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reáfung

(n.)
Grammar
reáfung, e; f.
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Plundering, spoiling Atheniensum se sige and seó reáfung ðæs Persiscan feós tó máran sconde wurde forðon siððan hié welcgran wǽron hié eác bleáðran gewurdon castra regiis opibus referta ceperunt, non parvo quidem antiquae industriae damno.

sweorcan

Grammar
sweorcan, <b>. I.</b>
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Först. 108, 1. Hé ásende þeóstru and swearc misit tenebras et obscuravit, Ps. L. 104, 28. <b>I a.</b> to grow black :-- Sweorcan and sweartian nigrescere, Chrd. 96, 10. Add

wæter-egesa

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-egesa, an; m.

Terror caused by water

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Terror caused by water Wæteregesa sceal líðra wyrðan the terrors of the deep shall lose their force, Andr. Kmbl. 870; An. 435. Wæteregsa, 750; An. 375.

Linked entry: wæter-bróga

stæl-here

(n.)
Grammar
stæl-here, g. -her(i)ges; m.

A marauding bandpredatory army

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A marauding band, predatory army Hié fóron út mid stælherge nihtes ... and genómon unlytel ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on ierfe, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 13. Drehton ða hergas West-Seaxna lond mid stælhergum, 897; Erl. 95, 9.

ge-þreátian

(v.)
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Add: to press, oppress, afflict Þæs middaneard is for miclum geswenct and mid manegum earfoðnyssum yfele geþreátod, Hml. S. 28, 166.

GÁT

(n.)
Grammar
GÁT, nom. acc; gen. gáte, gǽte; dat. gǽt; pl. nom. acc. gǽt, gét; gen. gáta; dat. gátum; f.

A she-GOATcapra

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Gáta loc an enclosure for goats, Wrt. Voc. 288, 20. Gáta hierde a goat-herd, 288, 21. Gif seó offrung beó of gátum si oblātio est de capris, Lev. 1, 10.

sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sceatt, es ; m.

property, goods, wealth, treasureprice, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods a coin

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Ne wanda ðú for nánum scette for ðam médsceattas áblendaþ wísra manna geþancas non accipies munera, quia munera excoecant oculos sapientum. Deut. 16, 19, Æt ðam lande ðe arcebisceop gebohte mid his ágenan sceatte (with his own money ), Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: sceat

tela

(adv.)
Grammar
tela, teala, teola, telo, tiolo; adv.

Well.well, rightly, aright, correctlywell, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainlywell, prosperously, happilywell, in a beneficial or pleasant mannermarking degree, very, to a great extentas an exclamation, well, good

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Similar entries v. un-tela; til; and cf. wel for similar uses

ÉCE

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ÉCE, ǽce; gen. m. n. éces; gen. f. écre, écere; dat. m. n. écum; f. écre, écere; def. se écá, écea; seó, ðæt éce; gen. écan, écean; adj.

Eternal, perpetual, everlasting sempĭternus, æternus

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Fóre onsýne écan Dryhtnes before the face of the eternal Lord, 64 b; Th. 238, 7,; Ph. 600. To écre gemynde for a continual remembrance, Homl. Blick. 127, 22. Wæs me andfencge écere hǽlu tu es susceptor salūtis meæ æternæ, Ps. Th. 88, 23.

Linked entry: ǽce

ge-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]

To thinkconceiveconsiderdevisereflectbe mindfulthink aboutcareintendresolve

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To think, conceive, consider, devise, reflect, be mindful, think about, care, intend, resolve Ne mæg ic ðeáh gehycgan hwý him on hige ðorfte á ðý sǽl wesan I cannot, however, conceive why it need be the better in mind for them, Bt. Met.

liss

(n.)
Grammar
liss, e; f.

Mildnesslenitymercykindnessfavourgracedelightjoy

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Ic ðé biddan wile lífes and lisse I will ask thee for life and favour, Ps. C. 50, 69; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 69. Hé þancode lífes leóhtfruman lisse and ára, Cd. 90; Th. 113,19; Gen. 1889.

Linked entries: lissan líðs

LYSTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LYSTAN, p. te

To LIST

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Ðam men ðe hine ne lyst his metes for the man who has no appetite for his food, L. M. I, 19; Lchdm. ii. 62, 15. Ðonne hine ǽtes lysteþ, Exon. 97 a; Th. 363, 12; Wal. 52: Bt. Met, Fox 10, 27; Met. 10, 14.

wiþer-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽde, adj.

Adversecontraryat variancehostilerebelliouscontumaciousout of harmonyrepugnantoffensivedisagreeableadversenot fitted to further the good of anythingunfavourabledisadvantageouscontraryof an opposite nature

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Ðeós wyrt bið ðam góman stíð and wiðerrǽde for mete geþiged, Lchdm. i. 300, 10. Wulfes tǽsl hafaþ leáf wiþerrǽde (unpleasant, rough?)

á-rísan

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Se apostol cwæð tó him: 'For hwon árise þú swá hraðe?,' Gr. D. 227, 8. Hé hié áwehte and cwæð: 'Arísað,' Bl. H. 235, 20. (2 a) of the sun :-- Seó sunne áríst swíðe ǽr on morgen up, Ps.

eáca

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Seó gnornung is mé eald for gewunan, níwe for (þurh, v. l.) eácan (per augmentum ), Gr. D. 4, 9. Eácan au(g)menta, Kent. Gl. 66. <b>I a.</b> addition to something :-- Tó eácan mínum sáre in augmentum mei doloris, Gr. D. 6, 20.

rihtung

(n.)
Grammar
rihtung, e; f.

direction guidancecorrection setting right correction reproof a direction rule regularis

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On ða gerád ðæt seó bóc heam sý geara, gyf hý hyre beþurfan tó ǽnire rihtinge on the condition that the charter be ready for them, if they need it for any correction, Chart.

Linked entry: rihting

heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.

Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence

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Wé ne mágon for ðære fyrlynan heáhnysse hí nǽfre geseón we cannot ever see it [heaven] for its remote elevation, Lchdm. iii. 232, 15. Hé hæfde swá mycele heánnesse on ðæt cyneríce tantum in regno excellentiæ habuit, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 8.

land-fird

(n.)
Grammar
land-fird, e; f.

An expeditiona land force

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An expedition, journey by land, a land force Ne him tó ne dorste sciphere on sǽ ne landfyrd the fleet durst not approach them at sea nor the land force [on land], Chr. 1001; Er1. 137, 18.

Linked entry: fird

a-cennan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cennan, ðú -censt, he -cenþ; p. -cende; pp. -cenned; v. a.

To bring forthproducebegetrenewpareregignererenovarerenasci

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To bring forth, produce, beget, renew; parere, gignere, renovare, renasci Swá wíf acenþ bearn as a woman brings forth a child, Bt. 31, 1 ; Fox 112, 2. On sárnysse ðú acenst cild in dolore paries filios. Gen. 3, 16.

Linked entry: a-cænned

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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Edmund was king of Wessex for six years and a half, from A. D. 940-946 Hér, A.