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smæl

(adj.)
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smæl, adj.

Smallsmall, little, not greatnarrow, not broadslender, thin, not thickfine not coarse not loud gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus a sheep, small cattle

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Cnuca tó swíðe smalan duste Lchdm. i. 240, 4. Genim swýðe smæl dust 240, 11. Smæl beren mela ii. 86, 24. Ásifte smale þurh smæl sife sift through a fine sieve 94, 1: 72, 28.

þegen

(n.)
Grammar
þegen, þegn, þeng, þén, es; m.
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Ic (Cnut) cýðe, ðæt ic hæbbe geunnen him (archbishop Æthelnoth), ðæt hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe ofer his ágene menn and ofer swá feala þegna swá ic him tólǽtan hæbbe, 233, 6. <b>VI b.

up

(adv.)
Grammar
up, (úp?), upp; adv.

Up.upon high uperectlyupto a high point

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Cnut com tó Sandwíc, and lét ðǽr up ða gíslas, 1014; Erl. 151, 9. Hét ðá up beran æþelinga gestreón, Beo. Th. 3844; B. 1920. marking arrival, or coming into notice (cf. colloquial to turnup).

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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Cnut wende him út þurh Buccingahámscíre intó Beadafordscíre, Chr, 1016; Erl. 154, 6. with verbs that imply going Ic ne mæg út áredian, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 14. Heó forlét hyre hæftlingas út, Homl. Th. i. 228, 17. Word ðe hé út forlét, Blickl.

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, e; f.

Lawstatutedecreeregulationrulefixed custom

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Hé niwade ðǽr Cnutes lage, Chr. 1064; Erl. 196, 2. Ðǽr þegen áge twegen costas lufe oððe lage where a thane has two alternatives love or law [i.e. where a case may be arranged amicably or by appeal to law], L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 298, 6.

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wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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According to a law of Cnut the slain man must have been in a hundred and in a tithing to make the claim for the wer valid Gif man ofslægen weorðe, gylde hine man swá hé geboren sý.

gelíce

(adv.)
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Cnuca mid smerwe þám gelíce þe ðú clyþan wyrce, Lch. i. 108, 10: 144, 18. Hé dyde gelíce þon swylce hé slépe, Gr. D. 85, 7. Beóð þínes wífes welan gelíce swá on wíngearde weaxen berigean uxor tua sicut vitis abundans, Ps. Th. 127, 3.

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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Cnute cynge ádas swóron, and syððan hine ofslógon, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 29. a divine ruler, with a general application Wé þec bletsiað, Freá folca gehwæs, Dan. 401. used of the Israelites: Tó þínes folces wuldre Israhel ad gloriam plebis tuae Israel,

hwá

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Cf. (7 c) :-- Sé ðe ł suá cnuá ðec genédes . . . geong mið him, Mt. L. 5, 41. where eal qualifies the indefinite form.

þurh

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

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Cnuca hý þurh hý selfe pound it by itself (per se), Lchdm, i. 130, 4: 192, 17. Wé ðæt gehýrdon þurg hálige béc, Apstls. Kmbl. 126; Ap. 63. Þurg wítgena wordgerýno, Elen. Kmbl. 577; El. 289.

be

restbyalong,by, not later thanbyduringbywithconveyance, by (in to send by) subject toin the case ofin the matter ofinwith(to do) byor abouttowith(to become)ofbybecause ofon account offor the sake ofbyby means ofby the use ofby way ofin the form ofafter according toafterby the commandat the request

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Be Cnutes dæge cinges, 336, 33. of a period within which an event falls, marked by reference to a person then living, cf. III. 28 Constantinus be (vivente Diocletiano) Diocletiane lyfgendum Gallia ríce heóld, Bd. 1, 8; Sch. 28, 25.

wiþ

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ, prep. (adv. conj. ).

towardstoin the direction oftowardstoatwithtowardstoatagainstover againstopposite toagainstfrombynearagainstbesideuntoatagainstwithagainst onover againstoppositeagainstin the way ofwith.withpart withfromforin return foras payment forforin consideration offorin exchange forforfor in reward ofin return forin answer toforas compensation forin consideration ofin return foron condition ofagainstagainstas a set-offby the side ofcompared within contrast withwithtowithwithagainstto.withforagainstfromforagainstcontrary toin opposition to.withatagainstbeside by,atbyagainstatuntowithfromforwithagainstto weigh one thing with or against anotherin comparison withwithtowith a personwithtowardswith in respect towithwith againsttowithto.againstfromforagainst contrary toagainstbythrough,to rest on the armtill.till tountil

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Hé is ðǽr byrged wið Cnut cyng, Chr. 1046 ; Erl. 175, 4. Hí wacodon wið ða byrgene, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 120. Hig gewícodon wið ðone munt, Num. 20, 22. Heó wið wágas weaxan wylle, Lchdm. i. 116, 21. Ðeós wyrt bið cænned wið wegas, 224, 14.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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Genim þás wyrte . . . cnuca hý, Lch. i. 122, 2.