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ymb-hwyrft

Grammar
ymb-hwyrft, <b>. IV.</b>
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Engliscra and óþra þeóda wiðinnan embhwyrft (ambitum) Brittisces íglandes wunigendra cincg, Angl. xiii. 365, 4. Add

ge-hror

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Mancwealm and ádla and gehrora (-o, -hrero, v. ll.) þǽre þeóde pestilentia et exterminium gentis, Bd. I. 14; Sch. 37, 25. Add

for-súgan

Grammar
for-súgan, Substitute: To suck in (used of the spasmodic action of the stomach in hiccough? Cf. súgan; <b>II,</b> sogoþa)
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Lǽcedómas wið ádeádodum magan and gif hé forsogen sié, Lch. ii. 158, 14. Wiþ forsogenum magan oþþe áþundenum for a stomach troubled with hiccough or wind, 186, 17

stelan

(v.)
Grammar
stelan, p. stæl, pl. stǽlon; pp. stolen
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Þeóf ne cymþ búton ðæt hé stele fur non uenit nisi ut furetur, Jn. Skt. 10, 10. Gif frigman cyninge stele, L. Ethb. 4; Th. i. 4, 3

Linked entry: a-stælan

ceáp-gyld

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Þone þeóf út niman be his were and be fullan ceápgilde, 228, 28. ꝥ wé niman eall ꝥ hé ( the thief ) áge, and niman ǽrest ꝥ ceápgyld of þám yrfe, 228, 15. Sylle mon ꝥ ceápgyld ðám ðe ꝥ yrfe ( the stolen cattle ) áge, 258, 11.

wansian

(v.)
Grammar
wansian, p. ode [the word seems to occur only late, and perhaps is due to Scandinavian, cf. Icel. vansi want: wanian is the usual word]
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To diminish Swá hwá swá fúre gife óuþer óðre gódene manne gyfe wansiaþ, wansie him seó heofenlíce iateward on heofonríce, Chr. 656 ; Erl. 32, 17. The compound á-wansian also occurs :-- If áni man ðis ilk forward breke and áwansige, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv

Linked entry: á-wansian

sceanca

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Add Gyf þú hosa habban wylle, þonne stríc þú uppweard on þinum sceancum mid þínum twám handum, Tech. ii. 127, 13. add: a leg His scanca (þeóh, v. l. coxa) wæs tóbrocen, ꝥ ꝥ bán wæs tódǽled on twá stycca, Gr. D. 81, 26.

súþan

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Add Be-westan him is se beorh Athlans oð ðone gársecg, and súþan ðá beorgas þe man hǽt Æsperos; and be-súþan him Aulolum sió þeód ab occidente Atlantem montem et Oceanum Atlanticum, sub Africo Hesperium montem, a meridie gentes Aulolum, Ors. 1, 1; S.

martyr

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Þeós wyduwe is máre þonne martyre, Shrn. 151, 8. For Agnes ðingunga þínes mǽran martyres, Hml. S. 7, 322.

in-geþeóde

(n.)
Grammar
in-geþeóde, pl.

Peoples ⬩ nations

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MS. inca þeode.] se heáhsta excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, Ps. Th. 112, 4: Cd. 163; Th. 205, 30; Exod. 443

Linked entries: ge-þeód ge-þeóde

here-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
here-rǽs, es; m.
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An inroad by an army, a raid by the Danes Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð, beón hit hererǽsas, beón hit fǽrcwealmas, beón hit miswyderu, Wlfst. 271, 2

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

BIDDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BIDDAN, ic bidde, ðú biddest, bidst bitst, he biddeþ, bit, byt, bitt, pl. biddaþ; impert. bide, pl. biddaþ; p. ic, he bæd, ðú bǽde, pl. bǽdon; pp. beden : followed by an acc. of the person, or by the prep. to, and a gen. of the thing; v. trans.

To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, require ⬩ petere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere

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To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, BID, order, require; petere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere Ic bidde peto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 41. Eádréd, cyning, biddeþ and hálsaþ Eadred, king, prayeth and

Linked entries: a-biddan bæd be-biddan BÉD bedd beden biddende biddere bide

wíc

(n.)
Grammar
wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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a dwelling-place, abode, habitation, residence, lodging, quarters Hé tó him wilniende wæs ðætte heó him funden swylce londáre swylce hé mid árum on beón mehte, and his wíc ðaer on byrig beón mihte on his lífe, Chart. Erl. 69, 23. In locum qui dicitur

lim-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
lim-rǽden, The passage where this word is given as a gloss to chlamide is: Pro chlamide, quam angelicae puritatis liniamento . &#39;. . adsciscebat, Ald. 35, 10. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 47, which refers to the same passage, liniamento is glossed by lim-gelecg : it is probable, then, that lim-rǽden is a gloss to liniamento rather than to chlamide, and has the same meaning as lim-gelecg (q. v.

heorra

Grammar
heorra, heorre, hearre, hyrre, an; f.

a hinge

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Substitute: glossing cardo Hic cardo þeós heorre (heorr, v.l.), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 37, 9. Heorre (hearre, v.l.) cardo, 317, 2. a hinge; the bar which forms part of a hinge Swé forhwerfed bið on hiore hyrran sicut (ostium) vertitur in cardine suo, Kent.

Linked entry: heorr

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Pride, arrogance, haughtiness Hine his hyge gespeón and his ofermétto ealra swíðost, Cd. Th. 22, 35; Gen. 351. þurh heora miclan mód, and þurh ofermétto, 22, 7; Gen. 337 : 21, 30; Gen. 332. Hé biþ on oferméttu (-métto, Cott. MSS.) áwended . . . hé ástág

un-þwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-þwǽrness, e; f.

Discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement

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E.) ðære þeóde betweox him selfum, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 8. Unðwérnesse discordias, Kent. Gl. 155

Linked entry: un-geþwǽrness

-anne

(suffix)
Grammar
-anne, -enne, -ende the termination of the declinable infinitive in the dat. governed by to, as, = Ondréd to faranne timuit ire, Mt. Jun. and Th. 2, 22, but the B. MS. of A. D. 995 has farende, also Foxe, Bos. and the Rl. MS. about A. D. 1145. The Lind., about A. D. 957, has farenne [MS. færenne]. Alýfe me to farenne permitte me ire, Mt. Bos. 8, 21, and B. MS. about A. D. 995. Sometimes -ende is found, because -enne = ende, as in the preceding example farende about A. D. 995. Themost usual form is -anne, from the infin. -an; g. -annes; dat. -anne.

Linked entries: -an -ende -enne

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughout ⬩ mplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

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