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teóðung-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-ceáp, es; m.
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Tithe-stock, stock paid as tithe Gehéraþ hwæt se æþela láreów sægde be manna teóþungceápe. Hé cwæþ: Nú neálǽceþ ðæt wé sceolan úre ǽhta and úre wæstmas gesamnian.

hneáw-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hneáw-ness, e; f.

Stinginess, parsimony, niggardliness

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Monig mon déþ micel fæsten, and hæfþ ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse and déþ hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge many a man fasts much, and has the reputation of doing it for abstinence, and yet does it for stinginess and avarice; sæpe

tohte

(n.)
Grammar
tohte, an; f.

A military expedition,war,battle

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A military expedition, war, battle Nǽron ða twégen tohtan sǽne, lindgeláces, land Perséa sóhton síðfrome Simon and Thaddeus, Apstls. Kmbl. 150; Ap. 75. Gē dóm ágon, tîr æt tohtan, Judth. Thw. 24, 19; Jud. 197.

Linked entry: ge-toht

midde-weard

(adj.)
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midde-weard, adj.

Mid-wardmiddle of

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On middeweardre in medio mari, Cant. Moys. 8. Ymb ða eaxe middewearde hwearfaþ they revolve about the middle of the axis, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 23.

brégan

(v.)
Grammar
brégan, brégean; p. de; pp. ed; v. a. [bróga
fear, terror

fear, terrorTo give fear, frighten, make afraid, terrify, astonishterrere, pavefacere, stupefacere

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To give fear, frighten, make afraid, terrify, astonish; terrere, pavefacere, stupefacere Hí -ýða swýðe brégaþ the sea-waves greatly frighten them, Runic pm. 21; Kmbl. 343, 24; Hick. Thes. i. 135.

CNAPA

(n.)
Grammar
CNAPA, cnafa, an; m.

a boyyoung manKNAVEpuerjuvenisadolescensa servant servus

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Ðæt wíf wearþ wráþ ðam cnapan mulier molesta erat adolescenti Gen. 39, 10. a servant; servus He hét his cnapan behealdan to ðære he ordered his servant to look towards the sea Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 18, 23; Lchdm. iii. 276, 24

þweores

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
þweores, þwires, þwyres.

across as opposed to alongathwarttransverselycrosswise as opposed to lengthwayson the flankperverselywrongly

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Hé hét ǽnne weall þwyres ofer eall ðæt lond ásettan from óþ , Ors. 6, 15; Swt. 270, 13.

Linked entries: þwires þwyre

ge-sendan

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On gesended (beworpen, W.S.), Mk. L. R. 9, 42. to send forth, emit sound, utter a word Ðás ásægdniso tó eáre rúmmódnise ic gisendo ( emitio ). Rtl. 125, 7. Mið ðý gesende stefne micla emissa uoce magna, Mk. L. 15, 37.

grad

(n.)
Grammar
grad, es; m. [Lat. gradus]
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Æt sumum sǽle ætslád se hálga wer on ðám heálícum gradum æt ðam hálgum weofode on one occasion the holy man slipped on the tall steps at the holy altar, Homl: Th. ii. 512, 11

mæsse-preóst

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Se biscop sceal þrafian þá mæssepreóstas ꝥ hié*-*healdan Godes ǽwe on riht, and þone híred þe hié ofer beóþ, and þá lǽwedan men þe hié aldormen ofer beón sceolan ; for þon se góda láreów sægde, þonne se mæssepreóst wǽre gelǽded on éce forwyrd, þonne ne

GRÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRÓWAN, part. grówende; ic grówe, ðú grówest, gréwst, he gróweþ, gréwþ, pl. grówaþ; p. greów, pl. greówon; pp. grówen
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Forhwí ǽlc sǽd grówe innon ða eorþan? why should every seed grow in the earth? Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 31. Hwæt druge ðú grówendra gifa? what madest thou of the growing gifts? Cd. 42; Th. 55, 6; Gen. 890

Linked entry: ge-grówan

ge-hwǽde

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Heó hafað blóstman and sǽd swýþe gehwǽde, 250, 21. Hafað seó lǽsse smæle leáf and gehwǽde, and seó óðer hafað máran leáf and fǽtte, 264, 18. (I a) little, young :-- Se Hǽlend him tó clypode sum gehwǽde cild (parvulum ), Hml.

LANG

(adj.)
Grammar
LANG, adj.

LONGtall

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LONG, tall Hé sǽde ðæt ðæt land síe swíðe lang norþ ðonan he said that the land stretches thence far to the north, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 4.

Cwichelmes hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
Cwichelmes hlǽw, Cwicchelmes hlǽw , Cwicelmes hlǽw ,es; m. [hlǽw a heap, barrow, small hill: Flor. Cuiccelmeslawe: Hunt. Chichelmeslaue: Hovd. Cwichelmelow: Cwichelm's hill; Cwichelmi agger]

CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi

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Ceóles ége, and wendon him ðá andlang Æsces dúne to Cwichelmes [Cwicelmes, Th. 256, 28, col. 1: Cwicchelmes, 257, 27, col. 1] hlǽwe and ðǽr onbídedon beótra gylpa, forðan oft man cwæþ, gif hí Cwichelmes [Cwicelmes, col. 1] hlǽwe gesóhton, ðæt hí nǽfre to

nídling

(n.)
Grammar
nídling, es; m.

one who serves of necessitya slavebondmanone who has to serve on board shipa sailor

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Ðá ongunnon ða nýdlingas and ða scypmen ða ancras on ðone sendan woldon ðæt scyp mid gefæstnian tentabant navitae anchoris in mare missis navem retinere, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 40

ge-mengednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mengednys, -mengdnys, -mencgednys, -mencgdnys, -mencgnys, -nyss, e; f.

A mingling together, mixing, mixture, connectioncommixtio, admixtio

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Ðære gemengednyssa the minglings of the sea, 610, 11 : 608, 20

Linked entry: ge-mencgednys

sige-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-fæst, adj.
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Hí sigefæste ofer férdon, Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 481, 15. Sigefæste triumphabiles, triumpho plenos, Hpt. Gl. 489. 33. Hý beóþ ðý gesundran and ðý sigefæstran, Exon. Th. 408, 29 ; Rä. 27, 19.

súþ

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ, adv.
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Súð ofer fóron, 897; Erl. 94, 28. Fóron súð ymbútan, 894; Erl. 91, 5. Seó sunne cymþ eft súð tó ðam winterlícan sunnstede, Lchdm. iii. 250, 24: 260, 10: Cd. Th. 118, 16; Gen. 1966. Súð ne norð ofer eormengrund óþer nǽnig sélra nǽre, Beo.

man

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Swá swá scyp brincð man ofer ; syððan hé tó lande cymð, þonne forlǽt hé ꝥ scyp, Solil. H. 21, 20. with correlative they: — Gif ǽnig . . . fluge . . . ꝥ hine mon slóge swá raðe swá mon hiora fiónd wolde, Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 52, 35.

ǽg-hwǽr

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ǽg-hwǽr, Dele á-hwǽr, and add: -hwár, -wern.

in every place,to every place, in every directionin every casein every respect

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Hié hergodon ǽghwǽr be ðám , Chr. 918; P. 98, 12: 998; P. 131, 13. Him wæs ǽghwǽr wá, Sat. 342. Ǽghwǽr onbútan circumquaque, An. Ox. 2, 251. Ǽghwǽr on eorþan, Gen. 2705. Geneósian ealra þeóda ǽghwǽr landes ad visitandas omnes gentes, Ps.