bróðor-þínen
A midwife at the birth of twin-brothers ⬩ fratres geminos parturienti obstetrix
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A midwife at the birth of twin-brothers; fratres geminos parturienti obstetrix, Gen. 38, 28
Linked entry: beorþor-þínen
mancus
A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence
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In Cnut's laws the heriot of an earl included twá hund mancus goldes (which is rendered in a Latin version by quinquaginta marcas auri, v. Schmid. p. 309, so that the mancus is the fourth of a marc), L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 8.
strǽt
a road ⬩ a road in a town, a street, a paved road
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And ðæt wæter stód an twá healfa ðære strǽte, Ex. 14, 21-22. Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, Andr. Kmbl. 3159; An. 1582. Tó ðære ealdan strǽt; ondlong ðære strǽt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 30. On ða sealtstrǽt; andlang strǽt, 82, 26.
Linked entry: strét
stǽr
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Ðara Abbuda stǽr and spell ðysses mynstres on twám bócum ic áwrát, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 28. On ðis úre cyriclíce stér, 4, 7; S. 574, 28
hægel
hail ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon rune RUNE = h, the name of which letter is hægl
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Hægelas twegen two H's, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 27; Rä. 43, 11
Linked entry: hagal
burne
Running water, a stream, brook, river ⬩ torrens, rivus
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Wit unc in ðære burnan baðodan ætgædre we two bathed together in the brook, Exon. 121b; Th. 467, i; Hö. 132
stæpe
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Æt ðam ódrum stæpe twá pund tó bóte ... Æt ðam þriddan stæpe, etc., L. E. B. 1-8; Th. ii. 240, 242
ge-metgian
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Beóð on twá healfa þǽre hǽtan twégen dǽlas gemetegode (the temperate zones), náðor ne tó háte ne tó cealde. . .
ífig-twig
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An ivy-twig Wiþ sunbryne; merwe ífigtwigu, wyl on butran, smire mid, Lch. ii. 324, 16
CYN
every being of one kind, a kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, progeny, KIN ⬩ genus, gens, natio, populus, stirps, tribus, familia, natales, origo, generatio, proles, progenies ⬩ Gender ⬩ genus ⬩ a sex ⬩ sexus
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Ymb fisca cynn de piscium genere, Exon. 96b; Th. 360, 6; Wal. 1. in grammar, — Gender; genus Syndon twá cynn — masculinum, ðæt is werlíc, and femininum, wíflíc.
Linked entry: C
worn
A swarm ⬩ band ⬩ Jlock ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ many ⬩ a great number ⬩ a great quantity ⬩ much ⬩ many
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Unc sceal worn fela máþma gemǽnra we two shall have many, many treasures in common, Beo. Th. 3571 ; B. 1783. Grammar worn, with gen. sing. Gewát dægrfmes worn a great number of days passed, Cd. Th. 60, 1 ; Gen. 975.
Linked entry: weorn
þeód
a nation, ⬩ people ⬩ the gentiles ⬩ a race ⬩ people, ⬩ men ⬩ the district occupied by a people, ⬩ a country ⬩ a language
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Aulixis hæfde twá ðióda under ðam Kásere.
Cynríc
Cynric, the second king of the West Saxons, son of Cerdic, q. v ⬩ Cynrīcus
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D. 495, came two aldormen to Britain, Cerdic and Cynric his son, with five ships, at the place which is called Cerdic's shore [on the south of Dorsetshire, v. Cerdices óra ] and on the same day they fought against the Welsh, Chr. 495; Th. 24, 26-33.
incer
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Of or belonging to you two Ic nú ðis þing wríte tó ðé gemǽnelíce and tó mínre méder and mínum geswustrum forðon incer lufu sceal beón somod gemǽne nunc tibi et matri mee sororibusque meis de singulis regni mei commodis scribebam, que tibi et illis communia
land-gemǽre
A boundary ⬩ confine
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Ðis syndon ðara twegra hída landgemǽru these are the boundaries of the two hides, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 206, 25. Landgemǽro, 207, 34. The word is of frequent occurrence in the Charters.
Linked entry: land-mearc
wíde-ferhþ
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Th. 105, 37. v. two preceding words
ge-léd
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¶ the same obscure word seems intended in the following two (not independent) glosses :-- Gæleð catesta, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 24: ii. 17, 5.
hringan
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To give out a sound [Sal. 266: B. 327 in Dict.] trans. to ring a bell Dó þú mid þínum twám handum swylce þú bellan ringe, Tech. ii. 118, 20. with cognate object Tácnu þænne hí hringað signa dum sonant, Angl. xiii. 392, 382.
twengan
To pinch ⬩ squeeze ⬩ twinge
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To pinch, squeeze, twinge Gyf ðé gedrýptes wínes lyste, ðonne dó ðú mid ðínum swýþran scytefingre on ðíne wynstran hand, swylce ðú tæppian wille, and wænd ðínne scytefinger ádúne and twængc hine mid ðínum twám fingrum, swylce ðú of sumne dropan strícan
Linked entry: twingan
Englisc
(the) English ⬩ the English language
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Twá mynstro, óðer þám Scottum, óðer ðám Engliscan (Anglis ), Bd. 4, 4; Sch. 367, 19. Grammar Englisc, Englisc, es; n. the English language Ꝥ Léden and ꝥ Englisc nabbaþ ná áne wísan.