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læssa

(adj.)
Grammar
læssa, adj. cpve.

Less

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Se ðe tówyrpþ án of ðysum læstum [leasestum, Lind: læsest, Rush.] bebodum ... se biþ læst [leasest, Lind: se læsesta, Rush.] genemned on heofonan ríce qui solverit unum de mandatis istis minimis,... minimus vocabitur in regno cælorum, Mt.

Linked entries: lærest læst

fel-tún

(n.)
Grammar
fel-tún, es; m.

An enclosed placegardenprivydunghillsecessuslatrīnasterquĭlīnium

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Rush. 14, 35

mis-cweðan

(v.)

to speak amiss or incorrectlyto cursemaledicere

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Rush. 7, 10. Miscuédon him maledixerunt ei, Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 28

sib-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
sib-sum, adj.
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Sibsume ł friðgeorne (ł friðsume, Rush.) pacifici, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 9

sixtig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
sixtig, used as subs, or adj.
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Rush. ), Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 8. Sexdig ł sextih. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 23. Sexdeih, 13, 8

tæl

(n.)
Grammar
tæl, tel, es; n.

A tale, number, series

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Rush. 6, 10. Tele laterculo, numero, Hpt. Gl. 442, 51. In ténum talum in decem numeros, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 1. Cf. Forerím ł (fore-)tal prologus, p. 1, 1

Linked entries: tal tel fore-tal

ymb-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-gangan, p. -géng.
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Rush. 23, 14

-mǽre

(suffix)
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Mǽre celeberrimns, i. excellentissimus (Agathae rumor), 3937. On þǽm mǽran fæstene in celeberrimo (Alexandriae) municipio, 3418. On mǽrum in summo (virginitatis proposito), 5, 21. Mǽran potiorem (virginitatis gloriam), 4153.

ÆSC

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSC, g. æsces; pl. nom. acc. æscas, ascas; g. æsca, asca; d. æscum, ascum; m;

an ash-treefraxinus excelsiorthe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨan ash-speara spearlancehasta fraxineahastaa small shipa skiffa light vessel to sail or row innavisnavigiumdromo

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Gl. 45; Som. 64, 98. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ; = æ, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is æsc an ash-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter æ, but for æsc an ash-tree, as, — ᚨ; byþ oferheáh, eldum dýre, stíþ staðule the ash-tree is over-high

Linked entries: æscen asca barþ

a-smorian

(v.)
Grammar
a-smorian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od; v. trans.

To smotherchokestranglesuffocatesuffocare

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Rush. Stv. 13, 22. Hí hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodan they smothered and stifled him on his bed, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 5. Ðæt ge ne blód ne þicgen, ne asmored [MS. H. asmorod] that ye taste not blood, nor [what is] strangled, L.

Linked entry: smorian

nigon

(n.; num.; adj.)

nine

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. : nióne, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 17, 17. Ðá hét se cyng faran mid nigonum ðara níwena scipa, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 20. Grammar nigon, as adj. : Harold wes gewend mid nigon scipon, 1052; Erl. 183, 18. Nigon nihtum ǽr middum sumere, 898; Erl. 96, 19.

þorf-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
þorf-fæst, adj.
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Rush. Lind. 14, 35. Ðor[f]fæst utilis, Rtl. 192, 7. Sié ðor[f]fæsta ús prosint nobis, 91, 27. [Cf. All þatt hemm wass purrfe, Orm. 9628. Icel. þurf—samr helping.] Cf. þearf, V, þearf-líc, II, and next word

Linked entry: un-þorffæst

óm

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Ꝥ hé ná tó swíðe ne gewilnige up áwyrtlin rust oððe óm sí tóbrocen fæt ne dum nimis cupit eradere eruginem frangatur vas, R. Ben. I. 108, 7. Hóm rubiginem, Kent. Gl. 954. Hé sealde ómum (erugini) wæstmas heora, Ps.

olfend

(n.)
Grammar
olfend, es: olfenda, an; m.

A camela camel

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Gé drincaþ ðone olfend (olbendu, Rush.) Mt. Kmbl. 23, 24. Of olfenda hǽrum áwunden, Blickl. Homl. 169, 2. Hé nam týn olfendas (camelos), Gen. 24, 10

wén-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wén-líc, adj.

fairhandsomecomelyconveniens

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Woenlíca (weonlíce, Rush.) gecýðnise conuenientia testimonia 14, 56

Linked entry: wénþ

BEÓDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÓDAN, biódan; ic beóde, bióde, ðú beódest, býtst, býst, he beódeþ, být, pl. beódaþ; p. ic, he beád, ðú bude, pl. budon; pp. boden; v. trans.

BIDto commandorderjuberemandareto announceproclaiminspirebodethreatennuntiareannuntiarenuntium vel mandatum deferreprædicaresignificareinspirareminari alicui aliquid to offergivegrantofferrepræbere

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Hwæt seó rún bude what that mystery boded Cd. 202; Th. 250, 6; Dan. 542. Geác monaþ geómran reorde, sorge beódeþ bitter in breósthord the cuckoo exhorts with mournful voice, inspires bitter sorrow to the heart Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 9; Seef. 54.

þorn

(n.)
Grammar
þorn, es; m.
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Kmbl. 339. 13; Rún. 3

under-wreðian

(v.)
Grammar
under-wreðian, -wreoðian, -wriðian

to supportsustainsupponere

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Kmbl. 341, 30; Rún. 13. Underwreoþod ǽghwanone circum fultus undique, Hymn. Surt. 46, 12. Hyt ys underwryðed mid þrím swerum, Anglia viii. 301, 37. Mid týn rihtingum underwriðode, 304, 32: Homl. Th. i. 444, 35.

Linked entry: under-wriðian

lamb

(n.)
Grammar
lamb, es; and lamber; n.

A lamb

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Ic eów sende swá swá lamb [lombro, Lind: lombor, Rush.] betwux wulfas ego mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos, Lk. Skt. 10, 3. Heald míne lamb [lombor, lomboro, Lind: lombor, Rush.] pasce agnos meos, Jn. Skt. 21, 15, 16

Linked entries: lemb lomb

swígung

(n.)
Grammar
swígung, e; f.
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Rush. 5, 42. delay, v. swíge, <b>IV </b>Suígiunc dóes hláferd mín moram facit dominus meus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 48