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lind

(n.)
Grammar
lind, e; and linde, an; f.

a shield

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the linden or lime-tree Lind seno vel tilia, Ælfc. Gl. 45; Som. 64, 111; Wrt. Voc. 32, 46. Linde tilie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 29. In ða greátan lindan; of ðære lindan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 24. On ða gemearcodan lindan; of ðære gemearcodan lindan, vi.

for-

(prefix)
Grammar
for-, is used in composition in Anglo-Saxon exactly as the English for: it often deteriorates, or gives an opposite sense, or gives strength to the words before which it is placed; in which case it may be compared with Gothic fra-, Dutch and German ver- [different from the Dutch voor, and German vor]. Forbeódan to forbid; fordéman to condemn; forcúþ perverse, corrupt; fordón to destroy, to do for. — Sometimes fór denotes an increase of the signification of the word before which it is placed, and is then generally to be in English very; valde, as fó;r-eáde very easily,
  • Homl. Th. ii. 138, 35
: fór-oft very often,
  • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
  • Wrt. popl. science 11, 8
    • ;
  • Lchdm. iii. 256, 16.
For- and fór-, or fóre- are often confounded, though they are very different in meaning; as forseón [Flem. versien] to overlook, despise; fór- or fóreseón [Flem. veursien] to foresee. — If a word, having for, fór or fóre prefixed, cannot be found under for-, fór- or fóre-, it must be sought under the simple term, and the sense of the preposition added; thus, fór- or fóre-sendan is from sendan to send, and fór-, fóre before, to send before, etc. [On the vowel in for, fore, see remark in the preface.]

Linked entries: scrífan scyldigian síðian -witol -wríþan stalian swelgan swígan swigian swíðan syngian trúwian þeahtung þeón þingian meltan myrþrian nefa pyndan of-drincan -sáwenlic scirian seáþ -wyrpness setness -sewen -sewenlic -sewenlíce -sewenness síþ stregdan teón treddan trúwung weorþan manig micel nǽman neáh irman þrǽstness witig wlencan wrégan wundian wyrht brítan fær- feallan fyllan gǽgan gǽgednes

pohha

(n.)
Grammar
pohha, poha, pohcha, pocca, an; m.
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A poke, pouch, bag; as a medical term sinus Pohha (poha, Lind.) pera, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 8. Pohha (pocca, Lind.), Lk. Skt. 9, 3. Ðý læs ðider in yfel pohha ( sinus ) gesíge, Lchdm. ii. 208, 18. Sift ðonne, dó on pohhan ( bag ), lege under weofod, 138,

sigel

(n.)
Grammar
sigel, sægl, segl ; n. (?)
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The sun ; also the name of the rune=S ᛋ sǽmannum symble byþ on hihte (cf. Icelandic Runic poem—Sól er landa ljómi), Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 15 ; Rún. 16. Woruldcandel scán, sigel súþan fús, Beo. Th. 3936 ; B. 1966. Wuldres tácen swylce hádre

Linked entries: segl sægl

syn-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
syn-sceaþa, an; m.

One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant

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One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant Se synscaþa sceaþena þreáte éhstreám sóhte, Exon. Th. 282, 31; Jul. 671. Hié ne móste se synscaþa ( Grendel ) under sceadu bregdan, Beo. Th. 1418; B. 707. Ðone synscaðan gúðbilla nán grétan

Linked entry: syn-sceaþa

wrǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽt, wrǽtt, e; f.

A work of art ⬩ a jewel ⬩ an ornament

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A work of art, a jewel, an ornament Se (the cave) wæs innan full wrǽtta and wíra, weard unhióre goldmáðmas heóld, Beo. Th. 4817; 3. 2413. Wundenmǽl wrǽttum gebunden, 3067 ; 3. 1531. Is ðes middangeard wísum gewlitegad, wrǽttum gefrætwad, Exon. Th. 413

Linked entry: wrǽtte

á-hýdan

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Hé áhýdeð ( abscondit ) mé in getelde his, Ps. Srt. 26, 5. Se Hǽlend áhýdde hine, Jn. L. 8, 59: Gr. D. 141, 30: 194, 14. Hé hine sylfne áhýdde wið þá Langbeardan, 293, 15. Áhýd þá ælmessan under þæs þearfan sceáte, Wlfst. 257, 18. Sé ðe hine áhýde from

hédd-ern

Grammar
hédd-ern, héd-ern

a store-room

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a store-room Búton hit under þæs wífes cǽglocan gebróht wǽre . . . ac þǽra cǽgean heó sceal weardian; þæt is hire héddernes cǽge and hyre cyste cǽge and hire tǽgan, Ll. Th. i. 418, 21 note. On kycenan oþþe on héderne (cellario) oðþe on mynstres bæcerne

