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cáfer-tún

(n.)
Grammar
cáfer-tún, es; m.
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Seó fǽmne geneálǽhte ðam cáfertúne ðyses húses the maiden came nigh the court of this house, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 36: 5, 2 ; S. 615, 2: Ps. Lamb. 95, 9.

Linked entry: ceafer-tún

cyning-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
cyning-feorm, cyninges feorm, e; f. [feorm food, support]

Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household regis firma

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Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household; regis firma Ic heó gefreóge écelíce ðæs gafoles, ðe hió nú get to cyninges handa ageofan sceolan of ðam dǽle ðe ðǽr ungefreód to láfe wæs ðære, cyningfeorme, ge on hlutrum alaþ, ge on beóre, ge on hunige

un-forwandodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forwandodlíce, adv.

without swervingdirectlyunexpectedlysuddenlywith a disregard of fearunhesitatinglyfreelyfearlesslyrashlyrecklesslyinconsideratelyheedlessly

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Ðǽr bið dæghwomlíce wóp ... and endeleás cwylming, tó ðam Egeas onet unforwandodlíce, Homl. Th. i. 592, 17

Linked entry: -wandodlíce

éstfulnes

luxurylasciviousness

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Hé mid ealre éstfulnesse (tota devotione) lufað ðæt éce líf, Past. 389, 15: Lch. iii. 442, 12. Uton mid ealre éstfulnysse úres módes ðás freólstíde wurðian, Hml. Th. i. 446, 28. Ic þé þæt mid éstfulnysse sylle id ego tibi devotus dabo, Gr.

ge-leoran

Grammar
ge-leoran, l. ge-leóran,
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and add: of persons, to pass away from this life, die Ne gelióreð ( transibit ) cneóreso ðiós oð ðæt alle ðás geworðe, Mk. L. R. 13, 30. Gelióreð praeteribit, Lk. L. R. 21, 32. Geliórade obiit, Lk. p. 2, 4.

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
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To become famous; clarescere :-- Manige hálige martyras . . . daga gehwylce mǽrsiað and scínaþ (clarescunt) for þám wundrum þe æt heora þám deádum bánum geweorðað. Gr. D. 292, 4.

middel

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and stód on ðára midle he jumped into the mere and stood in the midst of them (the thirty-nine soldiers), Shrn. 62, 10.

tyhtan

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Add Þonne hé cymð hé eów tiht and gewissað tó ealluum ðám ðingum ðe ic eów sǽde ille uos docebit omnia et suggeret uobis omnia quaecumque dixēro nobis, Jn. 14, 26, Hml. Th. i. 298, 3. Hé útlændisce hider in tihte, Chr. 959; P. 115, 12.

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, es; m.

song, singinga singing, chantingsong, poetry,a songa poem

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Ðáðá ðis leóþ ásungen hæfde, ðá forlét hé ðone sang, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 5. Ðǽr ( in heaven ) wé hálgan Gode sang ymb seld secgan sceoldon, Cd. Th. 279, 9; Sat. 235. Gesǽton sigerófe sang áhófon lifted up their voices in song, Elen.

Linked entry: song

un-þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þríste, adj.

Timiddiffidentfaint-hearted

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Timid, diffident, faint-hearted Ða unmódgan and ða unðrístan ( pusillanimes ) ... Ða lytelmódan and ða unðrístan, ðonne hió ongietaþ hiera unbældo and hiera unmiehte, hié weorðaþ oft ormóde, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 5-8. Ða unðriéstan (-ðrístan, Cott.

of

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Add Godes gást him wæs on wunigende ǽfre of ðám dæge, Hml. Th. ii. 64, 14. add Swelce hé plantige treówu, and ceorfe of ðá wyrtruman, Past. 449, 33. Þonne seó sául of biþ, Bl. H. 57, 35 : 111, 32. Fleót ꝥ fám of, Lch. ii. 104, 20.

cnáwlǽcung

(n.)
Grammar
cnáwlǽcung, e; f.
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Acknowledgement Alle ðá gerihte and ðá cnáwelácinge ðá tó mé bilimpaddon, C. D. iv. 193, 14

wæccan

(v.)
Grammar
wæccan, p. wæhte

To watchwake

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Hé wæccende ða niht on hálgum gebedum áwunode, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 34, 14. Of scondlícum geþóhte ðæs wæccendan (vigilantis) up cymeþ seó bysmrung slǽpendes ... ðæt hé wæccende ðóhte, ðæt hé nó witende áræfnode, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 5-9.

ge-flít

Grammar
ge-flít, l. ge-flit,
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Voc. ii. 81, 25: 18, 27. in a legal sense, a dispute that is to be settled by a judge, a contested case Higa eóde of ðám geflite (cf. Higa wolde him oðflítan ðæt lond, 169, 23), Cht. Th. 174, 2.

leód-sceaða

(n.)
Grammar
leód-sceaða, an; m.

a public enemy

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Æt ðam leódsceaðan hreddan to save from the devil, Exon, 11 b; Th. 17, 20; Cri. 273. Ic ðam leódscaðan [Grendel] hondleán forgeald, Beo. Th. 4193; B. 2093. Hearmcwide láðra leódsceaðena [the Mermedonians who abused St. Matthew], Andr.

méég-gildan

(v.)

to pay part of the wergild for a homicide committed by a kinsman

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to pay part of the wergild for a homicide committed by a kinsman Ne þearf se frigea mid ðam þeówan mǽggieldan (or should this be mǽge gieldan? cf. MS. B. which has mid ðam þeówan men gyldan. But the word is supported by L.

tama

(n.)
Grammar
tama, an; m.

Tameness

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Tameness Ne þearf beorna nán wénan ðære wyrde, ðæt hió ( the lioness ) wel hire taman healde; ac ic tiohhie, ðæt hió ðæs níwan taman náuht ne gehicgge, ac ðone wildan gewunan wille geþencan hire eldrena, Met. 13, 23-28.

æscen

(n.)
Grammar
æscen, f., m. or n.

A (wooden) vessel, pail, bottle

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Of ðám æscene ðe is óðre namon hrygilebúc gecleopad . . . and of ðám óðran æscene, Cht. Th. 439, 25, 29. Man sceal habban trogas, æscena, Angl. ix. 264, 15. Substitute:

on-wealh

(adj.)
Grammar
on-wealh, -walh; adj.

Whole, entiresound, uninjured, uncorruptedwhole, entire

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Ðæt gecyndelíce gewitt biþ anwalg untósliten, Past. 52, 2; Swt. 405, 5. Ða óðre stondaþ on anwalgre hǽlo, Swt. 403, 23. Andswarede ðæt hé on ðyssum hæfde fæstne geleáfan and onwalhne integram se in hoc habere fidem respondebat, Bd. 3, 13; S. 539, 4.

Linked entries: an-wealh -wealg

æcer

field, land of arable landthe crop raised on the landa definite quantity of land, an acre

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Icel. akr crop) :-- Ðá ðá ðæt án corn feóll, ðǽr árás þicce æcer (seges), Gr. D. 240, 3. Ne þolie hé ðára æcra (æcera, v. 1.) Ll. Th. i. 146, 5. a definite quantity of land, an acre.