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twigu

(n.)
Grammar
twigu, (?), an; f.; the forms in the Northern specimens may also be taken as weak, tuigge, pl. tuiggo
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Twigge ł telge (telgra, Rush.) ramus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 32: Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 28. Ðe tuigga palmes, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 6. Ða tuiggo (twigan late southern MS.) palmites, 15, 5. Telgo míno and twiggo ramos meos, el rami, Rtl. 68, 32.

Linked entry: palm-twiga

un-sceþþende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sceþþende, adj.

Innocentharmless

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Rush. 27, 25. Onfóh míne sáwle, for ic wæs unsceðþeude and clǽnheort, Shrn. 139, 22. Ða bilehwitnysse ðæs unscæþþendan ( innocentis ) lífes, Bd. 1, 26; S. 487, 40. Ðæt hé ðære unsceþþendan ( innocuae ) ylde cilda ne árede, 2, 20; S. 521, 25.

on-drysnu

(n.)
Grammar
on-drysnu, -desnu; f.

fearreverence

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fear Fore ondesne (ondesnum, Rush.) propter metum, Jn. Skt. Lind, 19, 38 : 20, 19. Ðætte sió forsewennes him ege and ondrysnu on gebringe ut ostensa desperatio formidinem incutiat, Past. 37, 2; Swt. 265, 19.

hlot

(n.)
Grammar
hlot, es; n.

A lot, portion, share

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Sel mé dǽl ł hlodd [hlott, Rush.] striónes da mihi portionem substantiæ, Lind. 15, 12. Hie sendon hlot him betweónum they cast lots among them, Blickl. Homl. 229, 5. Hlotu wurpon mittentes sortem, Mk. Skt. 15, 24: Lk. Skt. 23, 34

Linked entries: hlét hlodd hlyt

hlýda

(n.)
Grammar
hlýda, an; m.

The month noisy with wind and storm, March

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The month noisy with wind and storm, March Hagolscúrum færþ geond middangeard Martius réðe Hlýda with hail-showers passes through the earth rude March [which we call] Hlyda, Menol. Fox 74; Men. 37.

Linked entry: hlýd-mónaþ

sceran

(v.)
Grammar
sceran, sciran, sceoran; p. scær, scear; pl. scǽron, sceáron; pp. scoren.
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Th. 476, 10; Ruin. 5. Scorenum rassis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 77. to shave hair Ic scere tondeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 9: rado, 28, 4; Som. 31, 24. Ǽghwá mín heáfod scireþ, Exon. Th. 482, 6; Rä. 66, 3.

ge-brecan

(v.)
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Wong gebrocen tó beorgum, Rum. 33. fig. to crush, destroy Ic gebreocu hié swé swé dúst comminuam illos ut pulverem, Ps. Srt. 17, 43. Hornas synfulra ic gebreocu (confringam), 74, 11. Hé on þám folce feóndgyld gebræc, Ps. Th. 105, 24.

flíma

(n.)

a run-awaydeserteran apostatean outlawexilean outcastwretch

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Th. 9, 13. a run-away, deserter Fliéma transfuga, Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 15. Ic þé hálsie, Drihten, þæt þú mé underfó, ðínne flýman (fugitivum tuum), Solil. H. li, 21: Angl. xii. 511, 21. one who deserts a faith, an apostate Flýmena apostatarum, An.

Linked entry: flýma

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, health.
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Nýd weorieð oft . . . tó hǽle niða bearnum, Run. 10. mental or spiritual health or healing, salvation Tódæg is ðisum hírede hǽl gefremmed . . . Ic cóm tó gehǽlenne þæt þe on mancynne losode, Hml. Th. i. 582, 5. Þú fulneáh mid ealle forwurde . . .

land-búend

(n.)
Grammar
land-búend, es; m.

husbandmana native

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a cultivator of the land, husbandman Fæder mín londbúend [-býend, Rush.] is pater meus agricola est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 15, 1. Ða landbúendo agricolæ, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 38. Ðǽm lond-búendum agricolis, 33: 40: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 2.

Linked entry: búend

rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden, rǽdenn, e; f.
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GI. 7 f, 13. rule, direction (v. rǽdan, IV) Hæfdon sume mid áþum gefæstnod ðæt hié on hire rǽdenne (rǽdinge, 193, col. a) beón woldan would be under her rule, Chr. 918; Th. i. 192, 12. a reckoning, estimating Raedinne taxatione, Wrt.

síde

(n.)
Grammar
síde, an ; f.
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. : sído, Rush.) mid spere, Jn. Skt. 19, 34. Sídan (ða sídu ł ðæt sídu, Lind. : ða sído, Rush.) latus, 20, 20. side of a house, ship, etc. Duru ðú setst be ðære sídan ( the side of the ark ), Gen. 6, 16: Past. 22; Swt. 169, 24.

witon

Grammar
witon, wuton (-an, -un), uton (-an, -un);

let us

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S., wutun gonga, Rush.) eamus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 14, 31

Linked entries: utan uton

winestra

(adj.)
Grammar
winestra, adj.

Left

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.: se winstrae hond, Rush., sinistra) hwæt dó ðín swýðre, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 3. Wiþ ðære winestran sídan sáre, Lchdm. ii. 64, 4. On ðam winestran earme, 254, 5. Gif ðú færst tó ðære winstran hælfe, ic healde ða swíðran healfe, Gen. 13, 9.

Linked entries: wynstra winstre

menigu

(n.)
Grammar
menigu, <b>mengu,</b> menigeo; indecl.: also gen. e; f.

A manymultitudecrowdgreatnumber

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A. mænio: B. mænigeo: Rush. menigu: Lind. menigo) turbæ, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 23. Forlǽt ðás mænegeo (MS. A. mænygeo: B. mænegu: Rush. mengu) demitte turbas, 14, 15. Ða eargan mengo fugaces turmas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 48

wuldrian

(v.)
Grammar
wuldrian, (and wuldran?); p. ode.

to glorifyto ascribe glory toto make gloriousbestow glory onto gloryto receive glorybe glorified

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God wuldriende (wuldrigendo, Lind. : wuldrende, Rush.) and heriende, Lk. Skt. 2, 20. to make glorious, bestow glory on Wuldra (uuldra, Lind.) ðú mec clarifica me, Jn. Skt. Rush. 17, 5.

LÚTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÚTAN, p. leát; pl. luton; pp. loten

To loutbowstoop

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Rush, 5, 22. Hé árás and ðá tó eorþan leát he rose up, and then bowed to the ground, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 74, 7. Hé leát tó ðæs cáseres eáre he bent down to the emperor's ear, Homl. Th. i. 376, 28.

un-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
un-týnan, p. de.

to uncloseopento discloselay opensolvereinhiare

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Rush. Lind. 5, 18. Ðætte eardlíco lusto wiðsæcgende giliorniga wé untýna ( inhiare ) heofonlíco, Rtl. 34, 20

Linked entries: an-týnan on-týnan

smeágung

(n.)
Grammar
smeágung, smeáwung, smeáung, sméung, smeáng, e; f.

search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lostinquiry carried on by the mind, inquiry, consideration, meditation, discussion, deliberation

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Smeáwungas (smeóunge, Rush.) Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 17. Smeáungas (sméunges, Rush.) 2, 35

Linked entries: smeáþ smeáung

ge-þreátian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þreátian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [þreátian to urge, press]

To urgeoppressthreatenrebukecompelrestrainafflicttormenturgērecōgĕreafflīgĕretrībŭlēre

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Rush. 8, 32: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 26: 20, 31. Sóna geþreátade þegnas his statim coegit discipulos suos, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 45