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ge-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-twǽman, -twéman; p. de; pp. ed [twǽman]

to separate ⬩ To cut off ⬩ separate ⬩ divide ⬩ sepărāre ⬩ sejungĕre ⬩ dīvĭdĕre

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Beó ǽlc sacu getwǽmed let every strife be appeased, L. Eth. v. 19; Th. i. 308, 30. Getwéman to alienate, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 40, 29, note p

sibbian

(v.)
Grammar
sibbian, p. ode
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Wé lǽraþ, ðæt nán sacu, ðe betweox preóstan sí, ne beó gescoten tó worldmanna sóme, ac séman and sibbian heora ágene geféran, L. Edg. C. 7; Th. ii. 246, 4. Ðá wǽron on ðam tíman ungeþwǽre preóstas, ða hé wolde sibbian, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 5

wiþer-leán

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-leán, es; n.

Recompense ⬩ retribution

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Deáþes háliges wiþerleáne (as recompense) líf eádig geáhniaþ mortis sacre compendia vitam beatam possident, Hymn. Surt. 130, 9. Wunde wiðerleán retribution for sin, Soul Kmbl. 187; Seel. 94

in-wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
in-wrítere, es; m.
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Inwrlíere antigraphus, cancellarius (cancellarius in ecclesiis cathedralibus dignitas cujus officium erat . . . litteras capituli facere et consignare, Migne), scriptor (cf. búrþén cancellarius vel scriniarius, cyrcweard sacri scriniarius, wrítere antigrafus

á-cunnan

(v.)
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Ðæt hí ná ne álýsað (printed -lýf-) ðá hálgan stówe áne fram heora synnum, ac eác hí beóð ácunnen (printed -cum-) ðý swýþor for ðám gylte ðǽre unálýfedlican bælde quatenus eos sacra loca non liberent, sed etiam culpa temeritatis accuset, Gr.

Linked entries: on-cunnan cunnan

twirǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
twirǽdness, e; f.
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Discord, dissension, disagreement Sacu and twirǽdnyss ( strife, seditions, Gal. 5, 20), Homl. Skt. i. 17, 26. Ðæt swá hweþer swá hit wǽre swá sibb swá twyrédnys betweónan Saxan and Myrcenum, ðæt ðæt mynster beó ǽfre on sibbe. Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: án-rǽdnes

rǽden

Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn. Add: v. ge-, geþeód-, geþeów-(?), gewrit-, godsibb-, hold-, hyld-, leód-, lim-, luf-, mǽd-, mǽgþ-, mæst-, mæsten-, sam-, sin-, þegen-, þeód-, þoft-, wíte-, wudu-rǽden[n].

fiht-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
fiht-wíte, fiht-wíte (fihte-, fyht-, fyhte-), es; n.
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Ælfwine abbod intó Ramesége saca and sócna . . . fihtwíte and ferdwíte, 421, 31: 411, 31

FOLC

(n.)
Grammar
FOLC, es; n. [Folc being a neuter noun, and a monosyllable, has the nom. and acc. pl. the same as the nom. and acc. sing: it is a collective noun in English, and has not the plural form folks but by a modern corruption]

The FOLK ⬩ people ⬩ common people ⬩ multitude ⬩ a people ⬩ tribe ⬩ family ⬩ pŏpŭlus ⬩ gens ⬩ nātio ⬩ vulgus ⬩ plebs ⬩ cīves ⬩ hŏmĭnes ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ multĭtūdo

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The FOLK, people, common people, multitude, a people, tribe, family; pŏpŭlus, gens, nātio, vulgus, plebs, cīves, hŏmĭnes, exercĭtus, multĭtūdo Twá folc beóþ todǽled, and ðæt folc oferswíþ ðæt óðer folc two nations shall be divided, and the one folk shall

Linked entries: folc-stów ge-folc

ban-cóða

(n.)
Grammar
ban-cóða, an; m: -cóþ, -cóðu, e; f: -cóðe, an; f. [ban, bana a killer, cóða a disease]

A baneful disease ⬩ a fatal or deadly malady ⬩ erysipelas ⬩ lethalis morbus ⬩ ignis sacer

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A baneful disease, a fatal or deadly malady, erysipelas; lethalis morbus, ignis sacer Wæs him inbogen bittor bancóða a bitter malady was fixed in him, Exon. 47b; Th. 163, 23; Gú. 998.

