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ge-wiht

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Wlfst. 70, 3. a system or standard of measurement by weighing Gange án gemet and ángewihte swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, Ll. Th. i. 270, 2

hróðor

(n.)
Grammar
hróðor, es; m.

Solace ⬩ comfort ⬩ benefit ⬩ pleasure

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Solace, comfort, benefit, pleasure Ic ðé Andreas onsende tó hleó and tó hróðre I will send Andrew to you to protect and comfort you, Andr. Kmbl. 221; An. 111: 1133; An. 567.

leóht-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
leóht-líce, adv.

Lightly ⬩ slightly ⬩ gently ⬩ easily ⬩ quickly

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Ða weras mon sceal hefiglecor lǽran and ða wíf leóhtlecor illis [men] graviora, istis [women] injungenda sunt leviora, Past. 24; Swt. 179. 16. [Swá swá heó líhtlucost mihten as quickly as they could, Th. An. 143, 21.]

Linked entries: leóht-líc líht-líce

burg-loca

(n.)
Grammar
burg-loca, an; m.

A city-inclosure, city-barrier,

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A city-inclosure, city-barrier, Andr. Kmbl. 2075; An. 1040: 2132; An. 1067: 1879; An. 942

forud

(v.)
Grammar
forud, part.

Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ worn out ⬩ decayed ⬩ fractus ⬩ contrītus

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On ðisum þrím stelum stynt se cynestól, and gif án biþ forud, he fylþ adún sóna the throne stands on these three pillars, and if one is decayed, it soon falls down, Ælfc. T. 41, 6

Finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Finnas, gen. a; pl. m.
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, and ðæt wǽron ealle Finnas Ohthere had not met with any inhabited land, since he came from his own home [Halgoland]; but the land was uninhabited all the way on his right, save by fishermen, fowlers and hunters, and they were all Finns, Ors. 1, 1; Bos

Ést-mere

(n.)
Grammar
Ést-mere, es; m. [ést = eást east, mere a lake]

The Frische Haff, or fresh water lake which is on the north of east Prussia. Hav or Haf signifies a sea, in Danish and Swedish. It is written Haff in German, and it is now used to denote all the lakes connected with the rivers on the coast of Prussia and Pomerania. The Frische Haff is about sixty miles long, and from six to fifteen broad. It is separated by a cham of sand banks from the Baltic Sea, with which, at the present time, it communicates by one strait called the Gat. This strait is on the north-east of the Haff, near the fortress of Pillau, Malte Brunts Univ. Geog. vol. vii. p. 14. This Gat, as Dr. Bell informs me, 'seems to have been formed, and to be kept open by the superior force of the Pregel stream.' This gentleman has a perfect knowledge of the Frische Haff and the neighbourhood, as he received his early education in the vicinity, and matriculated at the University of Königsberg, near the west end of the Haff. I am indebted to Dr. Bell for the map of the celebrated German Historian, Professor Voigt, adapted to his 'Geschichte Preussens von den ältesten Zeiten, 9 vols. 8vo,

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Hav or Haf signifies a sea, in Danish and Swedish. It is written Haff in German, and it is now used to denote all the lakes connected with the rivers on the coast of Prussia and Pomerania.

þrúh

(n.)
Grammar
þrúh, (also þrýh, Bd. S. 580, 14); gen. dat. þrýh, and dat. þrúh; f.: dat. þrúge; m. n.

Wood or stone hollowed out ⬩ a trough ⬩ pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a box ⬩ chest ⬩ a coffin ⬩ sarcophagus ⬩ tomb

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Ðá gesomnodon ða sticceo hí in ða þrúh, þurh ða ðe ðæt wæter fleów; ðá ne meahte ðæt wæter flówan, Shrn. 125, 12. a box, chest Fiscella spyrte ł þrúh, Germ. 400, 492. a coffin, sarcophagus, tomb Þrúh sarcofagum, Wrt. Voc, i. 49, 28. Ðúrh, 85, 78.

