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níd-þeówetling

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þeówetling, es; m.

One who is forced into slavery

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One who is forced into slavery (for an unsatisfied claim) Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Ælfríc wolde þeówian Putraele him tó nýdþeówetlinge (the enslavement was abandoned at the intercession of Bora, Ælfric's brother, on payment to Ælfric of eight oxen;

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bíge

(n.)
Grammar
bíge, es; m.

A bending, turning, bend, an angle, a cornerflexus, sinus, angulus

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A bending, turning, bend, an angle, a corner; flexus, sinus, angulus Se engel eóde into ánum nyrwette, ðe he ne mihte forbúgan on náðere healfe, forðamðe ðǽr nán bíge næs angelus ad locum angustum transivit, ubi nec ad dexteram nec ad sinistram poterat

stærced-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
stærced-, sterced-ferhþ; adj.
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having the mind strengthened, stouthearted, courageous Deareðlícende ( the Huns ) on Danúbie stærcedfyrhðe stæðe wícedon, Elen. Kmbl. 75; El. 38. Stercedferhþe hæleþ, Judth. Thw. 22, 9; Jud. 55. of hard or cruel mind Drógon hine (St. Andrew) ymb stánhleoðo

þúsend-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
þúsend-mǽlum, adv.

In thousands

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In thousands Weras and wíf somod wornum and heápum þrungen and urnon þúsendmǽlum, Judth. Thw. 23, 40; Jud. 165: Cd. Th. 190, 8; Exod. 196: 304, 18; Sat. 632. Him ymb flugon engla þreátas þúseudmǽlum, 300, 23; Sat. 569: 279, 11; Sat. 236: 296, 28; Sat

þý-dǽges

(adv.)
Grammar
þý-dǽges, adv.

On that daythen

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On that day, then Gif ðǽr byð án ofer ða seofon, ðonne tácnaþ ðæt ðæt se mónð gǽð on Sunnandæg on túne; gif ðǽr beóð ofer ða seofon twá oððe þreó, feówer oððe fífe oððe syxe, wite ðú tó sóðe ðæt ðýdæges cymð sé mónð tó manuum, Anglia viii. 304, 13: 310

weorold-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-scipe, es; m.
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A worldly affair, an affair of this life Ne scyle nán Godes ðeów hine selfne tó ungemetlíce bindan on woruldscipum (world-, Cott. MSS.), ðý læs hé mislícige ðæm ðe hé ǽr hine selfne gesealde nemo millitans Deo implicat se negotiis secularibus, ut ei

ár

Grammar
ár, ore.
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Ár aes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 53 : eramentum, An. Ox. 1371. Groeni ár aurocalcum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 36: 7, 49 : i. 286, 65. Sí þé heofene swilce ár sit tibi coelum aeneum, Deut. 28, 23. Hé geworhte ánes fearres anlícnesse of áre taurum aeneum fecit, Ors

cærse

Grammar
cærse, Add: <b>cresse</b> (-a)
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Cressae (-a) sinapis, Txts. 96, 917. Cressa nasturcium, 108, 1121: sinapiones, 109, 1133: brittia, 45, 329. Cærse cardamon, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 13: 66, 68: cresco, 79, 45. Kerse, 31, 23. Cærsan, An. Ox. 56, 414: sinapdones (l. -iones?), Wrt. Voc. i. 68

ge-hwǽdnes

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Add: smallness of size or extent, slenderness Ísen úre sáwle náteshwon byð gelǽdd to gehwǽdnysse scerpnysse ( ad subtilitatem, i. exililatem acuminis ), Scint. 150, 4. fewness of number On gehwédnesse in paucitate (plebis), Kent. Gl. 494. Gehwǽdnesse

ge-sméþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sméþian, p. ode
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To make smooth, remove inequalities from a surface (lit. or fig. ), level an inequality Þonne ic fram fyrde gecyrre ic tówurpe ðás burh and hí gesméðige. Hml. Th. i. 450, 10. Clincig gesméþiende síþfæt asperum planes iter, Hy. S. 104, 35. Wóhnyssa beóð

