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twi-béte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-béte, adj.
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H.) swá ǽr be lǽwdum men fundon (in the case of a nun the bót for the offences referred to was twice that in the case of a lay woman; the case of the latter is the subject of sect. 11; Th. i. 68, 13-70, 2), L. Alf. pol. 18; Th. i. 72, 10.

Linked entry: -béte

þweorness

(n.)
Grammar
þweorness, e; f.

crookednessoppositionperversityiniquityevildepravity

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Hrædlíce bið se Déma tó úrum bénum gebíged, gif fram úrum ðwyrnyssum beóð gerihtlǽhte, Homl. Th. ii. 124, 35: Lchdm. iii. 276, 18. Manna þwyrnyssa hominum prauitates, Scint. 44, 9

þóþer

(n.)
Grammar
þóþer, (-or, -r), es; m.
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Ðú leornodest ðone cræft ðe hátaþ geometrica; on ðam cræfte ðú leornodest onn ánum þóðere oðþe on æpple átéfred, ðæt ðú meahtest be ðære téfrunge ongytan ðises rodores ymbehwirft ...

weorod

(adj.)
Grammar
weorod, werod (-ed); adj.
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Hwæðer hit bið ðe wered ðe biter ðe ðicgaþ, 372, 29: Ex. 15, 25. Weredre mulsae, Hpt. Gl. 413, 40. Þurh weredre pro dulci, 462, 66. Weredre itel wynsumre dulcisone, i. blanda, weredum beóbreáde vel swǽsum dulci favo, Wülck. Gl. 225, 17, 20.

á-gildan

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eall ágyldan sceolan ꝥ hé ús ǽr sealde, Bl. H. 51, 25. to render, pay what is due (v. riht, ) Ic ágylde dependo, i. reddo, persolvam , Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 80. Ágilst þú ( reddis ) Drihtene þás þing? Deut. 32, 6.

Linked entries: á-geldan on-gildan

deórwyrðlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
deórwyrðlíce, (-wi(e)rþ-); adv. I.
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II. in high esteem, as of great value :-- Þí hé elcað ðæt we sceolon deórwyrðlíce healdan Godes gife. Swá hwæt swá man eáðelíce begyt, þæt ne bið ná swá deórwyrðe swá þæt þæt earfoðlíce bið begyten, Hml. Th. i. 248, 28.

dríman

(v.)
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Uton dréman ( jubilemus ) Gode . . . on sealmum drýman him, Ps. Spl. 94, 1, 2. of musical instrument Hearpe and pípe and mistlic glíggamen drémað eów on beórsele. trans.

Linked entries: dreman drýman

dropa

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Genihtsumnysse blódes and dropena and manega seócnyssa metta of rúmgyfulnysse þoliað abundantiam sanguinis et colerarum (cf. colera, umores, Corp. Gl. H. 34, 619) et plurimas egritudines escarum largitate patimur, 56, 4. gout. (? v. N. E.

hringan

(v.)
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lǽrað ꝥ man on rihtne tíman tída ringe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 5: 296, 3

hwíl-wende

(adj.)
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forsceamiað nú on lytlum timan dǽdbóte dón, Scint. 49, 9. II. of a person, concerned with the things of time ; of things, temporal, not spiritual or eternal :-- Sé þe hwílende (tempo-rarius ) ys on blisse, éce hé byð on wíte, Scint. 172, 7.

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
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Add Eástrun ná ne mǽrsiaþ pascha nan celebramus, An. Ox. 40, 30. Hé mérsode micele symbelnesse for þám sige, Hml. S. 30, 396. Dreám mǽrsodan concentum celebrabant (praefatae virgines), An. Ox 4661.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, to fill with (gen. dat. (inst.) or with preps.). v. ge-fellan, ge-fillan
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Ealle þás dǽda and mǽrsunga þá tówearde wǽron gebýcnunga oncnáwaþ wesan gefyllede omnia haec facta et caelebrationes quae futura erant indicia cognoscimus esse completa, An.

GANGAN

(v.)
Grammar
GANGAN, gongan, gancgan; part. gangende, gongende; ic gange, gonge, ðú gangest, gongest, he gangeþ, gongeþ, pl. gangaþ, gongaþ; p. geóng, gióng, giéng, géng, pl. geóngon, gióngon, giéngon, géngon; imp. gang, gong; pp. gangen, gongen

To gowalkturn outīremeārevādĕreambŭlāreingrĕditendĕreevĕnīre

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He to healle geóng he went to the hall, Beo. Th. 1855, note; B. 925. He ofer willan gióng he went against his will, 4810, note; B. 2409. Heó giéng [gien MS.] to Adame she went to Adam, Cd. 29; Th. 39, 15; Gen. 626.

Linked entries: gongan GÁN gancgan

rǽdan

(v.)
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Ðam ðe hié (the Church) wel ofer mǽge and hiere wel rǽdan cunne ei qui hanc bene regere praevalet, 5, 2; Swt. 45, 1. Ic mæg rǽdan on ðís ríce, Cd. Th. 19, l0; Gen. 289. Ða ðe ðý ríce rǽdan sceoldon, 259, 4; Dan. 686.

cinnan

(v.)
Grammar
cinnan, ic cinne, ðú cinnest, he cinneþ, cinniþ, cinnaþ; ic, he can, ðú cunne, cunnon; cunnen

To generate, procreategenerare, procreare

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For cúðe the weak p. of cunnan, v. the inf. cunnan. Exon. 94b; Th. 354, 28; Reim. 52

fleard

(n.)
Grammar
fleard, es; n.

Triflesnūgæ

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Trifles; nūgæ Gif friþgeard sí on hwæs lande, abúton stán, oððe treów, oððe wille, oððe swilces ǽnige fleard if there be an inclosed space on any one's land, about a stone, or a tree, or a well, or any trifles of such kind, L. N. P.

for-hwerfan

(v.)

To transformperverttransformārepervertĕre

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To transform, pervert; transformāre, pervertĕre Cnihtas wurdon ealle forhwerfde to sumum dióre the men were all transformed to some beast, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 172; Met. 26, 86: Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 2.

fyrd-gestealla

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-gestealla, an; m.

A comrade in armsmartial comradeexpĕdītiōnis bellĭcæ sŏciuscommīlĭto

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Wurdon Sodomware leófum bedrorene fyrdgesteallum the inhabitants of Sodom were deprived of their beloved martial comrades, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 23; Gen. 1999

Linked entry: fird-gestealla

Iclingas

(n.)
Grammar
Iclingas, pl.
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Guthlac belonged Hé was ðæs yldestan and ðæs æðelstan cynnes ðe Iclingas wǽron genemnede he [Guthlac's father] was of that chiefest and noblest race that were called Iclings, Guthl. 1 ; Gdwin. 8, 4. [Icelingtun (Ickleton in Cambridgeshire?)

méd-gilda

(n.)
Grammar
méd-gilda, an; m.

One who receives paya needy person

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Nafa ðú ðínne néhstan for weal and for médgildan non fratrem tuum opprimes servitute famulorum, Lev. 25, 39