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webbung

(n.)
Grammar
webbung, e; f.

A weaving, contriving, plot

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Parv. 519. ]

frum-grípa

(n.)
Grammar
frum-grípa, an; m.

A first grasperoccupierprīmus captoroccŭpātor

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A first grasper, occupier; prīmus captor, occŭpātor, Wulfst. par 4: Mann. Lye

Linked entry: gripa

-swelge

(suffix)
Grammar
-swelge, in ge-swelge
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Parv. 482. [

æt-wítan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-wítan, p. -wát, pl. -witon; pp. -witen

To reproachblameupbraidimputareimproperareexprobrare

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Siððan Gúþláf and ósláf ætwiton weána dǽl since Guthlaf and Oslaf reproached him for a part of their woes. Beo. Th. 2304; B. 1150: Ps. Th. 88, 44: 73, 17: Ps. Spl. 31, 2

Linked entry: ed-wítan

Bægere

(n.)
Grammar
Bægere, Bægware; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The BavariansBavariithe BoiariBajuvarii

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Hí Maroaro habbaþ, be westan him, Þyringas, and Behemas, and Bægware healfe they, the Moravians, have, on their west, the Thuringians, Bohemians, and part of the Bavarians, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 42

byrnan

(v.)
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part, byrnende; he byrneþ. v. intrans. To burn, to be on fire; ardere Sín eówer leóhtfatu byrnende sint vestræ lucernæ ardentes, Lk. Bos. 12, 35: Deut. 9, 15. Ðonne byrneþ gramen his cum exarserit ira ejus, Ps.

driht-weras

(n.)
Grammar
driht-weras, pl. m. [wer a man]

Men, chieftains popŭlāres viri

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Ðú móst heonon húþe lǽdan ealle, búton dǽle ðissa drihtwera thou mayest lead all the spoil hence, save the part of these chieftains, 98; Th. 129, 27: Gen. 2150

Linked entry: dryht-weras

lof-sang

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Voc. ii. 147, 11. 11. as part of a religious service, a canticle, v. lof; II :-- Óþrum dagum on ðǽre wucan sý cantic gesungen, þæt is lofsang, þe tó þám dæge belimpð, R. Ben. 38, 4. Lofsang of þám godspelle, þæt is: ' Benedictus.

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, hom, hamm, e; f.

The ham, the inner or hind part of the kneewith bent kneesthe ham or haunch of a horsepoples, suffrago

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The ham, the inner or hind part of the knee Hamm poples, hamma suffragines, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 84, 83; Wrt. Voc. 44, 66, 65. Ham poples, 71, 50.

mete-sacca

Grammar
mete-sacca, met-[?]sacca, an; m.

A kind of measure

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A kind of measure Metesacca legula (ligula mensuræ genus quod alio nomine cochlea dicitur et est octava pars cyathi) vel coclea, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 62

Linked entry: rǽdere

FEALLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEALLAN, to feallanne; part. feallende; ic fealle, ðú feallest, fealst, felst, fylst, he fealleþ, fealþ, felþ, fylþ, pl. feallaþ; p. feól, feóll, pl. feóllon; pp. feallen; v. intrans.

FALL, fall down, faildefĭcĕre

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To FALL, fall down, fail; cădĕre, decĭdĕre, procĭdĕre, defĭcĕre Hí sceolon raðe feallan on grimne grund they shall fall rapidly into the grim abyss, Exon. 30 a; Th. 93, 15; Cri. 1526: Beo. Th. 2145; B. 1070: Ps. Th. 87, 4: Rood Kmbl. 85; Kr. 43. Enoch

Linked entries: feallend-lic ge-feallan

þearm-gewind

(n.)
Grammar
þearm-gewind, -wind, es; m. The words seem to mean 'that which enwraps the intestines,' cf. plecta wǽfelsa, gewynde, Hpt. Gl. 462, 64, but they are used to gloss jugulam (-um?), so should mean the collar-bone, or the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone, or
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the throat Gescyld ðearmgewind (ðearmwind, lxxiv, 24), breóstbán, breóst tege jugulam, pectusculum, mamillas, Lchdm. i. lxxii, 1

dál

(n.)
Grammar
dál, es; n.

A division, allotment, portion, DOLE discrimen, divisio, portio

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Is ðes middangeard dálum gedǽled this earth is divided into parts, Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 18; Gú. 25.

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To dividepartimpartseparatedistributesharepartake

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Gif he ǽr nele ðone sélestan dǽl Gode gedǽlan if he will not before give the best part to God, Blickl. Homl. 195, 7. Ðæt we gedǽlan ðone teóþan dǽl that we distribute the tenth part, 39, 19.

æftemest

(adj.)
Grammar
æftemest, -myst, -most; adj. superlative of æfter,—

After-mostlastpostremusnovissimus

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Ðonne he sylf mid ðam fyrmestan dǽle wið ðæs æftemestan flúge when he himself with the first part should flee towards the hindermost, Ors. 4, 6 ; Bos. 85, 20: Mk. Bos. 12, 22: Jn. Bos. 7, 37

mearc-beorh

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-beorh, gen. -beorges; m.

A hill which forms part of a boundany

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A hill which forms part of a boundany Predicta tellus his terminis circumcincta. Ǽrest on æscwoldes hláw: ðonne on gemótbiorh ... ðonne on mearcbiorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 195, 14. Æt ðæne mearcbeorh, iii. 175, 35. Cf. gemǽr-beorh, iii. 403, 27.

ge-dýre

Grammar
ge-dýre, l. <b>ge-dyre,</b>
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. ¶ as a part used for the whole, a door :-- Wurdon gemétte ætforan heora gedyrum twá hund mittan meluwes on fǽtelsum ducenti farinae modii ante fores cellae (ætforan ðæs mynstres geate, Gr. D. 145, 26) inventi sunt, Hml. Th. ii. 172, 4

sceard

(n.)
Grammar
sceard, es ; n.

A gap,notch

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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic

hearra

(n.)
Grammar
hearra, herra, hierra, an; m.

A lord

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It occurs twenty-three tines in that part of the Genesis [vv. 235-851] for which Sievers claims an old Saxon origin, and only four times elsewhere, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 28; Dan. 393: Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 9; Jud. 56: Byrht.

Linked entry: herra

scutel

(n.)
Grammar
scutel, and scytel, es; m.
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Parv. 447