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þeód-búend

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-búend, þeód-búende; pl.
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Those living in nations, mankind, men ( Christ ) earfeþu geþolade fore þearfe þeódbúndra, láðlícne deáð leódum tó helpe, Exon. Th. 72, 16; Cri. 1173. geðingade þeódbúendum wið fæder swǽsne fǽhþa mǽste, 39, 3; Cri. 616: 84, 11; Cri. 1372

under-stregdan

(v.)

to under-strew

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to under-strew wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and ðǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum he was stripped and sent to prison, and there had sea-shells and sharp stones strewed under him, Shrn. 51, 13

á-mundian

(v.)
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Þonne móte wé ábúgan þám heretogan tó his mannrǽdene, ꝥ ús ámundige, Hml. A. 108, 190. Nú bidde ic ðone bisceop ðæt ámundige míne láfe and ðá þing ðe ic hyre lǽfe, C. D. iii. 305, 12. Add

fǽr-deáþ

apoplexy

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Sǽde Cecilia þám brýdguman þ heó gesáwe engel of heofenum, and sé wolde hyne sleán myd fǽrdeáþe (he would strike him dead), gif hyre onhryne, Shrn. 149, 24. Substitute:

næced-ness

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Add: <b>nacod-ness :</b>— Scamfæst næcednys pudibunda nuditas, Hpt. Gl. 492, 56. bútan næcednysse him bet mihton tíðian (cf. éðelícor hine mihton scrýdan, Hml. Th. ii. 500, 30) without stripping themselves they might t

Linked entry: nacod-ness

þreágung

Grammar
þreágung, II. add: cf. þreágan; <b>I a.</b>
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III. add: — Gif tó ðám yflum cymþ réþu wyrd, þonne cymþ tó edleáne his yfla, oððe tó þréunge and tó láre ꝥ eft swá ne dó aspera fortuna puniendi corrigendive improbos causa deferíur, Bt. 40, l; F. 236, 8

be-fón

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add : (1 a) with a non-material object Of manegum myngungum wé beféngun ( perstringimus) feáwa, Chrd. 8, 19. (1 f) to ensnare, entrap :-- Þá sendon him sume . . . ꝥ beféngon (caperent ) hine on his worde, Mk. 12, 13

ryðða

(n.)
Grammar
ryðða, an; m.

A large dog, mastiff blood-hound

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getígde ǽnne ormǽtne ryððan innan ðam geate ðǽr Petrus inn hæfde, ðæt hine ábítan sceolde, Homl. Th. i. 372, 34

Linked entries: hryðða roð-hund

Créce

(n.)
Grammar
Créce, gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The Greeks Græci

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The Greeks; Græci He belytegade ealle Créce on his geweald he allured all the Greeks into his power Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 59, 39, 40. Philippus alýfde eallum Crécum Philip gave leave to all the Greeks 3, 7; Bos. 61, 42

á-faran

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of ðǽre wícstówe áfor, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 13. þonan áfór . . . and him from áfaran hét ealla þá burgware, 2, 5; S. 80, 29. Áfór Alexander þonan on Frigam, 3, 9; S. 124, 22. Þæt hié from þǽm fæstenne áfóren, 4, 11 ; S. 206, 17.

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to dress.
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, quae necessitas poscebat itineris, largiter subministratis); and hine hét, þonne eft tó his éðle hweorfan wolde, ꝥ him cóme, ꝥ hine wel hám gescyrpte, Bd. 5, 19 ; Sch. 659, 20-25

merigen-dæg

Grammar
merigen-dæg, mergen-dæg, es; m.

Morrow

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Morrow ðæs mergendæges gebídan móste, Blickl. Homl. 213, 25

-twihn

(suffix)
Grammar
-twihn, (-twíhn?)
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in hi-twichn, Txts. 70, 546, bi-tuihn, 77, 1310

wirgedness

(n.)
Grammar
wirgedness, e; f.

Cursing

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Cursing lufode wyrgednesse dilexit maledictionem, Ps. Spl. 108, 16

Linked entry: wyrgedness

stihtan

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Þú siððan stýrest and stihtest, Met. 20, 178. Add

a-bregdan

Grammar
a-bregdan, <b>. I</b> I.
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his exe úp ábrǽd, Hml. S. 31, 152. Add

æt-fæstan

Grammar
æt-fæstan, <b>; II.</b>
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add Swá úre sáule ús ætfæste, Bl. H. 103

feohtere

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Feohtere bið bellator erit, Archiv cxxix. 20, 3. Add

hóh-fót

(n.)
Grammar
hóh-fót, es; m.

The heel

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The heel ł hóhfót calcaneum, Ps. Lamb. 55, 7

Linked entry: fót

wela

(n.)
Grammar
wela, weola, weala, an; m.

wealthrichesabundancewealthwealprosperityhappy estate

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Sege mé nú hwæþer se ðín wela (divitiae) ðínes þances swá deóre seó . . . ða welan beóþ leóftǽlran ðonne ðonne hié mon selþ, ðonne hié beón ðonne mon hesly . . .

Linked entries: wala weala weola