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wáþ

(n.)
Grammar
wáþ, e ; f.

wandering ⬩ roving ⬩ hunting

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Wáþum strong, fugel feþrum wlonc, 204, 18; Ph. 99: 208, 26; Ph. 161. hunting Deáð, egeslíc hunta ábít on wáðe, nyle hé ǽnig swæð ǽfre forlǽtan death, dread hunter, persists in his hunting, never will he abandon any track, Met. 27, 13

Linked entries: wǽðe wǽðan

snǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
snǽdan, p. de.

to slice, cut into slices ⬩ to snathe ⬩ to lop, prune, cut branches off trees ⬩ to hew ⬩ trim stones. ⬩ putare ⬩ to cut into slices

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to slice, cut into slices On hunig gesnǽd Lchdm. ii. 294, 9. to snathe [given by Halliwell as a northern word = to prune trees, and occurs in Ray's collection, E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15.

Linked entries: tó-snǽdan ge-snǽdan

hnutu

(n.)
Grammar
hnutu, e; f.

A nut

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Bringaþ ðam men lác sumne dǽl tyrwan and hunig and hnite deferte viro munera, modicum resinæ et mellis et amygdalarum, Gen. 43, 11

Linked entry: hnyte

tó-sceacan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceacan, -scacan; p. -sceóc, -scóc; pp. -sceacen, scacen.

to shake to pieces, ⬩ shake violently, ⬩ to disturb ⬩ to shake off, ⬩ drive away, ⬩ disperse

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Hundes sceanca tósceaceþ ðone fefor, 362, 27. Hé tósceóc ðone líg of ðam ofne, swá ðæt ðæt fýr ne mihte him derigan, Homl. Th. i. 570, 14. Hé tóscóc ða dwollícan nytennysse, 602, 35. Módes slǽp tósceac mentis somnum discute, Hymn.

láðettan

(v.)
Grammar
láðettan, p. te

odious ⬩ hateful ⬩ be hated ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to abominate ⬩ hate

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Hundas beorcynde gesihþ oððe him láðhetan if a man sees dogs barking, or be hostile to him, Lchdm. iii. 200, 26. Olfendas geseón and fram him gesihþ láðhetan to see camels and if he sees himself to be hated by them, 31

plegan

Grammar
plegan, [In p. 775, col. 2, l. 2 for 361, l. 391.]
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Hundas blegan gesihð, þanc hit getácnað canes ludere uiderit, gratiam significat, Lch. iii. 200, 27. Add Hí willað wódlíce drincan binnan Godes húse and bysmorlíce plegan (-ean, v. l.), Hml. S. 13, 77. <b>II a.

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
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Mid ðám þiówum wæs on symbel mín plega hunt continuum ludum ludimus, Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 34 : Exon. Th. 46, 27 ; Cri. 743. Ealle ða hwíle ðe ðæt líc bíþ inne, ðǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 20, 26.

Linked entries: plegan hand-plega

tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
tihtle, an ; f.
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Ðá tugon hié hiene ðæt hé heora swicdomes wið Alexander fremmende wǽre and hiene for ðære tihtlan ofslógon they accused him of betraying them to Alexander, and on that charge slew him; hunc, quasi urbem Alexandro venditasset, necaverunt, Ors. 4, 5; Swt

Linked entry: tyhtle

ge-þafa

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Wé sceolon beón geþafan (geþafa, v. l.) ꝥ se God sié eallra ðinga betst hunc esse rerum omnium praecellentissimam confitemur, 34, 3; F. 136, 31. with dat.

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Hí comon úp on Limene múþan mid .ccl. hunde scipa . . . on þá eá hí tugon úp hiora scipu oþ þone weald .iiii. míla fram þǽm múþan úteweardum, Chr. 893; P. 84, 4-11. Wé on sǽláde scipum brecað ofer bæðweg, An. 512.

tin-treg

(n.)
Grammar
tin-treg, -terg, es; n.: tin-trega, an; m.

