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þeód-

(prefix)
Grammar
þeód-, As the first part of several compounds (see below) þeód has the force of general, great; a similar use is found in
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Sax. and Icel. The form is also found in proper names, e.g. Ðeód-bald, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 33. Ðeód-ríc, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 5. Þeód-Scyldingas, Beo. Th. 2042; B. 1019. Cf. regn-

un-staþolfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
un-staþolfæstness, e; f.

Instability ⬩ inconstancy

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Instability, inconstancy Wolcnes pund, ðanon him wæs his módes unstaðelfæstnes geseald, Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 11. Unstaðolfæstnis ðóhta instabilitas mentium. Rtl. 192, 21. Se hálga wer swíðe mid wordum ðreáde his unstaðolfæstnysse, Homl.

mǽre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽre, a boundary.
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Se ilca forwyrnð þǽræ sǽ ꝥ heó ne mót þone þeorscwold oferstæppan þǽre eorþan (mǽru follows eorðan above the line ), Bt. 21 ; S. 49, n. 3. In mǽru Magedan in fines Magedan, Mt. R. 15, 39. Add

hreóh-nes

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Wearð ðáre sǽ smiltnesse áwænd fǽringa and wearð micel reównes áweht, swá ꝥ seó sǽ cnyste þá heofonlican tungla, Ap. Th. 10, 26. Ýstendre (wealcendre) sǽ (reóhnesse) flódas feruentis (i. furentis) oceani flustra, An. Ox. 2475.

Linked entry: hreóh

ge-þencan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þencan, -þencean, ic -þence, ðú -þencest, -þencst, he -þenceþ, -þencþ, pl. -þencaþ, -þenceaþ; p. ic, he -þohte, ðú -þohtest, pl. -þohton; pp. -þoht.

to think ⬩ conceive ⬩ perceive ⬩ reflect upon ⬩ weigh ⬩ meditari ⬩ considerare ⬩ pensare ⬩ to think about ⬩ remember ⬩ consider maturely ⬩ to take to heart ⬩ recogitare ⬩ iterum cogitare ⬩ reminisci ⬩ to think of ⬩ bear in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ recordari ⬩ cogitare ⬩ memor esse ⬩ to excogitate ⬩ devise ⬩ invent ⬩ conceive ⬩ excogitare ⬩ struere ⬩ invenire ⬩ to resolve ⬩ intend ⬩ wish ⬩ intendere ⬩ velle

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Gif he hit geþencan can if he can consider it, Salm. Kmbl. 814; Sal. 406: Exon. 115 b; Th. 445, 8; Dóm. 4. Hwæt! ðú lyt geþohtest lo!

un-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
un-rótsian, p. ode.

to be sad ⬩ to be sorrowful ⬩ to make sad or sorrowful

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Lind. 14, 9. to make sad or sorrowful Alle gidroefde ł unrótsade (unródsad ł gestyred, Lind.) wérun omnes conturbati sunt, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 50

ge-sete

Grammar
ge-sete, l. ge-set,
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Hæleða éðel, leóda gesetu, An. 1261. v. fyrn-geset, fyr-gesetu, sǽ-geset, sǽ-gesetu

a-bæligan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bæligan, p. ode; pp. od

To offend ⬩ to make angry ⬩ irritare ⬩ offendere

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To offend, to make angry; irritare, offendere Sceal gehycgan hæleða ǽghwylc ðæt he ne abælige bearn waldendes every man must be mindful that he offend not the son of the powerful, Cd. 217; Th. 276, 27; Sat. 195

flét

(n.)
Grammar
flét, e; f.

Cream ⬩ skimming ⬩ curds ⬩ flos lactis ⬩ lactis crĕmor exemptus ⬩ coagŭlum

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Hwít sealt dó on reám oððe góde fléte put white salt into cream or good skimmings, L. M. 3, 10; Lchdm. ii. 314, 2

Linked entry: flýte

scinna

(n.)
Grammar
scinna, an; m.
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Th. 269, 12; Sat. 72. Ðæt hié leóda landgeweorc láþum beweredon scuccum and scinnum, Beo. Th. 1882; B. 939

Linked entry: scín

GALGA

(n.)
Grammar
GALGA, gealga, an; m.

