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CROP

(n.)
Grammar
CROP, cropp, es; m.

a sprout or top of a herb, flower, berry, an ear of corn, a bunch of berries or blooms, cluster cymathyrsusspica, corymbusracermus, uvathe CROP or craw of a bird vesicula gutturisa kidney rien

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Dó himmerscmealwan crop give him a sprout of marsh mallow L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 25. Genim ðysse wyrte þrý croppas take three sprouts of this herb Herb. 106; Lchdm. i. 220, 10.

Linked entry: croppa

on-hyrian

(v.)
Grammar
on-hyrian, p. ede

To imitate, emulate

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Wé sceolan onherian Marian ðære ðe smerede Hǽlendes fét, 75, 11. Onhyrian (-hirian, Cott. MS.), Bt. 40, 4; Fox 240, 4; Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 2. Ðæt onhyrian woldan, 4, 3; S. 569, 43. Heora líf onhyrian wolde, 4, 13; S. 582, 24: 5, 9; S. 622, 12.

fundian

(v.)
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Cf. (1 d) Cýdde man mé ꝥ ús mára hearm tó fundode þonne ús wel lícode, Cht. E. 230, 1. Swá benne ne burston ne fundian ( not strike inwards?

Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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On ðam geáre, asprang up Etna fýr on Sicilium, and máre ðæs landes forbærnde ðonne hit ǽfre ǽr dyde in that year [B. C. 135 ], fire sprang up from Etna among the Sicilians, and burnt more of the land than it ever did before, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 103, 16.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

þus

(adv.)
Grammar
þus, adv.

Thusin this manner, degree

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Maria and Ióseph, 1371; An. 686. Sóðlíce þus wæs Cristes cneóres now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise, Mt. Kmbl. 1, 18. Ic wéne þus, ðæt..., Exon. Th. 468, 8; Phar. 4.

un-eáðe

(adv.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, adv.

with difficultygrievouslyhardlyunwillinglyhardlyhardlyscarcelyonly just

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Ongit hé swá micle máran sige on him selfum swá hé uniéð wiðstód he will feel so much greater victory in himself as he had greater difficulty in withstanding, Past. 52; Swt. 407, 26.

wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wulf, es; m.

a wolfused in reference to outlaws

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. ¶ in battle-scenes the wolf is a frequent figure Ne wæl wépeþ wulf se grǽga, morþorcwealm mæcga, ac hit á máre wille, Exon. Th. 343, 3; Gn. Ex. 151. Ðæs se hlanca gefeah wulf in walde, Judth. Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 206.

Linked entry: wulfheáfod-treów

yfelian

(v.)
Grammar
yfelian, p. ode.
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to do evil to, to maltreat, afflict, injure, wrong Ða þingeras þingiaþ ðǽm ðe læssan þearfe áhton, þingiaþ ðǽm ðe man yflaþ, and ne þingiaþ ðám ðe ðæt yfel dóþ; ðæm wǽre máre þearf, ðe ða óþre unscyldige yfelaþ (yflaþ, v. l.), ðæt him mon þingode tó

cwide

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Se cwide ðe hé cwæþ: 'Swá mon má swincþ, swá mon máran méde onféhþ,' 41, 3; F. 248, 1. Of Salomonnes cuidum wé námon, Past. 259, 8. Catus cwydas Catonis disticha, Angl. viii. 321, 29. Cwidas sententias, Kent.

frófor

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Add: [A weak form occurs in the late Shrn. 202, 16.] consolation. the action of consoling Þé is nú frófres máre þearf þonne unrótnesse medicinae tempus est, non querelae, Bt. 3, 3; S. 9, 17.

ge-feoht

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(a α) rendering the personification Mars Wíg oððe gefeoht Mavors, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 37. Gefeoht Martem, 94, 18: 96, 23: 57, 14. fighting between two or more persons Be préosta gefeohte. Gif preóst óðerne man ofsleá of fighting by priests.

inne

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(a γ) with hér :-- Hér syndon inne dohtor míne, Gen. 2464. indoors Witan ge lǽsse ge máre ðæs ðe tó túne belimpð, ge on túne ge on dúne ... ge inne ge úte, Angl. ix. 260, 1. where there is idea of confinement Gif hé hine (an ox) inne betýnan nolde (

níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd, neád, néd, neód, niéd, nýd, es; n.: e; f.

necessityinevitablenessnecessityneedurgent requirementa necessary businessdutyneedwhat one wantsnecessityneeddifficultyhardshipdistressforcecompulsion

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Gl. 412, 57. need, what one wants Ðæt man underfó máre ðonne his líchaman neód sý, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 21.

swín

(n.)
Grammar
swín, es;
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Mára ic eom. and fǽttra ðonne ámæsted swin, Exon. Th. 428, 9; Rä. 41, 105. Binnan cirictúne ǽnig hund ne cume, ne swín ðe má, L. Edg. C. 26; Th. ii. 250, 8. Emban úrne ceápgild: hors tó healfan pund . . .

Linked entries: swín-líca swýn swun

FÁG

(adj.)
Grammar
FÁG, fáh; def. se fága, seó, ðæt fáge; adj.

Coloured, stained, dyed, tinged, shining, variegated tinctus, cŏlōrātus, vărius, versicŏlor, discŏlor

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Fýrmǽlum fág variegated with marks of fire, Andr. Kmbl. 2269; An. 1136. Fáh vărius vel discŏlor, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 79; Wrt. Voc. 46, 36: 77, 3. Fultum ðú him afyrdest fágan sweordes avertisti adjūtōrium glădii ejus, Ps. Th. 88, 36.

land-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
land-scearu, e; f.

landcountry

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It is not a wise thing if water so pure disperses itself along the fields, until it becomes a marsh, Past. 65; Swt. 469, 5.

ge-mæcca

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ge-mæcca, <b>ge-mecca</b>
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Nelle þú ondrǽdan Marian þíne gemæccan (conjugem) tó onfónne, Mt. i. 20. God him swylce gemæccean forgeaf, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 33. Þ ic móte þíne þeówene míne gemeccan geseón, Hml. S. 30, 237.

bisceop

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop, biscop, biscep, es; m.

a BISHOP, prelateepiscopusa chief priest of the Jewspontifexa heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians

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Nis ná máre betwyx mæsse-preóste and bisceop, búton ðæt [Th. ii. 348, 24] se bisceop is geset to máran bletsunge ðonne se mæsse-preóst sý; ðæt is, circan to hálgigenne, and to hádigenne preóstas, to bisceopgenne cild [Th. ii. 348, 26: MS. men to biscopienne

hǽlu

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Hé hǽlo ábeád Maria mycle, Men. 50. Mé Gabrihel hǽlo bodade, Cri. 202. Beádas hǽlo ł groetas salutate, Mt. L.

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Two. used adjectivally Tuégen stridi passus, Txts. 85, 1510. Twégen (twǽgen, MS. E.) aldormen, Chr. 822; Erl. 62, 12. Twégen englas, Gen. 19, 1. Óþre twégen sealmas, R. Ben. 37, 11. Twǽgen míne mégas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 23. Twoegen gibróþæra, Txts

Linked entries: tuu twá