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ticcen

(n.)
Grammar
ticcen, es; n.
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Buccan wé 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

þrosm

(n.)
Grammar
þrosm, es; m.

smokevapourdarknessa dark spacechautêrem

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Betwux ús and eów is gefæstnod micel ðrosm ( inter uos et nos chaos magnum firmatum est, Lk. 16, 26), Homl. Th. i. 332, 17. in Germ. 398, 230 þrosm glosses chautêrem

un-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gilde, adj.

Not entitled to wergild

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Homo qui aliquem innocentem affliget in via regia, si jaceat, jaceat in ungildan ækere [as the technical name of the crime here referred to was forsteal (cf. si in via regia fiat assaltus super aliquem, forestel est, L. H.

Linked entries: or-gilde un-gylde

weorod

(adj.)
Grammar
weorod, werod (-ed); adj.
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Wæter . . . werod on swæcce, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 4. Hwæðer hit bið ðe wered ðe biter ðe wé ðicgaþ, 372, 29: Ex. 15, 25. Weredre mulsae, Hpt. Gl. 413, 40. Þurh weredre pro dulci, 462, 66.

witig

(adj.)
Grammar
witig, wittig; adj.

having knowledgewisdomsensesagaciouswisein one's witsin one's right mind

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Th. 242, 30; Dan. 427. in one's wits, in one's right mind Wearð his suna wittig, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 428

Linked entry: wittig

ymb-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-þanc, es; m. n. : -þanca, an; m.
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Homl. 183, 12

á-feormian

(v.)
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Horu þú áfeormige, 23, 21. ꝥ wé áfeormian ( purgemus ) ꝥ werste, 14, 15. Áfeormudre yfelnysse expurgata malitia , An. Ox. 40, 24. Synna þe beóð þurh þæt fýr áfeormode, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 14

a-fligan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fligan, l. á-flígan, -fífan,
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Aflíged mon homo apostata , Kent. Gl. 141. Þæt hý mid þǽm ungemete áflígede ne sýn ( effugentur ), R. Ben. 75, 10. Áflígde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 66. Áflégedo, Rtl. 147, 17. Áflígedum profligatis , An. Ox. 3886

húsel-hálgung

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Add:: holy communion, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper :-- Húselhálgung næs ǽr þám se Hǽlend gehálgode hláf and win tó húsle, Hml. A. 71, 155.

hringan

(v.)
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384, 272. to announce a time by ringing Sý þæs abbodes gýmen þæt mon ealle tída þæs godcundan þeówdómes on rihte tíman hrincge, oþþe hé sylf ǽlce tíd getácnige, oðþe swylcum bréðer þá gýmene betǽce þe ǽlce tíd . . . mid beácne geswytelige nuntianda hora

níten

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Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .XXX. sciłł. . . . myran mid .XX. sciłł. . . . oxan mid .XXX. p̃. cú mid .xxnii. p̃. swýn mid . VIII. p̃, man mid punde, sceáp mid sciłł, gát mid .II. p̃., Ll. Th. i. 356, 1-6.

up-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
up-lendisc, adj.

Uplandishcountry (as opposed to town)ruralrustic

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Ð á arn se ceorl geond ealle ða strǽt hrýmende, Homl. Th. ii. 302, 4-8. Wé wyllaþ ðisne circul ámearkian, ðæt se uplendiscea preóst (cf.

Linked entry: uppe-land

guma

(n.)
Grammar
guma, an; m.

A manvir, homo

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A man; vir, homo Grétte ðá guma óðerne then one man took leave of another, Beo. Th. 1309; B. 652. God ealle cann guman geþancas Dominus novit cogitationes hominum, Ps. Th. 93, 11.

ofer-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-sprǽce, adj.

speaking too much, talkative, loquaciouszungun linguam magniloquumsaying more than is just or true

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Salamon cwæþ, ðæt sélre wǽre tó wunigenne mid león and dracan ðonne mid yfelan wífe and ofersprǽcum, Homl. Th. i. 486, 33. Ða . . . ofersprǽcean multiloquio vacantes, Past. 38, 6; Swt. 277, 3: 38, 1; Swt. 271, 14. [Cf. O. H.

on-sígan

(v.)

of gentle, gradual movement, to sink, decline, descendof violent movement

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Fornumen mid onsígendre ylde with declining years, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 50, 20. of violent movement Gif hí oncneówon ða geniðerunge ðe him onsíhþ, Homl. Th. i. 408, 8.

ge-sinhíwan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sinhíwan, -hígan; pl. m.

Married persons;conjugesconjugaticonjugia

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Ðara háligra gesinhína tíd the holy man and wife's tide, 55, 31. Wit sýn swá swá gesinhína[?] we be as married people, 40, 20. For gesinhíwum pro conjugiis, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 14

hleówþ

(n.)
Grammar
hleówþ, hleóþ, hlíwþ, hlýwþ, e; f.

Shelter, protection, warmth

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Tó neste bǽron heora briddum tó hleówþe bore it to their nest to shelter their young, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 23. Foresceáwian bigleofan and hleówþe to provide food and shelter, 462, 18. Hlýwþe, Basil admn. 9; Norm. 52, 23.

Linked entries: hlíwþ hlýwþ

tó-scǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-scǽnan, p. de

To break to pieces

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Ne furðon án bán næfde hé mid óþrum ac tóscǽnede ofer eall lágon and tóworpene geond ða wídan eorban he had not even one bone along with another, but broken to pieces they lay in all directions and flung here and there throughout the wide world, Homl.

ÍDEL

(adj.)
Grammar
ÍDEL, adj.

emptydestitutevoiddevoidvainuselessidleidleunemployed

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It is not a house unless it be filled with a household, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 12.

Linked entries: a-ýdlig ídel

weaxan

(v.)
Grammar
weaxan, weacsan, weahsan, weahxan, wexan, wehsan; ic weaxe; ðú wyxt; hé weaxeþ, weaxþ, weaxt, waexit, weaxst, wexeþ, wexþ, wixt, wihst, wihxþ, wyxþ, wyxt, wyxst, wycxþ; p. weóx, weócs, weóhs, pl. weóxon, weóhson, weóxson ; pp. weaxen

To wax, grow.to grow, be produced,to grow, grow upto grow, increase, wax to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper to be productiveto grow, take shape

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Rixe weaxst on wæterigum stówum, Homl. Th. ii. 402, 9. Wexeþ, Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 9; Rún. 15. of other things, concrete Ðæt land ðǽr ðǽr gold wixt terra, ubi nascitur aurum, Gen. 2, 11. Hwæðer gé nú sécan gold on treówum ? ...