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sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Is se finta ... sum brún, sum basu, sum splottum beseted, 218, 17; Ph. 296. Ánum hé sealde fíf pund, sumum twá, sumum án, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 15. Ðá sende hé his þeów ... hé sende óðerne ... eft hé sumne sende, Mk. Skt. 12, 2-5.

Linked entry: ÁN

a-habban

(v.)
Grammar
a-habban, p. -hæfde; subj. pres. s. -hæbbe [a from, habban to have]

To abstainrestrainabstinere

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Ðæt Herebald eallinga hine fram ðam geflíte ahæbbe ut Herebald ab illo se certamine funditus abstineat, 5, 6; S. 619, 4

a-feorsian

(v.)
Grammar
a-feorsian, -fersian, -firsian, -fyrsian; p. ode; pp. od.

To removetake awayexpelremovereelongareexpellereTo go awaydepartemigrare

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To remove, take away, expel; removere, elongare, expellere Ðe afeorsiaþ nine fram ðé qui elongant se a te, Ps. Spl. 72, 26: L. C. E. 4; Th. i. 360, 29, v. intrans. To go away, depart; emigrare Ic ná afeorsie non emigrabo. Ps. Spl. 61, 6

Beofer-lic

(n.)
Grammar
Beofer-lic, Beofor-lic, es; m. [beofer, lic ? = lie, leá, leáh, q. v. Ric. A. D. 1184, Beverli : Brom. 1330, Beverlith]

BEVERLEYYorkshireBeverlea in agro Eboracensi

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BEVERLEY, Yorkshire; Beverlea in agro Eboracensi Hér forþférde se hálga biscop Iohannes, and his líc resteþ [MS. restad] in Beoferlic here, A.

Linked entry: Befor-leág

in-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
in-cniht, es ; m.

domestic servant

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Se hláford gegaderode micele menigu his incnihta the master gathered together a great many of his household servants, Homl. Th. i. 502, 13

Linked entry: in-cnapa

lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
lǽca, an; m.

A leechdoctorphysician

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A leech, doctor, physician Se lǽca ðe sceal sáre wunda wel, gehǽlan hé mót habban góde sealfe ðǽrtó the doctor who has to make a good cure of painful wounds, must have good salve for the purpose, L. Pen. 4; Th. ii. 278, 15: 5; Th. ii. 278, 20

læt-hýdig

(adj.)
Grammar
læt-hýdig, adj.

Slow-mindeddull

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Slow-minded, slow of thought, dull Nis mon on moldan ... ðæs læthýdig ðæt hine árgifa ealles biscyrge módes cræfta no man is there on earth so dull, that the bounteous giver hath quite cut him off from powers of mind, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 5; Crä.

land-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
land-rǽden, ne; f.

Institutiondisposition

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Institution, disposition, ordinance of a district or country Héde se ðe scíre healde ðæt hé wite á hwæt eald landrǽden sý and hwæt þeóde þeáw videat qui scyram tenet, ut semper sciat que sit antiqua terrarum institutio, vel populi consuetudo, L. R.

palm

(n.)
Grammar
palm, es ; palma, an (?) ; m. : pælme, an ; f.
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Se palm is sigebeácen, Homl. Th. ii. 402, 10 : i. 218, 10. Swé swé palma ut palma, Ps. Surt. 91, 13. Swælce pælme quasi palma, Rtl. 65, 33. Pælmana palmarum, 95, 8. Palmana, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 13

Linked entry: pælme

be-stapan

(v.)
Grammar
be-stapan, he -stæpþ; p. -stóp, pl. -stópon; pp. -stapen

To step, step upon, tread with the foot, go, entergradi, calcare, ire, inire

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Se deófol into Iudan bestóp the devil went [entered] into Judas, Homl. Th. ii. 242, 14

Linked entries: be-stæpþ be-stóp

blédan

(v.)
Grammar
blédan, p. de; pp. ed

To BLEED, emit bloodsanguinem emittere

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Se blédenda fíc the bleeding fig or disease, Wanl. catal. 305, 4. Wið ðone blédende fíc nim murran for the bleeding fig or disease take myrrh, Lchdm. iii. 8, 1

ge-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bregdan, p. -brægd , pl. -brugdon; pp. -brogden [ge-, bregdan to vibrate, draw] .

to drawunsheathstringĕreexĭmĕreto feignpretend

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Rush. 26, 51. to feign, pretend Se ðe ða gebregdnan dómas démde he who hath judged false judgments, Blickl. Homl. 99, 32

Linked entry: ge-brægd

ge-cræftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cræftan, p. -cræfte; pp. -cræfted, cræft [cræftan to build; cræft art]

To contrivebuildmolīrimachināri

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To contrive, build; molīri, machināri Ic gecræfte, ðæt se cempa ongon Waldend wundian I contrived that the soldier did wound the Lord, Exon. 70 a; Th. 259, 30; Jul. 290.

ge-lǽrednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lǽrednes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Learningknowledgeskillerŭdītiopĕrītia

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Ðá se cyning his gelǽrednesse geseah cujus erŭdĭtiōnem videns rex, 3, 7; S. 529, 46. On gelǽrednysse in erŭdītiōne, 3, 21; S. 551, 13

þeów-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów-boren, adj.
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Slave-born, born of parents in slavery Ne sceal hé (the abbot) ðone æþelborenan settan beforan ðane þeówborenan, gif se þeówborena ǽr on ðæm mynstre wæs, bútan hé for hwylcum gesceáde hit dó non preponatur ingenuus ex servitio convertenti nisi forte

un-gefrǽglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gefrǽglíce, adv.

In an unheard of mannerto an unheard of extentunusuallyextraordinarily

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Se hearpere wæs swíþe ungefrǽglíce gód, 85, 6; Fox 166, 29

un-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
un-lúcan, p. -leác

To uncloseopen

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Hostiarius is ðære cyrcean durewerd, se sceal ða cyrcan unlúcan geleáffullum mannum, and ðám ungeleáffullum belúcan wiðútan, L. Ælfc. C. 11; Th. ii, 346, 29. Nán man ne dorste ða duru unlúcan, Homl. Ass. 113, 360

wólbǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
wólbǽrness, e; f.

Pestiferousnessdestructivity

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Pestiferousness, destructivity Ic wolde ðæt ða ongeáten, ðe ða tída úres cristendómes leahtriaþ, hwelc mildsung siþþan wæs, siþþan se cristendóm wæs, and hú monigfeald wólbǽrnes ðære worulde ǽr ðæm wæs (with how many kinds of plagues the world was afflicted

andgit-leást

(n.)
Grammar
andgit-leást, e; f.
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Ongeán þám andgyte þe of Godes gyfe cymð se deófol sǽwð angytléste (-leáste, v. l. ), 53, 2

Cant-ware

Grammar
Cant-ware, (-an).
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wæs Cantwara (Cont-, v. l.) leód (leode, v. l.) oriundus de gente Cantuariorum, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 253, 13. Paulinus huerf eft tó Cantwarum (gewát tó Cent, v. l. ), Chr. 633; P. 24, 21. Add