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un-dón

(v.)
Grammar
un-dón, p. -dyde; pp. -dón

To undo ⬩ to undo that which is closed ⬩ to open ⬩ to undo that which is bound ⬩ to release ⬩ to release ⬩ absolve ⬩ to undo that which closes ⬩ to open a door ⬩ to undo that which binds or fastens ⬩ to undo a bolt, a knot ⬩ to undo what has been done ⬩ to abrogate ⬩ destroy

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Rush. 14, 58. where the object is not material Ðet hyra nán næ undó ðet ic tó ðám háligum mynstrum gedón hebbe, Chart. Th. 232, 28. Ne mæg undóa ða gewriota non potest solui scribtura, Jn. Skt. Rush. 10, 35.

míðan

(v.)
Grammar
míðan, p. máð, pl. miðon; pp. miðen.

to conceal ⬩ dissemble ⬩ To be concealed ⬩ lie hid ⬩ to avoid ⬩ refrain from ⬩ forbear

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Mé nǽfre næs ealles swá ic wolde ðeáh ic his miðe it was never with me just as I would, though I dissembled the fact, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 28. Grammar míðan, with acc.

níd-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, e; f.

necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business

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Hé wirþ swá earm ðæt hé næfþ furþum ða neódþearfe áne ( fit ut necessariis egeat ), ðæt is wist and wǽda; wilnaþ ðonne ðære neádþearfe, næs ðæs anwealdes, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 15-18.

gilpan

(v.)
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Th. ii. 386, 10. to boast of (gen), Gif þú þæs gilpst, hú ne gilpst þú heora gódes, næs þínes?, Bt. 14, l; F. 42, 26. Geþenc be ðǽm ge-byrdum, gif hwá þæs gilpþ (gelpð, v. l. ), 30, l ; F. 108, 19. Hé morðres gylpeð, B. 2055.

hínan

to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse

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S. 25, 414. to lay low, destroy, the object a person, of the action of an individual Næs his hergiung on þá fremdan áne, ac hé gelíce slóg and hiénde þá þe him on siml wǽron mid farende.

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

sulung

(n.)
Grammar
sulung, e; f. A Kentish word for a certain quantity of land, derived, like carrucata, from a name of the plough; from its origin it might mean, so much land as could be cultivated by one plough. From the first two passages given below it would seem that the sulung was equivalent to two hides (manentes), and later a solanda, which is probably the same word, is said 'per se habere duas hidas.' v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., p. 54. But perhaps it may be inferred that both hide and sulung were considered as on the same footing as regards the plough. Thus to the gebúr with his gyrd landes, i. e. one quarter of a hide, are to be given two oxen, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 23, while a gift of half a sulung is accompanied by the further gift of four oxen, Chart. Th. 470, 9-14. v. Seebohm, pp. 138-9, and generally. In the Domesday Survey of Kent the assessment was given by solins, and the word remained in use. v. Pegge's Kenticisms, s.v.
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sulling Aliquam terrae partiunculam, hoc est duarum manentium ... ritu Cantiae án sulung dictum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 249, 19. Terrae particula duarum manentium, id est, án sulung, 250, 8. Yc gean intó Cristes cyrican on Cantwarabyrig ðæs landes æt Holungaburnan

Linked entry: swulung

un-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-rǽd, es; m.

evil counsel ⬩ ill-advised course ⬩ bad plan ⬩ folly ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ prejudice ⬩ hurt

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Næs nán mára unrǽd gerǽd ðonne se wæs Eadricus per dolum fecit exercitum Anglorum redire. Non fuit pejus concilium factum in Anglia de tali re, Chr. l016; Erl. 157, 22.

wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
wyrhta, an ; m.

a wright ⬩ workman ⬩ artificer ⬩ labourer ⬩ one who works at some trade ⬩ a maker ⬩ producer ⬩ author ⬩ creator ⬩ fabricator ⬩ the Creator ⬩ Maker ⬩ a doer ⬩ worker

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Gif ðú wénst ðætte wundorlíce gerela hwelc weorþmynd sié, ðonne telle ic ðú weorþmynd ðæm wyrhtan ðe hié worhte, næs náðe (igeniun mirabor artificis), Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, 19.

