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wítegendlic

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Hé fela þing feorran oft wiste, ǽr þan þe hit gewurde, þurh wítigendlicne gást, Hml. S. 31, 1010. Add

á-þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
á-þreátian, p. ode

To force away

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To force away Ðæt mon wielle æt óðrum his yfel áðreátigan, and hine on ryhtum gebringan, Past. 293, 10

ciric-sócn

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Th. i. 104, 12. the territory of a church Ic wille ðat se byrig æt Winintúne and feówer hídan landes ðǽrtó mid ðáre cyrice and mid ðáre cyricsócne . . . and mid ðám lande æt ðǽre leá liggen intó Westmynstre, C. D. iv. 220, 19

tiht-bisig

(adj.)
Grammar
tiht-bisig, adj.
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Gif hé fúl wurðe, æt ðam forman cyrre béte ðam teónde twygylde . . . And æt ðam óðran cyrre ne sý ðǽr nán óðer bót bútan ðæt heáfod, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 9-282, 2.

fǽmne

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Æt Sc̃a Marian, þǽre unwemman fǽmnan, Wlfst. 251, 8-13. Add

hón

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Add: to place a thing so that it is supported from above Mon héhþ ǽnne heáfodbeáh æt ærneweges ende, Bt. 37, 2; F. 188, 8. Hí gedydon ánne scyld and áne anlícnysse, and áhéngon (héngon, v. l. ) hí úp on heora Capitolium, Ors. 6, 25 ; Bos. 125, 2.

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
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Manige wundra scínaþ and mǽrsiað (clarescunt) þe lange ǽr wǽron mannum bemiþene, 330, 21

bisceop-hám

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-hám, es; m.
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An episcopal estate Ic gean þes landes æt Hedhám ... intó Paulusbyrig æt Lundænæ tó bisceophámæ, Cht. Th. 520, 14. Tó biscopháme, 523, 23. On ǽlcon bisceopháme ǽlcon men freót þe wíteþeów wǽre, Cht. Crw. 23, 28.

Linked entry: hám

fyrest

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fyrest, adj.

Firstfrontprīmus

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First, front; prīmus Æt ðám feówer tóþum fyrestum for the four front teeth, L. Ethb. 51; Th. i. 16, 2

norþ-gemǽre

(n.)

a boundary to the north

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a boundary to the north Ðara landa norþgemǽro sindon æt ðǽm beorgum Caucasus, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 26, 33

óþ-stillan

(v.)
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Cf. æt-stillan

wíþig-mǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-mǽd, f.

A meadow where willows grow

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A meadow where willows grow Ǽrest æt wíðig*-*mǽde . . . ðæt eft on wíðigmǽde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 464, 18-30

ge-cnáwness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cnáwness, e; f. An acknowledgement, v. ge-cnáwan; II. 2
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Nú dóð hig æt ǽlcum heorðe tó gecnáwnisse þám canonicon ánne penig tó Eástron ǽlce geáre, Cht. Th. 609, 7

Linked entry: -cnáwness

(n.)
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a thole ꝥ wæs . viii. marc æt há (hamelan, v. l. see hamele in Dict. ), Chr. 1040; P. 160, 3

mundbyrd-ness

Grammar
mundbyrd-ness, <b>; II.</b>
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Ic mé sylfe myngode mínes forehátes and þǽre mundbyrdnysse be ic ǽr fore geceás, Hml. S. 23 b, 543. Add

wudu-bǽr

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-bǽr, e; f.
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A woodland pasture Ðis sind ðǽre wudubǽre landgemǽru æt Ðæclége, C. D. vi. 171, 4. Cf. weald-bǽre (l. -bǽr)

full-berstan

(v.)
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to be shattered On þyssum þrým stapelum sceall ǽlc cynestól standan . . . and áwácie heora ǽnig, sóna se stól scylfð; anð fulberste heora ǽnig, þonne hrýsð se seól nyðer, Ll. Th. ii. 308, 1: Wlfst. 267, 18

FRUM

(adj.)
Grammar
FRUM, def. se fruma; adj.

Originalprimitivefirstnātīvusprīmĭtīvusprīmus

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Æt fruman at first [cf. æt ǽrestan], H. R. 103, 34

brédan

(v.)
Grammar
brédan, p. de

To cherishnourish

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Fugelas ne týmað swá swá óðre nýtenu, ac ǽrest hit bið ǽig, and seó módor siððan brét þæt ǽig tó bridde, Hml. Th. i. 250, 24. Been týmað heora teám mid clǽnnysse, of ðám hunige hí brédað heora bród, ii. 10, 17

nunne

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Add: of a Christian woman Þá berád mon þæt wíf þæt hé hæfde ǽr genumen . . . ofer þára biscopa gebod, for ðon ðe heó wæs ǽr tó nunnan gehálgod, Chr. 901; P. 92, 14. Nunnena sanctimonialium, An.