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langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, p. ode
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To grow long Ðonne se dæg langaþ ðonne gǽþ seó sunne norþweard óþ ðæt heó becymþ tó ðam tácne ðe is geháten Cancer. Lchdm. iii. 250, 9. Se langienda dæg, 252, 6, 9. Eft on langiendum dagum hé ofergǽþ ðone súðran sunnstede, 14

Linked entry: ge-længed

wéning

(n.)
Grammar
wéning, e; f.

suppositiondoubtful thoughtdoubthope expectationchance

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supposition, doubtful thought, doubt Se Godes man ne sceolde be ðan morgendæge þencean, ðý læs ðæt wǽre, ðæt hé þurh ðæt ǽnig ðara góda forylde, ðe hé ðonne ðý dæge gedón mihte, and (þurh) ða wéninge hweðer hé eft ðæs mergendæges gebídan móste the man

un-gesceád

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesceád, es; n.

Indiscretionunreason

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Indiscretion, unreason Ða ðe on ðám sylfum cildum mid ungesceáde gehátheortaþ qui in ipsis infantibus sine discretione exarserit, R. Ben. 130, 7. Hé on ánum dæge mid ungesceáde forspilð þreóra daga andlifene, Homl. Ass. 145, 30: Lchdm. iii. 442, 32

Linked entry: ge-sceád

ræge-reósa

(n.)
Grammar
ræge-reósa, an; m. : -reóse (?); f.
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Eft nim gáte hǽr, sméc under ða bréc wið ðás rægereósan, 146, 1-3. Be ðam nafolan and ðam rægereósan and bæcþearme, 230, 26. Biþ ðæt sár fram ðam nafolan óþ ðone milte and on ða winestran rægereósan, and gecymþ æt ðam bæcþearme, 232, 3-6. v.

myntan

(v.)
Grammar
myntan, p. te.

to meanintendpurposedetermineto thinksuppose

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Grammar myntan, with a case Wit sculon sécan ðæt ðæt wit ǽr mynton sed quae proposuimus intueamur, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 11.

ge-wider

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wider, -widor, es; pl. nom. acc. -wideru, -widera, -widru; n.

Weatherthe temperature of the aira tempesttempestascæli tempĕries

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On ðæm dæge eall godes folc sceal god biddan ðæt he him forgefe smyltelíco gewidra and genihtsume wæstmas on that day all God's folk are to pray God to give them fair weather and abundant harvests, Shrn. 74, 11.

cýpa

(n.)
Grammar
cýpa, cépa,an ; m. [ceáp

a factor, merchant, trader negotiator, mercator

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Drihten adrǽfde ðillíce cýpan of ðam hálgan temple the Lord drove such chapmen from the holy temple, 406, 24. what a merchant has his goods in, — A basket; cofĭnus = κόφινος Man nam ða gebrotu ðe ðár belifon, twelf cýpan fulle sublatum est quod superfuit

Linked entry: cépa

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Ða eágan, ðæt beóþ ða láreówas, and se hrycg, ðæt sint ða hiéremenn, Past. 1; Swt. 29, 12 : Nar. 34, 2, 7. Ðæt wǽron eall Finnas, Ors. 1,1; Swt. 17, 26.

bræc

(n.)
Grammar
bræc, brec, es; n. (?)

A brackbreak

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Of ðane ealdan mǽre innon ðá(m ?) bræce; of ðan bræce andlang beces innon ródstubban (cf. the same boundaries in another charter:-- Of ðan ealdan mére innon ðám brece; andlang breces innon ródstubban, iv. 129, 34), C. D. vi. 170, 36

mis-weorþan

(v.)

to turn out badly

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to turn out badly (for a person, dat.) Gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe if the pennies weigh more than the gold, then will it soon prove a bad thing for the man, Wulfst. 240, 4

ofen

(n.)
Grammar
ofen, ofn, es; m.

An oven, a furnace

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Ðæt man ða ofnas ontende, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 294

Linked entry: ofn

þorn

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Of hafucðorne tó ðan langan þorne at Ichenilde wege ; ðæt swá tó ðan þriddan þorne æt wírhangran ; of ðám þorne tó ðám feórðan þorne on wrangan hylle foreweardre stent; ðæt swá forð tó dám fíftan þorne; tó þám ele-beáme, C. D. v. 297, 16-20

ǽs

fooda bait

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Næs se here swá strang ðæt on Angelcynne ǽs him gefetede, Chr. 975; P. 121, 12. a bait Ðá getímode ðám deófle swá swá déð ðám grǽdigan fisce, ðe gesihð ðæt ǽs, and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðám ǽse sticað: bið ðonne grǽdig ðæs ǽses, and forswylcð ðone

húsel-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-fæt, es; n.
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Subdiaconus is underdiácon se ðe ða fatu byrþ forþ tó ðam diácone and þénaþ under ðam diácone æt ðam hálgan weófode mid ðam huselfatum, L. Ælfc. C. 15; Th. ii. 348, 11.

bén-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
bén-tíd, e; f. [bén a prayer, tíd time]

Prayer-timerogation-daystime for supplicationrogationum dies

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Prayer-time, rogation-days, time for supplication; rogationum dies Ðæt is heálíc dæg, bén-tíd brému that is a high day, a celebrated time for supplication Menol. Fox 148; Men. 75

un-styriende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-styriende, un-styrigende; adj.

Not movingunmovingstationary

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Ða styriendan nétenu habbaþ eall ðæt ða unstyriendan habbaþ, and eác máre tó ... For ðæm sint ðás sceafta ðus gesceapene ðæt ða unstyriendan hí ne áhebben ofer ða styriendan, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 20-31

ehteoða

(num.)
Grammar
ehteoða, ehteða

eighth

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eighth On ðam ehteoðan dæge on the eighth day, Lk. Bos. 1, 59

betst

(adj.)
Grammar
betst, betest; adj. sup. def. se betsta, betesta; seó, ðæt beteste; pos. gód [bet good; v. bet-líc good-like]

Best, the best, firstoptimus, primus

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He sealde ðæt betste hors he gave the best horse, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 16. Ðara betstena sumes of some one of the best, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 110, 5

(n.)
Grammar
tá, (contracted from) , an; f.

A toe

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Ða miclan tán alloces, 5, 18. Ða tán scrincaþ (-eþ, MS.) up (in gout) the toes shrink up, Lchdm. iii. 48, 28. On ðan seofoþan mónþe ða tán and ða fingras beóþ weaxende, 146, 17. Gif heó mid ðám tán stæpeþ, 144, 15.

Linked entries: táhae tán

be-tweoh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Betwuxt ðám warum among their wares [merchandise], Nat. S. Greg. Els. 11, 14.