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lǽne-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lǽne-, lǽn-lic; adj.

Transitory ⬩ transient ⬩ not enduring

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Hér is seó lǽnlíc winsumnes ac ðǽr is seó syngale nearones in this world is the delight that endures not, but in the next is the anxiety that continues for ever, L. E. I. pref; Th. ii. 394, 7

folc-land

(n.)
Grammar
folc-land, -lond, es; n. [folc folk, land land] .

the land of the folk or people

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It might be occupied in common, or possessed in severalty; and, in the latter case, it was probably parcelled out to individuals in the folc-gemót, q. v. or court of the district, and the grant sanctioned by the freemen who were there present.

ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre

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Th. i. 40, 17: Cd. 219; Th. 282, 5; Sat. 282: 223; Th. 293, 10; Sat. 453. Wæs onlíce bí hig geworden [swá bí Zachariam] gewearþ and bí Elizabeþ his wífe it had happened with them as it happened with Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth, Shrn. 36, 12.

dǽl-nimend

(n.)
Grammar
dǽl-nimend, -nymend,-neomend ,es; m. [nimende, part. of niman to take] .

a taker of a part, a sharer, partaker, participator ⬩ partĭceps ⬩ A participle ⬩ particĭpium

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Th. i. 36, 33. Se níþfulla is ðæra deófla dǽlnimend the envious is a participator with devils, i. 606, 5. Ic eom dǽlneomend ðe heom ondrǽdaþ ðé particeps ego sum omnium timentium te, Ps. Th. 118, 63.

riht-hamscyld

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Th. i. 12, 1-3, [In the note to these laws a passage from the Lex Saxonum is quoted giving two articles: I. 6. Si gladio uestem seu scutum alterius incideret . . . 7. Si per capillos alium comprehenderit . . .

Linked entries: hám ham-scyld

infangeneþeóf

(n.)
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A similar enumeration occurs in 384, 25 and in 411, 32. In 369, 13 the word occurs in an Anglo-Saxon charter. See also Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 227, 9, where is the form 'mid infangenum þeófe.'

heaðu-sceared

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-sceared, adj.

blade of a sword, ⬩ war-share

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If scearde is taken, the Icel. skarð may be compared, and the word = notched, hacked in battle

flot-smere

(n.)
Grammar
flot-smere, flot-smeoru, wes; n.
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Floating fat, fat or grease floating in a vessel in which meat is cooked Gýme hé ǽgðer ge ðæs sélran ge þæs sǽmran, ꝥ náðor ne misfare . . . ne flǽsc ne flotsmeru, ne cyse ne cyslyb, Angl. ix. 260, 13. Substitute:

slím

(n.)
Grammar
slím, es; m. (?) n. (?)

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Voc. ii. 54, 14. borbus, cena 126, 53. Áfæstnod ic eom on líme (slíme ? cf. Ps. 68, 3: I am festened in slime depenesse) grundes infixus sum in limo profundi Ps. Spl. 68, 2

a-þweán

(v.)
Grammar
a-þweán, ic -þweá, -þweah, ðú -þweahst, -þwyhst, -þwehst, he -þwyhþ, -þwehþ, pl. -þweáþ ; p. -þwóh, pl. -þwógon; pp. -þwegen [a from, out; þweán = þweahan to wash]

To wash out ⬩ to wash ⬩ cleanse ⬩ baptize ⬩ anoint ⬩ abluere ⬩ lucre ⬩ lavare ⬩ baptizare ⬩ unguere

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To wash out, to wash, cleanse, baptize, anoint; abluere, lucre, lavare, baptizare, unguere Gif ðú aþweán wylt if thou wilt wash out, Guthl. 5 ; Gdwin. 32, 8. Aþweah me lava me, Ps. Spl. 50, 3. Ðú aþweahst me lavabis me, 50, 8.

hǽðen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽðen, adj.

HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen

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Ælfc. 26; Th. ii. 352, 17 : L. M. I. P. 42; Th. ii. 276, 15. Hér sæt hǽðen here on Tenet in this year a heathen [Danish] army sat in Thanet, Chr. 865; Erl. 70, 31. Óð ðone hǽðenan byrgels up to the heathen tomb, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 250, 13.

un-sceandlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sceandlíce, (?); adv.

Shamelessly

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Shamelessly Ic mé unsceandlíce [ the un- has been erased (properly. v. sceandlíce) in one MS. ], swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tómiddes heora gemengde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 372

forlig-gang

(n.)
Grammar
forlig-gang, es; m.

Adultery

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Adultery Forliggange prostibuli (the passage is 'prostibuli stupro' (Ald. 40, 6), and the gloss, which is in the dative, seems to belong to stupro), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 6

ge-fóg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fóg, es; n.
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Fitness Gedó on ꝥ fæt þe þú hit mæge on mid gefóge geseóþan put it into a vessel in which you can suitably seethe it, Lch. ii. 28, 16

þurruc

(n.)

a small ship ⬩ the bottom part of a ship

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Voc. i. 63, 37-40. In this instance the word seems to mean rather part of a ship than the whole, and in this sense it is used later.

un-forworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forworht, [different from preceding word.
Similar entries
v. fór-wyrcan
(l. for-), and cf.
O. H. Ger. furi-wurchen obstruere
]; adj.

Unobstructed ⬩ without hindrance ⬩ free ⬩ immunis

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Kmbl. i. xxxiii, and Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 312.)

M

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In some inflexions m is no longer found; so in the 1st pers. sing. pres. indic. eom is the only instance in which the old person-ending has maintained itself; though beón, dón, and gán offer occasional instances of its retention in the Northern Gospels

leófan

(v.)
Grammar
leófan, p. leáf; pl. lufon.
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Is it possible however that a verb such as hæfdon should be supplied, and that lufan is the accusative after it?

dǽl-numelnes

(n.)
Grammar
dǽl-numelnes, -ness,e ; f. [numol taking, receiving]

A sharing, partaking, participation ⬩ participatio

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A sharing, partaking, participation;participatio Ðære dǽlnumelnes is hire on ðæt sylfe cujus participatio est ejus in id ipsum, Ps. Lamb. 121, 3

heóf

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Voc. ii. 51, 33. Þǽr (in hell) is wánung and gránung and aa singal heóf, Wlfst. 94, 3. Se hlúda heóf, 186, 19. Nán þincg gehýred næs búton seó geómerung þæs heófes, Hml. S. 23 b, 203. In þám heófe þæs feóndes deáðes in luctu mortis inimici, Gr.