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sceáwung

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Add Bysceopas mid folcum bútan ǽnigre áre sceáwunge ætgædere fornumene wǽron praesules cum populis sine ullo respectu honoris absumebantur, Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 43, 18.

ge-sinhíwan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sinhíwan, -hígan; pl. m.

Married persons; ⬩ conjuges ⬩ conjugati ⬩ conjugia

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Ealla ðara monna hús bútan ðara gesinhígna all men's houses except the two married people's, 5. Ðara háligra gesinhína tíd the holy man and wife's tide, 55, 31. Wit sýn swá swá gesinhína[?] we be as married people, 40, 20.

twi-béte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-béte, adj.

Needing double compensation

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Needing double compensation; a term applied to an offence when from special circumstances the bót was twice that to be paid in an ordinary case Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge oþþe on hire hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútan hire leáfe gefó, sié hit twybéte

Linked entries: -béte twi- twi-bóte

ge-wurþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wurþan, he -wurþ; subj. pres. -wurþe, pl. -wurþon.

to be ⬩ become ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre

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to be, become; fiĕri Ne mæg nán þinc gewurþan bútan godes willan nothing can happen without God's will, Th. Ap. 22, 7: 9, 5. Hit gewurþ him of mínum fæder, ðe on heofonum ys fiet illis a patre mea, qui in cælis est, Mt. Bos. 18, 19.

lencten

(n.)
Grammar
lencten, lengten, lenten, es; m.

Spring ⬩ Lent

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Wæs ðá lencten ágán bútan vi. nihtum ǽr sumeres cyme on Maias Kł., Elen. Kmbl. 2452; El. 1227. Ðæs sylfan lentenes hé fór tó Róme in the course of the same spring he went to Rome, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 13.

Linked entry: lengten

teón

Grammar
teón, [On p. 978, ll. 2, 3 for leáh, tongne l. teáh, longne.]
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Gif hí ǽnig man him tó teó hæbbe hí bútan Godes bletsunge and úre. Cht. Crw. 19, 27. Hí ne sceoldon þone gyrlan him tó teón habitum usurpare non debent, Chrd. 63, 22. <b>III 4.

ǽlc

all ⬩ any

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On ánum báte bútan ǽlcum geréþrum, Chr. 891; P. 82, 19. Wiðútan ǽlcon wǽpnon, 1086; P. 220, 28. combined with án :-- Bútan ǽlcre ánre tale (printed arentale), Cht. Th. 563, 16

hlísa

(n.)
Grammar
hlísa, hligsa, hliosa, an; m.

Sound, ⬩ rumour, ⬩ report, ⬩ reputation, ⬩ renown, ⬩ fame, ⬩ glory

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Hwæt is heora nú tó láfe bútan se lytla hlísa and se nama mid feáum stafum áwriten signat superstes fama tenuis pauculis inane nomen litteris, Bt. 19; Fox 70, 10: 68, 21, 4. Hí wilnodon ðæs hlísan æfter heora deáþe, 18, 4; Fox 68, 9.

Linked entries: hlígan hligsa hlýsa

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divination ⬩ soothsaying ⬩ sorcery ⬩ augury

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Se ðe hwider faran wille . . . clypige ng tó his Dryhtne . . . and síðige orsorh þurh Godes gescylclnysse bútan ðæra sceoccena wíglunga.

Linked entry: wílung

pleoh

(n.)
Grammar
pleoh, gen. pleós; n.
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Hwá mæg ǽhta wilnian bútan plió nú se swelc plioh ðǽron gefór se ðe his nó ne wilnode quis opes quaerat innoxie, si et illi extiterunt noxia, qui haec habuit non quaesita, Past. 50, 4; Swt. 393, 9.

Linked entry: pleón

tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
tácnung, e; f.

