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weddian

(v.)
Grammar
weddian, p. ode

To engage, covenant, undertake to engage to wed, betroth, espouse

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Hig him weddedon feoh tó syllenne pacti sunt pecuniam illi dare, Lk. Skt. 22, 5.

Linked entry: be-weddian

torfian

(v.)
Grammar
torfian, p. ode.

to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like;to throw.to throw at an object,strike with a missile,to stone a personto throw,cast,

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Th. i. 50, 15. to throw, cast, with acc. of thing thrown Hé geseah hú ðæt folc hyra feoh torfude on ðone tollsceamul, and manega welige torfudon fela aspiciebat quomodo turba iactaret aes in gazophilacium, et multi diuites iaciabant multa, Mk.

Linked entries: a-torfian ge-torfian

in-tó

(prep.)
Grammar
in-tó, prep.

Into

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Wið feó sealdon wíde intó leódscipas they sold them far and wide into various nations, Blickl.

un-eáðness

(n.)
Grammar
un-eáðness, e; f.

uneasiness of mindanxietytroublegriefdifficultyseverityharshness

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Ðú canst míne yrmþa, ðú mé wǽre symble on fultume on mínum unýðnyssum, Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 94, 11. severity, harshness Ða ðe ðǽr gefongne wǽron hié tawedan mid ðære mǽstan uniéðnesse; sume ofslógon, sume ofswungon, sume wið feó gesealdon, Ors. 4, 1; Swt

mǽg-burh

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-burh, gen. -barge; f.

Kindredfamilyrelativestribe

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Ða ðe mǽgburge mǽst gefrunon frumcyn feora fæderæþelo gehwæs those who were best informed as to families, as to the origin of men, and the ancestry of each, Th. 200, 21; Exod. 360

GRIM

(adj.)
Grammar
GRIM, adj.
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Wæs se winter to ðæs grim ðæt manig man his feorh for cýle gesealde the winter was so severe that many a man lost his life with the cold, Blickl. Homl. 213, 31: Chr. 1005; Erl. 139, 37. Mid grimmun gefeohte with severe fighting, 5, 3: Byrht.

Linked entry: grym

BORH

(n.)
Grammar
BORH, g. borges; d. borge; acc. borh; pl. nom. acc. borgas; g. a; d. um; m.

a security, pledge, loan, bailfœnusa person who gives security, a surety, bondsman, debtorfidejussor, debitor

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Gif ðú feoh to borge selle if thou give money on loan, L. Alf. 35; Th. i. 52, 21. Be borges andsæce concerning a denial of a bail, L. In. 41; Th. i. 128, 1, note 1. a person who gives security, a surety, bondsman, debtor; fidejussor, debitor.

Linked entries: an-burge borg

æt-standan

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feorr ætstódon de longe steterunt , Ps. Spl. 37, 12. where there is or may be change of condition, to stop growing, cease to operate Þá wearð ꝥ fýr gestilled and ætstód sóna, Hml. S. 8, 229. Gif se hlyst ætstande, ꝥ hé ne mæge gehiéran, Ll.

be-cweþan

to sayto urgepressto speak forpray forto bequeathegrant by will

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Him þe ic feoh becweden hæbbe, Cht. Th. 490, 20. Þá menn þe ic míne bócland becweden hæbbe, 491, 8

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Sió ungelícnes hira gearnunga hié tiéhþ sume behindan sume, Past. 17; Swt. 107, 20. where a series of individuals or of groups or of parts is enumerated Sum feóll wið ðone weg ... sum feóll ofer stánscyligean ... sum feóll on þornas ... sum feóll on

Linked entry: ÁN

FÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
FÁH, fág; pl. nom. acc. ; gen. fára; dat. fáum; adj.

Guilty, criminal, proscribed, outlawed, inimical, hostilesons, reus, proscriptus, inĭmīcus, infensus, infentus

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Ðeáh ðú from scyle freómágum feor fáh gewítan though thou, outlawed, shalt depart far from thy kindred, Cd. 50; Th. 63, 29; Gen. 1039: Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 34; Cri. 1617: Andr. Kmbl. 3406; An. 1707: Elen. Kmbl. 1535; El. 769.

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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Ne bið ná gelíc ꝥ man wið swustor gehǽme and hit wǽre feor sibb, 404, 27. Ꝥ cild þá gýtseras lǽton efenscyldig and hit gewittig wǽre, 420, 2. Hé wæs ǽfre efenmihtig and hé gyt is, Wlfst. 16, 7.

á-drífan

to drive, cause to move (with violence)to drive off, drive awayexpellere, repudiare

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Ýð út feor ádráf on Wendelsǽ wígendra scola, Met. 26, 30. Ðæt Egypti ádrifen Moyses út, Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 16. Út ádrífende explodens, An. Ox. 17, 22. Út ádrifenum explosis, út ádrifenre explosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 14, 15

heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.

Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence

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Heó biþ áfeorrod swíðe feor from ðære sóðan heánesse ab altitudine veræ celsitudinis elongatur, 41, 2; Swt. 301, 20. On ðære heofonlícan heánnesse in heaven on high, Shrn. 82, 20: Exon. 65 a; Th. 239, 34; Ph. 631: Elen. Kmbl. 2247; El. 1125.

man

(pronoun.)
Grammar
man, mon; indef. pron. (originally nom. of noun mann q. v. ; cf. French on from homo).

Oneanyonetheypeople

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Gif hé næbbe hwæt hé wið ðære stale sylle sylle man hine wið feó. Gif man cucu finde ðæt hé stæl si non habuerit, quod pro furto reddat, ipse venundabitur. Si inventum fuerit apud eum, quod furatus est, vivens, 22, 3, 4.

Linked entries: MANN mon

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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Th. 28, arg. þéh þe hié swíðe gebrocode wǽren on hiora licgendan feó cum pudenda penuria esset aerarii, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 17. þone mete dǽle man swá gebrocedum mannum þe swá fæstan ne magon let the food be distributed to men so afflicted with infirmity

Linked entry: brócian

land-fird

(n.)
Grammar
land-fird, e; f.

An expeditiona land force

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Se man ðe ætfleó fram his hláforde sý hit on scypfyrde sý hit on landfyrde þolige ealles ðæs ðe hé áge and his ágenes feores, L. C. S. 78; Th. 1. 420, 9.

Linked entry: fird

scip-hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
scip-hlæst, es; m.
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Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið feówer sciphlæstas Deniscra monna, and ðara scipa tú genam, 882; Erl. 82, 10. a ship of burden, a transport Sciplæst oneraria, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 71. Scyphlæst honeraria, ii. 43, 10 (cf. hlaestscip honeraria, 110, 46)

Linked entry: hlæst

stela

(n.)
Grammar
stela, steola, stæla; m.
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Mid feówer reádum stælum (stelum, MS. B.), 154, 15. Genim nigon stelan, 230, 20. fig. Witan sceoldon smeágan hwilc ðæra stelenna ðæs cinestóles wǽre tóbrocen, and bétan ðone sóna.

Linked entries: steola stealu

trimes

(n.)
Grammar
trimes, trimis, es; trimessa, an; m. : trimesf[s], e; trimes[s]e, an; f. : þrimes;
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Feówer trymessan, 76, 10, 16. De ponderibus incipit. Solidos tres trymisas, Txts. 113, 80. as a coin, not in England Trymes staterem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 27. Lidrine trimsas (trymsas) asses scorteas (corteas), Txts. 38, 31.