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þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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MS.) má þe be ðǽm óþrum you need not doubt about those creatures any more than about the others, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 18: 34, 1; Fox 134, 15: L. Pen. 7; Th. ii. 280, 5: Homl. Skt. i. 7, 20.

Linked entry: þý

cláþ

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Voc. ii. 57, 37. v. bed-, bord-, eaxl-, flyhte-, fót-, sweor-, wæter-cláþ

ge-wǽtan

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Streámas ... ná him gewǽttan fót þá hí on Iordane gengdan æfter abierunt in sicco flumina, Ps. Th. 104, 36. Strengas gurron, wǽdo gewǽtte, An. 375

clam

(n.)
Grammar
clam, clammes; m. n?

mud, claymalagma, lutuma bandagechain, net, fold, prisonvinculum

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Fox 1, 165; Met. 1, 83: Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 30; Rä. 43, 12. Gebindan ǽrenum clammum to bind with brazen bands, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 28; Dan. 520: Beo. Th. 2675; B. 1335: 1931; B. 963

Linked entries: CLOM helle-clam

húslian

(v.)
Grammar
húslian, p. ode

To housel

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Diaconus mót ðæt folc húsligan, L. Ælfc. C. 16; Th. ii. 348, 14. [Cf. Diaconus mót hláf sillan, L. Ælfc. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 12]. Gif man biþ tó húsligenne, 29; Th. ii. 352, 31

un-wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wéne, adj.

hopelessnot having hope or expectationnot hoped forunexpected

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fond hlingendne, fúsne on forðsíþ, freán unwénne, Exon. Th. 171, 4; Gú. 1121. not hoped for, unexpected Gyf him þince ðæt hé æt forðgewitenum men áhtes onfó, of unwénum ( ex improvise; v. ungewéned) hym cymeþ gestreón, Lchdm. iii, 170, 7.

wrǽc

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽc, e; f.

Vengeance

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This form seems to be implied by later English forms, e. g.

ymb-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.
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to stand about or around Ðis folc ðæt hér ymbstandeþ, Blickl. Homl. 143, 7: Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 42.

bin

(n.)
Grammar
bin, binn.

a basketcofinusa cribmangera stall

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Add: a receptacle for food, a basket; cofinus In binne in cofino, Ps. Srt. 80, 7. Þára hláfgebroca wæs tó láfe twelf binna fulle, Shrn. 48, 32. a crib, manger Ne untígð eówer ǽlc his oxan fram þǽre binne (praesepio) ?, Lk. 13, 15.

firdian

(v.)

march

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Ðá wearð se cyning swá gram ꝥ hé wolde eft in fyrdian, and þone eard fordón, 948; P. 112, 3a. of troops Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn . . . for þan þe hí sceoldon fyrdrian (fyrdian?) swá swá eall folc dyde, Hml. S. 28, ii.

Linked entries: firdrian fyrdrian

sǽta

(n.)

a resident, inhabitant.

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The form occurs only in compounds, and these are for the most part in the plural. There is also beside the weak -sǽtan a strong -sǽte. Similar entries v. Dorn- (Dor-), Dún-, Peác-, Sumor-, Wil-sǽte (-sǽtan).

Linked entry: séta

un-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scyldig, adj.

innocentguiltlessinnocent of a crime, chargeguiltless in relation to (wið) a personinnocentnot accountable for an ill resultnot responsible

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.), Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 4. Sweord besyled on unscyldigun (-scyldgum, Met. 9, 59) blóde, 16, 4; Fox 58, 18. Se ðe unscildigne man belǽwe qui percutiat animam sanguinis imtocentis, Deut. 27, 25.

a-bicgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bicgan, p. -bohte; pp. boht; v. a. [a, bycgan to buy]

To buypay forrecompenseemereredimere

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To buy, pay for, recompense; emere, redimere Gif fríman wið fríes mannes wlf geligeþ, his wérgelde abicge if a freeman lie with a freeman's wife, let him buy her with his wergeld, i. e.price, L. Ethb. 31; Th. i. 10, 7

Linked entry: a-boht

áge

(n.)
Grammar
áge, an; f.

Propertypossessioproprium

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Property; possessio, proprium Ðe he to ágan nyle which he will not have for his property, Cd. 216; Th. 274, 1; Sat. 147. Ðe ðé gedafenode ágan to habbanne quem te conveniebat proprium habere, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 26

Linked entry: ágan

a-gén

(prep.)
Grammar
a-gén, prep. acc.

Againstadversumcontra

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Against; adversum, contra Se ðe nis agén eów, se is for eów qui non est adversum vos, pro vobis est, Mk. Bos. 9, 40. Ðín bróðor hæfþ ǽnig þing agén ðé frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, Mt. Bos. 5, 23

am

amsum

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Chr. 1121; Erl. 39, 23 [vide p. 28, note 3, for the date, A. D. 1121.]

a-ferscean

(v.)
Grammar
a-ferscean, [a, fersc fresh]

To freshento become freshsalsuginem deponere

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To freshen, to become fresh; salsuginem deponere Swá swá of ðære sǽ cymþ ðæt wæter innon ða eorþan and ðǽr afersceaþ thus from the sea the water enters into the earth and then becomes fresh, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 18

burg-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
burg-bryce, burh-bryce, -brice, es; m.
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In. 45; Th. i. 130, 7. the fine to be paid for this burglary; mulcta ob castelli vel domus violationem, L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 7

Linked entry: burh-bryce

deáþ-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-dæg, es; m.

Death-day, day of death mortis dies

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Fox 581; Gn. C. 60. To ðínum deáþdæge to thy death-day, Exon. 98 a; Th. 369, 6; Seel. 37

efen

(adv.)
Grammar
efen, efne; adv.

Evenly, equally, just so æque

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Fox 20, 487; Met. 20, 244: Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 24; Gú. 564