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feówertig

alone

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Þǽr wǽron twá hund and eahta and feówertig wera and nigon and feówertig wífa, Bl. H. 239, 14. the forty days of Lent On þám þrím feówertigum per tres quadragesimas, Ll.

ge-lettan

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wearð þurh weder gelet, Chr. 1097; P. 233, 17. Hé him swá gelettum and swá genýddum hwæthugu getǽse gedyde ei commodum coacto renitentique dedit, Gr. D. 39, 26.

hwón

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R. 8, 7. of quantity, a little, alone Ádó ꝥ pic of, súpe hwón wearm, Lch. ii. 318, 5. Dó on breówende wyrt, hwón, 332, 22. with gen. Dó hwó;n sealtes tó, Lch. ii. 78, 2. Hwón berenes melwes, 322, 27.

wín-geard

(n.)
Grammar
wín-geard, -eard, es; m.

a vineyarda place where vines growthe vines growing in such a placevineaa place where other plants than vines grow a vinevitisvinea

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Se gesibsuma wer byð ðam wínearde gelíc ðe byrð góde wæstmas, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 24. Ðú út álǽddest wíngeard (vineam)... and his wyrtruman settest, Ps. Th. 79, 8. Ic geseah wíneard (vitem), on ðam wǽron þreó clystru, Gen. 40, 9.

hǽlu

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</b> that which produces spiritual health or well-being :-- Is wel gecueden ðætte ðæt flǽsclice líf sié ðǽre heortan hǽlo vita carnium sanitas cordis, Past. 235, 22.

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Ðú on sǽlum wes, 2345 ; B. 1170. Wesan him on wynne, Cd. Th. 23, 29 ; Gen. 367.

ród

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On súga róde; andlang róde on huntena weg, iii. 48, 10. Eást on ðá ealdan róde; andlang róde on dá ealdan mearcebécan, C. D. B. i. 296, 26.

Berhte

(n.)
Grammar
Berhte, an; f.

BerthaBercta

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By the queen's Christian conduct, the heathen predilections of the king were removed, and the way made clear for the preaching of Augustine in 597.

Linked entry: Berþa

FROM

(adj.)
Grammar
FROM, freom; comp. fromra; sup. fromest, frommast; adj.

FIRMstrongstoutboldstrenuousfortisstrēnuusrichabundantexcellentūberabundanspræstans

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Ðæt wǽron frome folctogan those were bold leaders, Andr. Kmbl. 15; An. 8: Elen. Kmbl. 521; El. 261: Ps. Th. 103, 5: Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 25.

Linked entries: fram freom fromnis frum

land-búend

(n.)
Grammar
land-búend, es; m.

husbandmana native

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Lind. 21, 34. an inhabitant of a country, a native, a dweller on earth Hæleþ wǽron irre landbúende the men were angry, the inhabitants of the land, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 36; Jud. 226. Ælda bearn, londbúendra, Exon. 130 b; Th. 500, 23; Rá. 89, 11.

Linked entry: búend

scín-cræft

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scín-cræft, scinn-cræft, es: m.
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&para; In the following the word is glossed as if it were scíncræftiga :-- Scíncræfta hierofhantorum , Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 25: 82, 7: Hpt. Gl. 483, 7

bícnan

(v.)
Grammar
bícnan, (-ian).

signifyindicateportend

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Swylce man bycnige him, ꝥ him sélre wǽre ꝥ hý wunodon on clǽnnysse as if to signify to them, that it were better for them to live in chastity, Ll. Th. ii. 346, 20. Bécnende portendentes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 11. Bécnendo significantia, Rtl. 103, 28

Linked entry: bécnan

crísten-dóm

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For heora crístendóme because they were Christians, Ors. 2, l; S. 62, 28: 2, 4; S. 76, 1. Sé is geútlagod for his crístendóme, Hml. S. 34, 132. Heora crístendóm gehealdan, Ll.

ende-dæg

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Him wearð bám samod án endedæg they died together the same day, Ap. 79. Æfre hé him gehende endedæges wéne let him ever think his last day at hand, Wlfst. 75, 9. Hit nú swíþe neálǽceþ úrum endedæge, Bl. H. 51, 35.

on-stellan

(v.)

to institute, give rise to, set on foot, bring in, be the author of, set (an example)

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Ðá onstealdon ða heretogan ǽrest ðone fleám the leaders were the first to fly, Chr. 993; Erl. 132, 15. Swá hit ( persecution ) Nero onstealde, Ors. 6, 6; Swt. 262, 12. Créca gewinn ðe of Læcedemonia ǽrest onsteled (stæled, MS.

Linked entry: an-stellan

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.
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Gif gód underféngon of Godes handa, hwí ne sceole eác yfel underfón ?, Hml. Th. ii. 452, 31. goodness, virtue, excellence Gif hit gewurþ þæt se anweald becume tó gódum men, hwæt biþ ðǽr lícwyrþe búton his gód, nas ðæs anwealdes?

ge-bróðor

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bróðor, -bróðer, -bróðra, -bróðru, -bróðro

brethrenfratres conjuncti

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Wyt sind gebróðra we two are brethren; nos duo fratres sŭmus. Gen. 13, 8. Gé synt ealle gebrððru omnes vos fratres estis, Mt. Bos. 23, 8: Mk. Bos. 10, 29. Twegen ǽwe gebrððro duo germáni fratres, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 28.

Linked entry: BRÓÐOR

side-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
side-ful, [<b>side-full</b>] ; adj.
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witon ðæt manega sydefulle clericas (many honest clerks) nyton hwæt byþ quadrans, Anglia viii. 306, 27. of dress, sober, modest, decorous Mid háligre drohtnunge and sidefullum gyrlan, Homl. Th. i. 546, 25

sind

(v.)
Grammar
sind, synd, sint, sient, siont, synt, sindon, seondon, siendon, syndon
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are Hig sind strengran ðonne , Num. 13, 32 : Met. 10, 33. Synd, Ps. Th. 21, 26 : Cd. Th. 19, 7 ; Gen. 287. Sint, Num. 13, 17 : Andr. Kmbl. 696 ; An. 348 : Elen. Kmbl. 1484 ; El. 744. Sient (sint, Cott.

ticcen

(n.)
Grammar
ticcen, es; n.
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Buccan offriaþ oððe ticcen, Homl. Th. ii. 210, 32. Ne sealdest ðú mé nǽfre án ticcen (ticgen, Lind.: tycchen, later MS. ), Lk. Skt. 15, 29. Ticcenu beóþ eáðmelte, Lchdm. ii. 196, 24. Bring mé twá ða betstan tyccenu ( hoedos ) . . .

Linked entry: tyccen