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swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Frs. se-lík, selk, sulk, sulch, suck: O. H. Ger. so-líh, su-líh, solh: Icel. slíkr.]

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

þegnian

(v.)
Grammar
þegnian, p. ode; pp. od.
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On heáhsetle siteþ self cyning (God), and ðiós síde gesceaft þénaþ and þiówaþ, Met. 29, 77. Gif him árlíce esne þénaþ, Exon. Th. 430, 9; Rä. 44, 5: 403, 28; Rä. 22, 14. Þénaþ prosequitur, Hpt. Gl. 451, 57.

Linked entry: þénian

dǽlan

(v.)
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Sceal þín hrá dǽlan, An. 954. to separate one's self from another, to part, depart (cf. sie fan iró drohtine délian skoldun, Hel. 4774) Ic feor gewíte, fleáme dǽle elongavi fugiens, Ps.

ge-rád

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Findan mid geráde, 332, 46. reason, sense, discretion Hú gerádes mæg se biscep brúcan ðǽre hirdelican áre, gif hé self drohtað on ðám eorðlicum tielongum qua mente animarum praesul honore pastorali utitur, si in terrenis negotiis ipse versatur, Past.

hwæþer

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, Bt. 36, 4; F. 178, 14. with the force of hwæt (v. hwá; 2 a), where the answer is confined to two alternatives Hwæþer ðincþ þé ꝥ þá ðing sién, þe þára sóþena gesǽlþa limu, ðe sió gesǽlþ self?

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Cf. to turn into money = sell for money. Cf. on; B.

be-werian

(v.)

prohibit ⬩ forbid ⬩ to protect ⬩ defend

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Hié selfe wið Seówdóm bewerian, Ors. 3, 1, ; S. 98, 4. Widewan bewerian wið hunger, Hml. S. 25, 755. Ongeán yfele wýfmenþé bewerian, Lch. iii. 214, 10.

lim

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Seldum ǽfre þæs fugeles leomu licgað, Sal. 270. Bið se líchama þeónde on strangum breóste, on fullum limum and hálum, Hml. Th. i. 614, 12. Hé leomum onféng and líchoman, Cri. 628. <b>II a.

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Add Hié selfe neáh forwurdon, Ors. 2, 6 ; S. 88, 16. Þá gemétte heó hire hwǽte ealne beón neáh (pene) gedǽledne fram hire ágenum suna, Gr. D. 68, 23. Add Ealle ðá clifu þe neáh þǽm sǽ wǽron, Ors. 5, 4 ; S. 226, 4.

wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm, (-em, -im, -um), es; m. n.:e; f.

Growth, increase ⬩ growth, produce ⬩ plant, fruit ⬩ offspring, progeny ⬩ result ⬩ fruit, that which may be enjoyed ⬩ produce of money, usury. ⬩ growth, growing, ⬩ increase ⬩ growth, thriving ⬩ growth, condition reached by growing, stature, form;

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Ic lisse selle, wilna wæstme, ðám ðe ðé wurðiaþ, 105, 24; Gen. 1758. produce of money, usury. Similar entries v. wæstm-sceatt Of wæstme ex usuris, Ps.

wer-gild

(n.)
Grammar
wer-gild, were-gild, es; n. [The word seems interchangeable with wer (q. v.), which in the later laws is the more frequent form.]
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Wealde se cyniug þreóra ǽnes; oþþe hine man cwelle, oþþe ofer sǽ selle, oþþe hine his wergelde áliése, L. Wih. 26; Th. i. 42, 17. Hé hine be his wergilde áliése, oþþe be his were geswicne, L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 2.

folgian

(v.)

to pursue ⬩ to accompany ⬩ be attendant upon ⬩ to follow ⬩ be guided by ⬩ follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ practise

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Lbmn. 278, 16, col. 3. to follow, practise a profession, devote one's self to a pursuit Fela óðre forférdon þe folgodon drýcræfte, Hml. S. 17, 122. Lufiaþ cræftas and folgiaþ ðǽm, Bt. 42; F. 258, 25.

flǽsc

Grammar
flǽsc, pl. flǽscu: flǽsce (?), an; /.

flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings

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Hé seleð mele ylcum flésce, Ps. Srt. 135, 25. the human frame, the corporeal part of man in contrast with soul or spirit Hwæt biþ se líchoma elles búton flǽsc seoððan se écea dǽl of biþ, ꝥ is seó sáwl?, Bl. H. m, 31.

ge-wita

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. :-- Gé sint ealle míne gewietan (-witan, v. l.) ðæt ic eom unscildig contestor vos, quia mundus sum, Past. 379, 13. one that proves by example Hé bið him self gewita (him selfum gewiota, v. l.) ðæt hé wilnað him selfum gielpes ipse sibi testis est,

weardian

(v.)
Grammar
weardian, p.ode.

to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind

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Wé sele weardodon, Beo. Th. 4157; B. 2075. Sume stede weardedon ymb Danúbie, Elen. Kmbl. 270; El. 135. Þenden wé on eorðan eard weardigen, Exon. Th. 48, 16; Cri. 772. Ðǽr hig ǽnne sculan eard weardian habitare in unum, Ps. Th. 132, 1: Exon.

Linked entries: ge-weardian weardere

ge-férscipe

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H. 85, 6. a company of animals Ðá fuglas ðe ánes cynnes bióð seldon willað forlǽtan hiora geférscipe ( sese deserunt), Past. 348, 22

ge-unnan

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Gewunna ł sella ( exhibebit ) mé mǽ ðon tuelf hergas engla, Mt. L. 26, 53. God hæfð geunnen ðone wurðmynt his gecorenum, Hml. Th. i. 366, 16. Hí habbað geunnen twá land in tó ðǽre hálgan stówe, C.

swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.
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Wiþ ðon ðe mon sié mónaþseóc; nim mereswínes fel, wyrc tó swipan, swing mid ðone man, sóna biþ sél. Amen, Lchdm. ii. 334, 2. Gyf hit cild sý oððe cniht, swinge hine man (vapulet), L. Ecg. P. iv. 52 ; Th. ii. 218, 31.

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Icel. slásk to betake ones self] Gesca sláet singultat (cf. Icel. impersonal use sló á hann hlátri he was seized with a fit of laughter). Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 50. Ðǽr seolesburna sliht on meóne. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 13, 31.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

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