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tengan

(v.)
Grammar
tengan, p. de
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Hé ontende ða burh and tencgde him forð syððan, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 416. Se cásere tengde tó ðam botle, Homl. Th. i. 430, 23. Se fugol tó wuda tengde, ii. 162, 27.

Linked entry: sam-tinges

cniht-hád

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Seó forme wæcce is on cildháde, and seó óðer wæcce is on weaxendum cnihtháde, Hml. A. 52, 68. Sum cild hál geboren . . . ðiónde on cræftum þá hwíle þe hit on cnihtháde bið, and swá forþ eallne ðone giogoðhád, Bt. 38, 5; F. 206, 23.

freólíce

(adv.)
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Ic gife þás landes ... freólíce, swá ðet nán man ná have þǽr nán onsting búton seó abbot, Chr. 656; P. 30, 26: 963; P. 116, 18. nobly, splendidly Forð becóm freólíce in geatwum (cf. Laym. freoliche iwapned) kyningc, Chr. 1065; P. 194, 10

á-styrian

(v.)

to move a thing from its placeto cause a living creature to move itself:--to stir up,to cause motion in somethingto cause emotion in a personto cause strifepassionTo stirmove one's self

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Wearð se cásere for þǽre wógunge ástyrod, Hml. S. 7, 301. Wearð þ folc ástyrod on swíðlicum hreame they cried out excitedly, 31, 281. Ástirod ongén eów adversum vos coitcitatus, Deut. 9, 19 : Chr. 1052; P. 180, 9.

Linked entry: á-styrung

Wintan-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Wintan-ceaster, (Wintun-, Winta (-e, -i), Win-), e: Wænte, an; f.

Winchester

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But Latinized forms of the English word are used; Wintonia is often found in the charters; the form Wincestria occurs v. 167, 7, and the adjective Wintancestrensis 90, 29.] In ciuitate opinatissima quae Winteceaster nuncupatur, Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: Wænte Win-ceaster

eard

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Se cyning wolde þone eard ( Northumbria ) mid ealle fordón, Chr. 948; P. 112, 32. Eord, Shrn. 156, 1. Hé ( St.

bile-hwítlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
bile-hwítlíce, adv.

Honestly, simplyhoneste, simpliciter

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Honestly, simply; honeste, simpliciter Andswarede Dryhthelm bilehwítlíce, forðon he wæs bylehwítre gleáwnesse and gemetfæstre gecynde man Drycthelme respondebat simpliciter, erat namque homo simplicis ingenii ac moderatæ naturæ, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 30

Linked entry: bylwet-líce

ge-stefnian

(v.)
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Först. 125, 7

Linked entry: stefnian

ge-byrdlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-byrdlic, adj.
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Orderly, harmonious Þú hý hæfst æalle gesceapene gebyrdlice and gesóme, and tó þám geþwǽre þæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid ælle fordón dissonantia usque in extremum nulla est, Solil. H. 5, 13

ge-þeón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeón, p. -þeóde

To docommitperformperficerepatrare

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To do, commit, perform; perficere, patrare Ðæt we siððan forþ ða séllan þing symle móten geþeón that henceforth we may ever do those better things, Exon 13 a; Th. 23, 31; Cri. 377

ge-wítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wítan, ic -wíte, ðú -wítest, -wítst, he -wíteþ, -wít, pl. -wítaþ; p. ic, he -wát, ðú -wite, pl. -witon; pp. -witen.

to seebeholdviderespectareto turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that directionto set out towardsstartpass overto godepartwithdrawgo awayretreatretiredietransirediscedere

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forþ gewítaþ for ðæs sumores hǽton they shall fade away for the summer's heat, Blickl. Homl. 59, 4. He forþ gewát he died, Cd. 52; Th. 65, 19: Rood Kmbl. 262; Kr. 133: Beo. Th. 2962; B. 1479. Ðá gewát se dæg forþ dies cœperat declinare, Lk.

níd-wraca

(n.)
Grammar
níd-wraca, an; m.

One who is forced to be an avengerwho avenges an affront

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One who is forced to be an avenger, who avenges an affront Gif ǽnig gilda hwilcne man ofstleá, and hé neádwraca sí, and his bismer béte, fylste ǽlc gegylda, Chart. Th. 611, 29

Linked entry: wraca

rihtfæsten-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
rihtfæsten-tíd, e; f.
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Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽlc wer forgá his wíf freólstídum and rihtfæstentídum, ii. 250, 2

á-cumba

(n.)
Grammar
á-cumba, an; m: ǽ-cumbe, an; n ? [cemban to comb] .

oakumthat which is combedthe coarse part of hemp,—Hards, flax, towstuppathe thing pruned or trimmed, properly of treesPruningsclippingstrimmingsputamenreduced to ashesWood ashes

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for a salve, take the ashes of oakum, butcher's broom, L.

Linked entries: á-cuma ǽcumbe

Æðelréd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelréd, Æðeréd, es; m. [æðele, réd = rǽd counsel] .

ÆthelredÆthelredÆthelrédusÆthelred AthelingÆthelred

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Æthelred was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for thirty-eight years, A.D. 978-1016 Hér, Æðelréd æðeling féng to ðam ríce here [A. D. 978] Æthelred Atheling succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 978; Th. 232, 3, col. 1.

Linked entry: Æðeréd

alor

(n.)
Grammar
alor, aler, alr, es; m.

An ALDER- treealnusalnus glutihosa

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Its juice contains a great abundance of tannin, which renders the bark valuable for tanning, and the young shoots for dyeing. Its foliage being large, and of a deep handsome green, the alder is rather an ornamental tree.

Linked entries: aler aler-holt alr

BEÓ

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

A BEEapis

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The great variety of expressions, taken from the flavour of honey, sufficiently account for the value they placed upon it.

Linked entries: beáw-hyrnet beón bió

EÓWU

(n.)
Grammar
EÓWU, gen. eówe ; pl. nom. acc. eówa; gen. eówena; dat. eówenum; f; ewe, an; f. A

EWE, female sheepŏvis fēmĭna

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The milk was used for domestic purposes: butter and cheese were made from it; for Ælfric teaches the shepherd [sceáp-hyrde] to say, 'On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg

irþ

(n.)
Grammar
irþ, e; f.

ploughingtillinga cropploughed land

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ploughing, tilling For yrþe for ploughing; ad arandum, L. R. S. 21; Th. i. 440, 27. the produce of arable land, a crop Ðæt ðæs wæstmes yrþ ðǽr má upyrnende wǽre.

Linked entries: earþ ernþ

mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
mǽran, máran; p. de

To make knowncelebratedeclareproclaim

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Ne hit ǽnig mon ðære ferde ðon má út máran móste, ðý læs hié for ðon ormóde wǽron, Nar. 32, 22

Linked entry: máran