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Sodome

(n.)
Grammar
Sodome, pl.

The people of Sodom

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The people of Sodom Hí lǽrdon hira synna swá swá Sodome dydon . . . Gif Sodome hira synna hǽlen Past. 55; Swt. 427, 28. Sodoma lande (eorðe Sodominga, Rush.) Mt. Kmbl. 10, 15. On Sodomum (Sodomingum, Rush.) 11, 23

Iob

(n.)
Grammar
Iob, es; m.

Job

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Job Sum wer wæs geseten on ðam lande ðe is geháten Hus, his nama wæs Iob, Homl. Th. ii. 446, 10. Iobes dóhtra, 458, 32. Tó mínum þeówan Iobe, 456, 30. Be ðan eádigan were Iob, 446. 4

Linked entry: Iofes

assa

(n.)
Grammar
assa, Dele: asse, es; m. , and add
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Assa asinus vel asina Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 7. Healf mann and healf assa onocentaurus, 17, 40. On sumon lande >assan (eoselas,v. l.: onagri) býð ákende, þá habbað swá micle hornas swá oxan, Nar. 34, 15

for-sceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sceorfan, p. -scearf, pl. -scurfon; pp. -scorfen [sceorfan to gnaw, bite]

To gnaw or eat offarrōdĕre

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To gnaw or eat off; arrōdĕre Gærstapan ǽlc wuht forscurfon, ðæs ðe on ðam lande wæs grówendes locusts ate off everything that was growing in the land, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 17, notes, p. 24, 7, MS. L

Linked entry: sceorfan

býn

(adj.)
Grammar
býn, def. se býna, seó, ðæt býne; adj. [býþ; pres. of búan to inhabit, occupy]
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Inhabited, occupied; habitatus Ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost the inhabited land is broadest eastward, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 45. Licgaþ wilde móras on emnlange ðæm býnum lande wild mountains lie along the inhabited land, 1, 1; Bos. 20, 44

mid-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
mid-wyrhta, an; m.

One who works with othersa co-operator

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One who works with others, a co-operator On ðæt gerád ðæt hé wǽre his midwyrhta ǽgðer ge on sǽ ge on lande on the condition that he would co-operate with him by sea and by land, Chr. 945; Erl. 116, 31: Past. 38, 8; Swt. 279, 25. Hyt áwriten hys, ðæt

ge-neát-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát-riht, es; n.

The conditions regulating the tenure of the 'geneát-land :'

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The conditions regulating the tenure of the 'geneát-land :' -Geneát-riht is mistlic be ðam ðe on lande stænt. On sumon he sceal land-gafol syllan ... villani rectum est varium et multiplex secundum quod in terra statutum est. In quibusdam terris debet

ge-erian

(v.)
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Gif mon geþingað gyrde landes and geereð, Ll. Th. i. 146, 3. On þæt gerád þe hé ǽlce geáre of þám lande geerige twégen æceras and þǽron his circsceat gesáwe, C. D. ii. 398, 20. .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽda gesáwan

tó-efnes

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Ðonne is tóemnes þǽm lande súðeweardum ... Sweóland ... and tóemnes þǽm lande norðeweardum Cwéna land, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 1-3. Alexandras þegnas tóemnes him þone weall ábrǽcon, and þǽr in cóman, 3, 9; S. 134, 21. Oþ tóemnes þes hlinces heáfde, Cht. E.

un-gefynde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefynde, adj.

Not to be found or provided as food

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Not to be found or provided as food(?) (cf. (?) the phrase mete findan to provide food) Se æcer ðe stent on clǽnum lande, and bið unwæsðmbǽre oððe ungefynde corn bringð oððe deáf terra, quae exculta sterilem segetem gignit, Past. 52; Swt. 411, 19

Linked entry: ge-fynde

fleard

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Wicked folly, absurd error Unwemme flearde immunis (ab illecebrarum) colludio, An. Ox. 1517. Gif friþgeard sí on hwæs lande ábúton stán oððe treów oððe wille oððe swilces ǽnige fleard (any wicked follies of a like kind), Ll. Th. ii. 298, 17. Substitute

ymb-ærnan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-ærnan, p. de
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To go round Ða gelamp ðætte Peahte ðeód com of Scyþþia lande and ymbærndon éall Breotone gemǽro, ðæt hí cómon on Scotland upp contigit gentem Pictorum de Scythia, circumagente flatu ventorum, extra fines omnes Brittaniae Hiberniam pervenisse, Bd. 1,

Linked entries: ymb-irnan ærnan

sælþ

(n.)
Grammar
sælþ, e; f.

