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greát

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Voc. ii. 41, 67, 68. coarse of grain or texture Twéntig ambra ealoð, and tú hund greátes hláfes ( coarse bread ) and þridde smales, Cht. Th. 158, 25.

hlít

(n.)
Grammar
hlít, es; m. (but in Ps. L. 30, 16 the word seems feminine).

lotfatefortune

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Srt. 134, 3. lot, fate, fortune Hé Mercna ríce twá and twéntig wintra missenlice hléte (hlýte, v. l. varia sorte) fore wæs, Bd. 2, 20; 184, l.

Linked entries: hlét hlot hlyt

weall-stellung

(n.)
Grammar
weall-stellung, -stilling, -stylling, e; f.

The putting a wall in order, repairing of a wall.

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Ðonne gebyreþ tó twéntigan gyrdan on wealstillinge hundeahtig hída, and tó ðam furlange gebyrgeaþ óþer healf hund hída and x hída . . . Tó fíf furlangum gebyreþ ymbeganges eahta hunda hída on wealstyllinge . . .

Linked entry: stellung

E

Grammar
E, Anglo-Saxon words, containing the short or unaccented vowel e, are often represented by modern English words of the same meaning, having the sound of e in
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net, met, ; as, Nett, bedd, weddian, hell, well, denn, fenn, webb, ende. the short e in Anglo-Saxon generally comes before a double consonant; as, Nebb, weccan, tellan, weddian: before any two consonants; as, Twentig, sendan, bernan: before one or two

gold

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Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here wid friðe, 288, 12. Hí mid nánum þingum ne gebicge, ne mid golde ne mid seolfre, 380, 12

ge-wis

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, ge-wiss, es; n.
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A. 55, 121. of occurrence, mid gewisse with certainty, without fail Bissextus ǽfre binnan þám feórþan geáre cymð mid gewisse, Angl. viii. 312, 11. certainty in action, where a definite course is followed Swá hé six and twéntig daga ꝥ færeld þurhteáh

CORN

(n.)
Grammar
CORN, es; n.

CORNa grainseedberry frumentumgranumbaccaa hard or cornlike pimplea cornkernel on the feet pustulaclavus

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Genim ðysse wyrte twentig corna take twenty grains of this herb [ivy ] 121, 2; Lchdm. i. 234, 6. a hard or cornlike pimple, a corn, kernel on the feet; pustula, clavus Ðis mæg horse wið ðon ðe him biþ corn on ða fét this may be for a horse which has

dæg

(n.)
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Ys on bócum geteald tó ánumdæge fram þǽre sunnan úpgange oð ꝥ heó eft becume þǽr heó ǽr úp stáh on þám fæce synd getealde feówer and twénti tída, Lch. iii. 236, 3. On þám forman dæge dagena ealra, Hy. S. 4, 2. Dæge ǽr pridie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 50.

lǽs

(n.)
Grammar
lǽs, we, e; f.

A pastureleasow

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Se wudu and seó lǽs is gemǽne tó ðám án and twentigum hídum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 319, 28. Sceáp lǽswe ðínre oves pascuæ tuæ, Ps. Spl. 73, 1: 78, 14: 94, 7: 99, 4: 22, 1.

Linked entries: beó-lǽs læssa

mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
mónaþ, mónþ, es; pl. mónaþ, mónþas; m.

A monthlunarcalendar

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On ðam mónþe synd geteald nigon and twentig daga and twelf tída, ðis is se mónelíca mónaþ ... Se mónelica mónaþ hæfþ ǽfre on ánum mónþe xxx nihta, and on oðrum nigon and xx. On swá hwilcum sunlícum mónþe swá se móna geendaþ, se byþ his mónaþ.

ge-tellan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tellan, ic -telle, ðú -telest, he -teleþ, pl. -tellaþ; p. -tealde, pl. -tealdon; pp. -teald, -teled

To tellnumberreckonesteemconsiderascribeassignnumerarecomputarereputarecompararedinumerare

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Ðæt is geteald ðæs læssan mílgetæles ðe stadia hátte ccc and þreó twentig it is, reckoned by the smaller measure of distance that are called stadia, three hundred and twenty-three, Nar. 36, 16: 34, 27.

Linked entry: ge-talian

módor

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Feówer and twéntig mónda gǽí seó módor mid folan, Hml. S. 25, 569. Fugelas ne týmað swá swá óðre nýtenu, ac ǽrest hit bið ǽig, and seó módor brét þæt ǽig tó bridde. Hml.

pening

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Add Se feórðandǽl byð quadrans gecíged, beó hit penig oððe pund, swá þ wel wát ceorlisc folc . . .xx scillingas beóð on ánum pund, and twelf síðon twéntig penega byð án pund, Angl. viii. 306, 30-36.

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of KentEthelbert the secondÆthelbryhtus

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Ðá wæs ymb syx hund wintra and syxtyne winter fram Drihtnes mennyscnesse, ðæt wæs ymb án and twentig wintra ðæs ðe Agustinus, mid his geferum, to lǽranne on Angel þeóde sended wæs, ðæt Æðelbryht Cantwara cyning æfter ðam hwílendlícan ríce ðæt he six and

Linked entry: Berhte

pening

(n.)
Grammar
pening, penning, pending, penig, pennig, es; m.
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P. iv. 60; Th. ii. 222, 7), Ex. 21, 10. as a weight, pennyweight Án uncia stent on feówer and twentig penegum. Twelf síðon twelf penegas beóþ on ánum punde, Anglia viii. 335. 17.

Linked entry: pending

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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Hé geaf six and twéntig cottlífa eallum tó hylpe, C D. B. ii. 389, 33. Nim þé þis ofæt on hand . . . þé sende God þás helpe of heofonríce, Gen. 521. Helpas solacia, R. Ben. I. of, 10: praesidia, Wülck. Gl. 252, 5.

Linked entry: helpe

híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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Þára fíf and twéntig hígda, C. D. B. ii. 142, l. Myrcna landes is þrittig þúsend hýda, i. 414, 15 (and often). Hú fela hundred hýda wǽron innon þǽre scíre, Chr. 1085; P. 216, 18. Ic sello ii hída on Hwátedúne, C.

Linked entries: hígid híwisc

wana

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wana, adj. generally indeclinable. I.
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Ðæt ríce hé hæfde ánes wona .xx. wintra (án læs ðe twéntig, MS. B.), 4, 1; S. 563, 15. Hé Norþanhymbra ðeóde ánes wana .xx. wintra fore wæs genti Nordanhymbrorum decem et novem annis praefuit, 5, I; S. 614, 21

næss

(n.)
Grammar
næss, ness, es; m.

a nessland running out into waterheadlandpromontory

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Grammar næss, in connection with under, niðer, and often in pl. ground (as in under-ground) Ongan ðá eorþan delfan, ðæt hé on twentigum fótmǽlum feor funde behelede under neólum niðer næsse gehýdde in þeóstorcofan ( he found the cross hidden twenty feet

Linked entries: næsse ness

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Twenti sulhene lond, 13176. But the unit of assasement may have been the plough with its team of oxen. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., pp. 112-3.