoutto drive awaycast outto drive outto banishexpelto drive asideto overtask

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Gif mon gesíðcundne monnan ádrífe, fordrífe þý botle, næs þǽre setene, Ll. Th. i. 146, 7. Ꝥte hine ne fordrife búta ðæt lond ne se expelleret extra regionem. Mk. L. R. 5, 10.

ge-sendan

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Gif ðes monn bond his in ðisum wætre gisende. Rtl. 102, 7: 100, 39. the object non-material Mið diúl gesende in heorta is ꝥte salde hine, Jn. L. R. 13, 2. with a stronger sense of motion, to cast, throw Hí gesendon nett in sǽ, Mt. L. 4, 18.

gífre

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Th. 140, 2. greedy of prey or booty, rapacious, ravenous. of a person Ne bið nán heretoga swá gífre on fræmdra manna yrfe swá se unrihtwísa déma byþ on his hýremanna, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 18.

hwilc-hwega

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S.) wosa a Nazareth palest aliquid boni esse Jn. L. l, 46. See next word