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hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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Engla þreátas sigeleóð sungon, 1289), Gú. 1293. voice, note of a bird Ic þurh múð sprece . . . hleóðres ne míðe, Rá. 9, 4. Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóðor, Scef. 20.

Wætlinga-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
Wætlinga-strǽt, e; f.

Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.

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Angl. 410, and see note.]

Linked entry: Erming-strǽt

wenian

(v.)
Grammar
wenian, p. ede

To accustomto accustomtrainpreparefitto draw attractto draw to to drawto weanablactare

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Man mag ylpas wenian tó wíge mid cræfte Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 10.

ǽmettig

Grammar
ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant devoid, void of, free fromunoccupied, at leisure, exempt fromfree to dounmarried

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Add: of space, empty, void, vacant Seó stów ne bið nóht longe ǽmettugu, Shrn. 82, 24. Ǽmettig, ǽmtig, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 537, 6. Ǽmtig innoþ, Scint. 57, 4. Gyt is rýmet ǽmtig, Hml. Th. ii. 376, 9. Ǽlc beód ǽmtig vacua byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33.

Linked entries: ǽmetgian ǽmtig

wín-geard

(n.)
Grammar
wín-geard, -eard, es; m.

a vineyarda place where vines growthe vines growing in such a placevineaa place where other plants than vines grow a vinevitisvinea

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Se gesibsuma wer byð ðam wínearde gelíc ðe byrð góde wæstmas, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 24. Ðú út álǽddest wíngeard (vineam)... and his wyrtruman settest, Ps. Th. 79, 8. Ic geseah wíneard (vitem), on ðam wǽron þreó clystru, Gen. 40, 9.

tó-dál

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dál, -dǽl, es; n.

Division.a dividing into parts,partitionseparationa part of a whole,separate portion,sectiona mark which divides,dividing-pointdistinction,differencedistributionscattering,dispersingdissension,want of union or peace,discretion

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Gr. 5; Zup. 13, 12. a part of a whole, separate portion, section Stæfcræft hæfþ þrítig tódál (cf. sum ðæra dǽla is geháten nota, 291, 9). Ðæt forme tódál is vox stemn . . . Sume tódál sindon pedes, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Zup. 289, 15-290, 13.

Linked entry: tó-dǽl

torr

(n.)
Grammar
torr, es; m.

turrisa towera projecting rocka tor

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Ðíin nosu is suelc se torr (turris) on Liuano ðæm munte, Past. 11; Swt. 65, 24: Exon. Th. 266, 23; Jul. 402. Tor, Ps. Th. 60, 2: Exon. Th. 180, 26; Gú. 1285. Ðá hét hire fæder hí bewyrcean on ánum torre mid twelf ðeówennum, Shrn. 105, 33.

Linked entries: túr tor

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandmanhomo liber, rusticus, colonus a man, husbandvir, maritusa free man

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Gif ceorl geþeáh, ðæt he hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, cirican and cycenan [MS. ky-cenan ], bell-hús and burh-geat-setl, and sunder-note on cynges healle, ðonne wæs he ðonon-forþ þegen-rihtes weorþe if a free man thrived, so that he had fully

Linked entry: ciorl

regol

(n.)
Grammar
regol, es; m.

a rulea rule, pattern, standard, normprescript, a canonrule

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Th. 131, 23;Gú. 460. a rule, pattern, standard, norm Ða leásan wítegan wǽron gedwolmen, and woldon áwendan ðone sóðan geleáfan of ðam rihtan regole tó heora gedwyldum, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 9. Regol normam vite, regol normam, Wrt.

Linked entries: regol-bryce regul

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.
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Swiran (swioran) cladam, Lchdm. i. lxx, 1 (see note). On ða swyran sínra þegena Met. 9, 56. of land, a hause (as in Esk Hause), a col; cf. ge-sweoru Dúna swioran juga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 18.

Linked entries: swira swyra

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, p. ede, ode.
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Se woruldkempa weraþ woruldlíce wǽpna, Basil adm. 2; Norm. 34, 31. Ðe má ðe se wer weraþ wímmanna gyrlan, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 358, 10.

rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd, es; m.
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Gif þeów ete his sylfes rǽde if a slave eat flesh during a fast of his own accord (i. e. when his master does not give the meat. v. the paragraph which precedes), L. Wih. 15; Th. i. 40, 11. Ráde, 10; Th. i. 38, 21.

Linked entry: rád

freónd

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D. 3, 13. one who is on good terms with another, not at variance Áworden woeron frióndas Heródes and Pílatus, Lk. L.

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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his household: Orceard hírede, synt orceardas gedafenlice æpplum pomerium curti, sunt pomaria congrua malis, Lch. i. lxii, 8. where the Deity is regarded as the father of a family the family being the good Ðú þe ús gedydest þínes hýredes Deus qui nos

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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þan mægen, Th: heánmægen, Grem: mægenhwyrfe, Btwk.] hwyrfe in hǽðendóm they strove earnestly to perform all God's law, and not to be apostate from the Lord of hosts any more than to turn to heathendom, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 22; Dan. 221.

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode
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To hold out, exercise endurance, endure, not to give in: of things, to last, continue to be serviceable Ic tó aldre sceal sæcce fremmau, þenden ðis sweord þolaþ, Beo. Th. 4992; B. 2499.

ge-neálǽcan

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Hé ne dorste his neáwiste geneálǽcan he durst not come into his neighbourhood. Hml. Th. i. 88, 21. with prep. tó where tó precedes dat. Hé geneólécde (gangande, R.) tó ðǽm forðmest accedens ad primum, Mt. L. 21, 28. Geneálécde, 30.

ge-fæstnian

(v.)
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Ágann Landfranc atýwian mid openum gesceáde ꝥ hé mid rihte crafede ... and mid strangan cwydan ꝥ ylce gefæstnode, Chr. 1070; P. 206, 14. of steady action Woruldlufe ðe on gedwyldum hwyrftlað, and nǽnne stæpe on Godes wege ne gefæstnað ( does not take

libban

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Srt. ) nos qui vivimus, Ps. Rdr. 113, 18. Seó orþung . . . is seó lyft þe wé on libbað . . . ; swá swá fixas cwelað gyf hí of wætere beóð, swá eác cwelð ǽlc eorðlic líchama gif hé byð ðǽre lyfte bedǽled, Lch. iii. 272. 22-27.

ongeagn

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S. 37, 163. (4 b) where action is a reply to, or return for, action :-- Sé, sé ðe hátheortnesse ofercuman wille, ðæt hé hiene ongeán ne háthirte ( he must not reply to fury with fury), Past. 296, 6. Hé bord ongeán hefeð, Jul. 385.