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feoh

cattlepropertywealthmoneyrichestreasurebribegiftmetalcoin

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Ꝥ feoh þe mon ðám ferdmonnum sellan sceolde, Bt. 27, 4; F. 100, 14. (coined) metal, coin. Similar entries v. sleán; II a Feoh pecunia vel nummus, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 11. Fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós, Cht. Th. 168, 16.

EAXEL

(n.)
Grammar
EAXEL, eaxl, exl, e; f: eaxle, an; f.

The shoulder hŭmĕrus

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Geféng he be eaxle Grendles módor he seized Grendel's mother by the shoulder, Beo. Th. 3078; B. 1537. He forlét earm and eaxle he left arm and shoulder, 1948; B. 972.

Linked entries: eaxle esl exl

nytenness

(n.)
Grammar
nytenness, e; f.

ignorancelazinessdisgraceignominy

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For módes mínes nytenysse propter mentis meae ignaviam, Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 7

Linked entries: nyten nitenness

óþ-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-þringan, to force away from one (oftenest in phrases líf, feorh, etc., óþþringan
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Hú hé Israélum eáþost meahte guman óþþringan how he might most easily force away men from Israel (carry the Israelites captive), Cd. Th. 219, 8 ; Dan. 51. Unc mágas uncre sculon eard óþþringan our kinsmen shall take our home from us, Exon.

ge-windan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-windan, p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden.

To twistweavebendwindtorquĕreplectereimplĭcāreTo goturnturn aboutrevolverollse vertĕrevolvĕre

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To go, turn, turn about, revolve, roll; īre. se vertĕre, volvĕre He meahte wídre gewindan he might more widely turn about, Beo. Th. 1530; B. 763. Se aglǽca on fleám gewand the miserable being turned to flight, 2007; B. 1001: Homl.Th. i. 290, 19.

ge-ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ceápian, p. ode; pp. od [ceápian to bargain]

To buypurchasetradeĕmĕrenegotiari

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To buy, purchase, trade; ĕmĕre, negotiari He sǽde, ðæt man náne burh ne mihte ýþ mid feó geceápian he said that no city could be more easily bought with money, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 106, 16.

ge-hladan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hladan, p. -hlód, -hleód, pl. -hlódon; pp. -hladen, -hlæden.

to loadburdenfreightheap uponĕrāreimpōnĕrecongĕrĕrecŭmŭlāreto draw [water]haurire

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Biþ seó módor wistum gehladen the mother is laden with provisions, Exon. 128 a; Th. 492, 16; Rä. 81, 16. Ða wǽron ofætes gehlædene which were laden with fruit. Cd. 23; Th. 30, 4; Gen. 461. to draw [water]; haurire To gehladanne haurire, Jn. Skt.

Linked entries: ge-hleód ge-hlód

ge-lufian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lufian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To love, esteemămāre, dilĭgĕre

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To love, esteem; ămāre, dilĭgĕre Ne sceal se Dryhtnes þeów máre gelufian eorþan ǽhtwelan nor shall the Lord's servant love more of earth's riches, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 23; Gú. 358 : 119 b; Th. 458, 26; Hy. 4, 106.

Linked entry: lufian

styreness

(n.)
Grammar
styreness, e; f.
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motion, movement Mid his óðra lima styrenessa aliorum motu membrorum, Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 27. Ic ealle míne styrenesse forleás motum omnem perdidi, 5,6; S. 619, 19.

ge-cnyssan

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Ic eom gecnyssed (-cnysed, v.l.) mid þám stormum þǽre strangan hreóhnesse in þám scipe mines módes in naui mentis tempestatis ualidae procellae illidor, Gr. D. 5, 19.

hæg-steald

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-steald, hæge-, heh-, es; m : e; f [?]

One living in the lord's house, not having his own household, an unmarried person, a young person, bachelor, virginmansionarius, cælebs, juvenis, virgo

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Swilce geongum hægstealde ut ephebo hircitallo, Mone B. 3434. Hehstald virgo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 23 : Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 27. Hehstaldo virgines, Rtl. 47, 36. Hehstaldun virginibus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 1. Of heghstalde de virgine, Rtl. 126, 3

Linked entry: Hagustaldes-eá

hǽðen-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-scipe, es; m.

Heathenism, paganism

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Hǽðenscipe biþ ðæt man ídola weorðige ðæt is ðæt man weorðige hǽðene godas and sunnan oððe mónan fýr oððe flód wæter-wyllas oððe stánas we earnestly forbid all heathenism : heathenism is to worship idols, that is to worship heathen gods, and sun or moon

hátan

(v.)
Grammar
hátan, pres. and p. hátte, pl. hátton

To be called or named, have for a nameI am called

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Hú ne hátte hys módor Maria nonne mater ejus dicitur Maria? Mt. Kmbl. 13, 55. Ðe swá hátte that was thus called, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 17: Dan. 172: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 105; Met. 1, 53.

of-hreówan

(v.)

to cause grief or pityto feel pity

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Th. i. 192, 16. with dat. of pers. and nom. of cause, or a clause introduced by ðæt Ðá ofhreów ðam munece ðæs hreóflian mægenleást the powerlessness of the leper excited the pity of the monk, 336, ll.

CNOLL

(n.)
Grammar
CNOLL, es; m.

A KNOLLhill-topcopsummitcacumenvertex

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On cnolle in vertice Mone B. 927. To ufeweardum ðam cnolle ad verticem montis Jud. 16, 3. He hit ne sette upon ðone héhstan cnoll he should not set it upon the highest hill-top Bt. titl. xii; Fox xii. 15.

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Móna se óðer on eallum þingum tó dóndum nytlíc ys, bicgan, syllan, scip ástígan, Lchdm. iii. 184, 13. Ða syllendan vendentes , Lk.

læssa

Grammar
læssa, l. lǽssa,
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Se móna ealra tungla hǽfð lǽstne embegang, Angl. vii. 14, 134. of number, in the case of collective unities Þǽr máre folc sig . . . þǽr lǽsse folc síg Ll. Th. i. 232, 14.

Æðelflǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelflǽd, e; f. [æðele, flǽd]

ÆthelfledÆthelfleda

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Æthelfled; Æthelfleda, The eldest and most intellectual daughter of king Alfred the Great, and sister of king Edward, the Elder. She married Æthelred, a Mercian nobleman, who was made viceroy of Mercia by king Alfred. He died in A. D. 912, Chr.

Linked entry: Æðelrǽd

styrung

(n.)
Grammar
styrung, e; f.
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Skt. i. 17, 145. of the mind, perturbation, agitation, emotion Stýran his módes styrunge mid singalre gemetfæstnysse, Homl. Th. i. 360, 16. Interjectio geopenaþ ðæs módes styrunge mid behýddre stefne, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 3.

Linked entries: stirung styring

ge-métan

(v.)
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II. intrans. of two or more persons, to meet, come together, come into one another's company Ðǽr leófe ne tódǽlað, ne láðe ne gemétað, Wlfst. 190, 2 : 204, 24. Þonne hý ( or acc. cf.