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middan-sumor

(n.)
Grammar
middan-sumor, v. under midd, II, where perhaps in the instances in which middan occurs that word is to be taken as the first part of a compound.

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for-fón

(v.)
Grammar
for-fón, ic -fó, ðú -féhst, he -féhþ, pl. -fóþ; p. ic, he -féng, ðú -fénge, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen [for-, fón to take] .

to take violently or by surprise ⬩ clutch ⬩ arrest ⬩ seize ⬩ vehementer căpĕre ⬩ imprōviso adventu căpĕre ⬩ prehendĕre ⬩ apprehendĕre ⬩ deprehendĕre

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Næbbe his ágne forfongen [hæbbe his ágen forfangen MS. H.] let him not have forfeited his own [let him have forfeited his own, MS. H.], L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 6. to take violently or by surprise, clutch, arrest, seize; vehementer căpĕre, imprōviso

Linked entry: fore-fón

-tig

(suffix)
Grammar
-tig, -ty, a numeral suffix in words denoting the decades; up to 60 such words are formed with a suffix only, from 60 to 120 hund is prefixed and tig suffixed, hund-seofon-tig, hund-twelf-tig. Other dialects make a distinction in the numerals at the same point. Gothic uses tigus (pl. tigjus) in the earlier, -téhund in the later, O. Saxon -tig in the earlier, while 70 is given by ant-siƀunta; in
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O. H. Ger. the two forms are -zug and -zó. In O. Frs. and Icel. the same forms are used throughout. Tig is another form of the root seen in ten (tehan, g for h according to Verner's Law)

cwyld-seten

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
cwyld-seten, cwyl-seten,e; f. [cwyld, cwyl = cweald, pp. of cwellan to kill: Icel. kweld, n. evening: as if the night quelled or killed daylight]

A setting in of the evening, the first part of the night ⬩ conticinium

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A setting in of the evening, the first part of the night ; conticinium Cwylseten conticinium, Mone B. 3747. Cwylsetene conticinio, 3748. Cwyldsetene galli cantu, 4677

Linked entry: cwyld

gim-rodor

(n.)
Grammar
gim-rodor, Dr. Bradley suggests that this form may have arisen a mistaken reading of a gloss to dracontia gemma ex cereb gim ro dr , or some such form.

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be-hýdignys

(n.)
Grammar
be-hýdignys, (-hygdignes). [In Ps. Spl. C. 28, 7 the same mistake seems to have been made as in Ps. Srt, 28, 8, where solitudinem is glossed bihygdignisse (= solicitudinem)]
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Care, anxiety, solicitude Bihýdinys (bighýdignys, Hpt. Gl. 538, 41) sollicitudo, An. Ox. 5430. Carfulnesse, bihýdine(sse) sollicitudinis, 906

worþ

(n.)
Grammar
worþ, weorþ, wurþ, wierþ, wyrþ, e; f; es; m. : wyrþe, wirþe
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(v. wyrþe-land, and first extract under I),
es; m.

a close ⬩ an enclosed place ⬩ an enclosed homestead ⬩ a habitation with surrounding land ⬩ land ⬩ a place enclosed by buildings ⬩ a court ⬩ hall ⬩ a place ⬩ street

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a close (?), an enclosed place (?) Út on rigewyrðe (the rye-close ?) westeweardne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 35. Uppan rigeweorðe on ða ealdan díc; of ðære die út on rigewurðe heal, v. 377, 21. On lindwyrðe, iii. 375, 6. an enclosed homestead, a habitation

Linked entries: ryge weorþ

be-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
be-healdan, bi-healdan, ic -healde, ðú -healdest, -hylst, he -healdeþ, -hylt, -hilt, pl. -healdaþ; p. ic, he , -heóld, ðú -heólde, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden; v. trans. [be near, healdan to hold, observe] .

to hold by or near ⬩ possess ⬩ observe ⬩ consider ⬩ beware ⬩ regard ⬩ mind ⬩ take heed ⬩ behave ⬩ to mean ⬩ signify ⬩ tenere ⬩ inhabitare ⬩ servare ⬩ curare ⬩ gerere ⬩ to BEHOLD ⬩ see ⬩ look on ⬩ observare ⬩ aspicere ⬩ videre

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to hold by or near, possess, observe, consider, beware, regard, mind, take heed, behave, to mean, signify; tenere, inhabitare, servare, curare, gerere Heora ǽ to behealdenne to observe their laws Ors. 3, 5 ; Bos. 57, 21. Adam sceal mínne stronglícan

Linked entries: be-held bi-healdan

ge-bindan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bindan, ic -binde, ðú -bintst, -binst, he -bint, pl. -bindaþ; p. ic, he -band, -bond, ðú -bunde, pl. -bundon; pp. -bunden [ge-, bindan to bind, tie] 1.

to bind ⬩ tie up ⬩ lĭgāre ⬩ allĭgāre ⬩ vincīre ⬩ constringĕre ⬩ to deceive ⬩ fallĕre

