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frignan

(v.)
Grammar
frignan, [The different treatment of the g in this word gives rise to a great variety of forms. 1.the g may be retained, see the forms in Dict., to which add p.pl. [ge-] frungan; pp. [ge-]frognen. 2. the g may be absorbed giving a. frínan; p. frǽn, pl. frúnon ; pp. frúnen ; or b. frínan may be regarded as of the ablaut series í, á, i and have p. frán, pl. frinon ; pp. [be-]frinen. 3. the g may be assimilated and forms as from frinnan result, see prs. frinne, ppr. frinnende; p. pl. frunnon. Here perhaps belongs the form frunian,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 54.
]

to ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ to ask a question, ⬩ to ask about, after, ⬩ to ask ⬩ to ask a person a question ⬩ to ask a person about something, ⬩ to ask information of or from a person,

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Bd. 4, 5 ; Sch. 375, 7. Frægn (frán, v.l.), Bt. 3, l ; F. 4, 27. Hit hine frægn (frán, v.l.) hú ꝥ gewurde, F. 6, I. Worde frægn wuldres aldor Cain hwǽr Abel wǽre Gen. 1002.

a-hlǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
a-hlǽnsian, p. ude; pp. ud [lǽnian to be or make lean, hlǽne lean]

To soak ⬩ steep ⬩ make lean ⬩ macerare

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To soak, steep, make lean; macerare, Scint. 10

cwæþ

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwæþ, QUOTH, said, spoke, Deut. 32, 26: Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 30, 31; p.
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of cweðan

efen-

(prefix)
Grammar
efen-, efn-, efne-, in composition, denotes even, equal, represented by co-, con-, com-,

as

Linked entries: ceaster-wara wiht mǽre micel neáh ríce crísten cuman efn- efne- þegen þrowung -líca þwǽre wyrcend hleóþor þeów

girel-gyden

(n.)
Grammar
girel-gyden, the goddess of dress, Vesta (the name has been connected by the glosser with
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vestis) Gyrlgyden Uesta, Germ. 397, 511

Linked entry: gyden

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Ben. 87, 11. Dele: in tie instances given here lác = lácnung. Add: to compounds ælmes-lác (Nap. 5), bríw-lác, drý-lác, sib-lác, word-lác, wróht-lác, wund-lác

hand-brǽd

(n.)
Grammar
hand-brǽd, hand-bréd. Perhaps hand-bred should be read and the quotation be taken to the next word. But in support of hand-brǽd may be noted the form breð ( = brǽð) odor, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 58, and the phrase gód hande brád. v. hand;
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Wicklif has handibreede v. N. E. D. handbrede

nemnan

Grammar
nemnan, <b>. I.</b> add: Monega eá sindon be noman nemnede for ðǽm gefeohte, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 12. <b>Ia.</b> with cognate accusative
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</b> to mention the name of a person, mention by name :-- Se Hǽlend spræc be ðám rícan, 'Sum ríce man wæs.' Eft be ðám wǽdlan, 'Sum ðearfa wæs geháten Lazarus' . . . Ne nemde se Hǽlend þone welegan, ac ðone wǽdlan, 6. <b>IV b.

BÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BÍDAN, ic bíde, ðú bídest, bítst, bíst, he bídeþ, bít, pl. bídaþ; p. ic, he bád, ðú bide, pl. bidon; pp. biden; acc. gen.

To BIDE, abide, continue, remain, tarry, wait, await, expect, endure ⬩ manere, remanere, morari, habitare in aliquo loco, expectare, consequi, sustinere

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Seó eorþe gíniende bád the earth continued yawning, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 4. Ðonne ðæt he ðǽr leng bide than that he should abide there longer, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 4. Mere stille bád the sea remained still, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 2; Exod. 300.

Linked entries: a-bídan bád bídende

Temes

(n.)
Grammar
Temes, Temese the Thames. In the declension both weak and strong forms are found. [In Latin, nom. Temis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 30, 12, Temes, ii. 23, 12: gen. Tamisae, i. 98, 1: dat. Taemise, 216, 25: acc. Tamesim Bd. 1, 2; S. 42, 34 may be cited]
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Fóron be Temese ... be norþan Temese, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 14, 20. Hí tugon hira scipuup on Temese, 895; Erl. 93, 31. Hí námon him wintersetl on Temesan and lifedon of Eást-Seaxum, 1009; Erl. 143, 4

sunn-treów

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-treów, (?). In Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 3 origia is glossed by sun*-*treów. Cockayne suggests,
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oryza sum treów, Lchdm. iii. 346, col. 1

þrili

(adj.)
Grammar
þrili, This word has the form of an i-stem adjective in the glosses
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ðrili trilex, Txts. 35, 29; drili triplex, 115, 158; þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53

Linked entry: þrilig

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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<b>I b.

a-beden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-beden,
  • Nicod. 12; Thw. 6, 15
    • :
  • Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 31
    • ;
pp. of a-biddan.

asked

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asked, of a-biddan

-enne

(suffix)
Grammar
-enne, the termination of the declinable infinitive in the dat. governed by to, as, — To farenne

to go

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Bos. 8, 21

gén-gewrit

Grammar
gén-gewrit, (should be entered under <b>geán-gewrit</b>) glosses descriptio (rescriptio
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Ox. 8 b, 2

Linked entry: geán-gewrit

þurh-wunian

(v.)

to continue ⬩ last ⬩ not to come to an end ⬩ not to pass away ⬩ to continue in a place, with a person ⬩ to remain, not to leave ⬩ to continue in a condition ⬩ not to change ⬩ to persevere ⬩ persist ⬩ hold out

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Grammar þurh-wunian, here the condition is given by a complementary noun or adjective w Ǽfre hé biþ ánes módes, and glæd þurhwunaþ, Homl. Th. i. 456, 25. Heó þurhwunode mǽden, 24, 27.

díc

(n.; v.)
Grammar
díc, es, e, and indecl.; m. f. [The instances given in Dict. under díc; m. and díc; f. may probably be taken together.]
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Be gemǽre swá ðá ealdan díca beligcað, iii. 213, 6. Ðeós wyrt bið cenned on dícon and on hreódbeddon, Lch. i. 98, 13. Hé hét delfan þá eorðan swá ꝥ hors urnon embe ꝥ hús þurh þá dígelan díca, Hml.

Dorm-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Dorm-ceaster, gen. -ceastre; f. [by the Britons called Cair-Dorm, by Antonīnus Durobrivæ, from the passage over the water; and the Anglo-Saxons, for the same reason, called it also Dornford]

Dornford or Dorgford, in Huntingdonshire, on the river Nen

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Ben. Lye

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, a mark, <b>mearc</b> a limit. [These may be taken under one head, see N. E. D. mark.]
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Ben. 101, 6), R. Ben.

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