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in-land

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Ic selle mínum geréfan ánes hídes lond on eásttúne, swá swá Herred hit hæfde, on ðreóra monna dæg, and all ðæt innlond beligeð án díc útane, Cht. E. 169, 29. Wulfége ðæt inland, and Ælfége ðæt útland, C. D. ii. 381, 16. Add

níwian

(v.)
Grammar
níwian, p. ode

To renewrenovaterestore

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Burh rǽran, and sele settan, salo níwian, Cd. Th. 113, 3; Gen. 1881. Sár níwigan, Elen. Kmbl. 1878; El. 941. Eft níwige emendare, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 12. Wǽren ǽrendracen, gesend tó Ængla lande tó níwianne ðone geleáfan, Chr. 785; Erl. 57, 17.

á-metan

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Gif gé ágiémeleásiað ðæt gé ámeten eów selfe hwelce gé sién dum vosmetipsos metiri negligitis, Past. 53, 13. Ámetenum emenso, An. Ox. 947. Syndon from þǽre burge weallum twelf míla ámetene up tó þǽm heán cnolle, Bl. H. 197, 23.

scrid-wægn

(n.)
Grammar
scrid-wægn, -wǽn, es; m.
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.; Fox xviii, 4. sella curulis Sittan on gerénedum scridwǽne in curuli sedere, 27, 1; Fox 96, 1: 27, tit.; Fox xiv, 22

on-hupian

(v.)

to draw back, recoil

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to draw back, recoil Ðonne ðæt mód ongit hine selfne on swelcne spild forlǽd ðonne wiðtremþ hé and onhupaþ and ondrǽt him ðæt ðæt hé ǽr lufode dum mens sese in praecipitium pervenisse deprehendit, gressum post terga revocet, pertimescens quae amaverat

Linked entry: -hupian

þearm-gewind

(n.)
Grammar
þearm-gewind, -wind, es; m. The words seem to mean 'that which enwraps the intestines,' cf. plecta wǽfelsa, gewynde, Hpt. Gl. 462, 64, but they are used to gloss jugulam (-um?), so should mean the collar-bone, or the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone, or
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the throat Gescyld ðearmgewind (ðearmwind, lxxiv, 24), breóstbán, breóst tege jugulam, pectusculum, mamillas, Lchdm. i. lxxii, 1

delan

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Dele, and for the passage substitute Ǽr þon engla wearð (weard, MS.) for oferhygde dǽl on gedwilde; noldan dreógan leng heora selfra rǽd ere of the angels part from pride fell into error; they would not longer do what was best for themselves, Gen. 23

hlot

(n.)
Grammar
hlot, es; n.

A lot, portion, share

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Sel mé dǽl ł hlodd [hlott, Rush.] striónes da mihi portionem substantiæ, Lind. 15, 12. Hie sendon hlot him betweónum they cast lots among them, Blickl. Homl. 229, 5. Hlotu wurpon mittentes sortem, Mk. Skt. 15, 24: Lk. Skt. 23, 34

Linked entries: hlét hlodd hlyt

wirnan

(v.)
Grammar
wirnan, p. de.

to refuserefrain from grantingto preventprohibitkeep from

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Sele him scearpne wyrtdrenc, wyrne him metes, Lchdm. ii. 46, 25. For hwan ðú woldest ðínre gesihðe mé wyrnan? Ps. Th. 87, 14. to prevent, prohibit, keep from absolute Gif hǽto oþþe meht ne wyrne, lǽt him blód, Lchdm. ii. 254, 4.

Linked entries: wyrnan wernan

ge-ágnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ágnian, -áhnian; to -ágnianne, -áhnianne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To ownpossessinheritappropriate to one's selfclaim as one's ownpossĭdēreherēdĭtārevindĭcāre sibi

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To own, possess, inherit, appropriate to one's self, claim as one's own; possĭdēre, herēdĭtāre, vindĭcāre sibi Hwí sceal he him ánum geágnian ðæt him bám is forgifen why should he appropriate to himself only that which is given to both? Homl.

hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæt, adj.

Quickactivevigorousstoutboldbrave

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Ðéh ðe Sciþþie hæfdon máran monmenie and self hwætran wǽron cum Scythæ et numero et virtute præstarent, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 25. Ðone cræftgestan dǽl and ða hwatestan men ealles ðises middangeardes fortissimas mundi partes, 1, 10; Swt. 48, 6.

dihtan

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Þás endebyrdnysse þe Moyses áwrát swá swá him God self dihte, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 14. Aman dihte gewritu be þám Iudéiscum tó ǽlcere scíre scriptum est ut jusserat Aman, et litterae missae sunt ad universas provincias, Hml. A. 97, 162

ge-sǽlignes

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gesǽlignisse mínes lífes, Nar. 7, 21. of things, favourable condition, richness of soil Þá gesǽlignesse þǽre eorðan fertilissimarum regionum felicitatem, Nar. 5, 23. blessedness, beatitude, v. ge-sǽlig ; Ðú sǽdest ꝥ Godes gódness and his gesǽligness and hé self

Linked entry: sǽligness

hǽþenisc

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Gé sǽdon ꝥ eów selfum wǽre betere ꝥ gé eówerne crístendóm forléten and tó þǽm hǽðeniscan þeáwum fénge þe eówre ieldran ǽr beeódon, 6, 37; S. 296, 21. Add: —

un-gesǽlig

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un-gesǽlig, <b>. Ib.</b>
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</b> add :-- Þonne hié from gesælgum tídum gilpað, þonne wǽron þá him selfum þá ungesǽlgestan patet apud utrosque misera illa tempora judicata, Ors. 5, 2; S. 220, 12. Add

wæl-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fýr, es; n.

a fire that slaysdeadly firea fire that burns the slaina funeral pile

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Th. 5157; B. 2582. a fire that burns the slain, a funeral pile Hét Hildeburh hire selfre suna on bǽl dón ... wand tó wolcnum wælfýra mǽst, Beo. Th. 2243; B. 1119

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf. Gothic form] may be the same as

ǽlc

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽlc, adj. [á + ge + líc]

Eachanyeveryallquisquequivisunusquisqueomnis

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Ǽlc hine selfa begrindeþ gástes dugeðum each deprives himself of his soul's happiness, Cd. 75; Th. 91, 32 ; Gen. 1521. Ǽlc flǽsc omnis caro, Ps. Th. 64, 2. Ǽlces monnes of every man, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 236; Met. 26, 118. Ǽlcum cuique, Andr.

Linked entries: ealc élc

sige-dryhten

(n.)
Grammar
sige-dryhten, es ; m.
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Ðú eart selfa sigedrihten God, Met. 20, 260. Ðonc secgan sigedryhtne, ðæs ðe hé hine sylfne ús sendan wolde, Exon. Th. 9, 1 ; Cri. 128 : Andr. Kmbl. 1753 ; An. 879. Sigedrihten, mihtigne God, Cd. Th. 33, 21 ; Gen. 523 : 48, 20 ; Gen. 778

swíge

(adj.)
Grammar
swíge, adj.
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Nis mín sele swíge, ne ic sylfa hlúd, 494, 1; Rä. 82, 1