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hreð-mónaþ

Grammar
hreð-mónaþ, hréd-mónaþ, es; m.

March

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Ðonne se hréðmónaþ biþ ágán ðonne biþ seó niht twelf tída lang and se dæg ðæt ilce when March is past then the night is twelve hours long and the day the same, 69, 7

Linked entry: hlýda

hund-teóntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-teóntig, num.

A hundred

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Joseph leofode hundteóntig geára and tín tó eácan Joseph lived a hundred and ten years, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 63, 208. Hundteóntig and twentig a hundred and twenty, Shr. 85, 12. Hundteóntig and þreó and fíftig, Jn. Skt. 21, 11.

Linked entry: teóntig

ge-cost

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cost, adj. [cost tried]

Tried ⬩ proved ⬩ chosen ⬩ probātus

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Tried, proved, chosen; probātus Til mon, tiles and tomes meares, cúþes and gecostes a good man has care for a good and tame horse known and tried, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 14; Gn. Ex. 143. Heápe gecoste with a chosen company, Elen. Kmbl. 538; El. 269.

Linked entry: -cost

dweorg

(v.)
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. :-- Dweorg on weg tó dónne ... syle etan þám untruman men ǽr þǽre tíde hys tócymes, swá on dæge swá on nihte, swæþer hyt sý, his tógan(g) bið ðearle strang, Lch. i. 364, 13-17. (The disease meant is convulsions, Cockayne.)

ranc

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Add Tó manege weorðaþ . . . tó wlance and ealles tó rance and tó gylpgeorne erunt homines . . . elati, superbi (2 Tim. 3, 2), Wlfst. 81, 15. Rancra proteruorum, An. Ox. 7, 381. <b>II a.</b> showy in appearance, splendid in dress (?)

ǽfen-þénung

Grammar
ǽfen-þénung, -þegnung.

evening service of the Church ⬩ serving of food in the evening, supper

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Hý scylon embe ðá nigoðan tíde heora mæssan gestandan and æfter ðám heora ǽfenþénunga. Hml. A. 141, 74. serving of food in the evening, supper Ǽfenþénunge. cene, R. Ben. I. 71, I. Hí árísað fram ǽfenþénunge (cena), 74, 10.

Linked entry: þegnung

tó-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon ; pp. -corfen.

to cut to pieces, ⬩ cut in two, ⬩ cut up ⬩ to cut off

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Til he wyste who couþe uche kyndam tokerve, Allit. Pms. 88, 1700

tohte

(n.)
Grammar
tohte, an; f.

A military expedition, ⬩ war, ⬩ battle

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Gē dóm ágon, tîr æt tohtan, Judth. Thw. 24, 19; Jud. 197. Ðæt wíf ðīn heáfod tredeþ mid fótum sínum ðú scealt fiersna sǽtan tohtan the woman shall tread thy head with her feet, thou shalt lie in wait to attack her heels, Cd. Th. 56, 18; Gen. 914.

Linked entry: ge-toht

leng

(n.)
Grammar
leng, e; f.

Length ⬩ height ⬩ stature

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Dó ðus ða lange ðe hit beþurfe do thus for the length of time that is necessary, 114, 18. Tele ða lenge ðære hwile ... compare the length of time ... Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 6. On ðínum handum synd ða lenge mínra tída in manibus tuis tempora mea, Ps.

ge-hwǽde

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Th. i. 510, 25. of quantity Áfédde seó wudewe þone wítegan mid dám lytlan melewe and þám gehwǽdan ele, Hml. 8. 18, 66. applied to non-material things. of time Ic eom gehwǽde tíd ( modicum ) mid eów.

GRÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRÓWAN, part. grówende; ic grówe, ðú grówest, gréwst, he gróweþ, gréwþ, pl. grówaþ; p. greów, pl. greówon; pp. grówen
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Hí grówaþ geára gehwilce on lencten tíd they grow every year in spring time, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 133; Met. 29, 67: Ps. Th. 103, 12: 64, 11. Greów grew, Beo. Th. 3441: B. 1718.

Linked entry: ge-grówan

níd-þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, adj.

Necessary ⬩ needful

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Nédþærfo tído ymbhuoerfnise undercymende necessaria temporum vicissitudine succedente, Rtl. 37, 35. Habban góde geféran and þearle neódþearfe ( necessarios ), Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 31

betst

(adj.)
Grammar
betst, betest; adj. sup. def. se betsta, betesta; seó, ðæt beteste; pos. gód [bet good; v. bet-líc good-like]

Best, the best, first ⬩ optimus, primus

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Tib. B. I. fol. 85 b Se betesta the best, Cot. 153. He sealde ðæt betste hors he gave the best horse, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 16. Ðara betstena sumes of some one of the best, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 110, 5

hláf-gang

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Substitute: The going to eat bread. of ordinary bread Ðá wicþénas ánre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe ... ðéhhweþere freólstídum beón bútan þám hláfgange ... oð þæt hí mæssan hæbben septimanarii ante unam horam refectionis accipiant panem ...

oþ-íwan

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Add On þǽre tíde oðéwde Fulcanio þæt íglond, þæt næs gesewen ǽr þá, Ors. 4, 11; S. 206, 31

riht-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
riht-ǽw, e; f.

legitimate matrimony ⬩ a legitimate wife

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P. ii. tit. x; Th. ii. 180, 16. Se man ðe his rihtǽwe and óðer wíf nimþ, ii. 8 ; Th. ii. 184, 21. Ðonne hé his rihtǽwe ǽrest hám bringþ, 21; Th. ii. 190, ii. Gif hwylc man wið óðres rihtǽwe hǽmþ, ii. 10; Th. ii. 186, 6

of-þrycness

(n.)
Grammar
of-þrycness, e; f.

Oppression, repression

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Seó Súþ-Seaxna mǽgþ for ðære grimman feónda ofþrycnesse ágenne biscop habban ne mihte the people of Sussex on account of the cruel oppression of their foes could not have a bishop of their own, Bd. 4, 13 tit.; S. 581, 38

self-will

(n.)
Grammar
self-will, es; n. (?)

Self-will ⬩ one's own will ⬩ free-will

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C. 17, tit.; Th. ii. 128, 30. Be selfwille ultro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 27. Getǽc mé sumne mann ðara ðe ðé gesǽlegost þince and on his selfwille sý swíðost gewiten who most has had things his own way, Bt. 11. 1; Fox 32, 16.

Linked entry: self-willes

winter-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
winter-líc, adj.

Of winter ⬩ winter

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Hí ongynnaþ heora geár æfter hǽðenum gewunan on winterlícere tíde, 246, 16. Ða winterlícan brumalia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 41

fec

(n.)
Grammar
fec, es; n.

A space ⬩ portion of time ⬩ spătium ⬩ tempŏris intervallum

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A space, portion of time; spătium, tempŏris intervallum Æfter litlum fece after a little time, Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 4