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COPS

(n.)
Grammar
COPS, cosp, es; m.

A ropecordfetter funisanquinacompes

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Hí sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde sleán on ða raccentan and on cospas they said that she should throw them into chains and fetters Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 32

Linked entries: camp ge-fótcypsed cosp

on-efn

(prep.)
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on-efn, -emn, -em

by, near

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by, near Hí gemétton fýr, and hláf onem they found a fire, and bread close by, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 5. Onefen ðone hagan . . . norþ onefen ðæt gelád, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 150, 10-13. Onemn ðæm at the same time, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 33.

Linked entry: efen

hlóþian

(v.)
Grammar
hlóþian, p. ede

To take booty, rob, spoil

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Ða ðe monige geár ǽr hí onhergedon and hlóþedon qui per multos annos prædas in terra agebant, 1, 14; S. 482, 19

Linked entry: hleóþian

sweartian

(v.)
Grammar
sweartian, p.ode

To make or to become black to become blackto dye black

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To make or to become black Ðanne sweartigaþ (sweratiged, MS.) hý (the teeth ) and feallaþ (-eð, MS. ), Lchdm. iii. 104, 17. Hé sweartade( but see spearcian), Cd. Th. 269, 24; Sat. 78. Ðá árás se wind, and ða wolcnu sweartodon, Homl.

un-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
un-þeáw, es; m.

A bad habitan evil practicea vicefault

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Gé ða Engliscan þeáwas forlǽtaþ ðe eówre fæderas heóldon, and hǽðenra manna þeáwas lufiaþ, and mid ðam geswuteliaþ ðæt gé forseóð eówer cynn and eówere yldran mid ðám unþeáwum, ðonne gé him on teónan tysliaþ eów on Denisc ábleredum hneccan and áblendum

ge-cnáwan

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S. 30, 377. to acknowledge, a person Hé wæs tó cinge ongyten and gehered, ge of cilda múþe gecnáwen and weorþad. Bl. H. 71, 33.

ícan

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Hé ús monna mǽst morðra gefremede and swýðor gýt ýcan wolde, Jud. 183. (2 a) to add after, to :-- Man íhte yfel æfter óðrum, Wlfst. 156, 12. Ícan áne elne tó his anlícnesse.

segn

(n.)
Grammar
segn, segen, es ; m. n.
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His segen se wæs mid golde and mid godewæbbe gefrætewod and ofer his byrigenne geseted vexillum ejus super tumbam auro et purpura compositum adposuerunt, Bd. 3, 11 ; S. 535. 31. Segn, Beo. Th. 5909 ; B. 2958.

Linked entry: segen

híhþ

Grammar
híhþ, híhþu, híhþo.

altitudea summittopthe highest point extreme degreethe heavens

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., and add: distance from the base upwards, altitude, elevation above the ground Þæs stánes héhþé obolisci proceritatem, i. altitudinem, An. Ox. 3525. figurative: Heálic héþ edita (pudicitiae) proceritas, An.

Linked entries: heáhþu héhþu

earmlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
earmlíc, sup. earmlícost; adj.

Miserable, wretched mĭser

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Miserable, wretched; mĭser Ðǽr sceal earmlíc ylda cwealm æfter wyrþan then must afterwards miserable slaughter of men take place, Andr. Kmbl. 363; An. 182. Wǽs gehýred earmlíc ylda gedræg the wretched tumult of men was heard. Andr.

rand

(n.)
Grammar
rand, es; m.
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Cl. and Vig. s.v. baugr.

Linked entry: rand-beáh

be-windan

girdleencirclesurround

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He forðférde, and his lie bewunden læg, Hml. Th. ii. 24, 22. þé God hæfde wære bewunden God had kept thee on every side, An. 535.

EORÞE

(n.)
Grammar
EORÞE, an; f; eorþ, e; f. I. the

EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil terra, hŭmus, sŏlum

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Drihtnes is eorþe and fulnysse oððe gefyllednes hyre the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof, Ps. Lamb. 23, 1: Ex. 9, 29: Deut. 10, 14.

Linked entries: eord eorþ

crístnian

(v.)
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Hé gelýfde on úrne Drihten and lét hine crístnian ( had himself catechized ), and æfter lytlum fyrste hé wearð gefullod, Hml. S. 31, 523.

Linked entries: crístian crístnere

lor

(n.)
Grammar
lor, es; n. (v. ðæt forlor, Past. Swt. 403, 13).

Lossdestruction

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Ðás heán mihta hér on worulde áfeallaþ and tó lore wurþaþ these lofty powers here on earth decay and perish, Wulfst. 149, 4: 262, 17. Éðel ðe nǽfre tó lore ne weorþeþ nunquam amittenda hæreditas, Past. 36, 6; Swt. 255, 4.

Linked entries: los lyre

ge-healdsumnes

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</b> continence, chastity :-- Gehealtsumnesse castitatis, An. Ox. 354: castimoniae, 1121: 1777: celibatus 1395. observance, keeping of a law, festival, &amp;c. Fædera lára gémen and gehealdsumnes patrum doctrinarum observatio, R.

Linked entry: ge-healtsumnys

ge-lǽtan

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I. 5, 6), An. Ox. 58, 8. <b>I a.</b> to let land, &amp;c. :-- Ælfwíg hæfð gelǽten tó Stígande .xxx. hýda landes wið .x. marcan goldes and wið .xx. pundon seolfres, C. D. iv. 171, 28. to cause to move, bring.

leás-bregd

(adj.)
Grammar
leás-bregd, -bréd; adj.

Falsedeceitfulcheating

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False, deceitful, cheating Ðú leásbréda feónd and fácnes ordfruma, Homl. Skt. 6, 314

Linked entry: brægd

líht-ness

(n.)
Grammar
líht-ness, e; f.

Lightnessbrightness

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Lightness, brightness Se sunnandæg is wuldorlíc dæg and líhtnesse dæg, Wulfst. 230, 12

blód-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
blód-wyrt, e; f.

BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stemsrumex sanguineus

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BLOODWORT or bloody-dock from its red veins and stems; rumex sanguineus, Lin