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feówertig

alone

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Add: substantival. alone. as a neuter sing. with adj. inflections(?) Þǽr wearð Somnita and Gallia feówertig M (=þúsenda? but cf. Past. 409, 9 below for a number taken as singular ), Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 14.

elles

(adj.)

otherwisedifferentlyelsewhereelseelse

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Th. i. 236, 4. elsewhere: Elles aliorsum, An.

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, mære, es; m. f(?).

the seaa merelakean artificial poolcistern

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Kmbl. 930; An. 465. Æt meres ende on the shore, 442; An. 221. Ofer wídne mere, 566; An. 283. Ofer sealtne mere, Menol. Fox 203; Men. 103. Mere sécan, mǽwes éþel, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 5; Bo. 25. a mere, lake Meri stagnum, Ep. Gl. 25 b, 16.

Linked entries: mǽr-bróc mære mire

scínan

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On scínendre hýfe flauescenti, i. micanti gurgustio, An. Ox. 306. <b>II a.</b> of that which appears clearly :-- Ðæt feax gréwð and scínð ofer ðǽm brægene capilli super cerebrum oriuntur, Past. 139, 18.

in-gehygd

(n.)
Grammar
in-gehygd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thoughtmindintentsenseknowledgeunderstandingconscienceintentionpurpose

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Hé heóld his þeáwas swá swá heálíc biscop and his munelíce ingehýd swá þeáh betwux mannum he behaved as an exalted bishop, and yet to all intents and purposes was a monk among men, 506, 13.

níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
níwe, neówe; adj.

newnot yet usednewrecentnot of long standingnot long madenew (to anything)inexperiencednewnoveldifferent from what has gone before

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Ac níwe wín is tó sendenne on níwe bytta ... And ne drincþ nán man eald wín and wylle sóna ðæt níwe, Lk. Skt. 5, 37-39. Ðá hé ( the Roman name ) com ǽrest tó Parþum, and wæs ðǽr swíðe níwe, Bt, 18, 2; Fox 64, 13.

Linked entry: níwung

BEÓ

(n.)
Grammar
BEÓ, indecl. in s; pl. nom. acc. beón; gen. beóna; dat. beóum, beóm ; f.

A BEEapis

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Ða beón beraþ árlícne anleofan and ǽterne tægel the bees carry a delicious food and a poisonous tail Frag. Kmbl. 34; Leás. 19. Be ðám ðe beón bewitaþ concerning those, who keep bees L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 434, 35.

Linked entries: beáw-hyrnet beón bió

blódig

(adj.)
Grammar
blódig, def. se blódiga, seó, ðæt blódige; adj.

BLOODYsanguineus, cruentus

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BLOODY; sanguineus, cruentus Ne sý him bánes bryce, ne blódig wund let there not be to him a breaking of bone, nor a bloody wound, Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 33; Gú. 670: Andr. Kmbl. 2945; An. 1475.

ge-hwylc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwylc, -hwelc, -hwilc; pron.

Eachevery oneallwhoeverwhateverquisqueunusquisque

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And hiera se æðeling gehwelcum feoh and feorh gebeád and the atheling offered each of them money and life, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 5. He beheóld heora ánra gehwilcne he observed each one of them, Th. Ap. 12, 24

wan-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-hál, adj.
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Clypa þearfan and wanhále and healte and blinde uoca pauperes, debiles, clodos, caecos, Lk. Skt. 14, 13, 21

Linked entry: wan-hǽle

weorold-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-cund, adj.
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Hlǽfdige wuldorweorudes and worl[d]cundra háda under heofonum and helwara, Exon. Th. 18, 18; Cri. 285. Ðætte gé fore uueoroide sién geblitsade mid ðém weoroldcundum gódum, and hiora sáula mid ðém godcundum gódum, Cod. Dip.

brand

a fire-branda torchburningbrand

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Th. ii. 140, 16. a torch: Mið brondum ł ðæccillum cum facibus, Jn. L. R. 18, 3. burning (v. Dict). (?) brand, blight causing leaves, &amp;amp;c. to look as though burnt (v. N. E. D. brand, 7. Cf. O. H.

Linked entry: brand-óm

cíping

(n.)
Grammar
cíping, e; f.
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D. v. 158, 37. merchandise Céping mercimonium (or under <b> I,</b> if a gloss on Ald. 56, 15 :-- Spirituale exercetur mercimonium. Cf. An. Ox. 4807), Wrt.

ecg

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Dele twý- at end, and add: of weapons Egc acies, hiltan capulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 20. Ecge mucrone, An. Ox. 52, 3. Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. Hé ealle ofslóh mid swurdes ecge, Hml. S. 25, 415.

faroþ

(n.)
Grammar
faroþ, faroþ, es; m.

oceanwavesshore

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cf. faran; I. 3; and for connexion of a noun denoting water with a verb denoting motion, v. wǽg wave, and wegan to move], surging sea, ocean, waves Brádne hwyrft oð þæt brim faroþæs (cf. the phrase sæ-acute;s brim.

gidding

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Cuthbert's life both in prose and in verse Hml. Th. ii. 134, l. of formal or serious speech. a dark saying, riddle, an enigma Geddunga enigmata Wrt.

hwónlíce

(adv.)
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Hwón-lícor minus (compta ), An. Ox. 1015. with verbs, where action is slight in operation or result Hwónlíce (wónlíce, 2, 55) hwapelaþ sensim scaluriat An. Ox. 1890.

reordian

(v.)
Grammar
reordian, ;p.; ode.

to speak, say, talkto read

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[He reordien gan, and þas word sæide], Laym. 22174

willian

(v.)
Grammar
willian, p. ode.

to willto desire,with a genitivewith infinitivewith gerundial infin.with a clauseabsolute

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, ac pene compellit intentio, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 4. with a clause.

Cnut

(n.)
Grammar
Cnut, es; m.

Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035

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Hér forþférde Cnut cing, on ii Id' Novemb' æt Sceftes byrig, and hine man ferode ðánon to Winceastre, and hine ðǽr bebyrigde here departed king Cnut, on the 2nd of the Ides of November [= Nov. 12] at Shaftesbury, and they bore him thence to Winchester