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heorcnung

(n.)
Grammar
heorcnung, hearcnung, e; f.

Hearkeninglisteninghearingpower of hearing

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Th. i. 96, 23: ii. 564, 4: Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 29. Hé forgeaf deáfum heorcnunge he gave to the deaf hearing, Homl. Th. i. 26, 13: ii. 16, 13. Hearcnunge, H. R. 7, 14. Drihten ic gehýrde heorcnunge ðíne Domine audivi auditionem tuam, Cant. Abac.

land-mann

(n.)
Grammar
land-mann, es; m.
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D. 6; Th. i. 354, 23-7. Landmanna cyme the coming of the men of the country, Cd. 151; Th. 189, 4; Exod. 179

medumung

(n.)
Grammar
medumung, e; f.

the fixing of the measure of anything

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the fixing of the measure of anything Á sceal dóm æfter dǽde and medemung be mǽðe ever shall doom be according to deed, and fine be fixed with fair measure, L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 5: L. E. B. 10; Th. ii. 242, 11. ?

un-geboden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geboden, adj.

Unsummonedunbidden

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Unsummoned, unbidden Þreó mótlǽþu ungebuden on .xii. mónþum the tenant attended three courts without summons in the year, Chart. Th. 433, 22. Perhaps the word is to be found in the phrase de placito ungebendro (ungebendeo, MS. R. = ungebodene?), L.

Linked entry: ge-beódan

bén

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. ¶ as a technical term. v. bén-ríp, -irþ (-yrþ) :-- Hé sceal erian .iii. æceras béne arabit .iii. acras precum, Ll. Th. i. 434, 16

dyrstig-líce

(adv.)
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Th. ii. 374, 18. Dyrstelíce, Hml. Th. i. 170, 35. Úre nán be him sylfum dyrstelíce ne trúwige, ii. 82, 26

eorþ-wæstm

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Þá teóþunga ǽgðer ge on cwicum ceápe ge on þæs geáres eorðwæstmum, Ll. Th. i. 194, 7. Gif mon æppla hæbbe oðþe hwylces óþres cynnes eorðwæstmas (poma aut nascentia leguminum), R. Ben. 63, 14. Add:

ge-edcenned

(v.)
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Th. ii. 524, 31. Geedcynnede of þám Hálgan Gáste renati Sancto Spiritu, Hy. S. 43, 15 : Hml. Th. i. 394, 26: 566, 24

út-hleáp

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Th. i. 126, 9-8. See also 86, 1-10: 210, 20

Sweón

(n.)
Grammar
Sweón, pl.

The Swedes

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Th. 4936; B. 2472: (Swona, MS.), 5885; B. 2946: 5908; B. 2958. Ic wæs mid Sweóm, Exon. Th. 322, 4; Víd. 58: 320, 19; Víd. 31. Ðás land hýraþ Sweón, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 4

ge-þonc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þonc, es; m. n.

Thoughtmindunderstandingcōgĭtātiomens

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Th. 4653; B. 2332: Exon. 54 a; Th. 190, 4; Az. 68

dunnian

(v.)
Grammar
dunnian, he dunnaþ, pl.dunniaþ ; p. ode; pp. od

To make of a dun or a dark colour, to obscure, darken obscūrāre

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To make of a dun or a dark colour, to obscure, darken; obscūrāre Se móna ða beorhtan steórran dunnaþ [MS. dunniaþ] the moon obscures the bright stars, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 35

fúl-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
fúl-líc, adj.

Foulbasefœdusturpis

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Foul, base; fœdus, turpis Gárclifan etan ǽrende fúllíc getácnaþ to eat agrimony betokens a disagreeable message, Lchdm. iii. 198, 25. Ansíne fúllíce habban to have a dirty face, iii. 204, 10, 26

land-setla

(n.)
Grammar
land-setla, an; m.

a tenant

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An occupier of land, a tenant Ic an míne landseðlen here toftes ówen áchte I give to my tenants their tofts into their own possession, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 282, 29

popul

(n.)
Grammar
popul, a poplar (? ; but cf. popylle lolium, Wrt. Voc. i. 234, 2),
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in popul-finig Of ðam ellene populfinige; of populfinige Lambhyrste, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 219, 8. The second part of the compound occurs again v. 194, 2-3 : 195, 10

ge-módsumian

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

To agreeconcordāreconsacrare

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To agree; concordāre We geþiédaþ and gemódsumiaþ to ðæra yfelena freóndscipe we associate and agree in the friendship of the wicked, Past. 46, 6; Swt. 355, 7; Hat. MS. 67 b, 18

fore-leóran

(v.)

to precedepass by

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to precede Ic forlióro (foregá, R.) iówih praecedam vos, Mt. L. 26, 32. Foreliórað íwih praecedit vos, 28, 7. to pass in front of, pass by Foreliórende praetereuntes, Mt. R. 27, 39

fird-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fird-weorþ, -wirþe; adj.
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fit to serve in the fird Ealle ðá men ðá beón mótwerði, ferðwurði (ferduurði, 210, 14), C. D. iv. 208, 32. fit to bear arms, mighty in war: Fyrdwyrðeman (Beowulf), B. 1316

ge-gítsian

(v.)
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to covet and get, to get by unscrupulous means, extort Hié wilniað ðæt hié gegítsien æt ðǽm ungetýdum folce wísdómes naman ut apud imperitum vulgus sciential sibi nomen extorqueant, Past. 365. 22

Linked entry: gítsian

ge-þrafu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þrafu, (?), e; f.: <b>-þræf (?),</b> es; n.
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what good to him is that which he takes and has to repay under compulsion? Nap. 33

Linked entry: -þrafu