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ge-þingþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþ, e; f.
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intercession, v. ge-þingian; Tó þan ꝥ hé ábǽde him þá helpe þæs hálgan mannes þingunga (geðingða, v. l.) intercessionis ejus opem impetravit, Gr.

Linked entries: burh-geþingþ -þingþ

on-gemang

(adv.)

Among

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Among Ongemong óðrum mannum, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 6. Ðá ongan ic ongemang óðrum mislícum and manigfealdum bisgum ða bóc wendan on Englisc, Past. pref.; Swt. 7, 17. Eác ðæm golde and ðæm líne wæs ongemang purpura, 14; Swt. 85, 9.

Linked entry: ge-mang

bealdlíce

(adv.)

boldlyconfidentlyboldlyimpudently

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Hí Crístes naman andetton bealdlíce betwux gedwol*-*mannum, 558, 24. Baldlícor fiducialius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 75. boldly, impudently Bealdlíce procaciter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 57. Baldlíce achariter, 10, 17

flá

Grammar
flá, a strong dat. flá occurs: dat. pl. flán(?)
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Se mann mid his ágenre flán ofscoten wæs, Hml. Th. i. 502, 17-30. Hé wearð mid ánre flán ofscoten telo e muris jacto perfossus occidilur, Ors. 3, ll; S. 144, 27. Hé wearð gescoten mid ánre flá on ðám cneówe, Hml. Th. 492, 5.

Wiltún-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Wiltún-scír, (Wiltúnes-), e; f.

Wiltshire

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Sum ungerád mann wæs mid Ælfstáne bisceope on Wiltúnscíre on híréde, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 42. Brihtwold biscop féng tó ðam ríce on Wiltúnscíre, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 2.

of-áxian

(v.)
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Hé hæfde ofáxod æt óðrum mannum ǽr ꝥ hé wæs Iúdéisca dixerat eis se esse Iudaeum, 96, 139

LÆS

(adv.)
Grammar
LÆS, adv. also used in conjunctional phrases and as a noun.

Lesslest

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Gif læs manna beó sin minor est numerus, Ex. 12, 4. Swá man máre sprycþ swá him læs manna gelýfeþ the more a man speaks, the fewer men believe him, Prov. Kmbl. 38.

Linked entry: læsast

etan

to devourconsumedestroy

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Hí hláf ne ǽton . . . ac ǽton manna líchaman, Bl. H. 229, 8. to eatof something: Fela monna ǽton of ðám heofonlican mete on ðám wéstena, Hml. Th. ii. 274, 20. Sittað under ðám fíctreówe and etað of his wæstmum, Bl.

ge-yppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yppan, p. -ypte; pp. -ypped, -yped, -ypt

To openrevealdeclaremanifestdisclose

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Hit þurh ǽnne þeówne mann geypped wearþ it was discovered by a slave, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 20: Nicod. 17; Thw. 8, 25. Giypped sé manifestetur, Rd. 13, 3: 102, 43. Biþ geypped sciatur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 2: Andr. Kmbl. 2447; An. 1225: Menol.

Linked entry: ge-upped

un-gewunelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewunelíc, adj.

unusualunwontedunfrequenteduninhabitable

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Án ðæra ðǽla is ungewunelíc for ðære sunnan neáweste; on ðam ne eardaþ nán eorðlíc mann for ðam unberendlícum bryne, Lchdm. iii. 260, 21 note

Linked entry: un-gewynelíc

æt-wíndan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-wíndan, l. æt-windan; p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden,
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Ðám ( death ) ne ætwint nán eorðlic mann, HmL Th. ii. 232,22. Hé ðám wítum ætwunde, Hml. S. 23, 118. Ðám écum wítum ætwindan, 16, 93: Hml. A. 34, 251. with acc. Þá þe middan-geard oferswíðdon and his yrmða ætwundon, Hml. Th. i. 84, 32. v. oþ-windan

rǽd-fæst

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Leofa þín líf, gif ðú lǽwede mann sý on rihtum sinscipe, mid rǽdfæstum móde, Hml. A. 7, 158.

sparian

(v.)
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Th. 228, 12. add: to refrain from using or consuming Se mann þe fæst búton ælmyssan, hé déð swilce hé sparige his mete, and eft ett þæt hé ǽr mid forhæfednysse foreóde, Hml.

nǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nǽnig, ( = ne ǽnig).

not anynonenono onenot any one

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Ne sculon mæssepreóstas náteshwón nǽnig þinga bútan óðrum mannum mæssan syngan, L. E. I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 21

Linked entry: nán

neáh-west

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-west, -wist, e; f. : es; m.

nearnessneighbourhoodthe being with anotherpresencesocietyfellowship

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Se sacerd démde ðæt hé sceolde beón áscyred fram manna neáwiste the priest judged that he (the leper) should be separated from the society of men, Homl. Th. i. 124, 25. Hé férde tó folces neáwiste and bodade, 352, 11.

Linked entry: né-west

beón

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. ¶ beón ymbe to be about a business :-- Deófol byð á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáulum mǽst gesceaðian mæge, Ll. Th. i. 374, 25. Hí beóð ymbe þæt án, hú . . . Hml. Th. i. 12, II. Tó beónne ymbe ðeófas, An.

gildan

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Gif mannes esne frígne mannan ofslæhð, þane þe sié, hund scillinga gelde; se ágend þone banan ágefe and óðer manwyrð þǽr tó. Gif bana oðbyrste, twám manwyrðum hine man forgelde, Ll. Th. i. 26, 8 - 28, 8.

fýr

fire firefireto be on firea fire, fuel in a state of combustion a fire on a hearth a piece of burning material firelightninga disease

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H. 35, 13. fire of hell Manna gítsung is swá byrnende swá ꝥ fýr on þǽre helle, Bt. 15; F. 48, 19. On þám écan fýre mid deófle, C. D. iv. 52, 9. On éce fýr sendan, Bl.

ge-bǽru

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Þá deófla of þám geswenctum mannum mid wundorlicum gebǽrum ( with wonderful behaviour, behaving in a most extraordinary manner ) wurdon him fram, 31, 1212. Mid cnihtum þe unrǽdlíce férdon on ídelum lustum and wáclicum gebǽrum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 16.

folc-riht

(n.)
Grammar
folc-riht, -ryht, es; n.

Folkrightcommon lawpublic rightthe understood compact by which every freeman enjoys his rights as a freemanpublícum juscommūneτὸ κοινόν

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Folkright, common law, public right, the understood compact by which every freeman enjoys his rights as a freeman; publícum jus, commūne = τὸ κοινόν Arǽre up Godes riht; and heonanforþ lǽte manna gehwylcne, ge earmne ge eádigne, folcrihtes wyrðe, and

Linked entries: folc-geriht leód-riht