súþan
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from the south On ðysum geáre com micel sciphere hider súþan of Lidwiccum, Chr. 918; Erl. 102, 22. Gefaren tósomne súðan and norðan, Cd. Th. 120, 2; Gen. 1988. Gif hér wind cymþ westan oððe eástan, súðan oððe norðan, 50, 11; Gen. 807. Súþan, Exon.
LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
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Ðá wæs ágangen fíf þúsend geára and áne geáre læs ðonne twá hund, Shrn. 29, 34. Gif læs manna beó sin minor est numerus, Ex. 12, 4. Swá man máre sprycþ swá him læs manna gelýfeþ the more a man speaks, the fewer men believe him, Prov. Kmbl. 38.
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fremsumnes
Kindness ⬩ benefit ⬩ benignity ⬩ liberality ⬩ benignĭtas ⬩ bĕnĕfĭcium
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Ðú geáres hring mid gyfe bletsast, and ðíne fremsumnesse wylt folcum dǽlan bĕnĕ-dīces cŏrōnce anni benignĭtātis tuæ. Ps. Th. 64, 12. Be ðám godcundum fremsumnessum de bĕnĕfĭciis dīvīnis, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 17
heáfod-hebba
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S. 23, 365. of a thing, a beginning Ǽrest wé wyllað fón on Ianuarium, for þon hé is heáfodhebba and eác þás geáres geendung, Angl. viii. 305, 29
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ofer-faran
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Æfter oferfarenum þæs geáres ryne, 728
heofon-feld
A Northumbrian local name
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A Northumbrian local name Is seó stów on Englisc nemned Heofenfeld wæs heó geára swá nemned for tácnunge ðæra tóweardra wundra forðon ðe ðǽr ðæt heofonlíce sigebeácen árǽred beón sceolde and ðǽr heofonlíc sige ðam cyninge seald wæs vocatur locus illelingua
hwíl-tídum
At times ⬩ sometimes
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Eác hé sceal hwíltídum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan also at certain times he must be prepared for many kinds of work at the lord's pleasure, L. R. S. 5; Th. i. 436, 3.
bere
barley
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Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, and þeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann, þonne hé gearo bið, Hml. Th. i. 188, 4. Horse mete is bere, Hml. S. 3, 216. Gebúr sceal syllan .xxiii. systra beres, Ll. Th. i. 434, 11.
Eáster-tíd
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Eáster, On sumum geáre byð se móna twelf síðon geníwod fram þǽre hálgan Eástertíde oð eft Eástron, Lch. iii. 248, 22.
grǽfe
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Brémes graefan, 227, 32. brushwood Sixtiga fóðra wuda, and twælf fóður grǽfan, and sex fóður gearda, Chr. 852; P. 65, 25
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swerian
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</b> add :-- Hé him áþas swór, þæt hé him gearo wǽre, Chr. 874; P. 72, 30. Hí him áþas swóron on þám hálgan beáge þæt hié of his ríce fóren, 876; P. 74, 9
ge-rím
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Th. 39, 6. reckoning, computation of time. v. gerím-cræft þá Egyptiscan ðeóda ongunnon heora geáres getel on hærfeste. Nú onginð úre gerím on ðysum dæge, Hml. Th. i. 98, 24.
HUND
A HUNDRED ⬩ centum
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Feówer hund geára, Gen. 15, 13. Ðá ðá hé wæs fíf hund geára, 5, 32. Nigon hund wintra and lxxi, Blickl. Homl. 119, 2. Hira monig hund ofslógon slew many hundreds of them, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 28. Hund síðon on dæge a hundred times a day, Homl.
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here-gild
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Add: tax levied to provide money to buy of the Danes (v. here; I. 2 c ¶ l) On þan ylcan geáre áléde Eádweard cyng ꝥ heregyld ꝥ Æþelréd cyng ǽr ástealde, Chr. 1052; P. 173, 18. Ic ðat só fele síðe só men gildeð hire gilde tó heregilde, C.
eorþ-wéla
Earth-wealth, fertility ⬩ terrestres dīvĭtiæ, fertĭlĭtas
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Earth-wealth, fertility; terrestres dīvĭtiæ, fertĭlĭtas Mid Egyptum wearþ syfan gear se ungemetlíca eorþwéla for seven years there was very great fertility in Egypt, Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 3.
be-irnan
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Ðǽre sunnan geár is ꝥ heó beyrne þone zodiacum, 244, 20. to overrun, cover Drihtnes ród bið blóde beurnen, Wlfst. 183, 17. intrans. of move-ment Sum cild bearn under ánum hweóle, Hml.
forþian
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Forðige hé ofer ꝥ geár ealle gerihtu ðe him tó gebyrigean, 434, 25. Se cyning betǽhte þám wyrhtan ungerím feós tó forðigenne ꝥ weorc, Hml. S. 36, 105
tó-teón
to pull to pieces ⬩ tear to pieces ⬩ to pull away
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His æfterfolgeras feówertiéne geár ðisne middangeard tótugon and tótǽron (dilaniaverunt), Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 142, 23. Ðám ðe ús mid tóðum tóteón woldan, Ps. Th. 123, 5. Biþ seó tunge tótogen (beóþ hira tungan tótogenne.
ciric-þénung
Church-duty or service ⬩ ecclesiæ ministerium
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Church-duty or service; ecclesiæ ministerium We lǽraþ ðæt preóstas on ciricþénungum ealle án dreógan, and beón efenweorþe on geáres fæce on eallum ciricþénungum eve enjoin that priests in church-duties all perform service at the same time, and, in the
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un-manig
Not many ⬩ few
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Not many, few Æfter unmonegum geárum post aliquot annos, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 9: 5, 18; S. 636, 18. Unmonigum dagum non multis diebus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 2, 12. Ymbe unmanige dagas, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 26: 3; Gdwin. 22, 17: 5; Gdwin. 34, 13.
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