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deriend-lic

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On ǽlcum mónðe beóð ǽfre twégen dagas þá syndon swíðe derigendlíce ǽnigne drenc tó drincanne. On þám óðrum mónðe se teóða dæg is derigendlic, Lch. iii. 152, 1-12. Wé áwurpon þá derigendlican ealdnesse, Hml. Th. i. 194, 25.

hláford

a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord

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Wé cweðað ꝥ mon móte mid his hláforde feohtan orwíge, gif mon on þone hláford fiohte; swá mót se hláford mid þý men feohtan. Æfter þǽre ilcan wísan mon mót feohtan mid his mǽge ... búton wið his hláforde; ꝥ wé ne liéfað, Ll.

fóstraþ

(n.)
Grammar
fóstraþ, es; m.

Food ⬩ victuals ⬩ esca ⬩ cĭbus

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Fóstraþas epimēnia = ἐπιμήνια provisions for a month, a month's rations, Som. Ben. Lye

lafor

(n.)
Grammar
lafor, es; m.

A leopard

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Swelce eác laforas ðǽr cwóman unmǽtlícre micelnisse and monig óðer wildeór and eác tigris nec minus apri ingentis forme mixti maculosis lincibus tygribusque, Nar. 15, 1

nic

(pronoun.)
Grammar
nic, = ne ic

not I

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Monast. Th. 24, 17. Eart ðú wítega? Hé cwæþ nic, Jn. Skt. 1, 21. Eart ðú of ðysses leorningcnihtum? Ðá cwæþ hé : Nicc, ne eom ic, 18, 17

ostre

(n.)
Grammar
ostre, an; f.
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Monast. Th. 24, 9

dínor

(n.)
Grammar
dínor, díner, es; m.
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Dínra beorh (a hill where money had been found? ), C. D. v. 332, 18

Linked entries: díner dýneras

hás

(adj.)
Grammar
hás, adj.

Hoarse

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Monast. Th. 19, 29. Mé syndan góman háse raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ, Ps. Th. 68, 3

cneóres

(n.)
Grammar
cneóres, cneórys, cneóris, cneórnis, -ress, e; f.

A generation ⬩ posterity ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ family; ⬩ generatio ⬩ posteritas ⬩ gens ⬩ tribus ⬩ familia

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Cneóresse generationis Mone B. 896. Mid ðisse cneórysse mannum cum viris generationis hujus Lk. Bos. 11, 31. Cneórisse bóc liber generationis Mt. Bos. 1, 1; Ps. Th. 94, 9.

pund

(n.)
Grammar
pund, es; n.
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H. 9 ; Th. i. 260, 13. as a money-denomination, of English money; a pound, 240 pence .xx. scillingas beóþ on ánum punde, and twelf síðon twentig penega byþ án pund, Anglia viii. 306, 35. Gá seó wǽge wulle tó .cxx. p. (tó healfan punde, MS. G.), L.

Linked entries: mund-bryce borh-leás

a-windan

(v.)
Grammar
a-windan, ic -winde, ðú -wintst, -winst, he -wint, pl. -windaþ; p. -wand, pl. -wundon ; pp. -wunden [a, windan to wind] .

To wind ⬩ bend ⬩ plectere ⬩ torquere ⬩ To strip off ⬩ detrahere ⬩ To whirl or slip off ⬩ labi

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To strip off; detrahere Gif him mon ðonne awint of ða cláþas if any man should strip off the clothes from him, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 10: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 44; Met. 25, 22. v. intrans.

Linked entries: a-wint a-wunden

in-stæpes

(adv.)
Grammar
in-stæpes, -stepes; adv.

At once ⬩ immediately

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At once, immediately Se mon se ðe óðerne ácwelþ and instæpes hine sylfne ongyteþ ðæt hé mycel mán gedón hæbbe the man who kills another, and at once perceives himself to have done a great wrong, Blickl. Homl. 65, 5.

Linked entry: in-stæpe

ge-cost

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cost, adj. [cost tried]

Tried ⬩ proved ⬩ chosen ⬩ probātus

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Tried, proved, chosen; probātus Til mon, tiles and tomes meares, cúþes and gecostes a good man has care for a good and tame horse known and tried, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 14; Gn. Ex. 143. Heápe gecoste with a chosen company, Elen. Kmbl. 538; El. 269.

Linked entry: -cost

þurh-þyrelian

(v.)
Grammar
þurh-þyrelian, -þyrlian

to pierce through ⬩ make a hole through ⬩ perforate

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Ðæt mon ðurhðyrelige ðone weall ... Hé cuæð: 'Ðá ic hæfde ðone weall ðurhðyrelod, Swt. 155, 1-3. Þurhþyrlige his hláford his eáre dominus perforabit aurem ejus (Ex. 21, 6), L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 10.

Linked entry: þyrelian

wer-fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wer-fǽhþ, e; f.
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Ǽlc mon mót onsacan werfǽhðe gif hé mæg oþþe dear, 46; Th. i. 132, 1

cnyllan

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L. 7, 7, 8. to strike, ring a bell Þonne þone óðerne cnyll cnylð (þonne mon eft cnylle, R. Ben. 74, 7) dum secundum signum pulsaverit, R. Ben. I. 82, 13. Þænne se cyrcwerd tácn cnylle, Angl. xiii. 398, 475.

for-sewennes

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Ðá swelcan mon sceal forsión mid eallum forsewennessum (-sewenissum, v. l.) ... for ðǽm ðætte sió forsewennes (-sewenis, v. l.) him ege on gebringe, Past. 265, 19.

ge-leáfsum

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. ¶ tó geleáfsuman so as to produce belief :-- Uneáðe mæg mon tó geleáfsuman gesecgan swá monigfeald yfel in tanta malorum multitudine difficillima dicta fides, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 20.

ge-werian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werian, to defend.
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Substitute: to dam, prevent water from flowing from. v. werian; <b>I a</b> Swelce mon deópne pool gewerige, Past. 283, 14.

ge-wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wirdan, to injure, spoil.
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., and add Eác hylpð gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð ( turns the milk ), Lch. ii. 218, 24.

Linked entries: ge-werdan ge-wyrdan