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frum-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
frum-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

original kindlineagedescentoriginprosāpiaŏrīgoa racetribegĕnusgens

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Ic eówer sceal frumcyn witan I must know your origin, Beo. Th. 509; B. 252. a race, tribe; gĕnus, gens Ðæt he ahredde frumcyn fira that he saved the race of men, Exon. 8 a; Th. 3. 12; Cri. 35: Cd. 190; Th. 236, 6; Dan. 317.

Ii

(n.)
Grammar
Ii, Hii,

Iona

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Nu sceal beón ǽfre on Ii abbod and ná biscop and ðan sculon beón underþeódde ealle Scotta biscopas forðan ðe Columban was abbod ná biscop their king gave him [Columba] the island that is called Iona ...

nest

(n.)
Grammar
nest, es; n.

provisionsvictualsprovisions served out at fixed timesrations

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Sum sceal on feorwegas gongan, and his nest beran, 329, 3; Vy. 28. On ðæm fætelse ðe hyre foregenga hyra begea nest þyder lǽdde, Judth.

ge-bígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bígan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [ge-, bígan to bow, bend]

To bowbendturninflect or decline a part of speechtwistbow downhumblebring undersubduecrushflectĕreinflectĕredeclīnārehumiliāre

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Se sceal heán wesan niðer gebíged he shall be low bowed down, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 28; Mód. 55: Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 28: Gen.27, 29. Ealle naman beóþ gebígede on fíf declínungum omnia nómĭna quinque declinā-tiōnĭbus inflectuntur, Ælfc.

teónlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
teónlíce, adv.
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Th. 226, 17; Ph. 407. in a way that brings shame or affront, with insult or ignominy Man sceal ða geóguðe lǽdan gehæft heánlíce and swá bysmorlíce bringan of heora éðle and betǽcan eów teónlíce on hǽðenra hand, Wulfst. 295, 19.

weorold-ár

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ár, e; f.
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Th. 483, 31. worldly property, property not belonging to the church Ðæt mon ælles ðises freólses áre ǽfre for áne híde werian scolde; for ðam ðe Godes ár ǽfre freogre beón sceal ðonne ǽnig woruldár, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 113, 35

wicce

(n.)
Grammar
wicce, an; f.
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Ne sceal se cristena befrínan ða fúlan wiccan be his gesundfulnysse, þeáh ðe heó secgan cunne sum ðincg þurh deófol, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 108-126. Ánimaþ ða réðan wiccan, seó ðe ðus áwent þurh wiccecræft manna mód, 7, 209. Wiccan pythonissam, Hpt.

ymb-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.
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. ¶ pres. part. used substantively :-- Hé sceal grétan his ymbstandendan, and hig him sceolon andswarian, L. E. I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 23. to surround Mé ymbstódan strange manige circumdantes circumdederunt me, Ps. Th. 117, 11.

bledu

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Man sceal habban beódas, bleda, mélas, cuppan, Angl. ix. 264, 17. Dó twá bleda fulle wæteres tó, Lch. ii. 38, 2, 4 : 118, 6. Add

bin

(n.)
Grammar
bin, binn.

a basketcofinusa cribmangera stall

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Ic sceal fyllan binnan (praesepia) oxan mid híg, Coll. M. 19, 35. a stall Ne bið nýten on binnum non erit armentum in praesepibus. Cant. Ab. 17

ealdor-scipe

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Abbod sceal á gemunan hwæt hé gecweden is, and þæs ealdorscipes noman mid dǽdum gefyllan ( nomen majoris factis implere ), R. Ben. 10, 10. Teóðingealdras sýn hýdege embe heora ealdorscypas ( decanias ) . . .

edisc

(n.)
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Wé his sceáp syndan, ðá hé on his edisce áfédde nos oves pascuae ejus, Ps. Th. 99, 3: 94, 7. Tó Wynburhe edisce, C. D. iii. 78, 34. Tó sundran edisce, v. 401, 33. Ad Griman edisc; ab Griman edisce, iii. 388, 7, 8. On brádan edisc, 30.

ge-tilian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tilian, -tilgan; p. ode; pp. od.

to strive afterto get by strivingto obtainprocureacquireacquīrĕreto treat a patient;curāre

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[Goth. ga-tilon to obtain.]. to treat a patient; curāre Ic wát hú ðín man getilian sceal I know how you must be treated, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 32

Linked entry: ge-teolod

spiweþa

(n.)
Grammar
spiweþa, an;m.

vomitingvomit, what is vomited

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vomiting Gif hié ( diseases ) cumen of oferfyllo, mid spiweþan hý mon sceal lytlian, Lchdm. ii. 178, 11. Wið miclan spiweþan, and hé ne máge nánne mete gehabban, 190, 8. Wið spiwþan, 190, 1. Ðurh spiwðan, i. 274, 21.

Linked entry: speowþa

hríðer

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer, hrýðer, es; n.

oxcowheifer

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Bige mid ðam ylcan feó swá hwæt swá ðé lícige hrýðera and sceáp emes ex eadem pecunia quidquid tibi placuerit sive ex armentis sive ex ovibus Deut. 14, 26. Hrýðera and scép, Jos. 6, 21.

Linked entries: hruðer hrýðer

pǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
pǽcan, p. pǽhte; pp. pǽht
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To deceive Swylce hié mid sceare and munuces hiwe God pǽcen (pǽcean, MS. T.) as if deceiving God with the tonsure and the appearance of a monk, R. Ben. 9, 15.

þancol

(adj.)
Grammar
þancol, adj.
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Th. 382, 17; Rä. 3, 12. v. deóp-, fore-, ge-, gearo-, hete-, hyge-, scearp-, searuþancol; þancol-mód

þorn

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Add: — Man sceall áweg ádelfan mid þorne, Lch. ii. 106, 5.

winter-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
winter-tíd, e; f.

Winter-timewinter

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Ðás wyrte ðú scealt niman on wintertíde, Lchdm. i. 148, 2

á-sníþan

to cut out, offto cut awayamputateto cut corn

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Add: to cut out, off His téþ wǽron swá ásniden ísen his teeth were as cut iron, Nar. 43, 15. to cut away, amputate Scealt þú eal ꝥ deáde of ásníþan oþ ꝥ cwice líc, Lch. ii. 82, 27.

Linked entry: sníðan