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tácn

(n.)
Grammar
tácn, ,es; n.

A token, sign ⬩ a sign, significant form ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a token, a credential ⬩ a sign, monument ⬩ a sign of the Zodiac ⬩ a sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a sign to attract attention, a signal ⬩ a sign of anything future, a prognostic ⬩ a sign, an action that conveys a meaning ⬩ a sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state ⬩ </b> as a medical term, a symptom ⬩ a sign, symbol, emblem ⬩ a sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidence ⬩ a supernatural sign, miracle, prodigy ⬩ a signal event, remarkable circumstance

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Ne ðú mé óðiéwest ǽnig tácen ðe hé mé tó onsende, Cd. Th. 14, 20; Gen. 540. <b> Ic.</b> a sign, monument :-- Hé hét brycge gewyrcan his sige tó tácne ðe he on ðæm síþe þurhteón þohte, Ors. 2, 5;Swt. 84, 4. <b>Id.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Ðæt ús getácnode Loth swíðe wel on him selfum, ðá hé fleáh ðá biernendan ceastre.

ge-bindan

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Arues wénde ꝥ hé his ríce gemiclian sceolde, þá hé his dohtor Philippuse sealde.

ge-gearwian

(v.)
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Hig gegearwodon him Eásterþénunga, 26, 19. Ǽr se mete gegearwod wǽre, Ors. 1, 7; S. 36, 28. to bring to completion, make, form Ðá hé gegearwade quando praeparabit (coelos ), Kent. Gl. 269.

el-þeódig

foreign ⬩ stranger ⬩ foreign

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Hé lǽdde þá elðeódgan (æll-, v. l.) ǽrendracan on his máðmhús venientibus ad se alienigenis aromatum cellas ostendit, Past. 39, 3. of local relation, living in another land than one's own Hé wende tó Scottum, þæt hé ælþeódig on lǽre geðuge, Hml.

an

I give ⬩ he gives

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Will 14, 4; he gives, Cd. 141; Th. 176, 22; Gen. 2915

a-feccan

(v.)

To receive ⬩ accipere

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To receive; accipere He afecþ [MSS. C. T. onféhþ] me acceperit me. Ps. Spl. 48,16

a-swárnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-swárnian, p. ode; pp. od

To be confounded ⬩ confundi

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To be confounded; confundi Ðæt hí aswárnian that they be confounded, Ps. Spl. 85, 16

Linked entries: a-wárnian swornian

fóre-manian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-manian, p. ode; pp. od

To fore-warn ⬩ præmŏnēre

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To fore-warn; præmŏnēre He fóremanod wæs præmŏnĭtus fuĕrat, Bd. 5, 10; S. 623, 39

for-stondan

(v.)

to stand up for ⬩ defend ⬩ protect

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to stand up for, defend, protect, Exon. 118 b; Th. 455, 31; Hy. 4, 58

ísern-byrne

(n.)
Grammar
ísern-byrne, an ; f.

corslet

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An iron byrnie or corslet Hé him of dyde ísernbyrnan, Beo. Th. 1347 ; B. 671

Linked entry: íren-byrne

níd-syndrig

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-syndrig, adj.

Quite apart

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Hí sylfe ða munecas nǽdsyndrige (monachos) seipsos, Cod. Dip. B. i. 154, 12

pisle

(n.)
Grammar
pisle, an; f. (?) A warm (?) chamber
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hús (or ? pis(a)le fýrhús), Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 58

lecgan

Grammar
lecgan, <b>; VI 1.</b>
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Hé dylfð ðone grundweall swýþe deópne and legð hine mid stáne, E.S. 49, 349. Add

ge-lugon

(v.)

deceived

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deceived, Exon. 118 b; Th. 455, 27; Hy. 4, 56; p. pl. of ge-leógan

stearc-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
stearc-ferhþ, adj.
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Of harsh or stern soul Hí stearcferþe cwellan þohtun, Exon. Th. 280, 29; Jul. 636

un-gelácnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelácnod, adj.

Uncured

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Uncured Næs nǽnig untrum ðæt hé ungelácnod fram him férde, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 16

Linked entries: ge-lácnian un-lácnod

un-rǽdfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rǽdfæstlíce, adv.

Unadvisedly ⬩ without heeding good counsel

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Unadvisedly, without heeding good counsel Twá geár hé ríxode unrǽdfæstlíce, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 456

Linked entry: rǽdfæstlíce

west-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weardes, adv.
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Westwards Hé man geseah westweardes on ðæt wésten éfstan, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 174

æt-hwá

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Sácerdum gebyreþ ꝥ hí georne tó rihte æthwám fylstan, Ll. Th. ii. 312. 39. Add