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sealt-ýþ

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-ýþ, e; f.
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A salt wave, sea-wave Ðæt ic sealtýþa gelác cunnige, Exon. Th. 308, 5 ; Seef. 35. Sealtýþa geswing, 356, 7 ; Pa. 8

un-gesínelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesínelíc, adj.

Invisible

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Invisible Seó ungesýnelíce sáwl, Blickl. Homl. 21, 25. Ungesýnelícne God, 185, 31. Flǽsclíce men ða ungesýnelícan ne magon angytan, Wulfst. 2, 4

Linked entry: un-gesýnelíc

ang-módness

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Gif seó sáwl slídan sceal in þá écan wíta and mid deóflum drohtnoð habban in angmódnysse earmra sáwla. Wlfst. 188, 6. Add

on-stígend

(n.)
Grammar
on-stígend, es; m.

One who ascends or mounts

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One who ascends or mounts Hors and onstígend áwearp in sǽ equum et ascensorem projecit in mare, Ps. Surt. ii. 187, 4

CWEÐAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWEÐAN, to cweðanne; part. cweðende ; ic cweðe, ðú cweðest, cweðst, cwæðst, cwiðst, cwyðst, cwíst, cwýst, he cweðeþ; cweþ, cwiþ, cwyþ, pl. cweðaþ ; p. ic, he cwæþ, ðú cwǽde , pl. cwǽdon; impert. ¨ cweþ, cweðe , pl. cweðaþ, cweðe; subj. cweðe, pl. cweðen; p. cwǽde, pl. cwǽden ; pp. cweden

To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere

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Ðus cweþ thus say, Ex. 19, 3. Cweþ ðú ai, inque, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 33, 39. Cweðe he inquiat, 33 ; Som. 37, 39. Ne cweðaþ betwux eów say not among yourselves, Mt. Bos. 3, 9. Cweðe ge say ye, Gen. 50, 19.

Linked entries: a-cweðan cwýst ðú

twelf

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf, generally indeclinable if used adjectivally and preceding the noun, but generally in other cases declined; nom. acc. twelfe; gen. twelfa; dat. twelfum.
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Sax. twelif: O. Frs. twelef, twilif, tolef: O. H. Ger. zwelif: Icel. tólf..]

Linked entry: endleofan

scipian

(v.)
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to take shape Ðonne gelimpþ ðæræ ( the mother ) manigfeald sár ðonne ðæs byrþres líc on hire innoþe scypigende biþ, Lchdm, iii. 146, 15

stán-weg

(n.)
Grammar
stán-weg, es; m.
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Sax. stén-weg.] Cf. stán-strǽt

wrohtian

(v.)
Grammar
wrohtian, (?)
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Hé sǽ bedráf, ðǽr ðe heó wrohtaþ (frohtaþ = forhtaþ? the Latin has: Mare forniidat, 210, 90) dæges and nihtes, Homl. Ass. 173, 105

be-reáfigend

(n.)
Grammar
be-reáfigend, es; m.

A spoiler ⬩ robber

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A spoiler, robber Eálá þú sǽ, manna be-reáfigend and unscæððigra beswtcend, Ap. Th. ll, 10. Cf. Bereafgende grassatrix, An. Ox. 7, 136

Linked entry: reáfigend

byht

Grammar
byht, [cf. búgan].
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Ðér sæ díc útt scǽtt æt ðám bihtæ, C. D. v. 74, 2. On heges byhte; of ðám byhte, iii. 419, 16. Add

ge-twífealdad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-twífealdad, l. ge-twifealdian; pp. ad
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To double, and add Daga gehwylce ús getwifealdað þes middangeard manegu sár hic mundus tot nobis quotidie dolores ingeminat, Gr. D. 259, 1

endleofan

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
endleofan, endlufon, endlyfun, inflected cases of endleof, endluf, endlyf [end = an one; unus; leof=lif, from lífan to leave; relinquĕre, Grm. ii. 947, or end = án one; lif ten; dĕcem; existing in Teutonic languages only in the words for 11 and 12; A. Sax. end-lif and twé-lf = twá-lf= twá-lif, Grm. Gsch. §246] ELEVEN ; undĕcim = ἕνδεκα
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Ósréd ðæt rice hæfde endleofan wintra Osred held the kingdom for eleven years, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 20. Mid híra endlufon sunum cum undecim filiis, Gen. 32, 22. Endleofan steorran eleven stars, Gen. 37, 9: Chr. 71; Th. 13, 3, col. 3

Linked entries: ændlefen ellefne

a-wærged

(n.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
a-wærged, -wærgd; pp; def. m. -wærgda

Accursed ⬩ maledictus

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Accursed; maledictus Wit ðæs awærgdan wordum gelýfdon we two believed the words of the accursed one, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 16; Sat. 416

cépe-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
cépe-cniht, es; m.

A bought servant, slave ⬩ venalis puer, servus

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A bought servant, slave; venalis puer, servus Gregorius geseah cépecnihtas ðǽr gesette Gregory saw slaves placed there, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 7

fyrn-man

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-man, -mann, es; m.

A man of yore ⬩ qui ōlim vixit

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A man of yore; qui ōlim vixit Geseah he fyrnmanna fatu he saw vessels of men of yore, Beo. Th. 5515; B. 2761

sealt-leáh

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-leáh, gen. -leáge; f.
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A salt lea; hence Saltley Of ðan swínhagan ðæt on sealtleáge; and of sealtleáge in ðone hyrstgeard, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 400, 1

un-geseónde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geseónde, adj.

Not seeing ⬩ blind

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Not seeing, blind Gyf ðú on foreweardon sumera þigest hwylcne hwelpan ðonne gyt ungeseóndne, ne ongitest ðú ǽnig sár, Lchdm. i. 368, 26

Linked entry: ge-seón

cweþan

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Add: to say. of a particular statement Ne cweðo ic nó ðæt ðæt ic ǽr cwæð bebeódende, ac lǽrende, Past. 397, 27. Salm ic cweoðu psalmum dicam, Ps. Srt. 17, 50. Se yfela þeów cuið on his móde, Past. 121, 11. Gé cweaðað dicitis, Ps. Srt. 138, 20.

sceáta

(n.)
Grammar
sceáta, an; m.

a corner,angle ⬩ bosom, lap ⬩ a cloth, napkin

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the rope fastened to the lower corner of a sail: Icel. skaut, skaut-reip the sheet of a sail) Sceáta pes veli, Wrt.

Linked entries: súþ-sceáta sceát

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