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un-brygd

(n.)
Grammar
un-brygd, (?), es; m.

A not unfair turnfair dealing

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Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unbrýde and unforboden, and ic hit ágnian wille tó ǽgenre ǽhte so I have it, as he gave it, who had the right to give, without fraud and unforbidden, and I mean to possess it as my own property

cnósl

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Gl. 521, 22) proles, An. Ox. 5033. Eal Adames cnósl omnes homines, Dóm. L. 129. Cnósle stirpe, An. Ox. 1601: progenie, 7, 89: prolem, 26, 31. Hig ǽton Jacobes cnósel comederunt Jacob, Ps. L. 78, 7. Add

clíþa

Grammar
clíþa, l. cliþa, cleoþa,
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and add Cliþa cataplasma, medicamentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 38. Clyþa malagma, i. medicamentum, Hpt. 33, 239, 28. Lácnunge, cliþan cataplasma, An. Ox. 3050. Cleoþan, lǽcedóm, 1973.

dim-nes

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Add: darkness, want of light Dimnis ( caligo ) under fótum his, Ps. Srt. 17, 10. Þýstreful dimnys tenebrosa caligo, An. Ox. 3297. Utan wé geþencan dómes dæg and dimnessa helle grundes, Hml.

lád-rinc

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lád-rinc, For 'The word, ... vehicularius' substitute: In attempting to determine the meaning of this word it should be noticed that lád in all its other compounds, lád-mann, -scipe, -teáh, -teów, has the force of leading, guidance. The
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Cf. too: ductor, qui ad conducendum aliquem in via per alterius regionem datus est a quovis principe, Migne

-mǽre

(suffix)
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Add Mǽran illustris (Agnae gloriosum exemplar), An. Ox. 4276. Add Mǽre sublimis (celsitudo), An. Ox. 1007. Hú beorht, mǽre, ǽnlic o preclara (virginitatis gratia ), 1266. Mǽre celeberrimns, i. excellentissimus (Agathae rumor), 3937.

riftere

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A. 108, 199. Add

sprecel

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</b> Add: v. fela-sprecolness: <b>spreng.</b> v. ǽ-spreng (under ǽ-spryng)

þǽr-rihte

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Add: of an event which immediately succeeds another ꝥ cild þe bið ácænned, sóna hit cýð mid wópe and þǽrrihte wítegað þissere worulde geswinc, Hml.

wiþer-breca

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Add: an adversary, opponent. Þeáh . . . ealle þá streámas hunige flówen, and him þonne ne sié ofer eorðan nǽnig wiðerbreca, Verc. Först. 114, 9. Þú slóge ealle wiþerbrecan mé percussisti omnes adversantes mihi, Ps.

tó-torfian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-torfian, p. ode.

to fling in different directionsto toss aboutto stone to piecesdestroy by throwing stones

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Me þe sculde al toteon mid horse, oðer þe al totoruion mid stane, O. E. Homl. i. 9, 21. Stones hi doþ in heore slitte and þe totorveþ, O. and N. 1119

frætwung

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Hé mé beád bæteran frætegunga and his hring mé lét tó wedde, Hml. S. 7, 29. Add

á-styntan

(v.)

to bluntdullto checkstop

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Láreówas [hé] ástynte magistros confutat, i. vincit, An. Ox. 2102. Þæt hé ástente elideret, i. offenderet, Hpt. Gl. 471, 32. Ástyntende arewan retundens catapultas, An. Ox. 4235

atrum

(n.)

a black liquidpigment

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a black liquid or pigment Attrum calecantum, vitrolum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 64. Syndran atrume scoriae atramento (foedatos), An. Ox. 7, 45: Angl. xiii. 28, 25 (where see note). Attrum glosses lodix, An. Ox. 18 b, 52 the gloss to which in Wrt.

guma

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Add Þǽr læg secg mænig, guma norðerna, Chr. 937; P. 106, 26. Rinc mænig, gúðfrec guma, An. 1119. Guman út scufon, weras . . . B. 215. Módige magoþegnas, mágas síne, godfyrhte guman, An. 1518. Wítgan, gásthálige guman, El. 562.

gifan

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Add Doto, -as, dono vel gifu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, l. Geben (gibaen, Ep. Gl.) wæs inpendebatur Txts. 71, 1086. to give a thing as a present Se wela þe se cyning gifþ his deórlingum. Bt. 29, 1 ; F. 102, 3. Þú. sealdest mé wilna geniht.

a-reccean

(v.)
Grammar
a-reccean, p. -reahte. -rehte; pp. -reaht, -reht; v. trans.

To tell outrelaterecountexpresstranslateenarrareeloquiexprimerereddere

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Án ǽrendgewrit of Lǽdene on Englisc areccean to translate an epistle from Latin into English, Past. pref

irfe-stól

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-stól, es; m.

An hereditary seat

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Ne þearf ic yrfestól eaforan bytlian ǽnegum mínra ... ne sealdest ðú mé sunu I need not build an hereditary seat for any descendant of mine. .. thou hast not given me a son, 99; Th. 131, 14; Gen. 2176

mægen-strengþu

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-strengþu, indecl.: <b>-strengþ,</b> e; f.

Great strengthpower

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Ic siges mihte and mægenstrengþe swá micele eów sille ðæt gé eów tó gamene feónda áfillaþ swá fela swá gé reccaþ I will give you so great victorious might and power, that it shall be sport to you to slay as many foes as you can count, Wulfst. 132, 19

brægden

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
brægden, bregden.
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Substitute for translation of Ors. 5, 7, Marius non minore pene quam ipse praeditus erat astutia; and add