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ge-timbrung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-timbrung, e; f.

an edificea structurebuildingædĭfĭciumædĭfĭcātiostructūraa definition;defīnītio

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geswicon ðære getimbrunge they ceased from the building, Homl. Th. i. 318, 21. Ðæt him ætýwdon ðæs temples getimbrunge ut ostendĕrent ei ædĭfĭcātiōnes templi, Mt. Bos. 24, 1: Homl. Th. ii. 390, 13.

Linked entry: timbrung

tosca

(n.)
Grammar
tosca, (-e; f. (?); in the Ritual feminines sometimes end in a), an; m.

A frog

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Sette him heard wíte hundes fleógan and ǽtan eác yfle tostan (toscan ?) hæfdan eallunga út áworpen immisit in eos muscam caninam, et comedit eos; ranam, et exterminavit eos, Ps. Th. 77, 45.

Linked entries: toxa tostan

níwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
níwlíce, adv.

Newlyrecently

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hæfdon níwlíce gesett they had recently decreed, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 26. Hió ðá wæs níwlíce cristen, 6, 4; Swt. 260, 12

tǽcnian

(v.)
Grammar
tǽcnian, p. ode

To shew, prove

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To shew, prove Forðam ús segþ ǽlc gesceádwísnes and ealle men ðæt ilce andettaþ ðæt God sié ðæt héhste gód forðam ðe tǽcniaþ ðæt eall gód on him sý ita vero bonum esse Deum ratio demonstrat, ut perfectum quoque in eo bonum esse convincat, Bt. 34,

ǽmetta

Grammar
ǽmetta, ǽmeta, ǽmta.
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Beóð hié swíður on hiera móde geswenced for ðǽm ǽmettan (ǽmtan, Hatt. MS.) ipsa deterius sua quiete fatigantur, 126, 24, Swá oft swá ǽmtan (ǽmettan, v. l.) habbaþ quotiescumque vacant, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 16: Ll. Th. i. 236, 3. Add

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COPS

(n.)
Grammar
COPS, cosp, es; m.

A ropecordfetter funisanquinacompes

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sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde sleán on ða raccentan and on cospas they said that she should throw them into chains and fetters Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 32

Linked entries: camp ge-fótcypsed cosp

á-wrecan

to drive awayto striketo avenge

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Voc. ii. 146, 4. to strike Bútan his heorte sý eall mid deófles strǽlum áwrecen, Wlfst. 214, 13. Áwrecenum, tógeðýddum adacto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 54. to avenge Hú mihton þæs cynges bismer áwrecan and ealles þeódscipes, Chr. 1048;P. 174, 8

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bindan

to bindto fasten toknit

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Voc. ii. 96, 66. to put bonds on Hié hine bindað and swingaþ, Bl. H. 15, 10. Hé nam Simeon and band hine tollens Simeon et ligans, Ger. 42, 24. to be a bond on :-- Bundan nodarent (vincla pios lacertos), Wrt.

stagan

(v.)
Grammar
stagan, stǽcan ?.(Cf.
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Icel. steikja to roast) to roast Ǽles tácen is þæt mon wecge his swýþran hand and sette syþþan ofer his wynstran earm and ástrehtre his wynstran hande stríce þwyrs ofer mid þǽre swyðran, swylce hé hine corflige swá swá mon ǽl déð þonne hine mon on spite

Linked entry: stǽcan

æðel-duguþ

(n.)
Grammar
æðel-duguþ, e; f.

A noble attendancecomitatus nobilis

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A noble attendance; comitatus nobilis Hine ymbútan æðelduguþ, eádig engla gedryht around him a noble attendance, a blessed train of angels, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 36; Cri. 1012

reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
reáfian, p. ode.
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Reáfodon ( diripuerunt ) hine ealle oferfarende wæg, Ps. Spl. 88, 40. Reáfa vastes, Kent. Gl. 936. Gif hwylc man reáfige ( spoliaverit ) óðerne æt his dehter, L. Ecg. P. iv. 13; Th. ii. 208, 7. Swíðor ðonne hié reáfian earme and unscyldige, Blickl.

hype

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'Hæbbe eówer ǽlc his sweord be his ðió (super femur suum)'. . . Is ðearf ðæt hé hæbbe his sweord be his hype (super femur suum), Past. 433, 15. Ðæt mon his sweord doo ofer his hype, 383, 4

feran

(v.)
Grammar
feran, to ferenne; part. ferende; p. ferde, pl. ferdon; pp. fered [fer a journey]

To gomake a journeyset outtravelmarchsailīreĭter făcĕreproficiscitransīremigrārenāvĭgāre

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Ferde his hlísa to Galilea ríce prōcessit rūmor ejus in omnem rĕgiōnem Gălilææ, Mk. Bos. 1, 28: Homl. Th. ii. 358, 5. Sum sǽdere ferde to sáwenne his sǽd a sower went to sow his seed, ii. 88, 13: 90, 10.

Linked entry: fyran

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
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Add: of persons, of military weapons Hé hine gescrýdde mid his byrnan, and hine ealne gewǽpnode, Hml. S. 25, 280. Swá gewépned wer quasi vir armatus, Kent. Gl. 139. On ðǽre fyrde wǽron feówertig þúsenda swýðe gewǽpnode, Homl. S. 25, 333.

þurh-þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-þeówan, -þían, -þýgan, -þýn

to thrust throughpierce throughtransfix

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Hé siwode scós and ðurhþíde his hand, Homl. Skt. i. 15. 24. Ðurhðýde, Homl. Th. i. 452, 14. þurhðýdon (ðurhðýgdon, Ps. Lamb. 21, 17) míne handa foderunt manus meas, ii, 16, 23. Dauides þegnas hine ( Absalom ) þurhðýdon, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 223.

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sidelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sidelíce, adv.
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In a proper manner, suitably Monige scylda openlíce witene beóþ tó forberanne ðonne ðæs þinges tíma ne biþ ðæt hit mon sidelíce gebétan mǽge . . .

teóðung-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-sceatt, es; m.
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Swá feala earmra manna swá on ðæs rícan neáweste sweltaþ, and hé him nele syllan his teóþungsceatta dǽl, ðonne biþ hé ealra ðara manna deáþes sceldig, Blickl. Homl. 53, 6.

un-deóre

(adv.)
Grammar
un-deóre, adv.

Cheaplyat a small cost

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Gá seó wǽge wulle tó .cxx. p. and nán man hig ná undeóror ne sylle, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 4. Ðæt sý undeóror geseald ðonne hit woroldmannum gewunelíc sý vilius detur quam ab aliis secularibus, R. Ben. 99, 17.

un-þeáwfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þeáwfæst, adj.

Of bad habitsviciousill-manneredill-conditioned

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Of bad habits, vicious, ill-mannered, ill-conditioned Hit is bysmorlíc dǽd, ðæt ǽnig man ǽfre swá unþeáwfæst beón sceole, ðæt hé ðone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gauge ðæt meox út, Engl. Stud. viii. 62, 15.

ge-hlot

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Cf. ge-hleótan; 3 Sweotollíce ús gedyde tó wittane Alexander hwelce þá hǣðnan godas sindon tó weorþianne; ꝥ hit swíþor is of þ ára biscepa gehlote (from what the priest determine stall be said) and of heora gewyrde ꝥ ꝥ hie secgað þonne of þára goda mihte