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tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
tácnung, e; f.

Significationan indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptoman indication, evidence, proofan indication of what is future, a presage, prognosticfigurative representation, an emblemdirection, ordering

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Ða mé in tácnunge his lufan bebeád quos mihi in indicium suae dilectionis commendaverat, 2, 6; S. 508, 18.

Linked entry: tǽcning

ýst

(n.)
Grammar
ýst, e; f.: ýste, es; m. (?)
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ýste mæg oncyrran, ðæt hí ( = heó?) windes hweoðu weorðeþ smylte statuit procellam in auram, Ps. Th. 106, 28. Ís and ýste ealra gástas ðe his word willaþ wyrcean glacies, spiritus procellarum, quae faciunt verbum ejus, Ps. Th. 148, 8.

fore

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fore, adv.

in frontat the headbefore

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.), in front, at the head, as chief Fore tó yrnenne prodeundi, Scint. 224, 7. Eorðcyningas þe folcum hér fore wísien kings that, placed at their head, direct the peoples, Ps. Th. 148, 11. temporal, before Fore ic cueð ł ǽr ic sægde praedixi, Mt.

ge-bærnan

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</b> of a fire, to kindle, cause to give heat: — Fýr ðæt gefe ðín ðyde ꝥte giberne uére ignis quem gratia tua fecit accendi, Rtl. 38,21. Gibernedum ofne accensa fornace, 102, 31. to consume with heat Ðá halm [] geberneð paleas comburet, Lk.

gild-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
gild-rǽden, gyld-rǽden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

The relation involved in membership of a guild

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The relation involved in membership of a guild Gif he nele to bóte gebúgan þolige he ðære gefér-rǽdene and ǽlcere óðre gyldrǽdene if he will not submit to make amends let him forfeit the fellowship and every other interest in the guild, Th.

gíslian

(v.)
Grammar
gíslian, p. ode, ade; pp. od

To give hostages or security

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To give hostages or security; obsides dare He gíslode and hine man ðeáhhwæðere ofslóh he gave hostages and yet he was slain, Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 11.

un-fæstrǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæstrǽd, un-fæstrǽde, -rád; adj.

Infirm of purposeinconstantunstableweak

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Ðá ongon ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt fæsðrǽdes wiste and sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierd[d]e ða ðe unfæsðráde (unfæstrǽdes, Cott.

be-swincan

to labour at

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Gedafenað esnum þám orpedan, þonne gód weorc ongynð, ꝥ ꝥ geornlíce beswynce, Angl. viii. 324, 18. to till land :-- seów hwǽte on be-swuncenum lande, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 10

deóp-líce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 334, 24. tó ðám écan lífe ðe deóplíce geearnode to the eternal life that he most thoroughly deserved, Hml. Th. ii. 154, 7

weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
weorþung, e ; f.
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ða weorþunge Eástrena on riht ne heóld ne nyste de observatione Paschae minus perfecte sapiebat, Bd. 3, 17 ; S. 545, 2. Weorðunga, Blickl. Homl. 137, 8.

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fightbattlewarconflictvalourtroops

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Gif man gewundige. . . Gif man áfylle . . . Gif gewyrce ðæt man hine áfylle, L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 6 — 12. gewann mid wíge ðone eard cepit omnem terrain Jos. 11, 23 : Homl. Th. ii. 216, 1. Seó burhwaru heóldan mid fullan wíge ongeán.

tilung

(n.)
Grammar
tilung, teolung, tiolung, tielung, e; f.

striving, endeavour, effort, laboura pursuitoccupationemploymentbusinesscareattentiontreatmentcuregain that comes from labouracquisitionfruit got by tilling the earth

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his hǽlðe sécan wyle æt unálýfedum tilungum, Homl. Th. i. 474, 21. lǽrde ðurh ða tielunga (tiolunga, Cott.

Linked entries: teolung tylung

streówen

(n.)
Grammar
streówen, streón, strén, e; f.
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Ðá héht him streówne gegearwian (bedd gewyrcian, MS.

Linked entry: streón

wrǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽt, wrǽtt, e; f.

A work of arta jewelan ornament

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ðone grundwong ongitan meahte, wrǽte (wræce, MS. ) geondwlítan, Beo. Th. 5535 ; B. 2771. Ðam ðe inne gehýdde wrǽte (wræce, MS. ) under wealle, 6112; B. 3060

Linked entry: wrǽtte

bismer-lic

disgracefulignominiouscontemptibleridiculousfrivolous

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heora ǽgþer ge mid bismere onféng, ge hié eác on þone bismerlecestan eard gesette cum foedissima ignominia dispersi sunt, 3, 11; S. 146, 34. contemptible, ridiculous, frivolous Bismerlic frivolus, i. mendax, fictus, Wrt.

ge-hrifnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hrifnian, p. ode
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Swá dyde Ptholomeus þá tógædere gesweóp ealle Ægyptum and Arabia principes ejus xiiii annis orbem dilaniaverunt, et veluti opimam praedam a leone frostratam avidi discerpsere catuli.

ge-emnettan

(v.)
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Z. 296, 2. to equal Þæt micelnysse synna mæge geemnyttan ( exaequare ) mid genihtsumnysse mægena, Scint. 43, 13. to adjust, square Him bið hefigtýme geðúht ðæt hí heora þeáwas be his regole geemnetton, Hml. Th. i. 524, 18. intrans.

hwem

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Drihten wæs gefæstnod mid feówer nægelum tó westdǽle áwend, and his wynstra heóld ðone scýnendan súðdǽl, and his swíðra norðdǽl, eástdǽl his hnol; and ealle álýsde middaneardes hwemmas swá hangiende, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 3

tela

Grammar
tela, <b>.
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</b> of health :-- Hí settað heora handa ofer ádlige men, and him bið tela ( bene habebunt ), Hml. Th. ii. 304, 22. Add him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardung-hús sibi humile habitaculum construxit, Gr. D. 201, 5

ofer-flówendness

Grammar
ofer-flówendness, , , e; f.

Superfluity, exuberance

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Mid heora ouerflówednesse ne gedrífen ða gebróðru, 60, 17: 108, 5. Gif hit gelimpþ for oferflówennysse metes ex superfluitate cibi L. Ecg. P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 200, 30. ne dranc mid oferflówendnysse, Homl. Th. i. 168, 12: ii. 218, 30.