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hwæþere

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Gif se hund losige, gá þeós bót hwæðere forð, Ll. Th. i. 78, 6. by a particle expressing time Syþþan hié ðæt feoh onféngon, ne mihtan hié hweðre forswígian, Bl. H. 177, 31.

wǽpen

(n.)
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wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weaponmembrum virile

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Hé wǽpen up áhóf, bord tó gebeorge, Byrht. Th. 135. 39; By. 130. Wǽpnu arma, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Zup. 215, 15. Wǽpna arma, wǽpna hús armamentarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 1, 2. Eorlas fornóman wǽpen wælgífru, Exon. Th. 292, 16; Wand. 100. Wépen arma, Ps.

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Sceal faran flóde blód blood shall flow in streams (from wounds), An. 956. that move by artificial means, to go (of a machine), fly (of a missile) Mé (a bow) of bósme fareð ǽtren onga, Rä. 24, 3.

Linked entry: farnian

gildan

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Ungesawene þing mon mót mid áðe gewyrðan, and syþþan be þám gyldan, 356, 1-7. to pay for a criminal Gif hé ( an accused person ) ꝥ ordál forfleó, gilde se borh hine be his were, Ll.

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Hé wæs tó manegum wítum geworht cum virum suppliciis se tyrannus adacturum putaret Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 20. the object a thing Hé geworhte þás bóc tó leóþe he made a metrical version of this book Bt. proem. ; F. viii. 9.

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
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hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Hit næs ná gesǽd hwæt Pirruses folces gefeallen wǽre, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 30. [Ðæt is ungeliéfedlíc tó gesecganne] hwæt ðæs ealles wæs what there was of it all, 5, 12; Swt. 240, 16: Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 3.

land-riht

(n.)
Grammar
land-riht, es; n.
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Unc módige ymb mearce sittaþ .. ne willaþ rúmor unc landriht heora round our border sit bold ones, who will not more largely allow us their landright, i.e. will not allow us to possess more land in their country, Cd. 91; Th. 114, 28; Gen. 1911.

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lockboltbarenclosurefoldA closeconclusionsettlement

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A lock, bolt, bar, that by which anything is closed, an enclosed place, enclosure, fold. Loc clausura, Wrt. Voc. 81, 17. Locc mandra vel ovile, 23, 55. Loc caula, 85, 73. Gáta loc titula, 288, 20. Loce ł fæstene clustello, Hpt. Gl. 527, 72.

Linked entry: loca

seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
seóþan, p. seáþ, pl. sudon; pp. soden.
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to seethe, boil, cook in a liquid Ic seóþe coquo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 175, 16. Gif ðú seóþest rúdan on ele, Lchdm. ii. 206, 23. Gif mon sýþ gárleác on henne broþe, Lchdm. ii. 276, 15. Seóþ on wætere tó þriddan dǽle, i. 72, 2.

Linked entry: for-seóþan

sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
sirwan, sirwian, sirewan ; p. sirwde, sirwede, sirede, sirewede, sirwode.
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Seó næddre wolde syrwan ongeán hire hó, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 12

streón

(n.)
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streón, es; n.
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MS.) beón áfeorred mid þreora daga fefre aestimate, quam vultis nimio corporis bona, dum sciatis hoc, quodcumque miramini, triduanae febris igniculo posse dissolvi Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 31

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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O. 13; Th. i. 182, 19-22. xii-hyndum men twyfealdlíce be ðæs syxhyndan bóte, L. Alf. pol. 39; Th. i. 88, 4. Æt twyhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbóte .xxx. sciłł. . . . æt twelfhyndum .cxx.

Linked entry: six-hynde

þeówet

(n.)
Grammar
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

un-geþwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrness, e; f.

discorddissensiondisagreementdivisionquarreltroubledisquiet

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Hié ǽgþer hæfdon ungeþwǽrnesse ge betweónum him selfum ge tó eallum folcum they were at variance both among themselves and with all nations, Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 258, 1. 'Þeód áríst ongeán þeóde:' Mid ðisum wordum hé foresǽde manna ungeðwǽrnyssa, Homl.

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes

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

first

timerespite(additional) timein time

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Ox. 58, on firste in time (as opposed to immediately): Ðone weg ðǽre bóte ðe him on fierste becuman meahte viam sibi subsequentis meliorationis, Past. 383, 23.

Linked entry: fyrst

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.)
Grammar
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