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weaxness

(n.)
Grammar
weaxness, e; f.

Growth, increase, waxing

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Growth, increase, waxing Gyf man méte ðæt his hús timbrie, ðæt byð his weaxnes (cf. 214, 33), Lchdm. iii. 170, 12. Ðonne ðæs sǽes flódes weaxnes biþ quando rheuma oceani in cremento est, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 16.

coorta

(n.)
Grammar
coorta, an; m.

A band of soldierscohort cohors

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A band of soldiers, cohort; cohors He hæfde eahta ond hund-eahtatig coortena [MS. coortana], ðæt we nú truman hátaþ, ðæt wæs, on ðám dagum, fíf hund manna, and án þúsend he had eighty-eight cohorts, which we now call bands, each of which was, in those

orped

(adj.)
Grammar
orped, adj.

Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold

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Swá gedafenaþ esnum ðam orpedan, ðonne gód weorc ongynþ, ðæt ðæt geornlíce beswynce, 324, 17. Orped[n]e, snellne adultum, Hpt. Gl. 485, 25

áþ-swaru

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mid áþsware him tó cwæð, Gr. D. 17, 19. Be áþsware . . . þú ágylst Drihtne áðswara þíne, (juramenta) Scint. 135, 3-5. þurh áþsware per juramentum, Confess. Pecc. 183, 1. Áðsware swór, (jus jurandum) Cant. Zach. 73.

ge-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceaft, -scæft, -sceft, e; f: es; n.

the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an elementcreātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentuma decree, destiny, fate, conditiondestĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtiocreation, creaturedecree of fatecreatura, elementum, habitus, fatum

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He sægde him wereda gesceafte he told him the fates of peoples, Cd. 180; Th. 225, 27; Dan. 160

ge-dihtan

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'Nimað þisne scyldigan . . . ' Þá tugon þone hálgan wer, swá him gediht hæfde, Hml. S. 14, 151-159. to direct what is to be written or spoken, dictate a letter, speech, & c. Seó ealde gesetnys ðe þurh Móysen gedihte, Hml.

hlóþ

(n.)
Grammar
hlóþ, e; f.

spoil, bootya band, troop, company, gang, crew, body of robbersthe crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ

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biþ here, L.

heorde

(n.)
Grammar
heorde, f.

Careguardingcustody

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Care, guarding, custody út wæs gongende tó neáta scýpene ðara heorde him wæs ðære nihte beboden egressus esset ad stabula jumentorum quorum ei custodia nocte illa erat delegata, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 9.

niht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
niht-sang, es; m.

the service at the seventh of the canonical hourscomplinea copy of the service

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ne funde ná má búton áne capitulare and .i. forealdodne nihtsang ... Chart. Th. 430, 8, 28

un-scógan

(v.)
Grammar
un-scógan, un-scógian;

to unshoetake off the shoes

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wæs gelǽded and ungyred and unscód, Shrn. 85, 32. Nyme ðæt wíf his gescý of his fótum, and nemne hine ǽlc man unsceóda ( discalceatus ), Deut. 25, 10. Unsceóde discalciati, Anglia xiii. 416, 735. Unscódum fótum, Wulfst. 170, 16

un-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-síþ, es; m.

an evilill-advised expeditiona mishapmisfortune

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an evil, ill-advised expedition Wearð ofslegen Ecgfridus on his unsíðe, ðá ðá on Peohtum begann tó feohtanne tó dyrstelíce ofer Drihtnes willan (cf.

frec

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mettas him on múð bestingon on swilcum fæstendagum mid fræcere gýfernysse. Hml. Th. ii. 330, 31. Ðǽm frecum ambronibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 33: 4, 69: 1, 23. Add

freógan

(v.)
Grammar
freógan, to free.
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Þys sint þára manna naman ðe man freóde for Ordgár ðá læg on ádle, Cht. E. 255, 7. Mon þá þeówas freóde, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 16.

glædlíce

(adv.)
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Add: with feelings of gladness, cheerfully, joyously Manna gehwylc tó weorðunge his Drihtne dó tó góde þæs þe mæge wordes and dǽde glædlíce ( hilariter ) ǽfre, Ll. Th. i. 424, 22.

heáfod-leás

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Se cwellere slóh þone cniht ꝥ læg heáfodleás, Hml. S. 12, 208 : Hml. A. 113, 369. Þæs bisceopes líc . . . árás and nam his ágen heáfod þe of áheáwen wæs, and eóde forð . . . his Drihten herigende . . .

ord

Grammar
ord, <b>I a.</b>
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[perhaps here rather than under <b>I d</b> belongs Burgwarena ord (applied to Adam), . 56. In v. 35 hell is spoken of as a burh, and the burhwaran are the departed in hell, of whom Adam was the progenitor.]

sǽ-lád

(n.)

a course or way on the sea

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tó gyrnwræce swíðor þohte ðonne tó sǽláde his thoughts were turned rather to vengeance effected by wiles than to taking his way over the sea, 2283; B. 1139

sand-ceosol

(n.)
Grammar
sand-ceosol, es; m.

Sand, gravel

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getimbrode hys hús ofer sandceosel supra arenam, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 26. beóþ gemenigfylde ofer ðære sǽsandceosol they shall be multiplied above the sand of the sea, Homl. Th. ii. 524, 21

winn

(n.)
Grammar
winn, es; n.

labourstrifeconflict

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Lind. 4, 38. strife, conflict ongan him winn up áhebban wið ðone héhstan heofones wealdend, Cd. Th. 17, 14; Gen. 259

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basing

A mantle

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Helias lét áfeallan his basincg, Hml. S. 18, 290. gemétton ðǽra drýmanna basingas, Hml. Th. ii. 488, 24