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u

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Án s for ðan ðe se u is lang, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 178, 7. Add

treówsian

(v.)
Grammar
treówsian, trýwsian; p. ode.

to engage ⬩ pledge one's self ⬩ to prove one's self to be true ⬩ to clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct

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land, Chr. 972; Th. i. 225, col. 2.

Linked entry: trýwsian

forþ-mann

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-mann, es; m.

A man of rank

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A man of rank Hé cwæð ꝥ sum forðman wǽre on Myrcna lande, Nap. 25

Linked entries: forþ-þegen forþ-wíf

un-cýððu

(n.)
Grammar
un-cýððu, un-cýððo; indecl.: -cýðð, e; f.

ignorance ⬩ a country not one's own ⬩ a strange land

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Th. 284, 22; Jul. 701. a country not one's own, a strange land Siþþan se éþel úðgenge wearð Adame and Euan ... ðá hý on uncýððu scofene wurdon, on gewinworuld, Exon. Th. 153, 18; Gú. 827.

ymb-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-habban, p. -hæfde.
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Ispania land is eall mid fleóte útan ymbhæfd, ge eác binnan ymbhæfd ofer ða land ǽgþer ge of ðám gársecge ge of ðam Wendelsǽ Hispania circumfusione oceani Tyrrhenique pelagi pene insula efficitur, Ors. 1, I ; Swt. 24, 1-3. to, contain Beféhð ł emhæfð

un-forhtigende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forhtigende, adj.

Not fearing ⬩ fearless

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Not fearing, fearless Hé wolde leódum bodian on fyrlenum lande unforhtigende, Homl. Th. ii. 140, 29

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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Ðæt land híg ne mihte acuman non sustinebat eos terra, Gen. 36, 7. Ge hyt ne mágon nú acuman non potestis portare modo, Jn. Bos. 16, 12

éðel-riht

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-riht, -rieht, es ; n.

A land or country's right ⬩ patrium jus

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A land or country's right; patrium jus Wǽron orwénan éðelrihtes they were hopeless of country's right, Cd. 154; Th. 191, 8; Exod. 211.

leóda

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Eádweard bewarede land and leódan (leóde, v.l. /), 1065; P. 195, 15. Add

méðian

(v.)

to grow weary

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to grow weary Wið miclum gonge ofer land ... mucgwyrt nime him on hand oððe dó on his scó ðý læs hé méðige for much walking over the country ... let him take mugwort into his hand, or put it into his shoe, lest he grow weary, L.

rǽden-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden-gewrit, es; n.
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A writing containing a condition or stipulation, a written agreement, a note of hand Ic him sealde úre ágen rǽdengewrit, ðæt wǽre him tó ðam geráde ðæt land tó lǽten, ðe mon ǽlce gére gesylle fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós ðam bisceope, Chart.

Linked entry: rǽding-gewrit

strang-lic

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Hé þet land mid stranglicum feohte gewann, 1097; P. 234, 12

síþ-from

(adj.)
Grammar
síþ-from, adj.

Good at travelling ⬩ bold in journeying

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Land Perséa sóhton síþfrome Simon and Thaddeus, Apstls. Kmbl. 153; Ap. 77: Andr. Kmbl. 1281; An. 641: Exon. Th. 157, 17; Gú. 893

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.

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Ðá cwæþ se cing ðæt hé nolde ðæt ðæt land mid ealle út aseald wǽre, ac ðæt ðæt land eft intó ðære hálgan stówe ágifen wǽre, 300, 13-33- Ofgán tó rihtan gafole to hold at a fair rent, 355, 23: 478, 21. Ofgán land wið gersumen, 587, 7.

Linked entry: of-eode

ge-anwyrde

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Add Þá sé þæs (þær, K.) geanwyrde wæs þe him Lande sealde, C.D. iv. 235, 6

ge-efenlǽcestre

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For 'Scint. 13, Lye' substitute Lang clǽnnyss æfter synne geefenlǽcestre ( imitatrix ) ys mǽdenhádes, Scint. 71, 11

Linked entry: efen-lǽcestre

Wætlinga-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
Wætlinga-strǽt, e; f.

Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.

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^f In one charter the word occurs in boundaries of land 'æt Eástún,' which Kemble places in Hampshire, the gift of the land being made at Glastonbury.

Linked entry: Erming-strǽt

ge-cwéme

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cwéme, adj. [cwéme pleasant, pleasing]

Pleasant ⬩ pleasing ⬩ grateful ⬩ acceptable ⬩ fit ⬩ jŏcundus ⬩ grātus ⬩ plăcĭtus ⬩ complăcĭtus ⬩ acceptus

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Ðǽr is bráde land in heofonríce Criste gecwémra there is a spacious land in heaven's kingdom of the grateful to Christ, Cd. 218; Th. 278, 5; Sat, 217. Gecwémre complăcĭtior, Ps. Spl. 76, 7. Swá him gecwémastwæs as was most pleasing to him, H.

aferian

(v.)
Grammar
aferian, p. ode
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., and add) Se geneát sceal wyrcan swá on lande swá of lande, . . . and rídan and auerian and láde lǽdan, Cht. E. 377, 3

fore-word

(n.)
Grammar
fore-word, es; n.

A proviso ⬩ condition

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A proviso, condition Ðat land æt Áctúne twégra manna dæg, ealswá ðá foreword sprecað, C. D. vi. 148, 30. Standan ðá forword betweónan ðan abbode and Ceólríce, iii. 352, 3. Syndon ðis þá forword þe Orecy and þá gegyldan gecoren habbað, iv. 277, 30.