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stigel

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. ¶ in a compound :-- On stigel-ác, C. D. iii. 461, 6. Add

strand

(n.)
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strand, n. (not m.).
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Wé gesáwon þá muntas ymbe ðǽre sealtan sǽ strande, Angl. viii. 299, 39. Stranda sablonum, An. Ox. 2, 286. Add

þeówan

(v.)
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to press. [ passages here might be taken to next word, q. v. ] Add Þá scóc án oxa his heafod, and mid þám horne hine þýde, Hml. S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539.

brego-stól

(n.)
Grammar
brego-stól, breogo-stól, es; m. [brego
a ruler, prince, king;
stól
a stool, seat, throne
]

a ruler, prince, king;a stool, seat, throne A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom principis sella, thronus, regnum

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A prince's stool or chair, a throne, a prince's dominion, kingdom; principis sella, thronus, regnum He him gesealde bold and bregostól he gave him a habitation and a princely seat, Beo. Th. 4398; B. 2196: 4729; B. 2370.

Linked entry: breogo-stól

hand-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
hand-þegen, es; m.

An attendant, one of a retinue, servant

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Willfriþ his preóst and his hond-þeng Wilfrid his priest and attendant; clericus illius, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 27: Cd. 224; Th. 295, 12; Sat. 485

læt

(adj.)
Grammar
læt, adj.

Lateslowsluggishtardy

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And á swá hit forþwerdre beón sceolde swá wæs hit lætre and ever as things ought to have been more forward, did they go on more slowly, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 33.

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

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S. 36, 91-99. as the place for meals: Swylc þú æt swǽsendum sitte mid ðinum ealdormannum and þegnum on wintertíde, and sié fýr onǽled and þín heall gewyrmed (calido effecto cenaculo), Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 18.

hwílum

Grammar
hwílum, In l. 3 for quandam l.
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quondam, and add Hwílum nunc Wrt.

word-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
word-cwide, es; m.

a sayingwordsspeechlanguage

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Wís on wordcwidum, 294, ii; Crä. 31: Andr. Kmbl. 1104; An. 552. Wuldorcyninges word hleóðrode. . . . Æfter wordcwidum wuldor-cyninges after the words, 2892; An. 1449: Beo. Th. 5499; B. 2753. Uncre wordcwidas what we said to one another. Exon.

lyt-hwón

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<b>I a</b>. with gen. :--- Lythwón monna geflit paucorum homimum contentio, Mt. p. 2, 10. as adv. of distance Þ á hé wæs lythwón þanon ágán progressus pusillum Mt 26, 39.

hwirfling

(n.)
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hwirfling, es; m.
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Something round, an orb Hwyrflicnces (hwurf-linces, Hpt. Gl. 453, 37) begýmendum rícetere crus gubernante monarchiam An. Ox. 1992

Linked entries: hwurfling hwyrfling

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add: at the present time Þú ána nú géna (gýta, v. l. ) eart bysceop geméted, Bd. 1. 27; Sch. 73, 3. in the time immediately following on the present moment, immediately Hát mé nú sillan þá hearpan, þonne wást þú nú ꝥ þú gít nást, Ap. Th. 16, 25.

wrídian

(v.)
Grammar
wrídian, wríþian; p. ode

To put forth shootsbe productivegrowflourish

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Mín hyge blissaþ, wynnum wrídaþ my mind rejoices, blossoms with joyous thoughts, Andr. Kmbl. 1269; An. 635. Him oninnan oferhygda dǽl weaxeþ and wrídaþ, Beo. Th. 3486; B. 1741. Mán wrídode geond beorna breóst. Andr. Kmbl. 1534; An. 768.

Linked entry: wríþian

nigon

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add: inflected Mid nigonum þára níwena scipa, Chr. 897; P. 90, 23. (1 a) with a pronoun :-- Ðæt wé tellan á .x. men tógædere, and se yldesta bewiste þá nigene, Ll.

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

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L. 67, 14. a choir Heápum classibus (v. Ald. 35, 28), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 58. secular, an army, a host Heáp (the host of the Huns) wæs gescyrted, láðra lindwered; lythwón becwóm Húna herges hám eft þanon, El. 141.

reccend

(n.)
Grammar
reccend, es; m.
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God is scyppend and reccend ealra his gesceafta, Blickl. Homl. 185, 27 : Met. 4, 30. Ealra gesceafta reccend and stýrend, Wulfst. 255, 17. Án metod, reccend and ríce, Cd. Th. 252, 17; Dan. 580 : Exon.

láð-spell

(n.)
Grammar
láð-spell, es; n.
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A painful, grievous story Hié ealle ðǽr ofslógon búton ánum se ðæt láðspel æt hám gebodade omnes ibidem trucidati sunt; uno tantum ad enunciandam cladem reservato, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 19: Andr. Kmbl. 2160; An. 1080: Exon. 52 b; Th. 182, 29; Gú. 1317

sweor-ród

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-ród, e; f.
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A cross suspended from the neckChart. Th. 551, 5.429, 15.

bisceop-lic

episcopalpontifical

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Add: bishop-like, proper to a bishop Hé ne gefremede náht biscoplices, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 20. episcopal, pontifical Biscoplic wurðscipe flamininus honor, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 54. Biscoplic stól pontificalis cathedra, An. Ox. 2029.

campung

(n.)
Grammar
campung, e; f.
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Fighting, contest Campung certatio, An. Ox. 7, 346. Compung concertatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 40. Ic mid þín wǽpnum getrymed on þínum féþan fæste stande and for þínre campunga ( a better reading is: for ðé campige. v. Bl. N. 5, 40), Bl. H. 225, 34