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on-búgan

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Add For ðǽm ðonne hé hígað tó ðǽm godcundum ðingum ánum, ðæt hé ne ðyrfe on náne healfe anbúgan tó nánum fúllicum luste cum ad sola, quae interiora sunt, nititur, in nullo delectationis infimae latere flectatur, Past. 83, 15.

sceaga

(n.)
Grammar
sceaga, an; m.

A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket Shaws broad belts of underwood Shaw a natural copse of wood

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For love of hym thou lovedst in the shawe, I mene Adon, Tr. and Cr. 3, 671. Thane schotte owtte of þe schawe schiltrounis many, Mort. A. 1765. In ȝone dyme schawes, 1723. See also Halliwell's Dict. and Nares' Glossary

weddian

(v.)
Grammar
weddian, p. ode

To engage, covenant, undertake to engage to wed, betroth, espouse

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To engage, covenant, undertake Weddodon pepigere, Germ. 396, 137. to engage to do something, Grammar weddian, with gen. of that for which the engagement or pledge is given Be ðon ðe ordáles weddigaþ.

Linked entry: be-weddian

or-lege

(n.)
Grammar
or-lege, es; n.

war, strife, hostilitya place where hostility is shewn

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(In both passages the word seems to mean the place which Guthlac had selected for his dwelling, and from which the evil spirits, that before occupied it, wished to drive him. ) Hafaþ nú se hálga helle bireáfod ealles ðæs gafoles ðe hí geárdagum in ðæt

Linked entry: or-læg

a-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rísan, part. arísende; p. arás, pl. arison; pp. arisen; v. n.

To ARISEriserise uprise againto come forthoriginatesurgereexsurgereresurgereprovenireoriri

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To ARISE, rise, rise up, rise again, to come forth, originate; surgere, exsurgere, resurgere, provenire, oriri Ic aríse surgo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5 ; Som. 31, 49.

Linked entry: a-rás

Tenet

(n.)
Grammar
Tenet, Tænet[t]; also Tenet-land
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The following. forms occur in Latin charters Tenid, i. 21, 1. Tenaet, 129, 18. Tanet, 118, 1. Tanat, vi. 189, 31. Tanatos insulam, iv. 237, 20. Insula Tanatorum, iii. 347, 15. Thanet, i. 13. 30: 18, 15. Ðanet, v. 21, 19. Insula Thaeneti, i. 42, 16.

ymb-hringan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hringan, p. de.
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Ðonne hé bið útane ymbhringed mid ungemetlícre heringe dum foris immenso favore circumdatur, Past. 17 ; Swt. 111, 8. Ða ðe tó Gode hopiaþ beóð ymbhringde mid swýþe manegre mildheortnesse sperantes in Domino misericordia circumdabit, Ps.

Linked entries: hringan hringian

sál

(n.)
Grammar
sál, es; m. : e; f. (?)

a rope, cord, line, bonda reinthe loop which forms the handle of a vesselthe fastening of a doora necklace, collar

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Sálum ł gewealdleþerum habenis, 42,60 . the loop which forms the handle of a vessel (?) Sál ansa (cf. hringe ansa, 284, 7, and see nostle. The word occurs under the heading nomina vasorum), Wrt.

Linked entries: salpanra sweor-sál

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Ðá cwæþ ic: 'For þám þe þú ǽr cwǽde . . .,' Bt. 38, 3; F. 202, 11. Wé sǽdan hú wé hit reahtan and be hwý wé hit reahtan, Cht. Th. 171, 6. for the sake of:-- Nis ðis gewrít be ánum men áwriten ac ys be eallum, Hept.

hláford

a rulersovereigngovernorcaptaina mastera major-domoan ownera proprietora husbandthe husbanda rulerlord

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Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan, oððe his hláford sille for hine.

