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ǽr-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-fæder, indecl. in sing, but sometimes gen. -fæderes and dat. -fædere are found; pl. nom. acc. -fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

A forefatherfatherpropatorpater

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A forefather, father; propator, pater, Beo. Th. 5258; B. 2622

BANNAN

(v.)
Grammar
BANNAN, bonnan; ic banne, ðú bannest, banst, benst, he banneþ, banþ, benþ, pl. bannaþ; p. bén, bénn, beón, beónn, pl. beónnon; pp. bannen

To summonjuberecitareconvocare

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To summon; jubere, citare, convocare Leóde tosomne bannan to summon the people together, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096: Elen. Grm. 45

Linked entries: a-bannan banst bonnan

gafol-heord

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-heord, e; f. [gafol a tax, heord a herd, flock]

A taxable stock or hive of beesgrex ad censum

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With us it is ordered that he shall pay five sustras of honey for a tax; ' bochero, id est, ăpum custōdi, pertĭnet, si gavelheorde, id est, grĕgem ad censum tĕneat, ut inde reddat sīcut ĭbi mos [MS. moris] ĕrit.

Linked entries: heord gafol-swán

niht-eald

(adj.)
Grammar
niht-eald, adj.

A day old

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A day old Gif hit biþ nihteald þiéfþ if it is a theft a day old, i. e. if a day passes between the commission of the crime and the capture of the thief, L. In. 73; Th. i. 148, 10

Linked entry: eald

handfangen-þeóf

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handfangen-þeóf, handfangene-þeóf.
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.), which is the usual form in lists similar to those in which it occurs Hámsócn and forsteall, griðbrice and handfangenðeóf, C. D. iv. 233, 9. Handfangeneðeóf, 17: 23: 30

GANGAN

(v.)
Grammar
GANGAN, gongan, gancgan; part. gangende, gongende; ic gange, gonge, ðú gangest, gongest, he gangeþ, gongeþ, pl. gangaþ, gongaþ; p. geóng, gióng, giéng, géng, pl. geóngon, gióngon, giéngon, géngon; imp. gang, gong; pp. gangen, gongen

To gowalkturn outīremeārevādĕreambŭlāreingrĕditendĕreevĕnīre

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Ic ongitan mihte hu ðis gewinn wolde gangan I should be able to know how this labour would turn out, Ps. Th. 72, 13 : 88, 3

Linked entries: gongan GÁN gancgan

ge-hú

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hú, adv.

In any manner

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In any manner He is gecweden hláf ðurh getácnunge and lamb and leó and gehú elles he is called bread typically and lamb and lion and in any other way, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 17.

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wudu-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rǽden, wudu-rǽdenn, e; f.

Woodcuttingright of cutting timber in a wood

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Kmbl. iv. 20, 5. An ic twéga wǽna gang tó wuduredenne, vi. 36, 16. Heó hæbbe ða wudurǽddenne in ðæm wuda ðe ða ceorlas brúcaþ, and éc ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf, ii. 100, 14

infangene-þeóf

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Ic an heom ꝥ hý habben ... infangeneðeóf (In the Latin version of the charter this is rendered: Concedo ut habeant ... potestatem fures in terra sua cum re furtiua deprehensos in ios uocandi et puniendi), C.D. iv. 202, 8.

Linked entry: útfangene-þeóf

spédan

(v.)
Grammar
spédan, p. de

To speedhave successsucceed in doing somethingaccelerare

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Gif hé ne geþeó búton tó healfre híde if he succeeds in obtaining no more than a half hide, Ll. Th. i. 188, 1) for you is it better to buy off this attack ... We need not destroy one another, if you succeed in doing this, Byrht. Th. 132, 51; By. 34

Linked entry: fór-spédian

mid-ferhtness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhtness, The Latin original of the passage is: Si pueritia, si adolescentia, si iuuentus eorum exstitit sine querela . . . qualis esse potuit eorum senectus?, Archiv cxxii. 247, 10-13.

gistian

(v.)
Grammar
gistian, p. ode
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To be a guest, be lodged in another's house On wrigylse fiðra þínra ic gystige ( I will lodge? The Latin is exultabo ), Ps. Cam. 62, 8.

ge-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽdan, -lédan; part. -lǽdende; he -lǽdeþ, -lǽdt, -lǽt, pl. -lǽdaþ; p. ic, he -lǽdde, ðú -lǽddest, pl. -lǽddon; impert. -lǽd, pl. -lǽdaþ; subj. pres. -lǽðe, pl. -lǽden; pp. -lǽded, -lǽdd, -lǽd

To leadconductbearbringderivebring outbring forthproducebring updūcĕrededūcĕreăgĕreindūcĕredeferreperferrederīvāreedūcĕreprodūcĕreedŭcāre

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He wæs gelǽdd óþ ða þriddan heofonan he was led to the third heaven, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 2, 4; Lchdm. iii. 232, 26. He wæs fram Háligum Gástum gelǽd on sumum wéstene ăgēbātur a spīrĭtu in desertum, Lk.

Linked entries: ge-lǽt ge-lédan

toft

(n.)

a piece of ground, messuage, homesteada place marked out for a house or buildinga square piece of ground with walls but without roofan enclosed home-fieldcampusan elevated piece of grounda field where a house or building once stood.

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It does not occur often in the earliest English, but it is found as the second part of many place-names in districts which were affected by the Danes, v. Taylor's Names and Places.In the Prompt.

smeoru-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru-wyrt, e; f.

Smer-wort. Aristolochia rotunda

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Smer-wort. ' Aristolochia rotunda, in allusion to its use in ointments.' E. D. S. Plant Names. Halliwell gives 'smereworth the round birthwort, or the herb mercury'. It is found in the following glosses: Smeoruwyrt veneria Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 33.

ge-hú

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is gecweden hláf þurh getácnunge, and lamb, and leó, and gehú elles ( in every other way he is called, it is typically ), Hml. Th. ii. 268, 17

ofer-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-bregdan, -brédan.

To overspread, cover, draw a covering overTo break out over a surface

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To break out over a surface Scamoniam geceós ðus brec on tú dó hwón on ðine tungan gif hió hwíte oferbregdeþ swá meluc ðonne hió biþ gód choose scammony thus; break it in two, put a bit on your tongue, if it breaks out all over white as milk, it is good

smeart

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
smeart, adj.

Smart, painful

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Homl. i. 243, 23. Mid smerte smiten of smale longe ȝerden ii. 207, 6. Me him smæt mid smærte ȝerden Laym. 20318. If men smot it with a yerde smerte (adv.) Chauc. Prol. 149.]

blátan

(v.)
Grammar
blátan, part. blátende; ic bláte, ðú blátest, blǽtst, he bláteþ, blǽt, pl. blátaþ; p. bleót, blét, ðú bléte, pl. bléton; pp. bláten; intrans.

To be livid, pale, or dark as with envylivere

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To be livid, pale, or dark as with envy; livere Hygewælmas teáh beorne on breóstum blátende níþ darkening [livid, pale] envy drew agitations of mind to the breast of the man, Cd. 47; Gen. 981

Linked entry: blátende

Fornétes folm

(n.)
Grammar
Fornétes folm, e; f.

Fornet's palmFornēti palma

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In the Gl. Cleop. folm is glossed mănus, the hand or palm. As this refers to the palm only, it leaves us in difficulty what variety is intended by Fornet's palm.