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swer

(n.)
Grammar
swer, a pillar, swér a mother-in-law, swér
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heavy

þegnisc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
þegnisc, (? cf. -ska nouns in Icelandic(?); or see þegnest(?))
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service Þat sáwulgesceot sceulon ða canonicas habban, and swilce þénisce dón for hig swilce hig ágon tó dóne, Chart. Th. 609, 16

Linked entry: þénisc

eald-letre

Grammar
eald-letre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 57. v. next word.

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gihsinga

(n.)
Grammar
gihsinga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 13. v. ge-scinco.

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hand-hæbbende

(adj.)
Grammar
hand-hæbbende, Add: v. hand;
1.

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líf-brycgung

Grammar
líf-brycgung, v. ge-brýcgan in Supplement: íif-dæg.
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Add: [v. N. E. D. life-day] : -lífe. v. lang-lífe : lifen. Add:

lígnian

(v.)
Grammar
lígnian, l. lígnan, and in bracket for iaugnen l.
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läugnen

trymming

Grammar
trymming, <b>II b.</b>
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., trymunge, Lch. iii. 206, 19) tutamento, Archiv cxxv. 59, 381. Trimminge (trimnige, MS., truminge, Lch. iii. 210, 30) tutamentum, 65, 585

þurh-wunung

Grammar
þurh-wunung, <b>. II.</b> add.
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Be þurhwunge. Ne bið nó þám crístenan menn sceáwod se fruma þæs gódan weorcts, ac se ende; for þon þe ǽlcum men bið demed be his þám endenýstan weorcum, Archiv cxxii. 260, l

under-niman

Grammar
under-niman, <b>. II.</b> l.
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Se fæder gelǽrde ꝥ mǽden, and hió þá láre deóplíce undernam, Hml. S. 33, 28. Add

fíftig

Grammar
fíftig, <b>; II a.</b>
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Ǽr þám fíftigan sealme ante psalmum quinquagesimum, Chrd. 28, 1. Add

findan

Grammar
findan, <b>; II 7.</b>
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Hí tó rǽde fundon, ꝥ ... decretum est, quia, Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 9. (7a) to fix upon a person for an office :-- Hí swá fúle men him fundon tó godum, Sal. K. 123, 108. Add

brand-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
brand-hát, brond-hát; def. se -háta, seó, ðæt -háte; adj. [brand II.
a burning
, hát
hot
]

a burning ⬩ hot ⬩ Burning hot, very hot, ardent, passionate ⬩ ardentis-simus, vehemens, fervidus

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Born in breóstum brondhát lufu ardent love burned in his breast, Exon. 46 b; Th. 160, 2; Gú. 937

Linked entries: hát brond-hát

cneó-mǽgas

(n.)
Grammar
cneó-mǽgas, cneów mǽgas, -mágas, pl. m. [cneó II. generation, mǽg relation]

Relations of the same sex or the same generation ⬩ consanguinei

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Relations of the same sex or the same generation; consanguinei Cneówmǽgas relations Cd. 83; Th. 104, 11; Gen. 1733. From cneómǽgum from their relations Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 8; Æðelst. 8. Enos ongon, mid ðám cneómágum, ceastre timbran Enoch began, with

Linked entry: cneów-mǽgas

-e

(suffix)
Grammar
-e, is also the usual letter by which adverbs are formed from adjectives ending in a consonant; as, Rihte rightly, sóþlíce truly, yfele badly.

ráwan

(v.)
Grammar
ráwan, (?) to cut in strips (?) (v. rǽw.) Cf. Geráwende infindens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 24. Geráwende slítende and ceorfende infindens, 47, 22. Gerǽwen hrægel
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segmentata vestis, i. 40, 10

gang-ern

(n.)
Grammar
gang-ern, es; n. [gang II. a privy, ern a place]

A privy ⬩ latrīna

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Similar entries v. in Du Cange], Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 81; Wrt. Voc. 57, 57

FYLLAN

(v.)
Grammar
FYLLAN, ic fylle, ðú fyllest, fylst, he fylleþ, fylþ, pl. fyllaþ; p. fylde, fyllde, pl. fyldon; impert. fyl, pl. fyllaþ; pp. fylled, fyld; v. trans.

To FILL ⬩ replenish ⬩ satisfy ⬩ cram ⬩ stuff ⬩ finish ⬩ complete ⬩ fulfil ⬩ implēre ⬩ replēre ⬩ sătŭrāre ⬩ farcīre ⬩ supplēre ⬩ complēre

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Ic crammige oððe fylle farcio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2; Som. 34, 36. Ic fylle suppleo, 26, 1; Som. 28, 29. Ðú fyllest [fylst Spl.] ealra wihta gehwam bletsunga tu imples omne anĭmal bĕnĕdictiōne, Ps. Th. 144, 17.

Linked entry: fullian

wíte

(n.)

punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain

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Eth. i. i; Th. i. 282, 4. Se hláford gesette .xxx. sciłł. tó wíte, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 4:6; Th. i. 106, 7:7; Th. i. 106, 16: 10; Th. i. 108, 10: 25; Th. i. 118, 16. Be wíte. Th. i. 118, 15: L. E. G. 3. ; Th. i. 168, 6. Hé áge healf ðæt wíte, L.

be-fón

(v.)
Grammar
be-fón, bi-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ ; p. -féng, pl. -féngon ; impert. -fóh; pp. -fangen, -fongen; v. trans.

to comprehend ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ take hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ encircle ⬩ envelop ⬩ contain ⬩ clothe ⬩ case ⬩ receive ⬩ conceive ⬩ circumdare ⬩ amplecti ⬩ complecti ⬩ capere ⬩ cingere ⬩ tegere ⬩ operire ⬩ accipere ⬩ concipere

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Ath. i. 9; Th. i. 204, 10. Ðæt híg woldon ðone Hǽlend on his spræce befón ut caperent eum in sermone, Mt.

Linked entries: æt-befón be-fangen be-féhþ be-féng be-fóh be-fongen bi-fangen bi-féng bi-fón bi-fongen

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