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tó-niman

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

to take to piecesdivideto take away,

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to take to pieces, divide Hæfde se cyning his fierd on tú tónumen, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 17. to take away, cf. æt-beran Tollite portas, principes ... Ðæt byþ on Englisc: Gé ealdras, tónymaþ ða gatu, Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 8

twingan

(v.)
Grammar
twingan, (?); p. twang; pp. twungen

To pressforce

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H.) and meked incurbatus sum et humiliatus sum, Ps. 37, 9. Whil þat twinges (affligit) me þe fo, 41,10

Linked entry: twing

leger

(n.)
Grammar
leger, es; n.

a lyingdeadsicknessdeatha coucha laira grave

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Be ðære róde ðe ǽr in legere wæs lange bedyrned [of the cross that had been buried ], Elen. Kmbl. 1200; E1. 602: 1442; El. 723. Líc legere fæst, 1762; El. 883.

Linked entries: clǽne ÁDL

þancian

(v.)
Grammar
þancian, p. ode.
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Th. 2799; B. 1397: Elen. Kmbl. 1921; El. 962. Heó Gode þancode ðæs ðe hió sóð gecneów, 2276; El. 1139: Beo. Th. 1255; B. 625: Andr. Kmbl. 2022; An. 1013. Þoncade, Exon. Th. 148, 25; Gú. 750.

dóm

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Hí rícsiað of hira ágnum dóme, næs of ðæs hiéhstan déman ex se et non ex arbitrio summi rectoris regnant, Past. 27, 16. Sié ꝥ on cyninges dóme, swá deáð swá líf, Ll. Th. i. 66, 10. Ic hine tó heora sylfra dóme ágeaf, Bl. H. 177, 25.

angnes

(n.)
Grammar
angnes, -ness, angnis, -niss, angnys, -nyss, e; f. [ange angustus, anxius; -nes]

Narrownessanxietydistresssorrowtroubleanguishangustiæanxietastristitiaærumna

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Geswinc and angnys gemétton me tribulatio et angustiæ invenerunt me, Ps. Spl. 118, 143

Linked entry: ang-sumnes

áttor-coppe

(n.)
Grammar
áttor-coppe, an; f.

A spideraranea

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Áttorcoppe - wið áttorcoppan bíte a spider - for spider's bite, Herb. 4, 9 ; Lchdm. i. 92, 5, 6 : Med. ex Quadr. 4, 10; Lchdm. i. 344, 15

eoh

(n.)
Grammar
eoh, nom. acc; gen. eohes = eoes = eðs; m.

A war-horse, charger ĕquus bellātor

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A war-horse, charger; ĕquus bellātor He gehleóp ðone eoh he mounted the charger. Byrht. Th. 137, 20; By. 189. Eorl sceal on eós bóge a chief shall [ride] on horse-back. Exon. 90a; Th. 337, ii; Gn. Ex. 63

Linked entry: eh

forþ-gefaran

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gefaran, p. -gefór, pl. -gefóron; pp. -gefaren

To go forthgo bypasstransīre

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Wulfríc forþgefaren wæs Wulfric was departed [dead ], Chr. 1061; Th. 329, 37: 560; Erl. 17, 16: Nar. 40, 9

friþ-borh

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-borh, gen. -borges; m.

A peace or frank-pledgepeace-suretypācis fidejussio

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Ed. C. 20; Th. i. 450, 24, 29; 451, 2, 4, 7: 21; Th. i. 451, 19, 20: 28; Th. i. 454, 18, 22. v. Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 87

Linked entries: freó-borh borh

fróuer

(n.)
Grammar
fróuer, e; f.

Comfortconsōlātio

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Comfort; consōlātio On ðisum geáre sé árwurþa muneca feder and fróuer, Landfranc arcebisceop, gewát of ðissum lífe in this year [A.D. 1089] the venerable father and comfort of monks, archbishop Lanfranc, departed from this life, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226,

fyrhtan

(v.)
Grammar
fyrhtan, p. fyrhte; pp. fyrhted

To FRIGHTENterrifytrembleterrēre tremere

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To FRIGHTEN, terrify, tremble; terrēre tremere Gif lígette and þunorráde eorþan and lyfte brégdon and fyrhton si corusci ac tonitrua terras et aĕra terrērent, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 13. Ðú dóest ða fyrhta facis eam tremere, Rtl. 102, 21

Linked entries: frihtan ge-fyrht

gǽten

(adj.)
Grammar
gǽten, adj. [gát a goat]

Of or pertaining to goatscaprīnus

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Of or pertaining to goats; caprīnus Gǽten smeoro goat's grease, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 15; Lchdm. i. 354, 8. Gǽten roc [MS. rooc] a garment made of goat-skins; mēlōtes = μηλωτή, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 117; Wrt. Voc. 40, 27

heoru

(n.)
Grammar
heoru, heoro, hioro; m.

A sword

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Ex. 202. The word is a poetical one both in English and Icelandic, and in these dialects, as in Old Saxon, is mostly used in compounds

Linked entries: heoro hioro

ge-wistfullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wistfullian, p. ode; pp. od

To feast

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Et drinc and gewistfulla eat, drink, and feast, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 21. Gewistfullien epulentur, Blickl. Gl. Ðæt ic mid mínum freóndum gewistfullode ut cum amicis meis epularer, Lk. Bos. 15, 29

Linked entry: wistfullian

ge-unstillian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unstillian, p. ode; pp. od

To disquietdisturbinquiētāre

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To disquiet, disturb; inquiētāre Ðætte ða mynster ða ðe Gode gehálgode syndon nǽnigum bisceope alýfed sí in ǽnigum þinge hí geunstillian ut quæque monastēria Deo consecrāta sunt, nulli episcŏpōrum lĭceat ea in alĭquo inquiētāre, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 35

Linked entry: un-stillian

bleac

(adj.)
Grammar
bleac, def. se bleaca; adj.

Blacknigerblack

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Black; niger Wæs ðis gesceád ðæt for missenlíce heora feaxes hiwe, óðer wæs cweden se bleaca Heawold, óðer se hwíta Heawald ea distinctione ut pro diversa capillorum specie, unus niger Hewald, alter albus Hewald diceretur, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 16

wudu-holt

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-holt, es; m.

A grove

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A grove Ðǽr is se fægere wuduholt ðe is on bócurn geháten Radians sallus, Engl. Stud. viii. 477, 12. Sunbearo, wuduholt wynlíc solis nemus, et consitus arbore multa Iucus, Exon. Th. 200, 1; Ph. 34. Wuduholtum, 223, 20; Ph. 362

ge-miltsung

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Lýs þíne synna mid ælmessum on þearfena gemiltsunge peccata tua eleemosynis redime, et iniquitates tuas misericordiis pauperum (Dan. 4, 24), Ll. Th. ii. 434, 25. Gemun gemildsunga (miserationum) þínra, Ps. L. 24, 6. Add: —

ge-dyngan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dyngan, to dung, manure.
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Substitute Seó þæt land middeweard oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, and hit þonne mid Sim gedynged wearð fluvius per plana diffusus augmentis ubertatis inpendebalur, Ors. l, 3 ; S. 32, 7. Gedyngde æceras ceratos agros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 22