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fíf-tyne

Grammar
fíf-tyne, l. -tíne,
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Fífténe geár, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 19. governing a noun Ymb seofon hund wintra and V-tiéne, Ors. 1, 14; S. 58, 11. Sé wæs fífténe geára, Shrn. 84, 12

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara, twoegra, tuoera.

Two ⬩ absolutely ⬩ distributively

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Ger. zwéne; m. zwá, zwó f. zwei; n.; gen. zweio, zweiio, zweiero; dat. zweim: Icel. tveir; m. tvær; f. tvau; n.; gen. tveggja; dat. tveim; acc. tvá; m. tvær; f. tvau; n.]

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

BEGEN

(num.; adj.; pronoun.)

Both ⬩ ambo ⬩ both ⬩ ambo ⬩ ambæ ⬩ ambo ⬩ both ⬩ ⬩ ambo et ambæ vel ambæ et ambo ⬩ of both ⬩ amborum ⬩ ambarum ⬩ amborum ⬩ to both ⬩ ambobus ⬩ ambabus ⬩ ambobus ⬩ both ⬩ ambos ⬩ ambas ⬩ ambo ⬩ both ⬩ ambos et ambas vel ⬩ ambas et amb ⬩ with ⬩ by both ⬩ ambobus ⬩ ambabus ⬩ ambobus

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Heora begra eágan wurdon ge-openode the eyes of them both were opened Gen. 3, 7 : Cd. 90; Th. 113, 27; Gen. 1893. Hyra begea nest earum ambarum cibum Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 19; Jud. 128 : Ps. Th. 86, 2.

Linked entries: bá bæga bǽm bám bátwá begra bó

a-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
a-cuman, p. -cam, -com, pl. -cámon, -cómon; pp. -cumen, -cymen

To come ⬩ bear ⬩ venire ⬩ ferre ⬩ sustinere

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To come, bear; venire, ferre, sustinere Wæs of fere acumen he had come from the vessel, Cd. 75; Th. 93, 12; Gen. 1544. Ðæt land híg ne mihte acuman non sustinebat eos terra, Gen. 36, 7. Ge hyt ne mágon nú acuman non potestis portare modo, Jn.

burge

Grammar
burge, (?), an = burg
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Of ðám burhgan geate, C.D. iii. 36, 18. Cf. burg-geat

ár-leás

(adj.)
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Fordón þá rihtwísan mid þám árleásan ( impio ), Gen. 18, 23. Ic and mín folc sind árleáse ( injusti ), Ex. 9, 27. [O. H. Ger. ér-lós impius.]

á-íþan

(v.)
Grammar
á-íþan, p. de
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Hé wolde for wera synnum eall áǽðan þæt on eorðan wæs, Gen. 1280. Áiéðende exterminans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 53: 31, 27. Áíþende demolitus, 25, 41. [O. H. Ger. ar-óden vastare, devastare.]

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball

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Se óðer æppel wæs geémtigod, and se óðer hangode gehál æt his hleóre, Hml. S. 21, 280. Beóð ðá æplas hále . . . sió scearpnes ðæs æples (æpples, Hatt. MS.) . . . Ðurh ðone æpl ðæs eágean, Past. 68, 2, 4, 17.

tiér

(n.)
Grammar
tiér, distillation (? cf. teár); ornament, splendour (? cf.
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v. tír) Nis nán wundor ðæt sió lyft sié wearm and ceald wǽt wolcnes tiér winde geblonden (cf. sió lyft is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt ge wearm; nis hit nán wunder, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 35), Met. 20, 81

on-secgan

(v.)

to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure

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Th. 107, 21; Gen. 1792. Hé gild onsægde, 172, 11; Gen. 2842. Hé lác onsægde ( of Christian service ), Exon. Th. 168, 28; Gú. 1084. Mesiane noldon ðæt Læcedemonia mægdenmenn mid heora ofreden and heora godum onsægden, Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 56, 16.

Linked entries: an-secgan on-sacan on-sagu

gæst-hús

Grammar
gæst-hús, gast-, gest-, gyst-hús, es; n.

