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sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Icel. með sundi) ða eá oferfaran wolde, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 29. Apollonius becom mid sunde tó Pentapolim, Ap. Th. 11, 6. Hié on sunde (cf. Icel. á sundi) tó ðære byrig fóron, Nar. 10, 28: Beo. Th. 3240; B. 1618.

swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
swǽtan, p. te
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To sweat. of the natural moisture of the skin Ðætte hé swá swíþe swǽtte swá hé in swoloþan middes sumeres wǽre quia ita, quasi in media aestatis caumate, sudaverit Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 29.

Linked entry: swítan

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.

Good ⬩ good thing ⬩ good deed ⬩ benefit ⬩ goodness ⬩ welfare

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Good, good thing, good deed, benefit, goodness, welfare Ǽghwylc man sceal on worlde geearnian ðæt him ðæt gód móte to écum médum gegangan, ðæt him his freónd æfter gedéþ.

wunung

(n.)
Grammar
wunung, e; f.

dwelling ⬩ living ⬩ a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ place to live in ⬩ being ⬩ existence ⬩ living

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Ða habbaþ hundfealde méde and ða mǽrestan wununge, Homl. Ass. 21, 187. Wununga sedes, Hpt. Gl. 412, 33. Se Hǽlend sǽde, ðæt on his Fæder húse syndon manega wununga, Homl. Ass. 42, 454. On muntum and on feldlícum wunungum, Jos. 10, 40.

Linked entry: wunian

ge-earnian

(v.)
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Ǽghwylc man sceal on worlde geearnian ꝥ him ꝥ gód móre tó écum médum gegangan, 101, 17. Gehearnian, Angl. xii. 514, 28. absolute Swá hé hér geearnað, Kr. 109. Swá hí geearnedan. Ps. Th. 78, 13. For þá óðre swá hý geearnian, Ll. Th. i. 222, 21.

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

be-tweonum

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweonum, be-tweonan, be-twinum, be-twinan, be-twynan, bi-tweon, bi-tweonum; prep. I. dat. II. acc. [be, bi by, with, tweo two; dat. tweonum, twinum, tweon, twin, twyn]

BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio

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BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst; inter, in medio. dat. Betweonan ðám between them, Ps. Th. 102, 12. Betweonum ðissum þingum amid these things, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, note 26.

Linked entries: be-tweonan be-twinan be-twinum be-twynan bi-tweon

geoc

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Cf. geoc-led Ðonne is ðes londes xvi gioc ærðelondes and medwe all on ǽce ærfe tó brúcanne, C. D. i. 316, 25

ge-rídan

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Add: to ride with others Nú ic þǽr mi men sende (cf. nonne eres viros misimus in medium ignis ?, Dan. 3, 24) tó síðe, nales me sylfa gerád, Az. 175. Gif þonne nelle hwá ge[rí]dan (rídan, tó rídan, v. ll. ) mid his geférum, Ll.

hwǽte

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Hé oferseów hit mid coccele onmiddan þám hwǽte (in midle þæs hwǽtes, R. in medio tritici ), Mt. 13, 25.

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.

Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation

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Icel. með heilum hug sincerely ], Th. Chart. 208, 11. Hál wes ðú Iudéa cyning Haue rex Iudæorum, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 29 : Lk. Skt. 1, 28 : Andr. Kmbl. 1827; An. 916 : Beo. Th. 818; B. 407. Hále wese gé Havete, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9.

Linked entry: hǽl

INNOÞ

(n.)
Grammar
INNOÞ, innaþ, es; m. f.

the inside ⬩ stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ bowels ⬩ the breast ⬩ heart

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Med. ex Quadr. 2, 18; Lchdm. i. 338. 9. Wiþ tóbrocenum innoþum for ruptured bowels, L. M. 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 236, 23. On innoþas his in interiora ejus, Ps. Spl. M. 108, 17.

fæger

fair ⬩ desirable ⬩ handsome ⬩ fair ⬩ plausible ⬩ fair ⬩ pleasant

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Ðá eáran wǽron hræde tó gehýrenne fægere dreámas, Wlfst. 148, 2. fair, desirable, handsome (of amount) Þín méd is on mé fæger, Hml. A. 167, 99.

ge-writ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-writ, es; n.

Something written ⬩ writing ⬩ scripture ⬩ inscription ⬩ a writing ⬩ letter ⬩ treatise ⬩ writ ⬩ charter ⬩ book

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Ðeáh ðe gewrita oft nemnan ealle ða land Media though books often call all those lands Media, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 16, 30. Ðæs gewritu secgaþ as books say, Exon. 60 a; Th. 220, 1; Ph. 313: Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 22; Edg. 14: 109 b; Th. 420, 9; Rä. 40, 1.

Linked entries: ge-wreot writ

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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Ic wylle eów gyt cúðlícor secgan, þæt gé hit magon þe swutelícor ongytan, Wlfst. 15, 7. (1 a) with verbs of guidance, with skill, expertly :-- Ic méde gehét þǽm þe ús cúþlíce gelǽddon þurh þá uncúðan land pollicitus his praemia qui nos periti regionum

ranc

(adj.)
Grammar
ranc, adj.
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Proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent; the word remains with a somewhat different meaning in rank, used of coarse but fertile growth Gif ǽnig man hæbbe módigne sunu and rancne ( protervum ) ðe nelle híran his fæder and his méder, Deut. 21, 18.

Linked entry: ranc-strǽt

for-stelan

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Hú Bonefatius forstæl þone hwǽte his méder, Gr. D. 67, 21. Secgað ꝥ his þegnas gereáfodan his líc on ús and forstǽlan, Bl. H. 177, 30. Heó hét dearnunga faran tó þám scipe and forstelon þá líc, Hml. S. 29, 328

wealh-stod

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-stod, es; m.

An interpreter ⬩ one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages ⬩ an interpreter of written language ⬩ a translator ⬩ an interpreter of a subject, ⬩ an expounder ⬩ a mediator ⬩ the word occurs as a proper name

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Gr. 9, 26; Zup. 51, 14. one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages Se cyning gerehte his witan on heora ágenum gereorde ðæs bisceopes bodunge, and wæs his wealhstod, for ðan ðe hé wel cúþe Scyttysc, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 67.

Linked entry: -stod

ǽne

a first time ⬩ once, at any time ⬩ once, at some former time ⬩ at once

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Ic ðé ǽne ábealh, ðá wit Adam eaples þigdon, Sat. 410 (substitute this for translation in Dict.). at once Ǽne ic fare tó ðé and ádílgige ðé semel ascendam in medio tui et delebo te, Ex. 33, 5.

dreórig

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Ðá clypode Drihten tó his dreórian méder, 256, 25. Ðá ðá Joseph undergeat ꝥ Maria mid cilde wæs, ðá wearð hé dreórig, i. 196, 16. Gewitan him þá Norðmen, dreórig daraða láf, Chr. 937; P. 109, 12. Sceal þes dreórga heáp þrowian, Sat. 394.

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