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morþ

(n.)
Grammar
morþ, es; n. m.

deathdestructionperditionthat which causes deathmurderslaying with an attempt at concealment of the deedmurderhomicide

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Gif open morþ weorþe ðæt man sý ámyrdred ágife man mágum ðone banan and gif hit tihtle sý and æt láde mistíde déme se bisceop if there be a death and it afterwards appear that the man was murdered, the (supposed) murderer being discovered, let the latter

ge-dígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dígan, -dýgan, -dégan, ic -díge, ðú -dígest, he -dígeþ, pl. -dígaþ; p. de; pp. ed

To endurecarry throughtolerateovercomeescapeĕtiperpĕtiperferretolerāresuperāreevadere

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To endure, carry through, tolerate, overcome, escape; ĕti, perpĕti, perferre, tolerāre, superāre, evadere Swá mǽg unfǽge gedíganweán so an undoomed [man] may escape calamity, Beo. Th. 4572; B. 2291.

Linked entries: ge-dégan ge-dýgan

láðettan

(v.)
Grammar
láðettan, p. te

odioushatefulbe hatedbe hostileto abominatehate

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Man láðette tó swýðe ðæt man scolde lufian people hated too much what they ought to love, Wulfst. 168, 13. Uncer láðette ǽgðer óðer ðeáh ðe hé hít óðrum ne sǽde each of us hated the other, though he did not say so to the other, Shrn. 39, 22.

heals-wyrt

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Þysse wyrte ðe man narcissum and óðrum naman halswyrt nemneð, i. 158, 14. Bulbum þá wyrte ðá man óþrum naman halswyrt háteþ, 222, 10. Sinfitum album and óþrum naman halswyrt, 240, 3. Se man sé ðe biþ on healsóman nime healswyrt, iii. 4, 26. Add:

cysten

(v.)
Grammar
cysten, = cystan

to get, procure, get the value of acquirere, æquiparare facere

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to get, procure, get the value of; acquirere, æquiparare facere Se man ðe hafde án púnd he ne mihte cystan [MS. cysten] ænne peni at ánne market the man who had a pound could not get the value of a penny at a market, Chr. 1125; Erl. 253, 28: 1124; Erl

fyrd-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-rinc, ferd-rinc, es; m.

A man of armswarriorsoldierbellātormīles

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A man of arms, warrior, soldier; bellātor, mīles Fród wæs se fyrdrinc skilful was the man of arms, Byrht. Th. 135, 58; By. 140. Fyrdrincas frome bold soldiers, Elen. Kmbl. 521; El. 261.

wíc-stów

Grammar
wíc-stów, <b>. I.</b>
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Hwylc man is . . . þe nát hwæt se man sý þe seó wícstów (mansio) getimbrod is, Gr. D. 321, 14. Manige wícstówe ( mansiones ) syndon in mínes fæder húse, 315, 17: 319, 5. Hí onfóð ánre méde, and beóð tódǽlede in manige wícstówa, 315, 23. Add

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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And sáulsceat is rihtast ðæt man symle gelǽste æt openum græfe; and gif man ǽnig líc of rihtscriftscíre elles hwár lecge, gelǽste man sáulsceat swá ðéh intó ðam mynstre ðe hit tó hýrde, L.

Linked entry: sáwel-gescot

Nen

(n.)

the river Nen in Northamptonshire

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the river Nen in Northamptonshire Ðæt water, ðæt man cleopeþ Nen, Chr. 963; Erl. 122, 17

un-andet

(adj.)
Grammar
un-andet, adj.

Unconfessed

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Unconfessed Ǽnig man mid unandettan heáfodleahtrum húsles ne ábyrige, ac andette and béte, Wulfst. 71, 7

Linked entry: andettan

un-hreóflig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hreóflig, adj.

Not leprous

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Not leprous Ne gedyde se sacerd ðone man hreófligne oððe unhreófligne, Homl. Th. i. 124, 24

Linked entry: hreóf-lig

Eáster-mónaþ

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Þone mónaþ man nemneð on Læden Aprelis, and on úre geþeóde Eastermónaþ, Shrn. 69, 16. Add

egeþ-getígu

(n.)
Grammar
egeþ-getígu, pl. n.
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The apparatus belonging to a harrow Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu, sulhgesídu, egeðgetígu, Angl. ix. 264, 5

wrang

(n.)
Grammar
wrang, es; n.
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Add: injustice Ic nelle geþolian ꝥ ǽnig man eów ǽnig wrang beúde, Ll. Lbmn. 486, 13

wigian

(v.)
Grammar
wigian, p. ode

To fight

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To fight Gif hé wigie and man gewundie, L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 8

Linked entry: wignoþ

ǽtren-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽtren-mód, adj.

Venom-mindedmalitiosus

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Venom-minded; malitiosus Ǽtrenmód mon a venom-minded man, Exon, 91b; Th. 343, 26; Gn. Ex. 163

Linked entry: átren-mód

lár-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
lár-smiþ, es; m.

a counsellor

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A wise man, a counsellor Lársmiþas, Elen. Kmbl. 406; El. 203. Lársmeoþas, Andr. Kmbl. 2441; An. 1221

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e; f.
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A rake Hé sceal habban race (cf.. man sceal habban ofnrace, 265, 2), Anglia ix. 263, 7

sulh-gesíde

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-gesíde, es; n.
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An appurtenance of a plough Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu, sulhgesídu, Anglia ix. 264, 5. Cf. next word

á-hrepian

(v.)
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Add: to treat Ic hæbbe áhrepod be þám tíd*-*þénungum þe man dón sceall, Btwk. 220, 40

Linked entry: hrepian