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án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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For án eówre yrfe sceal beón hér oves tantum vestrae et armenta remaneant, Ex. 10, 24. Hé for án wénde ꝥ ǽlc hine gecneówe he had no other thought but that every one knew him, Hml. S. 23, 573. Him for án þúhte ꝥ . . . , 631.

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

nightnightdarknessnight

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For tén nihtum ten days ago, 131, 10. Mid ðon dæge wæs gefylled se dæg ðe is nemned Pentecosten ymb fíftig nihta æfter ðære gecýþdan ǽriste, 133, 14

æþelo

(n.)
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</b> noble birth, nobility :-- Hwý gé eów for æðelum up áhebben, Met. 17, 18. Deáð forsiehð þá æþelo, and þone rícan gelíce and þone heánan foriwelgþ, Bt. 30, l; F. 68, 33.

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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To see about, care for, attend to, provide for Ealle fata and spéde hé sceal beseón omnia vasa cunctamque substantiam conspiciat, R. Ben. 55, 1. Hé wæs wel besewen on reáfe and yfele on þeáwum, Hml. Th. i. 534, 3.

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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Cúðlíce (for þon, v. l. ) wé magon nú gehyran, 2, 22. Cúðlíce hé wæs freóh fram leahtre liber quippe a vitio, 102, 7. Cúplíce ꝥ wuldor þysses middangeardes is sceort, Bl. H. 65, 14: 61, 30: 81, 3.

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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His geféran . . . wǽron eác áfyrhte for þám fixnoðe, Nap. 22

hangian

(v.)
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For hwon áhénge þú mé hefgor on þínra honda róde þonne iú hongade?, Cri. 1489: 1457. Wearh sceal hangian, fægere ongildan ꝥ hé ǽr fácen dyde manna cynne, Gn. C. 55.

tól

(n.)
Grammar
tól, es; n.

a tool,implement,instrumenttools,machinery,apparatus

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Ðá wurdon hrædlíce ford áborene ísene clútas, and ísene cláwa, and ísen bedd, and leádene swipa. Homl. Th. i. 424, 18

Linked entry: tohl

Beó-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Beó-wulf, es; m. [ = Beado-wulf a war-wolf, = Icel. Böðúlfr a warwulf]

BEOWULF

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This Saga it is hoped may yet be found in some Swedish library. The story informs us that Hrothgar built a splendid palace at Heorot in the north of Jutland.

Linked entry: Beado-wulf

healf

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

HALF

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Gé ðǽr búgiaþ on ðam fíftan dǽle healfum londes and unlondes ye there dwell in the half of the fifth part [in the tenth part, cf. l. 25] of land and not-land, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 23.

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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For hwon wríhst ðú sceome, and ðín sylf þecest líc, Cd. Th. 54, 15 ; Gen. 877. Is ðín ágen sprǽc innan fýren, sylf swíðe hát ignitum eloquium tuum vehementer, Ps. Th. 118, 140. Ðǽr habbaþ englas dreám, sanctas singaþ, ðæt is seolfa for God, Cd.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

bútan

(prep.; adv.)
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Hé ongan þá cnyhtas tó áxienne, for hwig ꝥ folc þone Hǽlend swá yfele hæfde. Hig andswaredon: 'Búton hig habbaþ andan tó hym,Nic. 4, 18. ' Hwæt hæfð hé gedón ꝥ hé sweltan scyle ? Hig sǽdon: 'Búton forr III. without dependent verb (cf. Bl.

under-niman

(v.)
Grammar
under-niman, p. -nam, pl. -námon; pp. -numen.

to take surreptitiouslyto stealto take into the mindreceive what is said, taughtto take upon one's selfto blameresent

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Similar entries v. under-fón, VIII Gif feoh sý undernumen (under numen?), Lchdm. i. 392, 8. in figurative senses, to take into the mind, receive what is said, taught, etc.

Linked entry: under-fón

lutian

(v.)
Grammar
lutian, p. ode

lurkskulk

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Cwæþ ðæt hé god wǽre on mannes hiwe lutiende said that he was a god concealed in the form of a man, ii. 474, 22

hleahtor

a laugh

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Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóðor and huilpan swég fore hleahtor wera, Seef. 21. Leahter risum Scint. 171, 12. attributed to other than human beings: Wæs engla þreát hleahtre blíðe, Cri. 739.

Linked entry: hleahtrian

út-lah

(adj.)
Grammar
út-lah, adj.

Outlawedan outlawcalling for outlawry

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Beó se þeóf útlah wið eall folc, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 282, 9: L. C. S. 30; Th. i. 394, 24. of a person in respect to a country not his own Hí ǽfre ǽlcne Deniscne cyng útlah of Englalande gecwǽdon, Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 33.

Linked entries: -lah út-laga

hreran

(v.)
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The form hrǽron seems to point to a verb of the class to which beran belongs.

full

(adv.)

having no space emptycontaining abundance of.abounding inabundantly characterized byfull of foodcompleteperfectwholeentitled to all the privileges implied by a designationcompletewholeentirecompleted

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Eáge æfþancum ful, 497. full of food Þú wǽre swá gífre swá hund, and þú nǽfre nǽre full þe má þe hell, Wlfst. 241, 7. figurative Þú git tó full sý þæs þe þé lǽfed is, ꝥ þé for þý wlátige, Bt. 11, 1; F. 30, 19.

Linked entry: ful-lic

ell-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
ell-þeód, ell-þiéd, e; f.

A strange people, foreign nation pĕregrīna gens

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A strange people, foreign nation; pĕregrīna gens Hý fóron on ellþiéde they went into a foreign land, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 6

freó

(n.)
Grammar
freó, indecl. f.

A womanmŭlier ingĕnua

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A woman; mŭlier ingĕnua Óþ-ðæt he funde freó fægroste until he found the fairest woman, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 28; Gen. 457

Linked entry: frowe