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Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Seaxe, Seaxan; pl.
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Of Seaxum, ðæt is of ðam lande ðe mon háteþ Eald-Seaxan, cóman Eást-Seaxan (-Seaxa, -Sexa, Chron. 449) and Súþ-Seaxan (-Sexa, Chron.) and West-Seaxan (-Sexa, Chron.), Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 20-24. Ðá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan, S. 483, 36.

stapol

(n.)
Grammar
stapol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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Tó ðam stǽnenan stapole; ðonne andlang ðæs weges óð ðone stǽnan stapol; of ðam stapole, 418, 28. Æt sténan steaple, Txts. 436, no. 25. Stapul ǽrenne, Andr. Kmbl. 2126; An. 1064. Ǽlc riht cynestól stent on þrým stapelum, L. I.

stípel

(n.)
Grammar
stípel, es ; m.
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D.) fut gehende he was buried at the west end (of the minster at Ely) quite close to the tower, Chr. 1036 ; Erl. 165, 38. Ðæt hé gesáwe ða burh and ðone stípel ( the tower of Babel ), Gen. 11, 5. Stýpel, Homl. Th. i. 22, 19 : ii. 472, 25.

Linked entry: stýpel

tyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
tyrnan, p. de.
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Se firmamentum went on ðam twám steorran swá swá hweogel tyrnþ on eaxe, Lchdm. iii. 270, 22. Se cwyrnstán ðe tyrnþ singallíce and nǽnne færeld ne ðurhtíhþ, Homl. Th. i. 514, 20.

Linked entry: turnian

un-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trum, adj.

Weaksickillinfirm

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Weak, sick, ill, infirm Untrum infirmus, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 45. Untrum ic eom infirmus sum, Ps. Spl. 6, 2: Mt. Kmbl. 25, 36. Næs ðæra leóda ǽnig untrum non erat in tribubus eorum infirmus, Ps. Th. 104, 32. Þeówa untrum servus male habens, Lk.

eáþe-lic

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Th. i. 358, 28. inconsiderable, slight. of living things, weak, tender Swilce hé tótǽre sum eáðelic ticcen, Jud. 14, 6. Wyrta sind eáðelice gesceafta, and ðurh winterlicne cyle symle forseariað, Hml. Th. ii. 464, 6.

Linked entry: íþe-lic

ge-hwider

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D. 198, 15. limited by an implied condition Hé hæfde ǽnne látteów þe hine lǽdde gehwider ( wherever he went ), Hml. S. 21, 203.

ge-scrífan

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Gewát hé féran, swá him Scyppend wera gescrifen hæfde, 788. ' of the orders of secular or ecclesiastical law Symble se man þám óðrum byrigean gesette, and þám riht áwyrce þe tó hiom Cantwara déman gescrífen, Ll.

geára

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Sé wæs geára (gára, v. l.) and longe þǽm Godes were in wǽre geðeóded gástlices freóndscipes iamdudum uiro Dei spiritales amicitiae foedere copulatus Bd. 4, 29 ; Sch. 527, 16. Ná ealles full geáre (geáro, v. l.) non ante longa tempora Gr. D. 228, 5.

ram-hund

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Rain-, raine-hound, as well as ram-hundt, occur (v. Ll. Lbmn. 626, 2), and these seem to represent the original word more nearly than does ram-.

tó-sprǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sprǽdan, p. de

To spread outextendexpandspread in different directions

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R. 402, 9. þe Brutones þat were tosprad here and þere, R. Glouc. 134, 15. With open hede . . . her hair tosprad, Gow. ii. 260, 4

ETAN

(v.)
Grammar
ETAN, to etanne; part. etende; ic ete, ðú etest, etst, itst, ytst, ætst, he, heó, hit, yt, ytt, et, ett, eteþ, ieteþ, iteþ, yteþ, pl. etaþ; p. ic, he æt, ðú ǽte, pl. ǽton; subj. indef. ic ete, æte, pl. eten; p. ǽte, pl. ǽten; pp. eten; v.a.

EAT, consume, devourĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre

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C; ytt D.] est; we etaþ ĕdĭmus, gé etaþ ĕdiĭtis, hí etaþ ĕdunt, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 18, 19. ÐÚ itst oððe drincst thou eatest or drinkest, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 14. Ðú ytst wyrta thou shalt eat herbs, Gen. 3, 18.

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, mære, es; m. f(?).

the seaa merelakean artificial poolcistern

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Ðæt fundon sumne swíðe micelne mere in ðæm wǽre fersc wæter, Nar. 11, 26. On mære in stagnum, Blickl. Gl. Be norþan hodes mære ... ðonon up on ðone mære, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 10, 19-26.

Linked entries: mǽr-bróc mære mire

nebb

(n.)
Grammar
nebb, es; n.

a nebniba beaka beak-shaped thinga nosethe gristle of the nosethe facecountenance

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Ðonne wendaþ úre neb tó eástdǽle, 262, 10: ii. 102, 26. Heó helode hire nebb ( vultum ), Gen. 38, 15 : Ex. 3, 6. Spǽte ðæt wíf on his nebb ( faciem ), Deut. 25, 9: Num. 12, 14.

úht-sang

(n.)
Grammar
úht-sang, es; m.

One of the services of the churchnocturns or matins

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Ða þénunga ðe habbaþ on Godes þeówdóme tó mæssan, and tó úhtsange, and tó eallum tídsangum, L. Ælfc. P. 30; Th. ii. 374, 34. Ic sang úhtsang cantavi nocturnam, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 25: Anglia xiii. 380, 220.

wlítan

(v.)
Grammar
wlítan, p. wlát, pl. wliton

To lookgaze

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Ðissum idesum ðe on wlítaþ, Cd. Th. 150, 32; Gen. 2500. On ða synwyrcend wlítaþ, Exon. Th. 68, 18; Cri. 1105. Wlát wítga geond þeódland, óþ ðæt hé gestarode, ðǽr gestaþelad wæs æþelíc ingong, 19, 25; Cri. 306. Hió wlát ofer ealle, Elen.

wítegian

(v.)
Grammar
wítegian, wítgian; p. ode

To prophesy

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Hú ne wítegode on ðínum naman? Mt. Kmbl. 7, 22. Ealle wítegan wítegudun (wítgadun, Rush.) óð Ióhannes, 11, 13. Mid wítegiende múðe, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 36, 19.

Linked entry: wítgian

hám-weard

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(arrived) at one's place of abode Þá hámweard wǽron cum venissemus ad diversorium, Gen. 43, 21. of a body of people, e.g. troops, towards the place or district dwelt in by them, on the way home, cf. hám; 2. with substantive verb þá hié þá hámweard

hweogol

(n.)
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Th. ii. 26, 25. a fixed wheel as (part of) a machine Wǽg þænne mid hlædele, hlædtrendle (hweowla, hweowl; hweowlan, Hpt. Gl. 418, 32) úp hladan limpham, quam anthlia, hoc est, rota hauritoria exanthlamus. An. Ox. 502.

Linked entries: sceard-hweogol hwegl

ǽfre

eversemper,at all times, on every occasion ever, at any time, in any caseunquamwhatever, (as) ever, &c.

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Gif ǽfre wiðsacað deófle, Hml. Th. i. 170, 16. Ǽfre swá hí neár and neár eódon, Hml. S. 23, 424. ever, at any time, in any case; unquam Ne wearð wæl máre ǽfer (ǽfre, v. 1.) gieta Chr. 937; P. 109, 24. Ne him líg sceðeð ǽfre tó ealdre, Ph. 40.