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morgen-gifu

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Nabbe gé (the suitors for the speaker's daughter) ná gódne tíman áredodne . . . ac . . . áwrítað eówre naman on gewrite and hire morgengife, þonne ásænde ic þá gewrita mínre dohtor ꝥ heó sylf geceóse hwilcne eówer heó wille, Ap. Th. 20, 7 [v. N. E.

munuc-hád

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wæs gelǽded tó ðám munucháde þe heó wilnode and gyrnde ad eum quem desiderabat habitum perducta est Gr.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stæfn, stemn, e; f.
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Seó árleáse helwarena stefn wæs gehýred and heora gnornung, Blickl. Homl. 87, 3. Seó stemn ðære heortan biþ gedréfed, 19, 9. Seó stemn ys Iacobes stefn, Gen. 27, 22. Seó stefen heom andswarode, Nicod. 24; Thw. 13, 5. Swá him seó stefen beád, Gl.

ágan

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Ne meahton freó ne þeówe heora bregoweardas bearnum ágan neither bond nor free could make their lords possessors of children (the passage refers to the women afflicted with barrenness), 2747

beorgan

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Þæt hí beorgan heom silfum wið Godes yrre, Wlfst. 190, 10. Beorgian Ll. Th. i. 364, 12. Wið helle bryne beorhgan his sáwle, 30. Hí fleón woldon and heom beorgan wið þone here, Hml.

fóda

victuals ⬩ provisions ⬩ sustenance ⬩ support

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Man heom fódan geaf (hí man fǽdde, v.l.) of West-Seaxana ríce, Chr. 994; P. 128, 6. sustenance, support Æt him wæs gelang eall heora fóda; sé heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde, Hml. S. 23, 218.

hlísa

(n.)
Grammar
hlísa, hligsa, hliosa, an; m.

Sound, ⬩ rumour, ⬩ report, ⬩ reputation, ⬩ renown, ⬩ fame, ⬩ glory

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Hwæt is heora nú tó láfe bútan se lytla hlísa and se nama mid feáum stafum áwriten signat superstes fama tenuis pauculis inane nomen litteris, Bt. 19; Fox 70, 10: 68, 21, 4. Hí wilnodon ðæs hlísan æfter heora deáþe, 18, 4; Fox 68, 9.

Linked entries: hlígan hligsa hlýsa

be-hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
be-hwearf, es; m.

A change ⬩ an exchange ⬩ commutatio

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A change, an exchange; commutatio On be-hwearfum heora in commutationibus eorum Ps. Spl. 43, 14

Linked entry: hwearf

dyfen

(n.)
Grammar
dyfen, e; f.

Desert, reward ⬩ merĭtum

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Desert, reward; merĭtum Æft heora ge-earnungum and dyfene juxta eorum merĭta, C. R. Ben. 2

mánsumung

(n.)
Grammar
mánsumung, e; f.

Anathema

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Anathema Nellaþ ða apostoli nǽnne rihtwísne mid heora mánsumunge [ámánsumunge ?] gebindan, Homl. Th. i. 370, 10

eard-land

(n.)
Grammar
eard-land, es; n.

Country ⬩ patria

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Country; patria Sealde heora eardland eall Israhélum dĕdit terram eōrum hæredĭtātem Israel, Ps. Th. 134, 12

of-leóran

(v.)
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to pass away Heofun and eorðo oflióres (transibunt), word mín ne gelióreð, Mk. R. 13, 31

un-gemetfæst

Grammar
un-gemetfæst, <b>. I.</b>
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Hý wǽron ungemetfæste on eallum tídum heora lífes and oferhýdo tó fulle. Wlfst. 255, 3. Add

weorþ-full

Grammar
weorþ-full, <b>.
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</b> add Hé geliþewǽhte tó geleáfan heora wurðfullan templ, Hml. S. 31, 483

wiþer-broca

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Hí beóð geswæncte fram heora wiðerbrocum (-brecan, v.l.) eos adversarii fatigant, Or. D. 204, 21. Add

feax

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Fore missenlicre heora feaxes híwe pro diuersa capillorum specie, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 599, 20. Add

geonge-wifre

(n.)
Grammar
geonge-wifre, an; f.

A ganging-weaver, spider ⬩ viātĭca arānea

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A ganging-weaver, spider; viātĭca arānea Wǽron ánlícast úre winter geongewifran, ðonne hió geornast biþ, ðæt heó afǽre fleógan on nette our years [lit. winters] were most like to a spider when it is most eager to terrify flies into its net; anni nostri

ge-dwimorlíce

(adv.)
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Macharius cwæð: 'Ic geseó þis mǽden on menniscum gecynde, and heó nis ná áwend swá swá gé wénað . . . ac on eówrum gesihðum hit is swá gehíwod, Hml. S. 21, 474

on-tyhting

(n.)
Grammar
on-tyhting, e; f.
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instigation, incitement Ná ealle yfele geþancu úre symle deófles ontihtincge beóð áwehte non omnes male cogitationes nostrae semper diaboli instinctu excitantur, Scint. 139, 11. intention, resolution Stefen sealmsanges þænne heó þurh ontihtincge (intentionem

híw-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
híw-scipe, híg-, es; m.

A family, ⬩ household, ⬩ house

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Ðá onféng heó ǽnes híwscipes stówe accepit locum unius familiæ, 4, 23; S. 593, 18. Ealle híwscipas þeóda universæ familiæ gentium, Ps. Lamb. 21, 28

Linked entries: híwisc híg-scipe