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self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron.

self ⬩ very ⬩ own ⬩ (the) same

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Se cásere héht eft gearwian sylfe tó síðe, Elen. Kmbl. 1998; El. 1001. along with a pronoun in dative Biþ him self sunu and fæder ipsa sibi proles, suus est pater, Exon. Th. 224, 12; Ph. 374.

Linked entries: sylf seolf silf siolf

fór-syngian

(v.)
Grammar
fór-syngian, -singian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [syngian to sin]

To sin greatly ⬩ multum peccāre

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To sin greatly; multum peccāre Ne wurþ ǽnig man on worlde swá swíðe fórsyngad, ðe he wið Gode gebétan ne mǽge no man in the world is so very sinful, that he may not make atonement to God, L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 282, 1

áwisc-ferinend

(n.)
Grammar
áwisc-ferinend, es; m. [áwisc = ǽwisc disgrace, ferinian = firenian to sin]

One who sins disgracefully ⬩ a publican ⬩ qui turpiter peccat ⬩ publicanus

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One who sins disgracefully, a publican; qui turpiter peccat, publicanus, Cot. 204

deáþ-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-scyld, e; f. [deáþ death; scyld sin, crime]

A death-fault, capital crime ⬩ capitāle crīmen

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A death-fault, capital crime; capitāle crīmen Gif gehádod man hine forwyrce mid deáþscylde if a man in orders ruin himself with capital crime, L. E. G. 4; Th. i. 168, 22; L. C. S. 43; Th. i. 400, 27

Linked entry: scyld

sícan

(v.)
Grammar
sícan, to sigh.
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D. siche, sike]

Corfes geat

(n.)
Grammar
Corfes geat, Corf-geat, es; n. [Sim. Dun. Coruesgeate: Hovd. Coruesgate]

Corfgate ⬩ Purbeck ⬩ Dorsetshire

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Corfgate, Purbeck, Dorsetshire Hér wæs Eádweard cyning ofslægen æt Corfes geate[Corfgeate, Th. 233, 2, col. 2] in this year [A. D. 979] king Edward was slain at Corfgate Chr. 979; Th. 232, 3, col. 2

eág-sýne

Grammar
eág-sýne, (-síne).
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mid-ferhtness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhtness, The Latin original of the passage is: Si pueritia, si adolescentia, si iuuentus eorum exstitit sine querela . . . qualis esse potuit eorum senectus?, Archiv cxxii. 247, 10-13.

fyrenum

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrenum, adv. [dat. pl. of fyren a sin, crime]

Sinfully ⬩ criminally ⬩ măle ⬩ sceleste

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Sinfully, criminally; măle, sceleste Bona of flánbogan fyrenum sceóteþ the slayer wickedly shoots from his arrow-bow, Beo. Th. 3493; B. 1744. Fyrenum gesyngad criminally perpetrated, 4874; B. 2441

eom

(v.)
Grammar
eom, [eam, am], ðú eart [earþ, art, arþ], he is, ys;

I am, thou art, he is ⬩ sum, es, est

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sí, sý, [sig, sige, síe, sýe, seó, sió] if I, if thou, if he be; sim, sis, sit; pl. sín, sýn [síe, sien, seón] if we, if ye, if they be; sīmus, sītis, sint Ic eom, sum, is edwistlíc word and gebýraþ to Gode ánum synder-líce, forðanðe God is ǽfre unbegunnen

síþ-stapel

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-stapel, síþ-stappel

a track ⬩ footstep

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a track, footstep Ðæt ne sýn ástyrode síþstapla míne ł wegas ł fótswaþu ut non moueantur uestigia mea, Ps. Lamb. 16, 5

Linked entry: fót-stappel

leóþian

(v.)
Grammar
leóþian, to sing.
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Dele, and see liþian

spere-hand

(n.)
Grammar
spere-hand, the male side or
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line in speaking of inheritance Ic cýþe mínan leófan hláforde þæt ic on mínan suna þæs landes þe ic tó þé geearnode æfter mínan dæge tó habbanne his dæg, and æfter his dæge tó syllanne þǽm þe him leófast seó, and þæt sió on þá sperehand, C.

ge-tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tácnung, e; f. [tácnung a sign]

A sign ⬩ signification ⬩ token ⬩ type ⬩ signĭfĭcātio

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Sume þing sind gecwedene be Criste þurh getácnunge some things are said of Christ typically, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 13, 16

Linked entry: tácnung

be-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sirwan, (-si(e)rian); p. (e)de

To ensnare ⬩ entrap ⬩ circumvent

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To ensnare, entrap, circumvent Hé ofslóg and besirede his getreówne ðegn devotum militem sub studio fraudis extinxit, Past. 393, 8. Hiene Artabatus besirede and ofslóg per Artabatum circumventus occiditur, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 84, 24. Besierede, 4, 5 ; S.

Linked entries: be-syrewian sirwan

fram-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
fram-síþ, fram-síþ (from-), es; m.

Absence on a journey

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Absence on a journey Ne dorste nán þǽra munuca on hyra ealdres framsíþe (æfweardnysse, v.l., in Patris absentia. Cf. hé on færelde wæs, 28, 21) gangan inn tó þǽra fǽmnena gesomnunge, Gr. D. 29, 2. Ful oft mec hér wráðe begeat fromsíð freán, Kl. 33. Substitute

earfoþ-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþ-síþ, earfeþ-síþ, es; m.

A laborious journey, misfortune, calamity ⬩ mŏlestum ĭter, infortūnium, calămĭtas

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A laborious journey, misfortune, calamity; mŏlestum ĭter, infortūnium, calămĭtas Weorn geferaþ earfoþsíða ye travel plenty of laborious journeys, Andr. Kmbl. 1355; An. 678: Cd. 72; Th. 89, 5; Gen. 1476. Se folc-toga findan sceolde earfoþsíðas the nation's

Linked entry: earfeþ-síþ

prím

(n.)
Grammar
prím, prime, the first hour, six o'clock; also the service held at that hour, v. prím-sang
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Prím prima, undern tertia, middæg sexta, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 10-12. Onginnaþ heáfudcwido tó prím ( ad primam ), Rtl. 166, 17. Gibedd tó prím, 171, 27. On ðysum tídum wé herien úrne scyppend ... on dægréd, on prím, on undem, on middæg, on nón, on ǽfen, on

Cofan-treó

(n.)
Grammar
Cofan-treó, Cofen-treó, Conen-tré, es; n. [a monachorum conventu sic dictum putant quidam]

COVENTRY ⬩ Warwickshire ⬩ Coventria in agro Warwicensi

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COVENTRY, Warwickshire; Coventria in agro Warwicensi Leófwine abbod on Cofantreó féng to ðam bisceopríce Leofwine, abbot at Coventry, succeeded to the bishopric Chr. 1053; Erl. 188, 7. Leofríc líþ æt Cofentreó Leofric lieth at Coventry 1057; Erl. 192

be-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
be-sittan, to be-sittanne; p. -sæt, -sætt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten, [be by, near, sittan to sit].

to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere

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to sit round, surround, beset, besiege; circumdare, cingere, obsidere Ða Læcedemonian besǽton ða burh Mæsiane tyn winter the Lacedæmonians surrounded the city of Messene for ten years, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 15.

Linked entry: be-seten