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ceorl

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<b&gt;II d.</b&gt; as a term of contempt?

ymb-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.
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Lamb. 25, 6. to go about, over, through, v. ymb, 1 e Ic ymbhweorfe ðín ðæt hálige tempel. Ps. Th. 26, 7. Ymbhwurfaþ woegas circuite vias Rtl. 36, 5. Gé ymbhurfon sǽ and drýgi circuitis mare et aridam, Mt. Kmbl.

EORL

(n.)
Grammar
EORL, es; m. I. an Anglo-Saxon nobleman of high rank, the yarl of the Danes, about the same as an ealdorman. He who was in early times styled ealdorman, was afterwards denominated

an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis

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Cd. 59; Th. 72, 5; Gen. 1182

Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm

for-leósan

(v.)
Grammar
for-leósan, he -lýst; p. ic, he -leás, ðú -lure, pl. -luron; subj. pres. -leóse, pl. -leósen; p. -lure, pl. -luran, -luren; pp. -loren

To lose ⬩ let go ⬩ destroy ⬩ amittĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre

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Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 41. Gif he forlýst an of ðám si perdĭdĕrit ūnam ex illis, Lk. Bos. 15, 4. Ic forleás perdĭdĕram, Lk. Bos. 15, 9. Ðú forleóse láþra gehwylcne mayest thou destroy every one of my enemies, Ps. Th. 142, 12.

Linked entry: be-leósan

DWǼS

(adj.)
Grammar
DWǼS, adj.

Dull, foolish, stupid ⬩ hĕbes, stultus, fătuus

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Gl. 88; Som. 74, 79; Wrt. Voc. 50, 59: 74, 35: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 5. Abroten vel dwǽs văfer vel fătuus vel sōcors, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 56, 115; Wrt. Voc. 18, 62. Dwǽs indŏcĭlis, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 152, 26

Linked entries: dwés ge-dwǽs

on-clifiende

(adj.)
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Add: <b&gt;on-clifian</b&gt; translates inhaerere Álýs [mé] of fenne ꝥ ná ic onclyfie (inheream), Ps. Rdr. 68, 15. Hí him mid heora móde oncleofiað and onclifigende . . . ongytað mente ei inhaerent, atque inhaerendo . . . agnoscunt, Gr.

þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
þurfan, prs. ic, he þearf, ðú þearft, pl. wé þurfon; p. þorfte; subj. prs. is þurfe, þyrfe, pl. þurfen, þyrfen; prs. ptcpl. þurfende, þyrfende

To need ⬩ to be in need ⬩ have need of something ⬩ to need to do something ⬩ to be bound to do something because it is right ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ be compelled by destiny ⬩ to have good cause or reason for doing something ⬩ to be use, to be good for a person to do something ⬩ to owe

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Th. 341, 12; Gn. Ex. 125. Mete bygeþ, gif hé máran ( or gen.? ) þearf, 340, 14; Gn.

Linked entries: þearf þyrfende ge-þurfan

gíman

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Gémendum correctis 17, to reprove, v. gím-ness ; 2 Gife synngiga in ðec bróðer, geong and gém ( corripe ) hine; gif ðec gehéres boetend ðú bist bróðeres ðínes, Mt.

þeód

Grammar
þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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and cf. þeóden; dryht, dryhten Hér is seghwylc eorl ... mandrihtne hold, þegnas syndon geþwǽre, þeód ealgearo, druncne dryhtguman B. 1230. Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum

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On ciricean Grist Drihten God bletsige in ecclesiis benedicite Dominum Deum, Ps. Th. 67, 24. Hí hýndon and hergedon Godes cyrican they oppressed and harried God's church, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 21.

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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<b&gt;II a.</b&gt; where the sensation is caused by disease :-- Þis sint tácn þæs hátan magan ómihtan, Lch. ii. 192, 24. <b&gt;II b.

frimdig

(adj.)
Grammar
frimdig, frimdi, frymdi, firmdig; adj.

Inquisitive ⬩ asking ⬩ desirous ⬩ inquisītīvus ⬩ desīdĕrans ⬩ requīrens

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Swá gé frimdie wǽron sīcat dīcĭtis, Ex. 12, 31. Hú máge gé ðæs frimdie beón how can ye be asking for that? Ex. 10, 10. Ðæt land ðe ðú me firmdig to wǽre ðæt ic ðé lénde the land that thou wast desirous I should lease to thee, Th. Chart. 162, 13

Linked entries: frymdi firmdig firmetan fyrmdig

weoroldlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
weoroldlíce, adv.
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Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 340, 26. after the manner of this world Weoroldlíce and wíslíce gé dyde ðætte mannum bedígled wæs on eorðan ðæt gé ðæt on heofenas tó Gode sóhtan ye acted with worldly wisdom in seeking in heaven of God what was hidden from men on

hróf

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Hyrstedne hróf hálgum tunglum, Gen. 656.

mearcung

(n.)
Grammar
mearcung, e; f.

a marking ⬩ mark ⬩ a marking out ⬩ description ⬩ arrangement ⬩ disposition

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Gl. 468, 1, 3

æt-steall

(n.)
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Stephens' Waldere's Lay, p. 83), Gú. 150

be-foran

Grammar
be-foran, <b>A. I</b> 1 a.
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<b&gt;B. II</b&gt;. add :-- Hí secgað beforan fela þinga, swá hit æfter ágǽð. Gr. D. 296, 21. of rank Swá micle swá se bið beforan ðe on ðǽm stóle sitt ðǽm óðrum ðe ðǽr ymb stondað, Past. 435, 27

beóþ

is ⬩ are ⬩ shall be

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is, are, shall be Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 28; Gú. 768 : 96 b; Th. 361, 20; Wal. 22 : Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 14 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 743-745; 28, 27

fíftigoða

(adj.)
Grammar
fíftigoða, fíftigeða, fífteogoða; m: seó, ðæt fíftigoðe; adj.

The fiftieth ⬩ quinquāgēsĭmus

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The fiftieth; quinquāgēsĭmus Fíftigoða quinquāgēsĭmus, Gr. Dial. 2, 2. Fíftigeða, C. R. Ben. 25. Ðæt fíftigoðe [MS. fífteóðe] gér biþ hálig the fiftieth year shall be holy; sanctĭfīcābis annum quinquāgēsĭmum. Lev. 25, 10

Linked entry: fífteogoða

for-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bindan, ic -binde; p. -band, pl. -bundon; subj. pres. -binde, pl. -binden; pp. -bunden

To bind or tie up ⬩ allígáre

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To bind or tie up; allígáre Ne forbinden gé ná ðǽm þyrstendum oxum ðone múþe may not tie up the mouth of the thirsting oxen, Past. 16, 5; Hat. MS. 21 b, 7

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