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el-þeód

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Þá hét hé þæt mon þá crístnan eft gebróhte on heora earde (de exsiliis revocavit), 6, 30; S. 282, 17. Sume hé on elðióde him wið feó gesealde 3, 9; S. 126, 16.

ge-rǽde

(adj.)
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ge-rǽde, adj.
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Ben. 108, 24. arranged, disposed properly Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wise wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóh gestreón lufað a people's condition will never be well ordered in the land where wrongful gain is loved, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 28.

lácnung

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Gif hé his seócum dǽdum ealle lácnunge gegearewade si morbidis earum actibus universa fuerit cura exhibita, 11, 5. a medicine, medicament, means of healing Þá hálan lǽces ne lácnunge ne behófiað, R. Ben. 50, 19. Lác[nunge] medecinae, An.

FEOH

(n.)
Grammar
FEOH, fioh; gen. feós; dat. feó; n.

cattleliving animalspĕcusjūmentaMoneyvaluepricehirestipendFEErewardpĕcūniamercesGoodspropertyricheswealthbŏnadīvĭtiæŏpes

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ᚠ [ = feoh] on foldan wealth on earth, Exon. 19 b; Th. 50, 28; Cri. 808: Elen. Grm. 1270

Linked entries: feá fioh feoh-fang

M

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flǽsc the 'vile body' eorþan betǽcan. commit to earth.

Cwén-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cwén-land, es; n.

Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land were a Finnish race. They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines. 'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . . Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman

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knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman e Sweón habbaþ be súþan him ðone sǽs earm

hwæt

(adj.; int.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæt, neut. of hwá, used as an adv. or interj.

Whywhat!ah!

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Hwæt ðú eart se sylfa God ðe ús ádrife fram dóme nonne tu Deus qui repulisti nos? Ps. Th. 107, 10. Hwæt wé nú gehýraþ ah! now we learn, Cd. 45; Th. 57, 36; Gen. 939. Hwæt wé gefrunon twelfe tíreádige hæleþ lo!

læssa

(adj.)
Grammar
læssa, adj. cpve.

Less

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Ne eart ðú læst [læsæst, Rush.] nequaquam minima es, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 6. Nis dæt læsest, Exon. 43 b; Th. 148, 7; Gú. 741. Ðará ánum ðeáh hit se læsta wǽre and se heánosta to one of them, though it were the least and the humblest, Blickl. Homl. 169, 22.

Linked entries: lærest læst

mancus

(n.)
Grammar
mancus, es; m.

A mancusthe eighth of a poundthe sum of thirty pence

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In Cnut's laws the heriot of an earl included twá hund mancus goldes (which is rendered in a Latin version by quinquaginta marcas auri, v. Schmid. p. 309, so that the mancus is the fourth of a marc), L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 8.

ge-cígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cígan, -cígean, -cýgan, -cégan; p. -cígde, -cýgde, -cégde; pp. -cíged, -cýged, -cýgd, -céged [ge, cígan to call]; v. trans.

To callnamecall uponinvokecall forthprovokeincitevocarenominareinvocareprovocareincitare

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Ðú, Drihten, [eart] wynsum eallum gecýgendum ðé tu, Domine, [es] suavis omnibus invocantibus te, Ps. Spl. 85, 4. On dagum mínum ic gecýge hine in diebus meis invocabo eum, Ps. Lamb. 114, 2. He gecýgde me invocavit me, Ps. Spl. 88, 26.

þweál

(n.)
Grammar
þweál, es; n. m.

washingwhat is used in washingointment

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Eádig ðú eart ðe onfénge ðone þweál mínre gife, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 111. Þweálu clǽnes wǽles lavacra puri gurgitis, Hymn. Surt. 52, 13. Þweála (þweálu, MS. A.) calica baptismata calicum, Mk. Skt. 7, 8.

Linked entry: þweán

wefan

(v.)
Grammar
wefan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to weave a webto weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive

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Ðá sprǽcon hí: 'þú eart úre gingast, ðe miht wefan ðæt hwíte gode*-*web,' Homl. Ass. 132, 550. Wefen wæs ordiretur (colobium de stuppae stamine, Ald. 51), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 18. From ðæm weofendan a texente, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 184, 34.

bán

bonea bonethe bone of a limba leg or arm

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Voc. i. 44, 22: 70, 46. bone Þú eart mín bán and mín flǽsc, Gen. 29, 14: Ps. Th. 138, 13. Ne bán ne blód, Dóm. 40. Þæt gafol bið on hwales báne, Ors. 1, 1;S. 18, 17. Hié habbað swíþe æþele bán on hiora tóþum, 17, 36.

turf

(n.)
Grammar
turf, gen. dat. tyrf; pl. tyrf and turf; f.
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a turf, sod, piece of earth with grass on it Turf gleba, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 20. Ðeós wyrt of ánre tyrf manega bógas ásendeþ, Lchdm. i. 290, 7. Hí ða flaxan gehýddon under ánre tyrf, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 64, 16. Under áne (ánre?) tyrf, 23.

Linked entry: tyrf

FREÓ

(adj.)
Grammar
FREÓ, frió, freoh, frioh, frig, frí, frý; adj.

FREEhaving liberty or immunitynoblegladjoyfullībersui jūrisingĕnuusnōbĭlislætus

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Ðǽr freó, móton eard weardigan where free, they might inhabit a country, Andr. Kmbl. 1196; An. 598. Ðá wearþ worn aféded freóra bearna then was a number of noble children brought forth, Cd. 79; Th. 99, 6; Gen. 1642: 131; Th. 166, 26; Gen. 2753.

stǽnen

(adj.)
Grammar
stǽnen, (in the oblique cases the -en is sometimes contracted or absorbed; see below, and for other instances see under stapol); adj.
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Gl. 449, 26. metaph. of stone, stony, hard as stone, in a good sense Ic ðé secge, ðæt ðú ( Peter ) eart stǽnen, and ofer ðysne stán ic timbrige míne cyrcan, Homl. Th. i. 364, 23. in a bad sense Hié, wǽron stǽnenre heortan and blindre, Blickl.

þennan

(v.)
Grammar
þennan, þenian; p. þenede.
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Ðænne ðone swíðran earm swá hé swíþast mǽge let him stretch out the right arm as hard as he can, Lchdm. iii. 22, 11. Swá hwider swá se cining his ríce mihte þennan whithersoever the king could extend his power, Anglia x. 142, 47.

Linked entries: þænnan þenian

yppan

(v.)
Grammar
yppan, p. te.
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Ypped earð in mægne ðínum exortus es in virtute tua, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 188, 9. Ðæt ypped wæs prolatum, Hpt. Gl. 510, 75. to come forth, to proceed Of andwlitan ðínum dóm mín yppe de vultu tuo judicium meum prodeat, Ps.

Linked entry: uppe

bletsung

benediction

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Wyrþe þú eart, Drihten, ꝥ þú onfó wuldor and bletsunga, Bl. H. 75, 2. benediction, Similar entries v. bletsian, III. Æfter þæs engles bletsunga and hálettunga, Bl. H. 7, 15. Wulfréd mid bledsunge þæs pápan hwearf eft tó his ágnum bisc̃dóme,.

ge-bletsian

(v.)
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Ðú eart gebletsod God, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 33. to prosper, favour, benefit Þú gebletsudest bearn Israhéla, Aarones hús eác geblet*-*sadest Dominus benedixit domui Israel, benedixit domui Aaron, Ps. Th. 113, 21.