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hind-fald

Grammar
hind-fald, híne. The word seems constructed as a nominative to the genitive hína (from hígna).
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ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from tíhan; but the verb seems to have almost entirely given up the conjugation to which this form would belong and to take that of teón from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tygen
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Hé teáh hiene ðæt hé his ungerisno sprǽce wið ða senatos he (Philip) charged him (Demetrius, his son) that he had spoken disparagingly of him to the senate, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 28.

Augustínus

(n.)
Grammar
Augustínus, i ; m; Lat. [Augustinus is correct in the quotations from the titles of the two following chapters of Bede, but in the A. Sax. text it is Agustínus]

St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597, and died May 26, 605 ⬩ Augustínus

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Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A.

Linked entry: Agustin

Engla feld

(n.)
Grammar
Engla feld, gen. feldes; dat. felda, felde; m. [Hovd. Englefeld: Brom. Englefelde: Matt. West. Anglefeld: Angles' field, the field of the English]

ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi

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D. 871] the army came to Reading in Wessex, and three nights after two earls rode up: then alderman Æthelwulf met them at Inglefield, and there fought against them, and gained the victory. Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 5-8

BRÉME

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÉME, brýme; def. se bréma, seó, ðæt bréme; comp. brémra; sup. brémest, brýmust; adj.

Celebrated, renowned, illustrious, famous, notable, BRIM, glorious, esteemed; ⬩ celeber, clarus, illustris, famosus, notus, coguitus

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Fram gebyrdtíde brémes Cyninges from the birth-time of the glorious King [Christ], Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 20; Edg. 12. Hí Rómána brýmuste wǽron they were the most esteemed of the Romans, Ors. 2, 2; Bos. 41, 30

Linked entries: brémen brýme

un-slǽwð

(n.)
Grammar
un-slǽwð, seems an error for un-sǽlð, the reading of the Cott. MSS.
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Past. 45; Swt. 341, 4

Linked entry: slǽwþ

ge-stalu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stalu, e; f. [stalu theft]

Theft; ⬩ furtum

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Theft; furtum Ylce gestale for every theft, L. Ath. iv. 3; Th. i. 222, 22. Oft gé in gestalum stondaþ oft ye are engaged in thefts [or gestalum from gestala?], Exon. 40 a; Th. 132, 31; Gú. 481

Linked entry: stalu

ge-þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þurfan, ic -þearf; p. -þorfte

To have need or necessity; ⬩ indigere ⬩ necesse habere

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To have need or necessity; indigere, necesse habere Ðýlæs ðé geþearfe to óðres mannes ǽhtum lest thou have need of another man's goods, Prov. Kmbl. 73

Linked entry: ge-þearf

mór-heald

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
mór-heald, But the word might be a noun,
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)

Linked entry: heald

efen-þeówa

(n.)
Grammar
efen-þeówa, an; m: efen-þeów, efn-þeów, es; m.

A fellow-servant ⬩ conservus

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A fellow-servant; conservus Astrehte hys efen-þeówa hyne and bæd hyne procĭdens conservus ejus rŏgābat eum. Mt. Bos. 18, 29. Hú ne gebýrede ðé gemiltsian ðínum efen-þeówan nonne ergo oportuit te misĕrēri conservi tui? Mt. Bos. 18, 33. He gemétte hys

Linked entry: efn-þeów

ýfer

(n.)
Grammar
ýfer, (? the nominative seems to be ýfre).
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Add: éfer (?); f. Intó heáhéfre, C.D.B. i. 117, 35. On ðá ýfre, C.D. ii. 172, 27. In l. 2 for C.D. i. l. C.D. ii. and dele C.D. iii

T

Grammar
T, For the Runic T, see
Similar entries
Tír
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Similar entry: Tír

efen-twá

(num.)
Grammar
efen-twá, in the phrase on efen-twá
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into two parts Þæt hrídder tóbærst on emtwá (cf. wearð tóbrocen and tódǽled on twá styccu in duabus partibus divisum, Gr. D. 97, 7), Hml. Th. ii. 154, 16. Seó eá on emtwá tóeóde, 212, 21. v. em-twá in Dict

feorh-góma

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-góma, an; m. [góma the gums, jaws]

Fatal or deadly jaws ⬩ fatāles fauces

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Fatal or deadly jaws; fatāles fauces Se deópa seáþ mid wíta fela, frécnum feorhgómum, folcum scendeþ the deep pit [hell] afflicts people with many torments, with rugged fatal jaws, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 32; Cri. 1549

Linked entry: góma

rest

Grammar
rest, [In Bl. H. 11, 16, 19 the word seems to be of the weak declension.]
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Ðeáh þe þá rícestan hátan him reste gewyrcan of marmanstáne, Wlfst. 263, 2. Ræste sécan, bed æfter búrum, B. 139. Ðá formo hræsto primos accubitos, Lk. L. 14, 7. v. búr-, brýd-, eorþ-, ge-, líc-, undern-rest

be-þwyr

(adj.)
Grammar
be-þwyr, adj. [be, þwir wicked]

Perverse, depraved ⬩ depravatus

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Perverse, depraved; depravatus,Cot. 63

cól-þrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
cól-þrǽd, -þréd, es; m.

A coal or blackened thread ⬩ plumb-line ⬩ perpendiculum

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A coal or blackened thread, plumb-line; perpendiculum Cólþréd perpendiculum Glos. Epnl. Recd. 160, 73

Linked entry: þrǽd

þrymm

Grammar
þrymm, <b>. IV.</b> add: — Betwyx þám þrymme þǽre módignysse and þǽre swelgende þǽre áswundennysse inter aciem superbie et uoraginem Chrd. 65, 19. Hwý noldest ðú biddan þé árfulle þingeras wið ælmihtigan þrym þǽre hálgan þrynnesse and æt þǽre sóðan ánnesse. , Wlfst. 240, 10. v. hláford-, mann-þrymm.

regn-

(prefix)
Grammar
regn-, in the compounds regn-heard, -meld, -þeóf, -weard has an intensive force, implies greatness, might. The word occurs as part of many proper names, e.g. Rǽdwoldes sunu wæs Regeuhere geháten,
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Some of these e. g. Reginald are still used

Linked entries: regen- regn-heard regn-meld regn-þeóf regn-weard

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