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treówan

(v.)
Grammar
treówan, triéwan, tríwan, trýwan; p. de.

to trustto prove one's self trueto clear one's self of a charge of untrue conductto make firm and trusty

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Cf. Icel. tryggva to make firm and trusty Gif he (a person accused of plotting against his lord) hine selfne triówan wille, dó ðæt be cyninges wergelde, L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 64, 2. Treówan, 33 ; Th. i. 82, 8 note. Trýwan, 19 ; Th. 1. 74, 7 note

Linked entries: triéwan trýwan

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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On ðære tóweardan tíde ðe ðá neálǽhte niðða bearnum, Cd. Th. 77, 30; Gen. 1283.

Linked entry: tó-ward

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a womana female persona being in the form of a womana married womana wife

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C. S. 75; Th. i. 416, 20. a female, v. wer, Ǽlcne mon, ge wíf ge wǽpned, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 27. Ða forman twá, fæder and móder, wíf and wǽpned, Cd. Th. 12, 33; Gen. 195. IV a. as a grammatical term, feminine

Linked entry: BRÝD

dæg-réd

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-réd, dæg-rǽd,es ; n.

Dawn, daybreak, early morningdilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra

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Cwom Maria on dægréd Mary came at dawn, Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 34; Hö. 9: 57 a; Th. 204, 15; Ph. 98: Cd. 222; Th. 289, 27; Sat. 404: Salm. Kmbl. 429; Sal. 215. Se Hǽlend com on dægréd to ðam temple Iesus dilūcŭlo venit in templum, Jn. Bos. 8, 2: Lk.

for-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-weorþan, -wurþan; ic -weorþe, ðú -weorþest, -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wyrþaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden

To become nothingto be undoneto perishdiead nihilum devĕnīrepĕrīreinterlredeficére

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Seó mænegeo forwearþ the multitude perished, Cd. 121; Th. 156, 14; Gen. 2588: 213;Th. 266, 13; Sat. 21: Chr. 655; Erl. 28, 1. Ealle nýtenu neáh forwurdon nearly all the cattle died, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 31: Chr. 593; Erl. 18, 33.

land-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
land-scearu, e; f.

landcountry

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Kmbl. 2460; An. 1231. a boundary of land [cf. Icel. skör a rim, edge]. With this meaning the word occurs in charters which Kemble [Cod.

nædre

(n.)
Grammar
nædre, næddre, an; f.

Any kind of serpentadderviper

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Mé nædre beswác, Cd. Th. 55, 20; Gen. 897. Næddre vipera vel serpens vel anguis, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 55. Fleónde næddre, 24, 1. Ðære nedran basilisci, ii. 12, 2 : 86, 58. Efter gelícnisse nedran ( serpentes ), Ps. Surt. 57, 5: Cd. Th. 271, 8; Sat. 102.

pytt

(n.)
Grammar
pytt, es ; m.
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On fúlan pyt; of ðam pytte on dene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 20. On wulfputt; of ðam pytte on ða wógan ǽc, 449, 31-32. Tó wulfpytte, Cod. Dip. B. i. 280, 20. Gelǽste man á ðone sáwelsceat æt openum pytte (cf. æt openum græfe, L.

sester

(n.)
Grammar
sester, seoxter, es; m.
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Cf. Unum sextarium mellis triginta duarum unciarum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 285, 1.

Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht

scíma

(n.)
Grammar
scíma, an; m.
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Metod æfter sceáf scírum scíman ǽfen, Cd. Th. 9, 5; Gen. 137. Ðá gesundrode Waldend sceade wið scíman, 8, 22; Gen. 128. Se móna gehrán mid his scíman (splendore) ðǽm treówum ufeweardum, Nar. 30, 7.

Linked entry: scímian

streng

(n.)
Grammar
streng, es; m.
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Strenga nervorum, 475, 13. fig. a line, lineage (cf. Icel. strengr, used of a narrow water-channel) Of ðam strenge com Noe and his wíf, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 28

teáh

(n.)
Grammar
teáh, tǽh, téh, tíh (-g); gen. teáge; f.

a tie, banda case, coffer, casket, boxan enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)

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C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 22. Tégum, fódrum tepis ( = thecis ), Txts. 101, 2010. an enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock) Hujus telluris termini ... et aquilone meara-teág ( = horses' close; cf. horsa croft, iii. 464, 3), Cod.

Linked entries: tǽg tágum teág tége

ge-mæcca

Grammar
ge-mæcca, <b>ge-mecca</b>
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Þonne hí gegadriaþ þá gelícan tó heora gemæccum in þám gelícum tintregum, and þá oferhýdigan mid þám oferhígdum . . . cum pares paribus in tormentis similibus sociant, ut superbi cum superbis . . . Gr.

gíming

Grammar
gíming, gímung.
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[Hic am God ðe in min geming nam Jacob, Gen. and Ex. 2783.] ruling, rule Hér onféng Pilatus gýminge ofer Júdéas, Chr.

hǽþen-gild

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Cf. deófol-gild; Þá þe hǽðengildum þeówiað idolis servientes, Hml. S. 17, 39. Bartholaméus þá hǽðengild hýran ne wolde, wíg weorðian (cf. Hwí tówurpe ðú ( St. Bartholomew ) úre godas?, Hml. Th. i. 468, 16), Ap. 47.

híw-rǽden

Grammar
híw-rǽden, In
  • Ps. L.
the word is neuter

a familya housea housefamilytribenation

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Nime ǽghwylc híwrǽden of ǽlcum húse án lamb (cf. nyme ǽlc mann án lamb tó his híwrǽdene tollat unusquisque agnum per familias et domus suas, Ex. 12, 3), Angl. viii. 322, 6. Ǽnne man ic ofslóh of þínre híwrǽdene (cf. hýrman, 783), Hml. S. 31, 778.

hwý

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Th. ll, 4. in dependent clauses, after verbs of asking, telling, thinking, &amp;c. cf. hwá, Wundrian hwí ꝥ is weorþe, Bt. 39, 3; F. 214; 35. Uncúð hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40.

hyhtan

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Swá se hyhtenda gigant (cf. exultavit ut gigas, Ps. 18, 6), 9, 34

þing

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Se crístena man cwæð þæt hé hæfde his ðing (cf. ýddysce, 27. ) and hine sylfne betǽht Benedicte (cf. ꝥ héé Add Ðá sǽde ic ꝥ ic his þinga feola ne cúþe respondi ignorare me quid faceret Alexander, Nar. 18, 24.

BRIM

(n.)
Grammar
BRIM, brym, es; n. m.

Surf, the sea, ocean, surface of the seaæstus aquæ, mare, pelagusπέλαγοςæquor

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C. 45: Andr. Kmbl. 884; An. 442: 3147; An. 1576: Cd. 166; Th. 208, 2; Exod. 477: Exon. 95 b; Th.356, 6; Pa. 7. Beáteþ [MS. beataþ] brim staðo [MS. stæðo] the sea beats the shores. Andr. Kmbl. 991; An. 496.

Linked entry: brym