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land-mann

(n.)
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land-mann, es; m.
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A native of a country Náh náðer tó farenne ne Wylisc man on Ænglisc land ne Ænglisc on Wylisc ðé má bútan gesettan landmen se hine sceal æt stæðe underfón and eft ðǽr bútan fácne gebringan. Gyf se landman ǽniges fácnes gewita sý ðonne sý hé wítes scyldig

líc-rest

(n.)
Grammar
líc-rest, e; f.

tombsepulchre

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A place of rest for a dead body, tomb, sepulchre Hé hæfde ðæt land syððan him sylfon tó lícreste he had the land afterwards for his own burial place, Gen. 23, 20. On líchryste in cœmeterio, Hpt. Gl. 507, 67. Man slóh án geteld ofer ða hálgan bán binnan

mægden-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-ǽw, e; f.

Marriage with a virgin

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Marriage with a virgin Ðæt biþ rihtlíc líf ðæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde óþ ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige and hæbbe ða syððan and nǽnige óðre ða hwíle ðe seó libbe that is right life, that a young man remain a bachelor until in lawful matrimony

medumung

(n.)
Grammar
medumung, e; f.

the fixing of the measure of anything

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the fixing of the measure of anything Á sceal dóm æfter dǽde and medemung be mǽðe ever shall doom be according to deed, and fine be fixed with fair measure, L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 5: L. E. B. 10; Th. ii. 242, 11. ? Ðonon á be ecge on ða medemuncga

sunn-stede

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-stede, es; m.
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A solstice Sumor hæfþ sunnstede . . . winter hæfþ óþerne sunnstede . . . Gǽþ seó sunne norðweard óð ðæt heó becymþ tó ðam tácne ðe is geháten Cancer, ðǽr is se sumerlíca sunnstede . . . seó sunne cymþ eft súð tó ðam winterlícan sunnstede, Lchdm. iii.

un-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-síþ, es; m.

an evilill-advised expeditiona mishapmisfortune

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an evil, ill-advised expedition Wearð ofslegen Ecgfridus on his unsíðe, ðá ðá hé on Peohtum begann tó feohtanne tó dyrstelíce ofer Drihtnes willan (cf. Ecgfrid, cum temere exercitum ad vastandam Pictorum provinciam duxisset, multum prohibentibus amicis

wlite-scíne

(adj.)
Grammar
wlite-scíne, adj.

Of brilliant beautysplendidbeauteous

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Of brilliant beauty, splendid, beauteous Engel selbeorht, wlitescýne wer. Cd. Th. 237, 15 ; Dan. 338: Elen. Kmbl. 143; El. 72. Weorud wlitescýne. Exon. Th. 31, 9; Cri. 493: 35, 6; Cri. 554. Seó wlitescýne wuldres condel (Juliana), 269, 22; Jul. 454.

be-geát

(n.)
Grammar
be-geát, es; n. (f.
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in Laym.). attainment, acquisition For begeáte þæs écan lífes, Hml. Th. i. 240, 7: ii. 70, 22. For begeáte obtentu, An. Ox. 2698: 3915. what is acquired, possessions, property Cýð mildheortnysse earmum mannum mid þínum begeáte, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 27.

be-nemnan

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Add: to name Wæs genemned ł benemned (Matthaeum) nomine, Mt. L. 9, 9, to appoint, settle On þám mónðe hý bleóton á; ꝥ is þæt hý betǽhton and benemdon (-nemn-don, v.l.) hyra deófolgyldum þá neát þá þe hý woldon syllan, Mart. H. 198, II. Heregýð hafað

drepan

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Drihten hine drep mid líchamlicere untrumnesse Dominus corporali hunc molestia percussit, Gr. D. 325, 26. Heó wearð drepen and gestonden on þá breóst mid cancre þǽre wunde cancri ulcere in mamilla percussa est, 279, 26. Mid cwylde drepen and slægen mortalitate

dyrstig-líce

(adv.)
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Add: boldly, daringly Dyrstelice (deorster-, Hpt. Gl. 424, 19) audacter, An. Ox. 753. presumptuously, with temerity On swá hwilcum dæge swá þú dyrstilíce geþrístlǽcst ꝥ þú þone hálgan sácerdhád underféhst quacumque die sacrum ordinem temerare praesumeris

eard-fæst

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Dele 'earth-fast,' and add: domiciled: of human beings On ðǽre dene Drihten selfa þára eádmétta eardfæst wunigað (cf. Crist eardað on þǽre dene eádmódnesse, Bt. 12; F. 36, 22), Met. 7, 38. Þá Seaxan wǽron eardfæste néh þǽm gársecge Saxones, gens in Oceani

earm

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Add: an arm Se earm betweónan elnbogan and hand*-*wyrste cubitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 61. Sum man feóll on íse ꝥ his earm tóbærst, Hml. S. 26, 34. Wearð Pirrus wund on óþran earme Pyrrhus transfixo brachio saucius, Ors. 4, 1; S. 158, 2. Earma lacertorum

eorþ-wæstm

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Usus nittung vel notu vel eorðwæstmas (printed -wæstm, cess) tó ǽte álýfed, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 39. Sý ǽlcere geoguðe teóðung gelǽst be Pentecosten, and þára eorðwæstma be emnnihte, Ll. Th. i. 262, 21: Wlfst. 116, 3. Þá teóþunga ǽgðer ge on cwicum ceápe

fæstrǽdnes

constancyunchangeableness

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Add: constancy of mind Mon forlǽt ðone ege and ðá fæsðrǽdnesse ðe hé mid ryhte on him innan habban scolde a timoris intimi soliditate vacuatur, Past. 37, 17. Ðonne mon ðá fæstrǽdnesse his módes innan forlíst qui statum mentis perdidit, 359, 6: Bt. 5,

cyre-líf

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For 'A choice . . . eligunt' substitute: the condition of life which allows a person to choose his lord, the state of dependence on a lord whom a person has chosen Gehicgon hig eác ꝥ hig gehealdon heora clǽnnysse, oððe beón geférlǽhte þǽre gefæstnuncge

frec

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Frec wásend gulosa ingluvies, An. Ox. 3569. Fræc, 2, 225. Gyf fríg man swá fræc sý þæt hé þæt fæsten ábrece. Wlfst. 172, 2. Frecces ambronis, An. Ox. 11, 106. Fræcum gulosa, 2445. Þý frettan (freccan?) gulosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 64. Hí mettas him on múð

freógan

(v.)
Grammar
freógan, to free.
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From dióble friáð ( liberat ), Mk. p. 3, 17. Fréweð, Mt. p. 16, 16. Þys sint þára manna naman ðe man freóde for Ordgár ðá hé læg on ádle, Cht. E. 255, 7. Mon þá þeówas freóde, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 16. Sume þá men þe hié on ðeówdóme hæfdon, þá þe heora hláfordas

ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es ; n.
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Commodum nyt and getǽse and bryce, Wrt.Voc. ii. 24, 63. Ðý lǽs hí gedwelle sió gehýdnes and þá getǽsu ðe hié on ðám wege habbað . . . Eác hi sint tó monienne ðætte hit. nó ne geliéfen ðætte ðá willan and ðá getǽsu ðe him on ðisse worulde becumað sién

ge-trahtnian

(v.)
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Take here the first two passages under <b>ge-trahtian</b> in Dict., and add Manega men wénað ꝥ þes middaneard scule standan on six þúsend wintrum, for ðan þe God gescóp ealle þing binnan six dagum; ac þaet getæl wíse witan on óðre wísan getrahtnedon