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self-démere

(n.)
Grammar
self-démere, with the same meaning as self-déma, q. v.
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Sylfdémera sarabaitorum, R. Ben. I. 10, 6. Sylfdémerum sarabaitis, 11, 4

Linked entry: démere

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.

Ware ⬩ merchandise

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Ware, merchandise Mangere mercator, waru merx, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 73. Hí wurpon heora waru oferbord they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea (Jonah I, 5), Homl. Th. i. 246, 2. Ða gelamp hit æt sumum sǽle, swá swá gyt for oft déð, ðæt

sténan

(v.)
Grammar
sténan, p. de.
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Th. 37, 8. of sound made with things, to roar, sound loudly Cóm ðá wigena hleó þegna þreáte (þrýðbord sténan ( loud sounded the shields)), beaduróf cyning burga neósan, El. 151

hilt-sweord

(n.)
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a hilled sword, sword with a hilt Hiora þegnas bióþ mid fetlum and mid gyldenum hyltsweordum gehyrste Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 5

bǽr

(n.)
Grammar
bǽr, e; f.

a BIER ⬩ feretrum ⬩ a couch ⬩ pallet ⬩ litter ⬩ grabatus

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Kmbl. 1742; El. 873. a couch, pallet, litter; grabatus On his þegna handum on bǽre boren wæs manibus ministrorum portabatur in grabato, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 22

Linked entries: bǽre beer den-bǽre bér

Francan

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Florus wæs fyrmest þǽra Francena þegna, Hml. S. 6, 140. Hé mid þám Francum wunode, 29, 164. Mid Froncum ic wæs, Víd. 68: 24: B. 2912. Add

Dera ríce

(n.)
Grammar
Dera ríce, es; n. [Dere the Deirians, ríce a kingdom]

The kingdom of the Deirians, Deira ⬩ Deirōrum regnum

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The kingdom of the Deirians, Deira; Deirōrum regnum Féng to Dera ríce suscēpit regnum Deirōrum, Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 9. Se hæfde Dera ríce qui in Deirōrum partĭbus regnum habēbat, 3, 23; S. 554, 8

deófles

(n.)
Grammar
deófles, of the devil, Andr. Kmbl. 86; An. 43; gen.
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of deófol

eofor-þrote

(n.)
Grammar
eofor-þrote, an; f. [eofor a boar, þrote the throat]

The carline thistle ⬩ carlina acaulis

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The carline thistle; carlina acaulis, Lin Eoforþrote colucus? colicus? Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 64; Wrt. Voc. 67, 79: 291, 7. Wið heáfodece sceal eofor-þrote carline thistle shall [serve] for head-ache. Lchdm. iii. 12, 25: 24, 7: L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii.

ferþ-sefa

(n.)
Grammar
ferþ-sefa, an; m. [sefa the faculty of perceiving; sensus]

The mind ⬩ mens

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The mind; mens Fæstnian ferþsefan to fix in the mind, Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 29; Sch. 20

friclan

(v.)
Grammar
friclan, p. ede; pp. ed; with the gen.

To desire ⬩ seek for ⬩ appĕtĕre

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To desire, seek for; appĕtĕre Ðæt we sceolden [MS. sceolde] fremena friclan that we might desire benefits, Cd. 89; Th. 110, 24; Gen. 1843. Næs ðǽr mára fyrst freóde to friclan there was no time more to seek for friendship, Beo. Th. 5105; B. 2556

geap-neb

(adj.)
Grammar
geap-neb, adj. [geap crooked; neb the head, face, beak, nib]

Crooked- ⬩ nibbed ⬩ with a bent beak ⬩ arched ⬩ curvātus

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Crooked- nibbed, with a bent beak, arched; curvātus Standeþ me hér on eaxelum Ælfheres láf, gód and geapneb Ælfhere's legacy stands here on my shoulders, good and crooked-nibbed, Wald. 94; Vald. 2, 19

wítega

(n.)
Grammar
wítega, an; m.

a wise man ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ one who has knowledge from a superhuman source ⬩ prophet ⬩ wise man ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ a presage

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a wise man, one who has knowledge Hé is wítgan (cf.the epithets applied to Simon, eald ǽwita, 907 ; El. 455, guma gehðum fród, 1059; El. 531, and the whole passage in which these forms occur ) sunu, Elen. Kmbl. 1181; El. 592. Swá ús gefreogun gleáwe

Linked entry: wítiga

ge-lísian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lísian, The original Latin is: Qui modica spernit, paulatim decidit.

breóst-cearu

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-cearu, e; f.

the heart, mind ⬩ care ⬩ The care of the heart, anxiety, grief, sorrow ⬩ ægritudo, mæror

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Grammar breóst-cearu, [breóst the heart, mind, cearu care] The care of the heart, anxiety, grief, sorrow; ægritudo, mæror Ic bitre breóst-ceare gebiden hæbbe I have suffered bitter grief, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 7; Seef. 4: 115 b; Th. 444, 9; Kl. 44

breóst-hyge

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-hyge, es; m. [breóst, hyge, hige
the mind
]

the mind ⬩ The breast-thought ⬩ pectoris cogitatio

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The breast-thought; pectoris cogitatio, Andr. Elen. Grm. xxxix

swólig

(n.)
Grammar
swólig, (cf. dysig for the form),es; n.

Burning, heat ⬩ cauma

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Burning, heat Swólig caumatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 8. Hát lyft and swólga ( sultriness? ) bringaþ ádle on ðam milte, ðonne se mon wyrð tó swíþe forhǽt, Lchdm. ii. 244, 7

Linked entries: swól swólig

ambeht-scealc

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Ábeád þeódcyning þegnum sínum, ombiht*-*scealcum, Gen. 1870. Add

Eofor-wíc-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Eofor-wíc-scír, e: f.

YORKSHIRE ⬩ comĭtātus Eboracensis

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YORKSHIRE; comĭtātus Eboracensis Fóran ða þegnas ealle on Eoforwícscíre to Eoferwíc all the thanes in Yorkshire went to York, Chr. 1065 ; Th. 332, 7

of-sacan

(v.)

to deny a charge ⬩ to exculpate

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to deny a charge Gif hwá ofsacan wille, dó ðæt mid eahta and feówertig fulborenra þegena, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 3

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