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cnæpling

(n.)
Grammar
cnæpling, es; m.

A stripling,youthboyadolescens,puer

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A stripling, youth, boy; adolescens, puer Eom ic cnæpling I am a boy Homl. Th. ii. 576, 14: Mone B. 2514

on-hádian

(v.)

to degrade from holy orders

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Alf. pol. 21; Th. i. 76, 1

Linked entry: un-hádian

smǽran

(v.)
Grammar
smǽran, (?); p. de

To laugh at, deride

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To laugh at, deride Gehlógun ł smérdon (be-smerdon? cf. besmeradun in Rush.) hine deridebant eum Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 24

ge-þearfian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þearfian, p. ode; pp. od

To impose necessity;necessitatem imponere

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To impose necessity; necessitatem imponere Ðá him swá geþearfod wæs as necessity thus was imposed upon them, Beo.Th. 2211; B. 1103

stór-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
stór-sticca, an ; m.

An incense-stick, rod for stirring the incense in the censer

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An incense-stick, rod for stirring the incense in the censer (?) .i. silfren stórcylle mid silfrenum stórsticcan, Chart. Th. 429, 35

á-tyhtung

(n.)

intentionintentioincentive

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Grammar á-tyhtung, e; f. intention; intentio, Scint. 29, 10: 35, 14: 28, 13. incentive Átihtinga incentiva. An. Ox. 2, 304

búend

Grammar
búend, búende.
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Add: búgend (-iend, -igend), býend an inhabitant, a cultivator of land Búend accola, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 51. Búgend, 3, 76: indigena, An. Ox. 7, 292. Búgynd, 8, 220. Býend habitator, Rtl. 98, 8. Þá búendan habitatores, Cant. M. 14: 15.

endian

(v.)

to completefinish

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Endedre finito, i. expleto, An. Ox. 1336. to come to an end Hér endaþ seó æftre fróferbóc, Bt. 21; F. 76, 2: 35, 6; F. 170, 23. On heora endunge þonne hié endiaþ, 16, 3; F. 56, 26. Ðá beorgas endiað æt þǽm sǽ, Ors. 1, 1; S. 22, 20.

ge-offrian

(v.)
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Add: to sacrifice, immolate Offrunga þǽre ealdan ǽwe wé ná ne geoffriaþ ( immolamus ), An. Ox. 40, 20. Hé funde him ánne ram Gode tó geoffrigenne, Prud. 1 b. Eástrun úre geoffrud ( immolatus ) is, An.

LǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼTAN, p. lét, leórt; pp. lǽten. The ellipsis of a verb in the infinitive, the meaning of which may be inferred from the context, not unfrequently takes place after lǽtan; and the connection of many of the meanings which follow with the simple one seems explainable in this way.

to LETallowpermitsufferto letlet gogive updismissleaveforsakeletto letcausemakegethavecause to beplace make as ifmake outprofesspretendestimateconsidersupposethinkto behave towardstreatto let

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Æt ealre ðære hergunge and æt eallum ðám hearmum ðe ǽr ðam gedón wǽre ǽr ðæt friþ geset wǽre man eall onweig lǽte and nán man ðæt ne wræce ne bóte ne bidde as regards all the harrying and all the injuries that were done before the peace was made, let

Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt

be-limpan

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Ðá ðing ðe tó scipene belimpað, Angl. ix. 260, 5. Plegan tó ðám bæðstede belimpende, An. Th. 12, 18. to happen, befall Belamp evenit, contigit, An. Ox. 3203. Belamp ꝥ se arƀ férde tó Róme, Chr. 1070; P. 206, 7.

ge-rýman

(v.)
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to allow passage, clear a way, passage, & c.

hid

(n.)
Grammar
hid, e; f.

A hide of land.

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A. S. Gesetze, p. 610

GLÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
GLÍDAN, he glídeþ, glít; p. glád, pl. glidon; pp. gliden

To GLIDEslipslidelabi

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Kmbl. 2610; An. 1306: 2498; An. 1250: Exon. 57 a; Th. 204, 24; Ph. 102: Ps. C. 50, 145; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 145. Ðeós bát glídeþ on geofene this boat glideth over the ocean, Andr. Kmbl. 995; An. 498: Bt. Met.

Linked entry: ge-glídan

loc

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Add: a bolt, lock Hé beleác ꝥ wínern and ásette his ágen insegl on ꝥ loc, Gr. D. 59, 6. Hæpsan, loca clustella (arcarum reserantur), An. Ox. 4003. Wurdon lanes dura fæste betýned, and his loca rustega. Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 21.

Linked entry: helle-loc

hopian

(v.)
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Add: to look (mentally) with expectation to (tô), hope for Án is þæt ðú hefst and brícst and lufast þæt ðæt þú ǽr tó hopedest. Eálá hweðer ic ǽfre cume tó ðám ðe ic tó hopie, Solil. H. 27, 15.

open

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Add: physical. of a door, gate, &c. Mid þǽm þe hié þára dura hwelce opene gesáwon, þonne hié gieredon hié tó wíge, Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16.

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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H. 189, 14. denoting amount, quantity, &c., some (in contrast with none), a deal, lot, portion Nǽnig dǽl regnes ne ungewidres in cuman ne mæg, Bl. H. 125, 33. Ne wund ne láðes dǽl neither wound nor any hurt, An. 1476.

inne

(adv.)
Grammar
inne, adv.

Inwithininsidein-doors

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In, within, inside, in-doors Ðonne ðǽr biþ man deád hé líþ inne unforbærned mid his freóndum ... and ealle ða hwíle ðe ðæt líc biþ inne ðǽr sceal beón gedrync and plega when there is a man dead, he lies unburnt in the house among his friends ... and

Linked entry: innian

pening

(n.)
Grammar
pening, penning, pending, penig, pennig, es; m.
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Se rihtscylling byþ á be .xii. penegum legitimus solidus semper est .xii. denariorum, L. Ecg. P. iv. 60; Th. ii. 222, 7), Ex. 21, 10. as a weight, pennyweight Án uncia stent on feówer and twentig penegum.

Linked entry: pending