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dryht

(n.)
Grammar
dryht, driht,e ; f.

A people, multitude, army, in pl. men ⬩ pŏpŭlus, multĭtūdo, căterva, fămĭlia, hŏmĭnes

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A people, multitude, army, in pl. men; pŏpŭlus, multĭtūdo, căterva, fămĭlia, hŏmĭnes Dryhtum to nytte for use to people, Exon. 11 3a; Th. 433, 25; Rä. 51, 2.

Linked entries: driht driht-ealdor ge-dryht

be-lǽfan

(v.)
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To remain [for intrans. use in later English v. N. E. D. s. v. bielieve] Án of him ne beláf (-lǽfde, MS. C), Ps. Spl. 105, II. Hé hét t

searwian

(v.)
Grammar
searwian, p. ode
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If a priest uses deceit in respect to the wrapping up of the hand or arm exposed to the ordeal, let him make 'bót,' L. N. P. L. 39, 40; Th. ii. 296, 9-10. Sine searwade treasure played the traitor (left its possessor (?)), Exon.

bétan

(v.)
Grammar
bétan, ic béte; p. bétte; pp. béted; trans. [Goth. ó = A. Sax. ó, é, thus Goth. bótyan = bótan = A.Sax. bétan]

to make better, to improve, amend, repair, restore ⬩ emendare, reparare, reficere, mederi, expiare ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair a fire ⬩ to light ⬩ make a fire, to kindle ⬩ focum reparare ⬩ to remedy, compensate, make amends ⬩ compensare

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Hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan how thou mayest improve thy fields, Lchdm. i. 398, 1. joined with fýr to mend or repair a fire, to light, or make a fire, to kindle; focum reparare; [In this sense böten is used in Low German at the present day Böt füer make

Linked entry: bétte

cor-snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
cor-snǽd, e; f. [cor, cer, cyrr a choice; snǽd a bit, piece]

A choice or trial piece ⬩ panis conjurátus, offa consecrāta

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The Host was used for this purpose in Christian times Gif man freónd*-*leásne weofod-þén mid tihtlan belecge, gá to corsnǽde if a friendless servant of the altar be charged with an accusation, let him go to the corsnǽd L.

Linked entries: snǽd or-dál

scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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Icel. skjöldr is used of shield-shaped things) Is se scyld ufan frætwum geféged ofer ðæs fugles bæc, 219, 17; Ph. 308

Linked entries: scyld hrung sceld

twéntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twéntig, twégentig; num.
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Twenty. used adjectivally, with the inflexions of the plural adjective in gen. and dat., but also with singular gen. alone Ðis synd ðara twéntiges hída landgemǽra, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 25.

þeór

(n.)
Grammar
þeór, es(?), e(?), gender is uncertain: in the following passages, which might be decisive, the forms are doubtful
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against hreófl (ii. 78, 13); purgative and emetic drinks are used for its cure (ii. 115, 23), and bleeding (118, 21: 120, 12), cupping (120, 16), and fomentation (326, 3) are prescribed :-- Gif þeór gewunige on ánre stówe, wyrc beþinge, Lchdm. ii. 326

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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later sulh is certainly so used, e.g.

Linked entries: sulh-ælmesse sulh-gang sulincel syl sylan sylh syll

lybb

(n.)
Grammar
lybb, es; n.

Medicine ⬩ drug ⬩ simple ⬩ poison

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Medicine, drug, simple in a bad sense poison; the word often implies the use of witchcraft, see the compounds; as Grimm says 'aus der bedeutung des erlaubten, φάρμακoν gieng hernach die des schädlichen, zauberhaften hervor,' D.

Linked entry: lybbestre

þrýþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þrýþlíce, (?); adv.

Mightily ⬩ deliberately

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óhwǽr feor oððe neáh findan meahte he often gave to his followers helm and corslet such as for greatest strength anywhere far or near he could find (cf. for similar use of the adverb: He sóhte, hú hé sárlícast meahte feorhcwale findan, Exon.

Linked entries: þrydlíce þrýþig

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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In comparing the Anglo-Saxon aspirated labial f with the corresponding letter in Old Saxon, the sister dialect, we find that the Old Saxons used a softer aspirated labial ƀ = bh.

secg

(n.)
Grammar
secg, es ; m.
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A man (used only in poetry) Secg oððe meówle man or maid, Exon. Th. 387, 15 ; Rä. 5, 5. Nis ǽnig eorl under lyfte, secg searoþoncol, 14, 16 ; Cri. 220. Se beorn, séfteádig secg, 309, 12 ; Seef. 56. Secg, lagucræftig mon, Beo. Th. 422 ; B. 208.

stearn

(n.)
Grammar
stearn, es; m.
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Starn is used in Norfolk for the common tern: and stern is a name for the black tern, ib. pp. 202, 204] Stearn, stearno, stern beacita (according to Migne beacita is a woodcock or snipe), Txts. 45, 284. Stearn, Wrt.

Linked entries: stærn stern

un-sófte

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sófte, adv.

not at ease ⬩ in discomfort ⬩ not gently ⬩ hardly ⬩ severely ⬩ hardly ⬩ with difficulty ⬩ with trouble

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Similar entries v. sófte, II Gif men férlíce wyrde unsófte, Rtl. 114, 24. not gently, hardly, severely Hwǽr mon unsófte getilaþ on forewearde ða ádle in case severe treatment is used in the early stages of the disease, Lchdm. ii. 260, 15.

Linked entry: sófte

for-wered

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., and add: Used-up Foruerit abusus, Txts. 109, 1135. of material, worn out In wéde ald ł foruered in vestimentum vetus, Mt. L. 9, 16. of persons, decrepit Forwered decrepita (anicula ), An. Ox. 2109.

Linked entry: for-werod

ge-heápod

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 15, 12. to heap up material (used figuratively) Ðæt se gítsere him on geheápige ðá byrðenne eorðlicra ǽhta avaro . . . terrena lucra cum pondere peccati cumulare Past. 329, 20.

ge-rǽde

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, es; n.
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Add: The word seems used only in the pl. ge-rǽdu(-a). An ornament, trapping. for a person Wé lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda and dislicra gerǽda, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 16. for a horse Ǽfteráp postela, gerǽdu falere, brídel frenum, Wrt.

sǽ-mann

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-mann, es; m.

a seaman,

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Kmbl. 342, 15; Rún. 16, when English affairs are referred to the word is used of the Scandinavians Wálá ðære woruldscame ðe nú habbaþ Engle. Oft twegen sǽmen oððe þrý drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽtð tó sǽ, Wulfst. 163, 5.

úre

(pronoun.)
Grammar
úre, gen. pl. of personal pronoun of first person.

Of us ⬩ our

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Th. 119, 26; Gú. 260. used as a possessive, our Wé sceolan syllan ðone teóþan dǽl úre worldspéda, and wé sceolan úre daga ðone teóþan dǽl on forhæfdnesse lifgean, Blickl. Homl. 35, 19, 20. Geþencean úre sáula þearfe, 95, 24.

Linked entries: eówer úrer

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