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leornung-mann

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Ox. 2, 175- ¶ with reference to the teacher :-- 'Wénað wé hwæþer hé ǽnigne láreów hæfde?' 'Ne gehýrde ic nǽfre ꝥ hé ǽniges mannes leorningmann (discipulus) wǽre,' Gr. D. 12, 24. Ne mæg hé beón mín leorningman, Hml. S. 33, 114.

mancus

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hæfde þrý mancas (tres aureos) áhýdde . . . þá fundon hí þá ylcan þrý áhýdde mancas . . . secge him se bróþer ꝥ hé sý onscunod fram eallum þám gebróðrum for þám mancessum (pro solidis) . . . tóweorpað þá . .III. mancossas (aureos) ofer hine, Gr.

ellnung

(n.)
Grammar
ellnung, e; f.

Emulation, zeal æmŭlatio

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Emulation, zeal; æmŭlatio Hí hæfdon Godes ellnunge æmŭlātiōnem Dei hăbēbant. Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 8

mis-scrence

(adj.)
Grammar
mis-scrence, adj.

Shrivelled updistorted

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Shrivelled up, distorted Hí ( demons ) hæfdon wóge sceancan and misscrence tán, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 1

mylen-gafol

(n.)
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revenue derived from a mill Hǽr stent gewriten hwæt Baldwine abbod hæfð geunnen his gebróþra tó caritatem, ꝥ is ii mylne-gafel æt Lacforde, hælf pund at ꝥ án and xii óran æt ꝥ óþer, Nap. 46

Linked entry: gafol

Boruchtuari

(n.)
Grammar
Boruchtuari, -orum; pl. m. Lat.

A people of ancient Germany, conquered by the Old-SaxonsBoructuari

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A people of ancient Germany, conquered by the Old-Saxons; Boructuari Ðá Swýþbyrht hæfde bisceopháde onfongen, he gewát to ðære þeóde Boruchtuarorum; ... ac ðá æfter noht langre tíde seó ylce þeód wæs oferwunnen fram Eald-Seaxum, and ða wǽron wíde todrifene

gemót-stów

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See first passage under gemót-hús. a place where a law-court is held Hé hæfde áne gemótstówe gecweden ymb sume neódþearfe þæs mynstres erat pro utilitate monasterii causa constituta, Gr. D. 21, l

of-gán

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Add Nú mé is mín ágen ætwiten swilce ic hit hæbbe forstolen, and man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde, Hml. S. 23, 600. Add Ábæd Ósgár abbud æt Ælfhere ealdormenn ꝥ hé móste ofgán ꝥ land æt him mid sceatte.

ribb

(n.)
Grammar
ribb, es; n.

A rib

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Hæfde fela ribba, Exon. Th. 415, 9; Rä. 33, 8. Rib reáfiaþ réðe wyrmas, 373, 21; Seel. 113. Hwílum cnysseþ ðæt sár on ða rib, Lchdm. ii. 258, 4

up-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
up-weardes, adv.

Upwards

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hæfde his handa upweardes, Blickl. Homl. 227, 16. Hé his handa wæs uppweardes brǽdende wið ðæs heofones manus ad coelum tendons, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 19

Linked entry: uppe-weardes

bísting

(n.)
Grammar
bísting, e; f.

Beestings

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Cúhyrde gebyreð, ꝥ hé hæbbe ealdre cú meolc .vii. niht syððan heó níge cealfod hæfð, and frymetlinge býstinge .xiiii. niht, Ll. Th. i. 438, 19

Linked entry: býsting

fíf

Grammar
fíf, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Add Dó tó þám fífum þe Octƀ hæfð, Angl. viii. 305, 17. the abstract number Gif ꝥ gedæl byð tódǽled þurh seofon ... and þǽr byð án ofer þá seofon oððe twá ..., fífe oððe syxe, Angl. viii. 303, 46

eald-geféra

(n.)
Grammar
eald-geféra, an; m.
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An old comrade Hié hæfdon þrítig cyninga ofslagen heora ágenra ealdgeférena, Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 24

hwirflung

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Ðæt gér byð áwend mid twi six hwyrfolunga, and hyt hæfð twá and fíftig wucan, Angl. viii. 301, 36

Linked entry: hwerflung

ge-swimman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swimman, pp. ge-swummen
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To swim þá hié hæfdon feórðan dǽl þǽre eá geswummen jam quartam fluminis partem natauerant, Nar. 10, 31

ge-þwinglod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þwinglod, part. p.

Compressedfastened up

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Compressed, fastened up Ða Ismaheli hæfdon geþwinglode loccas the Ishmaelites had their hair fastened up[?], Shrn. 38, 5

Linked entry: -þwinglod

geár-gemynd

(n.)
Grammar
geár-gemynd, es; n.
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A yearly commemoration on the anniversary of a person's death Ðis is seó caritas þe Baldwine abbod hæfð geunnon his gebróðrum for Eádwardes sáwle, ꝥ is healf pund æt his geárgemynde tó fisce, Nap. 28. Tó mínon geárgemynde, ib

eneleác

(n.)
Grammar
eneleác, es; n.

An onion cæpe

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An onion; cæpe We hæfdon porleác and eneleác in mentem nobis vĕniunt porri et cæpe, Num. 11, 5

ge-notian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-notian, p. ode; pp. od, ud

To use, consume

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To use, consume Hie hæfdon hiora mete genotudne they had consumed their provisions, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 31

un-rǽdlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rǽdlíc, adj.

Ill-advisedfoolishvain

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Ill-advised, foolish, vain Hié hæfdon plegan and oforgedrync, and dyslíce and unrǽdlíce hálsunga. Blickl. Homl. 99, 21