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land-efne

(n.)
Grammar
land-efne, es; n.
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Amount of landed property Se cyng lét tóscyfton þone here geond eall þis land tó his mannon, and hí fǽddon þone here ǽlc be his landefne, Chr. 1085 ; P. 216, 3

Linked entry: efne

lifer-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
lifer-seóc, adj.
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Having the liver diseased Gif se lifersióca mon blódes tó fela hæbbe, Lch. ii. 210, 7. Wyrce mon tó drencum liferseócum mannum, 212, 24. Heó liferseócum wel fremað, i. 236, 13

heáge

(adv.)
Grammar
heáge, adv.

High

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High Heáge flíhþ se earn sublime volat aquila, Ælfc. Gr. 41, 16. Beheald ðás sunnan hú heáge heó ástíhþ behold this sun, how high it mounts, Homl. Th. i. 286, 31

Linked entry: heáh

healseta

(n.)
Grammar
healseta, an; m.
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Se ealdormon rád þurh sumne wudu ðú rǽsde án næddre of holum treowe æt ðam healsetan him on ðone bósm and hyne tóslát ðæt hé wæs sóna deád, Shrn. 144, 27

on-tíned

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
on-tíned, (-tímed ?)

well-supplied

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Gif ðí .x. dæge sunne scýneþ, ðonne byþ and ealle æá mid fixum ontíned, Lchdm. iii. 166, 13

Linked entry: -tíned

spann

(n.)
Grammar
spann, e; f.

A spancubitusa span

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Wæs se líchoma sponne lengra ðære ðrýh invenerunt corpus mensura palmi longius esse sarcofago, Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 5

Linked entry: sponn

spiwol

(adj.)
Grammar
spiwol, adj.

Emetic, causing vomiting

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Drince se man spiwolne drenc, 216, 11. Speowolne drenc, 216, 16. Mid wyrtdrencum útyrnendum oþþe spiwlum oþþe migolum, 82, 17. ¨

Linked entry: spiwel

GIM

(n.)
Grammar
GIM, gimm, gym, gymm; gen. gimmes; m.

GEMjewelgemmaused metaphorically of the eye, the sun, stars, etc.

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Seó gesomnung ðara deórwyrþra gimma the collection of the precious gems, Blickl. Homl. 99, 28. Se ðe wæs gescríd mid golde and mid gimmum he that was clad with gold and with gems, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 3: Cd. 227; Th. 305, 20; Sat. 649.

Linked entries: giem gym

eáre

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Icel. eyra a handle on a pot, see N. E. D. ear, ll. 8, and next word

bryne

(n.)
Grammar
bryne, byrne, es; m.

to burnA burning, fire, flame, heatustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor

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Mid ðý me of sweoran forþlifaþ seó reádnes and bryne ðæs swyles dum mihi de collo rubor tumoris ardorque promineat, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 31: Exon. 32a; Th. 101, 22; Cri. 1662.

Linked entry: byrne

þeóden

(n.)
Grammar
þeóden, es; m.
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Se drihten, se ðe deáð for ús geþrowode, þeóden engla, Cd. Th. 306, 19; Sat. 666: Elen. Kmbl. 971; El. 487

ge-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþ, es; m. [cf. ge-féra]

A companionfellowcompanion or follower of a chief or kingsociuscomes

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Se gesíþ gelaðede ðone cyning to his háme rex, rogatus a comite, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553. 29. Him se gesíþ fultumade and ealle ða neáhmenn juvante cŏmĭte ac vicīnis omnĭbus, 4, 4; S. 571, 14.

Linked entries: ge-sóð ge-síþman

ge-byrd

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Þonne seó wamb bið hátre gebyrdo and gecyndo, Lch. ii. 220, 16.

reáfian

(v.)
Grammar
reáfian, p. ode.
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Se snáw gebryceþ burga geatu, reáfaþ swíðor mycle ðonne se swíðra níð, Salm. Kmbl. 65; Sal. 307. Reáfiaþ hine ( the vineyard ) ealle ða farende, Ps. Spl. 79, 13 : Blickl. Gl.

þrǽl

(n.)
Grammar
þrǽl, es; m.
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sende óðerne ðrael, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 4. Gif Englisc man Deniscne þrǽl ofsleá, gylde hine mid punde, and se Denisca Engliscne eal swá, gif hé hine ofsleá, L. Eth. ii. 5; Th. i. 286, 24.

under-niman

(v.)
Grammar
under-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take surreptitiouslyto stealto take into the mindreceive what is said, taughtto take upon one's selfto blameresent

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Man mæg swíðe eáðe witan, se ðe hit underniman wile, ðæt hit riht nis..., Wulfst. 305, 1: Homl. Ass. 26, 53. [Hire fader hefde iset hire to lare and heo undernom (-ueng, MS.

Linked entry: under-fón

ǽne

a first time once, at any time once, at some former time at once

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S. 1, 141. as multiplier :--- Ǽne seofon beóð seofon Angl. viii. 304, 28. with ordinal force, a first time Ðá wæs se deófol ǽne oferswíðed. . . . Ðá wæs se deófol óðere síðe oferswíðed, Hml. Th. i. 168, 35-170, 31.

CNYSSAN

(v.)
Grammar
CNYSSAN, cnysan; part. cnyssende; p. cnyssede, cnysede, cnysde, cnyste; pp. cnyssed

To presstroubletossstrikedashbeatovercome; premeretribularepulsarecontunderevincere

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Ne se hearda forst cnyseþ ǽnigne the hard frost strikes not any Exon. 56b; Th. 201, 21; Ph. 59. He cnyste Petres sídan he struck Peter's side Homl. Th. ii. 382, 7.

Linked entries: a-cnyssan cnyss

under-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
under-bæc, adv.

backwardsbackbehindback

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Th. ii. 300, 15. marking retreat, where there is motion of a person in the direction to which his back has been turned, back Diabolo non dicitur: 'Uade retro me,' sed: 'Uade retro' ... Crist cwæð tó ðam deófle: 'Gá ðú underbæc.'

Linked entry: BÆC

dihtan

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On þá wísan þe se abbod dyht (diht, v. l.) prout abba disposuerit, R. Ben. 125, 10. Wé andbidodon ðín þæt þú ús þæs mynstres gebytlu dihtan ( disponere ) sceoldest, Hml. Th. ii. 172, 23.