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treówen

(adj.)
Grammar
treówen, tríwen, trýwen; adj.
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of-a tree Hire hyrdeman sume ác ástáh, and his orf lǽswode mid treowenum helme, Homl. Th. ii. 150. 31. of wood, wooden Treówen ligneus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 15, 14. Tríwen sceó coturnus. Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 21. Trýwen byt flasco, ii. 149, 33.

Linked entries: tríwen trýwen

under-þeód

(adj.)
Grammar
under-þeód, adj. (ptcpl.) used substantively.

Subjectsubordinate

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MSS.) mon sceal lǽran ðæt hié elles ne sién genǽt aliter admonendi sunt subditi, atque aliter praelati. Illos ne subjectio conterat, Past. 28; Swt. 189, 14. Ðonne ðæt mód ðara underðiédra (-ðiéddra, Cott.

Linked entry: þeódan

un-gelǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelǽred, adj.

Untaughtunlearnedignorantunskilled

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Forhwon beóð ǽfre suǽ ðríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láriówdómes ab imperitis pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur? Past. 1; Swt. 25, 16

Linked entry: un-lǽred

un-hlísa

(n.)
Grammar
un-hlísa, an; m.

Ill-fameevil reportdiscreditinfamy

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Sume swíðe yfele férdon ... and yfele geendodon on heora unhlísan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 10. Ða wíf ðe heora ǽwe healdaþ wið unhlísan, Homl. Ass. 39, 376: 108, 208

wræc-lást

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-lást, es; m.

An exile-track

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Hwæt ða sume dreógaþ ðe ða wræclástas wídost lecgaþ what some of those suffer whose exiled steps go furthest, 309, 14; Scef. 57. Ic sceal wreclástas settan, síðas wíde, Cd. Th. 276, 14; Sat. 188. Wreclástas wunian to live in exile, 280, 21 ; Sat. 259

á-cweþan

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Hí hogodon hú hí fácen and unriht ácwǽdon cogitaverunt et locuti sunt nequitiam, Ps. Th. 72, 6. Hé ne mihte word ácweþan neque ulla verba edere valebat, Gr. D. 183, 27. Ácueden is dicitur, Mt. L. 10, 2: dictum est, 5, 21. Ácueden wæs, 21, 4.

Dene-mearc

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Sume férdon tó Dænmarce (tó Dænmercan (Denmarcon, v. l. ), 30), Chr. 1070; P. 207, 16. On Denemearcon, 1036; P. 159, 18. Tó Denemarcon, 1076; P. 211, 22, 36. Tó Dænemearcon (Denmearcan, v. l. ), 1005; P. 136, 5. Tó Denamarcon, 1049; P. 167, 19.

drygan

Grammar
drygan, l. drýgan,
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Drégende tergens (os suum ), Kent. Gl. 1067. to dry by exposure to heat, air Dríg hí on sceade swýþe þearle, Lch. i. 70, 10. Nim heortes sceallan, drýg, wyrc tó duste, 336, 16. Dríg tó duste, 20. of the action of heat, air, &c.

first-mearc

an intervala respite

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Him wǽron gehátene þurh þá swefn lange fyrstmearce þises lífes ei per somnium longa spatia hujus vitae promissa sunt, Gr. D. 339, 26. a respite, v. first, 2 Ðá ongan hé willian fyrstmearce coepit inductae petere, Gr. D. 325, 31.

for-irþ

(n.)
Grammar
for-irþ, e; f.

A headland

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Trans. 1898, p. 530), vox agrimensorum, apud quos in agrorum distinctionibus pars ea dicitur quae latus suum alterius fini, fronti seu capiti opponit, Migne] Andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum andheáfdum, tó ánre forierðe, and seó forierð gǽð; intó ðám lande

Linked entry: for-yrþ

hreówsung

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. . mon æfter his hreówsunga gewyrce ðæt hé eft scyle hreówsian . . . sé ðe æfter ðáre hreówsunga hine ryhtlíce nyle gehealdan . . . sé ðe áðwihð mid hreówsunga his unclǽnnesse ipsam, quam flendo potuit impetrare, veniam contemnit . . . dum fletibus suis

hrægel-talu

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It was for the purchase of such clothing (ad uestimenta) that the land mentioned in the charter quoted in Dict. was given ), R. Ben. 89, 3

íþ-ness

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Swá him ðiós stillnes and ðiós iéðnes má lícað, swá him lǽs lícað ðæt ðæt hié tó gelaðode sindon quo non sunt molesta quae tenent, eo minus amabilia fiant quae vocant, Past. 351, 7.

ofer-winnan

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Vespasianus ásende his sunu tó oferwinnenne ðá earman Iúdéiscan, Hml. Th. i. 402, 30. Oferwinnendum expugnaiore, Scint. 8, 15. Þá wæs oferwunnan (-wunen, An. Ox. 3855) grassaretur, i. vastaretur (dum fames Ægypti vulgus grassaretur), Hpt.

sceát

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Add Hé wearð gebeden fram þám nunnum ꝥ hé sume sceátas (mappulas) onféng, Gr. D. 143, 4. <b>VII b.

tún

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Add Syndon þá burga forhergode and þá ceastra tóworpone, cyrcan forbærnde and mynstra tóworpene, and eác gehwylce túnas ge wera ge wífa fram hǽðenum mannum gewéste depopulatae urbes, eversa castra, concrematae ecclesiae, destructa sunt monasteria virorum

þolian

(v.)
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Add Gyf hé hys sáwle forwyrd þolað si animae suae detrimentum patiatur, Mt. 16, 26. Eádige synt þá ðe éhtnysse þoliað, 5, 10. Án wíf þe þolode twelf geár, 9, 20. <b>I c.</b> </b> add: <b>III a.

sceard

(adj.)
Grammar
sceard, adj.

notched, hackedgashed, mutilateddeprived

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Eth. 42; Th. i. 14, 7: 48; Th. i. 14, 13. deprived Hé wæs his mǽga sceard, freónda gefylled on folcstede, beslagen æt sæcce, and his sunu forlét on wælstówe, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 6

wacan

(v.)
Grammar
wacan, p. wóc; pp. wacen

To waketo come into beingbe bornspring

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Ǽr him sunu wóce, 70, 25; Gen. 1158

Linked entries: on-wacan on-wacan

heáh-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-fæder, m.

A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. GodGod the Fatherpatriarca

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Jacob gestrýnde twelf suna, ða sind gehátene twelf heáhfæderas Jacob begat twelve sons, who are called the twelve patriarchs, ii. 190, 25: i. 396, 9