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sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþa, (?), sceáþ (?)

a nail

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a nail Tácon ðara sceaðana (sceoðona, Rush.) . . . styd ðara scæððana figuram clauorum . . . locum clauorum Jn. Skt. Lind. 20, 25. . Similar entries v. horn-sceaþa

búfan

(adv.)
Grammar
búfan, búfon [be-ufan]; adv.

Above, beforesuprasupra

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Rush. Stv. 2, 9

ǽniht

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽniht, [ǽn = án one, -iht adj. termination]

Anythingquicquam

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Rush. War. 14, 30

aldor-dóm

(n.)

a principality

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Rush. War. 20, 20

án-waldan

(v.)

to have sole power overto exercise absolute rulesolam potestatem haberedominari

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to have sole power over, to exercise absolute rule; solam potestatem habere, dominari He ðone ánwaldeþ he rules it, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 154

in-féran

(v.)
Grammar
in-féran, p. de

To enter

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Rush. 4, 38

Linked entry: féran

postol

(n.)
Grammar
postol, es; m.
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Ða ðe cwédun ðás tó ðǽm postolum quae dicebant apostolas haec, Rush. 24, 10

wǽpen-berend

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-berend, es; m.

An armed man

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An armed man Se stronga woepenberend (wépend-, Rush.) gehealdaþ ceafertún his fortis armatus custodit atrium suum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 21: p. 7, 5

of-standan

(v.)

to remain standing, keep (trans. or intrans.) in the same place or condition, stop in a place

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Th. 476, 21; Ruin. II. Ofstondene beóþ sive ofstonden feoh integri restitutione. Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 34-35

ge-nip

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Tír á byð on færelde ofer nihta genipu, Rún. 17. (1 a) of the darkness to which the sun seems to sink Færeð sunne in þæt wonne genip under waetra geþring, Sch. 79. of a place without light In þissum neowlan genipe ( Hell ), Sat. 102.

stede

(n.)
Grammar
stede, es; m.
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Æsc stede rihte hylt, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 26; Rún. 26. Næfþ náðer ne sǽ ne eá nǽnne stede búton on eorðan, Lchdm. iii. 256, 2. Gecerr suord ðín in styd his, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 52. <b>II a.

Linked entries: bed-stede hám-stede

níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd, neád, néd, neód, niéd, nýd, es; n.: e; f.

necessityinevitablenessnecessityneedurgent requirementa necessary businessdutyneedwhat one wantsnecessityneeddifficultyhardshipdistressforcecompulsion

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Spl. 37, 12. the name of the rune, ᚾ, N; hence the symbol is sometimes put instead of writing the word, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 8; Rún. 10 : Exon. Th. 429, 22; Rä. 43, 8 : 50, 14; Cri. 800 : 284, 28; Jul. 704 : Elen. Kmbl. 2519; El. 1261

cásering

(n.)
Grammar
cásering, e; f. A cæsaring, a coin with an emperor's image, a coin; drachma = δραχμή , didrachma
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Rush. War. 15, 8. Ne unband cásering non solvit didrachma, Mt. Lind. Stv. 17, 23

frohtian

(v.)
Grammar
frohtian, ; p. ade, pp. ad

To fearto be in danger

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Frohtade timuit, Rush. 14, 30

næfig

(adj.)
Grammar
næfig, adj.

Not having meanspoor

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Rush. 9, 8. Næfgum (næfigum, Lind.) egenis, 13, 29. Næfigum, Lind. 12. 5

tæppel-bred

(n.)
Grammar
tæppel-bred, es; n.

A board covered with a carpet, a foot-stool

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Rush. 5, 35. Tæppilbred, 22, 44

Linked entry: tæppil-bred

preóst-regol

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-regol, es; m.
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A canonical rule Libbað clǽnre heortan an eówrum preóstregole (regula canonica), Chrd. 88, 15: 89, 33. Éstfullnes lífes be preóstregole deuotio uitę regularis, 93, 11

Linked entry: regol

setness

(n.)
Grammar
setness, e; f.
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Rush. 25, 34

sóþ

(prefix)
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In sóð (sóðe, Rush.) cneóreso in progenies, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 50. Sóð cymes procedit, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 15, 26. Sóðcuom processit, Rtl. 2, 37: procedit, 57, 6. Sóðfylga prosequere, 29, 36. Sóð gistrýnd progeniem, 29, 28.

forþ-arǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-arǽsan, p. de; pp. ed

To rush forthprosĭlīre

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To rush forth; prosĭlīre Ic forþarǽse prosĭlio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 3; Som. 34, 43. Forþarǽsde of his bedde prosĭliit ex lecto suo, Greg. Dial. 1. 2