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twi-scyldig

(adj.)
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twi-scyldig, adj.
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Liable to a double penalty Gif se frigea cunnandæge wyrce ... þolie his freótes oþþe sixtig sciłł., and preóst twy-scildig, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 7. Cf. twi-gilde

candel-leóht

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Ben. 53 substitute Se ǽfen swá gefadod þæt hý candelleóhtes æt ðám gereorde ne behófien, ac eallu ðing be dæges leóhte gefyllede sýn, R. Ben. 66, 7

god-þrymm

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Hwilc se godþrym þǽre écan Godes gesihþe quae sit majestas aeternae visionis Dei, Gr. D. 245, 10. Hé geyfelsacode þone naman þæs ælmihtigan godþrymmes majestatis nomen blasphemavit, 289, 22. Add

tiht-bisig

(adj.)
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tiht-bisig, adj.
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Se ðe tihtbysig , L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 13 : L. C. S. 25 ; Th. i. 390, 17. ǽlc man ðe tihtbysig nǽre . . . ánfealdre láde wyrðe, 22; Th. i. 388, 9

ofer-tredan

(v.)

to trample upon, tread under foot

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to trample upon, tread under foot Se geleáfa ofertret ðæt deófolgyld/ fides conculcat idolatriam, Prud. 9 a. Seó gýtsung manega ofertret avaritia multos sternit, 58 a.

land-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
land-hláford, es; m.

a land-lord

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a land-lord, an owner of land, lord of the manor Tódǽle man ða eahta dǽlas on twá and fó se landhláford tó healfum tó healfum se bisceop hit cynges man hit þegnes [cf. H.

Linked entry: hláford

fremu

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Voc. ii. 125, 29. profit, advantage Hwelc fremu bið menn ðæt hé gestriéne eal ðæt him ymbútan sié quid prodest homini, si totum, quod extra se est, congregat?, Past. 333, 10.

BEÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÁTAN, part. beátende ; ic beáte, ðú beátest, býtst, he beáteþ, být, pl. beátaþ ; p. beót, pl. beóton ; pp. beáten.

to BEATstrikelashdashhurtpercuteretundereverberarecæderepulsarequaterelædereto treadtrampletrampcalcareproculcare

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on staðu beáteþ the sea lashes against the shore, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 30; Met. 6, 15. Beóton brimstreámas the sea-streams dashed, Andr. Kmbl. 477; An. 239 : 3084; An. 1545.

Linked entry: a-beátan

strengþu

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ferri in se fortitudinem traxit, Gr.

tó-ferian

(v.)
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tó-ferian, p. ede

To carry in different directionsdiffeneto removeget rid ofto put offto digestdigerere

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seó dæges þigen tófered . . . and se maga gelýht, ðæt hé ðe eáð his wæccean healdan mǽge ut digesti surgant, R.

ge-býsnian

(v.)
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ge-býsnian, [or -bysnian; cf. Goth. busns] ; p. ode; pp. od

To give or set an exampleexemplum dare

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To give or set an example; exemplum dare Se man biþ hérigendlíc, ðe óðrum gebýsnaþ the man is praiseworthy who sets an example to others, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 17

Linked entry: ge-bisnian

of-cyrf

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Se abbod brúce ísene ofkyrfes abba utalur ferro abscisionis, R. Ben. I. 60, 2. Seó ród is wíde tódǽled mid gelómlicum ofcyrfum tó lande gehwilcum, Hml. S. 27, 144. Add

wíg-hryre

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-hryre, es; m.

Fall in fight

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Fall in fight Se ðe æt sæcce gebád wíghryre wráðra he that in strife had lived to see the fall in fight of fierce foes Beo. Th. 3242; B. 1619

morgen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
morgen-líc, adj.

morningof to-morrow

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Ic beó ðýs morgenlícan dæge (on the morning of this day: St. Mary's death seems to have taken place on the day when she says this) gongende of líchoman, Blickl. Homl, 143, 2: 139, 18. of to-morrow Se morgenlíca dæg crastinus dies, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 34

Linked entries: merigen- myrgen-líc

ildest

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Voc. ii. 8, 18. as substantive, a chief person ðe eówer yltst . Mt. 23, II. Clypa tó þé þá yltstan of Israhéla folce, Ex. 17, 5

hel

(n.)
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hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Manige men wénað ꝥ seó hell on sumum dǽle þyssere eorðan . . . ꝥ wé hátað helle in gewritum . . . mé is geþúht ꝥ seó ufere hell on þissere eorðan, and seó neoþere hell under ðissere eorðan, Gr. D. 332, 10-20.

þri-fingre

(adv.)
Grammar
þri-fingre, adv.

By a distance equal to the breadth of three fingers

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By a distance equal to the breadth of three fingers Gif se ord sié þreofingre ufor ðonne hindeweard sceaft, L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 17. Cf. Grmm. R. A. l01

gearc

(adj.)
Grammar
gearc, ?; adj.
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Ready, active, quick On orde stód Eádweard se langa, gearc (gearo? cf. þá flotan stódon gearowe, wíges georne, 72. But see yark ; adj. in D. D. and gearcian) and geornful, By. 274

fel

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add: a garment made of skin Sume preóstas gýmað ... ꝥ heora fell swá wíde hangion ꝥ se fót ne ætýwe omnis cura est ... si pes laxa pelle non fulgeat, Chrd. 64, 31

lóc

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Lóc hú lange se sóða lǽce hit foresceáwige, Hml. Th. i. 474, 25. Lócehwænne mín tíma beó, Angl. xii. 499, 7. Lóca hwǽr beó se móna níwe, viii. 322, 31 : 333, 21. Lóca hwǽr se ealdor him tǽce, R. Ben. 82, 15