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wág

(n.)
Grammar
wág, (-h),wǽg, es; m.

A wall, mostly of a building

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Hé wende hine tó wáge ( the wall of the chamber ), Homl. Th. i. 414, 19. On ðínre healle wáge, ii. 436, 10 : Cd. Th. 261, 8;Dan. 723 : Andr. Kmbl. 1428;An. 714: Beo. Th. 3328;B. 1662. Wǽge, Exon. Th. 394, 17;Rä. 14, 4.

Linked entries: wǽg wáh

recen

(adj.)
Grammar
recen, adj.
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Th. 105, 18

Linked entries: recene recenlíce

mearc-þreát

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-þreát, es; m.

A band of men occupying the frontier of a country

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A band of men occupying the frontier of a country Manna þengel mearcþreáte rád (cf. Th. 187, 33: 188, 14), Cd. 151; Th. 188, 25; Exod. 173

heaðu-grim

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-grim, adj.

Very fierce, cruel with the cruelty of war

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Very fierce, cruel with the cruelty of war Hungur heaðogrimne heardne famne fierce and fell, Ps. Th. 145, 6: Beo. Th. 1100; B. 548: 5375; B. 2691

þeówetling

(n.)
Grammar
þeówetling, es; m.
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A (poor) slave; the diminutive form seems to be depreciatory in this case Quintianus wæs grǽdig gítsere, deófles þeówetlincg a miserable slave of the devil, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 6.

ÆG

(n.)
Grammar
ÆG, æig; g. asges; pl. nom. acc. ægru; g. ægra; d. ægrum, ægerum; n.

An EGGovum

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Th. i. 250, 9. Ðæt æg [æig MS.] getácnaþ ðone hálgan hiht the egg betokens the holy hope, i. 250, 11. Gif he bit æg si petierit ovum, Lk. Bos. 11, 12. Gením hænne æges geolocan take the yolk of a hen's egg, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm, ii. 38, 6.

Linked entries: ægerum ægru æig

ge-treówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-treówan, -triówan, -triéwan; p. de; pp. ed.

to trustbelievehave confidencehopeconfiderecrederesperareto make true or credibleto persuadesuggestto make one's self out to be trueto clear one's self

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Alf. 17; Th. i. 72, 5. Getriéwe hine ðæs sleges let him clear himself of the slaying, L. In. 34; Th. i. 122, 17

neósan

(v.)
Grammar
neósan, p. de (?) with gen. acc. or clause.

to search outfind out by enquiryto seekvisitto seek with hostile intent

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to search out, find out by enquiry Wolde ic ánes tó ðé cræftes neósan ðæt ðú me getǽhte hú ðú sǽhengeste sund wísige one art would I find out by enquiry of thee; that thou wouldest teach me how for the sea-horse thou guidest its swimming, Andr.

neáh-sibb

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh-sibb, adj.

Related

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Nán man ne wífige on neáhsibban (neáh sibban, Th.) nér (m', Th.) ðonne wiðútan ðam .iiii. cneówe let no one take a wife among his relations nearer of kin than beyond the fourth degree, L. N. P. L. 6,; Th. ii. 300, 14

teosu

(n.)
Grammar
teosu, tesu, tæsu(-o), wes; m(?).
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hurt, injury Álet gehwearf teónfullum on teso the fire turned to the hurt of the harmful, Cd. Th. 232, 4; Dan. 255. Lécnade monigo of teissum ł cualmum curavit multos a plagis, Lk. Skt.

Linked entries: tæso teissum teso

tweóne

(num.; adj.)

twodouble not simple

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two; only in combination with the preposition be, either immediately following it (v. be-tweónum) or being separated from it by the governed noun, the two words together in either case having the force of between Be sǽm tweónum, ofer eormengrund, Beo

Linked entry: tweónum

heáfod-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-mǽg, es; m.

A near relation, a relation in the first degree,agnates

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A near relation, a relation in the first degree, Cd. 60, Th. 73, 6; Gen. 1200: 78; Th. 96, 36; Gen. 1605: Beo. Th. 1180; B. 588: 4308; B. 2151. ;

á-bǽdan

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the passage seems to mean 'that they fed on what nature required for her needs'), Hml. S. 23b, 130. where the object is something due, a tax, or the like Ic him álýfde alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, ðá de ábǽdde beóð from ðaem nédbáderum, C.

ánfeald-nes

(n.)
Grammar
ánfeald-nes, -ness, e; f.

Onenessunitysimplicitysinglenesssimplicitas

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Oneness, unity, simplicity, singleness; simplicitas Ymbe ða ánfealdnesse ðare godcundnesse concerning the oneness of the divine nature, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 18: 39, 5; Fox 218, 19.

wæter-berere

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-berere, es; m.

A water-bearer

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A water-bearer Mid wæterbererum cum lixarum (coetibus,Ald. 13; the passage is the same as that glossed in the preceding word), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 74 : 18, 2. Wæterberere (-a ?) lixarum, 52, 73

Linked entries: berere wæter-berend

ge-gán

Grammar
ge-gán, <b>; A.
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A. 154, 58. the verb here might be translated to traverse, the Latinof Ethelred's law is: Sicut aratrum peragrabit decimam acram, Ll. Th. i. 338, 22

lǽce-finger

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-finger, es; m.

The leech-finger

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P. 291 note the reason for the name is given differently.

Linked entry: gold-finger

ge-tellan

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Th. 90, 7.

for-speca

(n.)
Grammar
for-speca, fore-speca, -spreca, -spræca, an; m.

One who speaks for anothera defenderadvocateadvŏcātuspatrōnus

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B. 1; Th. i. 254, 5

Linked entry: for-spreca

egle

(adj.)
Grammar
egle, grievous, painful.
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Th. i. 390, 15: 516, 22. Ne mæg þé ǽnig yfel egle weorðan non accedent ad te mala, Ps. Th. 90, 10: Rún. 29. Cleopian wé in eglum móde and inneweardre heortan let us cry with painful thoughts from the bottom of the heart, Bl. H. 19, 2.