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hand-plega

(n.)
Grammar
hand-plega, an; m.

Fighting

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Fighting Heard handplega hard fighting, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 23; Exod. 327: 95; Th. 124, 3; Gen. 2057: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 25. Hí nǽfre wyrsan handplegan on Angelcynne ne gemitton ðonne Ulfcytel him tóbrohte they had never had more disastrous fighting in

hors-hwæl

(n.)
Grammar
hors-hwæl, es; m.

A walrus

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A walrus Swíðost hé fór ðider tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge for ðǽm horschwælum for ðæm hie habbaþ swíðe æðele bán on heora tóþum his principal object in going there, in addition to the observation of the country, was to get the walruses, for they have

Linked entry: hwæl

ofering

(n.)
Grammar
ofering, e; f.

Superfluity

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Superfluity Gif ðú ofer gemet itst oððe drincst oððe cláþa ðé má on hæfst ðonne ðú þurfe seó ofering ðé wurþ tó sáre cujus satietatem si superfluis urgere velis, quod infuderes fiet noxium, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 16. Hé wilnigen mid oferinge hiora gítsunga

costere

(n.)
Grammar
costere, costnere, es; m.

A tempter tentator

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A tempter; tentator Manna cynnes [MS. manna kynnes] costere hafaþ acenned on ðé ða unablinnu ðæs yfelan geþohtes the tempt?? of mankind [lit. of the race of men] hath begotten in thee the unrest of this evil thought Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 46, 9. Se costere

Linked entry: costnere

snide

(n.)
Grammar
snide, es; m.

a cut, incisionslaying concisio, laceratio

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a cut, incision Ða wunde ðæs snides vulnus incisurae Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 17. Gif ðú wille on snide blód forlǽtan if you wish to let blood at an incision Lchdm. ii. 148, 10: 16, 5. slaying Similar entries v. sníðan, IV Swá swá scép tó snide tamquam ouis

Linked entry: snáþ

ge-stæððignes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stæððignes, -stæððines, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Gravityconsistencysteadinessmaturitygrăvĭtasconstantiamātūrĭtas

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Gravity, consistency, steadiness, maturity; grăvĭtas, constantia, mātūrĭtas Wæs he mycelre gestæððignysse wer multæ grăvĭtātis ac vērĭtātis vir, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 21. On lífes gestæððignesse in consistency of life, Past. 13, 1: Swt. 77, 14; Hat. MS.

Linked entry: ge-stæððines

tó-hladan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hladan, p. -hlód; pp. -hladen

To disband,disperse

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To disband, disperse Ne meahte hié (the builders of the tower of Babel) gewurðan weall forð timbran, ac hié earmlíce heápum tóhlódon hleóðrunl gedǽlde they could not combine to carry on the building of the wall, but, divided in speech, they miserably

toln

(n.)
Grammar
toln, e; f.

Toll

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Toll Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan and mid his golde and seolfre eall dyrnunga æt Steorran, ðe ðá wæs ðæs kinges rædesman, ðæt him gewearð se þridda pænig of ðære tolne on Sandwíc, Chart. Th. 339. 13: 340; 35. Heore is ðæt scip ... and se tolne of ealle

Linked entry: tolnere

tó-syndrian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-syndrian, p. ode

To separateto distinguish

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To separate; fig. to distinguish Mid him hé tósyndraþ gif beteran óðrum wé beóþ gemétte apud ipsum discernitur si meliores aliis inveniamur, R. Ben. Interl. 14, 8. Ðú settest on foldan swíðe feala cynna and tósyndrodest hig siððan. Hy. 9, 21; Btwk. 198

Linked entry: tó-sundrian

tó-worpness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-worpness, -wyrpness, e;

dispersiona throwing outejection

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f dispersion, v. tó-weorpan, I. On tówyrpnisse hǽðna in dispersionem gentium. Jn. Skt. Rush. Lind. 7, 35. a throwing out, ejection, v. tó-weorpan, IV. Salde him mæhte gémnisse tó untrymnissum and tóworpnisse (-wyrpnise, Lind.) diówla dedit illis potestatem

Linked entries: -worpness tó-wyrpness

treów-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
treów-fæst, adj.