Signification ⬩ an indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom ⬩ an indication, evidence, proof ⬩ an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic ⬩ figurative representation, an emblem ⬩ direction, ordering

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Tó hwæm cumaþ hí elles bútan tó tácnunge sorges and ánfealdes sáres quid est aliud, quam futurae quoddam calamitatis indicium? Bt. 7, 2;Fox 18, 21. figurative representation, an emblem :-- Hwæt syndon ða woruldsǽlþa óþres búton deáþes tácnung?

Linked entry: tǽcning

éfestan

(v.)
Grammar
éfestan, l. efestan,
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Voc. ii. 67, 17. of movement Hwider síðast ðú bútan ðínum bearne? hwider efst ðú bútan ðínum diácone?, Hml. Th. i. 418, 1. Swá efst fugel ut si avis festinet, Kent. Gl. 219. 'Oefesta (eofesta, R.) ádúne stíg' . . .

full-gán

to follow a profession ⬩ carry on an office ⬩ apply oneself to ⬩ practise a habit ⬩ to give effect to ⬩ carry out ⬩ to execute a command, task ⬩ do a person's will

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Hió hyre firenluste fulgán ne móste bútan manna bysmrunge, Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 33.

syn

(n.)
Grammar
syn, e; f.

misdeed, fault, crime, wrong ⬩ sin

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Mænige líf bútan leahtre (crimine) habban mágon, bútan synne (peccato) hí ná mágon, Scint. 230, 12, Ælc ðe synne (peccatum) wyrcþ is ðære synne (peccati ) þeów, Jn. Skt.8, 34. Se ðe déþ áweg middaneardes synnæ(peccatum;synna,MS. A.: synne, MS. B.

ge-swinc

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Oferfohten bútan ǽlcum geswince, Past. 279, 2. Ic nát hú nyt ic beó, bútan þæt ic mín geswinc ámirre, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 26. ꝥ is sió án ræst eallra firra geswinca haec requies laborum, Bt. 34, 8; F. 144, 27.

-metod

(suffix)
Grammar
-metod, [In the phrase se metoda drihten, metoda is not a gen. pl., as suggested in Dict., but either a wk. noun or adjective, as will be seen from the following examples
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Micel mildheortnys þæs metodan Dryhtnes, Hml. Th. ii. 316, 21. Menigfealde beóð þæs metodan Drihtnes egsan and swingla ofer scyldigum mannum, 328, 32 (both passages are alliterative).] Add: :-- Se metod eallra gesceafta (cf. se milda metod. Met. 29, 68

EÁ

(n.)
Grammar
EÁ, often indeclinable in the sing, but eás is sometimes found in gen; and é, ǽ, eǽin dat; pl. nom. acc. eá, eán; gen. eá; dat. eáum, eám, eán; f; ǽ

indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ⬩ flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua

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;indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ; flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua Eá of dúne water from the hill, Menol. Fox 520; Gn. C. 30. Seó feorþe eá ys geháten Eufrates flŭvius quartus est Euphrātes, Gen. 2, 14: Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 34, 46. On twá

Linked entries: ǽ é eǽ

ge-laþung

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Grn. 8, 2. a particular part of the general body, a church Ðæt Crístes gelaðung, ðe ðá git was níwe on Engla lande, nǽre bútan ãrbiscope, Chr. 616; P. 22, 35. On þǽra gewitnysse þe þú ( the bishop ) wissian scealt on þissere gelaðunge, Ælfc. T.

wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, e; f.

a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty, ⬩ a refusal,

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Ðæt mód hæfð fulfremedne willan tó ðære wrǽnnesse bútan ǽlcre steóre and wearne ejus animus voluptate luxuriae sine ullo repugnationis obstaculo delectatur, Past. 11; Swt. 73, 8.

són

(n.)
Grammar
són, es; m.

A musical sound, music vocal or instrumental

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Gif hit mycel geférǽden is sýn hý (the psalms) mid antefene gesungene, gif seó geférǽden lytel is, sýn hý forðrihte bútan sóne gesungene si major congregatio fuerit cum antiphonis, si vero minor in directum psallantur R. Ben. 41, 9.

Linked entry: be-sóne