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wegan

Grammar
wegan, <b>. A I.</b>
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Perhaps in Exod. 180 wǽpn might be inserted before wǽgon, aud the passage be removed to <b> A. III</b> 1

horsc-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
horsc-líce, adv.

Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudentlynaviter, strenue, agiliter

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Readily, promptly, with activity [bodily or mental], wisely, prudently Biþ seó tunge tótogen forðon heó ne mæg horsclíce [MS. horslíce] wordum wrixlan wið ðone wergan gǽst the tongue shall be rent asunder, therefore it will not be able to converse readily

toll-freó

(adj.)
Grammar
toll-freó, adj.

Free from toll,exempt from payment of toll

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Free from toll, exempt from payment of toll Tolfreó ofer ealle Engleland, wiðinne burhe and wiðútan, æt gárescépinge and on ǽfrice styde be wætere and be lande per totam Angliam infra ciuitatem et extra, in omni foro et annuis nundinis et in omnibus

mǽg

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Be wurþscipe mága (parentum) . . . ne scylon bearn (filii) mágum (parentibus) goldhordian ac mágas bearnum, Scint. 173, 7 -3. Bearn, beó gé underðiódde eówrum ieldrum mágum filii, obedite parentibus vestris, Past. 189, 22.

drǽf

(n.)
Grammar
drǽf, dráf,e ; f.

A driving out, an expulsion expulsio

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A driving out, an expulsion; expulsio Be drǽfe [dráfe MS. B.] of expulsion, L. In. 68; Th. i. 146, 6

gealled

(v.)
Grammar
gealled, part.

Galledfrettedintertrīgĭnōsus

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Galled, fretted; intertrīgĭnōsus Gif hors geallede síe if a horse be galled, L. M. 1, 88; Lchdm. ii. 156, 18

hróp

(n.)
Grammar
hróp, es; m.

Cryingclamouroutcry

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Crying, clamour, outcry Ðǽr biþ á wóp and hróp there shall be ever weeping and wailing, Blickl. Homl. 185, 7

Linked entries: hrépan on-hróp

ge-twífealdad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-twífealdad, part.

Doubledduplĭcātus

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Doubled; duplĭcātus Biþ ðæt ǽfengyfel getwífealdad the evening refection will be doubled, L. E. I. 38; Th. ii. 436, 30

ge-medemian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-medemian, <b>; V.</b>
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add: to be deemed worthy to do Ic wæs ge-medemod gebiddan þá gerýnu þǽre róde. Hml. S. 23b, 466

bi-wrítan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-wrítan, p. -wrát, pl. -writon; pp. -writen

To write after, by, or out of, to copypostscribere, exscribere,

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[be by, wrítan to write] To write after, by, or out of, to copy; postscribere, exscribere,Past. pref; Hat. MS

ge-hát-land

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hát-land, es; n.

Land of promise

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Land of promise Be inngonge ðæs gehátlondes about the entrance of the promised land, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 12

cnítan

(v.)
Grammar
cnítan, (?), cnítian(?)
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to dispute Full wamb éþelíce be fæstenum cnítað (-eð?) plenus uenter facile de ieiuniis disputat, Scint. 51, 12. Cf. cneátian

hand-hamer

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Add: a hammer that can be used with one hand, a small hammer Handhamur malleolus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 1

háw

(n.; suffix)
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háw, Kemble says, &#39; In all probability, a look out, or prospect&#39;; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

hafe-geat

(n.)
Grammar
hafe-geat, es; n.
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A gate that has to be raised (?) In tó hafegeæte; of hafegeæte, C. D. iv. 157, 11. Cf. tyrn-geat

on-norþan

(prep.)
Grammar
on-norþan, prep.
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On the north side of Ácrind onnorþan treówe be eorþan, Lch. ii. 108, 27. Onnorþan neoþan þán treówe, 126, 5

wiþ-bregdan

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Sum man him onsænde be his cnihtum twá spyrtan . . . þára óðre se cniht wiðbrǽd (subripuit), Gr. D. 203, 5. Add

ge-sweógian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweógian, p. ode; pp. od

To be silent;tăcēre

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To be silent; tăcēre Gesweógode he áne hwíle he was silent for some time, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 212, 10

a-dilegian

(v.)
Grammar
a-dilegian, -dilgian, -dylegian; p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [a, dilgian to destroy]

To abolishblot outdestroydo awayaboleredelere

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Adilga me of ðínre béc dele me de libro tuo, Ex. 32, 32: Ps. Th. 68, 29: 108, 13, 14. Adilgode, Ps. Th. 17, 40

Linked entry: a-dylegian

ǼFEN

(n.)
Grammar
ǼFEN, ǽfyn, éfen, es; m.

The EVENeveningeventidevespervespera

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The EVEN, evening, eventide; vesper, vespera Syððan ǽfen cwom after evening came, Beo. Th. 2475; B. 1235. Ǽfen ǽrest vesperum primum, Cd. 8; Th. 9, 7; Gen. 138. Ǽfena gehwám in each of evenings, 148; Th. 184, 16; Exod. 108.