A guest-house ⬩ guest-chamber ⬩ hospĭtium

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A guest-house, guest-chamber; hospĭtium Gæst-hus hospĭtium, Wrt. Voc. 86, 44

Linked entry: gist-

be-gitan

Grammar
be-gitan, (I a)
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add : to get a wife Þæs cyninges sáwle þe hí begæt, Lch. iii. 422, 15 : Gen. 1130. to get into one's keeping, bring home Begyte hé þá báde hám, Ll. Th. i. 354, 7. where the object is non-material Freóndscipe begitan, An. 480.

rinc

(n.)
Grammar
rinc, es; m.

A man (a poetical term)

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Th. 172, 16; Gen. 2845. Junge rince ł hysse ephebo robusto, Hpt. Gl. 488, 1. Rófe rincas ( the fallen angels), Cd. Th. 19, 4 ; Gen. 286 : (those who occupied Shinar ), 99, 24; Gen. 1651

andgiet-tácen

(n.)
Grammar
andgiet-tácen, es; n.

A sensible token ⬩ intelligibile signum

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A sensible token; intelligibile signum Ge on wolcnum ðæs andgiettácen mágon sceáwigan ye may behold a sensible token of this in the clouds, Cd. 75; Th. 93, 3; Gen. 1539

Linked entry: andgit-tácen

fóre-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-gangan, part. -gangende; p. -geóng, -géng, pl. -geóngon, -géngon; pp. -gangen

To go before ⬩ precede ⬩ præcēdĕre

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To go before, precede; præcēdĕre Hí wǽron fóregaugende in ðone leg they were going before into the flame, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 31. Hine sóþfæstnes fóregangeþ justĭtia ante eum ambŭlābit. Ps. Th. 84, 12. Hwæt ðǽr fóregange oððe hwæt ðǽr æfterfylige we ne

Linked entry: fóre-gán

gafol-gylda

Grammar
gafol-gylda, gaful-gylda, -gilda, -gelda, an; m.

a tribute-payer ⬩ tributary ⬩ debtor ⬩ trĭbūti reddĭtor ⬩ dēbĭtor ⬩ a rent-payer ⬩ a renter of land as opposed to the owner ⬩ qui censum annum pendit ⬩ conductor

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a tribute-payer, tributary, debtor; trĭbūti reddĭtor, dēbĭtor Rómáne hý to gafol-gyldum gedydon the Romans made them tributaries, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 38 : Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 20. Beón hig ealle gesunde and þeówion ðé and beón ðíne gafolgildan cunctus pŏpŭlus

pos

(n.)
Grammar
pos, es; n. : only in pl. (?) posu (-a) [cf. ge-pos] : or (?) <b>posa,</b> an; m.
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A cold, catarrh Posa catarrum, i. angustia pectoris, An. Ox, 31, 1

fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
fricgan, fricgean, fricggan; part. fricgende; ic fricge, ðú frigest, frigst, frihst, he frigeþ, frigþ, frihþ, pl. fricgaþ; p. ic, he fræg, ðú frǽge, pl. frǽgon; impert. frige; subj. pres. fricge, pl. fricgen; pp. ge-frigen, -fregen, -frægen

To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ question ⬩ find out ⬩ seek after ⬩ learn ⬩ get information of ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ pĕtĕre ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ compĕrīre

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Ðonne ðé leódweras fricgen when the men of the country ask thee, Cd. 89; Th. 110, 6; Gen. 1834

ísen-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-smiþ, es ; m.

An iron-smith ⬩ blacksmith

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An iron-smith, worker in iron, blacksmith Tubalcain wæs égðer ge goldsmiþ ge ísensmiþ Tubalcain fuit malleator et faber in cuncta opera æris et ferri, Gen. 4, 22.

Linked entries: iren-smiþ ísen-wyrhta

be-scerian

(v.)
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Ger. bi-scerian frustrare: O. H. Ger. pi-scerien privare, fraudare.] Add:

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