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ymb-spannan

(v.)

to span round

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to span round Swyle tó ðon swíþe áswollen ðæt hine mon ná mid twám handum ymbspannan circumplecti mihte, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 7

Linked entry: spannan

racent-teáge

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Þá læg Petrus . . . mid twám racenteágum getíged . . . se engel cwæð, 'Arís . . . ' and þá racenteágan feóllon ðǽrrihte of Petres handum, Hml. Th. ii. 382, 2-8. Add

smeá-gelegen

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Beclýsingca, smeáge legena (so in the MS, Napier takes smeáge as adjective (v. smeáh), so two separate words instead of a compound), An. Ox. 4142. Add

Linked entries: smeáh ge-legen

tyncen

(n.)
Grammar
tyncen,

a barrel (?) ⬩ a bladder (?)

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Ðá gebeótode án his ðegna ðæt hé mid sunde ða eá oferfaran wolde mid twám tyncenum, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72. 30

twádæg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
twádæg-líc, adj.

Lasting two days

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Lasting two days Twádæglíc (twydæglíc, Bd. M. 350, 32) fæsten is genóh tó healdenne biduanum sat est observare jejunium, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 8

Linked entry: twidæg-líc

weale

(n.)
Grammar
weale, wale, an; f.

A female slave ⬩ servant

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Wonfáh wale weóld hyra( two buckets ) síþe, 435, 11; Rä. 53, 6

Linked entry: wale

tæppa

(n.)
Grammar
tæppa, an; m.

A tap

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A tap Ðonne ðú wín habban wille, ðonne dó ðú mid ðínum twám fingrum swilce ðú tæppan of tunnan onteón wille, Techm. ii. 120, 10. Tæppan teón, 12

un-dearninga

(adv.)
Grammar
un-dearninga, un-dearnunga, -deornunga; adv.

Without secrecy or concealment ⬩ openly

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Ic seah wyhte twá undearnunga plegan, Exon. Th. 429, 9; Rä. 43, 2. Gekýþe hé ðæt hé ðæt feoh, undeornunga his cúðan ceápe in wíc gebohte, L. H. E. 16; Th. i. 34, 10

mæsse-reáf

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Twá mæssereáf, C. D. B. iii. 660, 33

on-bryrdan

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Add On twá wísan bið se man onbryrd ; ǽrest hé him ondrǽt hellewíte, and bewépð his synna, syððan hé nimð eft lufe tó Gode, Hml. Th. i. 140, 17. add Se Hálga Gást onbryrt úre mód tó ǽlcre gódnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 42, 10.

æle-midde

(n.)
Grammar
æle-midde, an; f.

The exact middle ⬩ just in the middle

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Ðá héngon ðá cempan Críst on ælemiddan, and ðá twégen sceaðan him on twá healfa, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 22

Linked entry: midde

tó-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-licgan, p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lie or run in different directions ⬩ To lie between, ⬩ to lie and part, ⬩ to divide, ⬩ separate

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., to lie or run in different directions Heó (the Nile) tólíþ on twá ymb an ígland ðe mon hǽt Meroen the stream runs in two channels round the island of Meroen; faciens insulam nomine Meroën in medio sui. Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 12, 32.

wiþer-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-steall, es; m.

Resistance ⬩ opposition

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Næs Petrus gewunod tó nánre wǽpnunge, ac ðǽr wǽron twá swurd gebróhte tó ðam wiðerstealle, gif hit Crist swá wolde, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 4. Mé hwílum biþ forwyrned þurh wiþersteall willan mínes, Exon. Th. 268, 32; Jul. 441

Linked entry: wiþ-steall

brýd-búr

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Ðǽre forman brýdniht, þá hí twá wǽron on ðǽm brýdbúre, Shrn. 49, 3. On þǽre nyhte þá heó wæs ingelǽded on þone brýdbúr, 149, 22. Gibloetsa, Drihten, brýdbúre ( thalamum ) ðis, Rtl. 110, 38.

cwéne

Grammar
cwéne, l. cwene, for last reference substitute Wlfst. 161, 20,
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Sume mæssepreóstas habbað twá [wíf] oððe má, and sume forlǽtað þá hig ǽr hæfdon, and be lifiendre cwenan eft óðre nimað, Wlfst. 269, 23.

dearnunga

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Twá cynn sind martirdómes, án dearnunge, óðer eáwunge, Hml. Th. ii. 544, 14. Dernunge in occulto, Jn. L. 18, 20. Dernunga clam, Mt. R. 2, 7. Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan eall dyrnunga æt Steorran ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne, C.

tohte

(n.)
Grammar
tohte, an; f.

A military expedition, ⬩ war, ⬩ battle

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Æt sæcce oferswíðan feónda gehwylcne, ðonne fvrdhwate on twá healfe tohtan sécaþ, Elen. Kmbl. 2358; El. 1180

Linked entry: ge-toht

fugel-cynn

a kind or species of birds

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Culfran and turtlan . . . þás twá fugelcyn ne singað ná, 142, 17. Saga mé hú fela is fleógendra fugelcynna? Ic ðé secge, iiii and fíftig, Sal. K. 190, 18. Add:

friþ-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-áþ, es; m.

An oath confirming peace made between two hostile powers

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An oath confirming peace made between two hostile powers Ðá þet gafol gelést wæs and þá friðáðas gesworene, þá tóférde se here, Chr. 1012 ; P. 143, 5

cú-horn

(n.)
Grammar
cú-horn, cuu-horn , es ; m.

A cow's horn ⬩ vaccæ cornu

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H.] biþ twegea pæninga wurþ a cow's horn shall be worth two pence, L. In. 59; Th. i. 140, 2