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þancweorþlíce

(adv.)
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þancweorþlíce, adv.
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Gladly, willingly, in a way that shews acceptance ðancweorþlíce ( gratanter ) wǽron fram him onfangene, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 2. Hé ðære gife ðancwurþlíce ( gratanter ) onféng, 4, 30; S. 609, 9.

pýtan

(v.)
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Hé lét him pýtan út his eágan (euulsis oculis), and ceorfan of his handa, Chr. 796; P. 56, 26 (v. Nap. 85)

bedding

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bǽron micel streáw tó his beddinga. . . . Þá tówearp hé ꝥ streáw of þǽre beddincge, Hml. S. 31, 849, 852. Him wearð gebeddod mid hnescre beddinge, 37, 191: 205. Uppan mínre beddincge super stratum meum, Ps. L. 62, 7.

ge-lang

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Gif hit deád weorðe bútan fulluhte, and hit on preóste gelang sý, Wlfst. 120, 10. consequent upon, resulting from, attributable to a cause Hié hæfdon longsum gefeoht ǽr þára folca áþor fluge.

MANN

(n.)
Grammar
MANN, man, monn, es; m.

MANa human being of either sexa man who is wnder the authority of anothera servantvassalliege-mana parishioner

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hit cynges man, sý hit þegnes, L. Edg. i. 3; Th. i. 264, 4. Sý ðæs mannes man ðe hé sý, L. C. S. 13; Th. i. 382, 20. Nán man his men fram him ne tǽce, ǽr hé clǽne sý ǽlcere sprǽce, 28; Th. i. 392, 11.

Linked entry: manna

mis-beódan

(v.)
Grammar
mis-beódan, p. -beád, pl. -budon; pp. -boden

To do wrong toto offendabuseill-use

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Ne misbeóde ǽnig óðrum, forðam eal ðæt ǽnig man óðrum on unriht tó hearme gedéþ, eal hit sceal eft mænigfealdlíce derian him sylfum, Wulfst. 112, 7-11. Misbeódan, 157, 20. Gif him ǽnig man heálíce misboden hæbbe (cf.

cwalu

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Mæst*-*að hié hié selfe on hiera niéhstena cwale in proximorum nece grassantur, 335, 15: Bl. H. 193, 1. Tó his cwale ad interfectionem ejus, Kent. Gl. 703. Cwale exitio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 4. Hé his sunu ásende tó cwale for ús, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 32.

for-seón

to despisehold in contemptto rejectto rejectto refuse

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sceoldon þone lofsang singan, and sé þe hit forsáwe, sceolde hit gebétan, Hml. S. 21, 161. with clause Ðeáh hé forsió ðæt hé him on lócige, Past. 111, 20. with dat. infin. Sume fæston swá ꝥ forsáwon tó etanne búton on ðone óðerne dæg, Hml.

drinca

(n.)
Grammar
drinca, an; m: drince, an; f. [drinc drink]

Drink potus

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He wolde beran drincan his gebróðrum he would bear drink to his brethren, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 5. He bæd hint drincan and heó him blíðelíce sealde he asked for drink and she gave it him gladly, Jud: 4, 19: Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 24.

HÚS

(n.)
Grammar
HÚS, es; n.

A HOUSEa family

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A HOUSE, a family Hic lar þis fýr on ánfealdum getele, and hit getácnaþ hús on mænigfealdum getele, hi lares ðás hús; ðanon is gecweden lardum spic, forðan hit on húsum hangaþ lange, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 48.

swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swaþu, e; f.
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Him on swaðe fylgeþ follows in his track, pursues him, Salm. Kmbl. 186; Sal. 92: Exon. Th. 397, 25; Rä. 16, 25: 487, 23; Rä. 74. Hæleð lágon, on swaðe sǽton sat in the track, were left dead in the track of the retreating force. Cd.

blót

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his ágenne snnu his godum tó blóte ácwealde, and hine him sylf siððan tó mete gegyrede ipsum filium epulis Iovis non dubitarit inpendere, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, ll. Hǽðenscipe dreógan on blót, Ll. Th. ii. 296, 28.

andettan

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wolde, þæt hé his þeów beón wolde, Guth. 14, 27

cnyttan

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Oft þrǽl þæne þegen þe ǽr wæs his hláford cnyt swýðe fæste and wyrcó him tó þrǽle, Wlfst. 163, 2. Cnytt, 224, 2. Þá cnitton rápas hire tó handum and fótum, Hml. S. 9, 100. Ðæt hé ne cnytte ðæt underfongnfe feoh on ðǽm swátlíne, Past. 59, 13.

fæsten

(n.)
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Similar entries v. dæg-fæsten; fæstan, I a. a fast as ecclesiastical discipline Hié gulpun hiera fæstennes (-enes, v. l.), Past. 313, 1. Gif hwá for his untrumnysse ꝥ fæsten áberan ne mæg . . . him ys álýfed ꝥ hé mót his fæstan álýsan, Ll.

ymb-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-færeld, es; n. m.
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A going round, circuit Fram þénuncge embefæreldes his ab officio circuitus sui, Anglia xiii. 434, 980. Hig férdon seofon síðon embe ða buruh. And on ðam seofoðan ymbfærelde ( circuitu ) . . . burston ða weallas, Jos. 6, 16

stæppan

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Mid þám ðe hé mótode on his dómsetle sittende, . . . þá stóp him tó Godes engel, and hine ofslóh, 382, 31. Add

and-gite

(n.)
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Gúðláce on his ondgietan engel sealde þæt him sweðraden synna lustas, Gú. 83. Gif þú his ondgitan ǽnige hæbbe, An. 1523. Add

fǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽtan, p. te; pp. fǽted, fǽtt.

packto adornornament

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to lay as a burden, pack Swá bið ðǽm ðe ðá gedónan yfelu hreówsiað, ðonne ðæt yfel mid ondetnesse him of áweorpað ðætte hira módes innað yfele and hefiglíce mid gefylled wæs, and ðonne eft fóð tó ðǽm ilcan and fǽtað in æfter ondetnesse ðæt ilce yfel

máge

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Ꝥ nán biscop ne nán mæssepreóst næbbe on his húse wunigende ǽnigne wífman, búton hithis módor oððe his swustor, faðu oððe móddrige, oððe máge of þám þe ne mage nán unhlísa áspringan, Ll. Th. ii. 376, 23.