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tó-geótan

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Add Seó fágung wæs tógoten (-brǽded, v.l.) geond eallne his líchaman diffusa in corpore ejus varietas, Gr. D. 158, 35. Se streám gewunode ꝥ hé tógoten wæs geond his æceras fluvius per agros diffundi consueverat, 192, 18.

Hálgo-land

(n.)
Grammar
Hálgo-land, es; n.

A district [fylki] of Norway, Hálogaland

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Hé cwæþ ðæt nán mann ne búde be norþan him Ohthere said that the district was called Halogaland that he lived in. He said that no one lived north of him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 16

wan-hálness

(n.)
Grammar
wan-hálness, e; f.

Weaknesssicknessunsoundnessinfirmity

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Dysig æfter untrumnysse his ongyt, and æfter wanhálnysse (inbecillitatem) gecyndes his wát, 97, 15. Bróþor se untruma gif hé gefrét hys weaxan wanhálnysse (inbecillitatem), Anglia xiii. 442, 1102

Linked entries: hál-ness wan-hǽþ

tawian

(v.)
Grammar
tawian, <b>. II.</b>
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begunnon tó áxienne hwæt se man wǽre þe swá wælhreówlíce beóton ... urnon wépende ꝥ þone hálgan wer swá huxlíce tawoden, Hml. S. 31, 997. Add

horn

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Ic cwæð tó ðǽm ðe syngodon: ' Ne hebbe gé tó úp eówre hornas. ' Ðonne áhebbað ðá synfullan swíðe úp hira hornas, ðonne nǽfre nyllað geeáðmédan . . . Past. 425, 21-24. a vessel formed from a horn, a drinking-horn, v. drync(e)-, wín-horn; andcf.

eáwan

(v.)
Grammar
eáwan, p. de; pp. ed

To shew, manifest ostendĕre, manifestāre

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To shew, manifest; ostendĕre, manifestāre Hi þenceaþ þreá þearle þeódum eáwan they intend to shew a severe chiding to the nations, Ps. Th. 149, 7. He eáweþ him egsan he shews them terror, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 11; Gú. 57: Beo. Th. 557; B. 276.

magu-timber

(n.)
Grammar
magu-timber, es; n.

A childprogenyall those who are born

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through him that created the world, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 13; Gn.

nyt

(n.)
Grammar
nyt, nytt, e; f.

useadvantageprofitofficeduty

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Hundteóntig him sylfum tó nytte dydon centum in suos usus habebant, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 3 : Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 6. Niþum tó nytte, Exon. Th. 409, 10; Rä. 27, 27. Nebb biþ hyre æt nytte it has a face for use, 416, 23; Rä. 35, 3.

Linked entries: notu un-nyt

ge-welgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-welgian, -welegian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To enrichmake wealthyendowdītāredōtāre

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To enrich, make wealthy, endow; dītāre, dōtāre Ðú gemænifyldest gewelgian hine multĭplĭcasti lŏcuplētāre eam, Ps. Spl. 64, 9.

Linked entry: weligian

fore-genga

an attendanta predecessora leaderruler

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gesáwon heora foregengan swá dón, Hml. Th. ii. 534, 1. a leader, ruler Gemunað eówerra foregengena ðára ðe eów bodedon Godes word mementote praepositorum vestrorum, qui vobis locuti sunt verbum Dei, Past. 205, 14

Linked entries: fore-genge for-genga

heóflan

(v.)
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Add: absolute In þám dæge heofene and eorðe cwaciað and heófiað and ealle þá ðing þe on him syndon in quo omnis creatura congemescit. Wlfst. 182, 9. Eádige beóð ðá þe heófiað beati qui lugent, Hml. Th. i. 550, 27.

land-leód

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Næs ná ꝥ án ꝥ seó stów wæs ungewunelic, ac eác swilce uncúð þám landleódum him selfum, Hml. S. 23 b, 107. Landleóde indigenas An. Ox. 17, 18

leásung

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tieligeað ðæt hié ne sculen leásunga secgan ( falsa dicere ), Past. 237, 8. vain or foolish speech Leásung famfaluca Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 75. deceitful action Gereónung, leásung factio, mendacium An. Ox. 2243.

namian

(v.)
Grammar
namian, <b>. I.</b>
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A. 34, 261. substitute: to call by some title or epithet Hwí namode Críst on his godspelle Abel rihtwísne tóforan óðrum ? cur Abel in evangelio singulariter justus nominatur ?

sǽl

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Cómon on sumne sǽl venerunt his fere diebus, 151, 1. Seó æftre bóc ús sægð ꝥ on sumne sǽl fuhton, Hml. S. 25, 459. Add Hé cwæð: 'On sǽlum, lá bróðra, on sǽlum!

smeágan

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Ðá hwíle ðe tó ungemetlíce smeágad ymb ðás eorðlecan ðing intentionem suam dum rebus transitoriis immoderatius implicant, 431, 14.

sprǽc-hús

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gelógodon his bæd on þæs mynstres sprǽchúse, Hml.

á-dún

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á-dún, -dúne (-a).
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lédon heora wǽpna ádúne, Hml. S. 29, 171. Clif áscoren rihte ádúne, 31, 316. Heáfod ádúne gewended, Bl. H. 173, 4. Ásend ðeh ádúna deorsum Lk. L. 4, 9. Cumað ádúne of heofonum tácn, Wlfst. 137, 12. Hé his gesyhða ádúna on eorðan besette, R.

swealwe

(n.)
Grammar
swealwe, swealewe, an; f.

A swallow

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Hú ða swalawan on him sǽton and sungon . . . . Twá swalewan heora sang up áhófon and setton on ða sculdra ðæs hálgan weres Gúðláces, Guthl. 10; Gdwin. 52, 3-10. For instances of the word in local names, see Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 338

Linked entry: swalewe

wíf-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-cyn, wíf-cynn, es; n.

woman-kindwomenfemale sex

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woman-kind, women Ðæt of ðam wífcynne him cyning curan ut de feminea regum prosapia regem sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 22. Ðú eart gebletsod betuh ealle wífcyn (in mulieribus, Lk. 1, 28), Blickl. Homl. 143, 18.