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LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LANDeartha landcountryregiondistrictprovincelandlanded propertyestatecultivated landcountry

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Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 17. Ðá lǽdde hé mé on fyrran lænd cum me in ulteriora produceret, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 9. In ða nésta gemǽro and londo [lond, Rush.] in proximas villas et vicos. Mk. Skt.

ge-weorþan

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how could it seem pit to you to come to the coast without money ?, An. 307. Gif þæs geweorðe gesíðcundne mannan, ꝥ hé unrihthíémed genime if it please a gesith-cund' man to take to adultery, Ll. Th. i. 38, 4.

ealdor

Grammar
ealdor, eternity.
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In écnisse ł in aldre in sempiternum, Mt. L. 21, 19. Add

wamm

(n.)
Grammar
wamm, es; m. n.

a spot, mark, blot. stainfilth, impurity, corruptiona blot, disgrace, damage, hurtmoral stain, impurity, uncleanness, defilementevil, sin, shameful word or deed:

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in a physical sense, a spot, mark, blot. stain Wam livor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 17. Wommum nevis, 61, 39. filth, impurity, corruption Wyrms oððe wom lues, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27;Zup. 53, 7.

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geómrian

(v.)
Grammar
geómrian, geómerian, geómran; part. geómrigende, geómriende, geómerigende, geómrende; p. ode; pp. od [geómor sad, sorrowful]

To be sad, to sigh, groan, murmur, mourn, sorrow, lament, bewailgĕmĕre, murmŭrāre, ingĕmĕre, ingĕmiscĕre, lūgēre, quĕri

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Th. i. 142, 17. Ides geómrode giddum the lady bewailed in songs, Beo. Th. 2240; B. 1118. On ðone heofon behealdende, geómrode suspĭciens in cœlum, ingĕmuit, Mk. Bos. 7, 34: Jn. Bos. 11, 33, 38.

wís-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wís-líc, adj.

Wisediscreetprudentsagacious

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C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 20

dugan

Grammar
dugan, l. deáh, deág,
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Hml. i. 300, 3. to do, be good. for a person (dat. ) Seó deáh gehwæþer ge þæs mannes sáwle ge his líchoman, Lch. i. 70, 3. Ðás wǽtan þing breóstum and innoþum ne dugon, ii. 246, 4. Sé mé dege, i. 388, 16.

folc-leásung

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Th. i. 266, 22-25: 384a 23-26 (depoena convitiatorum). See also L. Hen. I. c. 34, § 7: 59, § 13 Folcleásung seems to be the same crime as that referred to in later lawbooks, quoted Ll.

on-tendan

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S. 25, 416. to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the sun Gyf se môna æfter sunnan setlunge ontend byð. . . ne byð hê nîwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266,

wæstm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
wæstm-bǽre, adj.

Fruitful, fertile, productive

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Voc. ii. 147, 51. Hwæt bið wæstmbǽrre ðonne meox? Th. ii. 408, 34. referring to living creatures On hire is wæstmbǽre mægðhád, Homl. Th. i. 438, 25. figurative Se bið cwealmbǽre, se ðe on yfelnysse ǽfre grówende and wæstmbǽre bið, Homl.

mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse, messe, an; f.

a service of the churchmassa festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated-mas

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Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 7

ágnian

(v.)
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Th. i. 160, 8.

bídan

to waitremainto awaitexperience

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Voc. ii. 73, 70. Bídendum prestulanti (eventus rerum), 75, 62. to attain by waiting, experience (with gen. ) Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes what if I live to see the morning, Hml. S. 3, 584. þú scealt deáðes bídan, Gen. 922

clipung

(n.)
Grammar
clipung, e; f.
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Th. i. 388, 12. Se sunderhálga cwæð: 'God! ic ðancige ðé þæt ic ne eom ná swilce óðre menn': ealles tó micel clypung þæt hé nǽre óðrum mannum gelíc . . . Mid ánre clypunge wearð þes synfulla geriht*-*wísod, ii. 428, 19-34.

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eáþ-mód

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Voc. i. 76, 27. Hnitol vel eádmód cernuus, pronus, vel inclinatus, 19, 1. Eádmód ástág in middangeard mægna goldhord, Cri. 786. Þú ( Hagar ) eáðmód ongin dreógan, Gen. 2281: Seef. 107: An. 270. Eom ic eáðmód his ombiehthéra, þeów geþyldig, Gú. 571.

on-ufan

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Lege spic onufan þone nægl, Lch. ii. 150, 6. of time xv niht onufan Eástran, Ll. Th. i. 262, 18: 306, 31. Onufan ꝥ ne eóde hé ná in ꝥ hús domum ulterius non intravit, Gr. D. 185, 14. cf.

rihte

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Add Smire mid ꝥ heáfod ufan rihte (right on the top), Lch. ii. 306, 16. Tó wylle þe rihte eást yrne, iii. 74, 13.

sceáp

(n.)
Grammar
sceáp, scép, scíp,es; n.

A sheep

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Man healde .iii. niht hýde and heáfod (of a slain ox), and sceápes eall swá, L. Eth. iii. 9 ; Th. i. 296, 19,. Nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld, L. Ath. i. 15 ; Th. i. 208, 10.

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HEÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEÁWAN, p. heów, pl. heówon; pp. heáwen

To HEW, cut, strike, smite

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To HEW, cut, strike, smite [with a sharp weapon] Gif mon óðres wudu heáweþ unáliéfedne if a man cut another's wood without leave, L. Alf. pol. 12; Th. i. 70, 4.

on-stellan

(v.)

to institute, give rise to, set on foot, bring in, be the author of, set (an example)

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Wolde ic eów on ðon bysne onstellan, Andr. Kmbl. 1942; An. 973. Ða godcundan leán mínre sáule mid geréce, swǽ hit míne ærfenuman onstellen ( appoint ), Chart. Th. 477, 12. Onstaelde (ox-, Wrt.) idoneus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 51

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