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glædman

(n.)
Grammar
glædman,
  • Beo. Th. 740
  • ;
  • B. 367
  • .
Thorpe and Kemble take this word as the oblique case of a noun =

gladness ⬩ pleasure

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gladness, pleasure; but see 'glæd.'

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Bið cynges ánfeald wergild .vi. þegna wer (wergyld, v. l.), L. M. L.; Th. i. 190, 4.] The price set upon a man according to his degree :-- Be fullan were, sý swá boren swá hé sý, L. Edm. S. 1; Th. i. 248, 4.

waroþ

(n.)
Grammar
waroþ, (waruþ, waraþ, wareþ), wearoþ, weroþ, warþ, es; m.

A shore ⬩ strand

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Gewát him tó waroðe rídan þegn Hródgáres, Beo. Th. 473 ; B. 234. Ða líchoman cóman tó ðam waroðe, Shrn. 54, 23. Óð ðone mǽran wearoð ( of Sicily ), Met. 1, 14. Nǽnig cépa ne seah ellendne wearoð (-od, MS.) nec nova littora viderat hospes, 8, 30.

Linked entry: wearoþ

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj.
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Cnut cing grét . . . ealle míne þegnas twelfhynde and twihynde, Chart. Th. 308, 16: Chart. Erl. 229, 20.

Linked entry: six-hynde

ge-treówe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-treówe, -trýwe, -trúwe, -tréwe; def. se -treówa; comp. -treówra; superl. -treówest; adj.

True ⬩ trusty ⬩ faithful ⬩ fīdus ⬩ fīdēlis

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Gif þegen hæbbe getreówne man if a thane have a true man, L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 16, MS. B. Ic wille him syllan míne gewitnesse weorþe and getreówe servabo testāmentum meum fĭdāle ipsi, Ps. Th. 88, 25: 118, 111.

fiðere

(n.)
Grammar
fiðere, es; n.

A wing ⬩ āla ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ

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A wing; āla:Wings; ālæ, pennæ Gif his óðer fiðere forod biþ if one of its wings [lit. one wing of it] is broken, Homl. Th. ii. 318, 29. Fiðera [Spl. fyðera: Lamb. fyðeras] beóþ culfran fegeres seolfres pennæ cŏlumbæ sunt deargentātæ, Ps. Th. 67, 13.

Linked entries: FEÐER fyðera

hýd

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</b> in n], Wlfst. 172, 1 [and note], Gebéte hé þæt swá swá hit gelagod is, . . . þǽl mid his híde, þegn mid xxx scillingan, Wlfst. 181, 9

þegenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þegenlíce, adv.
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Heó tó ðám þegnon cwæð: 'Dóð þegnlíce and wel; ábeódaþ míne ǽrende tó ðam gemóte,' Chart. Th. 337, 36.Gif hé ðegenlíce earfoðnysse forberþ, Homl. Th. i. 586, 19: Homl. Skt. i. 11, 3. Ealle þeóda sprǽcon hú ðegenlíce hí fuhton, ii. 25, 324.

þreá-nídla

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-nídla, an; m.

Painful constraint ⬩ restraint of punishment ⬩ oppression

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Hé þeóstra þegnas þreániédlum bond he bound the ministers of darkness with penal restraints, Exon. Th. 143, 29; Gú. 668

Linked entry: -nídla

treówe

(adj.)
Grammar
treówe, triéwe, trýwe; adj.

True ⬩ faithful ⬩ trustworthy

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Man namige . ii. trýwe þegnas, L. N. P. L. 57; Th. ii. 298, 31. His freónd se treówesta (getreówesta, Bd. M. 126, 30) fidissimus atnicus illius, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 17

Linked entry: trýwe

mann-weorþ

Grammar
mann-weorþ, Add: The amount seems to have been a hundred shillings, v. gildan ;
3 cc.

þrym-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
þrym-fæst, adj.

