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hand-full

(n.)
Grammar
hand-full, e; f.

A handful ⬩ manipulus

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Genim micle twá handfulla take two great handfuls, 69; Lchdm. ii. 356, 12: Herb. 81, 5; Lchdm. i. 184, 19. Berende handfulla heora portantes manipulos suos, Ps. Lamb. 125, 6

cneów-holen

(n.)
Grammar
cneów-holen, cneó-holen, es; m. n?

KNEEHOLM ⬩ knee-hulver ⬩ knee-holly ⬩ butcher's broom; ⬩ ruscum ⬩ victoriola ⬩ ruscus aculeatus ⬩ Lin

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Wyrc to drence twá cneówholen make into a drink the two knee-hollies L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 120, 8

Linked entries: cneó-holen holen

seolfor-hilted

(adj.)
Grammar
seolfor-hilted, adj.
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Silver-hilted Twá seolforhilted sweord, Chart. Th. 544, 4

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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Twá sulung æt Denetúne ( Denton, in Kent ), 380, 32

Linked entry: swulung

eald-hríþer

(n.)
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.ii. ealde hrýðeru, twá ealda rýderu, twá ealda rýðeru, v.ll. ) oþþe .x. weðeras, Ll. Th. i. 146, 17, iiii. aldhryðra, Shrn. 159, 9. v. next word. (?)

Linked entry: hríðer

ge-háda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-háda, an; m.

One of the same state or order ⬩ qui ejusdem stătus vel ordĭnis est

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One of the same state or order; qui ejusdem stătus vel ordĭnis est Mid twám his gehádan with two of his fellow ecclesiastics, L. Eth. ix. 19, 20; Th. i. 344, 14, 16 : L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 12, 15

be-twuh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-twuh, prep. dat. acc.

Between, among ⬩ inter

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Between, among; inter He gewícode betwuh ðǽm twám hergum he encamped between the two armies, Chr. 894; Th. 164, 23, col. 1. He betwuh him wunaþ he dwells among them, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 10: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 8; Met. 29, 4

stregdan

(v.)
Grammar
stregdan, [There are two verbs of this form, a strong and a weak. The conjugation is further complicated by the frequent loss of g, so that forms of the strong verb are found (?) belonging to two classes (cf. bregdan): while in the Northern Gospels strong and weak inflections are combined in the same word. The two verbs are here put together] ; ic stregde, strigde, stréde, hé stregdeþ, strigdeþ, strét; p. (strong) strægd, pl. strugdon and strǽdon (v. strédun, Mk. 11, 8: but the form may be weak = strægdon) : (weak) stregde, strédde, strugde (North.); pp. (strong) strogden : (weak) stregd, stréded, stréd
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To strew, spread, scatter, sprinkle. to strew something Se ðe ne somnigas streigdæs que non congregat, spargit. Mt. Kmbl. 12, 30. Geswerc swé swé eascan strigdeþ (spargit), Ps. Surt. 147, 16. Monige ðæt wæter on ádlige men strédaþ. Bd. 3, 2; S. 524,

Linked entries: strédan strégan

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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It generally appears in the radix before a doubled consonant, as swamm a fungus, wann wan; or two different consonants, as mp, mb, nt, nc, ng, etc.—Camp, lamb, plante, dranc, lang, etc.

plyccan

(v.)
Grammar
plyccan, p. plyhte.
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Ðonne þú setrægel habban wille, þonne plice þú ðíne ágene gewéda mid twám fingrum, tóspréd þíne twá handa and wege hí swylce þú setl gesydian wille, Tech. ii. 122, 17.

Linked entry: plicettan

ge-fetelsod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fetelsod, adj. (ptcpl.).
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Substitute: Belted, provided with a belt Twá sweord gefetelsode, C. D. ii. 380, 28

scrúd

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Soc. 1902, p. 15. add 'Ásend him twá scrúd (vestes mutatorias duplices) and sum pund'. . . 'Genim feówer scrúd (vestimenta) and twá pund,' Hml. Th. i. 400, 19-21. Se gýtsere hæfð ǽnne líchaman and menigfealde scrúd, 66, 1

ge-iht

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-iht, adj.
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Yoked together On twá geiht biiugus, on ðreó geiht triiugus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 289, 2

Linked entry: iht

un-rǽdfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rǽdfæstlíce, adv.

Unadvisedly ⬩ without heeding good counsel

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Unadvisedly, without heeding good counsel Twá geár hé ríxode unrǽdfæstlíce, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 456

Linked entry: rǽdfæstlíce

hors-minte

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For Lye substitute Nim twá mintan, ꝥ is túnminte and horsminte, Lch. iii. 72, 6

æt-gædere

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-gædere, adv. [æt, gædrian = gadrian to gather]

Together ⬩ una ⬩ simul

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Bismærede ungket [ = uncit] men, bá ætgædre they [men] reviled us two, both together. Runic Inscrip. Kmbl. 354, 30

un-wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wíd, adj.
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Not wide, narrow Emne swá mycel swá fram heofenes hrófe is tó þysse eorðan, þonne is leornod on hálgum bócum, þæt sió hel sié swylc twá deóp, and nis ná ðe unwídre (-widdre, v.l.) (cf. seó hell ys twá swá deóp, and heó ys ealswá wíd.

Linked entry: wíd

twǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
twǽde, adj.
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Frs. twéde two thirds, also half; twédnath two thirds.] Cf. twi-dǽl

Linked entry: þridda

stán-gefeall

(n.)
Grammar
stán-gefeall, es; n.
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A mass of fallen stones Twá wíf áhýddon ðone lýchaman under myclum stángefealle, Shrn. 152, 4

cwealmberend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
cwealmberend-lic, adj.
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Pernicious, pestiferous Syndon twá cynn*-*ryno unrótnesse, án hálwendlic and óder cwylmberendlic (cwyldbærendlic, v. l. ), Nap. 15

Linked entry: cwildberend-lic

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