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mægþ

(n.)
Grammar
mægþ, <b>, mægeþ;</b> without inflection in the sing. and in the n. ac. pl., f.

A maidvirgingirlmaidenwoman

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Þurh Judithe láre, mægþ módigre, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 18; Jud. 335. Mægeþ, brýde ðínre ( Sarah ), Cd. 134; Th. 169, 10; Gen. 2797. Hé ðære mægeþ (Guthlac&#39;s sister ) sceolde láce gelǽdan láð spel, Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 27; Gú. 1316.

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ge-belg

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leófan men . . . bútan gebelge hlystað (listen without taking offence), Wlfst. 178, 30

ge-setnes

(n.)
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ge-setnes, -setenes, -setednes, -ness, -nis, -niss, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Position, foundation, tradition, an institution, constitution, composition, ordinance, decree, lawpŏsĭtio, sĭtus, fundātio, trādĭtio, instĭtūtio, constĭtūtio, compŏsĭtio, lex, pactum

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ðonne Cristes gesetnys sý it is known to every intelligent man that the old law was easier than the institute of Christ is, Homl.

ge-ládian

(v.)
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Add: to make lád (q. v.) Gif hé ládian wille, geládige be dǽde mǽðe, swá mid þrifealdre, swá mid ánfealdre láde, Ll. Th. i. 346, 14.

orf

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M. 20, 291', was a crime whose prevalence justified the attention given it by the law.

den-bera

(n.)
Grammar
den-bera, pl. n.

Swine-pastures, places yielding mast for the fattening of hogspascua porcōrum

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Lat. [bearo a grove, wood] Swine-pastures, places yielding mast for the fattening of hogs; pascua porcōrum Pascua porcōrum quæ nostra lingua Saxonĭca denbera nomināmus, Cod. Dipl. 288; A. D. 863; Kmbl. ii. 75, 27: 281; A. D. 858; Kmbl. ii. 65, 6.

hremman

(v.)
Grammar
hremman, p. de

To hinderobstructcumber

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Ðí læs ðe seó smeáung ðæra ǽhta hí æt ðære láre hremde lest the contemplation of the possessions should be a hindrance to them in learning, 60, 30: 394, 14. Ne hremmaþ mínne martyrdóm hinder not my martyrdom, 592, 7

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for-hergian

(v.)
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Add: of action by persons, to lay waste a country, carry captive people Æfter þǽm þe hé Egyptum forhergede, hé gefór siþþan on Judana lond and hiera fela forhergeade; siþþan on Ircaniam hé heora fela gesette post transactum in Aegypto bellum plurimos

ge-lástfull

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Cf. ge-lǽstan; Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull ( alii coadjutor, Lat. vers.) ge æt spore ge æt midráde, Ll. Th. i. 232, 11. Gegaderade Cassander fird.

mann-rǽdenn

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mann-rǽdenn, <b>. I.</b>
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Geoffra þíne lác Apolline, sé ðe mæg þínre nytennysse gemiltsian and tó his manrǽdene gebígan, Hml. S. 14, 36. Seó burhwaru . . budon him manrǽdene tó eallum his bebodum ( servi tui sumus, quaecumque jusseris faciemus, 2 Kings 10, 5), 18, 364. Add

wæl-not

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-not, es; m.

A fatal marka mark that brings deatha rune that brings death,

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See for baleful influence of runes, Egils Saga, c. 75: Grettis Saga, c. 81; see also Corpus Poeticum Boreale, vol. i. pp. 40, 41, for the virtues of runes Hwílum hié (fiends) gefeteraþ fǽges monnes handa, gehefegaþ ðonne hé æt hilde sceall wið láð werud

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Wætlinga-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Wætlinga-ceaster, e; f.

St. Alban's

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Alban's Wæs hé ðrowigende se eádiga Albanus ðý teóþan dæge Kalendarum Iuliarum neáh ðære ceastre ðe Rómáne héton Verolamium, seó nú fram Angelðeóde Werlameceaster oþþe Wæclingaceaster (uaetlingacæstir, -cester, uetlinguacaester, Lat. versions,Txts. 133

ge-blódegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blódegian, -blódgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, blódegian to make bloody]

To make bloodycover with bloodcruentāre

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Swilce ðǽr lǽge on ðam disce ánes fingres liþ eal geblódgod as if there lay in the dish the joint of a finger all covered with blood, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 27; Wanl. Catal. 43, 16. Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe if the dwelling be covered with blood, L.

amber

(n.)
Grammar
amber, m. f. n.
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Voc. ii. 102, 41: 13, 8: lag(uo)enas, 53, 37

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á-lesan

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Hé geceás and álæs ( eligens ) ealle þá óðre lác and on sundron áléde, and þá þe Characterius sende hé áwearp, Gr. D. 230, 24.

bismer-nes

disgracepollutionreproachinsultcontemptiblenesspitifulness

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Similar entries v. bismer-lic, Hé forseah þá deófollican láre, for þám þe hé ealle þá ýdele ongeat ... hé þá bysmornysse forhogode heora lára and heora costunga, Guth. 34, 4-12

ettan

(v.)

to pasture land depascĕre

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to pasture land; depascĕre Eal ðæt land ðæt man áðer oððe ettan oððe erian mæg all the land that they could either pasture or plough, Ors. I. I; Bos. 20, 41

un-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-friþ, es; n.

absence of peacehostilitiesthe state of being out of the king's peace

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Hié ne dorston forþ bí ðære eá siglan for unfriþe; for ðæm ðæt land wæs eall gebún on óþre healfe ðære eás they durst not sail on past the river for fear of being attacked; for the land was all cultivated on the other side of the river, Ors. 1, 1; Swt

afæstla

(int.)
Grammar
afæstla, interj.

O certainly!O assuredly!O certe

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O certe Afæstla, and hi hi, and wella well, and þyllíce óðre syndon Englisc interjectiones O certainly, and alas, and well well, and such other are English interjections, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 28

læppa

(n.)
Grammar
læppa, an; m.

A skirtlappetlobelapa detached portiona district

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.], lap [in dew-lap; cf. also lop-eared], a detached portion, a district Læppa óððe ende ora, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 51, 30.

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