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a-beden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-beden,
  • Nicod. 12; Thw. 6, 15
    • :
  • Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 31
    • ;
pp. of a-biddan.

asked

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asked, of a-biddan

ed-

(prefix)
Grammar
ed-, prefixed to words, denotes anew, again, as the Latin re- meaning rursus, dēnuo, itĕrum. Edniwian

to renew, to make new again ⬩ renŏvāre

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to renew, to make new again; renŏvāre

Linked entries: witian æd- níwian níwung ryne staþolian staþoliend staþolung þingung wille

eorþ-rest

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-rest, e; f. A resting or lying on the ground; chămeunia = χαμευνία, Cot. 31.

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

dýgle

(adj.)
Grammar
dýgle, secret, hidden, Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 7; Gú. 186: Cd. 178; Th. 224, 2; Dan. 130; def. nom. f. n.
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of dýgol

Linked entry: dýgol

dégol

(adj.)
Grammar
dégol, secret, unknown, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 24; Cri. 41: 104 b; Th. 397, 17; Rä. 16, 21. v. dígol; adj.

feora

(n.)
Grammar
feora, of souls or beings,
  • Exon. 38 a
    • ;
  • Th. 126, 7
    • ;
  • Gú. 367: Cd. 161
    • ;
  • Th. 202, 7
    • ;
  • Exod. 384
    • ;
gen. pl.
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of feorh

ealdor-gewinna

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-gewinna, an; m. Vital adversary; adversārius qui vitæ insĭdiātur, Beo. Th. 5799; B. 2903: Exon. 40b; Th. 134, 10; Gá. 505.

curon

(v.)
Grammar
curon, chose, Cd. 86; Th. 108, 9; Gen. 1803; p. pl.
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of ceósan

cymast

(adj.)
Grammar
cymast, most beautiful, Ps. Th. 86, 2; superl. of cyme, adj.

for-sweóf

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweóf,
  • Beo. Th. 5621, note,
= for-sweóp

swept away

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swept away;

eafera

(n.)
Grammar
eafera, a son, Beo. Th. 2374; B. 1185. v. eafora.

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mǽgþ-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ-lagu, = mǽg-lagu q.v., L.C.E.V;
  • Th. i. 362, 28.

Linked entry: mǽg-lagu

Decem-ber

(n.)
Grammar
Decem-ber, gen. -bris; m. [dĕcem ten: Sansk. vāra: Pers. bār time, space: the tenth month of the Romans, beginning with March, and as we begin with January, it is our twelfth month]

The month of December ⬩ Dĕcember, bris

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The month of December; Dĕcember, bris, m Mónaþ Decembris, ǽrra iúla [geóla] the month of December, the former yule, Menol. Fox 437; Men. 220; January being after yule or Christmas is called Se æftera geóla; the after yule, Cott. Tibĕrius; B. i; Hick.

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara, twoegra, tuoera.

Two ⬩ absolutely ⬩ distributively

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Two. used adjectivally Tuégen stridi passus, Txts. 85, 1510. Twégen (twǽgen, MS. E.) aldormen, Chr. 822; Erl. 62, 12. Twégen englas, Gen. 19, 1. Óþre twégen sealmas, R. Ben. 37, 11. Twǽgen míne mégas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 23. Twoegen gibróþæra, Txts

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, e; þeówe, an; f.

A female servant or slave

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A female servant or slave Seó foresprecene Cristes þeówe praefata Christi famula, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 13: 4, 10; S. 578, 5: 4, 23; S. 592, 36. Seó Cristes þeówe, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 92, 2. Án menen ł þeówæ (ðíua,) (Lind.) ancilla, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 69.

deóg

(v.; part.)
Grammar
deóg, pl. deógon dyed, coloured , Beo. Th. 1704; B. 850; p.
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of deágan

ergende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ergende, ploughing, Chr. 876; Th. 144, 32, col. 1, = erigende; part.
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of erian, erigan

feára

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
feára, of a few, Beo. Th. 2828; B. 1412. v. feá
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few, feáwa

helle-clam

(n.)
Grammar
helle-clam, -clom,
  • Cd. 19; Th. 24, 6; Gen. 373.

Similar entry: clam

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