syn

(n.)
Grammar
syn, e; f.

misdeed, fault, crime, wrong ⬩ sin

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Ne synn ne sacu ne sár wracu nec scelus infandum, . . . aut Mars, aut ardens caedis amore furor, Ex. Th. 201, 10; Ph. 54. Ðá wæs synn and sacu Sweóna and Geáta then was there wrongdoing and strife between Swedes and Geats, Beo. Th. 4935; B. 2472.

wríd

(n.)
Grammar
wríd,
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(cf. 'A ride of hazle or such like wood, is a whole plump of spriggs or frith growing out of the same root,' E. D. S. Pub. Old Farming Words, no. III. Here is an heelful thing, a wonder wride (rimes with abyde), Pall. 51, 207),
es; m.

A shoot ⬩ stalk ⬩ plant ⬩ bush

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A shoot, stalk, plant, bush Uurýd culmus, Txts. 52, 252. Genim æscþrote ǽnne wríd, Lchdm. i. 216, 11. Genim ðysse wyrte wríd, 224, 1. Bedelf ǽnne wríd cileþenigin moran, iii. 38, 9

Linked entry: hæsel-wrid

ge-brengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brengan, p. -brohte, pl. -brohton; pp. -broht; v. trans, [ge-, brengan to bring]

To bring ⬩ lead ⬩ produce ⬩ bear ⬩ ferre ⬩ dūcĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre

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Iudith gebrohte heáfod on ðám fætelse Judith put the head into the sack, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 17; Jud. 125. Ðú us to eádmédum gebrohtest thou broughtest us to humility; nos humiliasti, Ps. Th. 89, 17.

Linked entries: ge-bringan ge-broht

ge-séman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-séman, p. de; pp. ed

To compose, settle, make peace with, reconcile, satisfy ⬩ compōnĕre, concĭliāre, reconcĭliāre, satisfăcĕre

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Siððan sió sace gesémed sió after the suit is settled, L. H. E. 10; Th. i. 30, 19: Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 39. Hí gesémede beón ne mihtan they could not be reconciled, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 1: Homl. Th. ii. 338, 1

Linked entry: séman

wilwan

(v.)
Grammar
wilwan, wilwian, wilian; p. wilwede, wilede.

to roll ⬩ fig. ⬩ to join ⬩ compound ⬩ compose

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Sibb áflýmð saca, anda tógædre wilaþ hí pax effugat discordias, inuidia copulat eas, Scint. II, 8. Hé hine sylfne betweox ðises andweardan middangeardes (wǽlum?)

Linked entries: wylian weled welode wilian

gyte

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Th. ii. 514, 27. effusion, shedding of blood, shed in blood-shed Gyte blódes on sace ofermádigra effiisio sanguinis in rixa superborum, Scint. 83, 7. Þæt hí heora handa fram ðám blódes gyte ne wiðbrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 88, 5 : Nap. 22, 25.

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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St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597, and died May 26, 605; Augustínus Ðæt se hálga Papa Gregorius Augustínum sende Angel-þeóde to bodiganne Godes word ut sanctus Papa Gregorius Augustinum ad prædicandum genti Anglorum

Linked entry: Agustin

ge-béd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd, -bédd; gen. es; pl. nom. acc. -béd, -bédu, -bédo; n. [The other dialects seem to point to 'gebed :' O. Sax. gibed : O. H. Ger. gabet : Ger. gebet.]

a prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ supplication ⬩ ōrātio ⬩ prĕces ⬩ supplĭcātio ⬩ a religious service ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ verbum legĭtĭmum ⬩ cærĭmōnia

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a prayer, petition, supplication; ōrātio, prĕces, supplĭcātio Gebéd mín on bósme mínum sý gecyrred ōrātio mea in sĭnum meum convertētur, Ps. Spl. 34, 16. Gehýr mín gebéd exaudi orātiōnem meam, Ps. Th. 54, 1. Ðú mínes gebédes béne gehýrdest exaudīvisti

Linked entries: beád ge-beod

háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

mæsse-lác

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-lác, es; n.

The mass-offering ⬩ the host

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In Festus; fertum genus libi dictum, quod crebrius ad sacra ferebatur altero genere libi.']

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