ge-síþ
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Gen. 2067 : 1908), a ja-stem with long root-syllable treated as if the syllable were short ? For the stem cf.
sáwan
to sow ⬩ to sow ⬩ implant
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Be ðæm áworpnan engle is áwriten ðæt hé séwe ðæt weód on ða gódan æceras cum bonae messi inserta fuissent zizania, Past. 47, 1; Swt. 357, 17. Gehýre gé ðæs sáwendan (seminantis) bigspell, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 18. Sáwondum seminanti, Kent.
snytro
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Wera snytero Cd. Th. 295, 25; Sat. 492. Se þurh snytro spéd smiðcræftega wæs 66, 14; Gen. 1084. Ic eom gewis ðínra mægena and snytro Lchdm. i. 326, 4. Snyttro Elen. Kmbl. 586; El. 293. Hié ðære snytro gelýfdon Cd. Th. 217, 25; Dan. 28.
swán-geréfa
An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood. He seems to have been under the direct control of the alderman
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An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood.
þorp
an assemblage ⬩ the assemblage of workers on an estate ⬩ the estate on which they worked ⬩ hamlet ⬩ village
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.: The word is now obsolete, but it remains in a great many local names, either alone or in composition; though, as such names are found mostly in those parts of England which were affected by the Danes, its occurrence in them may be due rather to Scandinavian
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mæsse-preóst
A priest not of the Christian church ⬩ a priest of the Christian church, who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders, and might celebrate the mass
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His orders were the same as those of the bishop, but the latter alone could ordain priests, confirm children, and consecrate churches. He might be a regular or not.
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wirnan
to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from
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.), ðæt wé yfel dón, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 4. Georne is tó wyrnanne bearneácenum wífe, ðæt hió áht sealtes ete oððe swétes, Lchdm. ii. 330, 6. Grammar wirnan, with acc. See II b
ge-wrixl
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Þæt wé magon him gewrixl ágyldan . . . ongeán ealle þá gód þe hé ús forgyfen hæfð, Wlfst. 145, 7. <b>II a.</b> what is given in requital. v. ge-wrixlian; Lend [Driht?
lár
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Wé beódað þǽm mæssepreóstum . . . ꝥ hig swíðe geornlice ymb þæs folces láre sýn . . . Ne mæg eówer nán hyne láre beládian; ǽlc eówer hafað tungan; sé þe gód sprecan wile, symble hé mæg sumné mon gebétan, Ll. Th. ii. 424, 14-25. <b>I a.
tilung
striving, ⬩ endeavour, ⬩ effort, ⬩ labour ⬩ a pursuit ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ business ⬩ care ⬩ attention ⬩ treatment ⬩ cure ⬩ gain that comes from labour ⬩ acquisition ⬩ fruit got by tilling the earth
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Wé willaþ sprecan ymbe manna tilunga ad hominum studia revertor, Bt. 24,4; Fox 84, 27. care, attention, treatment, cure. v. tilian, III. 2 b, IV Ðonne man tó wiccan tilunge séce æt ǽnigre neóde, Wulfst. 171, 11.
tungol
a heavenly body ⬩ a heavenly body other than sun or moon ⬩ a star ⬩ a planet ⬩ a fixed star ⬩ a group of stars ⬩ a constellation ⬩ division of the zodiac
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Sume tunglu habbaþ scyrtran hwyrft ðonne sume habban, swá swá tunglu habbaþ ðe wé hátaþ wǽnes ðisla, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 17-19, 22. Tungl, Met. 28, 6, 12. Men sǽdon ðæt heofones tungul (astra) hiora yfel flugon, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 24. Tungol, Exon.
steór
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Ðá ásende him God tó swýðlíce steóre (he wes carried away captive), Homl. Skt. i. 18, 437. Tóscádan ge on godcundan scriftan ge on woroldcundan steóran, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 19.
self
self ⬩ very ⬩ own ⬩ (the) same
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Ne wén ðú ðæt ic tó ánwillíce winne wið ða wyrd, forðam iç hit nó selfe ne ondrǽde, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 21. Ðá ðá wé hit nóhwæðer ne selfe ne lufodon, Past. pref.; Swt. 5, 6. Sylfe, Blickl. Homl. 53, 1: 223, 20.
ESNE
A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis
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Ealle we synd ánes esnes suna omnes fīlli ūnīus vĭri sŭmus, Gen. 42, 11, 13. Uton agifan ðæm esne his wíf let us give to the man his wife, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 7
á-bisgian
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Wé beóþ mid mycclum hungre yfelra geþóhta ábisgode, Bl. H. 19, 15. on Wíf ðe ðé on nánum þincgum ne ábysige, Shrn. 183, 11. Heora mód wæs ábisgod on ðisse worulde willnunga, Bt. 41, 3; F. 246, 30. v. other instances under á-bysgian in Dict
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ge-sund
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Þǽr wé gesunde sæl weardodon, B. 2075. (l a) of spiritual health Wile fæder eahtan hú gesunde suna sáwle bringen, Cri. 1075. of things Swá swá sió nafu bið gesund . . .
hrædlíce
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Uton habban úre mód úp swá swá wé yfemest mægen wið ðæs heán hrófes þæs héhstan andgites ꝥ þú mæge hrædlícost cumon tó þínre ágenre cýððe, Bt. 41, 5; F. 254, 17.
twi-feald
Twofold ⬩ double ⬩ twice as much ⬩ of twice the amount ⬩ consisting of two items ⬩ consisting of two parts ⬩ containing two elements ⬩ that belongs to one or other of two kinds ⬩ doubtful ⬩ irresolute ⬩ double ⬩ not straightforward ⬩ deceitful ⬩ double (as in bent double) ⬩ placed together
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Wé tweofealdne deáþ ðrowiaþ, oþþe sticode beóþ, oþþe on sǽ ádruncene oriuntur duo genera funerum, aut jugulamur, aut mergimur.
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tyhtan
to draw ⬩ stretch ⬩ to draw the mind to something ⬩ to incite ⬩ exhort ⬩ provoke ⬩ solicit ⬩ prompt ⬩ urge ⬩ persuade ⬩ to suggest ⬩ bring to the mind ⬩ to instruct ⬩ teach
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Gif mid rícan mannan wé wyllaþ sum þinc tihtan (suggerere), R. Ben. Interl. 53, 6. to instruct, teach, Similar entries v. ge-tyhtan. Þe deofel heom tuhte to þan werke, O.E. Homl. i. 121, 33. A þet wit cume forð ant tuhte ham þe betere, 247, 6.
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fram
away from ⬩ apart from ⬩ absent from ⬩ from ⬩ alien from ⬩ by ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ as a result of ⬩ of ⬩ de
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Fram hyra wæstmum gé hí undergytað, Mt. 7, 16. indicating the object spoken of, of; de Se diácon sǽde fram þysum fýre, emne swá wé rǽdað on Sunnandæges spelle, Wlfst. 205, 24: Bl. H. 169, 24.