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flocc

a companya troopbandlegiona banda flockherd

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Swá fela manna (6666) wǽron on þám eórode . . . On þám flocce wǽron þá fyrmestan menn . . . Hml. S. 28, 17. a band of robbers Sceaðan áflígdon ðá lícmenn, ꝥ hí urnon áweg swá hraðe swá hí besáwon on ðone réþan floc. Hml.

ge-beórscipe

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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe ðæne deófollican unðeáw hæfð, ꝥ hé wile on his gebeórscipe þurh his hálsunge and ðurh his neádunge gedón, ꝥ óðre men nimað máre ðonne hit gemet sý, 145, 22. Dydon hí þá mǽstan gebeórscype, Hml. S. 30, 387.

geára

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Þǽm þa geára ábolgen wæs for manna synnum, Bl. H. 9, 6. Swá swá geára beboden wæs Godes folce, 35, 19 ; 93, 29. Sé him wæs geára . . . geþeóded, Guth. 52, 6.

geap

Grammar
geap, geáp, geápes.
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Mann gép ( uersuttis ) bedíglað ingehýd, 94, 17. Án fox þe is geápest ealra deóra, Shrn. 14, 19. Sé þincð nú wærrest and geápest þe óðerne mæig beswícan, 17, 23

gódnes

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Th. 24, 8. of men, kindness, benevolence Hwæt is gód willa búton gódnys, þæt hé óðres mannes ungelimp besárgige, and on his gesundfulnysse fægnige?, Hml.

ge-bycgan

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Eádsige arcb ... bletsode Síward tó biscope ... se arcbiscop wénde ꝥ hit sum óðer mann ábiddan wolde oððe gebicgean, 1043; P. 164, 5.

tíma

(n.)
Grammar
tíma, an; m.
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Ǽlces mannes tíma the time that each man lives, Anglia viii. 336, 27. <b>II a.

Linked entry: týma

(n.)
Grammar
tá, (contracted from) , an; f.

A toe

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Ofer hira handa þúman and ðæs swýðran fótes micclan tán super pollices manus eorum ac pedis dextri, Ex. 29, 20

Linked entries: táhae tán

fæþm

a bosomlapthe fore-arma cubitarmsbosom a fathomfist

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Voc. ii. 116, 40. a closed hand, fist Hand manus, fæþm pugnus, brád hand palma, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 13

byre

(n.)
Grammar
byre, gen. byres; dat. byre; acc. byre: pl. nom. acc. byras, byre; gen. byra; dat. byrum; m.
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A son, child, descendant; natus, filius, soboles, proles Ðonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde under heofonum than ever child of man heard under heaven, Exon. 57b; Th. 206, 18; Ph. 128: Beo. Th. 4113; B. 3053.

Linked entry: ge-byre

Dere

(n.)
Grammar
Dere, gen. Dera; pl. m.

The Deirians, inhabitants of Deira between the rivers Tyne and Humber Deīri

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Man gehálgode ii biscopas on his stal, Bosan to Derum, and Eatan to Beornicum two bishops were consecrated in his stead, Bosa to Deira [lit. to the Deirians], and Eata to Bernicia, Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 7

Iotas

(n.)
Grammar
Iotas, Iutan ; pl.

The Jutes

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Of Iotum cómon Cantwara and Wihtwara ðæt is seó mégð ðe nú eardaþ on Wiht and ðæt cyn on West Sexum ðe man nú git hǽt Iutna cyn then came the men from three tribes of Germany, from old Saxons, from Angles, from Jutes.

Linked entries: Eota land Iútan

leáp

(n.)
Grammar
leáp, es; m.

a baskettrunk

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Ðá bær man up of ðan ðe hí lǽfdon twelf leápas fulle, Wulfst. 293, 32. trunk [of the body], Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 8; Jud. 111

Linked entry: sǽd-leáp

médum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
médum-ness, e: f.

worthdignitykindnesscondescensionappreciation of worth in others

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Nán man for his ríce ne cymþ tó cræftum and tó medemnesse ac for his cræftum and for his medumnesse hé cymþ tó rice non virtutibus ex dignitate, sed ex virtute dignitatibus honor accedat, 16, 1; Fox 50, 20-22.

mucg-wyrt

Grammar
mucg-wyrt, mug-wyrt, e; f.

mug-wortmuggartmuggonmother-wort

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man artemisiam and óðrum naman mucgwyrt nemneþ (Artemisia vulgaris), 102, 1-3. Herba artemisia tragonthes ðæt is mugcwyrt (Artemisia dracunculus tarragon), 102, 18. Mucgwyrt.

ge-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sirwan, -serwan, -syrwan; p. ede; pp. ed.
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MS. to furnish with arms, equip Gesyrwed secg an armed man, Byrht. Th. 136, 30; By. 159

Linked entries: ge-syrwan ge-serwan

sealm-sang

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-sang, es; m.
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Gif se man sealmsang ne cunne si homo psalmos cantare nesciat, L. Ecg. P. iv. 61; Th. ii. 222, 16. Sealmsang melodiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 77. the making and reciting of psalms Ða twegen fixas getácnodon sealmsang and ðæra wítegena cwydas.

ge-langian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-langian, -langigan; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [ge, langian to long for]

To call forsend fordeliverliberateconvocarearcessereaccersireliberare

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He bæd ðæt him man sumne mæsse-preóst gelangode he asked them to send for a priest, ii. 26, 9. Ic gelangige arcesso [MS. accerso ], Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 35.

Linked entries: ge-lengan langian

spring

(n.)
Grammar
spring, spryng, es; m. (but eá-spring; n. )
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Wið ðæt man wille spring on gesittan, i. 2, 19. Láðlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc mid menigfealdum springum and geswelle, Homl. Th. i. 122, 22: 336, 33. Wið uncúðe springas ðe on líchoman ácennede beóþ, Lchdm. i. 150, 14. Springas (sprincas, MS.

Linked entry: ge-spring

tál-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tál-líc, adj.

that conveys reproach, calumny, etc., calumnious, blasphemousthat deserves reproof, blameable, reprehensible

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Hí cwǽdon ðæt hé tállíce word sprǽce be Moyse and be Gode ( this man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law, Acts 6, 13), Homl. Th. i. 44, 29: 46, 1.

Linked entries: tǽl-líc teál-líc