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CNIHT

(n.)
Grammar
CNIHT, cneoht, cnyht, es; m.

A boyyouthattendantservantKNIGHT:puerjuvenisadolescensservus

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Ic, Oswold bisceop, landes sumne dǽl sumum cnihte ðæm is Osulf nama, for uncre sybbe, forgeaf I, bishop Oswald, have given a portion of land to a knight named Osulf, for our kinship Cod. Dipl. 557; A. D. 969; Kmbl. iii. 49, 32: 612; A.

Linked entries: cneoht cnyht

spanan

(v.)
Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen

To allureenticeluredecoyattracturgesuggerere, suadere, persuadereto allure

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Span ðú hine georne ðæt hé ðíne láre lǽste, Cd. Th. 36, 22; Gen. 575. Cwæð, ðæt hine his hige speóne, ðæt hé trymede getimbro, 18, 17; Gen. 274. in a bad sense, with a prepositio Hine spænþ his mód tó unnyttum weorce, Past. 4; Swt. 37, 18.

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Wé wyllaþ, ðæt ǽlc freó man beó on hundrede and on teóðunge gebroht, ðe láde wyrðe beón wylle oððe weres wyrðe, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 18-22. See Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 85; Kemble's Saxons in England, vol. i. c. 9

Linked entry: tegðung

wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
wíde, adv.
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Manncwealmas beóð wíde geond land erunt pestilentiae per loca, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 7. Fáh ic eom wíde, Exon. Th. 401, 24; Rä. 21, 16. Ða moldan men wíde geond eorþan lǽdaþ tó reliquium, Blick.Homl. 127, 15: Beo. Th. 538; B. 266: 6190; B. 3099.

mǽgþ

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>, mǽgeþ,</b> e; f.

A collection of mǽgasa familystockraceas a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied descendants of a common ancestor living at the same timea generationa tribesubdivision of a peoplea peoplenationprovincecountry

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Th. 166, 16. as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied Gá seó mǽgþ him on borh let the family go bail for him (the thief ), L. Ath. i. 1; Th. i. 198, 24.

sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
sceótan, p. sceát, pl. scuton, sceoton ; pp. scoten.
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Seó lacu út scyt, 422, 14, 26. Ðonne ða wolcnan sceótaþ betweón hyre ( the sun ) and ðé, Shrn. 201, 25. Him on gafol forlét feówer wellan scíre sceótan, Exon.

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se

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K. 34: Exod. 51. 3. with prep. tó Hié tó don swíðe forslagene wurdon, ꝥ hiera feáwa tó láfe wurdon, Ors. 1. 13; S. 56, 9. Tó þon ꝥ hié his ǽnne ende onbærndon, Ors. 4, 10; S. 200, 15: 1, 4; S. 34, 19. Tó ðon þaeti hí heó geeáðmédden, Cht.

furþum

Take herein Dict., and add:even,just

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H. 10, 7. in negative sentences Ne wearð furðon án tó láfe non remansit ne una quidem, Ex. 10, 19. Þæt furðon nán tácen . . . næs gesewen, Hml. Th. i. 62, 16.

ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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., as in wrought iron), labour a subject, expend labour upon material to prepare it for a purpose, adorn with Geworht land novalis ager Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 53. Þæs temples segl wundorbleóm geworht, Cri. 1140.

þanne

(adv.)
Grammar
þanne, þænne, þonne; adv. conj.
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Leófre ys ús beón beswungen for láre þænne hit ne cunnan, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 20: 24, 23. (1 a)) Næfþ nán mann máran lufe þonne ðeós ys, Jn.

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ÁR

(n.)
Grammar
ÁR, e; f.

honourgloryrankdignitymagnificencerespectreverencehonordignitasgloriamagnificentiahonestasreverentiakindnessfavourmercypitybenefitusehelpgratiafavormisericordiabeneficiumauxiliumpropertypossessionsan estatelandecclesiastical livingbeneficebonapossessionesfundusbeneficium

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Kmbl. 1958; An. 981. property, possessions, an estate, land, ecclesiastical living, benefice; bona, possessiones, fundus, beneficium He plihte to him sylfum and ealre his áre he acts at peril of himself and all his property, L.

