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Anglo-Saxon

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Ii

(n.)
Grammar
Ii, Hii,

Iona

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Iona Heora cyng him gesealde ðæt ígland ðe man Ii nemnaþ ...

nídþearfness

(n.)
Grammar
nídþearfness, e; f.

necessitycompulsionnecessityneedneedtroubledistress

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Ymb heora nédþearfnesse in necessitatibus suis, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 1

á-fæstnian

(v.)
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þá weorc on gewritum áfæstnode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 45. Áfestnige transfigat , Kent. Gl. 217. Áfæstnia untrymnisse hire muniat itifirmitatem suam , Rtl. 110, 1.

eást-weard

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Tó middes mergenes stande eástweard, ii. 116, 8

hláford-dóm

jurisdiction

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On ælcum ðǽra gerihta ðe tó heora hláforddóme gebyrað, v. 142, 33. hæfde þone ræcenddóm and hláforddóm þæs mynstres monasterii regimen tenebat Gr. D. 20, 21. Add:

ofer-féran

(v.)

to pass over or through, to cross, traverseto come upon or across, meet with

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Se mór swá brád swá man mæg on twám wucum oferféran, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 34. to come upon or across, meet with Se here férde intó Myrcean and fordydon eall ðæt oferférde, Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 12. Similar entries v. ofer-faran

ge-tilian

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

to strive afterto get by strivingto obtainprocureacquireacquīrĕreto treat a patient;curāre

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Se ðe hit déþ him seluan éce hellewíte ungesǽliglíce getilaþ he who does it will miserably get for himself everlasting hell torment, Th. Chart. 117, 24.

Linked entry: ge-teolod

ongeagn

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oðsóc ꝥ hit nǽre; hí þá ongén hine gecnǽwne gedydon be þám tácne þe on his hneccan wæs ꝥ hit wæs, Hml. S. 30, 274

á-blinnan

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nǽfre gódes weorces ne áblon, Bl. H. 227, 6. with an infin. beheóld ðone heorot, and áblan his ǽhtan, Hml. S. 30, 39. with a clause Ne áblinnan wé ðæt wé Gode cwémon, Bl. H. 47, 10. with a prep.

Linked entry: on-blinnan

sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sceatt, es ; m.

property, goods, wealth, treasureprice, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods a coin

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If the sums here given may be e

Linked entry: sceat

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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Add: to advise, suggest him tó gefeccean hét his witan, hí him gerǽddon hwæt him be ðám sélost ðúhte, oððe tó dón[n]e wǽre. Lch. iii. 426, 12.

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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he syxa sum ofslóge syxtig on twám dagum this whale is much less than other whales: it is not longer than seven ells; but, in his own country [Norway], they are eight and forty ells long, and the largest, fifty ells long; of these, he said, that he was

Linked entry: eln-gemet

siððan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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Ðeós syððan ic ineode ne geswác ðæt heó míne fét ne cyste, Lk. Skt. 7, 45. Manige geár syndon ágán nú seoððan úre bisceopas tó mé gewreoto sende, Blickl.

Linked entries: seoððan syððan

tredan

(v.)
Grammar
tredan, p. træd, pl, trǽdon; pp. treden.

to treadtread downtrample uponto tread uponstep uponwalk upon

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Ðá hét ic ðone here ðæt hié mid fótum ðone snáw trǽdon calcare militem niuem jubeo, Nar. 23, 18: Jos. 10, 24. Ða ðe mé trǽdan canculcantes me. Ps. Th. 56, 3. Ðæt hig hine trǽdun, Lk. Skt. 12, 1. Trédun proterunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 2.

folgere

(n.)
Grammar
folgere, es; m.

aFOLLOWERattendantdiscipleasseclapĕdĭsĕquusassectātor

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Ðý þriddan dæge þeóda Wealdend arás, and he feówertig daga folgeras síne rúnum arétte on the third day the Ruler of nations arose, and for forty days he comforted his followers [ = disciples] with words, Hy. 10, 35; Hy.

ge-hrínan

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gehrán him ( eos ), Mt. L. 17, 7. Hió gihrán wédum his, Mk. R. 5, 27.

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
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sægde him wereda gesceafte, 225, 27; Dan. 160.

á-gán

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D. iv. 56, 27. to come out, become known létt ágán út hú fela hundred hýda wǽron innon þǽre scíre he made it come out how many hundred hides there were in the shire , Chr. 1085; P. 216, 18

Linked entry: á-gangan

a-cweccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-cweccan, p. -cwehte; pp. -cweht

To move quicklyto shakevibratemoverequaterevibrare

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To move quickly, to shake, vibrate; movere, quatere, vibrare Æsc acwehte he shook the ash, i. e. the lance, Byrht. Th. 140, 59; By. 310

a-swengan

(v.)
Grammar
a-swengan, p. -swengde; pp. -swenged

To shake out or offto cast forthexcutere

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To shake out or off, to cast forth; excutere He aswengde Pharaon in ðæm reádan sǽ excussit Pharaonem in Mari Rubro, Ps. Surt. 135, 55

Linked entry: swengan