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werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, wergan; p. ede.
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Gif se Englisca nele hine werian mid orneste oþþe mid gewitnesse, hé ládige hine mid írene, L. W. ii. 2; Th. i. 489, 13-19. Werige hine se Fræncisca mid unforedan áþe, 3; Th. i. 489, 24.

rów

(n.)
Grammar
rów, e; f.

Quiet, rest

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Biteache mi gast and mi bodi baðen to ro and to reste, Marh. 20, 5. Cristess resste and Cristess ro, Orm. 7042

Linked entry: rów

ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
ǽdre, ǽddre, édre, an; f; ǽdr, e; f.

An arterya veinfountainriverarteriavenafonsrivusa nervesinewkidneynervusren

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Th. 5925; B. 2966. a nerve, sinew, kidney; nervus, ren Wǽron míne ǽdra ealle tolýsde renes mei resoluti sunt, Ps. Th. 72, 17. Ðú canst míne ǽdre ealle tu possedisti omnes renes meos, 138, 11.

BEARD

(n.)
Grammar
BEARD, es; m.

a BEARDbarba

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Lamb. 132, 2. the Anglo-Saxons were proud of their beards, and to shave a layman by force was a legal offence Gif man ðone beard ofascire, mid xx scillinga gebéte.

FYLL

(n.)
Grammar
FYLL, fyl, fell, fiell, es; m.

a FALLruindestructiondeathcāsusintĕrĭtusa FALLcaseinflection in grammarcāsusinflectio

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Míne innoþas on ðam fylle tolocene wǽron interānea essent ruendo convulsa, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 31. Se bisceop sárgode be ðam fylle and míne forwyrde episcŏpus de cāsu et intĕrĭtu meo dŏlēbat, 5, 6; S. 619, 32. Æt fylle at the fall, L.

Linked entries: fell fiell fyl

heorot

(n.)
Grammar
heorot, heort, es; m.

A hartstagmale deer

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Mid heortes horne and mid ylpenbáne with hart's horn and with ivory, Herb. 131, 2; Lchdm. i. 244, 8: Med. ex Qadr. 2, 1, 2, 3; Lchdm. i. 334, 2, 5, 9. Heortas and hinda harts and hinds, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 33; Met. 19, 17. Heortas cervos, Coll. Monast.

Linked entry: heort

un-forboden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forboden, adj.

Unforbiddennot prohibitedfree from any moral or legal hindrance

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Gebohte se arcebisceop æt Ælfhége ðæt land æt Sendan mid .xc. pundum, and æt Sunnanbyrg mid .cc. mancussan goldes, unbecwedene and unforbodene wið ǽlcne man tó ðære dægtíde; and hé him swá ða land geágnian derr, swá him se sealde ðe tó syllenne áhte,

Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan

drygan

Grammar
drygan, l. drýgan,
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Heó his fét mid hire loccum drýgde, Bl. H. 69, 2. Drégde, 73, 19. Hé geseah Godes engel drýgan mid sceátan Sc̃i Laurentius limu, Shrn. 115, 23. Drégende tergens (os suum ), Kent.

ge-fylce

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Se módiga deófol mid his gefilce wyle wið þínre sáwle campian, Wlfst. 249, 2. Hé sende hí mid gefylce tó Judéiscum folce . . . Hí begunnon tó feohtenne on twám gefylcum . . . him æfter eóde ꝥ óðer gefylce, Hml. S. 25, 652-670.

ge-segnian

(v.)
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Hí gesáwon ꝥ hé wæs gemearcod mid þý gerýne Crístes róde tácnes, þá cwǽdon hí: 'Þis is ǽmtig fæt and gesegnod (signatum),' Gr.

ge-wind

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Cf. windan; 4 Wíngearda gewind capreoli (cf. capreoli vel cincinni wíngearda hócas þe hí mid bindað þæt him néhst bið, 38, 59), Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 10. what is woven.

hogu

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Hýrað mid ege, and gladiað mid hogum ( exultate cum tremore ), Chrd. 33, 16. Add

mǽgþ

Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Mid cynrene, miégþe prosapia, i. genus progenies, An. Ox. 1297 : stemmati, Germ. 393, 131. Hé férde embe Agathen ǽhta, and eác wolde gehæftan ealle hire mǽgðe, Hml. S. 8, 210. <b>IVa.

nídþearf-ness

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Ox. 1987. add: where there is idea of want Hí wǽron gefédde mid þaes gecyndes neádþearfnysse (with what is needed by nature) . . . ꝥ is mid þám wyrtum þe on þám wéstene weóxon, Hml. S. 23 b, 130: 153.

ǽwda

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwda, an; m.

A witnessone who affirms the truth by oathfidejussorconsacramentalis

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Mid gódura ǽwdum by good witnesses, L. H. E. 2; Th. i. 28, 2

Linked entry: ǽwda-man

cehhettung

(n.)
Grammar
cehhettung, e; f.

a laugh of scorn, scorncachinnus, contemptus

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A laughing in a cackling manner, a laugh of scorn, scorn; cachinnus, contemptus Hwelce cehhettunge ge woldon ðæs habban, and mid hwelcum hleahtre ge woldon beón astyred what scorn ye would have at this, and with what laughter ye would be moved, Bt. 16

Linked entry: ceahhetung

deóflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
deóflíc, deófel-líc; adj.

Devilish, diabolicaldiabŏlĭcus

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Mid deóflícum wiglungum with diabolical incantations, i. 102, 15

hund-twentig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-twentig, num.

A hundred and twenty

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A hundred and twenty Mid ðam ðe hé wæs on ylde hundtwentig wintra when he was a hundred and twenty years of age, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 1. Hé gean ðæra hundtwæntiga hída æt Wyrðæ He gives the hundred and twenty hides at Worth, Chart. Th. 526, 32

leód-riht

(n.)
Grammar
leód-riht, es; n.

Public law common lawjus publicum

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Public law, common law, the law which affects a whole people, law of the land; jus publicum Mid rihtum landrihte and leódrihte swá hit on lande stonde in accordance with the common law of the land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 435, 35.

mete-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
mete-leás, adj.

Without foodlacking food

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Without food, lacking food On sumere tíde wæs micel menigu mid ðam Hǽlende on ánum wéstene meteleás ( nec haberent, quod manducarent ), Homl. Th. ii. 396, 1: Elen. Kmbl. 1220; El. 612: 1392; El. 698.