Faithful

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Faithful Tunge mín triówfest. Ps. C. 114. Treówfæst (treóufæst, Lind. ) fidelis, Lk. Skt. Rush. 19, 17. Trewufæst (treuw-?). Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 21. Wé on bócum rǽdaþ be sumum treówfæstum wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 179. Treófæsto, treófest fideles, Lk.

frignung

(n.)
Grammar
frignung, e; f.

Questioninquiry

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Question, inquiry Ac þá word mé secgendum óðru sócn and frignung ( fríninge, áxung, v.ll.) on mód becumen sed mihi haec dicenti alia suboritur quaestio, Gr. D. 137, 29. Náht tó láfe ne wunað þǽre frignunge and ácsunge be þám wísum de his nihil quaestionis

Linked entry: frægning

friþiend

(n.)
Grammar
friþiend, friþigend, es; m.

A protector

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A protector Hé ys úre friðigend and úre gescyldend adjutor et protector noster est, Ps. Th. 32, 17. Þú eart mín friðiend and mín gefultumend and mín gescyldend adjutor meus et liberator meus esto, 39, 21. Uton lufian úre cyrican, for ðám heó bið úre

féða

(n.)
Grammar
féða, an; m.

a band on footinfantrya hosttrooptribecompanyphălanx pĕdestrispĕditeslĕgioăciestrĭbuscătervaa battlepugna

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a band on foot, infantry, a host, troop, tribe, company; phălanx pĕdestris, pĕdites, lĕgio, ăcies, trĭbus, căterva Eórod sceal getrume rídan, fæste féða stondan a band of horse [ = cavalry] shall ride in a body, a band of foot [ = infantry] stand fast

Linked entry: féðu

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Dele 'inquire,' and last passage. Add: to acquire knowledge of a subject by study, thought, instruction, &c. Ꝥ sé ne durre beón wísdómes láreów óðres mannes, sé þe hine ǽr him sylfum ne geleornað, Gr. D. 12, 27. Hé fram Godes ængle ꝥ bebod underféng

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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add: þanne hwæþere yet Hwæt is ꝥ ... ꝥ se ælmihtiga God swá forlǽteþ sweltan his gecorenan, þá þonne hwæþre ( tamen ) hé ne lǽteþ ná beón forholene, Gr. D. 294, 5: 292, 3: 283, 14. Cwyþst þú ꝥ þé nǽre cúð ꝥ ic ne cúðe Grécisc geþeóde? And þonne hwæþre

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

windair in motionwindflatulencewindbreath

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wind, air in motion Seó lyft, þonne heó ástyred is, byð wind. Se wind hæfð mistlíce naman on bocum ... Feówer heáfodwindas synd. Se fyrmesta is eásterne wind ... Ðás feówer heáfodwindas habbaþ betweox him on ymbhwyrfte óðre eahta windas, ǽfre betwyx

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [
  • Halliwell
gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In
  • Jamieson's Dictionary
the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]

unwillingdull, heavy,lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive heavy, grievous, painful, unpleasant heavy, sad, feeling or expressing griefof sin or evil, grave, grievousof physical or mental inactivity, heavy, slow, dull, sluggish, slothful, indolentinactive from weakness, enfeebled, weak of sleep, heavygrave, honouredgrievous (sin, sickness)gravis, onerosus(a poetic word) heavy, grave.

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heavy as a burden, of great weight (lit. or fig.), oppressive Swǽr is seó byrðen ðe Godes bydel beran sceall, gif hé nele georne unriht forbeódan, L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 35: Wulfst. 178, 8. Hé bið deófles tempel, and byrð swíðe swǽre byrðene on his

wíg-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bed, wí-bed, wió-bed, -bud, wié-bed, weó-bed, -bud, weófod (-ed, -ud), wéfod, es, also -beddes; n. (generally, but se weóbud, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 21, and pl. wíbedas, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 42)

An altar

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An altar [from wíg (wíh) and beód; some forms, e.g. wígbeddes, weóbedd, suggest that the word was thought to be derived from bed] Weófod altar vel ara, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 51. Hé scolde ðone Godes alter habban uppan áholodne, ðæt hé meahte on healdan ða

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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a thing, a single object, material or immaterial Hweðer ðú wéne ðæt ǽnig ðing on ðisse worulde swá gód sié, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 6. Ðonne ða fíf þing ealle gegadorade beóþ, ðonne beóþ hit eall án ðing, and ðæt án þing biþ God, 33, 2; Fox 122, 18. Ðæt