Linked entry: hædern

neowol-ness

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Add: of a deep place on earen Ofer þá stówe ufon wæs hangiende unmǽte stánclif, and eác beneoðan swíþe deóp neowelnys (niwolnys, niolnes, v.ll.) ginode in loco ingens desuper rupes eminet, et profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18. Under

pistol-rǽdere

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Substitute: A subdeacon, who reads the epistle in the service Gescrýdde mid mæssehacelum sácerd, diácon and pistelrǽdere (subdiaconus) ádreógan þénunga hyra . . . Pistolrǽdere, swá oft swá hé mid mæssehacelan byþ gescrýd, hé dó of hí þænne hé rǽd pistel

rest

Grammar
rest, [In Bl. H. 11, 16, 19 the word seems to be of the weak declension.]
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Add [Niht]licere ræste nocturnae quieti ł somno, An. Ox. 2197. add Þín gást bið on heofonum, and þín rest ne losað nǽfre on worulde, Hml. S. 15, 67. Hé æfter þám gereordum ræste séceð, dýgle stówe under dúnscræfum, Pa. 36. Ðeáh þe þá rícestan hátan

sǽ-wer

(n.)
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(?) a weir of some kind Ðæt mynster æt Wíc, and seó híd ðæ ðǽrtó líð, and .vi. æceras and se íggað æt portes bricge and (mid?) healfe sǽwære and se mylnstede æt Mannæs bricge, C. D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C. D.

wed-loga

(n.)
Grammar
wed-loga, an ; m.

One who is false to a pledge or engagement

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One who is false to a pledge or engagement On ðison gére swác Harðacnut Eádulf eorl under his grðle, and hé wæs ðá wedloga. Chr. 1041 ; Erl. 166, 33. Ic ðé eom andetta mínra synna . . . ic eom wedloga, Anglia xii. 501, 19. Ðæt gé ne beón wedlogan ne

snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
snǽd, es; m.

The handle of a scythe.

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The handle of a scythe. Under the forms snathe, sneath, snead, sned the word occurs in the glossaries of many dialects, e. g. Wilts, Somerset, Northamptonshire. Jamieson also gives it. v. E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 16, 19, C. 4 Hwílon befeóll án síðe

á-swǽman

Grammar
á-swǽman, p. de.

to be grieved ⬩ confounded ⬩ to wander away

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Substitute; to be grieved, confounded Ic ne áswǽme non erubescam, Ps. L. 24, 20. Ic áswǽmde tabescebam; I was grieved (A.V.), 118, 158 : 138, 21. Ic ne sý áswǽmed non erubescam, 24, 2. Sé þe sceal áswǽman (or under II.?)sárigferð, wát his sincgiefan

óþ-ferian

(v.)
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to bear off Ic unsófte ðonan feorh ðþferede næs ic fǽge ðágyt not easily thence (the conflict with Grende's mother) did I bring away life, but not then had my hour come (cf. last passage under óþ*-*lǽdan), Beo. Th. 4288; B. 2141. Ðæt hé nǽfre nahbe foldan

port-geráfa

(n.)
Grammar
port-geráfa, an ; m.
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A port-reeve (v. port, II) Portgeréfa oððe burhwita municeps, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 41. Ðes portgeréfa hic prefectus urbis, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 16, 56. Man cýððe ðam portgeréfan ( the case is one of buying in the market at Ephesus ), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 643.

swíðian

(v.)
Grammar
swíðian, p. ode.
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to be or become strong, to prevail Strangadan, swíðodon invalescebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 6. Strangedon, swíþedon, 46, 49. Ne wæs ðæt tó wundrianne ðeáh ðe ðæs cyninges béne ðá hé mid Drihtne rícsade mid hine swíþode and genge wǽre nec mirandum preces

wapolian

(v.)
Grammar
wapolian, p. ode
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To foam, bubble up, pour forth (intrans. and trans. ?), abound, swarm Wapolaþ ebullit (os fatuorum ebullit stultitiam, Prov. 15, 2), Kent. Gl. 505. Wapolode vaporat, Germ. 398, 220. Up ábrǽcan, wapeladan ebulliebant, emergebant (cadavera vermium examina

cnódan

(v.)
Grammar
cnódan, cneódan; pp. [ge-]cnóden.
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to impute, attribute Gif hwæt welgedónes bið, ðonne cnódað him ðæt ealle ðá ðe him under*-*ðiédde bióð mid herenesse omnes subditi, si qua bene gesta sunt, laudibus efferunt, Past. 111, 3. to attribute, call by a person's name, name after a person

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