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wamb-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wamb-seóc, adj.

Diseased in the stomach

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Diseased in the stomach Ða wambseócan men þrowiaþ on ðam bæcþearme and on ðam niþerran hrife. Lchdm. ii. 232, 12: 164, 10

seofon

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
seofon, syfon ; when used without a following noun it is declined, nom. , acc. seofone; g. seofona; d. seofonum.
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Hwylces ðara seofona biþ ðæt wíf, 12, 23. Hwylces ðæra sufona (seofena, MS. A.: of ðæm seofonum, Lind.: ðara siofuna, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 28. Ðá com seofona sum, Andr. Kmbl. 2623 ; An. 1313.

Linked entries: seofan sibun

þeówan

(v.)
Grammar
þeówan, p. þeówde, þeódde
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To serve (with dat.) Ðæt sind ða gecostan cempan, ða ðam cyninge þeówaþ, Exon. Th. 107, 22; Gú. 62. Hé Dryhtne þeówde, 146, 20; Gú. 712. Israhéla folc on hæftnéde Babiloniscum cyninge þeówde, Homl. Th. ii. 84, 27: 66, 9.

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Ðá seonde hé ðæt man sceolde ða scipu tóheáwan; ac hí ábruðon ða ðe hé tó þóhte, Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 26.

híre-mann

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Oft for ðæs láreówes unwísdóme misfarað þá híremen, Past. 28, 5. On ðám breóstum ðæs gódan recceres sceal bión gierd. Ðæt is ðæt hé ðreáge his híremenn, 125, 22. Take here hýre-mann and hýrig-mann in Dict., and add

Linked entry: hýre-mann

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.
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., to refrain from, spare a per-son or thing (dat.). absolute Ðæt man nǽnne ne slóge . . . búton hé fleón wille oþþe hine werian; ðæt man ne wandode ðonne, L. Ath. v. 12, 3 ; Th. i. 242, 10.

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

fóster-land

(n.)
Grammar
fóster-land, fóstor-land, es; n.

FOSTER-LANDland assigned for the procuring of provisionsfundus cĭbāriis emendis assignātus

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Se cyning ðæt land geaf into Cristes cyrcean ðan híréde to fósterlande the king gave the land to Christchurch as foster-land for the convent, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1052; 368, 17

Linked entry: fóstor-land

hláf-sénung

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-sénung, e; f.

Blessing of bread, which took place on August first or Lammas-day

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Blessing of bread, which took place on August first or Lammas-day On ðam ylcan dæge [Aug. 1] æt hláfsénunga, Shrn. 112, 8

Linked entry: segnung

Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Seaxe, Seaxan; pl.
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Ðæt spell ðæt ic áwrát be Angelþeóde and Seaxum, Bd. pref.; S. 471, 10. continental Saxons Ðý ilcan geáre gegadrode micel sciphere on Ald-Seaxum, and dǽr wearþ micel gefeoht . . . and ða Seaxan hæfdun sige, Chr. 885; Erl. 84, 8.

un-gemetfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetfæst, adj.

immoderateimmodestintemperateimmoderateexcessiveirretentive

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in a moral sense, immoderate, immodest, intemperate Ðá forseah se Catulus hine, for ðam hé hine wiste swíþe ungesceádwísne and swíþe ungemetfæstne, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 5.

menigu

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For ðǽre menige (menge, v. l. ) ðæs folces, Past. 113, 19. Ðæt mon ðá godcundan sprǽce ðǽre menigo (mengio, v. l. ) tódǽle, 373, 19. Binnon ðám weallum wǽron ungeríme meniu manna (cf. innumera hominum conuenticula. Bd. Sch. 623), Hml.

ǽ-rist

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-rist, es; n.

resurrectio

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Ðæt gemǽnelice ǽrist, Hml. Th. i. 394, 25. Mínes ǽristes dæg, 74, 18: ii. 224, 25. Ðone tóhopan deádra monna ǽristes (-restes, Hatt. MS.) . . . Ðá Saducie andsacedon ðǽre ǽriste . . . ðá Fariséos geliéfdon ðǽre ǽriste, Past. 364, 4-6. On ðám ǽriste.

am-byr

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
am-byr, gen. m. n. -byres; f. -byrre, -byre: dat. m. n. -byrum; f. -byrre, -byre: acc. m. -byrne; f. -byre; n. -byr; adj. [am even, equal, byr let it happen, from byrian to happen, pertain]. What is happening even or equal, —

Favourablefairæquussecundus

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Favourable, fair; æquus, secundus Gyf man hæfde ambyrne wind if a man had a favourable wind, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 20

hæft

(n.)
Grammar
hæft, es; m.

one seized or taken, a captiveone taken and enslaved, a slave, servanta prisoner, bondmanjoinedvinctus, captivus

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Hweorfon ða hǽðenan hæftas fram ðám hálgan cnihton the heathen slaves went from the holy youths, Cd. 187; Th. 232, 28; Dan. 267. Gearwe stódun hæftas heársume ready stood the slaves obedient, Exon. 43 a; Th. 145, 19; Gú. 697

Linked entry: hæftan

un-rótness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rótness, e; f.

Sadnesssorrowtroublegloominess

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Ðǽm oferblíðum is tó cýðanne ða unrótnessa ( tristia ) ðe ðǽræfter cumaþ, and ðám unblíðum sint tó cýðanne ða gefeán (laeta ) ðe him gehátene sindon, Past. 27; Swt. 187, 15

Linked entry: rótness

INN

(n.)
Grammar
INN, es; n.

A dwellinghousechamberlodging

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Ðá lǽdde heó hine on ða cyrcan . . . and on ðam ylcan inne hé oncneów hwæt ðǽr inne wæs then she led him into the church . . . and in the same house he recognized what was therein, 22; Gdwin. 96, 23-98. 5.

Linked entry: in

ge-emnettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-emnettan, -emnittan, -emnyttan; p. te; pp. ed

To make even or levelcompareæquāreexæquāre

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Ðæt heó ðone dæg and ða niht geemnytte that it might make even the day and the night, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 238, 24. Geemnettan quadrare, congruere, Hpt. Gl. 506

Linked entries: ge-ymnyttan ge-efnettan

wíte-þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-þeów, adj.

In slavery as a consequence of crime

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Ðæt is ǽrest, ðæt ic wille ðæt man gefreóge ǽlcne wíteþeówne mannan ðe on ðam biscopríce sié for hine and for his cynehláford, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 329, 17 : L. Ath. i. proem.; Th. i. 198, 9. Wéron ðǽr þreó wíteþeówe men and þreó þeówberde, Cod. Dip.

sacerd

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd, es; m.

A priest

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Suíðe ryhte ða sacerdas ( sacerdotes ) sint gehátene sacerdas, ðæt is on Englisc clǽnseras, forðæm hié sculon látteówdóm gearwian ðám geleáffulum, Past. 18, 7; Swt. 139, 14. Ða sacerdas of Leuies cynne, Deut. 27, 1, 14 : Ps. Th. 77, 64.

weorod

(n.)
Grammar
weorod, (-ud, -ed, -ad), werod (-ud, -ed), worud (-ad), word, es; n.
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Ðam werude ( the Jews ), 216, 28; Dan. 13: 217, 23; Dan. 27. Hé sægde him wereda gesceafte, 225, 27; Dan. 160.