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ESNE

(n.)
Grammar
ESNE, es; m.

A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis

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Uton agifan ðæm esne his wíf let us give to the man his wife, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 7

clam

(n.)
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Clám wiþ þon: þá reádan tigelan gecnuwa tó duste, gemeng wið grút, Lch. ii. 114, 24. Lǽcedóme, cláme malagma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 38. Hafa þé ǽrgeworht clám of beórdræstan, Lch. ii. 330, 16

eácnian

(v.)
Grammar
eácnian, eácnigan, eánían; part. -iende, -igende; p. ode, ade

To increase, to be augmented, to become pregnant, to bring forth ⬩ augēri, concipĕre, parturīre

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Eácniende wíf muliĕrem prægnantem, Ex. 21, 22

Linked entries: eácnigende ge-eácnian

ge-drygan

Grammar
ge-drygan, l. ge-drýgan,
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Þæt wíf foet his mið hérum heáfdes hiræ gedrýgde (tergebaf), Lk. L. 7, 38. Nim þysse wyrte wyrttruman, and gedríge hine, Lch. i. 102, 8. Genim þás wyrte . . . and gedríge (-drigge, v. l. ) hý, 146, l. and add

Linked entry: ge-drígan

be-strícan

(v.)
Grammar
be-strícan, p. -strác
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To make a stroke round Wið óman. Genim ane gréne gyrde, and lǽt sittan þone man onmiddan húses flóre, and bestríc hine ymbútan (draw a circle round about him with the rod), and cweð. . . Lch. iii. 70, 13

tó-standan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.

to stand apart ⬩ be distant ⬩ to differ ⬩ be different ⬩ to stand aloof ⬩ not to be forthcoming

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Tó-standendum mægna distantes vires, i. discordes, 26. to stand aloof, not to be forthcoming Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge, and ðonne sió gift tóstande. Gif mon wíf gebycgge, and sió gyft forð ne cume, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 3-6

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Ne mæg hé wið ofermétta, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 10. Múþ heora spræc ofermétta superbiam Ps. Lamb. 16, 10: Met. 7, 8

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in

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Ða wácran ðás woruld healdaþ, brúcaþ þurh bisgo, 311, 6; Seef. 88. marking aim, with a view to Hé Drihten mid hondum genom þurh edwít ( with a view to disgrace him ), Cd. Th. 307, 17; Sat. 681.

Linked entries: þuruh þerh þorch þorh

ildian

(v.)
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Add: with oblique case, acc. Hé wæs lange wið-sacende and hit eldode diu negando distulit, Gr. D. 103, 32. with dat. (?), Hml.

fǽr-steorfa

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-steorfa, an; m.

Murrain

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Murrain Gif sceáp sý ábrocen, and wið fǽrsteorfan, Lch. iii. 56, 15. Wið swína fǽrsteorfan, 25

ropp

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Þás þing magon wið roppes ge wið wambe and smælþearmes ádlum, Lch. ii. 234, 29. Add

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara, twoegra, tuoera.

Two ⬩ absolutely ⬩ distributively

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Steorran of heofenan feóllan, náht be ánan oððe twám, ac swá þiclíce ðæt hit nán mann áteallan ne mihte, Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 21. with qualifying or defining words Wit Adam twá we two, Adam and I, Cd. Th. 290, 6; Sat. 411.

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

lenge

(adj.)
Grammar
lenge, adj.

Belonging ⬩ related

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Gód biþ wið God Lenge good hath affinity with God, 91 a; Th. 341, 5; Gn. Ex. 121. v. preceding word, and ge-lenge

Linked entry: lengan

mónaþ-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
mónaþ-ádl, e; f.

A disease that occurs at intervals of a month

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Ðæt wíf mid ðý heó ðone gewunan þrowaþ mónaþádle cum in suetis menstruis detinentur ... Mulier dum consuetudinem menstruam patitur, Bd. i. 27; S. 493, 40-43

ge-milscod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-milscod, ge-milscad, ge-mislced; adj.
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(ptcpl. ) Sweetened with honey Ge-milscod wín melicratum, gemilscad wæter mulsurum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 32, 33. Gewyrce him gemilscade drincan, ꝥ is micel dǽl bewylledes wæteres on huniges godum dǽle, Lch, ii. 202, 26.

Linked entry: miliscian

wǽpen-þrǽge

(n.)

arms

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wǽpen-geþræc), wíge tó nytte, módcræftig smið, monige gefremman, ðonne hé gewyrceþ tó wera hilde helm oððe hupseax, oððe heaþubyrnan, scírne méce, oððe scyldes rond fæste gefégan wið flyge gáres, Exon. Th 296, 34; Crä. 61

Linked entry: -þrǽge

cænnan

(v.)

to clear, prove ⬩ manifestare

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to clear, prove; manifestare Mynstres aldor hine cænne in preóstes canne let the chief of a monastery clear himself with a priest's clearance, L. Wih. 17; Th. i. 40, 13: 22; Th. i. 42, 3: L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 12

wearte

(n.)
Grammar
wearte, an; weart(?), e; f.

A wart

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Wið scurfedum nægle, nim gecyrnadne sticcan, sete on ðone nægl wið ða wearta (-an ?), ii. 150, 5

CYFES

(n.)
Grammar
CYFES, cyfys, cifes, ciefes,e; f: cyfese, an; f.

A concubine, handmaid ⬩ concubina, pellex, ancilla

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Se ðe hæbbe riht wíf, and eác cifese [MS.

Linked entries: cyfys ceafes cefes ciefes cifes

on-feall

(n.)

a swelling, fellon

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Lǽcedomas wið ǽlces cynnes ómum ond onfeallum and báncoþum, 98, 21: 102, 20. Wíð innanonfealle, 106, 9. Onfelle, 106, 10

Linked entry: innan-onfeall

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