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þǽr-ábútan

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-ábútan, adv.

Thereabout ⬩ about that place

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Thereabout, about that place On Antiochian byrig and ðǽrábútan gehwǽr, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 595. Tó ðám ðe ðárábútan (-onbútan, MS. A.) stódon circumstantibus, Mk. Skt. 14, 69

Linked entry: á-bútan

sealticge

(n.)
Grammar
sealticge, an; f.

A dancer

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A dancer Hét Herodes ðæt heáfod beran on disce and sellan ánre sealticgan (the daughter of Herodias who danced before Herod) hire plegan tó méde, Shrn. 123, 2

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grafet

(n.)
Grammar
grafet, es; n.
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A trench[?] On ðæt lange grauet of ðam lange grafette, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 193, 33: 195, 5, 7. Leo takes the word as a diminutive of 'gráf.'

ge-ecgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ecgan, p. ge-egede

To harrow

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To harrow Se lyðra þe ǽgðer ge sǽwð ge lasor ge coccul on manna æceron, and syððan hit grymlíce geegð mid sace and wrace, Angl. viii. 300, 25

Linked entry: ecgan

á-teorodness

(n.)
Grammar
á-teorodness, á-teorodnessee; f.

Exhaustion ⬩ coming to an end

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Exhaustion, coming to an end Þá hálgan scínað and on þǽre beorhtnysse hí beóð ǽfre wunigende búton áteorodnysse (the brightness will never be exhausted), Hml. A. 44, 495

bed-streáw

(n.)
Grammar
bed-streáw, es; n.

Straw used for bedding

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Straw used for bedding Of his bedstréwe man band on ánne wódne; þá gewát se deófol him of, Hml. S. 31, 572. (Cf. streáw tó his beddinga,) 849

syndig

(adj.)
Grammar
syndig, adj.

Skilled in swimming

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Skilled in swimming (?) Sum byþ rynig; . . . sum on londe snel, féðe spédig; sum fealone wǽg stefnan steóreþ . . . ; sum biþ syndig, Exon. Th. 296, 28; Crä. 58. v., cf

Linked entry: sund

standan

(v.)
Grammar
standan, p. stód, pl. stódon; pp. standen
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To stand. of attitude, of persons Ðonne gé standaþ eów tó gebiddenne, Mk. Skt. 11, 25. Stand ofer ðone man, Lchdm. ii. 104, 10. Stande on heáfde, 154, 2. Ða ðe beóþ mid hiora ágnum byrðennum ofðrycte, ðæt hié ne mágon standan, Past. 7; S. 50, 25. of

Linked entries: for-stent stondan

BEÁM

(n.)
Grammar
BEÁM, es; m.

a tree ⬩ arbor ⬩ the tree ⬩ cross ⬩ patibulum ⬩ crux ⬩ a column ⬩ pillar ⬩ columna ⬩ wood ⬩ a ship ⬩ lignum ⬩ navis ⬩ a BEAM ⬩ splint ⬩ post ⬩ a stock of a tree ⬩ trabs ⬩ stipes ⬩ A ray of light ⬩ a sun-BEAM ⬩ radius ⬩ a trumpet ⬩ tuba

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a tree; arbor Se beám bude wyrda geþingu the tree boded the councils of the fates, Cd. 202; Th. 250, 11; Dan. 545 : 23; Th. 30, 18; Gen. 468 : 24; Th. 31, 1; Gen. 478. On ðæs beámes blédum on the branches of the tree, 200; Th. 248, 4 ; Dan. 508 : Exon

Linked entries: Beám-dún wudu beóm

for-hæfednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-hæfednes, -hæfdnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Restraint ⬩ continence ⬩ abstinence ⬩ contĭnentia ⬩ abstĭnentia

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Restraint, continence, abstinence; contĭnentia, abstĭnentia Forhæfednyss [MS. -hefednyss] abstĭnentia, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 45, 7. He hæfde swýðe mycle geornnysse sibbe and sóþre lufan and forhæfdnesse and eádmódnysse stŭdium vĭdēlĭcet pācis et cārĭtātis

hete-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
hete-líce, adv.

