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eald-cýþþ

Grammar
eald-cýþþ, eald-cýþþu.
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Add: old (native) country Conon gelende tó Ahténa þǽre byrig, his ealdcýþþe, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 24. old acquaintance Þá bǽdon ðá cwelleras for heora ealdcýððe ꝥ hí móston him beran unforboden flǽsc, Hml. S. 25, 90

ge-genge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-genge, es; n.
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Hé wæs on ðám gegæncge þár man Críst bænde, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 23. v. ge-geng; f

Linked entries: ge-gæncg genge

on-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
on-sǽte, es; n. (?)
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A sitting on an animal Æfter þám onsǽte (-sitte, v. l.) swá háliges biscopes þæt hors wiðsóc ꝥ hit wíf bǽre post sessionem tanti pontificis equus mulierem ferre recusavit, Gr. D. 183, 10. Cf. on-setl

fealwe

(adj.)
Grammar
fealwe, fallow, pale yellow, dusky, bay, Exon. 57 a; Th. 202, 24; Ph. 74: 60 a; Th. 219, 22; Ph. 311: Beo. Th. 1735; B. 865: 1837; B. 916; nom. acc. pl.
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of fealo

hrǽw

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Eów in beorge bǽl fornimeð, and eówer hrá bryttad lácende líg, El. 579

sáwel-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sáwel-leás, adj.

without lifewithout soul

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Magoþegna bær ðone sélestan sáwolleásne, Beo. Th. 2817; B. 1406. Sáwulleásne, 6059; B. 3033 . Sáwelleásne, Exon. Th. 329, 21 ; Vy. 37. Héht ðá ásettan sáwlleásne, lífe belidenes líc on eorþan, Elen. Kmbl. 1751; El. 877.

beán

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Sum him mid bær beána mid wætere ofgotene, Hml. S. 23 b, 128. Beána sáwan, Angl. ix. 262, 7. Add

GANOT

(n.)
Grammar
GANOT, ganet, es; m.

A gannetsea-fowlwater-fowlfen-duckăvis mărinafŭlixfŭlĭca

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Ác fereþ gelóme ofer ganotes bæþ a ship [lit. oak] often saileth over the gannet's bath [the sea], Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 19; Hick. Thes. i. 135. 49

Linked entries: ganet ganet

for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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Heó bæd ꝥ hí hyre fæx forcurfon, 2, 50. Hé hét forceorfan his tungan ... and his handa forceorfan, 25, 115. Heora ǽlces sweordfǽtelsas hé hét forceorfan, 23, 178. Croppas forceorfende racemos succidens .i. praecidens, An. Ox. 2642.

ece

(n.)
Grammar
ece, æce, ace, es; m.

AKE, pain dŏlor

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An AKE, pain; dŏlor Efne swá se bisceop ðone ece and ðæt sár mid him ut bǽre as if the bishop had borne the ake and the sore out with him. Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 37: 5, 4; S. 617, 22

Linked entries: ace æce

æt-standan

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His sceaft ætstód ætforan him ( the shaft got fixed in the ground in front of him ), and ꝥ hors hine bær forð swá ꝥ ꝥ spere him eóde þurh út, Hml. S. 12, 54. Mid þám ðe Drihten hrepode ðá bǽre, ðá ætstódon þá bǽrmenn. Hml. Th. i. 494, 7.

þingung

(n.)
Grammar
þingung, e; f.
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Hé ðære eádigan Marian fultumes and ðingunge bæd, Homl. Th. i. 448, 19. Gif wé for synfullum mannum gebiddaþ and hí ðære ðingunge unwurðe synd, ii. 528, 12, Biddaþ eów þingunge æt ðysum martyrum, i. 88, 33: ii. 110, 30.

Cartaine

(n.)
Grammar
Cartaine, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.
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Terrentius, se mǽra Cartaina sceóp, bær hætt on his heáfde Terence, the great poet of the Carthaginians, wore a hat on his head, 4, 10; Bos. 96, 18 : 4, 11; Bos. 97, 11: 4, 13; Bos. 99, 24.

bledu

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Man bær þám cásere wín on ánre blede. Hml. S. 31, 631. Hrer on blede, Lch. ii. 314, 3 : 308, 29. Drince hé góde blede fulle, 118, 24. Hæbbe hé blede fulle hwéges, Ll. Th. i. 438, 24. On bleda in pateras (fialas), Germ. 389, 17.

sand

Grammar
sand, sending.
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Add Þá bær man þám cyninge cynelice þénunga on ánum sylfrenan disce . . . þá sende se cyning þám þearfum þone sylfrenan disc mid sande mid ealle (cf. dapes sibimet adpositas rex deferri pauperibus praecepit, Bd. 3, 6), Hml. S. 26, 95.

weax-candel

(n.)
Grammar
weax-candel, weax-candell, e; f.

A wax candle

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Wexcandel cereus, 130, 16: funalia, i. candelabra, 151, 56, Genim ácmela and beolonan sǽd and weax, meng tósomne, wyrc tó weaxcandelle, and bærn, Lchdm. ii. 50, 18

þost

(n.)
Grammar
þost, es; m.
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Bærn hundes ðost and gníd smale, 7. Nim drígne hundes þost, 11: ii. 48, 8

CEÁCE

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁCE, an; f.
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The jaw, CHEEK ; maxilla, mala, mandibula, gena Ðæt tácen ðære bærnesse he on his ceácan bær signum incendii in maxilla portavit, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 16. He gehrán his ceácan contigit maxillam ejus, 3, 19; S. 549, 1. Ceácan malæ; maxillæ, Wrt.

Linked entries: céce ceác-bán

Dene-mearc

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Dele the bracket, and add Wæs him on þæt bæc*-*bord Denamearc, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 26. Sume férdon tó Dænmarce (tó Dænmercan (Denmarcon, v. l. ), 30), Chr. 1070; P. 207, 16. On Denemearcon, 1036; P. 159, 18. Tó Denemarcon, 1076; P. 211, 22, 36.

ridda

(n.)
Grammar
ridda, an; m.

a horsemanridera mounted soldier

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Ðá gemétte Martinus ánne nacodne þearfan, and his nán ne gýmde, ðeáh ðe hé ða riddan ðæs bǽde ... Ðá hlógon ða cempan sume, 500, 19-28