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fyrd-wyrðe

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrd-wyrðe, adj.

Famous in war ⬩ bello clārus

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Famous in war; bello clārus Gang æfter flóre fyrdwyrðe man the man famous in war went along the floor, Beo. Th. 2637; B. 1316

hundred

(n.)
Grammar
hundred, a territorial division.
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Nis ǽni man on lífe þe ǽfre gehýrde ꝥ man crafode hine on hundræde oþþon áhwár on gemóte, Ll. Th. i. 184, 11. Add

ge-stalian

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

To steal; ⬩ fūrāri

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To steal; fūrāri Gyf gehádod man ge-stalige if a man in orders steal, L. E. G. 3; Th. i. 168, 4, MS. B

Linked entry: stálian

in-bestingan

(v.)
Grammar
in-bestingan, p. -stang

To pierce ⬩ penetrate

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To pierce, penetrate, make a thrust which enters but does not go quite through Gif hé þurhstinþ .vi. scill. gebéte. Gif man inbestinþ .vi. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 64; Th. i. 18, 12

gást-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gást-leás, adj.

Lifeless ⬩ dead ⬩ exănĭmis ⬩ mortuus

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Lifeless, dead; exănĭmis, mortuus Gefærenne man brohton on bǽre, gingne, gástleásne they brought a dead man on a bier, young, lifeless, Elen. Kmbl. 1746; El. 875

hús-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hús-fæst, adj.
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Having a house, being a householder Ǽlc man húsfæst on his ówe land every man having a house on his own land, Chart. Th. 438, 5

ambeht-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht-mæcg, es; m.

A servant-man

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A servant-man

folc-beorn

(n.)

a popular man

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a popular man

gára

(n.)
Grammar
gára, an; m.

A spear-man

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A spear-man

ge-hédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hédan, p. de; pp. ed.

to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to acquire ⬩ obtain ⬩ seize ⬩ obtĭnēre ⬩ deprehendĕre

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Forðonðe he ne úðe ðæt ǽnig óðer man ǽfre mǽrþa má gehédde under heofenum ðonne he sylfa because he would not grant that any other man had ever obtained more glories under heaven than himself, Beo. Th. 1014 : B. 505

a-singan

(v.)
Grammar
a-singan, p. -sang, pl. -sungon; pp. -sungen [a, singan]

To sing ⬩ canere

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To sing; canere Ðæt man asinge that a man sing, Ps. Th. 91, 1 : Beo. Th. 2323; B. 1159 : Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 12

Linked entry: a-sungen

friþ-leás

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Cf. friþ, Gif hwá þæne friðleásan man (hominem pro culpa exiliatum, expulsion quem Angli uocant friðleásne man, exlegem) healde, Ll. Lbmn. 318, ii

á-bedecian

(v.)
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Man tállíce ábedecige ( impudenter petere ) ꝥ man. sylle, Chrd. 70, 5. Búton þú hit forstele ł gereáfige ł ábeþecige, Bt. 32, l; F. 114, 9

Linked entries: á-beþecian bedecian

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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[Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving women, children, and goods behind there; but if Asser may be trusted, the reinforcement was from abroad.

ge-minsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-minsian, p. ode
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Ne mæg ǽnig man Godes mihta ne his mǽrða geminsian ne ǽnig ðing áwyrdan, Wlfst. 35, 3

feor-cumen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feor-cumen, part.

Come from afar ⬩ perĕgrīnus ⬩ perĕger ventus

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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus, perĕger ventus Feorcumen [MS. feorcuman] man a far-come man, a foreigner, L. In. 20; Th. i. 114, 15, note 30, MS. B

wesendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wesendlíce, adv.
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Essentially Þ is þonne óþer, ꝥ man eádiglíce lifige sume hwíle, óðer is, ꝥ man aa wesendlíce (essentialiter) and écelíce lifie, Gr. 0. 336, 36: 337, 4

CURS

(n.)
Grammar
CURS, es; m.

CURSE ⬩ maledictio

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A CURSE ; maledictio On ǽnigne man curse asettan to set a curse on any man, Offic. Episc. 3 . Git híg ǽnig man útabrede, hæbbe he Godes curs if any man take them away let him have God's curse, Wanl. Catal. 81, 5: Cod. Dipl. 310 ; A.

Linked entry: cors

pening-weorþ

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Nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer penigweorð (peninga weorð, v. l. ) . . . búton man hæbbe getreówe gewitnesse feówer manna, Ll. Th. i. 390, 2. Add

eft-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
eft-cyme, es; m.

A coming again, return ⬩ rĕdĭtus, reversio

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Treófugla tuddor tácnum cýðdon cádges eftcyme the tree-fowls' offspring by signs made known the blessed man's return, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 11; Gú. 708

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