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feoh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
feoh-leás, The word in B. 2441 means
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without wergild, where the slayer did not pay for the slain. Cf. 8. 2465

uppan

(v.)
Grammar
uppan, = yppan in uppende profernes
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Anglia xiii. 423, 836

geán-pæþ

Grammar
geán-pæþ, v. gegn-pæþ in Dict.

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be-cípan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cípan, (-cýpan, q. v. in Dict.)

to sell

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to sell Swá hwæt swá hý heora geswinces becýpaþ, R. Ben. 136, 18. Þú becéptest ł þú sealdest vendidisti, Ps. L. 43, 13. Becýp (vende) eall þæt þú áhst, Mt. 19, 21: Scint. 59, 1. Gif man hwæt becýpan scyle . . . Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing

Linked entry: be-cýpan

be-clipian

(v.)
Grammar
be-clipian, (-clypian, q. v. in Dict.)

to challenge

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to challenge Gif Englisc man beclypað ǽnigne Frænciscne mann tó orneste, Ll. Th. i. 489, 5, 10, 12, 21. Gif se Englisca ne durre hine tó orneste beclypian, 24

be-dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dirnan, (-dyrnan, q. v. in Dict.)

to conceal

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to conceal Se hord þe þú oþ nú bedyrndest, Hml. S. 23, 662. Berníþan, bedyrnan dissimulare, i. occultare (desiderium ), An. Ox. 983. Hí synd nú bedyrnde ꝥ hí nán man ne mæg gefindan, Hml. S. 23, 290. ¶to conceal from (dat.):-- Wé willað ðæt andgit eów

Linked entry: be-dyrnan

-lendisc

(suffix)
Grammar
-lendisc, v. dún-, eówer-, in-, up-, úre-, út-lendisc.

Linked entry: -lændisc

ge-brengnis

(n.)
Grammar
ge-brengnis, an offering (?). v. brengnes in Dict. In Mk. L. 12, 44 the word glosses
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victus, but the passage refers to an offering

stole

(n.)
Grammar
stole, an ; f. : stol, es ; n. (in Northern specimens)
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Geonga in stolum (stollum, Rush.) ł on ofer*-*slopum ambulare in stolis, 20, 46 : Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 38

híw-rǽden

Grammar
híw-rǽden, In
  • Ps. L.
the word is neuter

a family ⬩ a house ⬩ a house ⬩ family ⬩ tribe ⬩ nation

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On útgange híwrǽdenes Jacóbe in exitu domus Jacob, Ps. L. 113, 1. Án esne of Leuies híwrǽdene vir de domo Levi, Ex. 2, 1. Ealle hýwrǽdena þeóda universae familiae gentium, Ps. L. 21, 28

gicþa

(n.)
Grammar
gicþa, hiccup. In Lch. ii. 4, 27 perhaps gicþan
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In the article to which the passage refers the disease spoken of is called geoxa

bróh-þreá

(n.)
Grammar
bróh-þreá, m. f. n. indecl. but in dat. and inst. pl. [bróh = bróg
terror
, þreá
calamitas
]

terror ⬩ calamitas ⬩ Terrific calamity ⬩ calamitas terroris plena

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Terrific calamity; calamitas terroris plena Ðæt bróhþreá Cananéa wearþ cynne getenge the terrific calamity was grievous to the Canaanites' race, Cd. 86; Th. 108, 29; Gen. 1813

tynder

(n.)
Grammar
tynder, e; tyndren (-in), e (?); tyndre, an; f.
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Tyndrin, tyndirm (-in?) isca (=esca fomes, Migue; cf. Span, yesca tinder ), Txts. 72, 562. Tyndre isica, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 21: isca, ii. 45, 74: fomentam (-um?), 40, 7. Tyndre gódes cynnes fomentum bone indolis, Scint. 206, 17.

Linked entries: tender tyndre

ilca

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ilca, pron. [occurs in the weak declension only].

The same

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[Ilk is used as late as the time of Chaucer, and remains yet in the phrase 'of that ilk'; but its place was gradually occupied by same (the Icelandic sami))]

git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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Giet tó dæge usque in hodiernum diem, 5, 2; S. 216, 3.

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

With ⬩ in conjunction with ⬩ in company with, along with ⬩ among ⬩ apud ⬩ penes ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ seeing that ⬩ cum

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Krnbl. 1828; An. 916. with the idea of joint action or companionship, in conjunction with, in company with, along with, Grammar MID, with dat. or inst. Ic sang úhtsang mid gebróðrum cantavi nocturnam cum fratribus, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 25.

Linked entry: mið

FYRHTO

(n.)
Grammar
FYRHTO, indecl. in sing, fyrhtu, e; f.

Fear ⬩ FRIGHT ⬩ dread ⬩ terror ⬩ trembling ⬩ tĭmor ⬩ păvor ⬩ formīdo ⬩ terror ⬩ trĕmor

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On mínre fyrhto in păvōre meo, 30, 25. Geblissiaþ him on fyrhto [fyrhtu, Lamb.] exultāte ei in trĕmōre, Ps. Spl. 2, 11.

Linked entry: ferht

clufe

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
clufe, Clufe ? f. pl. in e; clufeht, clufiht; adj.

An ear of corn ⬩ a clove of garlic ⬩ A clove ⬩ the bulb ⬩ tuber of a plant ⬩ spica ⬩ Bulbed ⬩ bulbosus

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An ear of corn, a clove of garlic; A clove, the bulb or tuber of a plant;spica, Som. Ben. Lye.Glos. of Lchdm. ii. Twá clufe two cloves, L. M. 3, 41; Lchdm. ii. 336, 3. Garleaces iii clufe three cloves of garlic, 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 350, 8. Bulbed; bulbosus

hyrne

Grammar
hyrne, in l. 6 for norð hyrnan l. norðhyrnan,
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. ¶ in a local name :-- Oð Doddinghyrnan, C. D. i. l, 16. [In the following perhaps þyrnan should be read for hyrnan :-- On ðá brémbelhyrnan; of ðǽre hyrnan, C. D. v. 112, 30.]

þencan

Grammar
þencan, in the following passage seems an error
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Sum on bǽle sceal brondas þencan (Thorpe would read þeccan; Grein suggests sumne on bǽle sceal brond áswencan. Cf. ge-swencan), Exon. Th. 329, 33; Vy. 43

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