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on-bǽru

(n.)
Grammar
on-bǽru, In l. 4for 1827 l. 1027: <b>-onbecweþende.</b>

Similar entry: yfel-onbecweþende

pluccian

(v.)
Grammar
pluccian, ploccan. l. ploccian, and for the gloss at Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 59
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substitute Ploccaþ discerpit, lacerat, tóslít, devorat, carpit.Add:

fylstan

(v.)
Grammar
fylstan, filstan, ic fylste, he fylsteþ; p. [fylstede = ] fylste. pl. fylston; subj. pres. fylste, pl. fylsten, fylston; pp. fylsted; v. trans. dat. [fylst e; f. help]

To help ⬩ give help ⬩ aid ⬩ protect ⬩ adjŭvāre ⬩ auxĭliāri ⬩ protĕgĕre

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To help, give help, aid, protect; adjŭvāre, auxĭliāri, protĕgĕre Ongan him fylstan began to give help to them, Byrht. Th. 139, 37; By. 265. Hig bícnodon hyra geferan, ðæt hí him fylston annuērunt sŏciis, ut adjŭvārent eos [that they should give help

Linked entry: filstan

stic-fóder

(n.)
Grammar
stic-fóder, stic-fódder a case for pegs (? v. sticca, I.), a case for spoons (? v. sticca, II.),
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cf. stic-tǽnel) Man sceal habban . . . seahfæt, sticfódder, piperhorn, Anglia ix. 264, 19

wítan

(v.)
Grammar
wítan, p. wát, pl. witon; pp. witen.

to see to ⬩ take heed to ⬩ guard ⬩ keep ⬩ to lay t ⬩ charge ⬩ lay the blame of ⬩ impute ⬩ to go ⬩ depart

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Goth. fra-, in-weitan.] to go, depart Nylle ic ǽfre hionan út wítan, ac ic symle hér sófte wille standan, Met. 24, 52

Linked entry: ge-wítan

ofer-slop

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-slop, In Lch, iii. 200, 5-7 oferslop glosses byrrum. Cf. birrus unsméðe hrægel, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 25:
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byrrum casul, ii. 127, 33

Mæð-hild

(n.)
Grammar
Mæð-hild, If this be a woman&#39;s name, it could not be that which later becomes Matilda, cf. Mathild, Chr. 1067; P. 202, 28: Mahtild, 1083; P. 215, 22. O.H.Ger. Maht-hilt.

ge-wemmend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wemmend, es; m. An adulterer, a fornicator. v. ge-wemman; <b>IV a</b>
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Voc. ii. 57, 58

Linked entry: wemmend

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge

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In. 6; Th. i. 106, 6. Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Engla cyng and ǽgðer ge gehádode ge lǽwede witan gecuran (cf. de Engla rǽdgifan gecuran, vi. 1; Th. i. 314, 3), L. Eth. v.tit.; Th. i. 304, 4. Miercna cyning and his weotan, Chr. 868; Erl. 72, 23.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

ge-bísgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bísgian, l. ge-bisgian, take here <b>ge-bysgian</b> in Dict., and add: — Gebysgian
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Th. ii. 384. 17

ne

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ne, The word often occurs with other negatives.

Not ⬩ non ⬩ ne ⬩ no ⬩ nay ⬩ Nor ⬩ neither ⬩ ne ⬩ neque ⬩ nec

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Ne ic ne herige ne ic ne tǽle nec laudo, nec vitupero, 45, 49. Ne ic ne dyde ne ic ne dó neque feci, neque faciam, 38; Som. 40, 9. Ne fare gé ne ne fyliaþ, Lk. Skt. 17, 23. Ne hig ne cweðaþ neque dicent, 17, 21.

Linked entry: næ

ǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽnig, ǽneg, áni; adj. [ǽn = án one, -ig adj. termination; ánig, g = y, Eng. any]

ANY ⬩ any one ⬩ ullus ⬩ quisquam ⬩ aliquis

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Fox IO, 71; Met. 10, 36

Linked entries: áneg ǽneg ǽngum áni énig

ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster, cæster, cester; ceastre; ceastre, ceaster, ceastra; f. The names of places ending in caster and -chester were probably sites of a castrum

a fortress ⬩ A city, fort, castle, town ⬩ urbs, civitas, castellum ⬩ the city ⬩ hæc civitas

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A city, etc: it is thus declined in the termination of Exan-cester, -ceaster Ymsǽton Exancester besieged Exeter, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 9; Th. 166, 30, col. 1. Ymbsǽton Exanceaster, Th. 167, 26, col. l, 2.

Linked entries: cæster Exan ceaster cester

ofer-méde

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méde, es; n.: -médu; f. [the plural form is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méttu]

Pride ⬩ superbia, elatio, animositas

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Pride His ofermédu is fruma úres forlores, Past. 41; Swt. 301, 8. Ofermédes elationis, Hpt. Gl. 433, 31. His engyl ongan oferméde micel áhebban, Cd. Th. 19, 19; Gen. 293. Ðæt hie ne ástigan on ofermédu, Blickl. Homl. 185, 14.

Linked entries: ofer-médu ofer-mód ofer-mód

ealu

(v.)
Grammar
ealu, (-o,-a). For 'generally indecl. in sing.' substitute: gen. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ), alþes (Rtl.); dat. inst. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ); acc. ealu (-o, -a); gen. pl. ealeþa,
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Voc. ii. 17, 24: i. 290, 61. Ealu celeum, cervise, ii. 130, 47. Æþele alu carenum, 23, 1. Gif ealo áwerd sié, Lch. ii. 142, 10. Twégen fǽtels full ealað oððe wæteres, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 16. Lytel níwes ealoð, Lch. i. 388, 8.

-wintre

(suffix)
Grammar
-wintre, The form is combined with the cardinals to make adjectives denoting the age of the object to which the adjective is applied. v. e.g. án-, fíf-, sixtíne-, sixtig-, hundseofontig-, hundtwégentig-wintre.

drenc-flód

(n.)
Grammar
drenc-flód, drence-flód,es ; m. [drenc II. a drowning, flód a flood]

A drowning-flood, deluge ⬩ dilŭvium

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A drowning-flood, deluge; dilŭvium Noe oferláþ ðone deópestan drencflóda [MS. dren-flóda] Noah sailed over the deepest of deluges, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 30; Exod. 364. Fíftena stód deóp ofer dúnum se [MS, sæ] drenceflód elna the deluge stood fifteen ells

efen-

(prefix)
Grammar
efen-, efn-, efne-, in composition, denotes even, equal, represented by co-, con-, com-,

as

Linked entries: ceaster-wara wiht swíðe þeów mǽre micel neáh ríce crísten cuman efn- efne- þegen þrowung -líca þwǽre wyrcend hleóþor

ge-mearr

Grammar
ge-mearr, [The Latin of Past. 401, 20 is; Quem igitur caelibem curarum secularium impedimentum praepedit.]
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For Gl. Prud. 662 substitute Germ. 397, 496, and add: futility, vanity Ná on gemear þú gesettest suna manna non uane constituisti filios hominum. Ps. Rdr. 88, 48

on-setness

(n.)
Grammar
on-setness,
v. on-seteness.
v. on-sæ̂tness.

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