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drohtnung

Grammar
drohtnung, Dele 'in great renown' l. 10,
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S. 16, 99

eást-ende

(adj.)
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Seó eorþe on þǽm norþende and on þám eástende sprecaþ him betweónum, Bl. H. 93, 11. Asia ongén ðǽm middeldǽle on þám eástende Asia ad mediam frontem orientis, Ors. 1, 1; S. 10, 6. On ðǽm eástende þisses middangeardes orientem, 3, 9; S. 128, 33.

erian

(v.)
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Hwylc man áþóhte ærest mid sul tó erianne? Ðæt wæs Cham, Noes sunu, Sal. K. p. 186, 28. Add

for-helan

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S. 23 b, 319. Hit forholen beón ne mihte, Gr. D. 60, 20. Hú nytt bið se forholena cræft?, Past. 377, 7. with dat. of person from whom something is concealed: Ꝥ hé ðæs hálgan hǽse forhule (-hǽle, v. l.) his hláforde, Hml.

firen-lust

lust

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Ælces unþeáwes and firenlustes (luxuriae) full, Bt. 28 ; F. 100, 28, Se oferǽt wierð oft gehwierfed tó fierenluste usque ad luxuriam, Past. 311. 14. Besmitene mid þǽm unclǽnan firenluste, Bl. H. 25, 8: Ors. I. 2, S. 30, 33.

fox

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Hwílum swá þeótende wulf, hwilum swá beorcende fox, Shrn. 141, 12. Fox is geápest ealra deóra, 14, 19. Ðone leásan lytegan þú scealt hátan fox, næs mann, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 17. Hú Bonefatius ádýdde þone fox þe bát his módor henna ...

fracoþ

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Nis se mæssepreóst on worulde swá synfull ne swá fracod on his dǽdan ..., þeáh hé ǽlc unriht dreóge on his lífe, Wlfst. 34, 6. Gif preóst mid fúlum dǽdum hine fracodne gedéð, Hml. Th. ii. 320, 22. ꝥ fracode wíf ( Jezebel ), Hml. S. 18, 160.

ge-sylhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sylhþ, a plough. Substitute: a team (of oxen)
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for a plough Ágife hé ꝥ land þám híréde mid swá myclum swá se híréd him on hand sette; ꝥ synd . xii. þeówe men, and .II. gesylhðe oxan, and .I. hund sceápa. Cht. Th. 435, 6. [Cf. Hé geann án sylhðe oxna, Cht. Crw. 23, 4.

ge-windan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. of movement, by living things, to roll together, roll up Se iil . . . sóna suá hiene mon geféhð, suá gewint hé tó ánum cliéwene ericius . . . mox ut apprehensus fuerit, semetipsum in sphaeram colligit, Past. 241, 11. by inanimate things

holdlíce

(adv.)
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Cf. hold ; Befrán se cyning . . . ' Hwilce méde hæfde Mardochéus for þám ꝥ hé swá holdlíce hogode embe mé ?' Ail rex: ' Quid pro hoc fide praemii Mardochaeus consecutus est? ', Hml. A. 98, 218. Utan ǽnne cynehláford holdlíce healdan, Ll.

mearu

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Add: of material Genim ðone crop ufeweardne swá mearune (mearuwne, v. l. ), Lch. i. 224, 17. Mearewa smæras tenera labella, An. Ox. 2162. Merwe ífigtwigu, Lch. ii. 324, 16.

tó-brítan

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S. 25, 629. Andweard þám árleásan mid ánrǽdum geleáfan ꝥ his wódnys swá wurðe tóbrút, Hml. S. 37, 78. to crush with pain, hardship, &c. Seó éstfulle heorte ne bið tóbrýt for nánum ungelimpum, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 28.

winnan

Grammar
winnan, <b>. A. I b.</b>
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</b> :-- Mé sǽdon his geongran ꝥ sum wer wunne on þǽre hefigestan hatunge his gesacan quidam vir gravissima adversarii sui aemulatione laborabat, Gr. D. 158, 25.

up-weard

(adv.)
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up-weard, adv.

Upwardsup.upupwardbackward

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Swegen wende intó Humbran múðan, and swá uppweard andlang Tréntan, Chr. 1013; Erl. 147, 18. of reckoning, in the calendar, upward, backward Swá fela daga tell ðú fram Martins mónðes ende upweard ... Rím swá fela daga upweard fram pridie Kl.

Linked entry: up-riht

ǽs

fooda bait

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S. 37, 235.

slite

(n.)
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slite, es; m.

a slit, tear, rent in cloth,a rent, tear made by an animal, a bitea coila breach, infraction of a law

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Se slite byþ wyrsa pejor scissura fit Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16; Mk. Skt. 2, 21. a rent, tear made by an animal, a bite Similar entries v. slítan, IV. Wið hundes slite Lchdm. i. 148, 7. Íces slite oððe hundes ii. 86, 2. Be hundes slite.

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snytro-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
snytro-cræft, (or snytro (gen.) cræft, cf. þurh snyttra cræft,
  • Andr. Kmbl. 1261;
  • An. 631
), es; m.

Prudent skill, prudence, wisdom

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Se mæg eal secgan, ðam biþ snyttrucræft bifolen on ferhðe 42, 4; Cri. 667: 239, 18; Ph. 622. Sefan sídne geþanc and snytrocræft Cd. Th. 249, 27; Dan. 536. Daniel gespræc þurh snyttrocræft 253, 14; Dan. 595.

hold

(n.)
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hold, es; m.
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It is the Norse höldr which is thus defined ' er höldr er hann hefir óðöl at erfðum tekit bæði eptir föður ok möður, þau er bans forellrar hafa átt áðr fyrir þéim,' see Cl. and Vig. Dict. höldr.

Linked entries: a-hold holde

tír-eádíg

(adj.)
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tír-eádíg, adj.

Glorious

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Se tíreádga (the Phenix), Exon. Th. 205, 1; Ph. 106. Tíreádigum men (Hygelac), Beo. Th. 4384; B. 2189. Torhte and tíreádige (the twelve apostles), Apstls. Kmbl. 7; Ap. 4: Andr. Kmbl. 4; An. 2; 1329; An. 665.

túnes-mann

(n.)
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túnes-mann, es; m.

A man living on a manor

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S. 13; Th. i. 276, 23. Cf. 8; Th. i. 274, 27

Linked entry: tún-mann