útane

(adv.)
Grammar
útane, (-one, -ene); adv.

from withoutoutsideon the outsideon the surfaceoutat seaoutwardlyexternallyabout

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Dý læs ðonne hié oferhyggaþ ðæt hié sién oferreahte útane mid óðerra manna lárum hié sién innan gehæfte mid ofermétum ne dum aliorum suasionibus foris superari despiciunt, intus a superbia captivi teneantur, Past. 42; Swt. 307, 6.

DÓN

(v.)
Grammar
DÓN, to dónne; part. dóende, dónde; ic dó, ðú dést, he déþ, pl. dóþ; p. ic, he dyde, ðú dydest, pl.dydon ; impert., pl. dóþ; subj. , pl. dón, dó; p. dyde, pl. dyden; pp. dón, dén

To DO, make, cause agĕre, facĕre

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Ne dyde ic for fácne I did it not for fraud, Cd. 128; Th. 162, 34; Gen. 2691. Ðú oudsæc dydest thou madest denial, Andr. Kmbl. 1854; An. 929. Ðæt dyde unhold mann inĭmīcus homo hoc fecit, Mt. Bos. 13, 28: Boutr.

ge-nyhtsumian

(v.)
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</b> used impersonally :-- Þí lǽs ðe hit ne genihtsumige ús and eów ne forte non sufficiat nobis et vobis, Hml. Th. ii. 570, 13. ¶ with clause following :--- Wé gelýfað þæt ǽnlípugum munecum genihtsumige þæt hé hæbbe cugelan and syric, R.

þæt

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. ¶ In the charters the word is used almost with the force of until, marking the point reached in tracing a boundary :-- Swá west wið ðan heáfdan ðæt hit cymð tó ðǽre ealdan dúne; andlang dúne west ðæt hit cymeð intó Dinamore ... súð ðæt hit cymeð tó

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es; m.: e; f.: stræle, an ; f.

An arrow, shaft, dart

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forð onsendeþ biterne strǽl, Exon. Th. 48, 2; Cri. 765. Strǽlas sagittae, Ps. Spl. 63, 8: Blickl. Homl. 203, 9. Strélas, Ps. Surt. 56, 5. Stréle beóþ scearpe sagittae acutae, Ps. Th. 119, 4: 143, 7. Scearpum strélum, 63, 4.

Linked entry: streál

FÁCEN

(n.)
Grammar
FÁCEN, fácn, es; pl. nom. acc. fácnu; gen. fácna; n.

Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio

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Ne dyde ic for fácne I did it not for fraud, Cd. 128; Th. 162, 34; Gen. 2691: Exon. 73 a; Th. 272, 10; Jul. 497. Bútan ǽghwylcum fácne without any guile, L. O. 2; Th. i. 178, 14.

Linked entries: fácn fácon fǽcne

þín

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þín, prop. poss.
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MS.) welan wǽron, 7, 3; Fox 20, 17. where the noun is qualified by an adjective For þínum ídlan gilpe, Blickl. Homl. 31, 14. For þínum gódan willan ... ða leán eallra þínra gódena weorca, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 22, 14-16. Þurh þíne æðelan hand, Hy. 7, 5.

ge-hínan

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Ne bið hé for giémeléste gehiéned ne dam-nari ex negligentia debeat Past. 165, 7. Bið hé swíðe ryhtlíce mid ðǽm gehíned ðe mon wénð ðæt mid geárod sié unde nutrita pie creditur, indejustius damnatur 391, 7.

hǽte

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For þæs sumores hǽtan, Bl. H. 59, 4. Se hara þonne hé on sumura for swíðlicre hǽtan geteórud byþ, Lch. i. 226, 23. <b>III a.

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, p. ode

To watchwaketo remain awakenot to sleepto be freed from obstructionto opento be alertto watchbe on the watchbe on guardto watchbe on the watch to injure

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Ic stande ofer hig waciende for þeófan (vigilando), Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 29. Hé wæs waciende on gebede erat pernoctans in oratione, Lk. Skt. 6, 12. Se þeów ðe hláford fint wacigenne (uigilantem), Scint. 116, 9.

Linked entries: a-wacian wæcian