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tweógan

(v.)
Grammar
tweógan, tweón; p. tweóde.
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Se ðe cuoeðas and ne tuáes ł ne getuíga (ne twiás ł ne twióge, Rush.) qui dixerit et non haesitaverit, Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 23. Gif gé ne twígaþ si non haesitaveritis, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 21. Tuiáde haesitabat, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 7.

Linked entries: tuáes tweón twiógan

úþ-wita

(n.)
Grammar
úþ-wita, -weota, an; m.

a philosopherscribegeo metrician

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Úðuta (-wutu, Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 22. Úðwutto (-wuta, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 66. Swá swá úþwitena gewuna is ut geometrae solent, Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 28. Sume of úðuutum (-wutum, Rush.) quidam de scribis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 1.

híwan

(n.)
Grammar
híwan, hígan; pl.

Members of a household, of a religious house, a family

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Rush. 10, 25

wíg-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bed, wí-bed, wió-bed, -bud, wié-bed, weó-bed, -bud, weófod (-ed, -ud), wéfod, es, also -beddes; n. (generally, but se weóbud, Past. 33; Swt. 217, 21, and pl. wíbedas, Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 42)

An altar

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Tó weófode (wígbed, Lind.: weófud ł wíbede, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 5, 23. On wígbed ðín, Ps. C. 138. Tó wígbed (beforan ðæt weófud ł wíbed, Rush.) ad altare, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 24. Ic ymbgaa wíbed ðín, Ps. Surt. 25, 6: Cd.

Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Rush.) wæs qui erat tecum, Jn. Skt. 3, 26. Ne biþ þec mǽlmete, nymþe móres græs, ne rest witod, Cd. Th. 252, 7; Dan. 575. Þú gesyxst þás menigu þé (ðec, Lind.: on ðec, Rush.) ðringende, Mk. Skt. 5, 31.

Linked entries: þec þeh þistel

ám-ber

(n.)
Grammar
ám-ber, óm-ber, óm-bor, es; m. n ?

a dry measure of four bushelsmensura continens quatuor modios sive bussellosa liquid measurebatuscadusa vessel with one handlea tankardpitcherpaillagenaurceusamphorasitulahydria

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Rush. War, 14, 13. Ombora urceorum, 7, 8. Ómbor amphora. Lk. Lind. War. 22, 10

sinc

(n.)
Grammar
sinc, es ; n. (used only in poetry)
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Seah on sync, on sylfor, on searogimmas, 478, 4 ; Ruin. 36. Tó heánlíc mé þinceþ, ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum tó scype gangon unbefohtene . . . ne sceole gé swá sófte sinc gegangan, Byrht. Th. 133, 33 ; By. 59. Leóda gód, súðmonna sinc, Cd.

ge-hreósan

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L. 104, 38. to rush upon, move with violence On gehreósan ingruere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 73. <b>IV a.

GANOT

(n.)
Grammar
GANOT, ganet, es; m.

A gannetsea-fowlwater-fowlfen-duckăvis mărinafŭlixfŭlĭca

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Ác fereþ gelóme ofer ganotes bæþ a ship [lit. oak] often saileth over the gannet's bath [the sea], Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 19; Hick. Thes. i. 135. 49

Linked entries: ganet ganet

gladian

(v.)
Grammar
gladian, p. ode.

to be gladexultareto make glad

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Rush. 8, 56. Glada and blissa be glad and rejoice Apol. Th. 7, 2. Ne gladige on ðæt cyning let no king rejoice at that, Lchdm. iii, 442, 35. to make glad Ic gladige gratificor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 3.

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, p. de; pp. ed [sǽlan to bind, tie]

To bind, tielĭgāre

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Rush. 21, 2

Linked entry: sǽlan

ge-mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mynegian, p. ode; pp. od
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Rush. 2, 22: Mt. Bos. 14, 8. Seó gemynegode cyninges dóhter memorata regis filia, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 3

Linked entry: mynegian

yfel-wyrcende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-wyrcende, adj. (ptcpl. )
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Rush. 18, 30. Yfelwyrcende nequam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 23: 13, 38. Mið yfelwyrcendum and synfullum cum publicanis et peccatoribus, 9, 11. Hé hataþ ða yfelwyrcendan and ða unrihtwísan, Homl.

oft

(adv.)
Grammar
oft, adv.

Oft, often

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Rush. ) sepe, Mk. Skt. 5, 4: interdum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 38. Hú oft quotiens, Lk. Skt. 13, 34. Swá oft swá ða óðre hergas út fóron, ðonne fóron hié, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 5. Hí beóþ ðæs ðe lator ðe hí oftor ymbþeahtiaþ, Past. 56; Swt. 435, 2.

smeócan

(v.)
Grammar
smeócan, p. smeác, pl. smucon; pp. smocen

To smoke, emit smoke To smoke, fumigate fumo, fumigo

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. : smíkende, Rush.) flex linum fumigans Mt. Kmbl. 12, 20. trans. To smoke, fumigate Smeóc ðone man mid gáte hǽrum Lchdm. i. 352, 1. Smeóce mid hǽþe 354, 23. Heortes hǽr beóþ swíðe, góde mid tó smeócanne 338, 4

Linked entries: smícan smocian

tó-nama

(n.)
Grammar
tó-nama, an; m.

A surname,cognomen

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; Rush. has noma) is?' And cuoeð tó him: 'Here tónoma mé is' quod tibi nomen este? Et dicit ei: 'Legio nomen mihi est,' Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 9. Ðes wimman hadde on toname Magdalene, O. E. Homl. ii. 143, 13.

Linked entry: tó-namian

a-fón

(v.)
Grammar
a-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen

To receivetaketake uphold upsupportseizelay hold ofsuscipereassumerecorripereoccuparetradere

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Rush. Stv. 4, 12

eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
eáðe, sup. eáðost. -ust; adv.

Easily, readily, soon, perhapsfacĭlĭtor

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Ic eáðe forbær rúme regulas I readily preferred the lax rules, Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 22; Gú. 459. We ðé eáðe gecýðaþ síþ userne we readily proclaim our adventure to thee, Andr. Recd. 1721; An. 861. Hwá mæg eáðost [eáðust MS.

feórþling

(n.)
Grammar
feórþling, es; m: feórþung, e; f. in Anglo-Saxon; but m. in Northumb. v.

A fourth part of a thingFARTHINGquadrans

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Rush. 21, 2

læfer

(n.)
Grammar
læfer, e; f.

a rush

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a rush Læfer pirus [l. papyrus], gladiolus, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 15; Wrt. Voc. 33, 15: scirpio, Wrt. Voc. 69, 9: scirpia, 289, 44. Lebr scirpea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 81. Eórisc, leber scirpea, 120, 17.

Linked entries: leber lifer