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tind

(n.)
Grammar
tind, es; m.

A tine,prong,tooth of an implement

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Cf. tine stocks, the short crooked handles on the pole of a scythe, Halliw. Dict

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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Ǽr hine þá men áfundan before the men became aware of him , Chr. 755 P. 49, 1. Hé wæs deófol áfunden he turned out to be a devil , Hml. S. 18, 48. to find out, learn the nature of something, experience Swipa áfinden mastigias experiamur , An.

ge-þeón

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 145, 71. of persons in respect to physical or moral growth, to material or spiritual progress. absolute, to profit, be successful Ꝥ sé geðeó, sé ðe hit gehýre, Bd. pref., Sch. 2, 4.

cáfer-tún

(n.)
Grammar
cáfer-tún, es; m.
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Infaraþ on cáfertúnas his on ymnum introite atria [courts] ejus in hymnis, Ps. Spl. 99, 4: Ps. Lamb. 99, 4

Linked entry: ceafer-tún

ent

(n.)
Grammar
ent, es; m. A giant; gĭgas = γίγας
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Entas wǽron ofer eorþan on ðám dagum gĭgantes ĕrant sŭper terram in diēbus illis. Gen. 6, 4 : Homl. Th. i. 318, 15. He seah on enta geweorc he looked on the work of giants, Beo. Th. 5428; B. 2717: Exon. 77b; Th. 291, 24; Wand. 87: Andr.

Linked entries: EÓTEN eten

ge-wunelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wunelíc, -wunolíc; adj.

Accustomedwontedusualordinaryconsuetus

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Ðæm eádberhte wæs gewunelíc ðæt he wunode on dýgolre stówe that Eadberht was in the habit of dwelling in a secret place, Shrn. 82, 9: 88, 1. Eall ðæt wæs gewunelíc on ðisan lande all that was usual in this land, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 13: Blickl.

Linked entry: wune-líc

gnídan

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S. 14, 46. to rub material on a surface Hé gnád on ansýne þæs mannes ꝥ dúst . . . hé lange hwíle gnád, Gr. D. 216, 15

ge-angsumian

(v.)
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Geancsumod on móde, 9, 116. Geangsumod (-anc-, v. l.), 25, 224. Heó wearð deáð on móde geancsumed . . . and æt Gode ábæd ꝥ heó hire gást ágeaf, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 13.

bǽtan

to baitworry with dogs,to beatmake way against the wind or current

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bǽtte, warenað hé hine wið ðæt weder a good pilot perceives a great wind on a rough sea before it comes on him, and orders the sail to be furled, and also sometimes the mast to be lowered and to leave off beating; if he have before in an adverse wind

wlencu

(n.)
Grammar
wlencu, (-o); indecl.: wlenc, e; f.

pridehigh spiritpridearrogancehaughtinessinsolencedistinctionsplendourpompdignitymagnificencewealthgreatness

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Th. 132, 18; Gú. 474. used of an animal e distinction of various kinds, splendour, pomp, dignity, magnificence, wealth, greatness.

Linked entries: wlanc wlanc

for-dyttan

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Ox. 2086. Fordytte þinc abstrusa, 2335

sib

(n.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, e; f.
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Gé hý mid sibbum sóhtun ye visited the sick with kind attentions, 83, 22 ; Cri. 1360. peace, the opposite of war Ǽgðer ge on sibbe ge on gewinne, Bt. 24, 2 ; Fox 82, 11.

Linked entry: syb

nos-þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
nos-þyrel, -þyrl, -terl, es; n.

A nostril

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A nostril Dó on ðæt næsþyrl (nos-, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 352, 4. Nosþyrla nares, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 19. Úteweard nosterle pinnulae, 43, 22. Nosterla hǽr vibrissae, 21, 52. Se brǽþ on heora nosþyrlum, Homl. ii. 98, 9. Dó on ða næsþyrlu (nos-, MS.

Linked entry: næs-þyrel

þeód-herpaþ

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-herpaþ, (æþ, -oþ), es; m.
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The highway, public road On ðæne þeódherpað, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 24, 2. Þeódherpoð, v. 157, 14, 16. On ðone þeódherpað west on herpað, Chart. Erl. 330, 5. [Cf. O. H.

Linked entry: folc-herpaþ

ele-beám

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On ǽnne elebeám, 374, 21. Andlang hagan on ðone elebeám, 70, 23. Mór oelebeáma (-beómes, R.) mons oliuarum, Mk. L. 11, 1: 14, 26. On móre oelebeáma (-beóma), 13, 3. Add

fram-síþ

(n.)
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Absence on a journey Ne dorste nán þǽra munuca on hyra ealdres framsíþe (æfweardnysse, v.l., in Patris absentia. Cf. hé on færelde wæs, 28, 21) gangan inn tó þǽra fǽmnena gesomnunge, Gr. D. 29, 2. Ful oft mec hér wráðe begeat fromsíð freán, Kl. 33

pistol-rǽding

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Hit is gereht on ðyssere pistolrǽdinge (Acts, c. 2) hú se Hálga Gást on ðisum dæge cóm tó ðám geleáffullan heápe Crístes hýredes, Hml. Th. i. 314, 1.

orgel

(n.)

pride

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pride Hwǽr is heora prass and orgol búton on moldan beþeaht and on wítum gecyrred? Wulfst. 148, 32. [Woreldes richeise wecheð orgel on mannes heorte, O. E. Homl. ii. 43, 17. The form orguil occurs, p. 63. Heó leapeð into horel (orhel, MS.

Linked entries: orgello orgol

cot-líf

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Wo is him þat uvel wif bryngeþ to his cotlyf (cf. wif hom bryngeþ, 265) Misc. 118, 259.] in the charters of Edward the Confessor the word seems used in the sense of manor; the places to which it is applied are in the possession of individuals, and have

húru

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Th. 68, 15. to a question On hwám mæg húru ǽfre ǽnig man on worolde swíðor God wurðian þonne on circan ?, Ll. Th. i. 334, 25. See next word