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to bind, tie up; lĭgāre, allĭgāre, vincīre, constringĕre Hine nān man ne mihte gebindan neque quisquam pŏtĕrat eum lĭgāre, Mk. Bos. 5, 3: 6, 17; Cd. 184; Th. 230, 6; Dan. 229: Salm. Kmbl. 556; Sal. 277. Sorg and slǽp earmne ánhogan oft gebindaþ sorrow

Linked entries: ge-bond ge-bunden

Agustus

(n.)
Grammar
Agustus, nom. acc. gen. Agustuses; dat.- Agustuse; m. [generally spelled incorrectly in Anglo-Saxon MSS: Agustus, as well as Agustinus, for Augustus and Augustīnus, from augustus majestic, august, from augeo to increase, exalt, honour, praise] ,

Augustus ⬩ the month of August ⬩ mensis Augustus

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Augustus, the first Roman emperor, reigned from A. C. 30 to A. D. 14 Wearþ Agustus sárig Augustus was grieved, Ors. 5, 15; Bos. 114, 38. Agustuses látteówas the generals of Augustus, 5, 15; Bos. 114, 34. Búton Agustuse sylfum without Augustus himself

Linked entry: Augustus

a-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weorpan, -wurpan, -wyrpan ; ðú -wyrpst, he -wyrpþ ; p. ic, he -wearp, ðú -wurpe, pl. -wurpon; impert. -weorp, -wurp, -wyrp ðú; pp. -worpen; v. a. [a from, weorpan to throw]

To throw or cast from or down ⬩ to cast away or off ⬩ cast out ⬩ to degrade ⬩ reject ⬩ divorce ⬩ abjicere ⬩ dejicere ⬩ projicere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ propellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ reprobare ⬩ repudiare

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To throw or cast from or down, to cast away or off, cast out, to degrade, reject, divorce; abjicere, dejicere, projicere, ejicere, propellere, repellere, reprobare, repudiare Ðæt he ðec aweorpe of woruldríce that he shall cast thee from thy worldly kingdom

Linked entries: a-werpan a-worpen a-wurpan a-wurpon a-wyrpan

lád-rinc

Grammar
lád-rinc, For 'The word, ... vehicularius' substitute: In attempting to determine the meaning of this word it should be noticed that lád in all its other compounds, lád-mann, -scipe, -teáh, -teów, has the force of leading, guidance. The
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lád-rinc seems to be a guide, and his special character in the passage given above may be inferred from the following passage Si aduenae de aliis regionibus aduenirent, debebant ducatum habere ad aliam regalem uillam quae proxima fuisset in illorum uia

ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf. Gothic form] may be the same as

twín-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
twín-wyrm, (twin- ?), es; m. The word glosses buprestis ( = βούπρηστις a poisonous beetle, which when eaten by cattle in the grass caused them to swell up), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 35.

un-gemet

(adj.; adv.; prefix)
Grammar
un-gemet, Where the word seems to be used with an adjective or with an adverbial force, it is given, as in the case of ungemet-hleahtor, as part of a compound:
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Grff. ii. 898-9

wísian

(v.)
Grammar
wísian, p. ode.

shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ to shew ⬩ shew ⬩ point put ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ indicate

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where movement takes place, to shew the way, guide, direct, Grammar wísian, absolute Hé stóp on strǽte, stíg wísode, Andr. Kmbl. 1970; An. 987. Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals, hand wísode, Byrht. Th. 135, 61 ; By. 141. Snyredon ðǽr secg

Linked entry: riht-wísian

Íra-land

(n.)
Grammar
Íra-land, For argument in favour of taking Iceland to be the country intended where this word is used in Ohthere's narrative see Dr. Craigie's note in Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. xii, p. 200.

efne-

(prefix)
Grammar
efne-, This form is used in the Northern specimens to render the prefix con- in many Latin verbs, e. g. efne-árísa con-surgere, efne-ceiga con-vocare, efne-fornioma com-prehendere, efne-senda
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com-mittere. For other compounds

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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Stoke, Stowe, or as parts of such names, Basingstoke, Tavistock, Walthamstow. As may be seen from the Index to the Charters, Stóc occurs frequently, some of the references are here given Ðis is ðara þreora hída and .xxx. æcera bóc æt Stóce, Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

-anne

(suffix)
Grammar
-anne, -enne, -ende the termination of the declinable infinitive in the dat. governed by to, as, = Ondréd to faranne timuit ire, Mt. Jun. and Th. 2, 22, but the B. MS. of A. D. 995 has farende, also Foxe, Bos. and the Rl. MS. about A. D. 1145. The Lind., about A. D. 957, has farenne [MS. færenne]. Alýfe me to farenne permitte me ire, Mt. Bos. 8, 21, and B. MS. about A. D. 995. Sometimes -ende is found, because -enne = ende, as in the preceding example farende about A. D. 995. Themost usual form is -anne, from the infin. -an; g. -annes; dat. -anne.

Linked entries: -an -ende -enne

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