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ge-wésan

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Add: to steep, soak: — Genim þás ylcan wyrte, and gecnúwa hý mid smeruwe, and gewæsc (-wés, v. l. ) mid ecede, Lch. i. 104, 2: 204, 19. Genim þás wyrte and rosan wós on wíne gewésed, 214, l. Mid ecede gewésede, 200, 9. to dye Flýs deáge gewésan uellera

hecge

(n.)
Grammar
hecge, an; f.

an enclosurea fencehedge

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A place provided with a hedge (?), an enclosure; a fence (?), hedge On Beówanhammes hecgan . . . tó ðǽre rúwan hecgan, C. D. ii. 172, 28, 32. Tó rúgan hegcan; swá andlang hegerǽwe, 137, 14. Ǽrest of þám gáran innan þá blacan hegcean; of þǽre hegcean

lǽswian

(v.)
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Add: trans. with acc. Hé lǽsode (fédde, v. l.) his swýn porcos pavit Gr. D. 106, 28. with dat. Hé gewunode ꝥ hé lǽswode þám eówde his sceápa ovium suarum gregem pascere solebat Gr. D. 215, 5. intrans. of animals, to take food, graze, feed Þá leásiendan

morþ-dǽd

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Add: evil-doing Ofsceamod for þære morðdǽde þe hé gedón hæfde, and for þám manslihte þe hé slóh mid þǽre handa, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 34. an evil deed Irre and anda ús synd forbodene, manslyht and morðdǽda, Hml. A. 8, 190. Hé ( Jove ) manega manslihtas

munt

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Add: general Munt ł heofen Olimpus An. Ox. 18 b, 62. Þá Wylisce á tóforan into muntan and móran férdan. Chr. 1095 ; P. 231, 23. special, the Alps Tó Longbeardna londe and tó þǽm londum on þá healfe muntes regnum Longobardorum et alias terras quae sunt

scimrian

(v.)
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Add: to shimmer, shine with a flickering light as a mote in the sunlight Scimerað uibrat (minor . . . modico Phoebi radiis qui uibrat atomo, Ald. 272, 32), An. Ox. 23, 51. Þá se dægredleóma beorhte scymrode matutina luce radiante, Chrd. 26, 22. And scimerian

un-gemæc

Grammar
un-gemæc, un-gemæcc.
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Syndon full manega þá þe nǽnegu wundra wyrcað and þonne hweþre nǽron ná ungemæcce (-an, v.l.) þám þe þá foretácnu dóð sunt plerique qui etsi signa non facinnt, signa tamen facientibus dispares nan sunt, Gr. D. 90, 31. Heora ǽgþres méd and geearnung nis

wimpel

(n.)
Grammar
wimpel, winpel, es; m.

An article of woman's dressa wimple

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An article of woman's dress, a wimple Winpel orl, vel ricinum Voc. i. 17, I. Winpel anabala (cf. anaboladium amictorium lineum feminarum, quo humeri operiuntur, Migne), 26, I. Wimple goldgewefenum cyclade auro texta, Hpt. Gl. 506, 63. Wimplum cycladibus

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hnitol

(adj.)
Grammar
hnitol, adj.

Given to striking, thrusting, pushing, having the head bent [as an animal when it butts (?)]

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Given to striking, thrusting, pushing, having the head bent [as an animal when it butts (?)] Hnitol vel eádmód cernuus, pronus vel inclinatus, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 56, 116; Wrt. Voc. 19, 1. Gif se oxa hnitol wǽre si bos cornupeta fuerit, Ex. ii. 29, 36:

for-wisnian

(v.)
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Forwisnode emarcuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 36. Forwisnade sónæ se fíc arefacta est continuo ficulnea, Mt. R. 21, 19. For þon þe hié næfdan wyrtryme forwisnadun ( aruerunt ), 13, 6. Forwisnende (-werniende, An. Ox. 59 ) corruptibilem, Hpt. Gl. 407, 34. Þá