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Iotas

(n.)
Grammar
Iotas, Iutan ; pl.

The Jutes

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From the Jutes came the people of Kent and Wight, that is, the tribe that now lives in Wight and the race among the West Saxons that is to the present time called the Jutes' race, Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 10-14.

Linked entries: Eota land Iútan

leáp

(n.)
Grammar
leáp, es; m.

a basket ⬩ trunk

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'Lepe quod est tertia pars duorum bussellorum;' in Sussex, time of Ed. I.] a weel for catching fish Leáp corbis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 6: calatus, 127, 73. Leóht leáp imbilium, Wrt. Voc. 287, 27: ii. 46, 40. Leáp vel wilige cophinus, Ælfc.

Linked entry: sǽd-leáp

géna

(adv.)
Grammar
géna, adv.

Yet, still, further

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Nú géna still at the present time, Exon. 34 b: Th. 111, 13; Gú. 126. Ic eom géna swétran I am yet sweeter, 111 a; Th. 425, 19; Rä, 41, 58. Ic wille ðé ánre nú géna béne biddan I will of thee one more boon require, Andr. Kmbl. 950; An. 475.

Linked entries: geóna giéna

wic-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
wic-þegen, es; m.
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Interl. 66, 6) ánre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe . . . Æfterfylige ðære tóweardan wucan wicþén, R. Ben. pp. 58-60. Se diácon wucþén diaconus hebdomadarus, Anglia xiii. 415, 721. Fram mæssepreóste wucþéne a sacerdote ebdomadario, 395, 435.

and-weardnes

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Ox. 3015. temporal Þysses dæges þe wé nú on andweardnesse ( at the present time ) weorþiað, Bl. H. 115, 30.

lustfullung

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Deófol tiht ús tó yfele, ac wé sceolon . . . geniman náne lustfullunge tó ðǽre tihtinge . . . Se Hǽlend mihte beón gecostnod þurh tihtinge, ac nán lustfullung ne hrepede his mód, Hml. Th. i. 174, 30-176, 7.

on-wæcnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-wæcnan, p. ede.

to rise, spring, be derived

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'Nú us is tíma ðæt wé onwæcnen of slǽpe.' Ond eft hé cwiþ: 'Onwæcnaþ, gé ryhtwísan,' Past. 63; Swt. 459, 33-461, 1.

Linked entry: on-wacnian

scortlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
scortlíce, adv.

shortly ⬩ before long ⬩ soon ⬩ shortly ⬩ briefly ⬩ compendiously

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of time, shortly, before long, soon Nú gyt scortlíce ł lytel fæc and ne byþ se synfulla adhuc pusillum et non erit peccator, Ps. Lamb. 36, 10. Scortlícor maturius, citius, velocius. Hpt.

Linked entry: scortness

á-streccan

to stretch out ⬩ hold oat ⬩ to extend:-- ⬩ to prostrate,

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Ástrehtne hneccan erectam cervicem, Scint. 83, 18. of time to extend:-- Seó fífte yld stód ástreht oð þæt Críst sylf com, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 31 : 19, 41. to prostrate, of a person's posture, lit. or fig.

swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
swíðe, adv.

Very, much, exceedingly ⬩ chiefly, especially, mostly

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Forlǽtan unnytte ymbhogan swá hé swíþost mihte as much as ever he could, Bt. 35, tit.; Fox xvi, 27. Hiora scamiaþ swíþust ealles ða tó Sione hete swíðost hæfdon, Ps. Th. 128, 3. Swýþust ealra, 108, 28.

Linked entry: swíðor

EORL

(n.)
Grammar
EORL, es; m. I. an Anglo-Saxon nobleman of high rank, the yarl of the Danes, about the same as an ealdorman. He who was in early times styled ealdorman, was afterwards denominated

an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis

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This title, which was introduced by the Jutes of Kent, occurs frequently in the laws of the kings of that district, the first mention of it being Gif on eorles túne man mannan ofslæhþ xii scillinga gebéte if a man slay a man in an earl's town, let him

Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm

gífer-nes

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Ic andette gífernesse ǽtes and drences, ge ǽr tíde ge ofer tíde. Ic andette ǽlce gítsunga and æfest, Ll.

ge-neálǽcan

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Th. i. 134, 23. of time or events, to draw nigh Godes ríce geneálǽcð (geneólácað, L., tó gineólicað, R.), Lk. 10, ll. Hyre tóworpennes geneálǽcd (geneolécað, L., gineólicað, R.), 21, 20 : 28. Tíd geneálǽcð, 8: Mt. 26, 45.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Hé sylf ǽlce tíd getácnige (nuntiet), R.

gafol-gylda

Grammar
gafol-gylda, gaful-gylda, -gilda, -gelda, an; m.

a tribute-payer ⬩ tributary ⬩ debtor ⬩ trĭbūti reddĭtor ⬩ dēbĭtor ⬩ a rent-payer ⬩ a renter of land as opposed to the owner ⬩ qui censum annum pendit ⬩ conductor

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Beón hig ealle gesunde and þeówion ðé and beón ðíne gafolgildan cunctus pŏpŭlus salvābĭtur et serviet tĭbi sub trĭbūto, Deut. 20, 11. Twegen gafolgyldan wǽron sumum lǽnende duo dēbĭtōres ĕrant cuidam fænĕrātōri, Lk.

GEÁC

(n.)
Grammar
GEÁC, es; m.

A cuckoo ⬩ gawk ⬩ cŭcūlus

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Geácas geár budon cuckoos announced the [time of] year, Exon. 43 b; Th. 146, 27; Gú. 716. ¶ Geáces súre, an; f. Cuckoo-sorrel, wood-sorrel; oxălis acetōsella, Lin Geáces súre vel þríléfe trifŏlium, Ælfc. Gl. 39; Som. 63, 72; Wrt. Voc. 30, 24.

Linked entries: gǽc iáces súre

lofian

(v.)
Grammar
lofian, p. ode

To praise ⬩ value

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To praise, value, put a price upon Míne weleras gefeóþ wynnum lofiaþ ðonne ic ðé singe gaudebunt labia mea dum cantavero tibi, Ps. Th. 70, 21. Wé ðé hæriaþ and lofiaþ we laud and praise thee, Dóm. L. 48, 116: Cd. 192; Th. 240, 33; Dan. 396: Elen.

belle

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Hos-tiarius. . . sceal mid bellan bícnigan þá tída. Ll. Th. ii. 346, 29. Bellan gehíran. Lch. iii. 174, 9. Bellan teón, ringan, Tech. ii. 118, 18, 20. On ðæs sácerdes hrægle wǽron bellan hangiende. Past. 93, 15: 95, 3: C. D. B. iii. 660, 34.

be-swápan

to sweep ⬩ to wrap up ⬩ cover up

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Gif hwylc sý ꝥ Rǽdwolde on mód beswápe, ꝥ hé þé náwiht lá þes ne dó si qui sit, qui Redualdo suadeat, ut nec ipse tibi aliquid male faciat, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 156, 21. to wrap up, cover up Heó hié mid scytari besweóp caput linteo cooperuit, Bd. 3, 9 ; Sch

ge-bod

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Acts 16, 18: Praecipio tibi in nomine Iesu Christi exire ab ea) imperio terrente, An. Ox. 1940. an edict, order, a mandate of temporal or ecclesiastical authority Gif hwelc preóst ofer biscopes gebod mæssige, gilde for þám gebode .xx. ór, Ll.