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MANIG

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
MANIG, maneg, monig, mænig; adj.

MANY ⬩ many a

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Hé sende Agustinum and óðre monige munecas, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 27. used absolutely On manig dǽlan, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 11. Ðú tósyndrodest hig on manega, Hy. 7, 65; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 65. Mænego, 9, 21; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 21.

ge-witnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witnes, -ness, e; f.

knowledge ⬩ cognisance ⬩ witness ⬩ testimony ⬩ used of persons

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At ðis gewitnesse wæs seo kining Offa at this witnessing was king Offa, Chr. 777; Erl. 55, 12. used of persons Ic Æthelmǽr gewitnys I Æthelmær am witness, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 351, 12-18: iv. 206, 6-9.

Linked entry: witness

scilling

(n.)
Grammar
scilling, es; m.
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It also occurs as a weight: Genim of ðysse wyrte petroselini swýðe smæl dust ánes scillinges gewihte, Lchdm. i. 240, 11. as denoting foreign money the word is used to translate various words Scylling numisma, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 30.

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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. ¶ In the following passage where the word is used without a noun perhaps wer may be supplied :-- Hú man sceal gyldan twelfhyndes man (=twelfhyndes weres man a man with a wergild of twelve hundred shillings ), L. E.

Linked entry: six-hynde

late

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Martii, Angl. viii. 324, 42. the comparative used in the sense after the point of time indicated by the context Gif se bisceop þá á lator inn eóde si adhuc episcopus tardius intrasset Gr.

tín

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
tín, tién, tén, týn teá (North.)

ten ⬩ alone ⬩ a set of ten ⬩ the number ten

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Teá monna látwu decanus, Rtl. 193, 19. used as a substantive and declined, nom. -e, gen. -a, dat. -um. alone Ðá gebulgon ða týne (téno, Lind.: ténu, Rush.) hí, Mk. Skt. 10, 41. Ða hildlatan, týne ætsomne, Beo. Th. 5687; B. 2847.

Linked entries: teá tién týn

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

future ⬩ that is to come ⬩ about to come ⬩ coming ⬩ at hand ⬩ approaching ⬩ toward ⬩ (that is) to happen or be some time or other, ⬩ (that is) to come ⬩ about to happen ⬩ (that is) to come soon ⬩ imminent ⬩ impending ⬩ to take place ⬩ come to pass ⬩ coming towards a place ⬩ approaching ⬩ about to come ⬩ with the face towards a person, ⬩ facing

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used attributively, in an indefinite sense, future, that is to come Praesens tempus ys andwerd tíd . . . futurum tempus is tówerd tíd, Ælfc. Gr. 20; Zup. 123, 17.

Linked entry: tó-ward

EORL

(n.)
Grammar
EORL, es; m. I. an Anglo-Saxon nobleman of high rank, the yarl of the Danes, about the same as an ealdorman. He who was in early times styled ealdorman, was afterwards denominated

an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis

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Its more general use among us dates from the later Scandinavian invasions, and though originally only a title of honour, it became in later times one of office, nearly supplanting the older and more Saxon one of 'ealdorman:' — Swá we eác settaþ be eallum

Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm

swán-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
swán-geréfa, an; m.
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An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood.

fore-sceáwian

(v.)

to foresee ⬩ to provide for ⬩ to provide ⬩ give for use

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S. 24, 125. to provide, give for use to a person (dat.) Ic foresceáwode of his sunum mé gecorenne cyning providi in filiis ejus mihi regem (1 Sam. 16, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 64, 7. Críst him líf sealde and andlyfene foresceáwode, Hml. S. 11, 347: 5, 325.

ge-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ferian, -fergan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear ⬩ lead ⬩ conduct ⬩ ferre ⬩ vehĕre ⬩ dūcĕre

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Ðonne we geferian freán úserne ðǽr he longe sceal on ðæs Waldendes wære geþolian then we bear our lord to where he shall long endure in the All-powerful's care, Beo. Th. 6205; B. 3107.

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
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To sing. used absolutely ; of persons, to sing, recite, relate musically or in verse Singan modulare, singe modulabor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 2, 3. Ic Gode singe gaudebo Deo, Ps. Th. 74, 8. Ic Drihtne singe cantabo Domino, 103, 31.

be-scerian

(v.)
Grammar
be-scerian, -scirian, -scyrian, -scyrigan; p. ede; pp. ed

To deprive, separate, defraud ⬩ privare, separare, fraudare

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He wæs eallra his lima þénunge bescyred he was deprived of the use of all his limbs, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 38. He hæfþ us ðæs leóhtes bescyred he hath deprived us of the light, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 12; Gen. 392 : 21; Th. 25, 16; Gen. 394.

Linked entries: be-scirian be-scyrian be-scyrigan bi-scerian

ge-swerian

(v.)
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Add: absolute, to use an oath in confirmation of a statement, promise, &amp;c. Forebeádas nǽfræ gesueriga prohibens omnino jurare, Mt. p. 14, 17. On an gesworene conspirati, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 22. <b>I a.

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Bring mé twá ða betstan tyccenu, Gen. 27, 9, Ofer tú folc, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 33. used substantively, absolutely Twégen of his leorningcnihtum, Jn. Skt. 1, 35, Twégen of eów, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 19.

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

heard

firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh

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Ǽlces treówcynnes dǽl . . . bútan heardan beáman, Lch. i. 398, 8. used substantively: Ealle þá sár and ꝥ hearde hyt gelíðigaþ and gehnesceaþ, Lch. i. 368, 1. used figuratively: Þú heardeste strǽl tó ǽghwilcre unrihtnesse, Bl.

Linked entries: heard-fyrde heard-lic heardlíce heardness hearh-eard

segn

(n.)
Grammar
segn, segen, es ; m. n.
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</b> used metaphorically Wynród segn sóðfæstra the cross, the standard of the righteous, Salm. Kmbl. 471 ; Sal. 236. Gesáwon randwígan segn ( the pillar of fire ) ofer sweóton, Cd. Th. 185, 23 ; Exod. 127

Linked entry: segen

á-feallan

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. ¶ used figuratively :-- Ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor, oð hit mid ealle áfielð . . . hit sceal niédenga áfeallan for ðǽm slide. Past. 279, 2-5.

for-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-healdan, for-healden.

withhold ⬩ keep back ⬩ disregard ⬩ neglect

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On wráðra (the fallen angels) gield þára þe forhealdene (cf. the phrase used by Dante of the sin of the angels 'superbo strupo,' Inf. c. vii. 12) hé of hleó sende, Gen. 102. to abuse a privilege, &c.

Linked entry: for-healden

ealdor-man

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-man, -mann, -mon, ealdur-, aldor-, eldor-, es; m. [eald old, not only in age, but in knowledge, v. eald, hence ealdor an elder; man hŏmo] .

ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves

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The word ealdor or aldor in Anglo-Saxon denotes princely dignity: in Beowulf it is used as a synonym for cyning, þeóden, and other words applied to royal personages.

Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man

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