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á-wirdan

(v.)

to corrupt ⬩ spoil, ⬩ to injure ⬩ annoy ⬩ afflict a person ⬩ to hinder

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Hyra regol ne sý á ðe áwyrdra, Wlfst. 269, 14. to injure, annoy, afflict a person Ðá ilco ðone áwoerdon mið teáncuidum illi hunc afficientes contumelia, Lk. L. 20, 11. Þæt wé (devils) hí (men) mid mislicum untrumnyssum áwyrdon, Hml. Th. i. 462, 21.

Linked entry: á-wyrdan

an-weald

(n.)
Grammar
an-weald, m. f. n.
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Hú Assael hine unwærlíce mid anwealde ðreátode hunc cum Assael vi incautae praecipitationis impeteret. Past. 295, 14. On þǽm anwalde wæron Somnite swá bealde Pontius, dux eorum, in tantum abusus est victoriae securitate, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 31.

lá

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Non sinam omnino concludi hunc libellum, Solil. H. 49, 12

spinnan

(v.)
Grammar
spinnan, p. spann, pl. spunnon; pp. spunnen.

to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist

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v. spornan) and his feorh forlét a certain foolish man hung himself, so that he moved his feet convulsively (could not rest them on the ground?), and gave up the ghost, Homl. Th. ii. 504, 34. Heó hí sylfe on grine áhéng, ðæt heó fótum span, 30, 23

Linked entry: spornan

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.

Thanking, ⬩ thanks, ⬩ thanksgiving

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Ðæt is tó wundrianne, ðæt hí swá lytle þoncunge wiston Iósepe ðæs ðe hé hí æt hungre áhredde it is wonderful that they felt so little gratitude to Joseph for saving them from famine; hunc Ioseph, quem constituit Deus Aegyptiis conservatae salutis auctorem

fíf

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series a member whose number is five or a multiple of five: Hú mon scule blódlǽse on þára six fífa ǽlcum on mónðe forgán, Lch. ii. 146, 19: 148, 2. uninflected and with a multiple of ten where the number is treated as singular On þǽm geáre bið þreó hund

rýmet

(n.)
Grammar
rýmet, rýmett, es; n.

space, extent ⬩ clear space, room ⬩ extension, clearance

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space, extent Seó cyrce mid hire portice mihte fíf hund manna eáðelíce befón on hire rýmette, Homl. Th. i. 508, 14.

Linked entry: rýmetleást

twéntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twéntig, twégentig; num.

Twenty ⬩ alone

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Seó menigu wæs án hund manna and twéntig, Homl. Th. i. 296, 18. Onbíd hér seofon and twéntig nihta, Blickl. Homl. 231, 5. Grammar twéntig, distributively Týnum and twéntigum on ánum inne ætgædere restan, R. Ben. 47, 7. [Goth. twai-tigjus: O.

céne

(adj.)
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Ne beóð ongeán hine hundas céne, Lch. i. 372, 5. Tigras and leopardos, ꝥ syndan þá kénestan deór, Nar. 38, 4. Add

sellan

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Eal ꝥ flǽsc ꝥ wildeór lǽfen, ne eten gé ꝥ, ac sellað hit hundum, Ll. Th. i. 54, 2. <b>IV b.</b> add :-- Þǽr man hláf sealde tó ceápe, Hml. S. 23, 563. <b>IV d.</b> add :-- Hig sealdon þæt on tigelwyrhtena æcyr, Mt. 27, 10.

GNÆT

(n.)
Grammar
GNÆT, gnætt; gen. gnættes; m.

GNAT ⬩ culex

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Com hundes fleógan and gnættas venit cænomyia et cinipes, Ps. Spl. 104, 29.

asce

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Seó acxe . . . hundes heáfod gebærned tó acxan, Lch. i. 370, 10-13. Weorðað hig (apples of Sodom) tó acxan fatiscunt in cinerem, Ors. 1, 3; S. 32, 15. Foxes lungen on hátre æscan gesoden, Lch. i. 340, 4.

incer

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Hundas licciað eówre blód and fugelas fretað incer flǽsc Shrn. 148, 3. Add

fǽringa

unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte

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forþ "; and þá fǽringa cóman hundas forþ, Bl.

heáp

a band ⬩ company ⬩ the clergy ⬩ a choir ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a troop ⬩ company ⬩ a crew ⬩ a collection ⬩ in company ⬩ together

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Voc. ii. 79, 58. secular, an army, a host Heáp (the host of the Huns) wæs gescyrted, láðra lindwered; lythwón becwóm Húna herges hám eft þanon, El. 141.

be-fón

to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action

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Þeós circe mihte fíf hund manna befón, 207, 14. Be-fangen circumamicta, An. Ox. 1024. Ylp is mid bánum befangen binnan þám felle, Hml. S. 25, 567.

efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now ⬩ plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now; plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem He wintra hæfde efne hund-seofontig ǽr him sunu wóce he had just seventy winters ere a son was born to him, Cd. 57; Th. 70, 24; Gen. 1158.

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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Syx and hundnigontig prican beóþ on ðam dæge, and ða prican habbaþ minuta twá hund and feówertig, Anglia viii. 317, 16-24. Se án dæg hæfþ syx and hundnigontig prica (?) ... feówer prica (?)

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum

ágan

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Án áhte tó geldanne ( debebat ) penninges fíf hund, 7, 41: Mt. L. 18, 24, 28. to mate possessor of something?, endow with Þé ic ágan sceal I will surely endow thee , Gen. 2724.

tín

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
tín, tién, tén, týn teá (North.)

ten ⬩ alone ⬩ a set of ten ⬩ the number ten

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Nigon hund wintra hæfde and týne, 71, 3; Gen. 1165. a set of ten Týnum and twéntigum on ánum inne ætgædere restan let them sleep by tens and twenties in one house, R.

Linked entries: teá tién týn