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streónan

(v.)
Grammar
streónan, (but more often with umlaut) striénan, strénan, strínan, strýnan; p. de (
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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 116, 15

stund

(n.)
Grammar
stund, e; f.
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Icel. stundum . . . stundum sometimes . . . sometimes, now. . . now ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 331, 1. with exertions or pains (v. á-stundian, and cf.

twelf

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf, generally indeclinable if used adjectivally and preceding the noun, but generally in other cases declined; nom. acc. twelfe; gen. twelfa; dat. twelfum.
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com twelfa sum ( cum duo*-*decim militibus ), Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 31. Gewát xii.-a sum, Beo. Th. 4793; B. 2401. Lond twelfum hérra fæðmrímes per bis sex ulnas eminet ille locus, Exon. Th. 199, 20; Ph. 28.

Linked entry: endleofan

un-rím

(n.)
Grammar
un-rím, es; n.

A countless numberan incalculable number or amount

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Him com unrím wildeóra ðǽrtó, Shrn. 118, 16: Met. 20, 190. Him gelýfde leóda unrím, 26, 40. Reced weardode unrím eorla, Beo. Th. 2480; B. 1238. Ðæt is herga mǽst, eádigra unrím, Exon. Th. 352, 3; Sch. 92. Mid unríme þegna and eorla, Met. 25, 7.

á-brecan

(v.)
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Hannibal ábræc mid gefeohte ofer ðá beorgas . . oþ hé com tó Alpis and ðǽr eác ofer ábræc, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 13-16. Up ábrǽcon ebulliebant, Hpt. Gl. 488, 11: exundaverunt, 499, 47. Up ábrýcan erumperunt, Kent. Gl. 45. Oð ðæt seó eá eft up ábrece.

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Ðá cóm rén, and mycele flód, Mt. 7, 25. Seó eá ꝥ land oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, Ors. l, I; S. 32, 6. the Deluge: Ðæt flód weóx and ábær úp þone arc, Hml. Th. i. 22, 4.

ge-tríwan

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Gl. 251, 37. absolute Cóm stefn ufane cwæðende, 'Getrýw, Eustachi,' Hml. S. 30, 241. Getríue (-treuwe, R.), dohter confide, filia, Mt. L. 9, 22. Getréuað (gitriówað R.) confidete, Jn. L. 16, 33. Getrýwan fidere, Wrt.

Linked entry: ge-trýwan

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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Kemble, Cod. Dip. i. lxii, remarks that in lands leased by the Church, and exclusively in such, there is frequently a stipulation for the payment of sáwelsceat. For the practice in the case of gilds, see Chart.

Linked entry: sáwel-gescot

smæl

(adj.)
Grammar
smæl, adj.

Smallsmall, little, not greatnarrow, not broadslender, thin, not thickfine not coarse not loud gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus a sheep, small cattle

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Andlangan ðes smalan paðes Cod. Dip. B. ii. 600, 9. slender, thin, not thick Swiora smæl a slender neck Exon. Th. 486, 15; Rä. 72, 15. Him ne hangaþ nacod sweord ofer ðam heáfde be smalan þrǽde Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 28.

hleóðrian

(v.)
Grammar
hleóðrian, p. ode

To sound, make a sound [with the voice], to speak, sing, cry, exclaim, resound

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Hleóðrian increpare, redarguere, Cot. 51, 105, Lye. Mid hleóðrigende dreáme consona vocis harmonia, Hpt. Gl. 467. Hleóðriyndum sonantibus, Ps. Spl. C. 150, 5

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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com tó sumre stówe, Gen. 28, 11. For sumere twýrǽdnesse on cwertern ásend, Lk.

Linked entry: ÁN

dǽd-bót

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-bót, e; f.

An amends-deed, repentance, penitence pœnitentia, maleficii compensatio

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Deóplíc dǽdbót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed, that scissors [iron] come not on hair, nor on nail, L. Pen, 10; Th. ii. 280, 17: 3; Th. ii. 278, 8.

EÓWU

(n.)
Grammar
EÓWU, gen. eówe ; pl. nom. acc. eówa; gen. eówena; dat. eówenum; f; ewe, an; f. A

EWE, female sheepŏvis fēmĭna

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morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg, and cýse and buteran ic dó in prīmo māne mĭno ŏves meas ad pascua, et rĕdūco eas ad caulas, et mulgeo eas bis in die, et caseum et butyrum făcio,' Coll

óþ-wítan

(v.)
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Wé sindon cumen tó ðǽm gódan tídun ðe ús Rómáne óþwítaþ we are come to the good times that the Romans taunt us with, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 182, 15. Óþwát improperavit, Ps. Spl. M. 73, 19. Óþwiton exprobaverunt, 88, 11.

ráp

(n.)
Grammar
ráp, es; m.
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A rope, cord, cable Ráp funiculus vel funis, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 19 : 75, 4. Ráp vel strenc funiculus, modicus funis, ii. 151, 66. Ráp rudens, i. 285, 18. Heó lét hig út mid ánum langum rápe ( per funem ), Jos. 2, 15. Rápas funes vel restes, Wrt.

Linked entry: nip

æt-foran

(adv.)
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Wé synd hér ætforan (coram) þé, Coll. M. 34, Hé waes Gode gecwéme and gife ætforan him gemétte , Gen. 6, 8: (/3) of objects, before, in front of His sceatt ætstód ætforan him, Hml. S. . 12, 54.

á-hwæþer

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Sieððan hé hit mid ðára áwðrum (áþrum, Cott. MSS.) cýð, Past. 157, 21. Gif hé áuðer ðissa forlǽt, 87, 14. Gif hé ðǽra þénunga áþere déð, Wlfst. 34, 7. Sé ðe áðor forlǽt, Hml. S. 25, 68. <b>I a.

Linked entries: ówþer hwæþer áþer

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon; pp. -sp[r]ecen.
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the subject of a suit Cnut cyng lét ðæt land intó Crístes cyrcean ... tó ðám forewearde ðæt Eádsige hit hæbbe his lífes tíman ... and hé hit ne mæg náðer gifan ne syllan, ne forspecan ne forspillan ( lose it by a suit at law or by forfeiture; cf. nec cogi

ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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Comm. s.v. Se gebúr sceal his riht dón ( then follows an account of what the gebúr was bound to do ), C.D. iii. 450, 34. Dudda wæs gebúr into Hǽðfeldan, vi. 211, 28.

Linked entry: ge-býr

ge-þyncan

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Th. ii. 82, 12. the subject of the verb not expressed, with infin. and its subject Mé ys geþúht Godes þeówdóm betweoh þás cræftas ealdorscype healdan, Coll. M. 30, 15.