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tó-beátan

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Ðá cempan hine lange swungon ... þá cómon his geféran and fundon hine licgendne on blódigum limum and tóbeátenum líchaman, Hml. S. 31, 981. Add

súþe-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
súþe-weard, adj.
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Southward, south Tóemnes ðæm lande súðeweardum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 1. From súþeweardum óð norþeweardne, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 12: 18, 1; Fox 62, 1. On splott súðeweardne, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 336, 23. Ða gesǽtan súðewearde Bryttene, Chr. Erl. 3, 5

fyren-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
fyren-wyrhta, an; m.

An evil-doersinnermăli actorpeccātor

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An evil-doer, sinner; măli actor, peccātor Hú lange fyrenwyrhtan foldan wealdaþ how long shall evil-doers rule the earth? Ps. Th. 93, 3.

Linked entry: firen-wyrhta

ge-weallod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weallod, -wealled; part. [weall a wall]

Walledsurrounded with a wallforgedmūrātusmūnītus

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Walled, surrounded with a wall, forged; mūrātus, mūnītus Ða strengestan weras wuniaþ on ðam lande and micele burga ðǽr sind and mǽrlíce geweallode cultōres fortissĭmos habet et urbes grandes atque mūrātas, Num. 13, 29.

Linked entry: weallian

ge-edfreólsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edfreólsian, p. ode
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To re-enfranchise, to restore to freedom Þis is ealra þára landa freóls þe Eadgár cyning geedfreólsade Wulfríce his þegene on éce yrfe (cf. ego, Eádgár, . . . cuidam ministro . . .

Linked entry: ed-freólsian

un-wíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-wíslíce, adv.

Unwiselyfoolishly

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Ðisse ádle fruman mon mæg yþelíce gelácnian, and æfter unéð, gif hió bið unwíslíce tó lange forlǽten, Lchdm. ii. 232, 18

Linked entry: wíslíce

híwisc

Grammar
híwisc, l. híwisce, híwisc. For suffix cf. ídisc(e).

a familyhouse

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Th. i. 422, 23. a hide of land with a household settled on it, a family-holding of land [cf. the two forms given to the same regulation Gif wilisc man geþeó ꝥ hé hæbbe híwisc landes, and Gif hé beó tó þám gewelegod ꝥ hé hýred and éht áge, Ll.

swancor

(adj.)
Grammar
swancor, adj.
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[Jamieson gives swank slender; limber, agile: swanking supple, active: swanky tall and lank: swanky a strapping young countryman.] pliant, supple Hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende supple sinew-bands (? see seonu-bend). Exon.

un-wæstmbǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmbǽre, adj.

Unproductivebarrensterile

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Ic wyrce ðín land unwæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 34. Sume treówu hé cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7

Linked entry: wæstm-bǽre

wer-genga

(n.)
Grammar
wer-genga, an; m.
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A stranger who seeks protection in the land to which he has come Deóra gesíð, wildra wærgenga, Nabochodonossor the beasts' comrade, the stranger that sought shelter among wild beasts, Nebuchadnezzar, Cd. Th. 257, 25; Dan. 663.

Linked entry: wær-genga

erian

(v.)
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Þeáh hé erige his land mid ðúsend sula, Bt. 26, 3; F. 94, 14. Þeáh him mon erigan scyle ǽghwelce dæg æcera ðúsend quamvis rura centeno scindat opima bove, Met. 14, 4. Man mæg on wintra erian, Angl. ix. 261, 22.

ge-sylhþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sylhþ, a plough. Substitute: a team (of oxen)
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for a plough Ágife hé ꝥ land þám híréde mid swá myclum swá se híréd him on hand sette; ꝥ synd . xii. þeówe men, and .II. gesylhðe oxan, and .I. hund sceápa. Cht. Th. 435, 6. [Cf. Hé geann án sylhðe oxna, Cht. Crw. 23, 4.

líf-lic

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On ánre nihte ealdne mónan ꝥ cild ꝥ swá bið ácenned, ꝥ bið liflic (lang lifes, v. l. ), 21, 7. vital, necessary to life. physical Swilce hí ðone líflican blǽd forðrǽstne ácwellon, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 12. spiritual þurh líflice láre, . Hml.

un-cúþ

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un-cúþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Rómáne swiþost for þǽm besierede wǽron þe him ꝥ land uncúþre wæs þonne hit Somnitum wǽre, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 28. III. add: — Uncúð hú longe ðǽr swǽ gelǽrede biscepas sién, Past. 9, 3. Ne hopa ðú tó óðres monnes deáðe ; uncúð hwá lengest libbe, Prov.

ge-stincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stincan, p. -stanc, pl. -stuncon; pp. -stuncen

To perceive by the sense of smelling;olfacere aliquidodorareodorari

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Hí ðæs landes lyft gestuncon they smelt the air of the land, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 35. Hí ná gestingcaþ [ = gestincaþ] they smell not, Ps. Spl. 113, 14

Germania

(n.)
Grammar
Germania, e [ = æ]; f.

Germany

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Cap. 1 Nú wille we ymb Europe land-gemǽre reccan, swá mycel swá we hit fyrmest witon.

ge-wícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wícian, p. ode; pp. od

To dwelllodgeencamphospitarecastra metari

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To dwell, lodge, encamp; hospitare, castra metari Hý landes hæfdon ðæt hý mihton on gewícian they had land on which they could encamp, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 36. Ic on fægerum scúan fiðera ðínra gewície in umbra alarum tuarum spero, Ps. Th. 56, 1.

ge-bócian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bócian, p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bócian to give by charter] ,

to give or grant by book or charterto charterlibro vel charta dōnāreto furnish with bookslibris instruĕre

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Aðel-wulf ] cing teóðan dǽl his landes, ofer ealle his ríce, Gode to lofe king Æthelwulf chartered the tenth part of his land over all his kingdom for the glory of God, Chr. 856; Th. 124, 22, col. 3: Text.

ge-frǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-frǽge, -frége; adj.

Knownrenownedcelebratedremarkablenotedfamousnotoriousinfamousnŏtusmănĭfestuscelĕberfāmōsus

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Known, renowned, celebrated, remarkable, noted, famous, notorious, infamous; nŏtus, mănĭfestus, celĕber, fāmōsus Hæbbe ic gefrugnen ðætte is eástdǽlum on æðelast londa, firum gefrǽge I have heard tell that in eastern parts there is a land most noble,

beód-ern

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Twá land . . . ðám gebró;ðrum tó bryce intó heora beódderne, C. D. iv. 72, 23, 28: 305, 13. Intó hære béddarn . . . of hira bǽddern, Cht. Th. 493, 7, 18.