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smeágend

(n.)
Grammar
smeágend, es; m.
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A searcher, an examiner, inquirer Ðú þe eart módes smeágend and manna heortan, Hml. S. 12, 193

þrág-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
þrág-lic, adj.
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Lasting a long time Byð swýðe mycele ungeðwǽrnysse and ðráhlice wíten on manna bearnen. Verc. Först. 175.] [

ge-týma

(n.)
Grammar
ge-týma, an; m.

An advocateavouchera warranteradvŏcātus

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Ðæt ǽlc man wite his getýman of warranters. That every man know his warranter, L. A. G. 4; Th. i. 154, 12, 13

hoppian

(v.)
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Sum man gesette his ðeówan man on fetera. Hé sæt lange on ðám bendum oð ꝥ hé bestæl út mid his stafe hoppende (hoppegende, v. l. ). Hml. S. 21, 417. Add

wedd

Grammar
wedd, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðonne andswaraþ se man úrum Drihtne and cwið: 'Nebbe ic ǽnig wedd tó syllanne nimþe míne (dǽda). 'Þonne bið bóc ontýned . . . On þére bóc beóð áwritene ǽghwylces mannes dǽda, Verc. Först. 134, 16. <b>I a.

of-scotian

(v.)

to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc.

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Ne ofsleá hine nán man mid his handa ac sí hé mid stánum oftirfod oððe mid flánum ofscotod manus non tanget eum, sed lapidibus opprimetur aut confodietur jaculis Ex. 19, 13.

Linked entry: scotian

wígan

(v.)
Grammar
wígan, [p. wag, pl. wigon; pp. wigen]

to fightdo battle

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Móises getealde ðæs folces meniu wígendra manna numeravit Moyses omnem sianmam filiorum Israel a viginti annis et supra, Num. 26, 1. Six hund þúsenda wígendra manna, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 14: Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 367: Homl. Ass. 103, 54

Linked entries: wígende wigian

cwide-gied

(n.)
Grammar
cwide-gied, cwide-giedd, es; n. [gid, gied a song, lay]

A song, ballad carmen

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A song, ballad ; carmen Fela cúþra cwidegiedda many [of] known songs, Exon. 77a. Th. 289, 28; Wand. 55

ge-arfoþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-arfoþ, es; n.

Troublemolestia

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Trouble; molestia He sceal geþolian manige gearfoðu he shall suffer many troubles, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 26

heofon-hláf

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-hláf, es; m.

Heavenly bread bread from heavenmanna

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Heavenly bread, bread from heaven, manna Hí heofonhláfe hálige gefylde pani cæli saturavit eos, Ps. Th. 104, 35

marmstán-gedelf

(n.)
Grammar
marmstán-gedelf, es; n.

Marble-quarrying

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Marble-quarrying Má ðonne twá þúsend cristenra manna ðe tó marmstángedelfe gesette wǽron, Homl. Th. i. 560, 32

stán-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
stán-fáh, adj.
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Many-coloured with stones, epithet of a road, Beo. Th. 645; B. 320: Andr. Kmbl. 2473; An. 1238

eall-meaht

(n.)
Grammar
eall-meaht, -miht, e; f.
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Omnipotence On mihtigre handa and on eallmihte earmes in manu forti et brachio excelso, Ps. Th. 135, 12

brigdan

(v.)
Grammar
brigdan, (?); p. de
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To seize property improperly held by another Ðus man sceal swerigean, ðonne man hafð his ǽhte gebryid ( =-brigd ?) (cf. ꝥ orf ꝥ ic mid N. befangen hæbbe, l. 15). Ðæs óðres áð ðe mon his orf æt bryideð ( = brigdeð?) . . .

lengan

(v.)
Grammar
lengan, p. de

protractdelayextendlengthen

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Ðá lengde hit man swá lange it was so long delayed, Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 10.

Linked entry: langian

treówe

(adj.)
Grammar
treówe, triéwe, trýwe; adj.
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Búton hé habbe twégra trýwra manna gewitnesse, L. Eth. iii. 9; Th. i. 296, 18. Man namige . ii. trýwe þegnas, L. N. P. L. 57; Th. ii. 298, 31. His freónd se treówesta (getreówesta, Bd. M. 126, 30) fidissimus atnicus illius, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 17.

Linked entry: trýwe

wiþer-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-tihtle, an; f.

A counter-chargecross-action

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Se ðe on gemóte mid wiðertihtlan hine sylfne oþþe his man werige, hæbbe ðæt eall forspecen, and geandwyrde ðam óðrum swá hundrede riht þynce, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 5. Cf.

weorold-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-hláford, es; m.
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Beó manna gehwylc hold and getrýwe his worldhláforde. Wulfst. 74, 9. Hí ic wille wyrðian swá swá man worldhláford sceal, Shrn. 196, 32. Woruldhláfordas móston ðære fiohbóte onfón, L. Alf. 49 ; Th. i. 58, 7.

ǽw-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽw-fæst, adj.

firm in observing the lawreligiousbound by the lawmarriedreligiosusvinculo nuptiarum constrictus

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Ǽwfæst man a married man, L. C. S. 51; Th. i. 404, 21

Linked entry: ǽ-fæst

feoh-spillung

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-spillung, -spilling, e; f.

Money-wastingprofusionpĕcūniārum effūsioprofūsio

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Money-wasting, profusion; pĕcūniārum effūsio vel profūsio Man ðǽr ne gespǽdde bútan manmyrringe and feohspillinge man gained naught there except loss of men and waste of money, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 30

Linked entry: spilling