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daru

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Add: injury, hurt Máran him hýnþa oþþe dara ( detrimenta) hé déþ . . . þár þár gestreón, þár daru (damnum); gestreón on cyste, daru (damnum ) on ingeþance, Scint. 208, 8-10.

gader-tang

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gader-tang, gæder-teng. l. -tenge, and add: Contiguous, conjoint, in contact or
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Se maga biþ neáh þǽre heortan . . . and geadortenge ( connected with ) þám bræg[en]e, 176, 3. of non-material things, continuous Sóþe lufe gædertange hæbbende caritatem continuam habentes, Scint. 1, 4.

líf-lic

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Wel manega on scearpnysse andgytes líflice wuniað plerique in acumine intelligentiae uiuaces existunt, Scint. 220, 20

swelgend

(n.)
Grammar
swelgend, e; f., but also es; m. n. A place which swallows up (lit. or fig.),
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Gl. 449: Scint. 117, 9. Sweliend barathrum, Hpt. Gl. 529, 26. Swyliendes voraginis, 421, 31. Swelgendes, Anglia xiii. 28, 23. Swel-gendi voragine Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 14. West tó ðære swelgende; ðonne fram ðære swelgende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 281, 29.

trehing

(n.; num.)
Grammar
trehing, (but þrihing in Lambarde. v. Schmid. A. S. Gesetz. 508). The form given in L. Ed. C. to the Scandinavian word, which in Icelandic appears as
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Et quod trehinge non poterat diffiniri, in scira servabatur, L. Ed. C. 31; Th. 1. 455, 17-25. In Magna Carta, § 25, trethingii (pl.) occurs.

Linked entry: þrihing

un-gemetgod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetgod, adj.

Immoderateexcessiveintemperateindiscreet

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Tunge ungemetegud(-ad) lingua immoderata, Scint. 78, 10: Kent. Gl. 507. Mid ðære ungemetgodan smeáunge, Past. 11; Swt. 67, 8. Ða ungemetgodan sprǽce immoderatam locutionem, 38; Swt. 281, 1. His ungemetegodan lufe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 363.

Linked entries: ge-metgian un-gemetegod

wriþa

(n.)
Grammar
wriþa, an; m.

a bandcollara ring

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a band, collar Þeówan yfelwillendum wriþa and fótcopsas seruo maliuolo tortura et compedes, Scint. 190, 6.

Linked entry: wríþan

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
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Earfoþlíce difficile (est ), Scint. 33, 4. grievously, painfully Earfoþlíce graviter, dolenter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 71. Þá gelomp ús þæt wé wurdon earfoðlíce mid þurste geswencte accidit nobis siti laborare, Nar. 7, 29

fæst-hafol

strongfirmsteadfasttenaciousretentiveparsimonious

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Were grǽdigum and fæsthafelum uiro cupido et tenaci, Scint. 110, 15. Sint tó manianne ðá fæsðhafula[n] (tenaces, qui sua retinent), Past. 339, 7

fandung

trialtestingtrialexperiment

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Th. i. 268, 7-19. trial, experiment Þá þe wé nú gyt ne magon mid gewislicre fandunge witan quae adhuc scire per experimentum non possumus, Gr. D. 261, 29

ge-þrýn

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrýn, p. -þrýde.
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hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde; for þon mé glíwedon wrætlic weorc smiða, Rä. 27, 11-14). to repress, restrain Ná for þí rihtlíce synna geþríð, forgyfenysse wé ortrúwian neque quia Deus juste peccata distringit, ueniam desperemus, Scint

Linked entry: ge-þrýde

lufiend

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Bróðerrǽdenne lufigendras, Scint. 14, 3

ofer-winnan

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Oferwinnendum expugnaiore, Scint. 8, 15. Þá wæs oferwunnan (-wunen, An. Ox. 3855) grassaretur, i. vastaretur (dum fames Ægypti vulgus grassaretur), Hpt. Gl. 497, 8. Oferwunnenre þǽre ofermódignesse extinctam superbiam, Prud. 38 a. Add

on-beódan

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add: to command Scipia hit oftrǽdlíce hám onbeád ( sent nome orders) þæt hié hit ne angunnen, and eác self sǽde, þá hé hám of Ispánium cóm, Ors. 4, 12; S. 308, 34.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Æt twyhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbó .xxx. sciłł.; æt .vi. hyndum, .lxxx. sciłł.; æt twelfyndum, .cxx. sciłł, 70; Th. i. 146, 13. Gielden ealle án wíte, swá tó ðam were belimpe, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 18.

scort

(adj.)
Grammar
scort, adj.
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Sceort scip naviscella, 47, 60 : 56, 33. Ðæt ic ðé móste getǽcan swá sceortne (scortne, Cote. MS.) weg swá ic scyrtestne findan meahte, Bt. 40, 5 ; Fox 240, 17. Hé hæfþ scyrtran (sceortran, MS. R.) sceade ðonne seó sunne, Lchdm. iii. 252, 13.

Linked entries: sceort scyrtra

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Dol biþ se ðe gǽþ on deóp wæter, se ðe sund nafaþ, ne gesegled scip, Salm. Kmbl. 449; Sal. 225. [Heore ( fishes ) sund is awemmed, Laym. 21326.] the act of swimming Hé on holme wæs sundés ðe sǽnra, Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436.

feormian

(v.)

to maintainfosterto feast

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Gif hé hit bútan þæs ealdormonnes gewitnisse dó, geselle sé þe hine tó men feormie .cxx. sciłł. tó wíte, Ll. Th. i. 86, 5.

ge-bróþor

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M. 33, 25: 35, 25. as a courteous form of address Andreas cwæð: 'Bróðor (the person addressed is the captain of the boat), onfóh ús on ꝥ scip'. . . Andreas andswerede: 'Gehýrað, gebróðor ( the captain and his two companions),' Bl. H. 233, 7-14

hleahtor

a laugh

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Leahter risum Scint. 171, 12. attributed to other than human beings: Wæs engla þreát hleahtre blíðe, Cri. 739.

Linked entry: hleahtrian