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twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Twégen (tuóge, Lind.: twoege, Rush.) briddas, 2, 24. Ymb twǽgen mónðas, Chr. 871; Erl. 75, 28. Ðæt wæter stód an twá healfa ðære strǽte, Ex. 14, 22. Twá turtlan (tuoe (twoege, Rush.) turturas, Lind.) par turturum, Lk. Skt. 2, 24.

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

æcer-ceorl

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Ealle æcerceorlas rustic/, aratores, Chrd. 68, l. Add

neáh-gebúr

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
neáh-gebúr, néh-gebúr, néhche-, néhhe-, néche-, néhe-búr, es; m.

A neighbour

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.: néhgibúras, Rush.) vicini, Jn. Skt. 9, 8. Hyre néhchebúras (néhhebúras, MS. A.: néhebúras, Lind.: néhgibúras, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 1, 58, 65. Néhhebúras, 14, 12 : 15, 6. Neapolite ða heora néhgebúras, Blickl. Homl. 201, 19.

Linked entries: freónd dún

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, e; þeówe, an; f.
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Rush. 14, 66

scóh

(n.)
Grammar
scóh, scó, sceó : gen. scós, sceós; n. pl. scós, sceós; gen. sceóna; dat. scón, scóum; the Ancren Riwle has the weak plural scheon; m.
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Rush. 10, 10. Scóeas, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 22

Linked entries: scó sceó sceóh

sí

(v.)
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Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 6, 1. Ðæt hí sýn (sié, Lind.: siǽ. Rush.) án, Jn. Skt. 17, 11. 21, 22, 23

Linked entries: seó sié sién sín sió sý sýn

cierlisc

(adj.)

churlish, rustic,

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churlish, rustic, L. In. 37; Th. i. 124, 20, 21

þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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On ða úttran þýstro (in ðióstre ðæt ýtemæst ł ýterræ, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 13: 8, 12. Þýstro (ðióstro, Lind.: ðióstru, Rush.) tenebras, Jn. Skt. 3, 19. Þístro, Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 10. Ðístro, Past. 56; Swt. 433, 13. Þýstru, Ps. Th. 103, 19.

Linked entries: þeóstre þiéstru þístru þrýstru þýstru

drif

(n.)
Grammar
drif, e; f.

a fever ⬩ febris

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Rush. 8, 15. but drif, es; m. or n. in the following example Full neáh ǽfre ðe óðer man wearþ on ðam wyrrestan yfele, ðæt [MS. þet] is on ðam drife almost every other man was in the worst evil, that is with fever, Chr. 1087; Th. 353, 38

Linked entry: ge-drif

ge-scrincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scrincan, p. -scranc; pp. -scruncen

To shrink, dry up

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Rush. 5, 3. Ða gescruncenan marcida, Cot. 133

un-manig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-manig, adj.

Not many ⬩ few

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Rush. 15, 34

Linked entry: MANIG

útan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
útan-weard, adj.

Outside ⬩ exterior ⬩ the outside of

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Rush. 11, 89

Linked entry: úte-weard

te

(prep.)
Grammar
te, prep.

To

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Rush. 26, 21. Áléfed te habbanne, 14, 4. Te fullfremmanne, Past. 58; Swt. 445, 30: 50; Swt. 391, 29. [O. Sax. te: O. Frs. te, ti: O. L. Ger. te, ti: O. H. Ger. za, ze, zi.] Cf. tó

un-girwan

(v.)
Grammar
un-girwan, -girian; p. -girwde, -girede

To strip ⬩ divest

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Rush. 27, 31. Ðeodoricus wæs ungyred and unscód, Shrn. 85, 32

Linked entries: on-girwan un-gerian un-gyrian

ciorl

(n.)

a rustic,

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a rustic, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 12, note 28

ciorlisc

(adj.)

churlish, rustic, common

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churlish, rustic, common, L. In. 18; Th. i. 114, 6, note 8

BRASTL

(n.)
Grammar
BRASTL, es; m.

A noise, brustle, rustle, creak, crackle, burning ? ⬩ crepitus, strepitus, fractio, arsio ?

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A noise, brustle, rustle, creak, crackle, burning ? crepitus, strepitus, fractio, arsio ? Som

on-sacan

(v.)

to attack, strive against ⬩ to, resist, refuse to comply with a demand ⬩ to declare that one has no knowledge of a person ⬩ to refuse a person what he wants ⬩ to refuse to acknowledge a claim, not to allow the truth of a statement, in a legal sense to deny a charge ⬩ to make excuse ⬩ to sacrifice

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Rush. 14, 18. Similar entries Cf. of-sacan. to sacrifice Similar entries (v. on-secgan) Onsacende litaturus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 57

Linked entries: an-sacan sacan on-sacan

cyrlisc

(adj.)

rustic, rural ⬩ rusticus

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rustic, rural; rusticus, L. In. 18; Th. i. 114, 6, note 8, B

læssa

(adj.)
Grammar
læssa, adj. cpve.

Less

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Se ðe tówyrpþ án of ðysum læstum [leasestum, Lind: læsest, Rush.] bebodum ... se biþ læst [leasest, Lind: se læsesta, Rush.] genemned on heofonan ríce qui solverit unum de mandatis istis minimis,... minimus vocabitur in regno cælorum, Mt.

Linked entries: lærest læst

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