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cost

(n.)
Grammar
cost, es; m.
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Þár þegen áge twégen costas, lufe oþþe lage, and hé lufe geceóse where a thane has two ways of settlement open to him, by amicable agreement or by appeal to law, and he choose the former, Ll. Th. i. 298, 5

ge-trahtnian

(v.)
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Take here the first two passages under <b>ge-trahtian</b> in Dict., and add Manega men wénað ꝥ þes middaneard scule standan on six þúsend wintrum, for ðan þe God gescóp ealle þing binnan six dagum; ac þaet getæl wíse witan on óðre wísan getrahtnedon

ge-sóm

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sóm, adj.

Unanimousunitedpeaceableconcorspācĭfĭcus

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Wit wǽron gesóme we two were united, Exon. 129 b; Th. 496, 27; Rä. 85, 21: Gen. 45, 24. Gesóme and to ðam geþwǽre ðæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid æalle fordón in union and in such accord that none can entirely destroy another, Shrn. 165, 33

ge-trúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trúwian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

to trusthopeconfideresperareto make a treatysancire

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Th. 118, 147: 51, 6. to make a treaty; sancire Hie getrúwedon on twá healfa fæste frioðuwǽre they confirmed on both sides a fast compact of peace, Beo. Th. 2194; B. 1095

sufel

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sufel, es; n.
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Wé gelýfaþ, ðæt genóh sý tó dæghwamlícum gereorde twá gesodene sufel ( cocta duo pulmentaria )... Gif mon æppla hæbbe oðþe hwylces óþres cynnes eorðwæstmas, sý ðæt tó þriddum sufle. Sý ánes pundes gewihte hláf tó eallum dæge, R. Ben. 63, 10-15.

Linked entries: winter-sufel ge-sufel

on-bryrdness

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H. 25, 17. strongly excited feeling Sceole wé him bringan twá turtlan, þæt is twifealdlic onbryrdnes eges and lufe, Hml. Th. i. 140, 16. Symeon hine genam on his earmas mid micelre onbryrdnesse, 136, 17.

wíf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wíf-líc, adj.

womanlyof a womanfemalefemininewifelymatronly

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Ia. as a grammatical term, feminine (gender) :-- Æfter gecynde syndon twá cyn on namum, masculinum and femininum, ðæt is werlic and wíflíc ; wíflíc cyn byð haec femina ðis wíf . . . Neutrum is náðor cynn, ne werlíces ne wíflíces, Ælfc.

BIL

(n.)
Grammar
BIL, bill, es; n.

a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchionfalx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus

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An old military weapon, with a hooked point, and an edge on the back, as well as within the curve, a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion.

Linked entry: bill

burg

(n.)
Grammar
burg, burh, burhg, buruh (-ug, -ig), byrg, byrig; gen. byrig, burge, burhge, burcge; dat. byrg, byrig, byrh, burh; n. acc. pl. byrg, byrig, burh, burga, burha; gen. pl. burga, burha; dat. pl. burgum, burhum, byrgum.
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On þyssere byrig Babilonia, þe hwílon wæs æþelost burh ealra burha ... on ðárn twám burhum Bethsaida and Corozain ... þá burha ðreáde Críst, Wlfst. 194, 9-14, Bæðleem hátte seó buruh. Lch. iii. 60, 11, Ic nyste ꝥ ǽnig óþer byrig ús wǽre gehende.

ge-gæderian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gæderian, -gaderian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To gatherjoincolligerecongregare

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Wyt beóþ gegæderode we two shall be gathered, 100 a; Th. 376, 23; Seel. 159. Ðam biþ gæst gegæderad Godes bearn God's child will be a guest associated with him, 84 b; Th. 318, 9; Mód. 80

Linked entry: ge-gaderian

feórþling

(n.)
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Dele 'feórþung, e; f. . . . example,' and last two examples, and add

rýmett

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Add Hé fór þæt hé gewícode betwuh þǽm twám hergum þǽr þǽr hé niéhst rýmet hæfde for wudufæstenne ond for wæterfæstenne, Chr. 894; P. 84, 24. Hé sylla rýmet tó sittenne det ei locum sedendi, R. Ben. I. 106, 9.

scort

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Add Dactilus stent on ánum langum tíman and twám sceortum, Angl. viii. 314, 15

gár-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
gár-æcer, es; m.

A strip of land tapering at one end

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., s. v. gored acres On ǽnne gáran; ðonne of ðan gáran on ánne gáræcer; ðæt andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum andheáfdum . . . ðanon west on ánne góran; andlanges ðǽre fyrh . . . on áne gáræcer . . . and se gáræcer in on ðæt land . . . tó twám gáræcer[urn]

symbel-cenness

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-cenness, e; f.

The festival of a person's birth

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The festival of a person's birth [The meaning seems to require that the two parts of the compound should be separated, but the absence of inflexion in symbel where datives occur in the Latin seems to require the compound.]

fíftig

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Ǽghwilc Godes þiów gesinge twá fíftig fore his sáwle, Cht. Th. 461, 27. adjectival. alone Fíftig mancus goldes, Ll. Th. i. 414, 19. Árian þǽre stówe for þám fíftigum rihtwísum, Gen. 18, 24.

mót-lǽðu

(n.)

courtsassemblies

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In the same charter, in similar lists, occur two phrases which seem identical in meaning with that just given, þríwa sécan gemót on xii mónþum, 433, 9, and iii gemót on geáre, 433, 32

Linked entry: -lǽðu

twengan

(v.)
Grammar
twengan, p. de
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To pinch, squeeze, twinge Gyf ðé gedrýptes wínes lyste, ðonne dó ðú mid ðínum swýþran scytefingre on ðíne wynstran hand, swylce ðú tæppian wille, and wænd ðínne scytefinger ádúne and twængc hine mid ðínum twám fingrum, swylce ðú of sumne dropan strícan

Linked entry: twingan

twifealdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
twifealdlíce, adv.
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Kmbl. 23, 15. in two ways Ðis godspel mæg beón twyfealdlíce getrahtnod, ǽrest be Iudéiscum folce . . . eft siððan be ǽlcum menu, Homl. Th. ii. 428, 5. Se biþ twyfealdlíce deád, se ðe on gódnysse unwæstmbǽre biþ, and on yfelnysse wæstmbǽre, 406, 18

full

(adv.)
Grammar
full, adv.
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The two passages given here may be taken under full; see Gen. 50, 10: Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 33 under full in Dict., and full; above; but see also ful-líce, .