Glorious ⬩ majestic ⬩ illustrious ⬩ mighty

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Þegnas þrymfæste ( angels ), Cd. Th. 2, 6; Gen. 15. Þeóda þrymfæste, 114, 22; Gen. 1908: 158, 10; Gen. 2615

ge-nǽgan

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Add: I. to approach a person with a material object Wiste genǽgdon módige mete þegnas ( food was brought), Exod. 130. with non-material object, to address with words, El. 385 (v. Dict.), to attack, assault with ill-feeling, &amp; c.

ge-ánlǽcan

(v.)

to unite ⬩ unite ⬩ To join together ⬩ to get together, collect, assemble

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Voc. ii. 134, II. to get together, collect, assemble Geánlǽhte Lisias fíf and sixtig þúsenda fyrdendra þegena, Hml. S. 25, 362

for-gyldan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gyldan, ic -gylde, ðú -gylst; subj. pres. -gylde, pl. -gylden; the other inflections as in for-gildan

To pay for ⬩ repay ⬩ requite ⬩ recompense ⬩ reward

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To pay for, repay, requite, recompense, reward: — Hwí nolde God him forgyldan his bearn be twífealdum why would not God repay him his children twofold? Job Thw. 168, 23: L. Ath. v. &sect; 8, 8; Th. i. 238, 10. Héht t

pearl

Grammar
pearl, (?) The word, which occurs in a list of terms connected with writing, is glossed by enula, which elsewhere glosses
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horselene Pærl enula, bócfel pergamentum, Ælfc. Gr. Zup. 304. 7

ge-mengness

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ge-mengness, Take here the instances given under ge-mengednys, and add: sexual intercourse, copulation, v. ge-mengan ; IV a
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Hié gewemmað ðone áliéfedan gesinscipe mid ðǽre unliéfedan gemengnesse in ipso conjugio jura transcendunt, Past. 397, 14. Gif bróðor mid bréðer hǽme þurh his líchaman gemengnysse ( per copulationem corporis ), Ll. Th. ii. 230, 10

Linked entry: -mengness

tó-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, -sceád (in the Northern Gospels weak forms are found, and -sceádde occurs in Bede); pp. -sceáden.

to divide in two, ⬩ separate one thing from another ⬩ to divide into parties ⬩ cause division ⬩ dissension among ⬩ to separate contending parties or claims ⬩ judge, ⬩ decide between ⬩ to make a distinction between things ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ treat or regard differently ⬩ to separate one thing from another with the mind, ⬩ to discern, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ discriminate ⬩ to separate things from one another, ⬩ to order, ⬩ dispose, ⬩ appoint ⬩ to separate the parts of a confused whole, ⬩ to expound, ⬩ interpret, ⬩ render intelligible ⬩ to discuss ⬩ to send in different directions, ⬩ to scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ To be separated, ⬩ to differ

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to divide in two, separate one thing from another, literally, of local relations Swá swá sweord ða wunde tósceát on tú, Past. 60; Swt. 453, 17. Se streám tósceádeþ súþfolc Angelðeóde and norþfolc flumine meridiani et septentrionales Anglorum populi dirimuntur

wealdan

(v.)
Grammar
wealdan, p. weóld, pl. weóldon; pp. wealden

To have power over ⬩ to control the movements of that which is moved ⬩ to regulate ⬩ wield a weapon ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ to control that which moves itself ⬩ to have control of a person, an emotion ⬩ to govern, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ of the control exercised by one in authority, to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ have dominion over ⬩ bear sway ⬩ wield power, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ absolute ⬩ fig. where the subject is an abstract noun, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ to have power over things ⬩ to possess ⬩ be in possession of ⬩ have at command ⬩ be master of, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with acc. ⬩ to have power to decide or choose what shall take place ⬩ to determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ have the deciding ⬩ control of matters, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or inst. ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute ⬩ to have power that brings something to pass, ⬩ to cause ⬩ be the cause, author, source of something, ⬩ with gen. ⬩ with dat. or acc. ⬩ of things, with gen. ⬩ of motives ⬩ to have power to do ⬩ be able

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To have power over Wealdeþ imperitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 43. Ǽlc mon biþ wealdend ðæs ðe hé welt; næfþ hé nánne anweald ðæs ðe hé ne welt quod quisque potest, in eo validus: quod non potest, in hoc imbecillis esse censendus est, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 176, 17

Linked entries: án-waldan wealdian

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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That. introducing substantive clauses. where the clause is equivalent to a noun in the nominative, and stands as the subject of the verb in the main clause Cúþ is ꝥte Drihten fæstte, Blickl. Homl. 27, 23 : 87, 5. Wearð undyrne cúð, gyddum geómore, þætte