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be-swincan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swincan, p. -swanc, pl. -swuncon; pp. -swuncen

To toil, labour, make with toillaborare

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To toil, labour, make with toil; laborare Ic sende eów to rípanne, ðæt ðæt ge ne be-swuncon; óðre swuncon, and ge eódon on hyra geswinc ego misi vos metere quod vos non laborastis; alii laboraverunt, et vos in labores eorum introistis, Jn.

Linked entries: swincan be-swuncen

ang-ness

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Add: of physical pain Hwílum wyrmas geséceð þá uferan dǽlas and heortcoþe wyrceað and angnessa and geswówunga, Lch. ii. 176, 13. in a more general sense Ne bið þǽr a[n]gnes ne nǽnigu gnornung non angor, moeror, Dóm. L. 266.

Linked entry: agnes

ge-tang

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tang, adj.
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.), ac sió yld þá geogoðe tólicge adolescentiores fratres juxta se non habeant lecta, sed permixti cum senioribus, R. Ben. 47, 15

hól

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Se feónd cwæð : ' Maledicte, non Benedicte', and ꝥ swá gecwæð se deófol for hóle and for æfste, Gr. D. 122, 19. Add

on-líc

(adj.)
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Hé hæfde twégen gingran suíðe gelíces willan and on eallum ðingum suíðe onlíce, and hé hié ðeáh lǽrde suíðe ungelíce duobus discipulis non diversa caritate praeditis, diversa tamen adjutoria praedicationis impendit, 291, 14. Add

riht-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
riht-wíf, es; n.
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quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitima uxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae?, Angl. vii. 46, 440. Sé þe hæbbe rihtwíf and eác cifese, Ll. Th. i. 406, 16: Hml. A. 204, 303

tó-licgan

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Add Seó geogoð ná getanglíce né licge, ac sió yld þá geogoðe tólicge adolescentiores fratres juxta se non habeant lecta, sed permixti cum senioribus, R. Ben. 47, 16

CYND

(n.)
Grammar
CYND, es; n.

nature, KIND naturaa sort, gender natura, genus

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nature, KIND; natura Gif hió hire cynd healdan wile if she desire to retain her nature, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, note 21, MS.

Linked entry: cind

un-scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
un-scearp, adj.

Not sharp

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Not sharp Unscearp wín, Lchdm. ii. 212, 4

ge-rádnes

(n.)
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The word is not found in the printed vocabularies

Cwat-brycg

(n.)
Grammar
Cwat-brycg, cwat-bricg,e; f. [Ethelw. Cantbricge: Flor. Quatbrig: Hunt. Quadruge: Matt. West. Quantebridge] Bridgenorth in Shropshire; oppidi nomen in agro Salopiensi
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Hí gedydon æt Cwatbricge be Sæfern they arrived at Bridgenorth on the Severn, Chr. 896; Th. 173, 43, col. 1: col. 2 has Brygce. Æt Cwatbrycge, Th. 174, 1, col. 1, 2. Sǽton hie ðone winter æt Cwatbrycge [Bricge, Th. 174, 10, col. 2; 175, 9, col. 1: Brygcge

-es

(suffix)
Grammar
-es, is the termination of the genitive case singular, in the greater part of Anglo-Saxon nouns. — Cyninges botl a king's palace. — Abrahames God

Abraham's God

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Abraham's God. In English e is omitted, but its place is denoted by an apostrophe

for-brecan

to crushoppressto breakdestroyto break

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Th. i. 16, 8: 18, 15. fig. to crush a person, oppress: Ne forbrec ðú non conteras (egenum), Kent.

for-swelgan

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Ox. 516. non-material Þæt hé þurh mycele gnornunge ne sý on lyre forswolgen ne habundantiori tristitia absorbeatur, R.

FOR

(prep.)
Grammar
FOR, prep. dot. acc. and inst.

FORon account ofbecause ofwithbypropropterperaccording toprosĕcundumjuxtaForinstead ofprolŏcovĭceForon account ofbecause ofthroughpropropterper

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Ne dyde ic for fácne, ne for feóndscipe, ne for wihte I did it not for fraud, nor for enmity, nor for aught, Cd. 128; Th. 162, 34; Gen. 2691. Ðe for ðám lárum com that came by reason of those wiles, Cd. 29; Th. 37, 32; Gen. 598.

heals-mægeþ

(n.)
Grammar
heals-mægeþ, e; f.
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Dele 'e'; mægeþ is not inflected in the singular

dúr

(n.)
Grammar
dúr, es; n.

A door

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A door. v. dúru, pl. nom. n. v. dór, n

flox-fóte

(adj.)
Grammar
flox-fóte, adj.

Web-footedpalmĭpes

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Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15, note x

Linked entry: feówer-féte

middæg-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
middæg-tíd, e; f.

The midday hournoonmeridies

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The midday hour, noon; meridies, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 66

un-bilewit

(adj.)
Grammar
un-bilewit, adj.
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Not gentle, harsh, fierce : — Unbylewitan inmites, An. Ox. 56, 232

Linked entry: bile-wit