Linked entry: werta

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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Ongset hé ꝥ se hláf næs ná gemearcod (signatus) . . . se hláf wæs geméted gemearcod mid Crístes róde tácne, 87, 7-23. Cain gewát morðre gemearcod (cf. Posuit Dominus Cain signum. Gen. 4, 15) mandreám fleón, B. 1264. <b>II a.

óþer

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Seó stów næs ná ne óþor ne wáccere þonne formænig þára þe his yldran gefyrþredon, Lch. iii. 438, 11. Ne ǽnig wiste hwæt óðer cwæð, Gen. 1690. For hwí se góda lǽce selle ðám hálum men séftne drenc, and óþrum hálum biterne, Bt. 39, 9; F. 226, 11.

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, p. ode.

to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail

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MS.) næs ðeáh mínes þonces' ... Ða ðe swǽ rícsiaþ (-ieaþ, Hatt. MS.) hí rícsiaþ of hira ágnum dóme ipsi regnaverunt, et non ex me'... Ex se regnant, qui ..., Past. 1, 2; Swt. 26, 14-16. On ðám dagum ríxode Æþelbyrht cyning on Cantwarebyrig, Homl.

cræft

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</b> in a bad sense, a cunning trick, stratagem, artifice :-- Mid þǽm cræfte þe þá scondlicost wæs . . . þysne nyttan cræft, þéh hé árlic nǽre, funde heora tictator, Ors. 2, 8; S. 90, 28-92, 3.

ge-nip

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Ne se móna næfð nánre mihte wiht ꝥ hé þǽre nihte genipu mæge fleógan pallida nocturnam nec praestat luna lucernam, Dóm. L. 110.

lang

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Næs ꝥ onbid long, Gú. 876. For longum gesǽlþum . . . on ðam langum geswince, Bt. 39, 11 ; F. 228, 23-26. Þæt longe líf, Cri. 1464.

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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Hwǽr is seó eorðe ðe nǽ fre sunne on ne sceán? In ðære reádan sǽ, Salm. Kmbl. 198, 14. Wígbord scinon, Cd. Th. 207, 14; Exod. 466. Eoforlíc scionon, Beo. Th. 612; B. 303.

féða

(n.)
Grammar
féða, an; m.

a band on foot ⬩ infantry ⬩ a host ⬩ troop ⬩ tribe ⬩ company ⬩ phălanx pĕdestris ⬩ pĕdites ⬩ lĕgio ⬩ ăcies ⬩ trĭbus ⬩ căterva ⬩ a battle ⬩ pugna

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Ðǽr wæs ungemetlíc wæl geslagen Persa, and Alexandres næs ná má ðonne hund-twelftig on ðam rǽde-here, and nigon on ðam féðan there was a very great slaughter made of the Persians, and no more than a hundred and twenty in Alexander's cavalry, and nine

Linked entry: féðu

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, soel ; also sélor ; adv. (cpve.)
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Næs him wihte ðe sél he did not succeed any the better, Beo. Th. 5368 ; B. 2687. Sél æfter wælrǽse wunde gedýgan to be more successful in escaping wounds, 5054 ; B. 2530. Se æcer syððan gegreów .c. síða sélor ðonne hé ǽr dyde, Shrn. 137, 25.

weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
weorþung, e ; f.
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Næs riht on ðære stówe ǽnigne tó ácwellanne for ðære stówe weorþunge, Nar. 30, 3. Apostola ðínra worðunge folc ðín giwynsumia apostolorum tuorum Petri et Pauli honore plebs tua exultet Rtl. 59, 33.

áscian

(v.)
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Hé sende tó þám brýdguman and hí áxode þǽr, ac heó þǽr næs, 33, 182. Hé befrán for hwylcum intingan hí hine áxodon, 10, 117. Wé ealle hine áxodan, Ll. Th. i. 234, 12. Hió ongan swíðe giornlíce áxian þá næglas, H. R. 15, 20.

Linked entry: áhsian

feallan

to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away

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Hé blóde fáh feóll on foldan; næs hé fǽge þá gyt, B. 2975. Feóllon wergend bennum seóce, Gen. 1971: Hml. S. 26, 154. to stumble, fall into a pit, snare:-- Gif ðæt swín filð on ðæt sol, Past. 421, 2. Feallað firenfulle on heora fengnettum, Ps.

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