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a-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fested

To fastjejunare

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To fast; jejunare He afæste to ǽfenes he fasted till evening, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 32 : 3, 27; S. 559, 13

ymb-lǽr(i)gian

(v.)
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to surround, encompass Sýn emblǽrg[ede] ambiuntur (cf. ymb-hammen, which is a gloss to tie same passage ), Anglia xv. 207, 289. (?)

út-gefeoht

(n.)
Grammar
út-gefeoht, es; n.

Foreign war

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Foreign war Ðætte Bryttas sume tíd gestildon fram útgefeohte ut Brittones, quiescentibus ad tempus exteris bellis, Bd. 1, 22; S. 485, 11

prica

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Seó tíd stent on feówer pricon, gyf ǽlcum geáre ǽnne prican, þonne gýt þǽr byð án tó láfe, 309, 2-4

geóguþ-hádnes

(n.)
Grammar
geóguþ-hádnes, -ness, e; f.

The state of youth, youthădŏlescentia

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The state of youth, youth; ădŏlescentia On ða ǽrestan tíd mínre geóguþhádnesse cum prīmævo ădŏlescentiæ tempŏre, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 36

hyge-bend

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-bend, es; m: e; f.
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A tie or bond which is furnished by the mind Hygebendum fæst fixed firm by the mind's chains, Beo. Th. 3761; B. 1878

ge-mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mearcian, <b>; VI.</b>
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On þám dæge ys seó forme tíd prima geháten, on þǽre sceolon gemearcode cnihtas geornlíce tó Gode clypian, Angl. viii. 319, 42. Add

ealdor-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
ealdor-lang, adj.

Life-long sempĭternus

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Life-long; sempĭternus Hí ealdorlangne tír geslógon æt sæcce they won life-long glory in the battle, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 3; Æðelst. 3

betogenes

(n.)
Grammar
betogenes, -ness, -niss, e; f.

An accusationaccusatio

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In. 37, titl; Th. i. 124, note 50

of-niman

(v.)

to failto decrease, wane

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P. i. tit. 3; Th. ii. 170, 6

dreórig

(adj.)
Grammar
dreórig, dreóreg, dreórg, driórig; def. se dreóriga, dreórega, seó, ðæt dreórige; adj.

bloody, gory, glorious cruentus, cruentātus, gloriōsussad, sorrowful, pensive, DREARY mœstus

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On ðas dreórgan tíd in this sorrowful tide, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 10; Gú. 1058

Linked entry: driórig

preówt-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
preówt-hwíl, e; f.
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The time taken to close and open the eye, the twinkling of an eye Preówthwíle, beorht (bearhtme?) atomo (έν άτομω in an instant.

Linked entry: be-prenan

betera

(adj.)
Grammar
betera, betra; m : betere, betre; f. n. adj. [from bet good, v. bet-líc good-like, comp. betera, betra better; sup. betest, betst best, v. besta, gód]

BETTERmelior

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Ða betran tída the better times, 4, 9; Bos. 92, 18. To beteran tíde to a better time, Bd. 3. 14; S. 539, 39. Wítodlíce micle má mann ys sceápe betera? hou moche more is a man betre than a sheep? Mt.

Linked entry: betre

tow-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tow-cræft, es; m.

Skill in weaving or spinning

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Heó wolde beón fram ðære þriddan tíde óð ða nigoþan tíd ymbe hyre webbgeweorc, Homl. Ass. 126, 339. Cf. 132, 545 sqq.

Linked entry: tow-hús

earmian

(v.)
Grammar
earmian, p. ode; pp. od; v. reflex.

To commiserate, feel pity misĕrēri

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To commiserate, feel pity; misĕrēri Hwam ne mæg earmian swylcere tíde who cannot feel pity for such a time? Chr. 1087; Th. 354, 2

ful-bétan

(v.)
Grammar
ful-bétan, full-bétan; p. -bétte; pp. -béted

To make full amendsgive satisfactionpĕnĭtus compensāresătisfăcĕre

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To make full amends, give satisfaction; pĕnĭtus compensāre, sătisfăcĕre Ðæt he fulbéte till he make full amends, L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 280, 29

Linked entry: full-bétan

myl

(n.)

dust

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dust Ðát ðære ylcan stówe myl wið fýre wæs freomigende ut pulvis loci illius contra ignem voluerit, Bd. 3, 10, tit.; S. 534, 16

wícnung

(n.)
Grammar
wícnung, e; f.
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P. iii. 8, tit.; Th. ii. 194, 32

be-bycgung

(n.)
Grammar
be-bycgung, e; f.

Selling

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Selling Bibycgong distra(c)tio (cf. gloss of same passage: Distractio, i. venditio tódál, An. Ox. 4002), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 36: 26, 65

Linked entry: -bycgung

þeód

Grammar
þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250