sweotolung
a manifestation ⬩ an explanation, definition ⬩ a declaration, setting forth, exposition, shewing ⬩ evidence, testimony, declaration; when written, a testament, title-deed, certificate, prescript
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Ðá gemǽtæ hé on ðam mynstre ða ylcan swutelunga (evidences, title-deeds) ðe his fore*-*genga hæfde . . . Syððon se bisceop his swutelunge geeówod hæfde, Chart. Th. 302, 8-33.
beó-breád
BEE-BREAD ⬩ apum panis ⬩ honey-comb ⬩ favus
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Th. 118, 103. honey-comb; favus, sometimes, from a deficient knowledge of natural history, beó-breád is used for hunig-camb Swétran [MS. swetra] ofer hunig and beóbreáde dulciora super mel et favum Ps. Lamb. 18, 11.
Linked entries: beón-breád bí-breád bió-breád
ge-wanian
to lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ to be wanting
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to lessen, diminish Se láreow ne sceál ða inneran giémenne gewanian for ðære úterran abisgunge the teacher is not to diminish his care of inner things for outer occupations, Past. 18, 1; Swt. 127, 8; Hat. MS.
stefn
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a stem of a tree Hwæt wénst ðú for hwí ǽlc sǽd grówe innon ða eorþan and tó wyrtrumum weorþe on ðære eorþan, búton for ðý ðe hí tiohhiaþ ðæt se stemn and se helm móte ðý fæstor standon ...
Linked entries: stemn rád-stefn stefn-mǽlum emb-stemn stæfn
Eást-Engle
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Fór se here on Eást-Engle and gesæt þæt lond and gedǽlde, 870; P. 76, 26. Sende Ælfréd cyng sciphere of Cænt on Eást-Engle, 885; P. 79, 18. Eást-Englan, 1017; P. 154, 4
ge-gearcian
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Add: to make ready. to prepare a thing for use Ic gegearcode míne gód, Hml. Th. i. 522, 6. Þǽra hálgena síðfæt is gegearcod iter sanctorum preparata est, Hml. S. 2, 62: Hml.
sceaft
creation,origin ⬩ a creation, what is created, a creature
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For be a man faire or foule 'it falleth nouȝte for to lakke þe shappe ne þe shafte' þat God shope hymselue, Piers P. B. 11, 387
wefl
weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp ⬩ an implement for weaving ⬩ a shuttle (?)
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Wundene mé (a coat of mail) ne beóð wefle (ueflæ, Txts. 151, 5), ne ic wearp hafu the threads of the woof are not twisted for me, nor have I a warp, Exon. Th. 417, 15 ; Rä. 36, 5.
Linked entry: wefta
hǽman
To lie with, have intercourse with, to marry ⬩ concumbere, coire, nubere
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Ðám mannum ðe deófol mid hǽmþ for those women with whom the devil hath carnal commerce, L. M. 3, 61; Lchdm. ii. 344, 8. Ne hǽmeþ ne hǽmde bióþ neque nubent neque nubentur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 22, 30 : 19, 10.
land-riht
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Eác of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cynges gebanne the law as regards the thane is that he do three things for his land. Also for many lands or estates, more extensive dues arise upon decree of the king, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 6
leán
Reward ⬩ recompense ⬩ remuneration ⬩ requital ⬩ retribution
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Him ðæs grim leán becom terrible retribution befel them for that, 2; Th. 3, 36; Gen. 46.
menigu
A many ⬩ multitude ⬩ crowd ⬩ great ⬩ number
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For ðære meniu, Gen. 16, 10. For ðære miclan menige, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 36. Of menge wetra de multitudine aquarum, Ps. Surt. 17, 17. For ðære mænige, Rood Kmbl. 221; Kr. 112: Bt. Met. Fox 26, 121; Met. 26, 61. Ic álýse ealle ða menigo, Andr.
duguþ
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Sé wǽre wierðe ealra Rómána onwaldes for his monigfealdum duguðum vir strenuus et probus, atque Augusto dignus, 6, 35; S. 292, 16. power, strength Þonne land wurðeð for sinnum forworden and þæs folces duguð swíðost fordwíneð, þonne féhð seó weáláf synna
ge-ortríwan
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.), for ðý wé hit geseón ne magon, Wlfst. 3, 18.
Linked entries: or-trýwan ge-ortrúwian
ge-bícnan
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Ne fó wé nó on ðá bisna . . . for ðára leásena spella lufan, ac for ðǽm ðe wé wolden mid gebécnan þá sóðfæstnesse, Bt. 35, 6; S. 101,12. Mid þám þe hé cwæþ: 'Uton wircean,' ys seó Ðrinnys gebícnod, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 15
ge-weorpan
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Ꝥ salt bið geworpen út mittatur foras, Mt. L. 5, 13. Geworpene iactari (in ardentes thermarum vapores), An. Ox. 4781. where a change of position is caused by force, to cast in or out Gewarpp ðá bibyccenda ejicit vendenles, Mt. p. 18, 17.
BURH
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the original signification was arx, castellum, mons, a castle for defence.
æfter
among, through, along ⬩ (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)
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Hé æfter wudum fór and on mórfæstenum, Chr. 878; P. 74, 29. Fóron hié æfter ðǽm wealda, 894; P. 84, 27. Ðá gesáwon wé men æfter ðǽre eá féran vidimus hostes per medium amnem praetervehi, Nar. 11, 18.
ge-streón
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Ðá ðe for bearnes gestreóne hǽmed begáð, Hml. Th. i. 148, 22: ii. 94, 3 : 590, 23. For bearna gestreóne, Solil.
dynt
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If it be in a part covered by clothes, for each bruise there shall be a fine of twenty scatts, Ll.