Linked entry: þrýh

leoþu-bend

(n.)
Grammar
leoþu-bend, m. f.

A fetter ⬩ bond

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A fetter, bond Ic ðé álýse of ðyssum leoþubendum I will release thee from these bonds, Andr. Kmbl. 200; An. l00: 2746; An. 1375: 327; An. 164. Of leoþobendum, 2066; An. 1035: 3127; An. 1566. Lioþobendum, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 23; Gen. 382

hús-bót

(n.)
Grammar
hús-bót, e; f.
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House-repair; wood for the repair of a house; the right to cut such wood Ðis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte and húsbót, C. D. vi. 243, 13. [v. N. E. D. house-bote.]

múþ

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R. 18, 16. (2 a) Of ánum múðe with one voice :-- Hí sungon þysne sang swylce of ánum múðe, Hml. S. 11. 164. <b>III c.

egesian

(v.)
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Add: to terrify, inspire (with) fear or awe. absolute Oft Scyld Scéfing monegum mǽgðum meodosetla ofteáh, egsode eorl ( the hero inspired (men with) fear ), B. 6. Hé egesiende stiérð terroribus retrahet, Past. 53, 16. with acc.

hund-teóntig

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Hundteóntig daga on án and hundeahtatig daga, Hml. A. 92, II. þurh ðá hunteóntig and feówer and feówertig þúsenda þrowera, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 21. with a number as multiplier Wintra hæfde twá hundteóntig geteled ríme and fífe eác (cf.

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.

then, ⬩ from that time, ⬩ after that ⬩ so, ⬩ as ⬩ any ⬩ any at all ⬩ any at all

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Ǽfre ic ne hýrde þon cymlícor ceól gehladenne I have not ever heard of a vessel any more fairly laden Andr. Kmbl. 721; An. 361.

Linked entries: þanne þe þon

folc-lic

public ⬩ national ⬩ common ⬩ general ⬩ public ⬩ plebeian ⬩ common ⬩ common ⬩ populous

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Add: that concerns the whole people, public, national Hí woldon ferian mid folclicum wurðmynte þone hálgan líchaman, and læcgan innan þǽre cyrcan they wanted to give the body a public funeral, Hml. S. 32, 174.

Embene

(n.)
Grammar
Embene, pl. m.

The inhabitants of Amiens, Amiens, in Picardy, France ⬩ Ambiānum

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The inhabitants of Amiens, Amiens, in Picardy, France; Ambiānum Hér for se here up on Sunnan to Embenum, and ðǽr sæt án geár in this year [A.D. 884] the army went up the Somme to Amiens, and remained there one year, Chr. 884; Erl. 82, 17

full

(n.)

a cup with liquor in it

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a cup with liquor in it. Bæd hé þone bisceop blætsian his ful; hé nolde, and se dysiga dranc bútan bletsunge, Hml. S. 12, 70. Hé gesénode án wínes ful, and onsende sumum were, Shrn. 126, 17. Ðreó full gódes wínes, Lch. i. 196, 13. Add

sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden

to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune

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God hét niman ánes geáres lamb and sníðan on Eástertíde 40, 11: 262, 29. to cut stone, to hew Ðæra wyrhtena ðe ðæne stán snidon and fégdon Anglia xi. 4, 12. to cut hair Wið heáfodece, hundes heáfod gebærn tó absan and sníð ðæt heáfod; lege on Lchdm.

fyrn-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-dagas, gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

Days of old ⬩ ancient days ⬩ priscæ dies

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Days of old, ancient days; priscæ dies Ðis is se ilca God ðone on fyrndagum fæderas cúðon this is the same God whom your fathers knew in days of old, Andr. Kmbl. 1503; An. 753: 1951; An. 978: Cd. 223; Th. 293, 31; Sat. 463.

þrymlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þrymlíce, adv.

Magnificently ⬩ splendidly ⬩ gloriously

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Án and þryttig geára hé ríxode þrymlíce on Hierusalem, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 470