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ceáp-strǽt

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Þæs hagan gemǽre ... æt Wintanceastre líð ... norð on þá ceápstrǽt, þonne eást andlanges þǽre ceápstrǽte, C. D. B. ii. 305, 22-26. v. cýp-strǽt in Dict. Add

Crecgan ford

(n.)
Grammar
Crecgan ford, Creccan ford, es; m. [
  • Hunt.
Creganford: the ford of the river Cray]

CRAYFORD, Kent loci nomen in agro Cantiano

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CRAYFORD, Kent; loci nomen in agro Cantiano Hér Hengest and Æsc fuhton wið Brettas in ðære stówe ðe is gecweden Crecgan ford in this year [A.

bregdan

(v.)

to pluckpulldrawdragto bindknotto changeto changeto movebe pulledto flash

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Ne bréde gé ðá stengeas of ðǽm hringum, Past. 172, 10. to move quickly to and fro Brǽd ꝥ heáfod hider and geond ofer ꝥ fýr, Lch. ii. 38, 3. to bind, knot Þá brúdon hig rápas on hyre hancla and on hyre fét.

riht

(n.)
Grammar
riht, es n.

that which is straight or erect, a plumb line that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justicewhat properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due what is due from a person, duty what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth an account, a reckoning;ratio, mostly in such phrases as - riht ágildan - to render an account

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Ne eart ðú fullfremedlíce ne on riht gefullad non es perfecte baptizatus, 5, 6; S. 620, 6.

eall

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Þæt gé forwurðað mid ealle quod omnino dispereas, Deut. 8, 19. along with noun governed by mid, and all Forwearð lǽs þonne .xx. scipa mid monnum mid ealle, Chr. 897; P. 90, 20. Áwurpan út þæt fæt mid ele mid ealle, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 27: 304, 29.

bénsian

(v.)
Grammar
bénsian, part. ende; p. ode; pp. od [bén a prayer, sian or sigan to fall down]

To fall down in prayerto prayentreat in prayersupplicaredeprecariorare

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He wæs bénsiende ða uplícan árfæstnesse mínra gesynta supplicans erat supernæ pietati pro sospitate mea 5, 6; S. 619, 35 : 3, 12; S. 537, note 20

Linked entry: ge-bénsian

eorcnan-stán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
eorcnan-stán, eorcan-stán, eorclan-stán, earcnan-stán, es; m.

A precious stone, pearl, topaz lăpis prĕtiosus, gemmatŏpāzion = τοπάζιον, τόπαζος

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Th. 2420, note; B. 1208

frig-man

(n.)
Grammar
frig-man, -mann, es; m.

A freemanhŏmo līber

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S. 45; Th. i. 402, 12, note 28: 47; Th. i. 402, 21. Gif frigman fréum stelþ if a freeman steal from a freeman, L. Ethb. 9; Th. i. 6, 2

fullwiht

(n.)
Grammar
fullwiht, es; n.

Baptismbaptismus

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Baptism; baptismus Hú hí hine bǽdan fullwihtes bæþes how they had asked him for a font of baptism, Ors. 6, 34; Bos. 130, 30: Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, note 10: Andr. Kmbl. 3279; An. 1642. Mid ðý fullwihte with baptism, Exon. 121 b; Th. 467, 9; Hö. 136

lús

(n.)
Grammar
lús, f.

A louse

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Hine byton lýs, Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 30. Hé áfylde eal heora land mid froggon, and siððan mid gnættum, eft mid hundes lúsum, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 21

on-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-geagn, -gegen, -gægn, -gegn, -geán, -gán, -geǽn, -gén.

opposite, over against, againsttowards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way ofagainstagainst, for the reception of, to receivein reply toin return for, as an equivalent for opposite, over againstagainst, in a direction opposite toagainst, with, contrary to, in opposition toin reply toas an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange foragainst, ready fortowardsoppositeagain, backLat re-in replytowardson the other handagain

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Úre Álýsend ne elcode ná ongeán ðone deáþ ac hé hine oferswíðde Enoch and Elias delay to meet death, and do not at all avoid it . . . Our Redeemer did not delay to meet death, but he overcame it, Homl. Th. i. 308, 2-8.

