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ge-bann

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Þá bisceopealdras ꝥ geban setton, ꝥ swá hwá swá wiste hwǽr hé wǽre, ꝥ hé hyt cýdde, Hml. A. 67, 51. Godcundlice bebudan geban diuina sancserunt edicta, i. decreta, An. Ox. 1302.

spor

(n.)
Grammar
spor, es; n.

a trace, track, spoor a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. a woundtracing, tracking

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Hwæt mæg bión dyslícre ðonne hwá lufige hwelcre wuhte spor on ðæm duste and ne lufige ðæt ðætte ðæt spor worhte quid esse dementius potest, quam vestigia in pulvere impressa diligere, sed ipsum, a quo impressa sunt, non amare?

hwæþer

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, Bt. 36, 4; F. 178, 14. with the force of hwæt (v. hwá; 2 a), where the answer is confined to two alternatives Hwæþer ðincþ þé ꝥ þá ðing sién, þe þára sóþena gesǽlþa limu, ðe sió gesǽlþ self?

þing

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Add Hi wundrodon hwæt ꝥ þing (hwæt ꝥ þinga, v.l. ) wǽre ꝥ hé swá tóswollen htáfod hæfde, Gr. D. 22, 18.

mǽg-cild

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-cild, es; n.

A young kinsman

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A young kinsman Hine áhsode hwǽr hé his mǽgcildum cumen hæfde ðe hé him forstolen hæfde asked him what he had done with his young kinsmen (cousins) whom he had stolen away from him, Lchdm. iii. 424, 37.

nigon

(n.; num.; adj.)

nine

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Hwǽr synt ða nigone (nygene, MS. A : nigona, Lind. : nióne, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 17, 17. Ðá hét se cyng faran mid nigonum ðara níwena scipa, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 20. Grammar nigon, as adj. : Harold wes gewend mid nigon scipon, 1052; Erl. 183, 18.

sýring

(n.)
Grammar
sýring, e; f.

Butter-milk

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Butter-milk Hwæg serum, sýring raptura, rynning coagulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 68-70. Sýring baptua, ii. 12, 64. Sceáp-hyrdes riht is ðæt hé hæbbe bléde fulle hweges oððe sýringe ealne sumor, L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 25.

sunn-beám

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-beám, es; m.
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Hwæt fremaþ ðam blindan seó beorhta sunbeám? Homl. Skt. i. 4, 275. Se rénboga cymþ of ðam sunbeáme and of wǽtum wolcne, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 26

Linked entries: sunne-beám beám

arodlíce

(adv.)
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Swá hwæt swá þín hand mage wyrcan, wyrce arudlíce (ard-, v. l.) (instanter ), Gr. D. 327, 26. Ongunnon þá wyrhtan ardlíce ( instanter ) biddan heom metes, 251, 18. Hé cwæð swíðe ardlíce constanter ait, 254, 4.

ed-wenden

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Add: :-- Hwæt mé þæs edwendan (-en?) cwóm, gyrn æfter gomene ah! for me of that happiness an end there came, mourning after mirth, B. 1774. v. previous word

rihtan

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add: to put right, put into a proper condition Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . oððe hús gódian, rihtan and weoxian, Angl. ix. 262, 18. Add Hé riht (reht, v. l. ) and rǽt callum gesceaftum, Bt. 35, 3; F. 158, 25.

sóþ

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sóþ, truth. <b>I b.</b>
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Hé nyste hwæt þæs sóþes ( or adj. ?) wæs, for þǽm hé hit self ne geseah, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 33. Add

ono

(con.)

if

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gif ( si autem ) hé gehæfted wæs, hwæt hé ðonne ne feaht, S. 497, 37: 3, 24; S. 557, 29

swíþ-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-ferhþ, adj.
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Hwæt swíðferhðum ( the Danes ) sélest wǽre tó gefremmnanne, 348; B. 173. of violent mind, violent, impetuous Geswearc ðá swíðferð ( Juliana's father ), Exon. Th. 247, 13; Jul. 78. Oft bemearn swíðferhðes ( Sigemund ) síð snotor ceorl monig, Beo.

þæge

(pronoun.)
Grammar
þæge, þage; pron. pl.
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Saga mé, hwæt hátton ðage? Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 1

Linked entry: þage

under-wed

(n.)
Grammar
under-wed, under-wedd, es; n.

A pledgesecurity

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'Hwæt wilt ðú tó underwedde (pro arrhabone ) nyman?' ... Iudas sende án tyccen wið his hirde, ðæt hé fette ðæt underwedd, Gen. 38, 17-20. Gylde hé ðæt yrfe oþþe uuderwed lecge, L. O. D. 1; Th. i. 352, 8: 8; Th. i. 356, 10

un-gewitness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewitness, e ; f.
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Þám fét hé wiðbrægd þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hwæt unrihtes hine gehrine of his ágenum geþóhte and ungewitnesse, and hé þonne sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (the original Latin, which has been misunderstood, is: Retraxit pedem; ne si quid

cnódan

(v.)
Grammar
cnódan, cneódan; ic cnóde, ðú cnódest, he cnódeþ, cneódeþ, pl. cnódaþ; p. cneád, pl. cnudon; pp. cnoden, gecnoden

To giveassigncallcarry outexalt tribuĕreattribuĕreefferre

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Gif hwæt welgedónes biþ, ðonne cnódaþ him ealle mid hérenesse if anything be well done, then all exalt him with praise; si qua bene gesta sunt, omnes laudibus efferunt Past. 17, 3;Hat. MS. 22b, 3

Linked entries: ge-cnoden cneódan

or-þanc

(adj.)
Grammar
or-þanc, adj.

Cunning, skilful

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Hwǽr com heora snyttro and seó orþonce gláunes, and se ðe gebregdnan dómas démde ? Blickl. Homl. 99, 31

weorold-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríce, es; n.
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For hwam winneþ ðis wæter geond woruldríce? Salm. Kmbl. 785 ; Sal. 392. a kingdom of this world, an earthly kingdom, earthly power Náuht woruldríces fæstes beón ne mæg, Bt. 8; Fox 26, 11.