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mersc

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Híredes seota tó présta túne, and se mersc se tó ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc tó présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33.

-ness

(suffix)
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; to verbal roots, weak : v. íc-, líf-, nere-, styre-ness. strong: v. foreseó-, grów-, weax-ness. pret. pres. wit-ness

þreátian

(v.)
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Add: p. þreátte (in Rushworth Gospels). <b>I l.</b> add: — lié him ILLIGIBLE hwylc neádung þæs gafoles híne þreátode quaecum urgeret debiti necessitas indicavit, Gr.

gealga

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Voc. ii. 31, 76. Gealgan labaro (Christi An. Ox. 1860. Add

ofer-hleápan

(v.)

to overleap, pass by jumping

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to overleap, pass by jumping Ic oferhleápe transitio Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 40. Saltus lunae, ðæt is, ðæs mónan hlýp, for ðan ðe hé oferhlýpþ ǽnne dæg Lchdm. iii. 264, 24. Ðæt hors slóg on ðam wege oferhleóp, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 17.

of-wundrod

(n.; adj.; part.)

astonished

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Ic eom swíðe ungemetlíce ofwundrod hwí eów þince . . . vehementer admiror, Bt. 13; Fox 40, 5. Seó cwén wæs tó ðan swíðe ofwundrod, ðæt heó næfde furþor nǽnne gást, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 18. Maria and Ioseph wǽron ofwundrode ðæra worda, i. 144, 15.

smæccan

(v.)
Grammar
smæccan, smecgan; smæhte

To taste sapere

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Al þet ich abbe mid muþ ismaht O. E. Homl. i. 189, 5. Unlouely þei smauʒte Piers P. 5, 363.]

Linked entry: smecgan

ge-þénsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þénsum, adj.

Obsequiousobligingserviceableofficiosus

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Th. ii. 136, 24. Gif hwilc sibling ðé biþ swá geþénsum swilce ðín ágen fót if any kinsman be as serviceable to thee as thy own foot, i. 516, 15

Linked entries: -þegnsum þénsum

hleówe

(adj.)
Grammar
hleówe, adj.

Warm, sheltered

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M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 280, 12

hold-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hold-scipe, es; m.

Loyalty, fealty, allegiance

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Sægdon ðæt hí hit dyden for ðes mynstres holdscipe said that they did it on account of the loyalty of the monastery, 1070; Erl. 209, 15

mynegung

(n.)
Grammar
mynegung, e; f.

admonitionexhortationa demand for payment of what is duea claim

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S; Th. i. 270, 25. Ne forlǽte hé ða mynegunge let him not relinquish the claim, L. Æðelst. v. 7; Th. i. 234, 26

Linked entry: mynung

æl-tæw

Grammar
æl-tæw, l. æl-tǽwe, -teáwe, -teówe, -tówe,
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Ic ongite ðætte æltǽwe anweald nis on nánum woruldríce, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 3. Se geleáfa strengra bið ðǽr ðǽr hé æltǽwe bið, Hml. Th. i. 250, 20. Hyt is æltǽwe gyf hí mon hreáwe swylgeþ, Lch. i. 344, 16.

hwyrft

(n.)
Grammar
hwyrft, es; m.

A turnrevolutiongoingcourseorbitcircuitorbcircle

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Náh ic hwyrft weges [Grein reads hwyrftweges] I cannot return, Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 6; Rä. 4, 6.

Linked entry: hwearft

lyb-lác

(n.)
Grammar
lyb-lác, es; n. m.

Sorcerywitchcraft

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Wé cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum gif ðǽr man ácweald wǽre ... we have ordained concerning witchcrafts and sorceries, if in such cases anyone were killed..., L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 10. Be liblácum.

Linked entry: unriht-lyblác

fór

a journeyan expeditionmarch

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In An. Ox. 4164 the word is glossed by færelde), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 74. a journey Gif þé fór (foor, v.l.) gelimpe on Gallia mǽgðe si contingat ut ad Galliarum provinciam transeas, Bd. I. 27; Sch. 74, 9. Fóre bóc itinerarium, Hpt. Gl. 454, 19.

geap

Grammar
geap, geáp, geápes.
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Voc. ii. 21, 46. Geápum pandis, 116, 23 : curvis 21, 16. of a line Geápum ł gebígedum pando, curvo (arcu ), Hpt. Gl. 405, 69. Geáp, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 70. Geápe, 69, 4. On geápum galgan rídan, Vy. 33. In ðá geápan linde, C. D. iii. 375, 5.

úte-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
úte-weard, adj.

Outwardextremeon the outside ofat the extremity ofthe outward partextremity

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Outward, extreme; may sometimes be translated on the outside of, at the extremity of, the noun to which it refers; sometimes is used substantively, the outward part, extremity Úteweard (dǽl) crepido, Wrt. Voc, i. 34, 27.

Linked entry: útan-weard

be-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þencan, bi-þencan; p. -þohte, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht

To consider, bear in mind, BETHINK, remember, trust, confide, entrustconsiderare, recordari, in se reverti, meminisse, fidere, confidere

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He beþohte swíðost to Arpelles he trusted most in Harpalus, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 34. Gif ðú to sǽmran gode biþencest if thou confidest in a worse god, Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 30; Jul. 52.

wergild-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
wergild-þeóf, es; m.
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In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8] Be wergeldþeófes forefonge. Gif mon wergildþeóf geféhð, and hé losige ðý dæge ðám monnum ðe hine gefóð, þeáh hine mon gefó ymb niht, náh him mon máre æt ðonne ful wíte, L. In. 72; Th. i. 148, 5-8.

ge-limpan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 65, i : contigit, i. accidit, evenit, 135, 12 : attigisset, 88, 23. Gewarð ł gelump accidit, Mt. p. 3, 7. the subject a noun (pronoun) to take place, be done or made Þý ærestan dæge gelimpeð mycel gnornung. Bl. H. 91, 30.