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beard

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Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime, swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig gehádod man . . . his beard ǽnige hwíle ne hæbbe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 13.

neádunga (-inga)

(adv.)
Grammar
neádunga (-inga), adv.

Forciblynot willinglyunder compulsionof necessity

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Forcibly, not willingly, under compulsion, of necessity Hé nolde niman mancyn neádunga of ðam deófle búton hé hit forwyrhte he would not have taken mankind by force from the devil, unless he had forfeited it, Homl. Th. i. 216, 5.

hen

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Beóð henna (galline) gelíce þám þe mid ús beóð reádes híwes; and gyf hí hwylc man niman wile oððe hyra æthríneð, þonne forbærnað hí sóna eall his líc, Nar. 33, 26. Henna hróst, Angl. ix. 262, 4. Æt .x. hídum tó fóstre . . . .x. gees, .xx. henna, Ll.

flítan

(v.)
Grammar
flítan, part. flítende; ic flíte, ðú flítest, flítst, he flíteþ, flít, pl. flítaþ; p. flát, pl. fliton; pp. fliten

To strivecontenddisputerebelcontendĕrecertāredispŭtārejurgāre

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Ðam ðe wylle on dóme wið ðé flítan, and niman ðíne tunecan, lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels ei, qui vult tecum jūdĭcio contendĕre, et tŭnĭcam tuam tollĕre, dimitte ei et pallium, Mt. Bos. 5, 40. Flítende contending, Beo. Th. 1836; B. 916.

Linked entry: flítend

swylt

(n.)
Grammar
swylt, es; m.
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. ¶ The word often occurs with somewhat of a personal sense as the subject of niman, forniman :-- Ǽr ðec swylt nime, deáð for duguðe, Exon. Th. 257, 31; Jul. 255: Elen. Kmbl. 892; El. 447. Ðǽr Seón cyning swylt dreórig fornam, Ps. Th. 135, 20: Beo.

Linked entry: swilt

spón

(n.)
Grammar
spón, es; m. : e; f. (? v. sæp-spón)

A chip, shaving

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Monige of ðam treówe ðæs hálgan Cristes mǽles spónas and sceafþan nimaþ multi de ipso ligno sacrosanctae crucis astulas excidere solent Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 31: 3, 17; S. 544, 44. Genim ðone wyrttruman . . . þwít nigon spónas, Lchdm, ii. 292, 2

Linked entries: spén spoon

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, <b>. I.</b>
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. ¶ to urge an animal :-- Nimað þás swipan þæt gé magan þis hors mid mynegian and drífan (minare ), Gr. D. 14, 21

mægden

(n.)
Grammar
mægden, mǽden, es; n.

A maidengirlvirgin

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Mǽdenu niman on þeáwe gódne tíman getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 208, 28

Linked entry: mǽden

tiht-bisig

(adj.)
Grammar
tiht-bisig, adj.
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Niman ða tihtbysianmen . . . and ǽlc tihtbysig man gange tó þryfealdan ordále, oððe gilde feówergilde, iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 6-11.

hand-full

(n.)
Grammar
hand-full, e; f.

A handfulmanipulus

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A handful; manipulus Nimaþ handfulle axan of ðam ofene tollite plenas manus cineris de camino, Ex. 9, 8. Nime áne handfulle tollet pugillum plenum, Lev. 2, 2. Nim micle handfulle secges take a great handful of sedge, L.

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a marksigna markensign

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Nimaþ ða sigefæstan mearca victricia tollite signa, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 64; Som. 13, 66

Linked entries: mærc merc on-mearc

cwén

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Hé cwæð: 'Nimað þás þing þe mé seó cwén forgeaf,' Ap. Th. 17, 16—18, 15. v. port-, rihtæþel-cwén

in-ylfe

(n.)
Grammar
in-ylfe, es; n.

A gutbowel

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Sume nimaþ hwelpes innylfe some take a whelp's intestines, L. Med. ex Quadr. 9, 5 ; Lchdm. i. 362, 7

tunece

(n.)
Grammar
tunece, an;
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Ðam ðe wylle niman ðíne tunecan (cyrtel ł hrægl. Lind. : ðínne tonica. Rush. ), lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 40.

Linked entry: tunice

land-ár

(n.)
Grammar
land-ár, e; f.
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Nimap ðis gold and bicgaþ eów landáre, Homl. Th. i. 64, 12. Ða ðe landáre hæfdon hí hit beceápodon, 316, 10: ii. 224, 5. Ic wille ðæt se cyng beó hláford ðæs mynstres ðe ic getimbrede, and ðære landára ðe is ðyderinn becweden hæbbe, Chart.

gítsere

(n.)
Grammar
gítsere, es; m.

An avaricious, a covetous personmiser

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Gítseras ðe on mannum heora ǽhta on wóh nimaþ covetous men who take their property from men wrongfully, 61, 21

Linked entry: gýtsere

þwítan

(v.)
Grammar
þwítan, p. þwát, pl. þwiton, þweoton; pp. þwiten

To thwiteto cutcut off

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Monige of åam treówe ðæs hálgan Cristes mǽles spónas and sceafþan nimaþ (spónas ðwítaþ, MS. B.) multi de ipso ligno sacrosanctae crucis astulas excidere solent, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 31.

ge-beórscipe

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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe ðæne deófollican unðeáw hæfð, ꝥ hé wile on his gebeórscipe þurh his hálsunge and ðurh his neádunge gedón, ꝥ óðre men nimað máre ðonne hit gemet sý, 145, 22. Dydon hí þá mǽstan gebeórscype, Hml. S. 30, 387.

seht

(n.)
Grammar
seht, es ; m. : e ; f.
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Ðæt ða cyningas seht námon (cf. friþ niman) heom betweónan , Chr. 1016 ; Erl. 159, 1. Hí móston mid ealle ðæs cynges wille folgian, gif hí woldon land habban oððe wel his sehta, 1086 ; Erl. 222, 35

fús

readyeager

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Ic eom síðes fús úpeard niman, 1050. Fúsne on forðsíð, 1121. for an object (gen.) Hýðweard gearo, sé þe ǽr lange tíd leófra manna fús æt færoðe feor wlátode, B. 1916