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land

Grammar
land, <b>. I.</b>
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Ic gean him and his wífe þæs landes æt Stoctúne wið án hund mancosa, Cht. Th. 597, 33. Hé sealde hiora gehwæðrum hund þúsenda landes and locenra beága, B. 2995. Ic þé hneáw ne wæs landes, Gen. 2824.

grǽd

(n.)
Grammar
grǽd, <b>grǽdan</b>
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.]: <b&gt;grǽde</b&gt; grass

-gal

(suffix)
Grammar
-gal, -gil, -gel,
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March. 38; p. 27, 8

tíd

Grammar
tíd, <b>. I a.</b>
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Múða gehwylc mete þearf, mǽl sceolon tídum gongan, Gn. Ex. 125. Ic on Þín hús hálig gange, and þǽr tídum þé tifer onsecge, Ps. Th. 65, 12. <b&gt;I a α.

notian

(v.)
Grammar
notian, <b>I a.</b>
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<b&gt;I d.</b&gt; :--- Feoh þe man on fyrndagum slóh, and on ðǽra yldrena cásera tíman notode, 615. Ðis synd þára bóca tácn þe mon on cyrican tó godcundum þeówdóme notigan sceal . . .

ǽg-hwilc

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwilc, -hwelc, -hwylc; adj. [á + ge + hwý + líc]

Every ⬩ all ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever ⬩ every one ⬩ quicunque ⬩ unusquisque ⬩ omnis

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Ǽghwylcum máððum gesealde he gave a present to every one. Beo. Th. 2104; B. 1050. Ǽghwylcne ellþeódigra unumquemque alienorum, Andr. Kmbl. 51; An. 26. Wreðiaþ fæste ǽghwilc óðer each supports the other firmly, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 69; Met. 11, 35.

Linked entries: á-hwylc ég-hwelc

byrd-scype

(n.)
Grammar
byrd-scype, es; m. [byrd, ge-byrd birth, scype state, condition]
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Birth-ship, child-bearing; gestatio, partus Ic tó fela hæbbe ðæs byrdscypes bealwa onfongen I have received too many injuries from this childbearing, Exon. 10b; Th. 12, 7; Cri. 182

eówih

(pronoun.)
Grammar
eówih, = eówic you; acc. pl. of pers. pron. gé ye.

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nacod

Grammar
nacod, <b>. I a.</b>
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<b&gt;II b.</b&gt; add :-- Nú miht þú wel witan þæt weorc sprecan swíðor þonne þá nacodon word þe nabbað náne fremminge, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 24. <b&gt;II c.

nearu-ness

Grammar
nearu-ness, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b>
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For manegum nearonessum ic neálǽhte mínum ende crebris angustiis ad exitum propinquans, Gr. D. 243, 19. <b&gt;II a.

leóhte

Grammar
leóhte, brightly. Add: [O. H. Ger. liohte lucide.] : <b>-leóhtend</b>.

þys-lic

Grammar
þys-lic, <b>. II.</b>
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Þás þyslican sindon tó rihtanne, Gr. D. 263, 2. Add

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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Add Gregorius þágýt spræc: 'Onu þonne gif se gást mage beón hæfd on þám men ... for hwan ne mæg hé ...?, 'Gr. D. 303, 25. Add Gif hié brecað his gebodscipe, þonne hé him ábolgen wurðeð, Gen. 430. <b&gt;B. II.

gór

Grammar
gór, = <b>gár.</b>
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See <b&gt;gár; IV,</b&gt; where add Tó ðes gáres súðende, C. D. v. 86, 28. Cf. on ðone gáran ufwerdne, 356, 16 (the three passages refer to the same place)

mǽgþ

Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Ox. 1297 : stemmati, Germ. 393, 131. Hé férde embe Agathen ǽhta, and eác wolde gehæftan ealle hire mǽgðe, Hml. S. 8, 210. <b&gt;IVa.</b&gt; add :-- Þǽr is mid Estum án mǽgð þæt hí magon cyle gewyrcan, Ors. l, I ; S. 21, 14. <b&gt;IVc.

tellan

Grammar
tellan, <b>. II.</b>
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<b&gt;III a.</b&gt; add :-- Wolde hé Róme gesécan, ꝥ in þá tíd wæs micles mægenes teald and gelýfed Romam adire curauit, quod eo tempore magnae uirtutis, aestimabatur, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 470, 11. <b&gt;III c.

BRÓÐOR

(n.)
Grammar
BRÓÐOR, bróðer, bróder, bróður; d. bréðer; but often indecl. in sing; pl. nom. acc. bróðor, bróðer, bróður, bróðru, bróðro, ge-bróðor, er, ru, ro, ra; g. bróðra, ge-bróðra; d. bróðrum, ge-bróðrum; m.

A BROTHER ⬩ frater ⬩ to bear, support, a brother being the natural supporter of sisters who have lost their father

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Gr. 15; Som. 19, 18-23. Hwǽr is ðín bróðor ubi est frater tuus? Gen. 4, 9: Mt. Bos. 5, 23. Bróðor Arones Aaron's brother, Cd. 124; Th. 158, 21; Gen. 2620: 47; Th. 60, 19; Gen. 984. Geboren bróðer germanus frater, Greg. Dial. 2, 13.

Linked entries: ge-bróðor bróder bróðar bróðer bróðor-slaga bróður

tilung

Grammar
tilung, <b>.
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</b&gt; add Þá nearonessa his ágenre costunge hine gedydon þý geornfulra tó þáre teolunge (gímene, v.l. ) godcundra beboda, Gr. D. 26, 20.

nearu

Grammar
nearu, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Wiþ nearwum breóstum, Lch. ii. 174, 6. evil, mean. v. nearulice ; <b&gt;V;</b&gt; nearu-þanc

grunung

Grammar
grunung, Add: and <b>grunnung</b>
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Gl. 462, 55. Onhyrgan swýna grununge (swína grunnunge, v. l. ), Gr. D. 185, 4. Grununga (grunnunge, An. Ox. 2387) barritus, i. mugitus, Hpt. Gl. 462, 54. Grununge (grunnunge, An. Ox. 4378) rugitus, 508, 40

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