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INN

(n.)
Grammar
INN, es; n.

A dwellinghousechamberlodging

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A dwelling, house, chamber, lodging Næs Beówulf ðǽr ac wæs óðer in ǽr geteohhod Beowulf was not there, but other lodging had before been assigned to him, Beo. Th. 2604; B. 1300.

Linked entry: in

trumness

(n.)
Grammar
trumness, e; f.
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Ðæra apostola tweónung næs uá swá swíðe heora ungeleáffulnys, ac wæs úre trumnys, Homl. Th. i. 300, 34. Hé týmde tó Basilies tǽcinge for his trumnysse, Basil prm. ; Norm. 32, 10. Ealle trumnysse hláfes hé forcnád omne firmamentum panis contrivit.

an-weald

(n.)
Grammar
an-weald, m. f. n.
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Næs ná má cyninga anwalda bútan þysan þrím rícum. Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 30. Bist ðú þæs deófles anwealdum betǽht, Hml. Th. ii. 170, 8

gita

Grammar
gita, l. gíta,
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Næs ðeós eorðe besmiten þá géta beornes blóde, Met. 8, 33. in interrogative sentences Hwæðer sǽ þá gýta dǽl ǽnigne eorðan ofgifen hæfde, Gen. 1453. 1. Cf. gít; 1 Þá þing þe ic hér tó gíta geþeóde ea quae subjungo, Gr. D. 42, 18. 2.

be-nǽman

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Þeáh hé ús feores be-nǽme, Hml. Th. i. 576, 10. Hé wæs benǽmed manncynnes, 216, 17: S. 2, 290. Hí wǽron benǽmode (-ede, -de, v. ll. ) lífes, Hml. A. 69, 92. with dat.

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Næs nán færeld tó Róme, búton twégen hleáperas Ælfréd sende mid gewritum, Chr. 889; P. 82, 5.

yppe

(adj.)
Grammar
yppe, adj.
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Nǽnges þinges máre þearf nǽre ðonne his unriht yppe wurde, Blickl. Homl. 175, 10. Ðonne him þince ðæt hé spíwe, ðæt byð swá hwæt swá hé ána wiste, ðæt hit weorðæþ yppe (geypped, v. l. ), Lchdm. iii. 170, 27.

Linked entry: uppae

æðelo

(n.)
Grammar
æðelo, indecl. in sing; pl. nom. acc. æðelu, æðelo; gen. æðela; dat. æðelum; n.

Nobilitypre-eminenceoriginfamilyracenaturetalentsgeniusnobilitasprincipatusorigonatalesprosapianaturaindolesingenium

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Ryht æðelo biþ on ðam móde, næs on ðam flǽsce true nobility is in the mind, not in the flesh, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 19.

Linked entry: ge-æðele

inwid

(n.)
Grammar
inwid, inwit. es; n.

Fraudguiledeceitevilwickedness

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Forðan mé inwit næs on tungan quia non est dolus in lingua mea, 138, 2. Mán inwides dolus, 54, 10. For inwite propter dolos, 72, 14. Mið inwite [mit fácne, A. S.] dolo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 4.

Linked entries: -wid inwit

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
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Næs hé goldhwæte gearwor hæfde ágendes ést ǽr gesceáwod he had never before seen more clearly the Lord's munificence, i. e. he had never had such good fortune as had befallen him in the acquisition of the dragon's hoard, B. 3075. to look on with favour

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

halla stone buildingcalx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.
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Sié ðǽr eác lufu, næs ðeáh tó hnesce ; sié ðǽr eác réðnes, næs ðeáh tó stíé, Past. 17 ; Swt. 127, 3. Hér wæs se stíþa winter, Chr. 1048 ; Erl. 171, 33. Beóþ ymbgyrde stranglíce tó ðysum stíðan gewinne, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 341.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

ge-féran

(v.)
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Þ nǽre mára weg þonne meahte on týn dagum geféran, Nar. 25, 3. Hit næs micel tó geféranne, 26, 3. to gain, attain Hé sige geférde on manegum gefeohtum, Hml.

híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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D. ii. 120, 33. the construction is twofold, a (so many) hide(s) of land Næs án híd landes innon Englælande ꝥ hé nyste hwá heó hæfde, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 20. Tén hída ðæs londes, C.

Linked entries: hígid híwisc

un-gelygen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelygen, adj.

Not lyingtrue

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Ðú téhtest mé swá ungelygena gewittnesse swá ic nán óðer dón ne mæg búte ic nǽde scall hym gelífan, Shrn. 201, 17

herigend-lic

praiseworthyapprobationexcellent

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Ic wolde beón gehered þeáh ðe ic herigendlic nǽre, Angl. xi. 113, 49.

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Lesslest

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Forðon hit næs þeáw on ðǽm tídum ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs búton ðær ðý læs ofslagen wǽre quia scriptorum veterum mos est, ex ea parte quæ vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum: nisi forte cum adeo pauci cadunt, Ors.

Linked entry: læsast

FEL

(n.)
Grammar
FEL, FELL, es; n.

skinhidepelliscŏriumcŭtis

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Næs hyre feax ne fel fýre gemǽled neither her hair nor skin was marked by the fire, Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 1; Jul. 591. Fell pellis, Wrt. Voc. 71, 18. Felles ne récceþ he cares not for my skin, Exon. 127 a; Th. 488, 12; Rä. 76, 5.

Linked entry: fell

á-hildan

(v.)
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Næs him nán wén ꝥ se beám . áhwár wende búton tó ðám hálgan swá swá hé áhyld wæs, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 32: Hml. S. 31, 407. Áhyldne reclinem, An. Ox. 2227. Áhyldum heáfde inclinato capite, R. Ben. I. 36, 2: Hml. Th. ii. 258, 2. intrans.

Linked entries: á-held á-hyldan

heáfod-mann

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Æt nýxtan næs nán heáfodman ꝥ fyrde gaderian wolde, Chr. 1010; P. 140, 30. Ozias heora heáfodmann ( princeps; governor of the city), Hml. A. 107, 156.