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-fæst

(suffix)
Grammar
-fæst, as a termination, denotes fast, very, perfectly, effectually, as the English fast asleep, perfectly asleep; Ǽ-fæst fast in the law, firm, religious; Sóþ-fæst fast in truth, true, just; Staðol-fæst steadfast, steady; Unstaðol-fæst

unsteady, unsteadfast

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unsteady, unsteadfast

dǽl-nimung

(n.)
Grammar
dǽl-nimung, e; f.

A share, portionportio

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A share, portion; portio Dǽlnimung oððe spéde mín on lande lyfigendra portio mea in terra viventium, Ps. Lamb. 141, 6

rót

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Add Þǽr wæs mǽst ꝥ rótoste ꝥ wæs on Ængla lande on þám twám gefylcum, Chr. 1052 ; P. 175, 25

dígol

(adj.)
Grammar
dígol, dýgol, diógol; gen. m. n. dígles, f.dígolre ; def. nom. m. dígla; f. n. dígle; adj.

Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknownsecrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus

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Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknown; secrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus Se þeóden gewát sécan dígol land the king departed to seek a secret land, Andr. Kmbl. 1396; An. 698.

íwan

(v.)
Grammar
íwan, p. de

To show bring before the eyesdisplayreveal

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Ðæt land ðe ic ðé ýwan wille the land that I will show thee, Cd. 83; Th. 105, 11 ; Gen. 1751. Ord and ende ðæs ðe him ýwed wæs the beginning and end of what was revealed to him, 180; Th. 225, 31; Dan. 162

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un-ágán

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágán, adj.

Not lapsedwith the time of its lease not run out

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Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Ealdulf hæfð gerád tó setnesse, ða hwíle ðis land unágán sé as long as the lease of the land runs, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 295, 22-33.

castel

(n.)
Grammar
castel, (-ell), es; m.
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His wíf wæs innan þám castele, and hine heóld swá lang ꝥ man hire grið sealde, P. 211, ii. Hæfdon þá welisce menn gewroht ǽnne castel, 1048; P. 173, 16. Tó Eoferwíc fóron and þone castel tóbrǽcon, 1069; P. 204, 18.

ge-sceádlíce

(adv.)
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Gescádlíce, 328, 18. rationally, in accordance with reason Ic þé náuht ne dwelode, ac sǽde ðé swiþe lang spell swiþe gesceádlíce be Gode, Bt. 35, 5 ; F. 166, 2

hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
hiwian, p. ode; pp. od.

To form, fashion, shape, colour, feign, pretend

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Hiwgende lang gebed simulantes longam orationem, Lk. Skt. 20, 47

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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

flǽsc-mangere

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Flǽscmangere lanio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 38. Macerarii, quos Angli uocant flaismangeres (fleis-, fles-, v.l.), Ll. Lbmn. 669, 17. Add

Mirce

(n.)
Grammar
Mirce, Mierce, Myrce; pl.

The MerciansMercia

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Miercna cyning, land, ríce, Chr. 853; Erl. 68, 7: 877; Erl. 78, 26: 794; Erl. 58, 7. Mircena cining, 704; Er1. 43, 30. Mercna land, ríce, cyningcynn, 905; Erl. 98, 14: 655; Erl. 28, 4: Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 8.

Linked entry: Myrce

un-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-friþ, es; n.

absence of peacehostilitiesthe state of being out of the king's peace

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Hié ne dorston forþ bí ðære eá siglan for unfriþe; for ðæm ðæt land wæs eall gebún on óþre healfe ðære eás they durst not sail on past the river for fear of being attacked; for the land was all cultivated on the other side of the river, Ors. 1, 1; Swt

eotol-ware

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On Italia mǽgðe, ꝥ is. on Etelwara lande, Mart. H. 90, 10. Tó Etelwara (Eten-, v. l.) mǽgðe, 84, 19. Add

on-sǽge

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Láriówas áfeóllun and út gewitun of Angla lande for þǽre geleáfléste þe him þá onsǽge wearð, Cht. Crw. 19, 8. Add

Speónisc

(adj.)
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Spanish On Ispánian lánde þǽre Spéoniscan léode (the MS. has the accents on the a's and e's), Hml. S. 37, 1

slǽp-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-ærn, -ern, es; n.
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Ic begeat ðæt stǽinene slápern and ðlǽrtó ðæs landes be súþan ðaelig;n slépern .xxiiii. gerda on lange. Chart. Th. 156, 20-27

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un-gehírsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehírsum, adj.

Inattentive to what is saidunsubmissivedisobedient

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Inattentive to what is said, unsubmissive, disobedient Hú lange wylt ðú beón ungehírsum usque quo non vis subjici mihi? Ex. 10, 3. Oððe hé bið ánum gehýrsum, and óðrum ungehýrsum aut unum sustinebit, et alterum contemnet, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 24.

Bederices weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
Bederices weorþ, es ; m. [Bederices Bederic's, weorþ worth, town, or residence]

Bederic's worth or townEádmundes burhSt. Edmund's bury

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D. 958, Ælfgar records, Ic an ðat lond into Beodricheswrþe to Seynt Eádmundes stówe I give the land at Bedericsworth to St. Edmund's place, Th. Diplm. 506, 12

tilia

(n.)
Grammar
tilia, tiliga, an; m.
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A husbandman, cultivator of land Tilia colonus, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 66. Bigenga, tilia, inbúend colonus, i. incola, cultor, inquilinus, it. 134, 25. Tilia colonus, habitalor, Hpt. Gl. 422, 60. Se merigenlica tilia the labourer who came in the morning.

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