Linked entries: a-gén a-gén on-gegen

Baðan

(n.; prep.)
Grammar
Baðan, [dat. pl. of bæþ a bath, q. v.], Baðan-ceaster; g. -ceastre; acc. -ceastre, -ceaster; f.

The city of Bath, SomersetshireBathoniæ urbs a balneis dicta, in agro Somersetensi

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Dipl. 170; A.D. 796; Kmbl. i. 207, 5, at the Baths, or, as we now say, at Bath or Bath [v. æt, prep. I. 3, before names of places]; apud balneas, vel apud Bathoniam, vel apud urbem Bathoniæ. Æt Baðan, Chr. 1106; Erl. 241, 1. On Baðan, Th. Diplm.

ERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
ERIAN, erigan, erigean, to erianne, eríganne, erigenne; part, erigende; p. ede; pp. ed; v. a.

To plough, EAR iărāre

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Ðǽr yrþling ne eraþ where husbandman ploughs not, i. 464, 25. Ðæt lytle ðæt he erede, he erede mid horsan the little that he ploughed, he ploughed with horses. Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 31. Era mid ðínum oxan plough with thine ox. Prov. Kmbl. 67.

Linked entry: ærian

fægnian

(v.)
Grammar
fægnian, fægenian, fagnian, fagenian, fahnian; p. ode; pp. od [fægen, fægn glad, joyful]

To rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud, to be delighted with, to wish forgaudēre, jubĭlāre, lætāri, exultāre, plaudĕre, appĕtĕre

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To rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud, to be delighted with, to wish for; gaudēre, jubĭlāre, lætāri, exultāre, plaudĕre, appĕtĕre Ne sceal he tó ungemetlíce fægnian ðæs folces worda he ought not to rejoice immoderately at the people's words, Bt. 30, 1;

FLET

(n.)
Grammar
FLET, flett, es; n.

the groundfloor of a houseārĕaa dwellinghabitationhousecottagehallhăbĭtātiodŏmuscăsaaula

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the ground, floor of a house; ārĕa Ne cume on bedde, ac licge on flette let him not come into a bed, but lie on a floor, L. P. M. 2; Th. ii. 286, 21. Heó on flet gecrong she sank on the ground, Beo.

Linked entries: fled flett

land-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
land-hláford, es; m.

a land-lord

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Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 18. the lord of a country Hú stíðe se landhláford spræc wið hig, and hig cwǽdon se landhláford wénde ðæt wé wǽron sceáweras locutus est nobis dominus terræ dure et putavit nos exploratores esse, Gen. 42, 30

Linked entry: hláford

mán-full

(adj.)
Grammar
mán-full, adj.

Evilwickedflagitiousproducing an evil effectdire

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Ðonne ús mánfulle menn onginnaþ cum insurgerent homines in nos, Ps. Th. 123, 2; Andr. Kmbl. 359; An. 180. Mánfulre wurte dirorum (nefandorum) graminum, Hpt. Gl. 450, 9. Sodoman and Gomorran ðæra mánfulra þeóda, Gen. 14, 10: Andr.

grǽdig

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽdig, adj.
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Ðá getímode swá dé þ ðam grǽdigan fisce ðe gesihþ ðæt ǽs and ne gesihþ ðone angel ðe on ðam ǽse sticaþ then it befel as it does to the greedy fish that sees the bait but sees not the hook which sticks in the bait, Homl. Th. i. 216, 10.

Linked entry: grédig

ge-dafenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dafenian, -dafnian, -dæfnia; p. ode; pp. od

To be becoming or fitto behovedecereconvĕnīreit behovesit is becoming or fitoughtdĕcetoportet

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Gedæfnad is ús decet nos, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 15

ge-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lang, -long; adj.

Alongbelongingdependingconsequent

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Nis me wiht æt eów leófes gelong I am not dependent upon you for anything dear, Exon. 37 a; Th. 121, 5; Gú. 284 : 115 b; Th. 444, 11; Kl. 45. Ðæt wæs swíðor on ðam gelang that was rather owing to this reason, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 94, 35.

Linked entries: -lang ge-lenge ge-long