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six-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
six-hynde, adj.
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Syxhyndum men . c. scił ł. gebéte, 10; Th. i. 68, 10. ¶ applied to the wergild :-- Æt twýhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbóte .xxx. scił ł. , æt syxhyndum . lxxx. scił ł. , L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 14

Linked entry: -hynde

wrégend

(n.)
Grammar
wrégend, es; m.

An accusera denouncer

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An accuser, a denouncer Wrégend accussator, Scine. 39, 14 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 71 : 72, 57. His wrégend and gesacan accusatores ejus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 13. Hyra wiégendras, Scint. 29, 4. Wrégendum delatoribus, Wrt. Voc. ii.28, 13

ǽ-gewrítere

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-gewrítere, In Kent. Gl. 245 'legum conditores' is rendered by a word which Zupitza reads as scepttenras. This in Junius' copy of the MS. is given by ægewriteras. The scept is uncertain, and Zupitza gives
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egewritteras as a more possible reading than that of Junius

tó-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-beátan, p. -beót
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Com him swilc wind ongeán, swilce nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, and ða scipo ealle tóbeót, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 5. Scipia hét ǽlcne hiéwestán tóbeátan omni murali lapide inpiilverem comminuto, Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 212, 10

frécedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
frécedlíce, adv.
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In peril Scipu frécedlíce geyrnað. Archiv cxx. 298, 6

tó-beátan

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scip becóm tó Ostican swíðe tóbrocen and tó-beáten fram þám ýþum ( fluctibus quassata ), Gr. D. 347, 7. Ðá cempan hine lange swungon ... þá cómon his geféran and fundon hine licgendne on blódigum limum and tóbeátenum líchaman, Hml. S. 31, 981. Add

ancor-ráp

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Hý gehýdað scipu tó ðám unlonde oncyrrápum, Wal. 14. Add

inburh-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
inburh-fæst, adj.

atriensisseneschalluslictor

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Stationed in a hall; atriensis; scil. atrii janitor, seneschallus, lictor, Lye

unfriþ-land

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-land, es; n.

A hostile countrya country with which hostilities are being carried on

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A hostile country, a country with which hostilities are being carried on Gyf Æðelrédes cynges friðman cume on unfriðland ( terram hostilem, Latin version), and se here ðǽrtó cume, hæbbe frið his scip and ealle his ǽhta, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 7

þel

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Se sǽ eode inn and gefylde ꝥ scip oð þá yfmestan þeolu (þelu, v.l., þeola, l. 11) þæs bryrdes intravit mare, abque ad superiorss tabulas implevit navem, Gr. D. 249, 1. Add

steóres-mann

(n.)
Grammar
steóres-mann, es; m.
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Be ðon ðe mon on scipe bereáfod sý. Gif man beó æt his ǽhtan bereáfod, and hé wite of hwilcum scipe, ágyfe steóresman ða ǽhta

Linked entry: steór-mann

Rómáne

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Þá gesáwon hié Rómáne scipa on ðǽm sǽ irnan, 4, 1; S. 154, 4. Rómáno scipa, S. 3, 23. Hú Rómáno (o altered to e) æfterre gewinn and Punica wearð geendod, 4, 35. Add

sund-gird

(n.)
Grammar
sund-gird, e; f.
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Sundgerd in scipe vel metráp bolides, ii. 102, 14. Sundgyrd on scipe vel metráp bolidis, 126, 46: 11, 17. Cf. sund-líne, -ráp

Linked entry: sund-ráp

ofer-weder

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-weder, es; n.
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Storm, tempest Heora scipu sume þurh oferweder wurdon tóbrocene. Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 22

betrymian

(v.)
Grammar
betrymian, -trymman
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Hig woldon þ æs cynges scipa ábútan betrymman, Chr. 1052 ; P. 180, 20. Add:

be-sceáwod

(adj.)
Grammar
be-sceáwod, adj.

Consideratethoughtfulcircumspect

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Considerate, thoughtful, circumspect On gleáw-scipe swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, II

brytnung

(n.)
Grammar
brytnung, e; f.
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Dispensation, distribution Dispensatio dihtnung, brytnung, scír, gedál vel diht, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 64

land-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
land-rǽden, ne; f.

Institutiondisposition

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Institution, disposition, ordinance of a district or country Héde se ðe scíre healde ðæt hé wite á hwæt eald landrǽden sý and hwæt þeóde þeáw videat qui scyram tenet, ut semper sciat que sit antiqua terrarum institutio, vel populi consuetudo, L. R.

fore-rynel

(n.)

a harbinger

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Eádmódnyss forrynel (precursor) ys sóðre lufe, Scint. 23, 8. Sé sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, hé onféhð friccan scíre and foreryneles; ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeað hira færelt, Past. 91, 21.

fleótan

(v.)
Grammar
fleótan, part. fleótende; ic fleóte, ðú flýtst, he flýt, pl. fleótaþ; p. fleát, pl. fluton; pp. floten [fleót a stream]

To FLOATswimfluctuārenătārenāvĭgāre

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Oft scipu scríðende scrinde fleótaþ illic nāves pertransībunt, Ps. Th. 103, 24. Fleát fámigheals forþ ofer ýðe the foamy necked one floated forth over the wave, Beo. Th. 3822; B. 1909

Linked entry: a-fleótan