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efnettan

(v.)
Grammar
efnettan, p. te.
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Ox. 2, 311. to be equal, imitate Ic mésan mægmeahtelícor and efnetan ealdum þyrse (-re, MS.) (cf. mando dapes mordax lurcorum more cyclopum, Prehn 217), Rä. 41, 63. Emnyttende equiparando, Angl. xiii. 421, 803

Linked entry: emnettan

þecen

(n.)
Grammar
þecen, e; f.
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A roof Þecen vel róf tectum, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 34. Þæcen, 81, 9. Of daliscre þecene dedalei tecti, ii. 139, 68: Exon. Th. 493, 21; Rä. 81, 34. Swá swá spearwa on ðecene (on efese ł on þecene, Ps. Lamb.) sicut passer in tecto, Ps. Spl. l01, 8.

Linked entry: þæcen

cyne-ríce

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[Laws for a haill country and kinrick, Rob Roy i. 216. v. N. E. D. kin-rick. O. H. Ger. chuni-ríchi regnum, res publica.] Cf. cyning-ríce

þeón

(v.)
Grammar
þeón, [from þíhan; and this from an earlier nasal stem, of which traces are preserved in the past forms, where g has replaced h by Verner's law:-Ðunge pollesceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 40. Fród fæder freóbearn lǽrdewordum wísfæstum, ðæt hé wel þunge, Exon. Th. 300, 9; Fä. 3. See also the passages given under ge-þingan; ofer-þeón; ge-, heáh-, wel-þungen; on-þungan, Exon. Th. 497, 3; Rä. 85, 23 (omitted in its place)]
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Th. 485, 2; Rä, 71, 7. Se síð ne þáh ðam ðe unrihte inne gehýdde wræote the journey did not turn to the profit of him who unrighteously had hidden treasure within, Beo. Th. 6109; B. 3058: 5665; B. 2836. Hine (him?) se cwealm ne þeáh, Exon.

Linked entries: þeóging þigaþ þunge -þungen ge-þeón

DEÁW

(n.)
Grammar
DEÁW, es; m. n.

DEW ⬩ ros

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DEW; ros Swá swá deáw ðære dúne ðætte [se, Th; se ðe, Spl.] niðerastáh on munte oððe to dúne sicut ros Hermon qui deseendit in montem Sion, Ps. Lamb. 132, 3.

hrung

(n.)
Grammar
hrung, e; f.

A rung ⬩ staff ⬩ rod ⬩ beam ⬩ pole

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; then the wain bore the horses to land, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 19; Rä. 23, 10

eft-betǽht

(v.)
Grammar
eft-betǽht, æft-betéht

Re-assigned, re-delivered, given back ⬩ re-consignātus

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Re-assigned, re-delivered, given back; re-consignātus, R. Ben. 4

Linked entry: æft-beteht

be-norþan

(adv.)
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(English gaugers that you have sent down benorth the Tweed, Rob Roy, c. 4) Benorðan Dalmatia sindon Pulgare, Ors. I, I; S. 22, 13. Him is be-norðan Creticum se sǽ, S. 26, 33. Beeástan him . . . and benorðan, S. 28, I.

rignan

(v.)
Grammar
rignan, rínan; p. rínde. [A strong preterite occurs in the Blickling Gloss, rán pluit.
  • Cf.
In Elyes tyme heuene was yclosed þat no reyne ne rone (roon, MS. W.: roen, MS. R.: ron, MS. B.: raynade, MS. C.),
  • Piers P. 14, 62.
]

to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)

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to rain, to cause rain to fall, with the agent expressed Ic ríne pluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 53. Hé rýnde ofer synfullan grin, Ps. Spl. 10, 7. Hit ágan rínan xl. daga and xl. nihta tósomne ðæm mǽstan réne, and seó eorþe rínde ealswá swíðe of hire eásprencgum

Linked entries: regnian regnan rínan

ed-gild

(n.)
Grammar
ed-gild, es; n.

A re-payment ⬩ rĕ-sŏlūtio

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A re-payment; rĕ-sŏlūtio, Leo, A. Sax. Gl. 250

niþer-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
niþer-weard, adj.

Downward ⬩ turned downwards

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Th. 403, 1; Rä. 22, 1 : 416, 24; Rä. 35, 3. Niþer-wearþ, 413, 15; Rä. 32, 6

nát-hwæt

(pronoun.)
Grammar
nát-hwæt, pron. indef.

Something unknown

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Th. 479, 17; Rä. 62, 9 : 436, 23; Rä. 55, 5 : 499, 25; Rä. 88, 21

æd-

(prefix)
Grammar
æd-, prefixed to words, denotes

Anew ⬩ again

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Anew, again, as the Latin re- Æd-sceaft re-generation

stealc

(adj.)
Grammar
stealc, adj.
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Th. 384, 11; Rä. 4, 26. On stealc hleoþa, 382, 6; Rä. 3, 7. Stealc hliþo stígan, 498, 17; Rä. 88, 3

nát-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
nát-hwǽr, adv.

In some place unknown

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Th. 480, 8; Rä. 63, 8: 407, 14; Rä. 26, 5

Linked entry: hwǽr

hyge-wlanc

(adj.)
Grammar
hyge-wlanc, adj.

Proud

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Proud, elated in mind, Exon. 105 a; Th. 400, 1; Rä. 20, 2: 112 b; Th. 431, 21; Rä. 46, 4

hilde-píl

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-píl, es; m.

A dart, ⬩ bolt, ⬩ javelin

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A dart, bolt, javelin, Exon. 105 a; Th. 399, 5; Rä. 18, 6: 104 b; Th. 397, 33; Rä. 16, 28

hege-rǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
hege-rǽwe, -réwe, e; f.

A hedge-row

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A hedge-row Ðanon on ða hegerǽwe thence to the hedge row, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 54, 11. Hegeréwe, iii. 48, 15

web-geródes

Grammar
web-geródes, l.
Entry preview:

-rod-

ge-scyldru

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scyldru, pl. n.

The shoulders

Entry preview:

The shoulders Me on gescyldrum on my shoulders, Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 4; Rä. 41, 103: 125 b; Th. 483, 17; Rä. 69, 4

Linked entry: ge-sculdre

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