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efne

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Him ne bið nǽfre nán rest seald búton emne þý dæge, Ll. Th. ii. 396, 37. even Hit áwriten is be Salamonne hú hé áfióll emne oð ðæt hé dióflum ongan gieldan Salomon usque ad idololatriam cecidisse describitur, Past. 393, 14.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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Hú lomp eów on láde ðá ðú gehogodest sæcce sécean ofer sealt water, 3978; B. 1987. Ic freónda beþearf on láde ðonne ic sceal langne hám ána gesécan I need friends on my way, when alone I must seek my long home, Apstls. Kmbl. 183; Ap. 92: Andr.

teám

(n.)
Grammar
teám, es; m.

A line; but the word which is used in the related dialects (v. infra) with a physical meaning is used in English figuratively.a line of descendants, offspring, progeny, family, childrenbringing forth children, child-bearinga line of animals harnessed together, a team

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, ac sealde óðer, ðonne mót se gecýðan, se ðe hit tiémþ, ðæt hé him nán óðer ne sealde búton ðæt ilce, L.

DEORC

(adj.)
Grammar
DEORC, def. se deorca, seó, ðæt deorce; adj.

DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad tenebrōsus, obscūrus

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Drihten sealde him dimne and deorcne deáþes scúwan the Lord gave him death's shadow dim and dark, Cd. 223; Th. 293, 14; Sat. 455: Exon. 61 a; Th. 225, 2; Ph. 383. Ðú dæg settest, and deorce niht tuus est dies, et tua est nox, Ps. Th. 73, 16: 142, 4.

Linked entry: deorcian

níd-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, e; f.

necessityinevitablenessnecessityconstraintneeda necessary thingwhat a person needsneeddistresstroublea necessary business

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Se cyning his láreówum sealde heora nýdþearfe on missenlícum ǽhtum ( necessarias in diversis speciebus possessiones ), Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 20. need, distress, trouble Hwí noldest ðú cuman tó ús tó ðære tíde ðe ús nýdþearf wæs quid recessisti longe in

hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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Þá hié mon slóg and hiénde and on óþru land sealde populis bello victis, pretio vinditis, Ors. 5, l; 8. 214, 13. to oppress, afflict Hé cóm tó ánre byrig Bosor geháten, on ðǽre wǽron ðá hǽðenan þe hýndon his mágas (cf. many of their brethren were shut

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

BÝSEN

(n.)
Grammar
BÝSEN, bísen, býsn, e; f.
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He us býsene sealde his árfæstnysse he gave us an example of his piety, Homl. Th. i. 492, 23. Wolde ic eów býsne onstellan I would give you an example, Andr. Kmbl: 1942; An. 973: Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 1.

Linked entries: bísen bigsen bísen

for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, -wyrhte; pp. -worht, -wyrht [for-, wyrcan to work, do] .

to misworkdo wrongsinmăle ăgĕredelinquĕrepeccāreto do fordestroyruinconvictcondemnperdĕredestruĕrelabefactārecondemnāreto forfeitamittĕre

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He wiste forworhte, ða he ǽr wlite sealde he knew [they had] done wrong whom he had before gifted with beauty, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 6; Gen. 857.

pening

(n.)
Grammar
pening, penning, pending, penig, pennig, es; m.
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sealde ǽlcon ǽnne penig (penning, Lind.) ... Ðá onféngon hig ǽlc his pening (suindrigo penningas, Lind.) ... syadrige penegas singulos denarios, 20, 2-10. Pening, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 27. Mé sind wana penegas desunt mihi nummi, Ælfc.

Linked entry: pending

stund

(n.)
Grammar
stund, e; f.
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Hwílon hé on bord sceát, hwílon beorn tǽsde, ǽfre embe stunde ( every now and again, from time to time ) hé sealde sume wunde, Byrht. Th. 139, 48; By. 271. Stundum at times, from time to time [Icel. stundum: Dan.

twelf

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf, generally indeclinable if used adjectivally and preceding the noun, but generally in other cases declined; nom. acc. twelfe; gen. twelfa; dat. twelfum.
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Hé twelfa sum áð sealde cum undecim comparibus suis sacramentum fecit, Chart. Th. 203, 1. Hé com twelfa sum ( cum duo*-*decim militibus ), Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 31. Gewát xii.-a sum, Beo. Th. 4793; B. 2401.

Linked entry: endleofan

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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God him ðá sylle ásende mid þám sǽlicum flóde; and þæt flód hí áwearp . . . on ðám sealtum ófre, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 4.

fisc-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-noþ, fiscnoþ (-naþ), fixnoþ, es; m.

fishinga fishing-grounda catch

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Sí ðis mynster fram eallum eorðlicum þeówdðme freóh . . . ðæt is on feldum and on lǽsewum, . . . and on sealtum merscum, and on fiscnoðum, C. D. iii. 350, 8.

ge-déman

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geseó mínne dóm gedémedne beón cum uiderim iudicium meum iam esse completum, Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 646, 3. to adjudge reward, punishment, & c. assign God þám náne mildheortnesse ne gedémde þe hine oferhogodon, ne Críst þám náne ne gedémde þe hyne sealde

be-fæstan

to fix,to place in securityto fix in the mindimplantto fix by promise or agreementto pledgeto committo commit to a person's chargeto commit to a placeto setbetake to an occupationto commendrecommend,to make acceptableto trust

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S. 23 b, 781, 786. to fix in the mind, implant Ðæt ðú ðone wísdóm ðe ðé God sealde ðǽr, ðǽr ðú hiene befæstan mæge, befæste, Past. 5, 4. Eallum óþrum mannum þú mihtest þín unriht befæstan, Bl.

spéd

(n.)
Grammar
spéd, e; f.

Speedsuccessmeansspeedquicknessspeedilyquicklyspeedsuccessprosperous issue meanssubstanceabundancewealthpowerfacultyopportunitymeans of doing anything progenyceleritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia

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., 6. opportunity, or means of doing anything Ðæt hé him spéde and lýfnysse sealde ðæt hé ðǽr wunian móste for intingan his gebeda ut sibi facultatem et licentiam ibidem orationis causa demorandi concederet, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 29.

ge-leornian

(v.)
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Him sealde Iustinus áne Crístene bóc . . . Siþþan hé þá geleornod hæfde, Ors. 6, 12; S. 266, 22.

máðum

(n.)
Grammar
máðum, máðm, mádm, máððum, es; m.

A precious or valuable thinga treasurejewelornament

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Ðis synd ða mádmas ðe Æðelwold sealde intó ðam mynstre .. ón Cristes bóc mid sylure berénod, and iii. róde eác mid sylure berénode, ii. sylure candelsticcan and ii. ouergylde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 101, 21-26. Fato ł máðmas vasa, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entry: máðm

ge-weald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weald, -wald, es; m. n.

powerstrengthmightefficacypotestaspower over any thingempireruledominionmasteryswayjurisdictiongovernmentprotectionkeepinga bridle-bitpotestasfacuitasimperiumditioarbitriumjuscamas

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Ic hine sealde to ðínum gewealde I have given him into thy power, Num. 21, 34. Ðæt is God ðe ealle þing on his gewealdum hafaþ that is God, that hath all things in its power, Salm. Kmbl. 178, 11: Blickl. Homl. 63, 3.

ceaster

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Justo hé sealde Hrófesceaster, seó is .xxiiii. míla from Dorwitceastre, 604; P. 23, 3. Hié genámon .iii. ceastra, Gleáwanceaster and Cirenceaster and Baþanceaster, 577; P. 18, 32