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eá

(n.)
Grammar
eá, a river.
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On þǽre stówe þe genemned is æt eá mótum, Chr. 926; P. 107, 24. On sǽ and on eáuum, Hex. 14, 7. Betux þǽm twám eán, Ors. 3, ll; S. 144, 4: Nar. 35, 18. Æt Tweoxn-eám (Tweoxnám, v. l. ), Chr. 901; P. 92, 4

undern-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
undern-gereord, es; n.

A morning meal ⬩ breakfast

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Æt his underngereorde ǽr hé tó ðæm gefeohte fóre, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 34. Gif wé fæstaþ and ðæt underngereord tó ðam ǽfengifle healdaþ, ðonne ne bið ðæt nán fæsten, L. E. I. 38; Th. ii, 436, 28.

cneówian

(v.)
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; p. de Hí cneówdon þá æft, Hml. S. 3, 522. Óðre cyningas tó him cneówodon, 24, 6. Se fiscere cneówige æt þæs cáseres gemynde, Hml. Th. i. 578, 9. Hí Godes hús séce and cneówige þǽr úte, Wlfst. 155, 9. Man ne mót cneówian on Sunnandagum, Hml.

wealg

(adj.)
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Tie meaning 'insipid, nauseous' is borne out by what follows áspiwen For ðǽm ǽlc wæter bið ðý unwerodre tó drincanne, æfter ðǽm ðe hit wearm bið, gif hit eft ácólað, ðonne hit ǽr wǽre, ǽr hit mon ongunne wleccan. The '?

twi-gǽrede

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-gǽrede, adj.

Cloven

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Cloven Twygǽrede bifidus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 288, 10. Cf. Bufan ðam hlince æt ðæs gǽredan landes ende, (pointed, angular), Cod. Dip. B. iii. 251, 42

Linked entry: gǽrede

west-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weard, adv.
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Ðá hé ðá hámweard tó ðære ié com, ðe hé ǽr westweard ( when marching westward ) hét ða ofermǽtan brycge ofer gewyrcan, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 84, 3.

Linked entry: eást-weard

cweþ ðú

(v.; pronoun.)
Grammar
cweþ ðú, say thou, cweðe he let him say, cweðaþ, cweðe ge say ye, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 33, 39: Mt. Bos. 3, 9: Gen. 50, 19; impert.
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of cweðan

cwehte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwehte, pl. cwehton shook, moved, quoted, Beo. Th. 476; B. 235: Ælfc. T. 36, 9: Ps. Lamb. 21, 8: Mt. Bos. 27, 39: Mk. Bos. 15, 29; p.
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of cweccan

un-biscopod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-biscopod, un-bisceopod; adj.

Unconfirmed

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Wé secgaþ eów, ðæt ǽlc cild sceall beón binnon þryttigum nihtum gefullod ... Ne nǽnne man man ne lǽte unbisceopod tó lange ... And witan ða ðe cildes onfón æt fulluhte oððe æt bisceopes handum, ðæt hí hit on rihtum geleáfan gebringan, 300, 16-30

Linked entry: an-biscopod

húsel-gang

Grammar
húsel-gang, Add: the receiving of the Eucharist, Communion, v. húsl; <b>II a.</b> 5
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Be ǽte ǽr húslgange de cibo ante eucharistiae acceptionem, Ll. Th. ii. 128, 20 : 130, 18. Æfter mæssan and húsl-gonge post missas et communionem, R. Ben. 62, 7.

wleccan

(v.)
Grammar
wleccan, pp. wleced, wlecced, wleht

To make lukewarm

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Ǽlc wæter bið ðý unwerodre tó drincanne, æfter ðæm ðe hit wearm bið, gif hit eft ácólaþ, ðonne hit ǽr wǽre, ǽr hit mon ó ongunne wleccan, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 21

á-weódian

(v.)
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Ǽr man áweódige þá unriht and þá mánweorc þe man wíde sǽwð, Wlfst. 243, 19. Ǽlc unriht bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2. Add

Linked entry: weódian

ge-mitting

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mitting, -mittung, e; f.
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A meeting, an assembly; congressus Heora gemitting wæs æt Trefia ðære eá their meeting was at the river Trebia, Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 90, 2: 5, 7; Bos. 106, 20, 43. Æt heora gemittinge in their meeting, 4, 6; Bos. 85, 26.

Linked entry: ge-méting

wíte-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-leás, adj.

Not having to pay a fine

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Not having to pay a fine Gelǽste ǽlc wuduwe ða heregeata binnan twelf mónðum, búton hire ǽr tó onhagige, wíteleás, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 18

healf-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
healf-mearc, es; n.

A half-mark

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Æt cynges spǽce lecge man . vi. healfmarc wedd, and æt eorles .xii. óran wedd, and æt ǽlcum þegene .vi. óran wedd, 296, 25

síþ

(prep.; adv.; con.)

Late ⬩ after some time ⬩ later ⬩ afterwards ⬩ postmodum ⬩ After ⬩ After

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Ǽr oððe síþ, ǽfre ever, at any time, 56, 1; Cri. 894: 65, 12; Cri. 1053: 471, 28; Rä. 61, 8. Míne gyltas ðe ic síþ oððe ǽr ǽfre gefremode, L. de Cf. 11; Th. ii. 264, 24: Elen. Kmbl. 1947; Elen. 975. Sýþ oððe ǽr, Menol. Fox 398; Men. 200.

Linked entry: síþ

hús-bryne

(n.)
Grammar
hús-bryne, es; m.

a fire

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The burning of a house, a fire Æt húsbryne ǽlc mon ánne pening at the burning of a house let every man contribute one penny, Chart. Th. 614, 13

níten-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
níten-cynn, es; n.
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A kind of cattle Hé gesceóp æf ðǽre eorðan eall nýtencynn and deórcynn (jumenta et bestias), Hml. Th. i. 16, 5. Eall nýtencynn and ðá wildan deór, Hex. 14, 29

ge-hendan

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Add: to grasp, seize, catch Nyle deáð ǽnig swæð ǽfre forlǽtan, ǽr hé gehende (? gehede, MS., the prose corresponding to the passage is :-- Ǽr hé geféhþ ꝥ ꝥ hé æfter spyreð, Bt. 39, I; F. 212, l) ðæt hé æfter spyrede, Met. 27, 15.

ge-lǽte

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Þæt wíf æt þǽra wega gelǽte ( in bivio ) sæt, Gen. 38, 21. Twégra wega gelǽtu biuium, þreóra triuium, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 288, 9. Þá belocenan wega gelǽta conpeta clausa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 56. Competalia æt þám wega gelǽtum wǽran, Wrt.