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hlóþian

(v.)
Grammar
hlóþian, p. ede

To take booty, rob, spoil

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To take booty, rob, spoil Ða ðe ǽlce geáre ofer ðone sǽ hlóþedon and hergedon qui anniversarias prædas trans maria cogere solebant, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 2.

Linked entry: hleóþian

MÆGEN

(n.)
Grammar
MÆGEN, es; n.

MAINmightstrengthforcepowervigourefficacyvirtuefacultyabilityan exercise of powerefforta mighty workmiraclea forcemilitary force

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Seó sibgedriht bád máran mægenes the Israelites awaited the greater force of the Egyptians, 154; Th. 191, 15; Exod. 215. Mægenes wísa (Belshazzar), 209; Th. 260, 2; Dan. 703.

Linked entry: mægn

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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(α 1) where þon is preceded by wihte, any at all :-- Ne mót hé ðara hyrsta lǽdan of ðisse worulde wuhte þon máre ðonne hé hider bróhte (cf. ne lǽt hé his nánwuht of ðís middanearde mid him máre ðonne hé bróhte hider, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 15-17), Met. 14

Linked entries: þanne þon

-gal

(suffix)
Grammar
-gal, -gil, -gel,
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March. 38; p. 27, 8

for-þylman

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Add: <b>, -þylmian</b> to choke Þá máran wyrttruman beóð swýðe bittere on byrgincge, and hý habbaþ tó þám swýþlice mihte and frecenfulle ꝥ hý foroft hrædlíce þone man forþilmiaþ (-þilmað, v. l. ), Lch. i. 260, 13.

mere-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
mere-torht, adj.

Bright from bathing in the sea

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Ger. mári-mihil], Cd. 160; Th. 199, 29; Exod. 346

Linked entry: mǽre-torht

nift

(n.)
Grammar
nift, e; f.

A niecegrand-daughtera step-daughter

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Ic an míne láuedy half marc goldes an míne nifte ánn óre wichte goldes, Chart. Th. 556, 27

steóp-

(prefix)
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The form seems to have been used in the first instance in combination with words denoting children, to mark loss of parents, and then to have been combined with father, mother to express the relation of one who married the mother or father of an orphan

friþ-scipe

(n.)
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Of manegum landum máre ( more than the trinoda necessitas) landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne, swilce is . . . scorp tó friðscipe and sǽweard, Ll. Th. i. 432, 8. [Thorpe would read fird-scipe.] Cf. unfriþ-scip

hors-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
hors-þegn, et; m.

a groomthe title of an officer of the royal household

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Mett. 516. the title of an officer of the royal household[cf. mare-scalcus among the Franks] Ecgulf cynges horsþegn, Wulfríc cynges horsþegn. Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 5: 96, 16. v. Kemble's Saxons in England ii.107-8

efen-micel

(adj.)
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Gif hé mára sy . . . gif hé emmicel sý þám þe hé ǽr gedranc, Lch. ii. 286, 24. subst. Genim þysse wyrte seáw, and eles efenmycel, Lch. i. 312, 3. Gemeng wið huniges emmicel, 26, 11.

nefne

(prep.; con.)
Grammar
nefne, nemne.

UnlessexceptExcept

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Hí sǽdon, nemne ( nisi ) hí him máran andlyfne sealdon, ðæt hí woldan him sylfe niman, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 37.

Linked entries: nemne nymne

wit

(n.)
Grammar
wit, witt, es; n.

right mindwitswitintelligenceunderstandingthe mind

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Th. 1183; B. 589. the mind Ðeós gítsunc hafaþ gumena gehwelces mód ámerred, ðæt hé máran ne récð, ac hit on witte weallende byrnð, Met. 8, 45

ǽwnian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽwnian, p. ode; pp. od [ǽw marriage]

To marrywedconnubio jungere

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To marry, wed; connubio jungere,Leo 104

Linked entry: be-ǽwnian

gémungian

(v.)

to marry

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to marry Gimungia nubat, Rtl. 109, 35

scip-wræc

(n.)
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what is cast up from a wreck Cum omni maris eiectu, quod shipwrec appellamus, C. D. iv. 146, 9. Cum omnibus quaecunque maris procellosis tempestatibus, in aquam uel in terram eorum eiecta fuerint, quod Anglice shipwreck promulgatum est onomate, 28

Linked entry: wræc

galdor-galend

(n.)
Grammar
galdor-galend, es ; m.

A magician, enchanter

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A magician, enchanter Galdergalend marsi Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 21

Linked entry: galend

fultum

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máran fultum and máre mægen. hæfde plures habebat auxiliarios, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 254, 14

in-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
in-gangan, p. -géng

To entergo in

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Wæs ingangende on ðare hálgan Marian hús entered the house of the Holy Mary, Blickl. Homl. 147, 1. Ingongende, 4. Ðæt deófol genam mid hint óðre seofon deóflo and ingangende on ðæt carcern, 243, 5.

égor-streám

(n.)
Grammar
égor-streám, eágor-streám,es ; m.

A water-stream, water, the seaunda, flŭvius, măre

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A water-stream, water, the sea; unda, flŭvius, măre Ðiós eorþe mæg and égorstreám cræfta náne adwæscan ðæt ðæt him on innan sticaþ this earth and sea can by no means extinguish that which in them remains. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 236; Met. 20, 118.

Linked entry: eágor-streám