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Tenet

(n.)
Grammar
Tenet, Tænet[t]; also Tenet-land
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Is on eásteweardre Cent mycel eálond Tenet (Tanatos insula ), ðæt is syx hund hída micel ... Ðæt eálond tósceádeþ Wantsumo streám fram ðam tógeþeódden lande, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 10-20.

cyning

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Salomones móder ðæs cyniges, 1, 6, margin. Cyningces regnatoris, An. Ox. 4472. Ðæs cyninges tácen is þæt þú wende þíne hande ádúne, and befóh þín heófod ufeweard eallum fingrum on cynehelmes tácne.

wagian

(v.)
Grammar
wagian, p.ode

To move (intrans.). ⬩ to wag, wave, shake, move backwards and forwards ⬩ to shake, totter

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To move (intrans.). to wag, wave, shake, move backwards and forwards Hé mihte hearpian ðæt se wudu wagode, Bt. 35, 6;Fox 166, 32. Ða wudubeámas wagedon and swegdon, Dóm. L. 7. Wagedan búta, Exon. Th. 436, 25;Rä. 55, 6. Hreád ðæt wagende, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: wagung

ge-þeódnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeódnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [ge, þeódnes, -nys a joining] .

a joining ⬩ juncture ⬩ joint ⬩ junctio ⬩ junctura ⬩ compages

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a joining, juncture, joint; junctio, junctura, compages Seó geþeódnes ðæs heáfdes tobrocen wæs the joining of the head was broken, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 24.

Linked entries: ge-fégincg þeódness

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hó; gen. hós; m.

A heel, ⬩ hough

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Gr. 9, 72; Som. 14, 17, Hwæt is ðæs wífes hó? ... Ðæs wífes hó getácnode ... what is the woman's heel? ... The woman's heel signified ..., Boutr. Scrd. 20, 13, 19. Hós mínes calcanei mei, Ps. Spl. 48, 5.

Linked entries: hó hó-banca

scyldigung

(n.)
Grammar
scyldigung, scyldgung, e; f.

A criminal charge

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Wé cwǽdon, se ðe scyldunga (be ðon ðe scyldgunga, other MS.) bǽde æt ofslagenum þeófe ðæt hé eode þreora sum tó . . . and ðone áþ syllen ðæt hý on heora mǽge náne þýfþe nyston . . . and hý gán siþþan .xii. sume and gescyldigen hine of him who asks for

Linked entries: scyldgung scyldung

willes

(adv.)
Grammar
willes, adv.

Willingly, voluntarily, of one's own accord

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Gif hit geweorðeþ ðæt. man un-willes oþþe ungewealdes ǽnig þing misdéð, ná bið ðæt ná gelíc ðam ðe willes and gewealdes sylfwilles misdéð, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 22 : L. Ed. 7; Th. i. 162, 26 : L. O. 1; Th. i. 178, 6.

dóhtur

(n.)
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a daughter Ðære Herodiadiscean dóhtur Herodiădis fīlia, Mt. Bos. 14, 6

un-gefullod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefullod, adj.

Unfulfilled

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Unfulfilled Ðære béne ungafullodre, Exon. Th. 441, 7; Rä. 60, 14

wist-gifende

(adj.)
Grammar
wist-gifende, adj. (ptcpl.)

fertile

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Yielding food, fertile Ðære wistgifendan opulenti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 47

Linked entry: gifan

rusce

(n.)
Grammar
rusce, an; f.

Rushy ground

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Tó ðære wulfruscan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 131, 7

un-wíslíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wíslíc, adj.

Unwise ⬩ foolish

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Unwise, foolish Ðæra unwíslícra geþanca, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 526

Linked entry: wís-líc

slápere

(n.)
Grammar
slápere, es; m.

A sleeper

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A sleeper Ðæra seofon slápera gemynd, Homl. Th. ii. 424, 8

Linked entry: slæpere

cealc-pytt

(n.)
Grammar
cealc-pytt, es; m.
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A chalkpit On ðæne chelcpyt, C. D. iii. 24, 3

on-bláwness

(n.)
Grammar
on-bláwness, e; f.

Inspiration

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Inspiration Seó onbláwnes ðære heofonlícan onfæþmnesse, Blickl. Homl. 7, 26

ge-tellan

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Ttó ðám ðæt wé sién geteald and geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre ut intus in templum Dei disponamur, 253, 19. Sind getealde deputa[n] tur ( secundo eunuchorum gradui). An.

óþer

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Hé wénde ðæt hé wǽre ofer ealle óðere menn, Past. 41, 1. Betweoh hire óðer twá sweostor inter duas alias sorores suas, Gr.

DÓM

(n.)
Grammar
DÓM, es; m.

Doom, judgment, judicial sentence, decree, ordinance, law ⬩ jūdĭcium, sententia, decrētum, jus, lex ⬩ a ruling, governing, command ⬩ rectio, gubernātio, impĕrium ⬩ might, power, dominion, majesty, glory, magnificence, honour, praise, dignity, authority ⬩ potentia, potestas, majestas, glōria, splendor, honor, laus, dignĭtas, auctōrĭtas ⬩ will, free will, choice, option ⬩ arbitrium, optio ⬩ sense, meaning, interpretation ⬩ signifĭcātio, interprĕtātio

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Ðæt he beáh-hordes brúcan móste selfes dóme that he might enjoy the ring-hoard of his own free will, Beo.

ge-bídan

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Gebíd ðú mid ðǽre andsware, oð ðú wite ðæt ðín sprǽc hæbbe ǽgðer ge ord ge ende, Past. 385, 12. Hwæþer ðú þínes ágenes þonces hí forléte, þe þú gebide hwonne hí þé forlétan, Bt. 8 ; F. 26, 13. Gebídan, oþ þæt. . .

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, to lighten, <b>ge-líhtan</b> to alight. Substitute: <b>ge-líhtan;</b> p. te.
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Ðonne gehefegað ðone hund ðæt ilce ðæt hine ǽr gelíhte canis, unde levigatus fuerat, rursus oneratur, Past. 419, 30.