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wiþ-bregdan

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Sum man him onsænde be his cnihtum twá spyrtan . . . þára óðre se cniht wiðbrǽd (subripuit), Gr. D. 203, 5. Add

maþelig

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Substitute: Talkative, talking much and loudly as a drunken man Maðeli (luxuriosa res, vinum, et) tumultuosa (ebrietas), Kent. Gl. 725

hearding

(n.)
Grammar
hearding, es; m.

A brave man, warrior, hero

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A brave man, warrior, hero, Elen. Kmbl. 50; El. 25: 260; El. 130: Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 1; Rún. 22

hand-worht

(adj.)
Grammar
hand-worht, adj.

Hand-wrought, made with hands

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Hand-wrought, made with hands Ic tówurpe ðis handworhte tempel ego dissoluam templum hoc manu factum, Mk. Skt. 14, 58

Linked entry: -worht

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, 3rd sing. pres. -ríseþ, -ríst , pl. -rísaþ; p. -rás, pl. -rison; pp. -risen

To behove, become, befit, suitdĕcēre, convĕnīre

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Ðæt ðæm weorce nánum men ne geríse bét to fandienne, ðonne ðam wyrhtan ðe hit worhte that it became no man better to prove the work than the workman who made it, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 37

sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
sciftan, p. te.
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Scifte man of ðam gemóte ða ðe him tó rídan those who may go to him shall be appointed from the meeting , L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. , 268, 15

Linked entry: scyftan

awóh

(adv.)
Grammar
awóh, adv. [a, wóh crooked]

AWRYunjustlywrongfullybadlytortèobliquèmalè

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Ðæt man ǽr awóh tosomne gedydon which they before unjustly joined together, L. Edm. B. 9 ; Th. i. 256, 11

cine-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cine-líc, adj. [cyn fit, suitable]

Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequatecongruus, cornpetens

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Of a like kind, agreeable, suitable, adequate; congruus, cornpetens Ðæt we wilnian to heorn fultum be swá manegum mannum swá us cinelíc þince æt swá micelere spræce that we desire aid from them of so many men as may seem to us adequate for so great a

ele-bacen

(part.)
Grammar
ele-bacen, pp.

Oil-baked, baked in or with oil ŏleo coctus, ŏleătus

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Oil-baked, baked in or with oil; ŏleo coctus, ŏleătus Manna híg gadredon and grundon on cwyrne oððe britton and sudon on croccan and worhton hláfas ðǽrof: ða wǽron híg swilce híg wǽron elebacene pŏpŭlus collĭgens Man frangēbat mŏla sive tĕrēbat in mortārio

Linked entry: bracan

wóh-dáed

(n.)
Grammar
wóh-dáed, e ; f.

A wicked deedcrime

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A wicked deed, crime Manna wóhdǽda sind swíþe gemonigfealdode, Blickl. Homl. 107, 24. Gif mon ne mihte hí tó rihte gecyrron, ðæt hí heora wóhdǽda geswícan woldan, ðonne sceal ǽghwylc man bétan his wóhdǽda be his gyltes andefne, 45, 26-29.

wíc

Grammar
wíc, <b>.
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</b> add Þá cóm him fǽringa tó micel folc manna . . . wǽron ealle hǽdena, and þone Hǽlend ne cúþe nán man of þǽre wíc þe hí of wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 1016.

bútan

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</b> :-- Hý man gecnáwan ne mæg, búton -tonne heo gréwð, Lch. i. 98, 4. <b>III 2.</b> :-- Ne can ic nǽnigne e

be-weddian

(v.)

to betrothpledgeplight

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Th. i. 72, 10. ꝥ nán man nán wífa næbbe búton .I., and seó beó mid rihte beweddod and forgifen ii. 300, 13 Gif hió óðrum mæn in sceát bewyddod sí, i. 24, 5. Ácenned of beweddodan mǽdene, Hml.

BÚAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÚAN, búgan; ic búe, ðú búst, he býþ; p. búde, pl. búdon; pp. gebún; v. anom.

To dwell, livehabitare, versari aliquo locoTo inhabit, occupyinhabitare, colere, incolere

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Ne mæg mon meduseld búan a man may not occupy the mead-bench, Beo. Th. 6123; B. 3065

heals-fang

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Gif man ofslægen weorðe, gylde hine man swá hé geboren sý. And riht is ðæt se slaga . . . finde wærborh . . . þonne þæt gedón sý, ðonne rǽre man cyninges munde . . . Of ðǽm dæge on .xxi. nihtan gylde man LXX. scłł, tó healsfange æt twelfhyndum were.

ceáp-gyld

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-gyld, es; n.

bargain moneyjustum rei venditæ pretiumrei furto ablate pretium

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Ath. i. 24; Wilk. 61, 25; Th. i. 212, 16, note 33. price or market-price of what is stolen; rei furto ablate pretium Gilde man ðam teónde his ceápgyld let a man pay to the accuser the market-price [pretium], L. C. S. 25; Th. i. 390, 23

drif

(n.)
Grammar
drif, e; f.

a feverfebris

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Rush. 8, 15. but drif, es; m. or n. in the following example Full neáh ǽfre ðe óðer man wearþ on ðam wyrrestan yfele, ðæt [MS. þet] is on ðam drife almost every other man was in the worst evil, that is with fever, Chr. 1087; Th. 353, 38

Linked entry: ge-drif

dohtig

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
dohtig, def. se dohtiga; adj. [dohte, p. of dugan to avail]
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Ðyssa þinga is gecnǽwe ǽlc dohtig man on Cent [MS. Kænt] and on Súþ-Seaxum [MS. -Sexan] every good man in Kent and in Sussex is cognizant of these things, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1016-1020; 313, 19

Linked entry: DYHTIG

lǽn-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn-dagas, pl. m.
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The days granted to a man in which to live, the time during which a man lives Sceolde lǽndaga [MS. þend daga] æþeling ende gebídan worulde lífes the end of the days that had been granted, of life in this world, was to come upon the prince, Beo.

næder-wyrt

Grammar
næder-wyrt, nædre-wyrt, e; f.

Adder-wortpolygonum bistortaadderwort

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Ðeós wyrt ðe man uiperinam and óðrum naman nædderwyrt nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 96, 11. Nædderwyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man basilisca and óðrun naman nædder- (næddre-, MS. O) wyrt nemneþ, 242, 7 : iii. 8, 24. Genim næderwyrte, ii. 110, 25. [v. E. D. S. Pub.