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þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirtythirty (years old)

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Grammar þrítig, alone Ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte (cf. in next line: Ðam sculon .v. sciłł. tó bóte), L. Alf. pol. 56; Th. i. 94, 28. Hwæt gif ðǽr beóð þrítig? God cwæð: Ne dó ic him ná láð, gif ðǽr beóþ þrítig rihtwísra, Gen. 18, 30.

eorl

a hero

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Beó hé scyldig wið þone þe hit áge, swá wið cyningc .cxx. sciłł., swá wið eorl .lx. sciłł., 384, 18. Man sette Oddan tó eorle ofer Defenascíre and ofer Sumersǽton and ofer Dorséton and ofer Wealas, Chr. 1048; P. 177, 2.

dihtan

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Aman dihte gewritu be þám Iudéiscum tó ǽlcere scíre scriptum est ut jusserat Aman, et litterae missae sunt ad universas provincias, Hml. A. 97, 162

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; n.

sand, gravel sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore

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Swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycþ on ðám sandum neáh ðære byrig ðe Tarsit hátte, Ps. Th. 47, 6

manung

(n.)
Grammar
manung, e; f.

monitionadmonitionadvicea claiming or exaction of debt, tributethe place where toll is demandedthe district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercisedthe people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons

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Ðæt wé rídan be eallum tó mid ðam geréfan ðe hit on hismonunge sý, v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 13. the people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons Fó se geréfa tó mid his monuuge, and ádrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre, v. 8, 4; Th. i.

eges lic

Grammar
eges lic, l. eges-lic,
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Ðæt forme scip þæt egeslice spell gebodade the first ship told the terrible tale, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 10. Egeslice truculenta, i. horrida (venena ), An. Ox. 1852. Egeslice dǽda, Wlfst. 161, 9. Mid egislicum cornutis (vultibus ), An. Ox. 163.

heolstor

Grammar
heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Bláce stódon scíre leóman (the brilliant light from the pillar of fire) . . . neowle nihtscuwan ne mihton heolstor áhýdan the shades of night could not hide the secret places of the earth because of the light from the pillar of fire, Exod. 115.

méce

(n.)
Grammar
méce, es; m.

A swordfalchionblade

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Scírne méce a bright blade, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 8; Crä. 65. Heardne méce, Byrht. Th. 136, 47; By. 167. Mécea gemánan, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 6; Æðelst. 40. Mécum mylenscearpan, Erl. 112, 24; Æðelst. 24

ge-emnettan

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

To make even or levelcompareæquāreexæquāre

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Geemnittan exæquāre, Scint. 9. 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

þole-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
þole-mód, adj.
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Þolomód patiens, Scint.8, 12, 14. Ðæt se mann beó geðyldig and ðolomód (þol-, MSS. U. D.), Homl. Skt. i. 16, 335. Geðyldig and ðolmód, 17, 55. On ðære écan worulde, ðe gewelgaþ ða þolmódan, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 2

Linked entries: þol-mód þolo-mód

un-gedafenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedafenlíce, adv.

Unbecominglyunseasonablyinordinatelyin an unseemly mannerindecently

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Ðeáh hwelc man ungemetlíce and ungedafenlíce wilnige ðæt hé scile his hlísan tóbrǽdan, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 20. Boda Godes word ǽgðer ge gedafenlíce ge ungedafenlíce preach God's word both in season and out of season, Homl. Ass. 12, 306.

Linked entry: ge-dafenlíce

beó-breád

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Sáwl áfylled trytt beóbreád, Scint. 50, 9: Lch. ii. 126, I. Hé æt huniges beóbreád, Shrn. 68, 31. Biábreád, Ps. Srt. 118, 103. Bióbreád, Rtl. 3, 34: Lk. p. II, 14. [O. L. Ger. bí-bród: O. H. Ger. bí-brót.]. v. beón-breád in Dict

firlen

(adj.)
Grammar
firlen, adj.

at a distance

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Of fyrlænum scírum de longinquis provinciis, R. Ben. I. loi, 12. On fyrlenum at a distance: Onðǽre hwíle þe hé on fyrlenum wæs, Hml. S. 6, 47. On fyrlenum wunigende, 35, 26

Linked entries: feorlen fyrlen

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to sharpen.
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D. l, 18. in grammar, ge-scirpt acute Acutus accentus, þæt ys gescyrpt accent, Angl. viii. 333, 25. (O. L. Ger. Ge-skerpian.)

forþian

(v.)
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Add: to send forth or out, dispatch Mann sceolde forðian út to Sandwíc scipu, Chr. 1052; P. 177, 8. to forward, promote the well-being of. Cf. forþ-dǽd He friðige and forðige ǽlce tilðe, Angl. ix. 259, 14. Yrðe georne forðian, 261, 21.

gecynd-lim

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Lust gecyndlima uoluptas genitalium, Scint. 106, 9: Lch. i. 370, 3. On gecyndlimum mínum, Angl. xi. 117, 25. Hé him ealle þá gecyndlimu of ácearf, Gr. D. 26, 27.

ge-edcwician

(v.)
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Ox. 4338. to recover consciousness, feeling Raþe wund geedcucað (reuiuescit) gif raþor lácnung byð gegearwud, Scint. 45, 8. Hé læg dumb swá oð deáþ beswungen . . . hé þá geedcucode, Hml. S. 25, 794

horig

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Scínende hýd horig ( sordidum ) ge-swutelað mód, Scint. 87, 6. Horie purulenta Germ. 396, 259. Gif þú bere horige reáf ( ceruleas (nigras) uestes ), Hpt. 31, 13, 3 25

myntan

Grammar
myntan, <b>. I a.</b>
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<b>I d</b> a. the subject an immaterial thing personified :-- Nytende hwæt ofertó;werd mynte dæg ignorans quod superuentura pariat dies, Scint. 215, I

rihtung

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H. 103, 188) leahtrum scyl beón, Scint. 149, 6. Ma[n] sceal healdan gemet an þǽre rihtinge mensura extendenda est correctionum, Chrd. 60, 20. Add Rihtinc regulam, An. Ox. 1079