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úte

Grammar
úte, <b>. II</b> 4c.
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Þá þe ǽr úte óþra ðeóda anwalda girndon, him þá gód þúhte þǽr hié mehten hié selfe æt hám wið ðeówdðm bewerian domesticis malis circumventi externis inhiare desistunt, abjiciuntque spem dominationis imminente periculo servitutis, Ors. 3, l; S. 98, 2

ACAN

(v.)
Grammar
ACAN, ic ace, ðú æcest, æcst, he æceþ, æcþ, pl. acaþ; p. óc, pl. ócon; subj. ic, ðú, he ace; pp. acen; v. n.

To AKE ⬩ pain ⬩ dolere

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To AKE, pain; dolere Gif mannes midrif [MS. midrife] ace if a man's midriff ake, Herb. 3,6; Lchdm. i. 88, 11: Herb. Cont. 3, 6 ; Lchdm. i. 6; 3, 6. Acaþ míne eágan my eyes ake, Ælfc. Gr. 36, MS. D; [mistiaþ = acaþ, Som. 38, 48]; dolent mei oculi, Mann

Linked entries: acen æcest æceþ æcst æcþ

weorc-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorc-weorþ, weorc-wirþe; adj.
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Capable of work Þonne is æt Farresheáfde . xvi. weorcwurðe men and viii. iunge men . . . æt Geácesleá þrytténe wépmen weorcewyrþe and v. wimmen and æhta geonge men, C. D. B. iii. 367, 15-35. Weorcwyrþra manna, Verc. Först. 158, 20

á-teón

to draw (out), ⬩ to protract ⬩ to deal with, ⬩ to treat a person ⬩ to employ property ⬩ time ⬩ talents

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Þá ǽhta Steóh hú þé lícige. Hml. S. 9, 44. Hiá hit átuge yfter hira dege swé hit him rehtlicast wére ... sué huelc swé lífes sié ágefe ðet feoh and áteé sue hit soelest sié. Cht. Th. 465, 22, 33. Áteón, 466, 6.

drenc-horn

(n.)
Grammar
drenc-horn, es; m.

A drinking-horn ⬩ potōrium cornu

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A drinking-horn; potōrium cornu Ic geann into ðære stówe ðone drenc-horn ðe is ǽr [MS. ér] æt ðam híréde gebohte I give to that place the drinking-horn which I formerly bought from the brotherhood, Cod. Dipl. 722; Kmbl. iii. 361, 31

hergung

Grammar
hergung, hergiung, herung
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hearmum þe ǽr þám gedón wǽre ǽr ꝥ frið geset wǽre, man eall onweig lǽte, Ll.

Ælfréd

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great

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We have undoubted evidence of the date of Alfred's Anglo-Saxon translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care, for the king thus speaks of archbishop Plegmund, — Ic hie geliornode æt Plegmunde mínum ærcebiscepe I learnt it from Plegmund my archbishop, Introduction

swínen

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[Æt] swýnenan and æt sceáplican and æt fearlican suouetaurilia, 11, 187. Add

fearr-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fearr-lic, adj.
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Of a bull [Æt] swýnenan and æt sceáplican and æt fearłc ( = fearlican) suovetaurilia, An. Ox. 11, 187

Linked entry: fear-lic

cancer-hæbern

(n.)
Grammar
cancer-hæbern, es; n. [cancer a crab, hæbern = hæb-ærn a place, dwelling-place]
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A crab-hole; caverna, cavernula D

Linked entry: cancer

æsc-berend

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-berend, es; m. [æsc a spear, berende bearing, part, from beran to bear]

A spear or lance-bearer ⬩ a soldier ⬩ hastifer

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A spear or lance-bearer, a soldier; hastifer Eorre æscberend the fierce spear-bearer, Andr. Kmbl. 93; An. 47: 2153; An. 1078. Ealde æscberend the old spear-bearer, 3072; Au. 1539

æsc-þrote

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-þrote, an; f: -þrotu, e; f. [æsc ash, þrote a throat]

ASH-THROAT ⬩ vervain ⬩ verbenaca ⬩ verbena officinalis

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ASH-THROAT, vervain; verbenaca, verbena officinalis, Prior, p. 242: vocabularies give the Lat. feiula the fennel-giant, but verbenaca vervain seems more probable from the following quotations, — Herba uermenaca [ = verbenaca. Herb. 4, = verbenaca: Lat

Linked entries: asc-þrotu berbéna

cirr

(n.)
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Bestǽlon hié hié upp æt sumum twám cirron (cyrrum, v. l.), æt óþrum cierre (cyrre, v. l. ) beeástan Wæced, and æt óþrum cierre æt Portlocan, 918; P. 98, 26-29. Add

Linked entries: cerr cier cyrr

Twi-fyrd

(n.)
Grammar
Twi-fyrd, -ford
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Twyford, a place-name occurring more than once in England and meaning double ford On ðære stówe ðe is cweden Æt Twyfyrde in loco qui dicitur Ad Twifyrde, quod significat, ad duplex vadum, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 5. Æt Twyfyrde, Cod. Dip.

scír-gesceatt

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gesceatt, es; n.
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The properly of a see Æðelríc bisceop grét freóndlíce Æðelmǽr: and ic cýðe ðæt mé is wana æt ðam scýrgesceatte ðus micelys ðe míne foregengan hæfdon . . . Ðises ys ealles wana .xxxiii. hída of ðám hídun ðe óðre bisceopas ǽr hæfdon intó hyra scýre.

Linked entry: ge-sceatt

þrymm

Grammar
þrymm, <b>. IV.</b> add: — Betwyx þám þrymme þǽre módignysse and þǽre swelgende þǽre áswundennysse inter aciem superbie et uoraginem Chrd. 65, 19. Hwý noldest ðú biddan þé árfulle þingeras wið ælmihtigan þrym þǽre hálgan þrynnesse and æt þǽre sóðan ánnesse. , Wlfst. 240, 10. v. hláford-, mann-þrymm.

ge-gilda

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Syndon ðis ðá forword þe . . . þá gegyldan gecoren habbað . . . æt ǽlcon gegyldan ǽnne peningc . . . æt twám gegyldum ǽnne brádne hláf . . . sceóte ǽlc gegylda ǽnne gyldsester fulne clǽnes hwǽtes, Cht. Th. 605, 17-606, 8.

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, p. ode
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To remain, continue, live Ic cýðe eów, ðæt ic wylle ðæt Giso bisceop weryge on his lande æt Chyw ælswó hys foregenga ætforen him ǽr dyde sciatis me uelle quod Giso episcopus possideat terram suam apud Chyw sicut fecerunt praedecessores sui, Cod.

ǽtrian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽtrian, ǽttrian; p. ede; pp. ed; v. trans, [ǽtor = átor poison]

To poison ⬩ envenom ⬩ venenare

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To poison, envenom; venenare For ǽtredum gescotum from poisoned arrows, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 38; MS. C

Linked entries: ætran ǽttrian átrian

frum-cirr

Grammar
frum-cirr, <b>-cerr, -cyrr.</b>
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Æt frumcirre . . . æt óðrum cirre . . . æt þriddan cirre, Ll.

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