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hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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Gif mon forstolenne man befó æt óðrum and síe sió hond óðcwolen sió hine sealde ðam men ðe hine mon ætbeféng if a stolen man be attached in another's possession, and the hand [person] be dead that sold him to the man in whose possession he is attached

ǽtren

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽtren, ǽttren, ǽtem, ǽttern; adj.

Poisonousvenenosus

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Beo. Th. 3238; B. 1617. Me of bósme fareþ ǽtren onga from my bosom comes a poisonous sting, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405,18; Rä. 24, 4: Ps. Th. 139, 3. Him æt heortan stód ǽtterne ord [sc. gáres] the poisonous point[ the spear] stood in his heart. Byrht.

a-spendan

(v.)
Grammar
a-spendan, p. de; pp. ed [a, spendan to spend]

To spend entirelyconsumesquanderto spendexpendlay outbestowdistributeconsumeredissipareexpenderesumptum facereerogareimpertiri

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Ben. interl. 58 : Scint. 1

Linked entry: spendan

enge

(adj.)
Grammar
enge, def. se enga; adj.

Narrow, anxiousangustus, anxius

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Enge ánpaðas narrow passes, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 8; Exod. 58: Beo. Th. 2824; B. 1410. Helle wísceþ, ðæs engestan éðel-ríces shall wish for hell, the narrowest realm, Salm. Kmbl. 213; Sal. 106

feónd-sceaða

(n.)
Grammar
feónd-sceaða, -scaða, an; m.

A fiend-enemydire enemyrobberhostis nŏcīvuslatro

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Me to grunde teáh fáh feóndscaða a hostile foe drew me to the ground, Beo. Th. 1112; B. 554. Ic sceal forstolen hreddan, flýman feóndsceaðan I shall rescue the stolen, make the robber flee, Exon. 104 a; Th. 396, 5; Rä. 15, 19

midde

(n.)
Grammar
midde, an; f.

The middle

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Forwrát hé wyrm on middan, Beo. Th. 5404; B. 2705. Múð wæs on middan, Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 10; Rä. 33, 9. On æge biþ gioleca on middan, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 339; Met. 20, 170

nǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
nǽgan, négan; p. de

To addressaccostspeak to

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Hé ðone wísan wordum nǽgde (hnǽgde, MS.) freán Ingwina, Beo. Th. 2641; B. 1318. Ongan ðá wíf weras wordum négan, Elen. Kmbl. 574; El. 287 : 1115; El. 559

Linked entry: hnǽgan

ge-inseglian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-inseglian, -insegelian; p. ode; pp. od, ud

To sealto impress with a sealsignareobsignare

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whether these thingis ben seelid in myn tresouris? Wyc; nonne hæc signata in thesauris meis? Deut. 32, 34. Annas and Caiphas ðæt loc geinseglodon Annas et Caiphas illud claustrum obsignarunt, Nicod. 14; Thw. 7, 2.

Linked entry: in-seglian

gengan

(v.)
Grammar
gengan, p. de, pl. don; pp. ed

To go, passire, meare, currere, ferri, converti

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He feára sum beforan gengde wong sceáwian he with a few went before to view the plain, Beo. Th. 2829; B. 1412. Him oft betwuh gnornword gengdon words of sadness passed oft between them, Cd. 37; Th. 47, 27; Gen. 767.

sigel

(n.)
Grammar
sigel, sægl, segl ; n. (?)
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Woruldcandel scán, sigel súþan fús, Beo. Th. 3936 ; B. 1966. Wuldres tácen swylce hádre sægl, Andr. Kmbl. 178 ; An. 89. Hádor sægl gewát under scríðan, 2911 ; An. 1458. Heáfdes segl the sun of the head, the eye (cf.

Linked entries: segl sægl

stíle

(n.)
Grammar
stíle, es ; n.
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Beo. Th. 1975 ; B. 985. Heó oferbídeþ stánas, heó oferstígeþ stýle, Salm. Kmbl. 600 ; Sal. 299

Linked entries: stéle stete stýle

syn-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
syn-sceaþa, an; m.

One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant

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Hié ne móste se synscaþa ( Grendel ) under sceadu bregdan, Beo. Th. 1418; B. 707. Ðone synscaðan gúðbilla nán grétan nolde, 1607; B. 801. Ða synsceaðan ( the heathens ) Godes tempel brǽcan and bærndon, Exon. Th. 44, 21; Cri. 706.

Linked entry: syn-sceaþa

teón-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
teón-rǽden, teón-rǽdenn, e; f.
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Ben. 27, 1, 21

un-tódǽledlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tódǽledlíc, adj.

Indivisibleinseparable

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Littera is se læsta dǽl on bócum and, untódǽledlíc ... beóð ða stafas unóödǽledlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Zup. 4, 19-5, 3. Ðæt gecynd geféhþ ða friénd tógædre mid untódǽledlícre lufe, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 2

wan-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-sǽlig, adj.
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Unblest, miserable, evil Grendel, wonsǽlig wer, Beo. Th. 210; B. 105. Wineleás, wonsǽlig genimeþ him wulfas tó ge*-*féran. Exon. Th. 342, 24; Gn. Ex. 147. In ðisse wonsǽlgan worulde lífe, 158, 33; Gú. 919.

wíd-wegas

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-wegas, pl. m.
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Férdon folctogan feorran and neán geond wídwegas, Beo. Th. 1684; An. 840. Blǽd is árǽred geond wídwegas, ofer þeóda gehwylce, 3412 ; B. 1704. Cf. síd-wegas

ceorung

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Ben. 58, 8. Bútan ceorunge non cum murmurio, 20, 19. Mid wóplicre ceorunge with lamentable complaint, Hml. S. 2, 355. Ceorunge (cear-, Hpt. Gl. 514, 67) querimoniam, An. Ox. 4692. Gif ǽnig ongeán sumne hæfð ceorunge ( querelam ), Scint. 24, 3. Add

deág

(n.)
Grammar
deág, deáh, e; f.
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Ben. 89, 15. Deáhum sucis, An. Ox. 5218

forþ-fæderas

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Ben. 136, 29

geréf-scir

(n.)
Grammar
geréf-scir, or geréfscire.
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Ben. I. 107, 16. Groefscire, Lk. L. 16, a. From ðǽm groefscíre, 4. Mín hláford mine geréfscíre (]. groefscíre, L. ) fram mé nymð, Lk. 16, 3