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ǽmettig

Grammar
ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried

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Swá hié ǽmettegran (ǽmetegran, Hatt. MS.) beóð ðonne óðre men, Past. 190, 14. with gen. :-- Hié ǽmettige (ǽmtige, Hatt. MS.) beóð ðǽre scíre, Past. 126, 23.

Linked entries: ǽmetgian ǽmtig

án-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
án-mód, adj. [án one; mód mood, mind]

Of one mind ⬩ unanimous ⬩ unanimis

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Hie ðá ánmóde ealle cwǽdon then they all with one mind said, 3200; An. 1603: 3274; An. 1640: Elen. Grm. 397: 1118

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, e; f.

A force ⬩ army ⬩ expedition ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio

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A force, army, expedition; exercĭtus, expĕdītio Ne mehte seó fird hie ná hindan offaran the force could not overtake them, Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 7: 895; Erl. 93, 22: 905; Erl. 98, 19.

mán

(adj.)
Grammar
mán, adj.

Wicked ⬩ false ⬩ base

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Mánum treówum woldon hié ðæt feorhleán, fácne gyldan, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 11; Exod. 149

Linked entry: wamm

ge-wuldrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wuldrian, p. ode; pp. od

To glorify

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Hie gesáwon ðæt heó wæs gewuldrod they saw that she was glorified, Blickl. Homl. 139, 25. Ðú eart gewuldrad mirificatus es, Ps. Th. 138, 12. Ðú gewuldroda cyning thou glorified king, Blickl. Homl. 147, 35

Linked entry: wuldrian

ge-pyndan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-pyndan, p. -pynde; pp. -pynded, -pynd
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To pound, impound, shut up; circumclūdĕre Nellaþ hie gehæftan and gepyndan hiora mód they will not restrain and shut up their mind, Past. 39, 1; Swt. 283, 13; Hat. MS. 52 b, 26. Ðæt wæter biþ gepynd the water is shut up, 38, 6; Swt. 277, 6; Hat.

sib-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
sib-lufu, an; f.
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Hié ( the fallen angels ) of siblufan Godes áhwurfon, Cd. Th. 2, 25 ; Gen. 24. Git mé sibblufan and freóndscipe cýðaþ, 152, 3; Gen. 2514

for-wisnian

(v.)
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For þon þe hié næfdan wyrtryme forwisnadun ( aruerunt ), 13, 6. Forwisnende (-werniende, An. Ox. 59) corruptibilem, Hpt. Gl. 407, 34. Þá forwisnedon marcida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 36. Forweosnodon arescentibus, 73, 71. Add

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i

Linked entry: six-hynde

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, To judge by the former of the two passages given here the word in the latter of them should mean a place of concealment for the hunter where he lies in wait for the game which is driven towards him. Such driving of game is described by the hunter in Ælfric's Colloquy, Th. An. 21, 13-22, 18.
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte

hrif

(n.)
Grammar
hrif, rif, es; n.

The womb ⬩ belly ⬩ uterus ⬩ venter

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Ácsedon hwider hie fleón woldon ðæt hie óðer gener næfden búton hie on heóra wífa hrif gewiton quærentes, num in uteros uxorum vellent refugere, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 4. Lácnung on ðæt hrif tó sendanne to send medicine into the belly, L.

Linked entry: in-gehrif

irgþ

(n.)
Grammar
irgþ, e : irgþu, irgþo ; indecl ; f.

Sluggishness ⬩ cowardice ⬩ timorousness ⬩ pusillanimity

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Sluggishness, cowardice, timorousness, pusillanimity Wé witon georne ðæt hie for iergþe náðer ne durran ne swá feor friþ gesécan ne furþon hie selfe æt hám hie werian we know well that they from cowardice dare neither seek peace at such a distance, nor

Linked entry: irhþ

á-rásian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 168, 21. to blame, reprehend Hé nyle hié árásian . . . ðǽm synfullan menn bið oftogen ðæt hine mon stíðlíce árásige . . . dá hié suíðe stíðlíce árásigeað and mid ealle ofðrysceað corripere non praesumit . . . correptionis duritia peccanti subtrahitur

Linked entry: rásian

an-weald

(n.)
Grammar
an-weald, m. f. n.
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Ðreáta ðæt hié wieten ðæt gé sume anwald habbað ofer hié argue cum omni imperio, Past. 291, 19. Hé ꝥ anweald (þone anwald, v.l.) þæs ríces forlét regni sceptra reliquit, Bd. 5, 19 ; Sch. 653, 1. Potestates sind anwealdu. Hml.

ge-æmtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æmtian, l. ge-ǽmtian,

to empty, remove the material contained in something ⬩ to free ⬩ give leisure to ⬩ to free oneself ⬩ to be disengaged ⬩ to make ⬩ get time ⬩ devote oneself

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Hú hié hié geǽmettian (-ǽmeti-gian, v. l.) scoldon óðerra weorca, Past. 131, 5. with prep. Þonne heó mæg hí fram hyre láre geǽmtigan, Ap.

wirs

(adv.)
Grammar
wirs, cpve.: wirrest, wirst; spve.;

Worse ⬩ worst

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Ðonne hié wénen ðæt hié hæbben betst gedón, ðæt wé him ðonne secgen ðæt hié hæbben wierst (wyrst, Cott. MSS.) gedón cum ea, quae bene egisse se credant, male acta monstramus, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 17.

Linked entries: wyrs wiers wirrest

ísen

(n.)
Grammar
ísen, n.
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Hié him wǽpeno worhton þá þe ísen hæfdon, Ors. 4, 13 ; S. 210, 25. an implement, a tool, & c. made of iron Þá rǽsde forð þæt ísen (íren, v. l. ferrum head of a hatchet) of þám hylfe, Gr. D. 113, 26.

hreáðe-mús

(n.)
Grammar
hreáðe-mús, e; f.

a bat

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Swilce eác cwóman hreáðemýs ... hæfdon hie eác ða hreáðemýs téþ in monna gelícnesse sed et vespertilionum vis ingens ... habentes dentes in morem hominum, Nar. 15, 5-8

Linked entry: hrére-mús

sépan

(v.)
Grammar
sépan, (seppan ?); p. te
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Hyssas heredon Drihten for ðam hǽðenan folce, sépton (MS. stepton) hié sóðcwidum, and him sǽdon fela sóðra tácna, Cd. Th. 244, 10; Dan. 446

Linked entry: sewte

sincan

(v.)
Grammar
sincan, p. sanc, pl. suncon ; pp. suncen.
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Th. 86, 27 ; Gen. 1437. to act as an aperient Gif ðæt sié ómihte wǽte innan, tyhte hié mon út mid líþum mettum sincendum, and ne lǽt inne gesittan on ðam líchoman, Lchdm. ii. 218, 14

Linked entry: be-sincan

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