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æl-tæw

Grammar
æl-tæw, l. æl-tǽwe, -teáwe, -teówe, -tówe,
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Ic ongite ðætte æltǽwe anweald nis on nánum woruldríce, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120, 3. Se geleáfa strengra bið ðǽr ðǽr hé æltǽwe bið, Hml. Th. i. 250, 20. Hyt is æltǽwe gyf hí mon hreáwe swylgeþ, Lch. i. 344, 16. Hyra (joy and sorrow) náðer ne mæg beón æltéwe

a-týhþ

(v.)
Grammar
a-týhþ, 3rd sing. pres. of a-teón.

draws away ⬩ abstrahit

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draws away; abstrahit

tyge

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
tyge, tige (v. double forms togen, tigen, pp. of teon), es; m.
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a pull, tug Gange him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan up, and gif seó hringe him folgaþ æt ðam forman tige, ðonne wát hé ðæt ic ðé sende tó him. Gif seó hringe nele up þurh his ánes tige, ðonne ne sceall hé ðínre sage gelýfan. Homl. Skt. i. 21,

Linked entry: tige

æl-tæw

(adj.)
Grammar
æl-tæw, -teaw, -teow; comp. re; sup. est; adj.

All good ⬩ excellent ⬩ entire ⬩ sound ⬩ healthful ⬩ perfect ⬩ honest ⬩ omnino bonus ⬩ sanus

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All good, excellent, entire, sound, healthful, perfect, honest; omnino bonus, sanus Fíndest ðú æltæwe hǽlo thou shall find perfect healing. Herb. 1, 29; Lchdm, i. 80, 7; MS. B. Næfþ nó æltæwne ende has no good end, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 29. Full æltæwe geboren

Linked entries: æl-tæwlíce æl-teaw

smiþ

Grammar
smiþ, Add: v. íren -, mæstling-, teón-smiþ: <b>-smíþ.</b>

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teorian

(v.)
Grammar
teorian, l. teórian,
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and Add Þæt mód of his ágenre untrymnesse wérgað and teórað mens ex infirmitate lassescat, Gr. D. 204, 23. Þonne teórað mægen mín dum defecerit uirtus mea, Ps. Rdr. 70, 9. Teórode hálig defecit sanctus, 11, 2: 30, 11.

teorian

(v.)
Grammar
teorian, p. ode.
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Be ðone ðe lád teorie ( fail ). Ðeáh æt stæltyhtlan lád teorie Ængliscan, L. O. D. 4; Th. i. 354, 13-14.

wérigian

(v.)
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Ꝥ ilce mód ǽgþer ge mid heálicum mægnum weaxeð and strangað, and eác of his ágenre untrymnesse wérgað and teórað (ex infirmitate lacesscat), Gr. D. 204, 23.

lád-rinc

Grammar
lád-rinc, For 'The word, ... vehicularius' substitute: In attempting to determine the meaning of this word it should be noticed that lád in all its other compounds, lád-mann, -scipe, -teáh, -teów, has the force of leading, guidance. The
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lád-rinc seems to be a guide, and his special character in the passage given above may be inferred from the following passage Si aduenae de aliis regionibus aduenirent, debebant ducatum habere ad aliam regalem uillam quae proxima fuisset in illorum uia

twigilde

(adv.)
Grammar
twigilde, adv.
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With a double payment Gif ðeós lád teorie, gylde twygylde (cf. gylde ángyldes, 1. 15), L.O.D. 6; Th. i. 354, 31. Gif þeów steleþ, ii-gelde gebéte, L. Ethb. 90; Th. i. 24, 17. Béte hé ðam teónde twygylde, and ðam hláforde his were, L.

wǽpen

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen, wǽpn, es; n.

a weapon ⬩ membrum virile

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Hé ða gástlícan wǽpnu ne mæg áberan, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 27. membrum virile Teors veretrum, teors, ðæt wǽpen vel lim calamus, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 56. Wǽpen, gecynd (printed wepen-gecynd; but see gecynd, II) veretrum, 44, 58

Linked entries: wǽmn wǽpen-mann wǽpn wǽpned

gild

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Ðeáh æt stæltyhtlan lád teorie . . . gylde ángyldes ꝥ hé mid beléd wæs. Ðæs óðres gyldes nán þing, ne þæs wítes þe má, 354, 16. Gif mon wíf mid bearne ofsleá . . . forgielde þone wífman fullan gielde, and ꝥ bearn healfan gelde, 66, 24-68, 2.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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Ðeáh lád teorie, L. O. D. 4; Th. i. 354, 14: 6; Th. i. 354, 31.

Linked entry: ládian

hláford

a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord

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Gif þeós lád teórie, gylde twygylde, and hláforde his wíte, 354, 31: 282, 3. a ruler, of a country, (our) lord (the king) Gif úre hláford ús ǽnigne eácan geþæncean mæge tó úrum friðgildum ... uton healdan ꝥ frið swá hit úrum hláforde lícige, Ll.

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