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twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Two. used adjectivally Tuégen stridi passus, Txts. 85, 1510. Twégen (twǽgen, MS. E.) aldormen, Chr. 822; Erl. 62, 12. Twégen englas, Gen. 19, 1. Óþre twégen sealmas, R. Ben. 37, 11. Twǽgen míne mégas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 23. Twoegen gibróþæra, Txts

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

ge-dréfednes

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'Þú mé hæfst áirétne on ðám tweón and on þǽre gedréfednesse þe ic ǽr on wæs be þám freódóme. Ac ic eom nú get on micle máran gedréfednesse geunrótsod, fulneáh oþ ormódnesse.' Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Hwæt is sió micle unrótnes?,' Bt. 41, 2; F. 246, 11-15.

Linked entry: ge-dréfnis

á-drýgan

to dry up ⬩ to extract the moisture from material ⬩ to dry up a fluid ⬩ to dry up moisture on material, wipe off ⬩ to dry material on which there is moisture, wipe dry

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Seó hand ðínre sprǽce ádrígde tersit fram mé ðone tweón, Gr. D. 150, 25. Hé ðǽre hýde giocðan of ádrýgde, Past. 71, 11. Ádrýg horu absterge sordes, Hy. S. 23, 3. Ǽlc mon ádrýge of óðerra monna móde ðone wénan be him ǽlces yfeles, Past. 451, 22.

Linked entry: á-drígan

strang-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
strang-líc, adj.
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Sume bióþ beforan monna eágum gesewen swelce hié fæstlícu and stronglícu weorc wyrce quidam quaedam ante humanos oculos robusta exerceant, Past. 34, 6; Swt. 234, 19. requiring strength, laborious, hard Nánne mon ðæs ne tweóþ ðæt se seó strong on his

EÓWU

(n.)
Grammar
EÓWU, gen. eówe ; pl. nom. acc. eówa; gen. eówena; dat. eówenum; f; ewe, an; f. A

EWE, female sheep ⬩ ŏvis fēmĭna

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The milk was used for domestic purposes: butter and cheese were made from it; for Ælfric teaches the shepherd [sceáp-hyrde] to say, 'On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease, and ic agénlǽde híg to heora loca, and melke híg tweówa on dæg

Linked entries: eáwu eówe eówena eúwu éwe éwe

eá

(n.)
Grammar
eá, a river.
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Æt Tweoxn-eám (Tweoxnám, v. l. ), Chr. 901; P. 92, 4

full-gán

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Þá on ðǽm tweón þe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleódon fastidiose ducem in disponendo bello audientes, Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 24. Fulgá nú se mete ðǽre wambe willan, and sió wamb ðæs metes, Past. 317, 16.

openlíce

(adv.)
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Gif hwá openlíce lengctenbryce gewyrce, 402, 29. add: clearly to the senses Mid þý þá seó gesomnung eall gehýrde swá openlíce þá stefne, þá næs þǽr nǽnig tweó quas dum aperte voces congregatio audisset, dubium non fuit, Gr. D. 52, 32.

endleofan

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
endleofan, endlufon, endlyfun, inflected cases of endleof, endluf, endlyf [end = an one; unus; leof=lif, from lífan to leave; relinquĕre, Grm. ii. 947, or end = án one; lif ten; dĕcem; existing in Teutonic languages only in the words for 11 and 12; A. Sax. end-lif and twé-lf = twá-lf= twá-lif, Grm. Gsch. §246] ELEVEN ; undĕcim = ἕνδεκα
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Ósréd ðæt rice hæfde endleofan wintra Osred held the kingdom for eleven years, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 20. Mid híra endlufon sunum cum undecim filiis, Gen. 32, 22. Endleofan steorran eleven stars, Gen. 37, 9: Chr. 71; Th. 13, 3, col. 3

Linked entries: ændlefen ellefne

ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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Ðǽr ðé áuht tweóge, lofa ðæt gemetlíce, 62 : 70: Solil. H. 48, 19. Hé beór ne drince, and gemetlíce wín and eala, Lch. ii. 88, ii.

