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tunne

(n.)
Grammar
tunne, an; f.

A barrelcask

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Voc. ii. 105, 56: 17, 29: cupa, i. 24, 54: 83, 26: cantarus, ubi aqua mittitur, velydria, ii. 128, 11. Twá tunnan fulle hlútres aloð, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 203, 8: Chr. 852; Erl. 67, 38. Tunnena cuparum, modiorum, Hpt. Gl. 488, 73: cuparum, Wrt.

tunne-botm

(n.)
Grammar
tunne-botm, es; m.

The bottom of a cask

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The bottom of a cask Tunnebotm (cf. bydenbotm fundum, in the same list 'nomina vasorum') tympanum, the bottom of a cask used as a drum? Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 55

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj.
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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. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 12

Linked entry: six-hynde

tweónung

(n.)
Grammar
tweónung, twínung, twýnung, e; f.

Doubtuncertaintyhesitation

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Hí ádrǽfdon ealle twýnunga fram úre heortan, Homl. Th. i. 302, 3

Linked entries: twínung twýnung

twelf-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf-feald, adj.
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Grammar twelf-feald, used substantively Be .xii.-fealdum ágife hé ðone ciricsceat, L. In. 4; Th. i. 104, 11. Forgilde hé mid twelffealdan, L. Eth. ix. 11; Th. i. 342, 28: Wulfst. 311, 6

þæran

(v.)
Grammar
þæran, (? þærran)

to drywipe

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The word intended seems to be one corresponding to Icelandic þerra, which, as well as the form mundlaug, the equivalent of the rather uncommon mundleów, the modern version in that language uses in this passage) mid ðý líne, ðe hé wæs begyrded, Homl.

Linked entries: þerran þirran

þǽr-úte

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-úte, adv.

Withoutoutside

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Without, outside Náhton hié náþer ne þǽrinne mete ne þǽrúte freónd, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 34

Linked entry: úte

for-þrysmian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þrysmian, -þrysman.

to choketo darken with smokecloud

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Add: to choke as with smoke Þá Judéas Crýst mid stengum and myd blásum hyne forþrysmodon and úre leóht ofslógon, Hml. A. 191, 291. Þæt sǽd mid þǽra þorna wæstme forðrysmod wearð, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 6. Forðresmedon suffocato, An.

for-wirnedness

(n.)
Grammar
for-wirnedness, e; f.

Restraintcontinenceabstemiousness

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Restraint, continence, abstemiousness Hé þá fægerestan bysene forlét, þæt hé wæs micelre forhæfdnesse and forwyrnednesse lífes saluberrimum abstinentiae uel continentiae exemplum reliquit, Bd. 3, 5; Sch. 202, 11.

Linked entry: for-wyrnednes

fram

(adj.)
Grammar
fram, adj.

stoutboldchief

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Sum from wer uir strenuissimus, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 471, 21. Fra[m] hys æcerweorce agresti bonus [exhibebat arte ] Germ. 391, 60. Sume ..., frame, fyrdhwate, feorh ofgéfon, Ap. 12. Fromra prestantior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 9: 67, 47.

friþiend

(n.)
Grammar
friþiend, friþigend, es; m.

A protector

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Uton lufian úre cyrican, for ðám heó bið úre friðiend and werigend wið þæt micele fýr on dómes dæg, Wlfst. 239, 7

frum-meolc

Grammar
frum-meolc, -meoluc.

Milk fresh from the cowthe best milk

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, the best milk Frummeoluc nectar (in the same glossary nectar is variously rendered by wín, þone swétan smæc, wín-gedrinc, hunig oððe mildeáw, and nectareus by hunígteárlic, the word, as in later times, seems to have been used vaguely in a favourable

fugel-cynn

a kind or species of birds

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On þǽre ylcan stówe byð óðer fugelcynn fénix hátte mons ubi est griphus auis . . . In eo etiam monte est auis faenix, Nar. 39, 1-3. On culfran híwe . . . On bócum is gerǽdd be ðám fugelcynne þæt his gecynd is swíðe bilewite, Hml. Th. i. 320, 4.

funta

(n.)

a spring

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In illo loco ubi ruricoli uocitant Hamanfunta . . . Ðæs landæs gemǽro æt Hamanfuntan, v. 220, 12, 30. On ðone forde tó Teofunte, iii. 395, 13. In loco qui appellatur be Tefunte, ii. 68, 15. Tó Teofuntinga gemǽre, iii. 414, 14. (?)

Linked entry: fynt

fullwiht-ele

(n.)
Grammar
fullwiht-ele, es; m.

Oil used at the rite of baptism

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Oil used at the rite of baptism Preósta gehwilc ǽgðer hæbbe ge fulluhtele ge seócum smyrels, Ll. Th. ii. 258, 15

wan-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
wan-spédig, adj.

Poorindigent

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Uton dón þearfum and wannspédigum sume híððe úre góda, ii. 100, 35. Se gýtsere berýpð ða wannspédigan, i. 66, 11

wanspédigness

(n.)
Grammar
wanspédigness, e; f.

Indigencepoverty

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Indigence, poverty Of neóde oþþe wanspédignysse ex necessitate uel indigentia, Scint. 198, 5

waru

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

Watchful careobservancekeeping of a commandheedcarecare for the safety of otherssafe-keepingcustodykeeping from injuryguarddefenceprotection against attackguard

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Scealt ðú for ware úra goda wíta ðrowian for the protection of our gods thou shall suffer punishments, Homl. Th. i. 594, 4. Cyninge gebyraþ ðæt hé sý on ware and on wearde Cristes gespeliga, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 23.

Linked entry: wer-genga

-waru

(suffix)
Grammar
-waru, a form occurring only in compounds with a collective force.

The inhabitants of a place

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It is used with common nouns, v. burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, hell-, heofon-, land-waru; and with proper names, native or foreign, e. g. Lunden-waru

Linked entry: wara

wift

(n.)
Grammar
wift, e; f.

Some implement used in weaving

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Some implement used in weaving Hé sceal habban fela towtóla . . . pihten, timplean, wifte, wefle, wulcamb, Anglia ix. 263, 12