A dwelling, abode

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A dwelling, abode Bare hié gesáwon heora líchaman næfdon on ðam lande ðá giet sælþa gesetena bare they (Adam and Eve after the fall) saw their bodies, they had not yet in the land dwellings appointed. Cd. Th. 48, 33; Gen. 785

CUNNAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUNNAN, ic can, con, ðú canst, const, he can, con, pl. cunnon; p. ic, he cúðe, ðú cúðest, pl. cúðon; subj. cunne, pl. cunnen; p. cúðe, pl. cúðen; pp. [on]-cunnen, cúþ; v. a.

to be or become acquainted with, to know noscĕre, scire CAN scire, posse

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to be or become acquainted with, to know ; noscĕre, scire Ic ða stówe ne can I know not the place, Elen. Kmbl. 1363; El. 683: 1267 ; El. 635 . Ic eów ne con I know you not, Cd. 227; Th. 304, 13; Sat. 629. ÐÚ canst thou knowest, Andr. Kmbl. 135; An. 68

for-weorþenes

(n.)
Grammar
for-weorþenes, -ness, e; f.

A coming to nothingperishingruin

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A coming to nothing, perishing, ruin; intĕrĭtus Ðis wæs swíðe gedeorfsum geár hér on lande and þurh orfcwealm and wæstma forweorþenesse this was a very grievous year in the land, both through murrain of cattle and perishing of fruits. Chr. 1103; Erl.

Lindesse

(n.)
Grammar
Lindesse, ...Lindesíge. l. Lindes. Lindess, e; f. <b>Lindes-íg,</b> e; f. : <b>Lindes-íge,</b> es; m.: <b>Lindes-igland,</b> es ; n.
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On Lindesse lande (in Lindesiglande, v. l. ), 3, 27; Sch. 318, 18. On Liudesigge mǽgðe, Bd. 2, 16 ; Sch. 177, 10. Mon mihte of ealre Lindesse stówum sweotole geseón (of callum Lindesíge geseón swutule of callum þám stówum, v. l.) omnibus Lindiiçae prouinciae

Flemingas

(n.)
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the Flemings Of Fleminga lande, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 23: 1079; P. 44, 31

þreágan

(v.)
Grammar
þreágan, þreán, and þreáwian (v. þreápian); p. þreáde [in Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 7 a form occurs that might be a strong past of þreán, on the analogy of þweán, sleán Ðæt gewit wæs swíþe sorgiende for ðám ermþum ðe hí ðrógan; cf. the rendering of the same passage in the metres: Ðæt mód wæs swíðe sorgum gebunden for ðǽm earfoþum ðe him on sǽton,
  • Met. 26, 97.
But, perhaps, drugon should be read, as, Latin is:]; pp. þreád.

to reproverebukereproachto punish one who deserves punishmentto chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amendto chastencorrectto torturetormentafflictdistressvexoppress

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to reprove, rebuke, reproach Ic hine þreáge (ðreá, Lind.: ðriá, Rush.) and forlǽte corripiam illum et dimittam, Lk. Skt. 23, 22. Ne þreáge (drégu, Surt.: þreá, Spl. C.: þrǽwie, Spl. T.) ic eów non arguam te, Ps. Th. 49, 9. Þreáge (ðréu, Surt.: ðreáge

Linked entries: þreán þreiga ðrogan

betst-boren

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Ealle þá betstboren men þe wǽron innan þisan lande, Chr. 1087 ; P. 224, 29. Add:

súþe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
súþe-weard, adj.
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Southward, south Tóemnes ðæm lande súðeweardum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 1. From súþeweardum óð norþeweardne, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 12: 18, 1; Fox 62, 1. On splott súðeweardne, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 336, 23. Ða gesǽtan súðewearde Bryttene, Chr. Erl. 3, 5