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á-búrod

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
á-búrod, pp. (adj.)
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Deprived of peasants (gebúras) Ðá wæs hit ierfælæás and mið ǽðnum folce ábúrod omni peccunia caruit et pauperibus hominibus erat destitutum Cht. Th. 162, 29

Linked entry: -búrod

efen-wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
efen-wyrcend, es; m.
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A co-operator Adrianus wæs efenwyrcend on Godes worde Theodorus arcebiscopes Hadrianus co-operator in uerbo Dei Theodori Episcopi, Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 673, 10

egesfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
egesfullíce, adv.
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Óþer dæl wæs weallendum lígum ful swíðe egesfullíce flammis feruentibus nimium terribile, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 5

feówertig-feald

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Þis feówertigfealde fæsten (Lent) wæs ásteald . . . ðá ðá Móyses fæste feówertig daga and feówertig nihta tósamne, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 1: Wlfst. 285, 15. Add

ge-leáfleásness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfleásness, e; f.
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Incredulity, want of belief On þám dæge wæs þǽra Judéiscra manna geleáfleásnys gewiten fram mannum and riht geleáfa ásprang onmang Godes gelaðunge, Wlfst. 294, 2

in-betýnedness

(n.)
Grammar
in-betýnedness, e; f.
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Inclusion, shutting in, confinement Hé wæs manig gǽr ána belocen in þám nearwestan scræfe ... on þǽre frumtíde his inbetýnednesse, Gr. D. 210, 27: 212, 5

Linked entry: be-týnedness

rex-geníþla

(n.)
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geníþlan Elene; either word alliterates with cwéne), hé wæs on þǽre cwéne gewealdum, El. 610. (?)

þeód

Grammar
þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250

full-weaxen

(adj.)
Grammar
full-weaxen, adj.

Full-grown

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Full-grown Hé (John) on wéstene wunode oð þæt hé fullweaxen wæs, Hml. Th. ii. 38, 5. Ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sín, Past. 383, 30

cyning-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
cyning-cynn, es; n. [cynn a sort, race, v. cynn]

A royal race ⬩ regium genus

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Eanfriþ wæs ðære mǽgþe cyningcynnes Eanfrith was of the royal race of that province, 3, 1; S. 523, 14. Penda wæs se fromesta esne of Mercna cyningcynne Penda was the boldest man of the royal race of the Mercians, 2, 20; S. 521, 9

drync

(n.)
Grammar
drync, es; m.

Drink, a drink, draught ⬩ potus, haustus

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Drink, a drink, draught; potus, haustus Ðǽr wæs ǽlcum genóg drync there was enough drink for each, Andr. Kmbl. 3069; An. 1537. Ic ofþyrsted wæs gástes drynces I was thirsty for the soul's drink, Soul Rmbl. 82; Seel. 41.

Linked entry: drinc

ge-fyrþran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyrþran, p. ede; pp. ed

To further ⬩ advance ⬩ promote ⬩ improve ⬩ promovere ⬩ prosperare

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To further, advance, promote, improve; promovere, prosperare Heora síþfæt wæs fram Drihtne sylfum gefyrþred [MS. gefyrþrad], their journey was furthered by the Lord himself, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 34.

blóstma

(n.)
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Sixte wæs blóstmena pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs eágena missenlícnes geseald, Sal. K. 180, 13. Hire leáf and blóstman meng tógædere, Lch. ii. 24, 21. In passage from Bd. for blóstma substitute blóstmena (blósmana, v.l.), and add: blóstme; f. (?)

weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ, adj.
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Add Hé wæs swelce Rómáne þá wyrþe wǽron dignus Romanis punitor, Ors. 6, 3 ; S. 256, 24.

heorde

(n.)
Grammar
heorde, f.

Care ⬩ guarding ⬩ custody

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Care, guarding, custody Hé út wæs gongende tó neáta scýpene ðara heorde him wæs ðære nihte beboden egressus esset ad stabula jumentorum quorum ei custodia nocte illa erat delegata, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 9.

Angel-þeód

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Add: of the continental invaders Angelþeód (Ongel-, v. l. ) wæs gelaðod fram Bryttum invitata Brittaniam gens Anglorum . . . Angelþeód and Seaxna wæs gelaðod Anglorum sine Saxonum gens invitata. Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 40, 1, 15.

heáfod-leás

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Þæs bisceopes líc . . . árás and nam his ágen heáfod þe of áheáwen wæs, and eóde forð . . . his Drihten herigende . . . Ꝥ wæs syllic wundor ꝥ se martyr heáfodleás mihte gán God herigende, Hml. S. 29, 307.

hund-twelftig

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Th. 1. 110, 12. with units Mid óþrum fíf and hundtwelftigum his efenbisceopum cum aliis cxxv episcopis, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 666, 24. where the governed or qualified noun is not expressed Wæs ungemetlic wæl geslagen Persa, and Alexandres næs ná má þonne

áþ-swaring

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-swaring, -swerung, e; f.

An oath-swearing ⬩ juramentum

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An oath-swearing; juramentum Gemindig wæs áþswaringe his memor fuit juramenti sui, Ps. Spl. 104, 8. Mid áþswerunge with oath-swearing, Chr.1070; Th. 344, 27

Linked entries: áþ-swerung swaring

be-cnyttan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cnyttan, v. a.

To knot ⬩ bind ⬩ tie ⬩ inclose ⬩ ligare

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To knot, bind or tie, inclose; ligare Ðe seó molde on becnit wæs in which the mould was inclosed, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 29, note

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