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ende-rím

(n.)
Grammar
ende-rím, es; n.

The final number, the number ⬩ fīnālis nŭmĕrus

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The final number, the number; fīnālis nŭmĕrus Daga enderím he gesette he set the number of days, Cd. 213; Th. 265, 24; Sat. 12

samode

(n.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
samode, (?)samnode (?)

collected or (?)composed,

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composed, (a poem, boot)] Tala . . . swylce ic nǽfre on eallum ðám fyrngewritum findan ne mihte sóðe samode Salm. Kmbl. 17; Sal. 9.3

ge-rádscipe

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Add: intelligence, understanding Nis ǽnig man þætte þæs gerádscipes swá bereáfod sié, þæt hé andsware ǽnige ne cunne findan on ferhðe, gif hé frugneu bið, Met. 22, 50

ofet

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Hé æt him ofet, and þæt þæt hé on wuda findan mihte, ii. 38, 8. Add

swaþu

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Gl. 510, 57] Hí ne mihton on þám fæte nǽnige swaðe findan þæs bryces, Gr. D. 97, 23

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughout ⬩ mplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

mund-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
mund-bryce, es; m.

a breach of mund ⬩ the fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated

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E. 3; Th. i. 360, 20. the fine paid for the offence to the authority whose mund was violated Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on Wessexan, ðæt is, mundbryce ..., L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 13.

smeá-lic

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Add Hǽbbe ǽfre wynsume wirtúnas ꝥ man mage þǽrof ǽfre tóeácan óðrum þingum sumne smeálicne ést (aliquod pulmentum) findan, Chrd. 15, 37. Cf. smeá-mete

preóst-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-lagu, e ; f.
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Ǽlc preóst finde him .xii. festermen ðæt hé preóstlage wille healdan mid rihte, L. N. P. L. 2 ; Th. ii. 290, 1-16

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On

Linked entries: alh eást-healh hal heal healhiht heal

æl-tæw

(adj.)
Grammar
æl-tæw, -teaw, -teow; comp. re; sup. est; adj.

All good ⬩ excellent ⬩ entire ⬩ sound ⬩ healthful ⬩ perfect ⬩ honest ⬩ omnino bonus ⬩ sanus

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All good, excellent, entire, sound, healthful, perfect, honest; omnino bonus, sanus Fíndest ðú æltæwe hǽlo thou shall find perfect healing. Herb. 1, 29; Lchdm, i. 80, 7; MS. B. Næfþ nó æltæwne ende has no good end, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 29.

Linked entries: æl-tæwlíce æl-teaw

Burgendas

(n.)
Grammar
Burgendas, gen. a; pl. m: Burgendan; pl. m.
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We find them at another period on the east bank of the Oder.

Linked entry: Burgendan

ge-dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dirnan, p. de; pp. ed

To conceal ⬩ keep secret ⬩ cēlāre

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To conceal, keep secret; cēlāre Se ðe forstolen flǽsc findeþ and gedirneþ he who finds stolen flesh and keeps it secret, L. In. 17; Th. i. 114, 2, note 1

BÓSG

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSG, bósig, bósih, es; m? n?

An ox or cow-stall, where the cattle stand all night in winter; a BOOSE, ⬩ præsepium ⬩ a cottage ⬩ a barn ⬩ stabulum, præsepium bovis

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It is now [1874] more generally used for the upper part of the stall where the fodder lies,-They say, 'you will find it in the cow's boose,' that is, in the place for the cow's food; præsepium Of bósge a præsepio, Lk. Rush. War. 13, 15.

scyte-finger

(n.)
Grammar
scyte-finger, es; m.
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In Ethelbert's Laws the fine is only eight shillings, L. Eth. 54; Th. i. 16, 10. Scytefingres, Anglia viii. 326, 28. Euenmicel swá ðú mǽge mid ðínan scitefingre tó ðínum þuman befón, Lchdm. iii. 6, 21.

wund

(adj.)
Grammar
wund, adj.

Wounded

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Gewát him wund hæleð gangan, Fins. Th. 86; Fin. 43. Geddung ðæs wundes parabolam vulnerati, Lk. Skt. p. 6, 19. Wundum dryhtne, heaðosiócum, Beo. Th. 5500; B. 2753. where the place of the wound is given Gif mon bið on eaxle wund (gewunded, v.l.), L.

dynt

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If the bruise be black in a part not covered by clothes, there shall be a fine of thirty scatts. If it be in a part covered by clothes, for each bruise there shall be a fine of twenty scatts, Ll.

ge-endung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-endung, -ændung, e; f.

An end ⬩ finish ⬩ death ⬩ fīnis ⬩ consummātio ⬩ mors

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An end, finish, death; fīnis, consummātio, mors Geendung ealles flǽsces fīnis ūnĭversæ carnis, Gen. 6, 13. Ðonne cymþ seó geendung tunc vĕniet consummātio, Mt. Bos. 24, 14. Óþ ðisre worulde geendunge until the end of this world, Boutr.

Linked entry: ge-ændung

popul

(n.)
Grammar
popul, a poplar (? ; but cf. popylle lolium, Wrt. Voc. i. 234, 2),
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in popul-finig Of ðam ellene tó populfinige; of populfinige tó Lambhyrste, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 219, 8. The second part of the compound occurs again v. 194, 2-3 : 195, 10

heorþa

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Ǽlce geáre tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan (pelles buccinas), Chrd. 48, 26. Add

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