Fiercely ⬩ violently ⬩ vehemently

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Fiercely, violently, vehemently Hetelíce mordicus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 5. Hine hetelíce swung [cf. Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 13 mid grimmum swingum swong] scourged him vehemently, Chr. 616; Erl. 23, 3. Ús Godes yrre hetelíce on sitt, God's anger presses on

munt

(n.)
Grammar
munt, es; m. [from Lat. mons]

A mount ⬩ hill ⬩ mountain

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A mount, hill, mountain Munt mons, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 4. Wæs se munt Garganas bifigende, Homl. Th. i. 504, 28. Tó Oliuetes muntes nyðerstige, Lk. Skt. 19, 37. Ofer ðæs muntes cnæpp, 4, 29: Ex. 19, 20. Ne mæg hús on munte lange gelǽstan, Bt. Met. Fox 7,

un-rihtwísness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rihtwísness, e; f.

Unrighteousness ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice

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Unrighteousness, iniquity, injustice Nis nán unrihtwísnys ( injustitia ) on him, Jn. Skt. 7, 18. Unryhtwísnys ( iniquitas ) ríxaþ, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 12. Unrihtwísnys, Ps. Spl. 7, 3: 35, 3. Ðonne hwæm hwæt cymþ máre ðonne ðé þincþ ðæt hé wyrþe sié, ne biþ

Linked entry: rihtwís-ness

castel

(n.)
Grammar
castel, (-ell), es; m.
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a castle Þá Frencyscan þe on þan castelle wǽron, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 13. Sume tó Pentecostes castele, sume tó Ródbertes castele, P. 181, 5. Æt ǽlcan castelle, 1075; P. 210, 25. His wíf wæs innan þám castele, and hine heóld swá lang ꝥ man hire grið sealde

cræt

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Add: pl. gen. crætena, cratwa Craet carcura (=carruca ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 62. Cræt carruca, 13, 20. Ðá stód þǽre sunnan cræt mid feówer horsum of golde ágoten . . . ; on óðre healfe stód ðæs mónan cræt of seolfre ágoten and ðá oxan ðǽrto, Hml. Th.

earm-sceapen

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Substitute: Miserable, wretched. suffering misfortune, hardship, &c. Gewát þá earmsceapen ( Nebuchadnezzar ) eft síðian, nacod nýdgenga, wundorlic wræcca tó mancynne, Dan. 632. Ne mihte earmsceapen ( the youth about to be eaten by the cannibals

fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, fiht-wíte (fihte-, fyht-, fyhte-), es; n.
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Substitute: the fine paid to the crown for fighting (and slaying); cf. Ll. Th. i. 66, 7: 106, 1 Gif man ofslægen weorðe . . . on .xxi. nihtan gylde man þá manbóte, þæs on .xxi. nihtan ꝥ fyhtwíte (fyhto-, v. l.), Ll. Th. i. 174, 28. Be fyhtwíte and manbóte

folc-gefeoht

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Add: a war carried on by the forces of one people with those of another Gif man ofsleá óþerne on folcgefeohte (folces gefeohte, v.l.) si quis alium in Bello publico (cf. in publico bello cum rege, 24, ii: cf. also p. 5, § 17) Occiderit, Ll. Th. ii. 150

heáh-setl

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Add: a seat of honour 'Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum þonne ðú on healle heálic biscop sitte.' Ðá cwæð hé þæt hé wurðe nǽre ðæs heáhsetles, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 30. an official seat, of a king, a throne On héghseðel Godes in throno Dei, Mt. L. 23,

huntaþ

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Add: hunting, the chase Bið gód huntoð on þám mónþe, Lch, iii. 182, Se cyng, for þan hé of huntaþe (-oþe, v. l.) cóm ( uenerat enim de uenatu), gestód æt þám fýre and hine wyrmde, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 258, 17 : Gen. 27, 30. Hé férde út on huntað mid eallum