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Gyrwas

Grammar
Gyrwas, Gyrwan.
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Add: The people of the fen district, which contained twelve hundred hides, six hundred in each of its two divisions, v. Norþ-, Súþ-Gyrwas On Gyrwan (Gyrwa, v. l. ) lande in regione Gyrviorum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 381, 19.

wíte-þeów

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-þeów, adj.

In slavery as a consequence of crime

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Wíteþeówne monnan Wyliscne mon sceal bedrífan be twelf hídum tó swingum, L. In. 54; Th. i. 138, 3. Ic wullan ðæt man gefreógen ǽlcne wíteðeówne man on ǽlcum ðæra landæ ðæ ic mínon freóndon bæcwedden hæbbæ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 128, 10.

fót

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Eahta fóta brádne and twelf fóta heánne, Bd. 1. 12; Sch. 34, 2. Twígen fýt tó yfæsdrypæ, C.D. ii. 89, 7. the lowest part of an object Ánes fótes (cf. fðt-ráp) segl sipara, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 61

ge-langian

(v.)
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Hé hét gelangian him tó ealle ðá burhwara tógædere, 23, 20. to get hold of Gif hit þeóf beó, and gif hé hine binnan twelf mónðum gelangian mæge, ágife hine tó rihte, Ll. Th. i. 268, 11

here-geatu

Grammar
here-geatu, [The word occurs very rarely in the singular; indeed be hergeate,
    Ll. Th. i. 412, 26,
seems the only instance that number. Plural forms are n. ac. -geatwei,(-a), -geata(-u, -e); dat -geat-wum, -geatum.]
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Gelǽste ǽlc wuduwe þá heregeata (-u, v. l.) binnan twelf mónðum, 416, 16. ¶ For instances of heriots see C. D. ii. 380, 27: iii. 127 22: 304, 30: 360, 19: iv. 299, 19 (of a woman): vi. 147, 5: Cht. Th. 573, 3: 292, 5 (of a bishop): Cht. Crw. 23, 5.

sceáwere

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwere, es; m.

an observer, ⬩ a spy ⬩ a watch-tower ⬩ a mirror ⬩ a buffoon, an actor

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Moises sende twelf sceáweras, Num. 13, 4: Jos. 2, l. a watch-tower (?) Sceáwere(the word occurs in a list of military terms), speculia Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 4. a mirror Sceáwere(in a list of words connected with dress.) speculea Cf.

Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc

til-módig

(adj.)
Grammar
til-módig, adj.
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Ða æðelingas . . . .xii. tilmódige ( the twelve apostles ), Apstls. Kmbl. 171; Ap. 86

eorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eorþ-líc, def. se -líca ; seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

EARTHLY, terrestrial ⬩ terrēnus, terrestris

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Ða twelf bócland him gefreóde eorþlíces camphádes and eorþlícere hérenysse to bigongenne ðone heofonlícan camphád dō;nātis duodĕcim possessiuncŭlis terrārum, in quĭbus ablāto stūdio mīlĭtiæ terrestris, ad exercendam mīlĭtiam cælestem, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556

widuwe

(n.)
Grammar
widuwe, widewe, weoduwe, weodewe, wuduwe, wudewe, wydewe, widwe, an; f. A widow, v. wíf, <b>III a</b>
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Sitte ǽlc wuduwe werleás twelf mónað . . . Ne hádige man ǽfre wudewan tó hrædlíce. And gelǽsté ǽlc wuduwe ða heregeatu binnan twelf mónðum, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 3-17. Geong wuduwe mót eft ceorlian æfter hire weres forðsíðe, L. Ælfc.

Linked entries: weodewe weoduwe

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Two. used adjectivally Tuégen stridi passus, Txts. 85, 1510. Twégen (twǽgen, MS. E.) aldormen, Chr. 822; Erl. 62, 12. Twégen englas, Gen. 19, 1. Óþre twégen sealmas, R. Ben. 37, 11. Twǽgen míne mégas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 23. Twoegen gibróþæra, Txts

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

irþ-land

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Sextig æcera earðlondes . . . and twelt æceras miédwelandes, 150, 16: vi. 219, I.. quod Anglice dicitur xxxvi æceras yrðlandes, Midd. Flur. 47, 31. Ǽgðer ge on earðlonde ge on homlonde. Cht. E. 208, ll. Bí ðǽm eorðlande foreweardum, C.

án-lípig

Grammar
án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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Hé getimbrode twelf mynstra, on ðám ǽnlípium hé gesette twelf munecas, 158, 33. with distributive force Ǽnlýpige munecas geond ǽnlýpige bed restan, R. Ben. 47, 3. Þá underféngon hí ǽnlípige penegas, An. Th. 74, 15

Cippan-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Cippan-ham, -hamm, es; m. [Hunt. Cipenham: Brom. Chipenham]

CHIPPENHAM,

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D. 878] at mid-winter, after twelfth night, the army stole itself away to Chippenham, Chr. 878; Erl. 79, 29. Hér fór se here to Cirenceastre of Cippanhamme, and sæt ðǽr án geár in this year [A.

Linked entry: Cyppan-ham

hú-hwega

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Nú for ánum .xii. nihtumhúhugu (hwæthwega, v. l.) swá (neálíce for twelf dagum, v. l.) ante dies fere duodecim, Gr. D. 79, 12.

a-gyldan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gyldan, ðú -gyltst, he -gylt; p. -geald, pl. -guldon; pp. -golden

To pay ⬩ render ⬩ repay ⬩ requite

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XII scillingas agylde ðam cyninge let him pay twelve shillings to the. king, L. H. E. 9; Th. i. 30, 15

hrif-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
hrif-wund, adj.
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Gif hé þurhþirel weorþeþ xx scill. gebéte if he be wounded in the belly let twelve shillings be paid.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stemn, es; m.
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Eal se dǽl, se ðe ðæs treówes on twelf mónþum geweaxeþ, hé onginþ of ðám wyrtrumum and swá upweardes gréwþ óþ ðone stemn, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 31-150, 2.

Linked entries: stemn rád-stefn stefn-mǽlum emb-stemn stæfn

ge-manigfildan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-manigfildan, ge-manigfealdan; p. de.
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Gemaeniflydre, 7, 380. as an arithmetical term Gemænigfyld þá þreó þurh feówer, þriwa feówer beóð twelf, Angl. viii. 328, 20. Nymað týn and gemænigfyld ꝥ getæl feówer síðon; feówer síðon týn beotf feówertig, 25

Linked entries: ge-mænigfildan ge-menigfealdan

æcer

field, land ⬩ of arable land ⬩ the crop raised on the land ⬩ a definite quantity of land, an acre

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Twelf æceras mǽde, C. D. vi. 244, 12. xl æcera (cf. quadraginta jugeribus,) (l. 7), 1, 18. iii. æcera brǽde Similar entries (v. passage under weall-stellung in Dict.), Ll. Th. i. 224, 9. Similar entries v. bydel-, lín-, sulh-æcer, bóc-æceras

be-æftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind, ⬩ after

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Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan þǽr beæftan, 905; P. 94, 5. after Þára twelf noman hér stondað áwritene beæftan, C. D. ii. 150, 35

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