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swín-haga

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On afene oð ðæt ðe se alda suínhaga út scióteð tó afene; ðonne be ðǽm hagan on ánne beorg, C.D. ii. 29, 10. Add

æcer-teóþung

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-teóþung, e; f.

Tithe from the produce of arable landtithe paid on arable land

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Tithe from the produce of arable land Áríse seó æcerteóðung á be ðám ðe seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer ǽr geeóde, Wlfst. 310, 24

of-niman

(v.)

to failto decrease, wane

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to fail Be ðam ðe him his sprǽc ofnimþ de eo cui sermo deficit L. Ecg. P. i. tit. 3; Th. ii. 170, 6

á-þrístian

(v.)

to be boldpresume

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to be bold, presume Hú swíðe hé sceolde áþrístigean (-þrístian, v.l.) on myclum bénum quantum praesumere in magnis petitionibus deberet, Gr. D. 70, 30

ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to bebe madebecomehappenfiĕriTo happencome to passbefallcome togetheragreebe agreeablecontingĕreevĕnīreconvĕnīreplăcēre

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to be, be made, become, happen; fiĕri Hú mágon ðás þing ðus geweorþan quomŏdo possunt hæc fiĕri? Jn. Bos. 3, 9: Elen. Kmbl. 909; El. 456. Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle seek not by lots how it is to happen to thee, rov. Kmbl. 32.

fold-búend

(n.)
Grammar
fold-búend, -búende; noun from pres. part.

Earth-dwellersearth's inhabitantsinhabitants of a land or countryterrĭcŏlæ

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Th. 64, 10: Beo. Th. 4541; B. 2274. Ðone Grendel nemdon foldbúende whom earth's inhabitants named Grendel, Beo. Th. 2714; B. 1355: Elen. Kmbl. 2026; El. 1014: Exon. 25a; Th. 72, 25; Cri. 1178: 121a; Th. 465, 9; Hö. 101.

GEARD

(n.)
Grammar
GEARD, es; m.

An inclosureinclosed placeYARDGARDENcourtdwellinghomeregionlandseptumlŏcus septushortusāreahabĭtācŭlumdomĭcĭliumrĕgio

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Ǽr he on weg hwurfe of geardum ere he went away from his courts, Beo. Th. 535; B. 265 : Exon. 64 a; Th. 236, 23; Ph. 578. In geardum at home, Exon. 10 b; Th. 13, 11; Cri. 201 : 50 b; Th. 175, 13; Gú. 1194 : 61 a; Th. 223, 5; Ph. 355 : Beo.

Linked entry: mǽr-geard

MILDE

(adj.)
Grammar
MILDE, adj.

MILDgentlemeekbenignliberalmercifulclementpropitious

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Spræc mildum wordum, Beo. Th. 2348; B. 1172. Mildre indulgentior, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 49. Manna mildost Moses ), ( Cd. 170; Th. 213, 8; Exod. 549.

weardian

(v.)
Grammar
weardian, p.ode.

to guard, keep, defendwith gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something)to act as guardian to, to rule to keep, have charge ofto hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit.in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track,to followto remain behind

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Fífelcynnes eard wer weardode, Beo. Th. 211; B. 105. Reced weardode unrím eorla, 2479; B. 1237. Heó gefylled wæs wísdómes gife; hálig gást hreðer weardode, Elen. Kmbl. 2288; El. 1145: Exon. Th. 169, 30; Gú. 1102. Wé sele weardodon, Beo.

Linked entries: ge-weardian weardere

hogian

(v.)
Grammar
hogian, p. ode

To employ the mind, to think, mind, consider, know, understand, care, be solicitous or anxious, to purpose, strive, intend, be intent on, resolve

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To employ the mind, to think, mind, consider, know, understand, care, be solicitous or anxious, to purpose, strive, intend, be intent on, resolve Ymbe míne mágas ic hogige erga propinquos curo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 29.

cunnian

(v.)
Grammar
cunnian, p. ode, ade , ede; pp. od , ad , ed ; v. a.

to prove, try, inquire, search into, seek for, explore, examine, investigate, tempt, venture probare, tentare, explorare, requirere, experiri, periclitari with gen. To have, experience of, to make trial of periclitari, experiri

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Gif wada cunnedon ye made a trial of the fords, Beo. Th. 1021; B. 508 . III

hwæðere

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæðere, hwæðre, hwæððre, hweðre; adv.

Yethowevernevertheless

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Hwæðre swá ðeáh, Beo. Th. 4876; B. 2442. Hwæððre, Past. 56, 2; Swt. 431, 26. Hweðre, Blickl. Homl. 125, 31: 207, 34

Linked entry: ge-hwæðere

niþþas

(n.)
Grammar
niþþas, niþas; pl. m. (a poetical word used only in the plural)

Men

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Niþþa bearna ǽrest ealra, 69, 14; Gen. 1135 : 77, 33; Gen. 1284 : Beo. Th. 2015; B. 1005 : Exon. Th. 167, 34; Gú. 1070. Niþþa nergend, 140, 18; Gú. 612. Niþþa gehwylcum, 360, 15; Wal. 6.

Linked entry: niþ

ge-þæf

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Ben. 1. 101, 14-17. Gehyrsnmiendre geþæfé (-þafe, Hpt. Gl. 413, 18) stilnesse uernacula contentae quiete. An. Ox, 289

gímeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gímeleáslíce, adv.
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Ben. 56, 11. Ðára stówa sum raþe rotaþ gif hire mon gímeleáslíce tilað. Lch. ii. 84, 25. Þá wénde hé ꝥ hé þá leóhtfatu gýmeleáslícor bétte þonne hé sceolde lampades negligenter exstinxisse se credidit Gr.

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, e; f.

A hall, residenceaula, palatium, templum

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Heal, Beo. Th. 2307; B. 1151. On his ðære hálgan healle in aula sancta ejus, Ps. Th. 95, 8, Hé dreám gehýrde hlúdne in healle loud merriment he heard in the hall, Beo. Th. 178; B. 89: Cd. 210; Th. 261, 1; Dan. 719.

oroþ

(n.)
Grammar
oroþ, orþ, es; n.

Breath, breathing

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Heora oruþ biþ swylce líg ignem et flammam flantes, Nar. 34, 32; Beo. Th. 5107; B. 2557. Orþ spiraculum (cf. lífes orþung spiraculum vitae, Gen. 2, 7), Kent. Gl. 757. Orþas ł hfæstes ( = orþes ł fnæstes) spiritus, Hpt. Gl. 464, 24: 454, 66.

Linked entries: oruþ oreþ orþ

for-swerian

(v.)

to commit perjuryTo perjure one's self forsworn perjuredto constrain by swearingto bewitch

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Ben. 17, 9. reflex. To perjure one's self Ná swerian þe [lǽs] hé hine forswerige ( Similar entries v. preceding passage ), R. Ben. I. 20, 8. Ne ǽnig man hine sylfne mid máne ne forswerie, Wlfst. 70, 10.

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Be teóðungum.

Linked entry: tegðung

ge-þeódnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeódnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [ge, þeódnes, -nys a joining] .

a joiningjuncturejointjunctiojuncturacompages

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Monigra monna mód to geþeódnesse ðæs heofonlícan lífes onbærnde wǽron multorum animi appetitum sunt vitæ cælestis accensi, 4, 24; S. 596, 37. a conjunction Conjunctio mæg beón gecweden geþeódnyss conjunctio may be called 'geþeódnyss,' Ælfc.

Linked entry: ge-fégincg