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sugu

(n.)
Grammar
sugu, e: sú, e; f.
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Mé ( a badger ) on bæce standaþ her swylce sweon leorum (= hǽr swilce súe on hleórum, Grein) hlifiaþ tú eáran ofer eágum, Exon. Th. 396, 13; Rá. 16, 4

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þeófend

(n.)
Grammar
þeófend, þeófent, e; f. (the word seems to occur only in the plural)
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Ic heó tó þeófendum and tó gefliturn stihte, Wulfst. 255, 11. Ne leásunga tó sæcganne, ne þeófenda tó begangenne, 253, 8. Ne dóe ðú ðiófonto ł stalo non facies furtum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 18: Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 20. Ðiáf[]nto, Rtl. 103, 3

á-bláwan

(v.)
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Ðæt léht. . . ðætte ðencum ðú ábleáwe illud lumen quod mentibus aspirasti Rtl. 2, 15. to blow away Sume cwǽdon ðæt ðæt heáfod sceolde ábláwan Herodiaden, swá ðæt heó férde mid windum geond ealle woruld, Hml.

be-nemnan

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Heregýð hafað ðás wísan binemned Heregyth makes the fol-lowing dispositions by her will, Cht. Th. 473, 22. Ðet hié ðiss gelǽsten ðe on ðissem gewrite binemned is, 474, 3

ge-freólsian

(v.)
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Ox. 1493. to free from an unpleasant condition (e. g. doubt) Þú mé hæfst gefreól-sod (-frýlsod, v.l. ) þǽre tweóunge mínes módes, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 25. to celebrate a festival Is heó wel wyrðe þæt hire ácennednys árwurðlíce gefreólsod sý, Hml.

geréfscipe

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Under Maximien hehest i Rome, Ꝥ is heh reue . . . ant se riche refschipe to rihten Jul. 9, ll.] stewardship, office of bailiff, v. ge-réfa ; III Ne mot mid rihte nán preóst beón worldstrútere on gerefscipe (cf. 198, 21), Ll.

gold-hord

Grammar
gold-hord, [In Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 63 the MS. has gold-hold. v. Wülck. Gl. 187, 17.]
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Hér Rómáne gesomnodón al þá goldhord þe on Bretene wǽron, and sume on eorþan áhýddon and sume mid him on Gallia lǽddon, Chr. 418; P. 10, 17: Shrn. 115, 32. Goldhordu goldes thesauros auri, Scint. 156, 6: 178, 13. Add

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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sǽde hyre hwæt heó man ne wæs he told her how she was not a man, Homl. Swt. 2, 78. Seó eorþe is tó wundrienne hwæt heó ǽrest oððe gódra þinga cenne mirandum est terra quantum aut bonarum rerum pariat, Nar. 2, 12.

básnian

(v.)
Grammar
básnian, básnan; p. ode; pp. od

To expectawaitexspectare

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Básnode hwæt him gifeðe wurde he awaited what should befall him, Andr. Kmbl. 2131; An. 1067

Linked entry: barenian

gærs-hoppa

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-hoppa, an; m.

A grass-hopperlocustlŏcustacĭcāda

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A grass-hopper, locust; lŏcusta, cĭcāda He cwæþ and com gærshoppa dixit et vēnit lŏcusta, Ps. Lamb. 104, 34 : 108, 23. Cwómón gærshoppan grass-hoppers came, Ps. Th. 104, 30 : 77, 46

Linked entries: græs-hoppa hoppa

hund-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
hund-wintre, adj.

A hundred years old

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A hundred years old sylf wæs ðá hundwintre cum centum esset annorum, Gen. 21, 5. Wénst ðú lá ðæt sunu beó ácenned of hundwintrum men putasne centenario nascetur filius? 17, 17

in-gerec

(n.)
Grammar
in-gerec, es ; n.

A tumult

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A tumult ðá eác on ðam ingerece óðerne cyninges þeng mid ðý mánfullan wǽpne ácwealde in ipso tumultu etiam alium de militibus sica nefanda peremit, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 26

Linked entry: ge-rec

lynd

(n.)
Grammar
lynd, e; f.

Greasefatfatness

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hí fédde mid fætre lynde hwǽte cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti, Ps. Th. 80, 15: 147, 3

mynster-stów

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-stów, e; f.

A place where there is a ministera town

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A place where there is a minister, a town férde geond ealle ge þurh mynsterstówe ge þurh folcstówe per cuncta et urbana et rustica loca, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 27

regol-lagu

(n.)
Grammar
regol-lagu, e; f.

Monastic law, the law to which the member of a monastic body is subject

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Monastic law, the law to which the member of a monastic body is subject Mynstermunuc gǽþ of his mǽgþlage ðonne gebýhþ tó regollage, L. C. E. 5;Th. i. 362, 28

untíd-fyll

(n.)
Grammar
untíd-fyll, untíd-fyllu; f.

Unseasonable repletionexcessive drinking at improper times

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Wá eów, cwæð, ðe lufiaþ untídfylla and ǽr on morgen oferdrenc dreógaþ, Wulfst. 46, 14

un-sóm

(n.)
Grammar
un-sóm, e; f.

Disagreement

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Disagreement Gyf hyra ǽnig wið ǽnigne mon ǽnige unsóme hæbbe, ðæt wið ðone geþingie ... Man sceal ǽlce unsóme and ealle geflytu gestyllan, L. E. I. 36; Th. ii. 434, 2-7

Linked entry: sóm

un-geþanc

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþanc, es; m. n.

Evil thought

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Evil thought Bútan mid fulre dǽdbóte his ungeþanc gebéte, R. Ben. 21, 6. Áfyrsiaþ of mínre gesyhðe ða ungeðanc eówra heortena auferte malum cogitationum vestrarum ab oculis meis, Wulfst. 48, 20

andig

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Ne ne beó andig (æfestig, v. l. ), R. Ben. 120, 13. Andig zelotypus, An. Ox. 364. Andiges invidi, 2708. Andigum invido, Scint. 75, 11. Add

eald-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
eald-fæder, an ancestor; in pl.
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Swá behét heora ealdfæderum ( patribus eorum ), Jos. 21, 41