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níd

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wæs beótiende ꝥ hé wolde mid nýde (violenter) gán in þá cyrican, 234, 15. Hí hine mid nýde (néde, neádlunga, v. ll. ) upp áhófon and on his ágen hors ásetton invitum eum in caballum levaverunt, 15, 27.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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the first instalment of such payment was fixed.

á-brecan

(v.)
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Gl. 522, 3. (1 a) to break down a wall :-- Hié ðone weall ábrǽcon perfractis muris, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 134, 22. Hé hét ábrecan ðone weall, ðeáh ðe hé brád wǽre, Hml.

tól

(n.)
Grammar
tól, es; n.

a tool,implement,instrumenttools,machinery,apparatus

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Hwæt ðú wást ðætte bútan ðisum tólum nán cyning his cræft ne mæg cýðan ... Ne mæg hé bútan ðisum (provisions of various kinds) ðás tól gehealdan, ne bútan ðisum tólum nán ðara þinga wyrcan ðe him beboden is tó wyrcenne.

Linked entry: tohl

brúcan

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Þá hé bisceopðegnunge brúcende wæs cum episcopatus officio fungeretur , Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 299, 1. Þá brúcende fungentes, i. utentes (monachica professione ), An. Ox. 3766

ge-munan

(v.)
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Seldon hié willað gemunan hú micel hié nimað, 343, 16. where and are combined ꝥ is ꝥ ic gefyrnost gemunan mæg, ꝥ mín fæder wæs cempena ealdorman the earliest thing that I can remember is that my father was a captain, Hml. S. 30, 322. <b>I a.

ge-nídan

(v.)
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To force one's way to(?) Se wynn genýdde tó mé, Seel. 119

ge-fón

(v.)
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Geféngon ł wæs gefóen hine apprehensum eum, 21, 39. Mið ðý gefóen wéron ðegnas his apprehensis servis ejus, 21, 35. (2 b β) to seize in a struggle :-- Gráp þá tógeánes, gúðrinc geféng atolan clommum, B. 1501.

warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.
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Skt. i. 6, 211. to keep something from a person, to ward off (cf.

ge-secgan

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Hwí wæs þǽra engla synne forsuwod on þǽre béc Genesis, and þæs mannes wæs gesǽd (patefactum) ?, Angl. vii. 4, 27. to give notice of, make known, announce Hé gesægeð (cýð, W. S.) alle adnuntiabit omnia, Jn. L. R. 4, 25 : Jn. L. 16, 14.

dysig

(n.)
Grammar
dysig, disig, dysi, es; n.

An error, ignorance, folly, foolishnesserror, stultĭtia, insānia. insĭpientia

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Ðeáh ic mid dysige þurhdrifen wsére though I was thoroughly penetrated with folly, Elen. Kmbl. 1410; El. 707: Ps. Th. 75, 4. We sinna fela didon for úre disige we committed many sins through our foolishness, Hy. 7, 107; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 107

leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht, léht, líht [from comparison with other dialects the proper spelling would seem to be líht, but leóht (or leoht?), in West-Saxon at least, is the regular form]; adj.

Lightinconsiderablequickreadynimblefickleeasy

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Ðæt sió wamb ðý ðé leóhtre síe by it the stomach may be relieved, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 1. Wið módes (? innoþes, MS) hefignesse ... sóna biþ ðæt mód leóhtre, Lchdm. iii. 50, 23.

mór

(n.)
Grammar
mór, es; m.

a moorwaste and damp landhigh waste grounda mountain

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Móres græs the grass of the field (which Nebuchadnezzar was to eat), Cd. 203; Th. 252, 8; Dan. 575. On ðone hreódihtan mór; of ðon móre. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 121, 21: Beo. Th. 1424; B. 710. Ofer myrcan mór, 2814; B. 1405.

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Th. 288, 3 ; Wand. 25 : ( Holofernes ), Judth. Thw. 21, 22 ; Jud. 30. Sinces brytta, aðelinga helm ( Pharaoh ), Cd. Th. 111, 18 ; Gen. 1857. Sinces hyrde, Melchisedec, 126, 27 ; Gen. 2101

storm

(n.)
Grammar
storm, es ; m.
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Th. 292, 19 ; Wand. 101 : 307, 13 ; Seef. 23. Storma nimborum, Hpt. Gl. 439, 71. Stormum nimbis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 36. On ðære hreón sǽ and on ðǽm miclan stormum, Past. 9 ; Swt. 59, 3.

Linked entry: stearm

ymb-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton ; pp. -seten.
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</b> as a term of war, to besiege, invest :-- Ðíne fýnd ðé ymbsittaþ mid ymbtrymminge circumdabunt te inimici tui uallo (Lk. 19, 43), Homl. Th. i. 408, 35. Hé ymbsæt ða burh ( circumdedit Eglon ), Jos. 10, 34.

Linked entry: emb-sittan

á-beódan

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H. 59, 12. (2 a) to announce the coming of a person :-- Hæfde hé seleweard áseted, sundornytte beheóld, eoton weard ábeád (the guard's special office was to give notice of Grendel's coming ), B. 668. in formulae of greeting, to bid farewell, (hǽl ábeódan

Linked entry: eoton-weard

be-þurfan

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Getímode his wífe wyrs ðonne hé beþorfte his wife's condition was too bad to allow of his happiness, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 3. Hí nabbað þá láre þe hi beþorftan, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 37. Gif þú ǽgera beþurfe, Techn. ii. 124, 1. Gif þú taperas ( = es?)

ge-sǽlan

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Hit mæg eáðe gesǽlan, ðæt hié ðá óðre tǽlen, Past. 333, 20 : 427, 24. the subject not expressed Swá gesǽlde þæt wé wada cunnedon, An. 438: 661. referring to the course of events. the subject the indefinite hit = matters, things Gif hit þonne hwæt elles

hruse

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hruse, l. hrúse,
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Hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, 28, 11. (1 a) the floor of a subterranean place :-- Hwá wát on hwelcum hlǽwa Wélandes bán hrúsan þeccen?