án-rǽd

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Hé hine hét þæt hé ne tweóde, ac þæt hé wǽre ánrǽd, Guth. 30, 7. Eádgár se æþela and se ánrǽda cyning. Jud. p. 163,11. Rihtwísnysse mid ánrǽdum móde symle healdan, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 19: Hml. S. 1, 166. Beóð ánrǽde and habbað sum eornost, Hml.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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'Ic wolde witan . . . hwæþer þú wisse búton tweón . . . ' 'Ic gewislíce wite,' Solil. H. 56, 4: 57, 10: 60, 1. Wé gewislíce witon . . . there is no doubt that we know . . ., Bt. 11, 2; F. 36, 2.

ge-earnian

(v.)
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Nis nán tweó ꝥ hé forgifnesse syllan nelle þám þe hié geearnian willaþ, 65, 9. with clause Ic þé lǽre þæt þú hospcwide ne fremme . . . þonne þú geearnest ꝥ þé bið éce líf seald, El. 526.

gingra

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Him ( Lucifer ) tweó þúhte þæt hé Gode wolde geongra weorðan, Gen. 277. Hé mæg mé geofian, þeáh hé his gingran ne sende, 546. Eródes forcóm æt campe cyning Iúdéa . . .

un-rím

(n.)
Grammar
un-rím, es; n.

A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount

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A countless number, an incalculable number or amount, Grammar un-rím, without a following genitive Ðonne án tweó of ádón biþ, ðonne biþ unrím ástyred ut una dubitatione succisa innumerabiles aliae succrescant, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 19.

ge-lǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽstan, to -lǽstenne; he -lǽsteþ, -lǽst; p. -lǽste; pp. -lǽsted, -lǽst.

to do ⬩ perform ⬩ accomplish ⬩ fulfil ⬩ discharge ⬩ execute ⬩ pay ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ persolvēre ⬩ to accompany ⬩ follow ⬩ attend ⬩ serve ⬩ cŏmĭtāri ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ persĕqui ⬩ To continue ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ endure ⬩ mănēre ⬩ dūrāre

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to do, perform, accomplish, fulfil, discharge, execute, pay; făcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, præstāre, persolvēre Ic náuht ne tweóge ðat ðú hit mǽge gelǽstan I doubt not that thou canst perform it, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 174, 31 : Elen. Kmbl. 2329; El. 1166.

Linked entry: lǽstan

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, p. seah, pl. sáwon, sǽgon, ségon ; pp. sewen, sawen.
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. :-- Hé é to see, perceive, discern, understand Ic seó ðé, ðæt is, ðæt ic ongite ðínne willan bútan tweón, Ps. Th. 5, 3. Sóðfæst blissaþ, ðonne hé síþ hú ða árleásan ealle forweorðaþ, 57, 9. Sioh nú sylfa ðé, hú ðec heofones cyning geséceþ. Exon.

of-sleán

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Th. i. 50, 14: 128, 14. to destroy a thing, material or non-material Ne þúhte nánum men þæs tweó ꝥ gif ꝥ stánclif feólle, ꝥ hit ne ofslóge ꝥ scræf and eác Martinum ácwealde si ingens moles rueret, dubium non erat quod simul et specum destrueret et Martinum

swá

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On ðǽm tweón þe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleódon qui fastidiose ducem in disponendo bello audientes, Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 24. (4 a) with an adjective, as epithet of an object, all the adjective as the object was (is) :-- Hé hí swá unróte (her all

ge-lífan

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Ic hæbbe eów áreht rihtne geleáfan; sé ðe hine áht þisses tweóð and his gelýfan nele . . . and sé ðe . . . his ealles gelýfð, þæs ðe ic rehte þæt ðurh God geweard . . ., Wlfst. 28, 12-16.

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