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irfan

(v.)
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to honour with a funeral feast Se gyldscipe hyrfe be healfre feorme þone forðféredan the guild shall pay half the expense of the feast held in honour of the departed member, Cht. Th. 611, 5

bióm

(v.)

I am, shall be ⬩ sum, ero

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I am, shall be; sum, ero Ic beóm hál vel gehǽled ic bióm salva ero, Mk. Lind. Rush. War. 5, 28: Jn. Rush. War, 7, 34;

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Two. used adjectivally Tuégen stridi passus, Txts. 85, 1510. Twégen (twǽgen, MS. E.) aldormen, Chr. 822; Erl. 62, 12. Twégen englas, Gen. 19, 1. Óþre twégen sealmas, R. Ben. 37, 11. Twǽgen míne mégas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 23. Twoegen gibróþæra, Txts

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

seld-guma

(n.)
Grammar
seld-guma, an ; m.
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A hall-man, one who has a place in a lord's hall, a retainer Nǽfre ic máran geseah eorl ofer eorþan ðonne is eówer sum . . . nis ðæt seldguma (he is no mere retainer. Grein translates 'vir qui semper in domo manet.'

Linked entry: guma

hálsian

(v.)
Grammar
hálsian, héalsian. Substitute: <b>hálsian, halsian (?), heal*-*sian</b>.
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Hálsie man ðone man hér. Ic eów hálsie, 415, 1. to exorcize Exorcismus aquae. Ic hálsigo ðec exorcizo te, creatura aque, Rtl. 100, 27. Salthálgcincg. Ic l álsigo ðec, giscæft saltes, 117, 34. to imprecate Háls[ode] inprecabatur, An. Ox. 4, 45.

ræced

(n.)
Grammar
ræced, reced, es; m. n.
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A house, hall, palace Reced sélesta ( Hrothgar's hall ), Beo. Th. 828; B. 412 : 1545; B. 770. Ræced, 3603; B. 1799. Wið ðæs recedes weal, 658; B. 326 : 1452; B. 724. His ( Lot ) recedes hleów, Cd. Th. 147, 18; Gen. 1441.

Linked entry: reced

feorran-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
feorran-cund, adj.

Having a distant origin ⬩ coming from afar ⬩ e longinquo ortus

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Having a distant origin, coming from afar; e longinquo ortus Sóna him seleþegn, síþes wérgum, feorrancundum forþ wísade forthwith the hall-thane guided him forth, weary from his journey, coming from afar, Beo. Th. 3594, note; B. 1795

wundor

Grammar
wundor, <b>. I</b> 3 a.
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For earnunge hálignesse wundra manega hǽla (monig wundur hálo, v.l.) gefremede wǽron ob meritum sanctitatis eius multa sanitation sint patrata miracula, Bd. 5, 15; Sch. 649, 12. Gelómlico wundor hǽla crebra sanitatum miracula, 4, 3 ; Sch. 365, 16.

windung

(n.)
Grammar
windung, winnung, e; f.

What is winnowed ⬩ chaff ⬩ straw

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Ða halm ł ða windungo (winnunge, Rush.) paleas, Lk. Skt. Lind.3, 17. Bisin ofwinnuncum parabolam de zizaniis, Mt. Kmbl. p. 17, 4

Linked entry: wind

ge-feón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feón, -feohan, -feagan, -feagian ; ic -feó, ðú -fehst, he -fehþ, -fiþ, -feaþ, pl. -feóþ; p. -feah, -feh, pl. -fǽgon; pp. -fegen [The Northern Gospels have weak forms]

To be glad ⬩ rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ lætari ⬩ delectari ⬩ gaudere ⬩ exultare

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To be glad, rejoice, exult; lætari, delectari, gaudere, exultare Ic gefeó gaudeo, Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 15. Gefeaþ gaudebit, 16, 20, 22. Manige on his gebyrd gefeóþ many shall rejoice at his birth, Blickl. Homl. 165, 10. Míne weleras gefeóþ gaudebunt labia

Linked entries: ge-fagen ge-feohtsumness feágan ge-fǽgon ge-feán ge-fegian ge-feohan

firgen

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on fyrgen, hæfde hál westu may the pain flee to the hills, and you have your head sound (? ?), Lch. iii. 54, 17. Add

frécelness

(n.)
Grammar
frécelness, e; f.
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Hálo from ǽlcum froecelnisse sanos ab omni periculo, Rtl. 116, 9. In miclum froecelnissum in tantis periculis, 7, 36: 69, 13, 38: 79, 24. Froecilnissum, 17, 19

heard-ecg

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-ecg, adj.

Hard of edge

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Hard of edge Ðá wæs on healle heardecg togen sweord then in the hall was drawn the sword hard of edge, Beo. Th. 2581; B. 1288: 2984; B. 1490: Elen. Kmbl. 1513; El. 758: Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 15; Rä. 6, 8

HEALT

(adj.)
Grammar
HEALT, adj.

HALT, lame, limping

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HALT, lame, limping Healt claudus, Wrt. Voc. 75, 35. Gif hé healt weorþ if he become lame, L. Ethb. 65; Th. i. 18, 14.

a-willan

(v.)
Grammar
a-willan, p. de; pp. ed

To cause to bubble ⬩ to boil ⬩ facere ut aliquid ferveat vel ebulliat ⬩ coquere ⬩ decoquere

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Awilled wín vel cyren new wine, just pressed from the grape, or new wine boiled till half evaporated; dulcisapa, Cot. 62, 168

Linked entry: cyren

ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &amp;c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
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to be due from, a person Gif mon on folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot (þeófðe, v.l.), and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand ( let him make the charge good upon one who more justly may be charged; pertrahat hoc ad rectiorem manum

wil-gedryht

(n.)
Grammar
wil-gedryht, e; f.

A glad band

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Wes ðú, Andreas, hál mid ðás willgedryht, Andr. Kmbl. 1828; An. 916

folde

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Hál wes þu, folde, fira módor, Lch. i. 404, 2. Se líchama in þǽre cealdan foldan (eorðan, moldan, v. ll.) gebrosnað, Wlfst. 187, 12. Wæs Waldendes lof áfylled on foldan, Chr. 975; P. 120, 14. Add

cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwom, pl. cwómon came; venit, venerunt; have the same meanings as the contracted forms com, pl. cómon, p. of cuman , q. v. The p. indic., pl. cwómon,-an, -un; p. subj.
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Ðá hleóðor cwom when the sound came, Cd. 181; Th. 226, 29; Dan. 178. Ðá ðú ǽrest cwóme when thou first camest, Exon. 39a; Th. 129, 25; Gú. 426. Hwonne bearn Godes cwóme when the child of God should have come, 10a; Th. 10, 6; Cri. 148. To Hierasalem cwómon

atol

(n.)
Grammar
atol, es; n.

Terribleness ⬩ terror ⬩ horror ⬩ wretchedness ⬩ diritas ⬩ terror ⬩ horror ⬩ miseria

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Is ðes windiga sele atole gefylled this windy hall is filled with horror, 216 ; Th. 273, 16 ; Sat. 137 : Exon. 26 a ; Th. 77, 33; Cri. 1266

Linked entry: atelíc

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