scyttan
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Gr. 37; Zup. 220, 2. to discharge a debt Ic wille ðæt man selle ðæt land et Fersafeld . . . and recna man iungere Brún án marc gol and mid ðan láue scytte man mína borgas ( my loans shall be paid off ), Chart. Th. 568, 19
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eácnian
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Z. 107, 3. to conceive, be pregnant Ðá Maria eácnigende wæs, Hml. Th. i. 42, 2. Ðá eácniendan wíf praegnantes, Past. 366, 9. Wá eácniendum vae praegnantibus, Mt.24, 19. to produce, bring forth Eacnað parturiet, Kent. Gl. 341.
íre
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[This form seems to be a singular corresponding to Icel, eyrir, while óran is plural corresponding to aurar. For this entry I hove to thank Professor Max Förster] Ægylsige bohte Wynríc æt Ælfsige abbude mid ánon ýre goldes, C. D. vi. 210, 24.
ofer-lǽfan
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Lev. 25, 46.] to be left over Ꝥte oferhlǽfeð quod superest, Lk. L. 11, 41. [There ouerlafte not con non superfuit ne una quidem, Wick. Ex. 8, 31.]
rómig
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For the form of the suffix cf. popei papaver, [The word may be a gloss to Cf. caccabatus smittud, An. ]
scrífan
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</b> to determine Ne dear ic náht þrístelíce be þissere wísan reccan ne ne scrífan hac de re temere definire nil audeo, Gr. D. 332, 13. <b>V c.
stille
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It is not possible always to distinguish between the adjective and the adverb, but the latter character mav be assumed for the word when, if an adjective, it should take the u-inflection; e. g.
sáwlung
expiring
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The giving up the ghost, expiring Cwæð sum hálig biscop ðá hé wæs on sáwlenga be ðeossum fæder: Arsenius ðú wǽre eádig forðon ðú hæfdest á ðás tíd beforan ðínum eágum a certain holy bishop, when he was expiring, said of this father: 'Arsenius, blessed
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hálettan
To salute, greet, hail
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To salute, greet, hail Sum man hine hálette and grétte and hine be his naman nemde quidam eum salutans ac suo appellans nomine, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 12 : 2, 12; S. 514, 31 : Blickl. Homl. 155, 20.
ham-scyld
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Leo in his work on Anglo-Saxon Names quotes a passage from Richthofen in which skeld occurs in the sense of fence; so that the crime referred to in the passage would be the breaking through the fence which surrounded the ham. v. the translation of Leo
healf-cwic
Half alive, half dead
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Funde hiene ǽnne be wege licgan healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum et extrema vitæ efflantem, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14. Sume healfcwice flugon on fæsten some half-dead fled to the fastness, Elen. Kmbl. 266; El. 133: Blickl. Homl. 203, 19
ge-þénsum
Obsequious ⬩ obliging ⬩ serviceable ⬩ officiosus
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Gif hwilc sibling ðé biþ swá geþénsum swilce ðín ágen fót if any kinsman be as serviceable to thee as thy own foot, i. 516, 15
áþ-swaru
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Be áþsware . . . þú ágylst Drihtne áðswara þíne, (juramenta) Scint. 135, 3-5. þurh áþsware per juramentum, Confess. Pecc. 183, 1. Áðsware hé swór, (jus jurandum) Cant. Zach. 73. Ðæs fæder (Herod) dyrstigan áðsware, Hml.
tó-nemnan
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Þonne ðá fíf þing ealle gegædorade beóþ, ðonne beóþ hit eall án ðing, and ꝥ án þing biþ God; and hé biþ ánfeald un-tódǽled, þeáh hí ǽr on manig tónemned wǽre, Bt. 33, 2; F. 122, 19. Add
wed
a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, what is given as security ⬩ a pledge, solemn promise, engagement, covenant, compact
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Be áðum and be weddum. Ðæt ǽghwelc mon his áð and his wed wærlíce healde, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 1-3: L. C. E. 19; Th. i. 372, 1 : Wulfst. 113, 1.
FÆÐM
the embracing arms ⬩ brachia amplexa, circumdăta ⬩ A lap, bosom, breast ⬩ quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectus ⬩ FATHOM = six feet ⬩ spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentum ⬩ An embrace, protection ⬩ amplexus, complexus, protectio ⬩ Grasp, power ⬩ pŏtestas, dĭtio ⬩ An expanse, abyss, deep ⬩ expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum
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Heó losaþ ne on foldan fæðm she shall not escape into earth's bosom, Beo. Th. 2790; B. 1393. To Fæder fæðmum in his Father's bosom, Beo. Th. 378; B. 188.
ge-þwǽrian
to cause to agree ⬩ to make accordant ⬩ mild ⬩ to be or become in accord ⬩ to agree ⬩ consent ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ consentire ⬩ concordare ⬩ congruere ⬩ convenire
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Geþwiǽrodes mitigasti, 84, 3. to be or become in accord, to agree, consent, be agreeable; consentire, concordare, congruere, convenire Se eorl nolde ná geþwǽrian ðære infare the earl would not consent to the entrance, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 11.
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a-beran
to bear ⬩ carry ⬩ suffer ⬩ portare ⬩ ferre ⬩ to take or carry away ⬩ tollere ⬩ auferre
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to bear, carry, suffer; portare, ferre Ðe man aberan ne mæg which they are not able to bear, Mt. Bos. 23, 4. Hí ne mágon nán earfoða aberan they cannot bear any troubles, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 1912; An. 958: Ps.
wel-willende
of good will ⬩ benevolent ⬩ benignant ⬩ kind
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Wynsum ús byð ðæt wé welwyllende beón 10, 267. Gebyreþ ðætte sume, ða ðe welwillende beóð, on monegum weorcum unfæste beóð ongietene contigit, ut quidam cum cordis innocentia in nonnullis suis actibus infirmi videantur Past. 34; Swt. 235, 17.
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Gedígan weán and wræcsíð, Beo. Th. 4573; B. 2292 Gesamna ús of wídwegum, ðǽr wé weán dreógaþ, Ps. Th. 105, 36: Cd. Th. 276, 7; Sat. 185. Hé for wlenco weán áhsode, Beo. Th. 2417; B. 1206: 851; B. 423 Wyrd wóp wecceþ, heó weán hladeþ Salm.