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þegnest

(n.)
Grammar
þegnest, (? related to þegnian as O. Sax. thionost,
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: where it occurs as the first part of a compound the form is þeónest; in the same passage, which is late, eó is written where é is the more regular form, as heót for hét; perhaps, however, the Scandinavian form has influenced the English) Service Þæs

caru

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Habban máran care úre sáwle þonne ðǽre scortan gesǽlðe to care more about our soul than about transitory happiness, ii. 460, 16

Bret-walda

(n.)
Grammar
Bret-walda, an; m.

A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in EnglandSaxonum in Britannia rex supremus.

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The word is given in this alphabetical order because it occurs once in the Chronicle, and is thus written by historians; however, its more correct form appears to be brýten-walda, q. v

steorfa

(n.)
Grammar
steorfa, an; m.
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Andlang móres tó síferþingcsteorfan, Cod. Dip. B. i. 296, 34

hwilc-ness

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For þeáwa hwylcnysse pro qualitate morum 95, 22. Add

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, the share.
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Hé wearð drepen in þá sceare and þý wæs gelǽded tó deáþe percussus in inguine perductus est ad mortem, Gr. D. 324, 14. Add

dæg-langes

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Ac gyf unc swá þince uton gebyddan unc hǽr dæglanges and spurian tó morgen furður sed hodie satis, ut puto, scripsimus, Shrn. 188, 17. Add

stræclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stræclíce, adv.
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tó ðráfianne aliquando leniter arguenda, aliquando autem vehementer increpanda, 21, 1 ; Swt. 151, 12. violently, forcibly Swá swá deáð streclíce ásyndraþ sáwle fram lícham*-*an ealswá lufu Godes streclíce ásyndraþ mann fram middaneardenre lufe sicut mors

dreahnian

(v.)
Grammar
dreahnian, l. (?) dreáhnian (
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Fris. druugin to strain), and add [Nim hyt á morgen and dreáhne hit þurh línnen clǽþ, and syle hym drinca, Lch. iii. 130, 22.]

un-tólísendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tólísendlic, adj.
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Not to be absolved Gif þá scylda ne beóð swá myccle and swá untðlýsendlice æfter deáðe si culpae post mortem insolubiles non sunt, Gr. D. 342, 26

Linked entry: tó-lísendlic

BREÁD

(n.)
Grammar
BREÁD, breód, es; n.

A bit, fragment, morsel, BREADbuccella, panis

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A bit, fragment, morsel, BREAD; buccella, panis Æfter ðæt breád post buccellam, Jn. Lind. War. 13, 27, 30. Hí ge-éton ðæt breád manducaverunt panem, 6, 23

Linked entry: breód

latian

(v.)
Grammar
latian, p. ode

To be slowto lingerloiterdelay

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Deáþ ne lattaþ mors non tardat, Rtl. 11, 7. Eall líchoma hefegaþ and latiaþ ða fét all the body grows heavy, and the feet are sluggish, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 216, 23. Ic latode distuli, Cant. M. ad f. 27.

Linked entry: elcian

swítan

(v.)
Grammar
swítan, (?); p. swát in for-swítan
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Ðe lond æt Moran ic mid míne wífe bigat, and ic it siðen náwer ne forswát (-swác?) ne forspilde, Chart. Th. 584, 5

lengan

(v.)
Grammar
lengan, to be long.
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Þonne wé eác for ðí on ðám sancge lencgað propter hoc protrahendo et morose volumus dici psalmum, R. Ben. 68, 9. Lenged protractum, An. Ox. 28, 17. Add

ánga

(n.)
Grammar
ánga, ǽnga, énga, m; ánge , f. n; def. adj.

one and no moreonlysolesinglesingularunicusullusquisquamanyevery oneallquisque

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one and no more, only, sole, single, singular; unicus, ullus, quisquam Se ánga hyht the sole hope, Exon. 62a; Th. 227, 14; Ph. 423: 96b; Th. 360, 1; Pa. 73.

DYSIG

(adj.)
Grammar
DYSIG, dyseg, dysg, disig, disg, dysi; adj.

DIZZY, foolish, unwise, stupidstultus, insĭpiens, insānus

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Híg sint dysegran they are more foolish, 19, 82; Met. 19, 41. Cyninga dysegast the most foolish of kings, 15, 22 ; Met. 15, 11. Dysegum neátum jumentis insipientĭbus, Ps. Th. 48, 11. Dysgum monnum by unwise men, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 28: Bt. Met.

fremian

(v.)
Grammar
fremian, freomian; part. fremiende; hit fremaþ; p. ode; pp. od [fremman]

To profitdo goodbe good or expedientavailprofĭcĕreprōdesseexpĕdīrevălēre

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Gyf se wǽta byþ máre ðonne ðæt fýr, ðonne fremaþ hit if the moisture is more than the fire, then it does good, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 19, 23; Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. Eów fremaþ ðæt ic fare expĕdit vōbis ut ĕgo vādam, Jn. Bos. 16, 7: Mt.

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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Ingi-björg, Ing-veldr, Ingi-mundr, Ingólfr : 'many more compounds are found in the Swedish-Runic stones as this name was national among the ancient Swedes; cf. also Yngvi and Ynglingar.' Cl. and Vig. Ingi.

midde-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
midde-weard, adj.

Mid-wardmiddle of

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Middeweard hit mæg bión þrítig míla brád oððe brádre Norway may be thirty miles or more across the middle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 31. Andlangæs bróces middesweardes along the middle of the brook, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 31. On middeweardum (-an, MSS. R.

fercian

(v.)

to bringcarryconductto supportTo go

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S. 23, 597. figuratively: Man sceall þé óþer gecýþan ꝥ þú ús ná lencg ne þearft mid þínre leásunge fercian (you need not try to make us swallow any more of your lies), Hml. S. 23, 713. intrans.