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be-tweonum

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweonum, be-tweonan, be-twinum, be-twinan, be-twynan, bi-tweon, bi-tweonum; prep. I. dat. II. acc. [be, bi by, with, tweo two; dat. tweonum, twinum, tweon, twin, twyn]

BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midstinter, in medio

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Kmbl. 2412; El. 1207. sometimes betweonum follows its case, or is separated from it Ðá gewearþ hí him betweonum they then agreed between themselves, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 24.

wiþ-metenness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-metenness, e; f.

Comparison

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On wiðmetenysse in comparatione, Hpt. Gl. 420, 22. On his wiðmetennysse in comparison with it, Homl. Th. i. 618, 20. Næs hé geteald tó ðyssere wiðmetennysse he was not included in this comparison, ii. 38, 3.

Linked entry: wiþ-gemetness

ge-mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽrsian, ic -mǽrsige; p. ode; pp. od

To magnify, glorify, celebratemagnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre

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Grn. ii. 288, 44. He wæs fram eallum gemǽrsod ipse magnĭfĭcābātur ab omnĭbus, Lk. Bos. 4, 15. Ic beó gemǽrsod on Pharaone glorĭfĭcābor in Pharaōne, Ex. 14, 17.

Linked entry: ge-mérsian

hwatung

(n.)
Grammar
hwatung, e; f.

Divination

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P. ii. 23, title; Th. ii. 180, 36.

Linked entry: hwat

gellan

(v.)
Grammar
gellan, gillan, giellan, gyllan; part. gellende, gillende, giellende, gyllende; ic gelle, gille, gielle, gylle, ðú gilst, gielst, gylst; he gilleþ, gilþ, gielþ, gylleþ, gylþ, pl. gellaþ, gillaþ, giellaþ, gyllaþ; p. geal, pl. gullon; pp. gollen

To yellsingchirpstrideresonare

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Ic seah searo giellende I saw a yelling machine, 108 b; Th. 415, 1; Rä. 33, 4. Gyllende gryre with yelling horror, Cd. 167; Th. 208, 26; Exod. 489. Ic gielle swá hafoc I yell as a hawk, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 19; Rä. 25, 3.

be-þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þurfan, bi-þurfan, ic, he -þearf, ðú -þearft, pl. -þurfon; p. -þorfte, pl. -þorfton; subj. -þurfe, pl. -þurfen; p. -þorfte, pl. -þorften; gen. or acc. or v. n.

To need, have need, want, to be in want, to requireopus habere, egere, indigere

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To need, have need, want, to be in want, to require; opus habere, egere, indigere Wísdómes beþearf he requires wisdom, Elen. Kmbl. 1082; El. 543. Ic árna biþearf I need mercy, Exon. 76 a; Th. 285, 17; Jul. 715: Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 48.

for-sweógian

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweógian, p. ode; pp. od

To pass over in silencekeep silentsĭlentio prætĕrīre

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To pass over in silence, keep silent; sĭlentio prætĕrīre We ne durron forsweógian ... gif we hit forsweógiaþ we dare not keep silent ... if we keep it silent, L. Ælf. P. 1; Th. ii. 364, 11. 13

sunn-feld

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-feld, es or a; m.
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Voc. ii. 32, 8. Hwǽr wuniaþ Enoc und Helias? Ic ðé secge, Malifica and Intimphonis (in tempis?), ðæt is, on sunfelda and on sceánfelda, Salm. Kmbl. p. 202, 1. (v. scín-feld.)

hrut

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Voc. i. 289, 28: dun, ii. 125, 4), Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 59

ge-nugan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nugan, pres. hit -neah [Goth. ganah]

To suffice, to be sufficient, not to be wantingsufficere

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To suffice, to be sufficient, not to be wanting; sufficere Gif us on ferðe geneah if in our soul we be not wanting [if it is sufficient to us in our soul], Exon. 93 a; Th. 348, 29; Sch. 35:90 a; Th. 337, 26; Gn. Ex. 70.

Linked entry: ge-neah

hreód

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D. iii. 79, 26: hreód-burne, 25, 18: hreód- íg, v. 121, 30: hreód-leáh, iii. 246, 19: hreód-mǽd, vi. 153, 9: hreód-mór, C. D. B. ii. 433, 29: hreód-pól, C. D. ii. 29, 10: hreód-slæd, vi. 137, 17

ge-glengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-glengan, -glencan, -glæncan, -glencgan, -glengcan; p. -glengde, -glencde; pp. -glenged, -glencged, -glengd, -glend

To adornembellishset in ordercomposeornārecōmĕrecompōnĕre

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P. 5; Th. ii. 366, 2. Ic geglenge cōmo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 13. Ic smicere geglengce orno, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 116; Wrt. Voc. 54, 58.

Linked entry: glengan

abbadisse

(n.)
Grammar
abbadisse, abbodisse, abbatisse, abbudisse, abedisse, an; f. [abbad an abbot, isse a female termination, q. v.]

An abbessabbatissa

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An abbess; abbatissa Riht is ðæt abbadissan fæste on mynstrum wunian it is right that abbesses dwell closely in their nunneries, L. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 320, 30: L. Const.

beó-ceorl

(n.)
Grammar
beó-ceorl, beó-cere, es; m.

A BEE-CEORLbee farmer or keeperbocherusapum custos

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With us it is agreed that he shall pay five sustras of honey for a tax 'bochero, id est, apum custodi, pertinet, si gavelheorde, id est, gregem ad censum teneat, ut inde reddat sicut ibi mos [MS. moris] erit.

twi-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-rǽde, adj.
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Or again, whether in any plan you are so uncertain, that it may help you, if it is carried out, or if it is not, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 5-9. of divided counsel, without unanimity Ǽlc ríce ðe byþ twyrǽde on him sylfum omne regnum divisum contra se, Mt.

Linked entry: twio-rǽde

HÉR

(adv.)
Grammar
HÉR, adv.

HEREin this worldat this time

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I. prm; Th. ii. 394, 4-16. Hér in this year, Chr. passim

FÓÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FÓÐER, fóður, es; n.

foodfood for cattlefodderălĭmentumjūmenti pābŭlumthat in which food is carrieda basketcophĭnusκόφĭνosthat in which food for cattle is carrieda cartcart-loadvĕhesplaustrumnunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi

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If he have not, let him pay half in fodder, and half in other goods, 60; Th. i. 140, 8-11. that in which food is carried,-a basket; cophĭnus = κόφĭνos Genómon ceawlas vel fóðer tŭlērunt cophĭnos, Mt. Lind.

Linked entry: fódder

-hám

(suffix)
Grammar
-hám, es; m.

the abode of the elves

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'The Latin word which appears most nearly to translate it is vicus, and it seems to be identical in form with the Greek κώμη.

tó-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceótan, p. -sceát, pl. -scuton

To rush in different directionsto dispersehurriedly,scatter

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Ðá tóscuton ða deóflu (cf. ðá wǽron tóstencte ða wiðerweardan gástas dispersi sunt spiritus infesti, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 7; it is this passage in Bede which Ælfric is quoting), Homl. Th. ii. 352, 4.

stearn

(n.)
Grammar
stearn, es; m.
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[Starn is a name for the starling in the Shetland Isles; the same bird is called a starnel in Northants. v. E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, p. 73.

Linked entries: stærn stern