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DEORC

(adj.)
Grammar
DEORC, def. se deorca, seó, ðæt deorce; adj.

DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad tenebrōsus, obscūrus

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Hí me asetton on seáþ [MS. sceaþ] hinder, ðǽr wæs deorc þeóstru, and deáþes scúa posuērunt me in lacu inferiōri, et in tenĕbris, et in umbra mortis, BPs. Th. 87, 6: Lk. Bos. 11,B 34.

Linked entry: deorcian

FÉDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FÉDAN, part. fédende; he fédeþ, fét, fétt; p. ic, he fédde, ðú féddest, pl. féddon; pp. féded, fédd.

nourishsupportsustainbring upeducatepascĕrecĭbārenutrīreengtrīresustentāreedŭcāreto bring forthproducegignĕreprodūcĕre

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Mægeþ and mæcgas fédaþ hine fægre lasses and lads feed him kindly, Exon. 113 a; Th. 434, 9; Rä. 51, 8. God, ðú ðe me féddest fram cildháde óþ ðisne dæg Deus, qui pascit me ab adolescentia mea in præsentem diem, Gen. 48, 15.

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FUGEL

(n.)
Grammar
FUGEL, fugol, fugul; gen. fugeles, fugles; m.

A birdFOWLăvisāles

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Lamb. 78, 2. He spyraþ æfter fuglum he seeks after birds, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 210, 29: Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 16; Rä. 73, 3: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 37; Jud. 297: Ps. Th. 78, 2. Ða fugelas he ne todǽlde ăves non divīsit, Gen. 15, 10: Ps.

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hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
hreósan, p. hreás; pl. hruron; pp. hroren

To fallfall downruerecorruere

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Ðý læs cild sý hreósende ðæt is fylleseóc lest a child be falling, that is, be ill of the falling sickness [epilepsy ], L. Med. ex Quadr. 5, 12; Lchdm. i. 350, 12. Hríð hreósende the storm rushing, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 20; Wand. 102.

HWÍL

(n.)
Grammar
HWÍL, e; f.

A WHILE

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Tó hwíle lǽn momentum, Ælfc. Gl. 15; Som. 58, 47; Wrt. Voc. 21, 36. Bétan tó hwíle to make better for a time, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 348, 21. Tó langre hwíle for a long while, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 22; Gen. 489. Tó litelre hwíle. Homl. Th. i. 64, 14.

lǽce-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-dóm, es; m.

Medicinea medicineremedycure

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Ic wolde ymbe ðone lǽcedóm ðara ðínra lára hwéne máre gehýran remedia audiendi avidus vehementer efflagito, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 17. Ús is nédþearf ðæt wé sécan ðone lǽcedóm úre sáuwle, Blickl. Homl. 97, 31.

Linked entry: lǽce-cræft

lǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽne, adj.

transitorytemporaryfrail

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Granted as a lǽn [q. v.], granted for a time only, not permanent, transitory, temporary, frail [generally used as an epithet of things of this world when they are contrasted with those of the next] Ac ic wolde witan hweðer ðé þuhte be ðam ðe ðú hæfst

LUST

(n.)
Grammar
LUST, es; m.

LUSTdesirepleasurevoluptuousness

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Ic ðé lustum láce cwéme voluntarie sacrifcabo tibi, Ps. Th. 53, 6. Néde oððe lustum, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 88; Met. 9, 44. Mid lustum, Dóm. L. 6, 70. Wesan on lustum to live joyously, Cd. 23; Th. 30, 26; Gen. 473.

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scippan

(v.)
Grammar
scippan, scieppan, sceppan; p. scóp, sceóp; pp. sceapen, scepen.
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Lamb. 50, 12. God gesceóp ealle gesceafta, and deófol náne gesceafta scyppan ne mæg, Homl. Th. i. 102, 1. Hé ( God ) selcúðe syððan scyppan nolde, Hexam. 12; Norm. 20, 15. Ic scyppendum wuldorcyninge hýrde, rícum dryhtne, Exon.