A gallows ⬩ gibbet ⬩ cross ⬩ arbor infēlix ⬩ patĭbŭlum ⬩ crux

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He his blód ageát on galgan he shed his blood on the cross, Cd. 225; Th. 299, 15; Sat. 550 : Menol. Fox 170; Men. 86 : Elen. Kmbl. 957; El. 480. On galgum on the cross, Cd. 224; Th. 297, 3; Sat. 511. Grm. R. A. pp. 682-4. See

Linked entry: gealga

nett

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Hwæþer gé nú eówer hundas and eówer nett út on ðá sǽ lǽdon ðonne gé huntian willaþ ? ic wéne þeáh ꝥ gé hí ðonne settan úp on dúnum and innon wudum, Bt. 33, 3; F. 118, 11-15. v. feax-, fugol-, sǽ-, wíd(?)-nett

sanct

(n.)
Grammar
sanct, es; m.

A saint

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Th. 286,20; Sat. 355: 279, 18; Sat. 240. Ðý ylcan dæge ealra wé healdaþ sancta symbel, Menol. Fox 367; Men. 200.

weder

(n.)
Grammar
weder, es; n.

weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.

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Niht bið wedera þeóstrost, Salm. Kmbl. 621; Sal. 310. Ðeóf sceal gangan in ðýstrum wederum, Menol. Fox 544; Gn. C. 42. Hwý hí ne scínen scírum wederum, Met. 28, 45. Holmegum wederum, Cd.

-tig

(suffix)
Grammar
-tig, -ty, a numeral suffix in words denoting the decades; up to 60 such words are formed with a suffix only, from 60 to 120 hund is prefixed and tig suffixed, hund-seofon-tig, hund-twelf-tig. Other dialects make a distinction in the numerals at the same point. Gothic uses tigus (pl. tigjus) in the earlier, -téhund in the later, O. Saxon -tig in the earlier, while 70 is given by ant-siƀunta; in
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Frs. and Icel. the same forms are used throughout. Tig is another form of the root seen in ten (tehan, g for h according to Verner's Law)

burh-leóde

(n.)
Grammar
burh-leóde, nom. acc; gen. -leóda; dat. -leódum; pl. m.
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Town-people, citizens; cives Him ða burhleóde wiðcwǽdon the citizens withstood him, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 6: Cd. 226; Th. 300, 7; Sat. 561: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 14; Jud. 187: 11; Thw. 24, 6; Jud. 175

Linked entry: leód

níþ-hell

(n.)
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Sat. 375), Hml. A. 174, 150

Linked entry: hel

fácne

(adj.)
Grammar
fácne, def. se fácna; seó, ðæt fácne; adj.

Deceitful, fraudulent, factious ⬩ subdŏlus, dŏlōsus, factiōsus

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Fácnum wordum with factious words, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 35; Sat. 65

for-bégan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bégan, p. de; pp. ed

To bow down ⬩ bend down ⬩ humble ⬩ abase ⬩ destroy ⬩ deprĭmĕre ⬩ hŭmĭliāre ⬩ immĭnuĕre

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Kmbl. 2668; An. 1335: 3141; An. 1573: Cd. 223; Th. 294, 8; Sat. 468

leóht-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-berende, adj.

Light-bearing ⬩ Lucifer ⬩ luminous

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Light-bearing, Lucifer, luminous Lucifer háten, leóht-berende, Cd. 221; Th. 287, 15; Sat. 367. Swylce án ofen eall smóciende and leóhtberende fýr férde ofer ða lác apparuit clibanus fumans et lampas ignis inter divisiones illas, Gen. 15, 17

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