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Tíw

(n.)
Grammar
Tíw, Tíg, , es; m.

the god Tiw, a Teutonic deity to whom amongst the Latin gods Mars most nearly correspondedin the name of one of the days

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On Tíwes-niht, Lchdm. iii. 146, 23. one form of the name of the Runic T; Ti is given as the name of the symbol ᛏ in some alphabets, see Kemble on Anglo-Saxon Runes in Archæologia, vol. 28, pp. 338, 339.

Linked entries: Tíg Tuu

tó-cleófan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cleófan, p. -cleáf, pl. -clufon; pp. -clofen

To cleave asunder

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Skt. ii. 25, 55. Tócleáf findit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 32. Se réða kyning hine tócleáf on twá, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 21. Tócleófende sulcans, Wülck. Gl. 254, 21. Monnes cinbán gif hit biþ tóclofen, gesette mon xii. sciłł. tó bóte, L.

tunece

(n.)
Grammar
tunece, an;f.

A tuniccoat

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Hió an Ceóldrýþe hyre blacena tunecena, swá ðǽr hyre leófre beó, 538, 6. Se ðe hæfþ twá tunecan (cyrtlas. Lind. Rush. ), Lk. Skt. 3, 11: Blickl. Homl. 169, 13

Linked entry: tunice

beátan

(v.)

to beat with (mid)to beat onTo beat on

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S. 4, 148. beáten pulsetur, Angl. xiii. 390, 357. where the instrument is given, to beat with (mid):-- Ic mid fýste breóst míne beáte, Dóm. L. 30. Hé hine mid his handum beót, Gr. D. 20, 25. Þone hálgan beátan mid heardun saglum, Hml. S. 4, 142.

for-beódan

(v.)

to forbidto restraincheckto prevent

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H. 53, 27. negative Hé forbeád him ðæt hit ne scolde suá weorðan he forbade them to let it be so, Past. 213, 25. God forbeád þæt mon ná ðǽr eft ne timbrede, Ors. 6, 7. S. 262, 22.

god-spell

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</b> the Christian dispensation (in contrast with the Mosaic) :-- þe Godes beboda forsyhð nú on þæs godspelles tíman, Hml. S. 18, 477.

missenlic-ness

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Seó missenlicnes (diversitas) manna líchamena . . . seó missenlicnes manna synna, 333, 23. Add

boren

(adj.)
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boren, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Of (such and such) birth swá boren swá whatever his birth be, Ll. Th. i. 248, 4. Gif borenran (æþel-boren, bett-boren, v. ll. ) þis gelimpe, 70, 1

wǽl-ben

(n.)
Grammar
wǽl-ben, wǽl-benn, e; f.

A wound inflicted by the sea,

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A wound inflicted by the sea, Gársecg wédde ... egesan stódon, weóllon wǽlbenna (wæl- ?) (the reference is to the death of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 208, 30; Exod. 491

heorþ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
heorþ-fæst, adj.

Having a house of one's own

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Having a house of one's own hé heorþfæst hé folgere whether he have a house of his own or be the follower of another man, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 23

Linked entry: fæst

wiþer-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-mód, adj.

Having the mind set againstadversehostilecontrary

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Having the mind set against something, adverse, hostile, contrary Ðæt wé hié wiðermóde ne gedón ús mid ðære tǽlinge that we may not set them against us with the blame, Past. 32; Swt. 212, 1

be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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Ꝥ hié mósten tó þǽm sáwlum becuman, 3, 3; S. 102, 21. where something is received, to cometo a person :-- Swá hwæt swá gé biddað . . . hit eów becymð (-cymeð, L.

wyrt-truma

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-truma, (wyrtruma), an: -trum, es; m.: -trume, an; f. (v. Be ðare wyrtruman,
    Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 93, 7).
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Is seó æx ásett tó ðæs treówes wyrtruman, Lk. Skt. 3, 9. Be ðam wyrttruman, Lchdm. i. 172, 10. Wyrttruman radicem, Ps. Spl. 51, 5. Hig næfdon wyrtruman (wyrtrum, v. l. ), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 6: Mt. Skt. 4, 6: Lk. Skt. 8, 13.

Linked entries: -truma truma

þrowing

(n.)
Grammar
þrowing, þreowing, e; f.

suffering as opposed to doingsuffering which is painfula painful symptomsuffering that is undergone for the sake of religionsuffering of persecution, crosssuffering which ends in death, passion, martyrdomthe anniversary of a martyr's suffering

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Skt. Lind. 8, 84. Ðrowung (ðrowunge, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 23. Ðróung (ðrowunge, Rush.), 14, 27. Se ðe in þrowingum þeódnes willan dreógeþ, Exon. Th. 125, 18; Gú. 356: 148, 26; Gú. 750. Gehýran heora þrowunga to hear of the sufferings of St.

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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For the practice in the case of gilds, see Chart.

Linked entry: sáwel-gescot

swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
swelgan, p.swealh, pl. swulgon; pp. swolgen (with acc. or inst. (dat.))

To swallow.of taking food, etc., by living creaturesof absorption or reception by inanimate things, to swallow, take in, drink, absorbto take in to the mind, accept, imbibe (wisdom)with the idea of violence or destruction, to devour (lit. or fig.), to consume, engulf absorbereglutireto swallow.

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Swá swylgþ seó gítsung ða dreósendan welan ðisses middangeardes, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 13. Ða ðe swelgaþ folc mín qui devorant plebem meam, Ps. Spl. 52, 5. Wælstreámas werodum swelgaþ. Cd. Th. 78, 31; Gen. 1301. Grundas swelgaþ Godes andsacan. Exon.

Linked entry: swylfende

a-fúl

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dele, and see afu(h)-lic

bi-seón

(v.)

to see

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to see. l. to strain upon

bryðen

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Dele last reference, and see byrþen

dooc

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Lye,' and see dóc