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magister

Grammar
magister, l. mágister, and
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Hé sette him weorca mægestras (magistros operum), Ex. 1. 11. master as correlative of servant or man Hit is niédðearf ðæt mon his hláford ondrǽde, and se cneoht his mágister, Past. 109, 14. the owner or tamer of an animal Seó leó, deáh hió wel tam sé

ríht

(adj.)
Grammar
ríht, adj.
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Add Man mid wítum ofgán willad æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon (by fair means) begyten hæfde, Hml. S. 23, 600. <b>IV a.</b> of persons, upright, righteous :-- Ðá ðe ryhtre (rihtre, Ps. L.) synt heortan qui recto sunt corde, Ps.

sǽd

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Gif man on ciricean slǽpende his sǽd ágeóte, 138, 11. progeny Nim of eallum clǽnum nítenum seofen and seofen ǽgðres gecyndes. . . þæt sǽd sí gehealden ofer ealre eorðan brádnisse, Gen. 7, 3. Séd árleásra forweorðeð, Ps. Srt. 36, 28.

sceanca

(n.)
Grammar
sceanca, an ; m.

a shank, shin,the upper part of the leg

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Ðæt man forbrǽce hyra sceancan (crura). Jn. Skt. 19, 31, 32, 33. Se sceocca gewráð his sceancan, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 223. Sconcan, Salm. Kmbl. 203; Sal. 101. the upper part of the leg (= þeóhsceanca) Ic wille ðæt gé fédaþ án earm Engliscmon . . .

Linked entry: sceonca

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, scyru,e ; f.

a cutting, shavinga shearing of sheepthe ecclesiastical tonsurea share

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Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig gehádod man his sceare ne helige, L. Edg. C. 47; Th. ii. 254, 12. a share

Linked entry: scyru

sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
sceaft, es; m. : e, f.

creation,origina creation, what is created, a creature

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For be a man faire or foule 'it falleth nouȝte for to lakke þe shappe ne þe shafte' þat God shope hymselue, Piers P. B. 11, 387

wiln

(n.)
Grammar
wiln, e; f.

A maid-servanta hand-maid

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Gif wíffæst man hine forlícge be his ágenre wylne, L. C. S. 55; Th. i. 406, 14. Ádó ðás wylne ( ancillam) heonon, Gen. 21, 10: Ex. 21, 20, 32. Hé genam wealas and wylna (servos et ancillas), Gen. 20, 14: Lev. 25, 44

spic

(n.)
Grammar
spic, es; n.

Baconlardthe fat flesh of swine the mast on which the swine were fedpopa,lardumfat of seals, whales, etc., blubberblubber, lardlard

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Man nime áne cuppan huniges and healfe cuppan clǽnes gemyltes spices, and mængc on gemang ðæt hunig and ðæt spic tógædere, Lchdm. iii. 76, 5. Án sconc spices a ham, L. Ath. i. prm.; Th. i. 198, 7.

Linked entry: spec

spring

(n.)
Grammar
spring, spryng, es; m. (but eá-spring; n. )

a source of waterscaturigo, scatebrafonsfonsa springing, rising, spring in day- spring,what springs up or from.an ulcer, a sore, pustulea fluxa squirting, sprinkling

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Wið ðæt man wille spring on gesittan, i. 2, 19. Láðlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc mid menigfealdum springum and geswelle, Homl. Th. i. 122, 22: 336, 33. Wið uncúðe springas ðe on líchoman ácennede beóþ, Lchdm. i. 150, 14. Springas (sprincasMS.

Linked entries: ge-spring sprengan

be-drífan

to drive gameto follow up a track

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Bedrífe man hine tó swingum, 132, 10. Wíteþeówne monnan mon sceal bedrífan tó swingum (swinglum, v. l.), 138, 3. to follow up a track Gif mon trode bedrífð forstolenes yrfes of stæðe on óðer, Ll. Th. i. 352, 4.

FEÁWA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÁWA, feá; pl. nom. acc. feáwe, feáwa, feá; gen. feáwena, feáwera, feára; dat. feáwum, feáum, feára; adj.

FEWpauci

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FEW; pauci Feáwa ðata manna mihte beón eardfæste few of the men could abide in their dwellings [lit, could be earth-fast or settled ], Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 10: Deut. 4, 27: Mt. Bos. 9, 37: Lk. Bos. 10, 2.

Linked entry: feá

LÁR

(n.)
Grammar
LÁR, e; f.

LOREteachinginstructionlearningknowledgecunningsciencepreachingdoctrinedogmapreceptexhortationadmonitioncounselsuggestioninstigationpersuasion

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Hig lǽraþ manna lára docentes doctrinas hominum, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 9. Betwih óðre láre tó lifigeanne inter alia vivendi documenta, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 20. Wið Aureum and his láre contra Arium et ejusdem dogmata, 4, 17; S. 585, 44: 586, 1.

Linked entries: folc-lár lǽr

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, es; pl. [which is more frequent] leóde; m.

A manpoeta princemenpeoplecountry

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A man, poet. a prince [cf. Icel. álfa ljóði] ; in pl. men, people, people of a country, country [cf. the use of proper names, e.g. hé gewát intó Galwalum he departed into Gaul, Chr.

Linked entries: leóde leód-geld

stíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stíþ, adj.
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Se man ðe tó ðon stíð biþ ðæt hé áðas sylþ ðæt hé tó nánre sybbe fón nelle homo qui adeo durus sit ut juramenta praestet, se nullam pacem admittere velle, L. Ecg.

Linked entries: stiép stíþe

fær

(n.)

goingpassinga going awaya journeycoursea voyagea marchan expeditionenterprisea passagethoroughfareroadentrancecarriagevessela troopa crewfareproceedings

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Man gesette on cranice his leóde fær, Hml. A. 95, 124

Linked entry: færbu

ge-scippan

(v.)
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Þá sár and þá brocu þe se man tó gesceapen is, Bl. H. 59, 34.

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

Inwithin

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Æt hám gebring and nǽfre in on ðone mon bring it home and never into the man's presence, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 292, 26. Ðæt land beág ðǽr súþryhte oððe seó sǽ in on ðæt land, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 18.

ge-reord

Grammar
ge-reord, speech.
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Wǽron swá fela gereord swá ðǽr manna wǽron, 22, 23 : 318, 22: ii. 582, 5 : Angl. vii. 40, 382. On þám dæge wurdon tðdǽlede manna gereordu; and ǽr wæs eall weoruld sprecende on án gereord, and nú synd gereord twá and hundseofontig, Wlfst. 211, 17-20.

ge-samnung

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assembling :-- Þæt wé sendan and wilnian fultum be swá manegum mannum swá ús cinelic þince . . . ꝥ þám forworhtum mannum beó þe mára ege for úre gesomnunge (or under ), Ll. Th.

wénan

(adj.)
Grammar
wénan, <b>. I.</b>
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H. 24, 18. (20) with complement :-- Hé wæs hæfd and wéned fram mannum mycelre árfæstnysse magnae aestimationis habebatur, Gr. D. 326, 24. Add Mé sceamað nú þæt ic wénde þæs ðe hyt næs I am ashamed that I supposed what was not, Solil.