Torment

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On ðissa tintrega stówe in locum hunc tormentorum, Lk. Skt. 16, 28. For ðara tintregena mænigfyldnesse, Wulfst. 199, 6. Tintegrena tormentorum, Hpt. Gl. 415, 72. On tintregum gegripene tormentis comprehensos, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 24.

Linked entries: helle-tintreg tinterg

trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
trúwa, trúa, an; m.

(good) faith ⬩ faith ⬩ belief ⬩ confidence ⬩ trust ⬩ a solemn assurance of good faith ⬩ a covenant ⬩ word ⬩ faithful care ⬩ protection

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Ic behét mínne trúwan pepigi foedus, Ex. 6, 4. faithful care, protection Ic hine nam on mínne trúwan ego in meam hunc recepi fidem, Gen. 44, 32

Linked entry: trúa

hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
hleótan, p. hleát, pl. hluton.

to cast lots ⬩ to obtain by lot, ⬩ get a share, ⬩ share in, ⬩ participate, ⬩ obtain

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seó tíd gewinnes and gefeohtes com ðonne hluton hí mid tánum tó ðám ealdormannum and swá hwylc heora swá him se tán ætýwde ðonne gecuron hí ðone him tó heretogan Satrapæ, ingruente belli articulo mittunt æqualtier sortes, et quemcumque sors ostenderit hunc

Linked entry: ge-hleótan

feówer

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Þá feówer gesceafta, Bt. 39, 8; F. 224, 8. combined with a multiple of ten: Bituih ðǽm feóer and feórtigum and hund' ðúsenda inter illa CXLIIII milia, Rtl. 104, 12. as part of an ordinal: On þissum feówer and feówertigoban sealme, Ps. Th. 44, arg.

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.

Watchful care ⬩ observance ⬩ keeping of a command ⬩ heed ⬩ care ⬩ care for the safety of others ⬩ safe-keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ keeping from injury ⬩ guard ⬩ defence ⬩ protection against attack ⬩ guard

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Hý ðæs wære cunnon, healdaþ hine twá hund wearda, Salm. Kmbl. 518 ; Sal. 258. His ware munitiones ejus, Blickl. Gl

Linked entry: wer-genga

drífan

(v.)
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Se æþeling bebeád þæt hié heora witan him beforan drifen swá swá niédlingas, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 7. to cause to flee before one's pursuit, to chase, hunt, pursue Hé nolde ðane sleán ðe hine dráf . . .

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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Hí wǽron unfeor fram lande, swylce hit wǽre twá hund elna non longe ĕrant a terra, sed quăsi cŭbĭtis dŭcentis [18 in. × 200 ÷ 12 = 300 ft.], Jn. Bos. 21, 8.

Linked entry: eln-gemet

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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Ceorles wergild (weregild, 1. 20) is .cc. and .lxvi. þrimsa, ðæt bið .ii. hund sciłł. be Myrcna lage, L. Wg. 6; Th. i. 186, 11. Norðleóda cynges gild .xxx. þúsend þrymsa, fífténe þúsend þrymsa bið ðæs wergildes (wæres, 1. 16), 1; Th. i. 186, 2.

inc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
inc, dat : inc, incit; ac : incer; gen.
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Yncer ǽgðer ofslyhþ óderne and hundas licciaþ eówre blód and fugelas fretaþ incer flǽsc and yncer wíf beóþ on ánum dæge wudewan, Shrn. 148, 1-4. Gehwæðer incer either of you two, Beo. Th. 1173; B. 584

Linked entries: git incit

for-dwínan

to vanish ⬩ to pass ⬩ to fade away ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ pass away ⬩ decay

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Þa hundas ðǽrrihte of heora gesihðe fordwinon, Hml. Th. i. 378, 1. to pass from knowledge, become unknown: Bemiþe, fordwine delitesceret, i. diu lateret, An. Ox. 2089.