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hwega

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S. 23 b, 150. as adverb, about, v. hwæt-hwega; Neáh (hugu, húhugn, v. ll.) on twégra míla fæce duum ferme milium spatio separata, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 11

cosp

Grammar
cosp, Dele 'Lat. compes,' and add
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Puncto, foramine, in quo pedes vinctorum tenentur in ligno cubitati, spatio interjecto, id est cosp, Txts. 86, 765. Copses cippi, An. Ox. 3251. Copse cibbo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 3: 18, 32, Copsas (conpedes ) synd on fótum dysiges, Scint. 96, 16.

á-delfan

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Dict. to dig up the ground Hí ádulfon gehwylcne dǽl þæs wyrtgeardes þæs þe þǽr ǽr undolfen wæs cuncta horti illius spatia quae inculta fuerant coluerunt, Gr. D. 202, 3. Seó eorðe wæs swíðe heard and hé ne mihte heó ádelfan, Hml.

Linked entry: a-dylf

first-mearc

an intervala respite

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Him wǽron gehátene þurh þá swefn lange fyrstmearce þises lífes ei per somnium longa spatia hujus vitae promissa sunt, Gr. D. 339, 26. a respite, v. first, 2 Ðá ongan hé willian fyrstmearce coepit inductae petere, Gr. D. 325, 31.

ǽg-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwæðer, pron. [á + ge + hwæðer].

eithereachbothuterqueevery oneeachunusquisque

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Ǽghwæðer ge lengre fæc ðysses lífes ðé forgifan ge ðé eác ðæs écan lífes inganges wyrþne gedón et hujus vitæ longiora spatia concedere et ingressu te vitæ perennis dignum reddere, Bd. 3,13; S. 539, 2. Ǽghwæðer ge—ge et—et, 2, 16; S. 519, 34

fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Hé worhte fenn (lutum) of his spátle, and smyrede mid þám fenne ofer his eágan, Jn. 9, 6. Fenn strǽta lutum platearum, Ps. Spl. 17, 44. Sió hond . . . ðe wille ðæt fenn of óðerre áðierran manus quae diluere sordes curat, Past. 75, 23.

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, hwerf, es; m.

A turnspacechangeexchange

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In huarf in spatio, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 13. Huelc seles monn hwerf fore sáuel his quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 26. Huoerf, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 37. Gif huerf gie sellas si mutuum dederitis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 34. Huoerf, 35.

un-gewiss

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, es; n.

uncertaintyignoranceunconsciousnessin ignoranceunintentionallyunconsciouslyunwittinglywhat is uncertain or unknownincertumignominia

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Grammar un-gewiss, ¶ Ungewisses uncertainty, ignorance, unconsciousness Se ðe his sylfes blód on spátl mid ungewisse forswelge qui sanguinem proprium inscius cum saliva sorbuerit, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 5.

Linked entries: ge-wis on-gewiss

dún

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Þǽm gelícost þe ic sitte on heáre dúne and geseó on sméðum felda fela fýra byrnan quasi de specula montis adspectans, nihil in magno campi spatio praeter innumeros focos cernam, 3, 11; S. 142, 14.

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a fieldlandwhat is sownsown landagerseges

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Sax. times, a yoke of oxen could plough in a day, an ACRE, that is 4840 square yards; jugeri spatium, jugerum, a jugo quod tantum fere spatii uno jugo boum arari posset: also ager - Ger. acker an acre Ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer oððe máre omni

fæc

(n.)
Grammar
fæc, (n. and) m.

distanceroom

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Voc. ii. 50, 27. local, distance On óþere healfre míle fæce unius miliarii et dimidii spatio, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 556, 5: 5, 4; Sch. 567, 11. space of two or three dimensions.

langsum

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Langsumum fæce prolixa (i. longo) (temporum) intercapedine (i. spatio ), An. Ox. 3625. of action that goes on long, or state or thing that lasts long Langsum diuturnum (trophaeum ), An. Ox. 800.

crístnian

(v.)
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þǽre menniscan gesceafte . . . þæt sealt þæt se sácerd þám men on múð déþ þonne hé crístnað, þæt getácnað godcundne wísdóm . . . and ðonne se sácerd him ætforan singð credo in deum, þonne trymeð hé his geleáfan . . . ðonne se sácerd æthrínð mid his spátle

Linked entries: crístian crístnere

bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.

a bedcoucha surface on which something rests?

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Þersc-wald limen, oferdyre superliminare, bed spatula, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 18: Txts. 98, 971. of ground. Similar entries v. grund-bed. of ground where plants grow. [O. H. Ger. betti areola.] of ground occupied by insects.

HWÍL

(n.)
Grammar
HWÍL, e; f.

A WHILE

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Ðæs ungeendodan lífes hwila æternitatis infinita spatia, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 5

hú-hwega

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Húhugu (neáh, hugu, v. ll.) on twégra míla fæce duum ferme milium spatio, 5, 4; Sch. 567, 10.

FÆC

(n.)
Grammar
FÆC, es; pl. nom. acc. facu; gen. faca; n.

Space, interval, distance, portion of timespătium, intervallum, tempŏris intervallum

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Ðæt wæs on fæce syxtig furlanga fram Hierusalem quod ĕrat in spătio stădiōrum sexāginta ab Ierūsālem, Lk. Bos. 24, 13. Hí binnon lytlan fæce gewendon to Lundene they within a little space went to London, Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 22.

Linked entries: æfter-fæce fec

ge-þolian

(v.)
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Hleór geþolade árleásra spátl, 1435. Torn geþolode wine Scyldinga, B. 147. Þám be teónan geþoledan injuriam patientibus, Ps. Th. 145, 6. Hú mihtest þú sittan on middum gemǽnum ríce ꝥ þú ne sceoldest ꝥ ilce geþolian ꝥ óðre men?

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

for-búgan

to avoidto pass bypass overshuneschewTo avoid

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Hé ná ne forbeág mid his nebbe monna spát], Past. 261, 8. Ðá suelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt wé hié forbúgen, 293, 22. Hié sindon swǽ micle wærlícor tó ferbúgonne (? oferbúganne, Hatt.