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wíg-heafola

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[] wód þurh ðone wælréc wíg[hea]folan bær freán on fultum. Beo. Th. 5316; B. 2661. Hea is the reading of Thorkelin's transcripts, but now the MS. shews only quite uncertain traces of h, and ea is entirely gone (Zupitza).

Linked entries: hafela wíg

fór-word

(n.)
Grammar
fór-word, es; n.

A fore-wordstipulationagreementpræcautiopactum

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A fore-word, stipulation, agreement; præcautio, pactum Ðæt hire frýnd ða fórword habban that her friends have the stipulations, L. Edm. B. 7; Th. i. 256, 2.

geat-weard

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Heó becóm tó þám mynstre . . . þá eóde se geatweard tó þám abbode, and cwæð him tó : ' Fæder, hér is cumen . . . ' Hml. S. 33, 136. Wæs ðǽr swiþe egeslic geatweard, ðæs nama sceolde beón Caron, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 18. Add

un-windan

(v.)
Grammar
un-windan, p. -wand, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden

To unwindunwrap what is wrapped up

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To unwind, unwrap what is wrapped up Ðá hét unwindan ðæs cnihtes líc, Homl. Th. i. 66, 24

Linked entry: on-windan

be-wuna

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þæt feoh tó sellanne næfde his here swá hié bewuna wǽron, Ors. 3, 7; S. 116, 15. Add

ge-blíþe

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-blíþe, adj. (or adv.)
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Blithe (or blithely) swýþe geblíþe hine hét gyrwan tó þám ingange þæs heofonlican rices, Guth. 80, 1

Linked entry: blíþe

þweores

Grammar
þweores, <b>.
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</b> add bið geháten ðæs deófles bearn þe wyle ǽfre ðwyres, Hex. 44, 14

maniend

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Add: a creditor sǽde ꝥ wǽre hefelíce geswenced fram his maniende (moniendan, v. l.) for twelf scillingum quia a creditore suo pro duodecim solidis graviter offligeretur, intimavit. Gr. D. 157, 32. hét ágeáfe his maniende (-um, v. !.

fore-rynel

(n.)

a harbinger

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Sé sé ðe ðone sácerdhád onféhð, onféhð friccan scíre and foreryneles; ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum and bodigeað hira færelt, Past. 91, 21. On þǽre cyrcan þæs hálgan forryneles and fulluhteres, Hml. S. 23 b, 505. Add

hafela

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Ne hédde þæs heafolan, B. 2697. him of dyde helm of hafelan, 672 : 1521. Heáfde, heafolan (heofulan, lxx. 3) eágum capiti, fronti, oculis, Lch. i. lxxiv. 4. Men hafelan bǽron . . . Grendles heáfod, B. 1635 : 1614.

ge-mannian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mannian, p. ode; pp. od
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To man, supply with men, garrison; vĭris vel mīlĭtĭbus instruĕre He hét ða burg gemannian he commanded to man the city, Chr. 923; Erl. 110, 2, 5 : 924; Erl. 110, 13

Linked entries: ge-monnad mannian

screádian

(v.)
Grammar
screádian, p. ode
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Ðá hét ( Herod) him his seax árǽcan tó screádigenne (cf. æppelscreáda quisquiliae ) ǽnne æppel, i. 88, 9

feorm-fultum

(n.)
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Geselle cc. peninga éghwylce gére tó Ceortesége tó feormfultume, Cht. Th. 481, 34. Hér stent ðá forwarde ðé Æþeríc worhte . . . Ꝥ is iii sceppe mealtes . . . Leófstán abbod dóð tó þis feormfultum, án sceppe malt . . ., Nap. 55, 32

GREÓT

(n.)
Grammar
GREÓT, es; n.
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Hér líþ úre ealdor on greóte here lies our chief in the dust, Byrht. Th. 140, 68; By. 315: Andr. Kmbl. 2169; An. 1086: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 4; Jud. 308.

biddere

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hét syllan þá scyllingas þám biddere (petitori), Gr. D. 158, 20. Add

ofostlíce

(adv.)
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hét ofeslíce leahtra leáse in þæs leádes wylm scúfan, Jul. 582. Add

tintregung

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hét his cwelleras swíðor wítnian þone hálgan wer, ac hí áteórodon on þǽre tintregunge, Hml. S. 37, 126. Add

ǽfen-repsung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-repsung, e; f.
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Eventide,night-fall slép swá hwǽr swá hine seó ǽfenrepsung gemétte he slept wherever night overlook him Hml. S. 236, 154, Sunne heó ðá tó setle áhylde, and ðǽre ǽfenrepsunge geneálæhte, 498

Linked entries: ræpsung ǽfen-hrepsung

binde

(n.)
Grammar
binde, an; f. [bindan to bind]
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A band, wreath, head-band, fillet; corolla, fascia Hió an Ceoldryþe hyre betstan [MS. betsðan] bindan she gives to Ceoldryth her best band, Cod, Dipl. 1290; A. D. 995; Kmbl. vi. 133, 18, 20

un-friþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-friþ, es; n.

absence of peacehostilitiesthe state of being out of the king's peace

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behét ðæt nǽfre eft tó Angelcynne mid unfriðe cumon nolde he promised that he would never again come and disturb the peace of England, 994; Erl. 133, 33.