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folgaþ

(n.)
Grammar
folgaþ, es; m.

a train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium

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Áhte ic fela wintra folgaþ tilne, holdne hláford I had for many years a good service, a kind lord, 100b; Th. 379, 25; Deór. 38. v. Stubbs' Const. Hist. comitatus

EOFOR

(n.)
Grammar
EOFOR, eofer, eafor, efor, efer, efyr, ofor, es; m. I.

a boar, a wild boar ⬩ ăper

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II. the figure of a boar on a helmet; signum apri sŭper găleam Swýn eal-gylden, eofer íren-heard the swine all-golden, the boar iron-hard, Beo. Th. 2228; B. 1112: 2660; B. 1328

Linked entries: eafor efer efor efyr eofer eafor-heáfod-segn

godcund

(adj.)
Grammar
godcund, adj.

Of the nature of God ⬩ divine ⬩ religious ⬩ sacred

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Wiotan ǽgðer ge godcundra háda ge woruldcundra wise men both of religious and secular orders, Past. Pref; Swt. 3, 3, 8; Hat. MS.

hafen-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hafen-leás, adj.

Lacking means, poor, indigent ⬩ inops

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Sum hafenleás man sceolde ágyldan healf pund ánum menn a certain indigent man had to pay a man half a pound, 176, 34. Se hafenleása 178, 6.

Linked entry: hæfenleás

ég-streám

(n.)
Grammar
ég-streám, éh-streám, es; m.

A water-stream, a river, the sea ⬩ aquæ fluctus, flūmen, măre

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A water-stream, a river, the sea; aquæ fluctus, flūmen, măre Hæfde Metod égstreám eft gecyrred the just Creator had averted the stream, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 15; Gen. 1415. Here wícode égstreáme neáh the host encamped near the river, Elen.

Linked entries: eá-streám éh-streám

níwlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
níwlíce, adv.

Newly ⬩ recently

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Hí hæfdon níwlíce gesett they had recently decreed, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 26. Hió ðá wæs níwlíce cristen, 6, 4; Swt. 260, 12

ge-lǽred

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽred, part. p.

Learned ⬩ doctus

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Mid gelǽredre handa he swang ðone top with skilful hand he whipped the top, Th. Apol. 13, 13

HEBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEBBAN, hæbban; p. hóf, pl. hófon; pp. hafen, hæfen

To HEAVE, lift up, raise ⬩ levare, extollere

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God bebeád his englum be ðé ðæt hí ðé healdon and on heora handum hebban God has given his angels charge concerning thee, that they may preserve thee and lift thee up in their hands, Homl. Th. i. 516, 30.

Linked entries: ge-hebban hafen

daroþ

(n.)
Grammar
daroþ, daraþ, dareþ,es ; m. [derian to hurt]

DART, spear, javelin, weapon ⬩ telum, jaculum, hasta

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ADART, spear, javelin, weapon ; telum, jaculum, hasta Daroþ sceal on handa the spear shall be in the hand, Menol. Fox 502; Gn. C. 21. Forlét daroþ of handa fleógan let a dart fly from the hand, Byrht. Th. 136, 11; By. 149: 139, 17; By. 255.

Linked entry: daraþ

cor-snǽd

(n.)
Grammar
cor-snǽd, e; f. [cor, cer, cyrr a choice; snǽd a bit, piece]

A choice or trial piece ⬩ panis conjurátus, offa consecrāta

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A sort of ordeal in which the person accused had placed in his mouth an ounce of bread or cheese. If he ate it freely and without hurt, he was considered innocent; but guilty, if he could not swallow it, or had a difficulty in doing so.

Linked entries: snǽd or-dál

smícan

(v.)
Grammar
smícan, smécan; p. te

to smoke, emit smoke ⬩ to smoke, fumigate

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Nim gáte hǽr, sméc under ða bréc wið ðæs rægereósan 146, 3. Smíce mid fearne swíðe ða þeóh 64, 26. [Wicklif has a wk. past smekide]

Linked entries: smécan smeócan

a-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
a-cuman, p. -cam, -com, pl. -cámon, -cómon; pp. -cumen, -cymen

To come ⬩ bear ⬩ venire ⬩ ferre ⬩ sustinere

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To come, bear; venire, ferre, sustinere Wæs of fere acumen he had come from the vessel, Cd. 75; Th. 93, 12; Gen. 1544. Ðæt land híg ne mihte acuman non sustinebat eos terra, Gen. 36, 7. Ge hyt ne mágon nú acuman non potestis portare modo, Jn.

eást-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
eást-dǽl, es; m.

The eastern part, the east ⬩ terræ pars orientālis, ortus

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The eastern part, the east; terræ pars orientālis, ortus Cirus, Persa cyning, hæfde mǽst eallne ðæne eást-dǽl awést Cyrus, king of the Persians, had laid waste almost all the east, Ors. 2, 4,; Bos. 43, 43: Exon. 55b; Th. 197, 20; Ph. 2.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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a turn, time Ðá besæt sió fierd hié (the Danes) ðǽr ða hwíle ðe hié ðær lengest mete hæfdon, ac hié hæfdon heora stemn gesetenne the English force had sat out its turn of service, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 31.

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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Betweox óðrum mægenum bið ðeónde (ðiónde, Hatt. MS.) sió earnung ðæs geswenctan flǽsces inter virtutes ceteras afflictae carnis meritum proficit, Past. 14; Swt. 86, 25: Hpt. Gl. 420, 37. Þeónde florentis (pudicitiae ), 511, 50

Linked entries: þeóging þigaþ þunge -þungen ge-þeón

-anne

(suffix)
Grammar
-anne, -enne, -ende the termination of the declinable infinitive in the dat. governed by to, as, = Ondréd to faranne timuit ire, Mt. Jun. and Th. 2, 22, but the B. MS. of A. D. 995 has farende, also Foxe, Bos. and the Rl. MS. about A. D. 1145. The Lind., about A. D. 957, has farenne [MS. færenne]. Alýfe me to farenne permitte me ire, Mt. Bos. 8, 21, and B. MS. about A. D. 995. Sometimes -ende is found, because -enne = ende, as in the preceding example farende about A. D. 995. Themost usual form is -anne, from the infin. -an; g. -annes; dat. -anne.

Linked entries: -an -ende -enne

ge-wanian

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

to lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ to be wanting

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Ðá wæs ðæm tunglum gewonad heora beorhtnes then had the stars their brightness diminished, Shrn. 64, 22. to be wanting Giwonia deesse, Rd. 71, 37

Linked entries: ge-wonian ge-wane

ge-swiporlíce

(adv.)
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Add: The MS. has geswiworlice

ecg-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
ecg-heard, adj.

Hard of edge ⬩ ăcie dūrus

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Hard of edge; ăcie dūrus Lǽtaþ spor, íren ecg-heard, ealdorgeard sceoran let the spur, the iron hard of edge, raze the dwelling of life, Andr. Kmbl. 2363; An. 1183

Linked entry: heard

ge-fylnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylnes, -ness, e; f.

Fulness ⬩ fulfilment ⬩ performance ⬩ completion

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Ðe hie swá mycle gefylnesse hæfdon of which they had so great fulness, 135, 24. Gifylnisse plenitudinis, Rtl. 83, 18

Linked entries: fyll-nis gy-fylness

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