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sweotolian

(v.)
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Add: used impersonally in the beginning of documents Hér swutelað on þisum gewrite embe þá forewyrd þe Ægelríc worhte wið Eádsige, C.D. iv. 86, 7

wár

Grammar
wár, <b>. I.</b>
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Ox. 1818 on the forms and meaning of the instances given from Hpt. Gl

wín-fæt

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Of wfnfæte enoforo, uase uinario, Hpt. 31, 10, 207. Hét hé Constantium . . . ꝥ man ealle þá wínfatu (vini vascula) gegearwode, Gr. D. 57, 27. Add

ælmes-æcer

(n.)
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a field the produce of which was given as alms, first-fruits Frumwæstmas hátað sume men ælmessecer sé ðe ús ǽrest gerípod bið, Nap. 5

Linked entry: æcer

rím-getæl

(n.)
Grammar
rím-getæl, es; n.

A number

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A number Rímgetæl daga the appointed number of days, Cd. Th. 85, 25; Gen. 1420. Drihten lét weaxan eft heora rímgetel, 166, 29; Gen. 2755

wæter-gyte

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-gyte, es; m.

A pouring of water, a water-course

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A pouring of water, a water-course — Endlyfta is aquarius,ðæt is wætergyte (-scyte, MS. R.), oððe se ðe wæter gýt. Lchdm. iii. 246, 4

Linked entry: wæter-scyte

riht-handdǽda

(n.)
Grammar
riht-handdǽda, an; m.

The actual perpetrator of a crime

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The actual perpetrator of a crime Gif hwá wrace dó on ǽnigum óðrum bútan on ðam rihthanddǽdan, L. Edm. S. 1; Th. i. 248, 12

Linked entry: hand-dǽda

gýme

(n.)
Grammar
gýme, an; f.

Care

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Care Hý ðæs wealles náne gýman [giéman] ne dydan they took no care of the wall Swt. 134, 21; Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 24

heá-lícness

(n.)
Grammar
heá-lícness, e; f.

Loftiness, sublimity, greatness

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Seó heofenlíce heálícnyss wearþ geopenod the greatness of heaven was revealed, Homl. Th. i. 106, 31

sóþ-fæder

(n.)

the father of truth or justicethe Deity

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the father of truth or justice, the Deity Á tó worulde forð in engla dreáme mid sóðfæder symble wunian, Exon. Th. 7, 18; Cri. 103

Linked entry: sóþ-cyning

swíg-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
swíg-tíma, an; m.

A time of silence

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A time of silence Seó niht hafaþ seofon tódǽlednyssa . . . þridde ys conticinium, ðæt ys swítíma, Anglia viii. 319, 29. and the preceding and following words

Linked entry: swí-tíma

a-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
a-smeágan, -smeán ; p. -smeáde ; pp. -smeád

To look closely intoexaminetrace outelicitmeditate uponconsidercontemplateponderjudgedeembe of opinionthinkperscrutariinvestigareindagareelicerecontempláripensarecensere

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To look closely into, examine, trace out, elicit, meditate upon, consider, contemplate, ponder, judge, deem, be of opinion, think; perscrutari, investigare, indagare, elicere, contemplári, pensare, censere Nú ne máge we asmeágan hú God of ðam láme flǽsc

CLÚSTOR

(n.)
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CLÚSTOR, clúster, clauster; clústres; clústor, clustro; n.
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Wæs mid clústre carcernes duru behliden the door of the prison was shut with a lock, Exon. 69 a; Th. 256, 23; Jul. 236. Ða locu feólion [feollan MS.], cluster of ðám ceastrum the locks fell, the barriers from that city, 120 a; Th. 461, 23; Hö. 40.

Linked entry: clauster

EODOR

(n.)
Grammar
EODOR, eoder, eodur, edor, eder, es; m. I.

a hedge, fence, enclosure, dwelling, house sēpes, sēpīmentum, dŏmus, tectum

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III. a prince, sovereign, protector; princeps, tutor Ic ðé biddan wille, eodor Scyldinga, ánre béne I will entreat of thee, sovereign of the Scyldings, one boon, Beo. Th. 860; B. 428: 2092; B. 1044: Exon. 90a; Th. 339, 6; Gn. Ex. 90

Linked entries: eder edor eodur eðer

Fróm-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Fróm-múþa, Frómuþa, an; m.

The mouth of the river Frome in Dorsetshire, where the Frome discharges itself into Poole BayFromi ostium in agro Dorsetensi, ŭbi se in sĭnum ilium ad quem Poole oppĭdumassĭdet, Fromus exŏnĕrat

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eódon swá wíde swá hí woldon into Dorsǽton here [A.D. 998] the army again went eastward into the mouth of the Frome, and they went up as far as they would into Dorsetshire, Chr. 998; Erl. 134, 16.

Linked entry: Fróm

GEALLA

(n.)
Grammar
GEALLA, ealla, an; m.

GALLbilefelbīlisa gallfretted place on the skinintertrīgo

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Ðe cymeþ of togotennysse ðæs geallan which cometh of effusion of the gall, Herb. 141, 2 : Lchdm. i. 262, 12, MS. O : 146, 2; Lchdm. i. 270, 4, MS. H. Hig sealdon hym wín drincan mid geallan gemenged dĕdērunt ei vīnum bĭbĕre cum felle mistum, Mt.

Linked entry: ealla

land-leód

(n.)
Grammar
land-leód, es; m.[?]: e; f.
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Se fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm the levy did the people of the country every kind of harm, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 12. Ealle ðás landleóda belicgaþ ús all these people will surround us, Jos. 7, 9

þýfel

(n.)
Grammar
þýfel, es; m.

A busha thicketa leafy plant

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Of þiccum þéfele, Hpt. Gl. 408, 38. On ðone hundes þýfel; of hundes þýfele forþ on ðone þorn, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 425, 29. Andlang paðes on ðone hyndes þýfel; of ðæm þýfele andlang weges, vi. 36, 4. Þýfelas frutecta, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 9.

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, l. bite,

a bitethe bite

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D. 78, 5. of the effect of cancer :-- Ealne þone bite þæs cancres heó áfeormað, Lch. i. 296, 22. fig. :-- 'Eálá deáþ, ic beó þín deáþ, and ic beó þín bite ou helle.' Mycelne bite Drihten dyde on helle þá hé þyder ástág, Bl.

deáþ-berende

(adj.)
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Fram ðǽm deádberendum a funesto, 2, 30. of things, physical, deadly, pestilential Deáðberende smíc gǽð of heora múðe, Wlfst. 201, 1. Se deádberenda drinc pestifer potus, Gr. D. 104, 29.