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áþ-wed

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-wed, -wedd, es ; n. [áþ an oath, wed a pledge]

A pledge on oatha solemn pledgesacramentum

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A pledge on oath, a solemn pledge; sacramentum Áþ-wed vel áþe-gehát sacramentum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 119; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56

Linked entry: áþ-gehát

beágian

(v.)
Grammar
beágian, biágian; p. ode; pp. od

To crownto set a garland oncoronare

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To crown, to set a garland on; coronare Of wuldre and weorþmynt ðú beágodest hine gloria et honore coronasti eum, Ps. Spl. 8, 6

Linked entries: bégian biágian

EGL

(n.)
Grammar
EGL, e; f.

A mote festūca

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A mote; festūca Hwí gesihst ðú ða egle on ðínes bróðor eágan quid vĭdes festūcam in ocŭlo fratris tui? Lk. Bos. 6, 41, 42

Linked entries: egile egle

ele-land

(n.)
Grammar
ele-land, es; n.

A foreign countryexterna terra

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A foreign country; externa terra Ðǽr ic on elelande áhte stówe there I owned a place in a foreign country. Ps. Th. 118, 54

Linked entry: el-land

ellen-wódian

(v.)
Grammar
ellen-wódian, p. ode; pp. od [ellen-wód zeal]

To strive with zeal, emulate æmŭlāri

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To strive with zeal, emulate ; æmŭlāri Nylle ðú elnian oððe ellenwódian [MS. ellenwondian] on yfelwillendum nōli æmŭlāri in malignantĭbus, Ps. Spl. C. 36, 1

Linked entry: -wódian

eornostlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
eornostlíce, adv.

EARNESTLY, strictly, truly sēdŭlo

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EARNESTLY, strictly, truly; sēdŭlo Sunnan dæges cýpingce we forbeódaþ eornostlíce we strictly forbid marketing on Sunday, L. C. E. 15; Th. i. 368, 15

eorþ-stede

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-stede, es ; m. [stede a place]

An earth-place terræ lŏcus

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An earth-place ; terræ lŏcus Ðá hí ðæt ðín fægere hús on eorþstede gewemdan [MS. gewemdaþ] in terra polluērunt tabernacŭlum, Ps. Th. 73, 7

féðe-here

(n.)
Grammar
féðe-here, es; m.

A foot armyinfantrypĕdestris exercĭtuspĕditātus

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A foot army, infantry; pĕdestris exercĭtus, pĕditātus On his féðehere wǽron XXXII M in his infantry were 32,000, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 17

fiénd-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
fiénd-wíc, es; n.

An enemy's dwellinga camphostiurn vīcuscastra

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An enemy's dwelling, a camp; hostiurn vīcus, castra Hí feóllon on middele fiéndwíce heora cĕcĭdērunt in mĕdio castrōrum eōrum, Ps. Spl. T. 77, 32

finugle

(n.)
Grammar
finugle, an; f.

Fennelfēnĭcŭlum

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Fennel; fēnĭcŭlum Wyl on ealoþ finuglan boil fennel in ale, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 104, 1: 1, 66; Lchdm. ii. 142, 2

forþ-fromung

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-fromung, e; f. [fromung a going]

A going forthgoing awaydepartureprofectio

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A going forth, going away, departure; profectio Geblissod is Egypt on forþfromunge heora lætāta est Ægyptus in profectiōne eōrum, Ps. Spl. C. 104, 36

freðo

(n.)
Grammar
freðo, indecl. f.

Peacepax

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Peace; pax Gewít on freðo gangan, út of earce go forth in peace, out of the ark, Cd. 73; Th. 89, 28; Gen. 1487

hrycg-rible

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-rible, -riple
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the parts of the back which stand out on the right and left side Ricgrible pale, Wrt. Voc. 65, 20. Hrycriple palæ, 283, 45

mǽd-rǽdenn

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-rǽdenn, e; f.

A mowinggrass mown on a piece of land

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A mowing, grass mown on a piece of land Seó mǽdrǽden beniþan díc betweónan cealdan lace and cullig, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 153, 10

mapulderen

(adj.)
Grammar
mapulderen, adj.

Made of maple

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Made of maple Mapuldern acernum, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 1; Wrt. Voc. 33, 1. On mapoldren Beat, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 81, 18

meter-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
meter-geweorc, es; n.

Verse

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Verse Paulinus béc of metergeweorce on geráde sprǽce ic gehwyrfde I turned Paulinus' books front verse into prose, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 21

Linked entry: ge-weorc

mold-stów

(n.)
Grammar
mold-stów, e; f.

A place on the eartha site, or a place in the eartha grave

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A place on the earth, a site, or a place in the earth, a grave Moldstówe, stówlícere moldan situ i. sepulcro, Germ. 391, 195

ge-wítnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wítnung, e; f.

Punishment

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Punishment On ðære Sodomitiscra gewítnunge forbearn seó eorþe in the punishment of the people of Sodom the earth was burnt, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 33

rípere

(n.)
Grammar
rípere, es; m.
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A reaper Ða ríperas (hrípemenn, Lind.) messores, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 39. On ðam ríptíman ic secge ðám ríperum (hrippemornum, Lind.), 13, 30. Cf. riftere

Linked entries: ríp-mann rýpere

ge-nǽtan

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Add: to subject to trouble, ill, &c. Sáre and eallum ðám unrótnessum on þysse worulde wé beóð genǽtte, Verc. Först. 125, 11